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Ballistic resistant body covering
A ballistic resistant body covering for protecting the torso, groin and neck area from ballistic missiles.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5224894 | Doll plus invertable container A container and a container lid enclose and conceal a figurine. The container is made of a resilient shape-retaining polymer material and can be turned inside-out. The container acts as a stand or platform for the figurine when turned inside-out, thereby ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5115794 | Compressible ball launcher A launcher for a soft compressible closed cell foam ball which includes a cavity in which the ball is forced into from the front of the barrel and is held loosely therein and a plunger coupled to the barrel for causing theball to be compressed and then sp... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5113842 | Rapid fire ball launcher A ball launcher for launching a plurality of soft closed cell plastic compressible balls, one ball at a time, by causing a plurality of balls in a line, one ball at a time (each time the plunger is moved back and forth), to squeeze past a constriction at ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4990092 | Talking book A talking book including a power source, switches, voice chips and speaker, all of which are mounted within the book and act together to "read" the words written on pages of the book. The switches are pressure-sensitive types, and marked areas on the page... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4919422 | Curve ball A ball for throwing having a generally spherical shape and balance has an axis, first and second convex surfaces defined about the axis at opposite poles, and at least one groove having a non-uniform depth defined in the surface of the ball between the fi... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4892081 | Compressible ball launcher A launcher for a soft compressible closed cell foam ball which includes a cavity in which the ball is forced into from the front of the barrel and is held loosely therein and a plunger coupled to the barrel for causing the ball to be compressed and then s... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4887812 | Basketball hoop system A basketball hoop and bracket for attaching the hoop to the upper edge of a door or other elevated structure embodying an upper edge over which the bracket can be suspended the bracket taking the form of a U-shaped hanger embodying spaced, parallel legs s... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4842564 | Cap-firing mechanism for a toy A cap firing mechanism for use with a cap strip and in a toy having a wall and a housing, and comprising an anvil mounted on the wall and a firing mechanism mounted in the housing. The mechanism includes a mounting pin connected to the housing, and a hamm... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4363185 | Vehicle with gear-changing mechanism including two displaceable gears A toy vehicle is disclosed including a gear changing mechanism for use in conjunction with a flywheel driving device. The mechanism comprises a gear changing lever pivotally mounted to a frame by means of a pin. The lever is biased in one direction by mea... | 12/14/1982 |
