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Number of patents: 191
Last date: March 07, 2000

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NumberTitleIssue Date
6126626Custom-fitted athletic ankle brace
An athletic ankle brace is custom-formed to the shape of a wearer's ankle. The ankle brace includes a hardenable brace panel adapted for being molded while flexible to the medial and lateral aspects of the lower leg and ankle of the wearer. Upon hardening...
10/03/2000
6118082Solid-state sliver sensor and auto-leveler for textile machine
A strain gauge sensor for measuring the unit weight of a moving sliver in a textile machine, comprising a support rigidly mounted on a sliver output end of the textile machine and a trumpet carried by the support for outputting a condensed sliver. At leas...
09/12/2000
6112912Display apparatus
The display apparatus 2 comprises a cascading display device 4 which defines three elongate channels 6, 8, 10 in which articles, for example magazines or newspapers, may be arranged and displayed. The display device 4 is supported by a support device 12 w...
09/05/2000
6106916Flexible laminated sheet flooring product
A flexible laminated sheet flooring product for covering a subfloor. The flooring product includes a resilient top layer defining a wearing surface of the flooring product. A fiber backing is laminated to the top layer for dimensionally supporting the lay...
08/22/2000
6106354Operator-powered model aircraft with realistic simulated engine sounds
A propeller aircraft for being powered by an operator moving the aircraft in a circular flight path on a tether, and adapted for emitting simulated realistic propeller and engine noises during flight. The aircraft includes an elongate fuselage carrying ae...
08/22/2000
6098216Convertible patient transport apparatus and method of transporting a patient
A convertible patient transport apparatus includes a frame assembly adapted for supporting a patient. A plurality of bent pivot legs are attached to the frame assembly and mounted on respective wheels for rolling movement of the transport apparatus over a...
08/08/2000
6095229Overhead door and track therefor
An overhead door for occluding an opening in a structure. The door includes a pair of tracks having inwardly facing surfaces which define a channel. A door panel is located intermediate the pair of tracks and moveable along a predetermined path of travel ...
08/01/2000
6089045Method and apparatus for transferring a loop from a selected needle to an adjacent needle for creating a decorative open work pattern
A method for creating an opening in tubular knitted fabric articles, including the steps of providing a knitting machine having a plurality of needles mounted in axial needle slots in a needle cylinder, the needles having a hook formed in a top end of a n...
07/18/2000
6088962Plant transplanting support device and method
A plant transplanting support device is formed of a sheet material for lining an interior of a container having a bottom and side walls for holding a plant. The support device resides between the container and the root ball of the plant to support and mai...
07/18/2000
6089009Fluid-jet false-twisting method and product
A process of producing an assembled yarn, including the steps of providing two or more yarns moving downstream from a supply to a take-up, inserting alternating-direction zones of twist into at least one of the yarns, the at least one yarn having an area ...
07/18/2000
6086448Toy device for combined production of movements and sonorous effects
Joy device of a casing in a form of pedestal, upon a mast for hauling up a flag by means of a strand pulled by a mechanic device is fixed, all in time to a sonorous emission generated by a sound electronic chip included into the casing. According to the i...
07/11/2000
6085932Containers
A container having walls and defining a space between the walls in which articles may be contained. The container includes a partition and attachment. The attachment is operable, in use, to adjustably attach the partition to the container within the space...
07/11/2000
6085554Loop transfer needle for a circular knitting machine
A needle for a circular knitting machine wherein loops can be transferred from one needle to an adjacent needle for forming decorative patterns of open-work. The needle includes an elongate shank having a hook formed on a top end thereof and a butt formed...
07/11/2000
6076702Bulk bag discharge system and method
A bulk bag discharger is disclosed having an inner product tube for receiving the discharge spout on the bottom of the bulk bag, the tube being housed within an outer chamber that traps and retains foreign material and contaminants that could otherwise fa...
06/20/2000
6071403Pool skimmer basket assembly including a buoyant handle
A pool skimmer basket assembly is submerged in a filter passage. The filter passage communicates with a filter opening formed in a wall of a pool. The basket assembly operates to separate and capture debris entrained in pool water entering the filter open...
06/06/2000
6070907Safety athletic pole
An athletic pole adapted for minimizing injuries to the hand and wrist of the user in the event of an accident. The pole includes a handle having an enlarged handle base, a shaft extending from the handle and including a proximal end adjacent the handle, ...
06/06/2000
6065871Bag with tear-resistant handle
A bag including first and second walls having joined first and second opposed side edges, a top end edge, a bottom end edge, and two spaced-apart seal lines adjacent the top end edge of the bag, the improvement defined of a tear-resistant, bag-supporting ...
05/23/2000
6065783Pipe coupling
A pipe coupling joins together adjacent metal pipe segments. The pipe coupling includes a hollow metal body having first and second open ends adapted for receiving respective proximal ends of the adjacent pipe segments. At least one solder groove is forme...
05/23/2000
6063461Multi-density seating cushion
A multi-density batt having a plurality of overlaid thermoplastic fiber web layers. Each of the web layers comprise a homogeneous blend of matrix fibers and binder fibers. The binder fibers have a relatively low predetermined melting temperature and the m...
05/16/2000
6062792Binding apparatus
An elongate binding member 10 is initially open. A series of loops extend along the open edges and these are suspended from a row of holding teeth 12. The other loops are exposed and pages 9 are threader over the exposed loops to be suspended downwardly f...
05/16/2000
6059114Container
An open-topped container (10) has stacking bars (12) which have a series of equally spaced ribs (18) projecting upwardly to engage with ribs (22) formed in the base of a container stacked above....
05/09/2000
6053427Sprayer nozzle fluid supply system
A nozzle fluid supply system for use in sprayers that combines the modular advantages of a dry boom system with the high capacity of a wet boom system. Pressurized fluid is carried by rigid tubes connecting adjacent nozzle holding members attached to the ...
04/25/2000
6052983Fluid-jet twist-inserting apparatus and method
An apparatus for inserting twist into a moving strand, including a first body including an orifice extending therethrough for permitting passage of a moving yarn. An air channel extends therethrough and communicates with the orifice. The air channel commu...
04/25/2000
6053548Manually-operable combination shovel and plow for snow and other material
A manually-operable shovel for efficiently moving material, including a shovel blade, a shovel handle, a joint for attaching the shovel blade to the shovel handle, and an articulation device cooperating with the joint for permitting the operator to positi...
04/25/2000
6050421Automatic laundry tie-off apparatus and method
An automated laundry sorting system is disclosed of the type wherein previously-laundered laundry items on hangers are tagged with electronic identification devices and sorted into predetermined groups. The improvement includes an automatic joining appara...
04/18/2000
6045438Axis block assembly for use in making prescription eyeglass lenses
An axis block assembly is attached to a block holder arm of a lapping machine. The axis block assembly cooperates with a lens block to hold a lens blank in contact with a lap tool used for finishing a surface of the lens blank. The block holder arm moves ...
04/04/2000
6041844Overhead door and track therefor
An overhead door for occluding an opening in a structure. The door includes a pair of tracks having inwardly facing surfaces which define a channel. A door panel is located intermediate the pair of tracks and moveable along a predetermined path of travel ...
03/28/2000
6039545Method and apparatus for precision metering of high viscosity materials
A pump for precision metered pumping of high viscosity materials. A pump housing has a material inlet and a material outlet, a drive gear and at least one cooperating driven gear for receiving material from the material inlet and pumping a metered amount ...
03/21/2000
6039107Vehicle window shade assembly
A vehicle window shade assembly protects the interior of a vehicle from sun damage and excessive heat. The shade assembly includes a flexible protective screen adapted for substantially covering a window of the vehicle. An elongated roller carries the scr...
03/21/2000
6033154Waste processing attachment and method for environmentally treating a waste lagoon
A self-propelled vehicle includes a waste processing attachment. The vehicle is adapted for being moved over a supporting surface, and has a moveable working arm for reaching outwardly from the vehicle and downwardly beneath an adjacent surface of a waste...
03/07/2000
6032314Glass cleaner
A cleaning arrangement intended especially for cleaning drinks glasses includes an open-topped cylindrical container (11) in which is mounted a foamed plastics material cleaning member (18) which has protrusions (24) from its upper face between which an u...
03/07/2000
6027059Coiler apparatus and method
A coiler apparatus for forming flat coils of textile strands from an upstream stand supply and depositing the coils on a moving conveyor belt for transport downstream to a strand processing station. The coiler apparatus includes a driven rotating arm for ...
02/22/2000
6022331Custom-fitted ankle splint
An ankle splint product includes an ankle splint for being custom-formed to the shape of an ankle while flexible and upon hardening providing a rigid, supporting custom fit. The ankle splint product includes an outer container formed of moisture-imperviou...
02/08/2000
6018970Stretch-forming machine with servo-controlled curving jaws
A stretch-forming machine of the type wherein a pair of opposed curving jaws grips opposing ends of a metal sheet to be stretch-formed in a curved configuration. Each of the jaws are formed of an array of adjacent grippers movable relative to each other b...
02/01/2000
6014880Steel siding machine
The invention provides a siding machine for making metal siding having a formed top edge, a formed bottom edge, and a formed middle portion, from a coil of sheet metal which feeds between upper and lower rolls. The machine comprises a flat board former se...
01/18/2000
6015001Two tier venetian blind
A two tier venetian blind comprises an upper and a lower tier of slats suspended from a blind control mechanism; a front upper control cord and a back upper control cord for tilting the upper tier of slats; a front lower control cord and a back lower cont...
01/18/2000
6015968Microwave distillation apparatus, and vessel-biasing assembly
A microwave distillation apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a microwave heating chamber having a plurality of walls. A vessel is located within the chamber for containing a liquid to be distilled. The vessel has a mouth for receiving the liquid...
01/18/2000
6013045Touch fastener strap and splint having buckle retention means
A touch fastener strap of the type which includes an elongate strap member with a buckle on a first end and complementary touch fastener elements carried by the strap member adjacent to an opposing second end. The second end of the strap member may be pas...
01/11/2000
6006376Patient lifting and transport apparatus and method
A convertible patient lifting and transport apparatus includes a frame assembly mounted on wheels and adapted for rolling movement over a supporting surface. The frame assembly defines a patient carriage zone for being occupied by a patient above the supp...
12/28/1999
6006790Dust extraction equipment for looms
Dust extraction equipment for looms includes a plurality of suction manifolds disposed adjacent to a dust-generating zone of a loom. Ducting communicates with each of the manifolds, a filter cabinet, and a motorized suction fan for drawing dust-contaminat...
12/28/1999
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