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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070256206 | Exercise garment An exercise garment which is stylish and which can be worn on its own. The garment includes various shaped pockets that are located to be out of the way with respect to the activities of the wearer. A rubber-covered weights is contained in each pocket and is shaped and ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256207 | ARTICLE OF CLOTHING An article of clothing that includes a snugly fitting inner portion having at least one connecting band extending along at least one limb (such as an arm, leg) of the body of the wearer, a more loosely fitting outer portion covering the inner portion, the inner and oute... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256208 | Pants The present invention relates to pants capable of lifting sagging buttocks when a user wears them, thereby giving a sense of comfort as well as a good appearance to the user. The pants include elastic first wings, wherein each one side of the first wings is seamed with ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256209 | Mixed-use drinking glove A mixed-use drinking glove for facilitating handling of a beverage vessel and simultaneous manual activities. The glove comprises a body portion and a container portion joined to back side of glove body, thus leaving user's palm, fingers, and thumb free for manual activ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256210 | Glove with adjustable palm fastener A sports glove comprising a palm side, including a palm width, a dorsal side position opposite the palm side, and an adjustable fastener position on the palm side to vary the palm width. Preferably the adjustable fastener is position between the finger portion and cuff ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256211 | Wrinkle remover A wrinkle-removing device featuring an elastic headband circumferentially placed from the forehead to the back of the head of the user. At least one of the surfaces of the headband has hook and loop material fibers throughout. The headband has at least two elastic bands... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256212 | Device For Delivery Of Agents To And Through The Human Scalp A method and device for administering minoxidil and other topical solutions to the scalp. The method entails administering a minoxidil preparation through a manifold that fits over the scalp of a patient, and placing a moisture barrier over the scalp for a period of tim... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256213 | Reversible rallytime baseball cap A reversible sports or baseball cap that can be worn right side out or inside out with full color and design and any desired indicia, logos or information both on the outside of the cap and on the inside of the cap so that during a crucial time of the game, fans may tur... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256214 | Headgear with Eyewear Attachment The headgear with eyewear attachment is a device that allows a user to wear and interchange eyewear that is attached to a headgear. The eyewear is attached to the visor of the headgear by a removably attachable fastener that can be separated when desired. The headgear m... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256215 | Sock A sock for use in athletic activities comprises at least one substantially rod-shaped pad (3) in the area of the ankle region of the sock. In preferred embodiments, the sock includes at least two such rod-shaped-pads, which are preferably of different lengths and... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256216 | Women's maternity and non maternity suspenders The present invention comprises an improved suspender for providing support for women's maternity clothes and women's non-maternity clothes. An advantageous embodiment of the suspender comprises an elastic strap that has a first fastener connected to the first end of th... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256217 | Tights The invention provides tights that are capable of efficiently training the psoas major while preventing discomfort of wearing the tights due to the high elastic portions provided over an area in which no load for the psoas major is required. There are provided tights ch... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256218 | TOILET A system and method for a refuse-incinerating toilet is provided. The system includes a seat on which a user sits to direct refuse, via a funnel and through a flapper that is opened when a user is present, into a combustion chamber. When the user is finished, the flappe... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256219 | Toilet odor exhaust device A toilet odor exhaust device for a toilet having a toilet bowl with a rim portion and a hinged seat. The device comprises an air intake nozzle and a vacuum filtering unit. A conduit connects the air intake nozzle to the vacuum filtering unit. A structure is for removabl... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256220 | Sealed device for installing toilet stool A sealed device for installing a toilet stool on the floor surface includes a sealed body and a plurality of ears protruded from the outer periphery of the sealed body. Said sealed body is made of ductile material and is fastenably mounted on the locating member by ears... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256221 | SANITARY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE INCLUDING A REMOVABLE HOLDING TANK A sanitary system for a motor vehicle includes a bowl assembly, a base coupled to the bowl assembly and a mobile holding tank removably coupled to the toilet for receiving waste from the toilet and stowable within a storage area defined by the base. The sanitary system ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256222 | Weighted, plastic lift arm for enhanced-function flush handles A plastic lift arm for toilet flushers having enhanced-function flush handles—such as a Flush Handle Night Light carrying a standard, 9-volt battery—that exerts a torque sufficient to maintain an enhanced-function flush handle in a generally horizontal position when... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256223 | One-size-fits-nearly-all, bendable, plastic lift arm for toilet flushers A toilet flusher in which the plastic lift arm normally hidden from view inside a toilet tank comprises a bi-concave segment readily bent by hand, allowing the toilet flusher to integrate well with a wide variety of flush mechanisms already found installed inside toilet... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256224 | Motion limitation means for enhanced-function flush handles A toilet flusher comprising an exterior flush handle and a means for limiting the flush handle's rotation, the means being located entirely within the toilet tank. The means involve both the rear planar as well as the side cylindrical walls of the spud, in order to enha... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256225 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF WARM WATER OF BIDET Provided is a method of controlling temperature of warm water of a bidet. The method includes: a first step of detecting a current temperature of warm water stored in a storage tank; a second step of gradually adjusting intensity of power supplied to a heating means dep... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256226 | Toilet accessory with sterilization elements Devices, systems and methods for sanitizing or sterilizing one or more surfaces of a toilet accessory by directing a sanitizing or a sterilizing dose of germicidal electromagnetic radiation onto those surfaces are provided. The germicidal electromagnetic radiation may b... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256227 | Automatic flushing apparatus of bidet and method of controlling the same Provided are an automatic flushing apparatus of a bidet and a method of controlling the same. The automatic flushing apparatus includes: a flushing switch; a flushing drive motor driven under control of a controller; a flushing switch; a flushing drive motor driven unde... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256228 | Profile Designed for the Construction of a Floor for a Pool and Capable of Floating and Being Immersed A profile for assisting in the construction of a pool floor is capable of floating or being immersed. At least one internal ballast cavity crosses the profile longitudinally. The profile has first and second ends sealed respectively by first and second end pieces having... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256229 | UPRIGHT HINGE FOR SPA COVER A hinge assembly for coupling a spa cover to a spa, said spa cover being movable between a fully closed position and a fully open position. The hinge assembly includes a mounting bracket adapted to be installed near a top of the spa, and adapted to be coupled to a first... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256230 | Apparatus for Minimising Entanglement and Bunching of an Elongate Means An apparatus and method for minimising entanglement and bunching of a retracting or extending cable (10, 11) for a swimming pool cover, comprises a shaft (4) with a roller (5, 6) to guide the cable. The roller slidably rotates on the shaft so that i... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256231 | Laminar jet and hydrotherapy bath system A laminar jet for a hydrotherapy tub having a water inlet adapted for attachment to a water circulation system, a flow inducer section and a cap having a water outlet at one end of the cap. The cap may be rotated so the jet directs a substantially laminar water stream f... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256232 | Multi-layered disposable shower curtain The present invention is a shower curtain made of a backing sheet and several disposable layers. The backing sheet defines the overall size and shape of the shower curtain. The disposable layers are separably adhered to each other so as to be individually removable in s... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256233 | METHOD OF PROVIDING CLEAN WATER CIRCULATING FLOW IN A BABY BATHING TUB AND A THERMALLY BUFFERED, CLEAN WATER FLOW, UNIVERSAL, TEMPERATURE INDICATING BABY BATHING TUB A method bathing a baby is provided by a thermally buffered clean water flow universal baby bathing tub which includes a tub body. A baby bathing portion is formed in the tub body and a reservoir is formed in the tub body having a reservoir weir exiting the reservoir in... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256234 | THERMALLY BUFFERED, CIRCULATING CLEAN WATER FLOW, UNIVERSAL, TEMPERATURE INDICATING BABY BATHING TUB A thermally buffered baby bathing tub includes a tub body, a baby bathing portion formed in the tub body, configured to receive a baby to be bathed therein and bathing water from a source of bathing water therein, and a reservoir formed in the tub body having a reservoi... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256235 | Outdoor use shower assembly A shower assembly includes a case having an inner layer which includes a plurality of concavities for storage of the parts of the shower assembly, and an outer layer. Water or sands can be filled in the space between the inner and outer layers. A main pipe unit has a co... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256236 | Portable sink A portable sink having a hot and cold water faucet connected to an electric water pump and fresh water tank and a wastewater outlet from said sink connected to a wastewater tank and cabinet mounted on wheels having one upper door that has a dipwell attached that is conn... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A DRAIN ASSEMBLY TO A PLUMBING FIXTURE The present invention provides a kit for affixing a drain assembly in a drain port in plumbing fixture. The drain assembly includes a drain ring affixed to a drain pipe. The drain pipe is positionable through the drain port in a bottom surface of the plumbing fixture, s... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256238 | Toilet lift and transport apparatus This invention involves an apparatus for lifting and transporting toilets. The apparatus includes a base portion, at least two toilet lifting members, a toilet securing member, and a lifting mechanism. The toilet lifting members are configured for positioning underneath... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256239 | Support Frame for a Headboard A support frame for a headboard for a bed is provided. The support frame of the present invention comprises generally L-shaped support structures which are connected together via at least one frame member. Each support structure comprises a first generally horizontal, e... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256240 | Bed frame A bed frame having a base portion and a mattress support portion articulated thereto and pivotable about an axis between an open position and a closed position. The base portion has exterior sidewalls and is adapted for use as a storage compartment. At least two sidewal... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256241 | Pillow case with dual fastening means A pillow case for a bed pillow comprises a first layer and a second layer, each one of the layers comprising a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, the short sides disposed between the long sides, the sides forming a rectangular layer. The long sides of each la... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256242 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING DEFORMATIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY AND OTHER CRANIAL DEFORMATIONS A pillow is provided for the treatment of deformational plagiocephaly. The pillow preferably has arms which define a void with varying diameters to facilitate holding an infant's head to cause reshaping of the posterior of the skull. An anchoring mechanism may also be i... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256243 | Pneumatic Cushions with Reinforcing Members or Braces A pneumatic cushion having an inner pneumatic structure constructed from a casing and webs or a plurality of tubes. The webs produce a plurality of chambers. The inner pneumatic structure may be pressurised at a pressure p1. At least one reinforcing and stiffenin... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256244 | ELASTIC FITTED DISPOSABLE DIAPER CHANGING PAD A disposable diaper changing pad for positioning on a supporting structure such as a diaper changing table provides a barrier between the diaper changing table and a child positioned on the top surface of the pad. The changing pad includes a liquid absorbent material an... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256245 | Pneumatic Structure A pneumatic structure for sitting, lying and reclining cushions including a plurality of cells disposed together in rows and frictionally interconnected at a plurality of sides along a transversal web thereby forming a layer, the layer being charged with compressed gas ... | 11/08/2007 |