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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061480 | Drag harness improvements A drag harness comprises two arm loops, each of which has a fixed length and is adapted to receive a separate arm of a wearer, and a gripping loop having a fixed length, joined to the arm loops. Rather than one gripping loop, a pair of gripping loops, each having a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8011028 | Firefighter's coat with liner in tail pocket A firefighter's coat including an outer shell and a liner. The outer shell has an inner surface, an outer surface, a front opening with a closure, and a downwardly extending rear tail. The liner has an outer surface facing the inner surface of the shell providing a ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7971273 | Drag harness with multiple gripping locations A drag harness for use with a protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The protective garment includes an outer shell having a main body portion and at least two limb covering portions. The drag harness includes a wearer loop and at lea... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963365 | Drag harness improvements A drag harness comprises two arm loops, each of which has a fixed length and is adapted to receive a separate arm of a wearer, and a pair of gripping loops, each of which has a fixed length. The gripping loops are joined to the arm loops. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7891021 | Protective garment having two sleeves, each attached so as to extend in a forward direction when unstressed A protective garment of a type preferably conforming to at least one NFPA standard and worn by firefighters and by emergency rescue workers has a body, which has two sleeve mouths, and has two sleeves. Each sleeve is attached to the body by being sewn thereto, along... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7861318 | Pad wearable over articulated joint A pad, such as a knee, elbow, or shoulder pad, is wearable over an articulatable joint involving an arm of a wearer or a leg of a wearer and is constructed so as to define two flexing lines extending between an upper edge of the pad and a lower edge of the pad, whic... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856667 | Liquid-tight, pull-over, protective garment for upper torso A liquid-tight, pull-over, protective garment, which is adapted to be worn by a wearer, under a helmet worn by the wearer, under gloves worn by the wearer, and over another garment or other garments worn by the wearer, is adapted to cover the head, upper torso, arms... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7832020 | Protective glove having dead air space A protective glove (10) is provided for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker. The glove (10) includes an outer shell (22), at least one liner (24, 28, 30) located inside of the outer shell (22), and a dead air space (3... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823222 | Hood with adaptive face opening A protective hood is provided for covering at least a portion of a wearer's head. The hood includes an upper head covering section, a posterior head covering section, a neck covering section and an anterior head covering section. The anterior head covering section i... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818818 | Protective garment, such as protective coat, and drag harness A drag harness is disposed within a protective garment, such as a protective coat, except that the drag harness has two gripping portions, each of which extends outwardly from the protective garment, through an associated one of two separate openings of the protecti... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810169 | Garment and measuring scale combination A protective garment conforming to NFPA standards is combined with a measuring scale, which is displayed along a portion of the protective garment, such a sleeve, body, or leg, so as to facilitate taking a measurement, while the protective garment is being worn by a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7739749 | Reversible, protective garment for military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker A protective garment for a military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker has a shell of high visibility with trim that is reflective, fluorescent, or both, a shell of low visibility without such trim, and a moisture barrier between the shells. Being rever... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7707660 | Protective garment and drag harness with flap A protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The protective garment includes an outer shell and a drag harness located at least substantially within the outer shell. The drag harness includes a wearer portion, a gripping portion and a fla... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7665155 | Rolled edge pocket flap A closure for use with a pocket for a protective garment is provided. The closure includes a margin, a closure body and an edge. The edge is thicker than the closure body so as to provide better tactile feedback for the wearer. The edge may also include an insert lo... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665153 | Protective garment equipped with litter A protective garment for a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker is equipped with a drag harness and with a litter, which, when not deployed, is stored within a pocket of the garment and wherein the drag harness and the litter, when deployed, facilitate carr... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665152 | Drag harness and garment combination As combined with a protective garment having a generally tubular portion, such as a protective coat having a sleeve, or such as a pair of protective pants having a pants leg, which may be regarded as being generally tubular, and a drag harness, which is assembled to... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7644448 | Protective glove having inspection port A protective glove for a firefighter or for an emergency worker has an outer shell, an intermediate liner providing a moisture barrier, and an inner liner providing a thermal barrier, the outer shall having an inspection port, which is openable and closeable and whi... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7596815 | Protective garment having lower torso-covering and leg-covering portions and equipped with drag harness or drag harnesses As worn by a firefighter or by an emergency rescue worker, a protective garment having a lower torso-covering portion and two leg-covering portions is equipped with a drag harness or drag harnesses. Each drag harness is accessible through an aperture or apertures so... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7571494 | Drag harness and pocket A drag harness for use with a protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The drag harness includes a gripping loop having a pull strap affixed thereto. The pull strap extends from an aperture in the protective garment such that the drag l... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7461468 | Boot and liner combination As worn with a pull-on boot, a pair of pants has an outer shell and a liner, which has a leg-covering portion and a foot-covering portion. In a ready-to-don condition, the pull-on boot is placed onto a horizontal surface so as to open upwardly, the foot-covering por... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7453366 | Programmable earpiece For a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker, an earpiece comprising a speaker, a microphone, and a temperature sensor comprises a programmable chip, which is programmed to sound an alarm via the speaker if and only if a temperature sensed by the temperature ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441280 | Liner providing barrier for protective garment and protective garment comprising same For and in a protective garment having an outer shell, a liner having a barrier side and an opposite side and having, on the barrier side, a moisture barrier or a barrier against chemical or biological agents is folded along two folds, which are parallel when laid f... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426755 | Protective garment having outer shell, intermediate and inner liners, and liner-indicating means In a protective garment comprising an outer shell, an intermediate liner, and an inner liner, a visual indication whether each liner is being worn, is provided to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, via a tab extending fro... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7328461 | Protective trousers having gusseted fly In a pair of protective trousers having a fly, in which a flap extending from a first edge of a torso-covering portion covers a second edge thereof in a closed condition of the fly but not in an opened condition of the fly and in which the first and second edges are... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7275266 | Protective garment having reflective, fluorescent, or vision-enhancing strip having end seam covered by protective strip In a protective garment comprising an outer shell, wherein a reflective, fluorescent, or vision-enhancing strip is sewn to the outer shell on a generally tubular portion of the protective garment so that one end of the reflective, fluorescent, or vision-enhancing st... | 10/02/2007 |
| RE39698 | Protective garment adapted to be selectively configured A protective garment comprises an outer shell, which provides abrasion resistance and puncture resistance, a thermal liner, and a liner including a moisture barrier. Each liner being adapted to be separately and detachably attached to and within the outer shell. The... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225473 | Protective glove having leather face, leather back, and heat-resistant cover covering leather back, for firefighter, emergency rescue worker, or other worker in high-heat area In a protective glove for a firefighter, an emergency rescue worker, or another worker in a high-heat area, a leather face has a peripheral edge, a leather back has a peripheral edge, a leather forchette has a peripheral edge sewn to the peripheral edge of the leath... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7168097 | Protective garment having reversible shell for military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker For a military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker, a protective garment has an outer shell, an inner liner providing thermal insulation, and a moisture barrier between the outer shell and the inner liner. The outer shell has a surface of high visibility... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7146646 | Protective method using reversible garment for military or paramilitary firefighter Being reversible, a protective garment for a military or paramilitary firefighter or emergency worker has a shell of high visibility and a shell of low visibility. The shell of high visibility has portions that are reflective, fluorescent, or both, which the shell o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137147 | Liner providing barrier for protective garment and protective garment comprising same For and in a protective garment having an outer shell, a liner having a barrier side and an opposite side and having, on the barrier side, a moisture barrier or a barrier against chemical or biological agents is folded along two folds, which are parallel when laid f... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7105796 | Protective shroud for thermal imaging camera mounted to protective helmet A thermal imaging camera, which is mounted to a protective helmet, is used with a display, which has a viewing lens, and with an arm, which connects the thermal imaging camera to the display. A protective shroud covers the display, except for the viewing lens, and c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093305 | Protective helmet with card displaying or recording data unique to authorized wearer and readable through helmet pocket window A protective helmet, which is intended to be only worn by a wearer who is authorized to pass through a security perimeter, comprises an outer shell, a pocket, which is mounted to the outer shell and which defines a window, a flap, which is movable between a position... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095025 | Protective shroud for thermal imaging camera mounted to protective helmet In a combination wherein a thermal imaging camera having a front lens is mounted to a protective helmet, such as a firefighter's helmet, where the thermal imaging camera is not covered from above by any portion of the protective helmet, wherein a display is mounted ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7065799 | Protective garment having non-laminated, liquid-impervious or fluid-impervious layers, which provide redundant protection A protective garment for a firefighter, a rescue worker, a chemical worker, or another worker working in a hazardous environment, has plural layers, each of which comprises a polymeric film that is fluid-impervious where not penetrated, which are not laminated, and ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051374 | Protective ensemble employing magnetically attractable and magnetic gaskets between protective garment and other protective item In a protective ensemble for a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker, a distal portion of a limb-covering, torso-covering, or head-covering region of a protective garment surrounds a portion of a protective item worn with the protective garment. A gasket ext... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7003812 | Chinstrap for protective garment having collar and protective garment having chinstrap and having collar A protective garment having a collar has a chinstrap attached to the collar via an elongate member having two opposite ends, each of which is attached to the collar and one of which is attached detachably to the collar via a hook-and-loop fastener. The chinstrap is ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003801 | Helmet cover and shroud set for firefighter or emergency worker In a set of protective gear for a firefighter or for an emergency worker, a helmet is covered by an aluminized cover, which is joined to an aluminized shroud along an uninterrupted juncture, so as to eliminate any gap between the shroud and the cover, where the cove... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6983490 | Protective garment comprising outer shell, outer moisture barrier, thermal liner within outer moisture barrier, and inner moisture barrier at distal edges or at hems In a protective garment comprising an outer shell, a liner providing a conventional moisture barrier within the outer shell, and a thermal liner within the liner providing the conventional moisture barrier, a liner providing an additional moisture barrier within the... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6978480 | Protective garment, as for firefighter, with different front and back properties A protective garment, such as a coat, trousers, overalls, or coveralls, for a firefighter or an emergency worker, has a front portion and a back portion. The back portion is breathable to allow air to pass through the back portion, whereas substantially the entire f... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976273 | Protective garment having pocket within pouch A protective garment for a firefighter or for an emergency worker comprises a pocket, which is adapted to hold a telecommunications device, and a pouch, which contains the pocket and is adapted to hold a face mask, outside the pocket. The pouch has a first mouth, wh... | 12/20/2005 |
