Bizarre Patents
Safety System For Remove a Rider From a Vehicle by Deploying a Parachute
Methods and apparatus for reducing the velocity of a rider in or on an open cockpit vehicle when the rider is thrown from the vehicle.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4674524 | Folding umbrella A folding umbrella in which articulatingly connected inner and outer rib members are supported by a single slidably disposed strut providing a large diameter in use, and a substantially reduced size when closed. The paired rib members are covered on their... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4674501 | Surgical instrument A scissor-like assembly having a pair of axially mating and relative slidable elongated shafts each provided with a handle and include an articulating interconnection by which the shafts are simultaneously reciprocable relative to each other and conjointl... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4663802 | Gripping handle for an attache case having a pivot pin on only one of its leg extensions A handle having a pair of legs each bifurcated at its end to provide a slot defined by a pair of fingers. One of the fingers is flexible and is provided with a cylindrical pin, the end of which has an inclined cam surface forming a slide on which an eyele... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4658467 | Luggage handle A luggage handle formed of a pair of identical halves, each having a vertical leg and horizontal arm. The halves are assembled by slidably abutting the horizontal arms in overlapping arrangement so that the tip end of one is inserted in a cavity in the ve... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4651988 | Hand held exercise device A hand held exercise device capable of being detachably used as a handle with an empty container.... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4650622 | Method of surface hardening a ceramic article of manufacture The ceramic article, after molding and while in a porous condition, is surface hardened not by being placed in a kiln and exposed to high temperatures, but is operatively arranged to have a combustible gas-air mixture pumped under appropriate pressure thr... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4648161 | Jewelry clasp A two-part clasp has female and male members with the female member being provided with a bore and a slot and into which a prong on the male member interfits for lateral engagement. The female member is provided with a latch which moves beneath the member... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4645373 | Quick release connectors A two-part coupling has a first cylindrical member provided with an axially directed and radially open female socket, and a second cylindrical member provided with an axially extending male terminus conforming in shape to and being receivable in the socke... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4643318 | Safety closet rod system A rigid rod is mounted between a pair of opposed wall brackets. At least one of the brackets is provided with an inverted U-shaped recess for receiving the end of the rod, and a pair of pegs extending cantilevered below the opening of the recesses. The pe... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4638931 | Combination garment hanger A suit hanger is formed with an upper portion formed as a planar frame having a horizontally disposed lower bar over which a pair of trousers can be positioned and a lower portion depending from said lower bar substantially in the plane of said frame and ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4638827 | Folding umbrella A folding umbrella, particularly useful as a beach umbrella, in which circumferentially spaced outer ribs are slidably disposed on cooperating struts as the undersupport of the fabric cover, and in one extreme position of the slides, the umbrella opens to... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4638598 | Force hinge connection for the latching mechanism of a panel truck or van window A window pane is hung along one edge of a window frame by a flexure mechanism arranged to permit pivotal movement of the pane about an axis oriented along the corresponding edge of the frame. An over centered handle latch is mounted on the lower edge of t... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4638521 | Oral cleaning device An oral cleaning device having a handle and a bowl-shaped head within which are cleaning elements which when applied to the mouth surfaces, the head flexes allowing the cleaning elements to contact the surface tissues.... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4637398 | Mastectomy brassiere A mastectomy garment includes an underbra, a breast prosthesis, and an outerbra. The underbra is of lightweight garment foundation material having a cup for the normal breast and a flat band portion for the removed breast, enabling a firm, flat-fitting ga... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4631997 | Method for simultaneously cutting a plurality of picture frame mats A method and apparatus for simultaneously cutting a plurality of picture frame mats with picture display windows in a single operative procedure by initially arranging the mats in a reverse and inverted order and cutting them with an apparatus mounting a ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4629102 | Garment hanger with clip An improved garment-engaging grip of a plastic ship-on hanger in which a cooperating finger and wall engage an interposed garment therebetween, and the finger is movable into a clearance provided behind it to allow for the bulk of the garment, to thereby ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4625727 | Anastomosis device with excisable frame The free ends of two tubular tissue members to be anastomosed are each pulled over the outside of a respective ring joined by an integral frame which holds the rings rigidly a short distance apart and sewn to the respective rings and to each other across ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4623079 | Garment hanger with grip An improved garment-engaging grip of a plastic ship-on-hanger in which a cooperating finger and wall engage an interposed garment therebetween, and the finger is movable into a clearance provided behind it to allow for the bulk of the garment, to thereby ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622776 | Hanging planter A hanging planter having a pot and separate stringers for suspension. The pot is formed with at least a pair of loops integral with its lips into which the stringers are held for transportation, display, and storage.... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622039 | Method and apparatus for the recovery and reuse of solvents in dry cleaning systems According to the present invention, a dry cleaning washer and a dryer are arranged in a closed cycle system so that the effluent solvent vapor from the washer is delivered to an accumulator chamber generally simultaneously with the delivery from the dryer... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4621816 | Side stroking golf putter A side stroking golf putter in which the shank portion of the shaft is connected with the putter head above one or more oppositely directed putting faces and the putter head is positioned remote from the user by a connection between the shank and the hand... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4618325 | Custom dental shade guide tab A hollow transparent mold is provided for the custom formation of a dental shade guide. The mold is provided with an opening into which the dentist inserts raw filling material selected from the material he intends using on the patient. The mold is provid... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4616756 | Readily assembled two-shelf cart A readily assembled cart for storing and receiving fan-folded computer paper having a frame formed of a lower shelf and a pair of side walls connected to the lower shelf at each of its corners by a removable caster assembly. An upper shelf is removably ho... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4604994 | Implantable medical prosthesis for obviating male impotency A manually compressible reservoir, such as a rubber bulb is provided in which a liquid medication is maintained and from which an outlet conduit extends to a selected body part. The prosthesis includes a piston for storing separately from the reservoir a ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4599557 | Logic probe A test probe for determining the logic state of a digital logic circuit, which probe utilizes threshold detectors to determine the relative voltage level of a test point, and gate circuits to enable various voltage conditions, e.g., a ground, high, low, u... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4598503 | Vibration absorption mounting for a rooftop air handling unit or the like (II) An improved arrangement of so-called upper and lower curbs with interposed springs having an interconnected condition allowing for their delivery to an installation site as a single modular section, and at said site each section bolted together and then r... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4593934 | Newspaper holder An article of manufacture which can be folded in a loosely closed condition about a newspaper, to obviate the inadvertent transfer of newsprint therefrom, and released to partake of a slight opening movement which correspondingly releases the individual p... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4593508 | Extrusion One or more panels of similar construction are formed having a frame on a pair of planar decorative faces are secured. The frame is provided with a centrally located groove in its peripheral edges. One or more connecting bars are provided each having plat... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4592166 | Multiple section hanging planter A planter formed of two sections, one disposed within the other, in which cooperating projections provided on the sections must slide over each other during the disassembly thereof, so that there is frictional resistance which obviates inadvertent disasse... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4590834 | Apparatus for simultaneously cutting a plurality of picture frame mats A method and apparatus for simultaneously cutting a plurality of picture frame mats with picture display windows in a single operative procedure by initially arranging the mats in a reverse and inverted order and cutting them with an apparatus mounting a ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4589374 | Spiral corrugated corrosion resistant heat exchanger A heat exchanger is formed of a pair of concentrically arranged cylindrical shells, closed at each end to define a chamber through which water can pass. A combustion element extends into the inner shell from one end along the axis thereof and is connected... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4586229 | Bushing bearing extractor After attachment of a tap member or the like to the bushing bearing to be removed, the inventive extractor hereof uses to advantage a pressure fluid, such as grease, to force the tap member with its attached bearing in an exiting direction from its blind ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4584968 | Cylindrical boiler A heat exchanger is formed of a pair of concentrically arranged open-ended cylindrical shells, defining a chamber therebetween, in through which water can pass. Each end of the pair of shells is closed by a removable cap. A combustion element extends into... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4584735 | Dustpan with a control handle In a dustpan pivotally attached to an end of a handle, and latched to extend laterally thereof and unlatched to cause discharge therefrom as the dustpan assumes a vertically extending position, the improvement consisting of moving the latching pin, rather... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4581271 | Holder and indicia means for use therewith A holder having a chamber that is recessed and has compartments in which indicia elements having engaging projections are received. The compartments have access openings in opposed walls of the chamber that are bendable to increase the size of the compart... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4580750 | Restaurant tray support stand Pivotal attachments are incorporated in the construction of a restaurant tray support stand which provide the option of doubling the tray-supporting capacity thereof, without necessitating any significant complicating changes in construction or mode of us... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4576336 | Drinking straw A drinking straw in which the hollow tube has inlet and outlet ends that are coextensive with an engagement that engage walls of a drinking vessel to hold the straw and the vessel together and in which the an engagement includes turns which are a continua... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4576115 | Tank cover A cover for an animal tank, fish tank or the like having an open top, and peripheral side portions having an exterior peripheral lip. The cover is formed of a flat screen attached to a continuous frame, which is provided with a plurality of resilient depe... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4573452 | Surgical holder for a laparoscope or the like Mechanical components for holding and positioning a laparoscope incident to its use during surgery, wherein a selectively tensionable cable-type component is released for moving the laparoscope almost into its desired position and then tensioned into a ri... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4572500 | Rowing exercise device A rowing exercise device in which the heretofore individually operated right and left hand rowing or exercise handles are now, according to the within invention, also optionally operated in unison, by the exerciser gripping a handle-uniting structure conn... | 02/25/1986 |
