Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 20090199317 | Hard hat involving wireless data transmission The invention concerns a hard hat having wireless protection to monitor human measuring values, such as, temperature, pulse, moisture and other values which are recorded in the head section of a human and transmitted wirelessly to a stationary or mobile reception unit a... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199318 | PATIENT GOWN A patient gown for a nursing mother is disclosed, the patient gown includes an outer gown releasably fastened in a front thereof and providing an inner jacket releasably fastened to an interior of the outer gown, the outer gown and inner jacket cooperate to provide cove... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199319 | INSULATED HANDWEAR WITH INCREASED FLEXION AND METHOD OF MAKING Handwear and a method of making are provided in which a glove system includes a glove and a liner, the liner including an insulated dorsal panel, an insulated palmar panel, and a seam coupling the dorsal panel to the palmar panel, the seam having an uninsulated seam seg... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199320 | Seamless headwear and a method of manufacture for the same A seamless hat and a method manufacturing in which cloth material is cut to form cut-out pieces having specific pattern outlines, then, after affixing superimposed edges of the cut-out pieces, then fixedly joined by ultrasonic or high frequency equipment is used to admi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199321 | Baseball cap with neck protection visor The head covering includes a skull portion, a visor and an expandable section for connecting the visor and the skull portion. The expandable section is moveable between an expanded position and a retracted position to move the visor between a generally horizontal positi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199322 | HEADGEAR ACCESSORY CLIP A headgear accessory clip includes a tab member having an aperture of a predetermined equivalent diameter secured to a split-ring member of a predetermined diameter, a predetermined thickness and a preselected material having two ends defining an elastic opening having ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199323 | Securing device A securing device for a body having an appendage, the securing device having an article of clothing adapted to be received on a portion of the body; and a control member borne by the article of clothing operable to capture the appendage to retain the appendage substanti... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199324 | Sinch socks SINCH SOCKS are different then any other sock. Magnets, Snaps, or Velcro are sown around the brim of the sock to keep them together during the laundry process. To distinguish SINCH SOCKS from any other sock the actual connection site is sown and permanently fixed to the... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199325 | ACCESSORY ATTACHED TO A WEARABLE GARMENT A wearable garment with a stitched or otherwise secured accessory, which is preferably a one piece PVC or injection moulded plastic accessory. The accessory includes a base for attachment to the garment and a disk in the general shape of a bottle cap and bottle flange. ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199326 | RETRACTABLE EARPLUG ASSEMBLY FOR A HARDHAT A retractable earplug assembly is provided that is configured to retrofit to a hardhat that includes a protective housing removably mountable to the hardhat. The earplug assembly further includes a guide base slideably cooperating with a guide portion of the housing for... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199327 | NOVELTY BANDANNA A bandanna for use at sporting events, for example is disclosed. One or more graphics are located on a piece of material such that when the piece of material is properly formed into a bandanna and worn on the head of a wearer, the graphics are properly oriented. In one ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199328 | Protective Coat A protective covering adapted to protect a wearer from exposure to the environment, the covering comprising a substantially cylindrical portion adapted for covering a torso and opposite sleeves, where the sleeves terminate in gloves, and where the gloves have openings p... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199329 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING POST URINATION DRIP The present invention features a method for preventing post urination drip from a penis of a human male after he urinates into a urinal. In some embodiments, the method comprises providing a tissue dispenser next to the urinal, wherein the human male can extract a tissu... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199330 | Spring wire lift apparatus for toilet seat Spring wire lift apparatus for toilet seat is installed on the rear end of toilet seat to keep toilet seat at upright or near upright position. The toilet seat that has installed this device can be pushed downward. And when external force of downward pushing is released... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199331 | Lift apparatus for toilet seat Lift apparatus for toilet seat is installed on the rear end of toilet seat to keep toilet seat at upright position. It is a spring device. It can be bent downward when external force of downward pushing applies to it and it will spring back upward when external fore of ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199332 | Toilets with Improved Trapways A toilet has a trapway extending between a bowl opening and a toilet outlet opening. A heel links and provides a bend between a down leg and an out leg of the trapway. The heel has a cross-sectional profile having a major dimension and a minor dimension. The major dimen... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199333 | Device to prevent certain Shower Curtain Leaks The invention addresses the problem of water leaking through a roughly triangular shaped opening created between a shower curtain, a bathtub rim and an adjacent wall. It does so with a simple-to-use, one-piece device which forces the edge of the shower curtain into the ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199334 | Deep skin cleaning apparatus The invention teaches a device for deep skin cleansing. The device includes a dispenser, with one or more outlets, for dispensing a beam or beams of high-pressured water, a switch or button for controlling release of the high-pressured water beam, and a source for provi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199335 | CEILING MOUNTED HOIST SYSTEM A hoisting system (1) with a hoisting apparatus (2) for hoisting persons (4), e.g., physically handicapped persons, where the hoist system (1) includes at least one trolley (11) and at least one hoisting apparatus (2), which are... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199336 | SPLIT-TOP, INTEGRAL BED COVERING A split-top, bed covering for two users comprising a single, integral sheet of textile with a left upper portion with medial wing, a right upper portion with medial wing, and a foot portion is described. All portions, including wings, are formed seamlessly during manufa... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199337 | Cover for a Person that Attaches with Clips Apparatus and Method A cover to cover a user may include a body member to cover the user, an outwardly extending projection to connect to the body member and a fastening device to secure the body member. The body member may include a top edge and a bottom edge, and the length of the top edg... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199338 | Furniture Attachment System and Methods of Use A furniture attachment system is described. Embodiments of the furniture attachment system comprise a highly adjustable interface that is readily adapted to hold, store, or secure items of highly varied size and shape at a convenient location proximate a bed or other pi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199339 | MEDICAL EXAMINATION TABLE AND SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING ACCESSORIES TO THE TABLE A medical examination table system includes a medical examination table having one or more moveable sections for supporting a patient. One or more supports are secured to the medical examination table and there is provided at least one coupling that is slidably mounted ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199340 | SURGICAL TABLE EXTENSION A surgical table extension features a patient support structure, a large area base, and a support leg. A first joint having at least two degrees of freedom is located between the patient support structure and the support leg. A second joint also having at least two degr... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199341 | CHAMBERED PILLOW A chambered pillow with zones of varied densities for supporting a plurality of sleeping positions. The chambered pillow has varied density zones comprising a neck support zone wherein the neck support zone is medium to firm density, a central zone wherein the central z... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199342 | PILLOW WITH INTERIOR VOLUMES DEFINED BY MULTIPLE FABRIC PORTIONS The pillow includes first and second substantially identical fabric outer layers which are secured together around the peripheries thereof. First, second and third fabric sections are positioned between the outer layers, wherein the first and third fabric sections are s... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199343 | Portable Breastfeeding and Nursing Pillow A portable breastfeeding and nursing pillow for a baby includes a base portion in a generally rectangular shape with a contoured side. The base portion further includes a boarder about at least three sides of the base portion and extending a distance above a first feedi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199344 | FISHING TOOL FOR CRIMPING FERRULES An improved fishing tool for crimping ferrules to fasten segments of fishing line together is disclosed. The improved fishing tool has a pair of jaws defining a plurality of grooves with varying transversely-oriented lengths and varying thickness. The varying transverse... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199345 | Collapsible Combination Tool for Servicing Firearms and Method of Using the Same A firearm servicing tool comprises a hinge piece, a fixed size wrench head, and first and second handle portions. The wrench head is attached and fixed in position relative to the hinge piece. Each of the first and second handle portions is pivotally connected to the hi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199346 | Universal blister pack opener A hand tool for removing individual items contained in a blister package having an upper surface with raised protrusions with a given individual width containing each item and a lower sheet that holds the items within the protrusions. The hand tool includes a cutting bl... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199347 | METHOD FOR TREATING TEXTILE MATERIAL FOR USE IN REINFORCED ELASTOMERIC ARTICLES The invention is directed to a method for treating a textile material with a crosslinkable high density polyethylene based elastomer compound, such treated material for use in reinforced elastomeric articles. In one embodiment, a crosslinkable high density polyethylene ... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199348 | Cationic PEG for Treatment of Fabrics A method for treatment of fabrics with polyethylene glycol without cross-linking involves cationizing the polyethylene glycol by conversion to a quaternary salt and applying the converted polyethylene glycol to a fabric in an aqueous solution by conventional means.... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199349 | Treated cellulosic fibers and absorbent articles made from them Cellulosic fibers treated with telomers of polyacrylic acid.... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199350 | METHOD FOR TREATING LAUNDRY IN A WASHING MACHINE, AND WASHING MACHINE A method of treating laundry in a washing machine having a substantially rotatable drum disposed in a suds container. The method includes heating the drum wall with a heater during a laundry smoothing cycle and rotating the drum during the smoothing cycle at a first spe... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199351 | Water compatible sterically hindered alkoxyamines and hydroxy substituted alkoxyamines Sterically hindered hydroxy substituted alkoxyamine stabilizer compounds are made water compatible via certain backbones with affinity towards water. The sterically hindered amines are for example of the formula (8)-(10) 08/13/2009 | |
| 20090199352 | METHOD OF MODULATING STABILITY OF SULFONATED DYE A method of modulating a stability of a sulfonated dye, particularly its ozonefastness. The method comprises providing a salt of the dye, wherein the salt comprises at least one organic cation selected from the group consisting of:
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| 20090199353 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Open-Heeled Foot Apparel with Improved Heel Support A method of manufacturing an article of foot apparel that includes a platform curved to anticipate the natural movement of a foot. The method includes forming the platform with a heel pad having a geometric center point. The method also includes connecting a retaining c... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199354 | Crew Transfer System A crew transfer system for transferring personnel from a vessel to a stationary platform, such as an oil rig, is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the system includes a ramp that is coupled to the vessel in such a way as to permit one translational and three ro... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199355 | Ozone Toothbrush An ozone toothbrush is comprised of a main body, a brush head which is provided on one end of the main body and a power connection device which is provided on the other end of the main body. An ozonizer and a gas-pressurized device which can supply ozone generated by th... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090199356 | Linear or disk brush material, cylindrical brush, and method of manufacturing the linear or disk brush material A linear or disk steel brush material for a rotary brush in which the root portions of a large number of steel brush wires are inserted and fixed into a linear or ring-like steel channel having a U-shaped cross section and an opening directed to an outer peripheral side... | 08/13/2009 |
