For immediate release

SOLANA BEACH, CALIFORNIA - Tuesday February 6, 2002
McAllister Industries receives notification from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the identified patent application has been issued as a patent on February 5, 2002, with patent number 6,343,409 entitled FLEXIBLE CLIP ASSEMBLY.

SOLANA BEACH, CALIFORNIA - Tuesday December 4, 2002
McAllister Industries begins shipping BAG VALET to Home Trends. Home Trends sells products that make life easier by simplifying cleaning, cooking and home care, indoors and out. What began as a small microwave accessory catalog has blossomed into a multi-title collection with products that number in the thousands.