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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5697177 | Locking tag for banded merchandise The locking tag for fastening to band material on merchandise is made of sheet material having an information part and a header part united together. The information part is for printed matter, which may include a scannable product identification marking.... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5630336 | Bending brake The new bending brake comprises three basic assemblies, namely a base assembly having an upward brake surface, a cover assembly having a downward brake surface above the base assembly, and an apron assembly pivotally hinged to the base assembly and having... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5623802 | Construction technology A plastic construction strip in the form of a coil of overlapped convolutions has a composition comprised primarily of polyolefin material. It is between about 20 and 80 mils in thickness and has a width of at least one-half inch. It has high resistance t... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5617656 | Slotted orifice locking tag for banded merchandise The slotted orifice locking tag for fastening to a band material about merchandise is made of sheet material having an information part and a header part united together. The information part is for printed matter, which may include a scannable product id... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5593059 | Protective newspaper delivery receptable This weather-shielding protective newspaper delivery receptacle serves to completely enclose its contents and has no removable or hinged door for access to its interior. The receptacle consists essentially of a tapered elongated tube having its smaller en... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5558206 | Conveyor technology A slip roller conveyor has parallel side walls and a plurality of driven slip roller assemblies mounted therein. Each driven assembly comprises a stub shaft that is threadedly mounted in the side wall and has a wrench-engageable head. A pulley with a slee... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5454849 | Soil treatment composition Two nuisance waste products, namely sewage sludge ash and water treatment lime, are mixed together to provide an agricultural soil treatment composition which enhances the nutrient value and raises the pH of the soil for improved plant growth while simult... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5411237 | Golf cart umbrella holder This golf cart umbrella holder is for holding an umbrella having a shaft portion and a bulging handle portion with a butt end. The holder has a vertical spine with a lower support member for supporting the handle portion, a medial gripping member for grip... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5363589 | Fly catcher This fly catcher features a mating relationship between the tapered passageway of the fly entry path and the capture chamber that permits the capture chamber to be entirely separated from the passageway for easier cleaning of the catcher. The passageway i... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5346527 | Soil treatment Two heretofore bothersome waste products, namely sewage sludge ash and water treatment lime, are mixed together to provide an agricultural soil treatment enhancing the nutrient value and raising the pH of the soil for improved plant growth while simultane... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5328436 | Deadfold reclosure sticker method The deadfold reclosure sticker for hand pressure application to a bag has a flexible backing liner with a low adhesion surface. On the liner is a flexible deadfold reclosure sticker having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer forming a base surface releasa... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5301633 | Flexible bladder for soaking the earth and collecting earthworms and method of use A flat and thin bladder device is used to cause earthworms to migrate to the earth's surface for easy collection. The bladder is laid flat on the earth's surface and has a maximum thickness between its top wall and bottom wall of not over about 5 centimet... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5302222 | Deadfold sticker method The new dispensing roll of deadfold stickers comprises a length of flexible carrier tape having a low adhesion surface and a multiplicity of flexible deadfold stickers releasably adhered to the low adhesion surface for easy removal therefrom. Each deadfol... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5265719 | Pet luggage The pet luggage has an elongated main compartment with outside pockets at the ends of the main compartment, thereby making the luggage extremely long as compared to its width but more comfortably carried than shorter luggage of comparable volume. One outs... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5227210 | Deadfold sticker systems The new dispensing roll of deadfold stickers comprises a length of flexible carrier tape having a low adhesion surface and a multiplicity of flexible deadfold stickers releasably adhered to the low adhesion surface for easy removal therefrom. Each deadfol... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5215797 | Deadfold reclosure sticker The deadfold reclosure sticker for hand pressure application to a bag has a flexible backing liner with a low adhesion surface. On the liner is a flexible deadfold reclosure sticker having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer forming a base surface releasa... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5180028 | Tractor implement orientation system This self-propelled articulation-steered tractor has a positive adjustment system for controlling the orientation (both elevation and lateral tilt) of a transverse implement mounted on either the front or rear assembly of the tractor, and a reactive adjus... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5152013 | Versatile tandem belt The stabilizing belt comprises a pliable belt band, means for securing the band about the waist of the forward person of a tandem pair, and at least two discrete hand grip assemblies for the rearward person of the tandem pair. Each of the hand grip assemb... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5125752 | Mixer This shear mixer for polymeric material has two mateable bodies that, when pressed in mating condition together, form a reverse flow path for the movement of the material being mixed. The mixer has two mixing gaps, each defined by a primary wall surface o... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5120180 | Railcar straddle for material handling The straddle apparatus for loading and unloading gondola and similar-type railcars is mobile for movement into a position straddling a railcar on railroad tracks. It has a platform supported by leg members adjustable to vary the elevation of the platform ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5066012 | Polar lighted ball The polar-lighted recreational ball is substantially symmetrical about an axis of the ball body and hasa opposing polar regions at opposite ends of the axis. Axially recessed lighting assemblies at each polar region project light outwardly from the ball t... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4982743 | Itch reducer The new low voltage itch reducer is characterized by having a treatment head comprising a body of electrically insulating material having a substantially flat face surface. A pattern of spaced electrode tips project outwardly from the face surface. The pa... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4962547 | Golf glove A golf glove for the hand of the user placed highest on the club comprising backside panels inlcuding a grip indicator panel area defined as the area covering the backside of the user's little and ring fingers down to the tip and also covering the portion... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4955576 | Versatile writing board A portable writing board mountable for use on a steering wheel of a vehicle and also entirely stable for writing use when rested upon any flat surface. The board has a platform member which has substantially parallel side edges, a lower edge, and a curved... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4953901 | High security keeper and reinforcement bar for entry door A strike plate for an entry door structure. The strike plate consists of a unitary metal member having a face portion which merges into a curved lip portion which merges into a lateral flange oriented perpendicularly to the face portion. The face portion ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4951837 | Dispenser for disposable funnels The wall-mountable disposable-funnel dispenser has a funnel feeder member and a cover member which frictionally fit together to provide a convenient, compact storage container for paper funnels. The funnel feeder member and cover member are constructed of... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4938868 | Method of distilling under partial vacuum The vacuum column system distills liquid under partial vacuum conditions. The system rigorously splashes and boils liquid in a boiler chamber so as to form vapor and a rising mist from the splashing liquid. The vapor and mist rise in a circularly convergi... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4918578 | Light piping displays A visual display device illuminated by flexible and shock absorbing edge-lighting means is provided. The device includes a transparent panel of light piping material and a light-scattering design integrated with the panel. The transparent panel has a ligh... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4863081 | Garment hanging rack The invention comprises a removeable and adjustable rack for mounting on a fixed garment hook inside the body compartment of a motor vehicle to increase garment hanging capacity. It includes a base plate which has an opening for hanging on a fixed garment... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4859138 | Boom for a vehicle including folding linkage between boom parts A boom H for a vehicle A which carries a working implement K to enable operations to be carried out such as excavation or loading, comprises first (11) and second (10) parts, the first part (11) carrying the working implement (K) and the second part (14) ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4848588 | Feminine supplies storage container This invention provides a compact storage container formed of a base member and a slidably removable cover. The base member is subdivided into a relatively larger first part and a smaller second part which is further subdivided for particular feminine sup... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4823756 | Nozzle system for engines A nozzle assembly having a premix chamber is provided for the injection of remixed fuel and air or other gas into a diesel ingine cylinder. Air, or other gas, is supplied continuously to the premix chamber through a port connected to a high pressure reserv... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4813190 | Dual position eaves trough The dual position eaves trough apparatus has a mounting bracket which is L-shaped and has a vertical mounting leg and a horizontal projecting arm united to the mounting leg and extending in spaced relationship underneath the overhang of the roof. The proj... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4811952 | Flight destination board game The game apparatus for flight destination play by opposing players consists essentially of a playing board and two sets of movable markers. Each set includes a destination marker, a flight marker, and a plurality of offensive-defensive markers representin... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4773814 | Earth moving machine The earth moving machine has a body having a ground engaging propulsion device and a base frame mounted on the ground engaging propulsion device. The base frame is movable relative to the ground engaging propulsion device about a first generally vertical ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4716916 | Vehicle cleansing The system for cleansing exterior surfaces of vehicles has horizontal arrays of plural zero degree solid stream nozzles in spaced relationship along the linear length of the arrays. The zero degree nozzles are at an angular orientation with respect to the... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4702224 | Barbecue pit The barbecue pit is a masonry structure including a chimney portion and a fire box portion laterally adjacent to and intercommunicating with the chimney portion. The fire box portion is topped by a hood frame which defines the length and width of an acces... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4685443 | Hydraulic friction heat generator The hydraulic friction heat generator has a cylindrical housing through which passes a motor driven drive shaft along the longitudinal axis. A plurality of discs is mounted on the shaft. Each disc has two or more generally radial slits extending radially ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4685857 | Vehicle load-carrying apparatus The adjustable load-carrying apparatus is designed for mounting on the load-carrying bed of a vehicle. It includes a base frame assembly which is fixed rigidly to the vehicle bed and has laterally spaced inwardly facing rollers in longitudinal alignment a... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4682852 | Reflective sheeting technology A reflex light reflector comprising a laminate of water-insoluble layers including an internal specular-reflecting metal layer sealed between water-insoluble layers and formed in situ by vapor deposition of metal to a sufficient thickness to constitute a ... | 07/28/1987 |
