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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D641182 | Combination furniture and storage container | 07/12/2011 |
| 5190191 | Apparatus for measured and unmeasured dispensing of viscous fluids A viscous fluid dispenser is provided including a housing enclosing a pressurizable viscous fluid reservoir connected to a collapsible measuring chamber. A valve is connected therebetween and can be activated to fill the chamber on demand. The dispenser w... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5152391 | Hopper feed elevator There is provided an improved hopper feed elevator utilizing an endless conveyor passing through a bin containing parts to be elevated. A curved tunnel is juxtaposed to an opening at the bottom of the bin. The endless conveyor passes through the curved tu... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5109873 | Surgical drape There is provided an improved surgical drape in the form of a sheet having a fenestration therein through which a surgical procedure is performed. A score line is provided partially through the sheet from one outer edge thereof to the fenestration. The sc... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5054581 | Safety device for securing a ladder to an aerial cable There is provided a clamp for securing a ladder to an aerial cable such as telephone cable. The clamp includes first and second slots for attaching the clamp to adjacent rungs on the ladder. The clamp includes a locking mechanism, having a swivelable port... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5043852 | Apparatus enabling self-examination of the pubic area There is provided a bench to facilitate the self-examination, shaving, and/or cleansing of the user's pubic area. The bench includes a cavity which is covered by an operable top. A light and a mirror are received in the cavity. The bench includes one or m... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5031862 | Aircraft with passenger safety net There is provided a passenger carrying aircraft having a cabin and outer walls. The aircraft includes a safety net located between the cabin and the outer walls. The safety net covers substantially the entire fuselage. If a part of the outer walls fails w... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5032360 | Odor remover There is provided an apparatus and method for removing odors from the air. The apparatus has a base with a candle mounted thereon and a container open at two ends located above the candle. The container houses activated charcoal. The candle causes the odo... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5030097 | Method using a colloidal suspension of the rare earth oxide as a wetting agent and a suspending agent for making dental porcelains There is provided a mixture which preferably is a colloidal suspension of finely divided particles of a rare-earth oxide such as cerium oxide in a liquid. The liquid may be all water but also may include other materials such as acetic acid, 1,3-butanediol... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5024338 | Drape rod assembly There is provided a pair of plates swivelably connected together forming a hinge. The hinge is used to join a pair of drape rods so that the drape rods may be mounted at various angles with respect to each other and presenting continuity at corners.... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5009595 | Dental mouth prop There is provided an improved mouth prop for dental patients in the form of a tapered block made of pliable styrene material. A portion of one side of the block is concaved so as to more readily provide access to the patient's mouth and improve visibility... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5007125 | Blanket having improved thermal characteristics in the portion covering the feet There is provided a blanket constructed of a woven rectangular panel with an upper portion for covering the user's torso and with a lower portion for covering the user's feet. The filler yarn is thicker in the lower portion than in the upper portion and t... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4995150 | Method and apparatus for making feminine hygienic interlabia pads There is provided a method and apparatus for manufacturing feminine hygienic pads in the form of adjacent thick and thin elongated panels having a filler of absorbent material and an outer covering. A rope of absorbent material and a web of the outer cove... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4943685 | Cable splicing and termination system A device for insulating and re-insulating cable splices and terminations in which a housing encloses and defines a space around a portion of the cable to be insulated. An insulating gel fills the space. The insulating gel is formed of an imbibitive lightl... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4934219 | Coaxial cable stripper tool and method There is provided an improved apparatus and method for stripping insulation from coaxial cable for placing the cable in condition to be terminated to a connector. The apparatus is in the form of a hand tool which includes a single spring biased blade and ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4926587 | Method and apparatus for propagating plants A method and apparatus for propagating plants is illustrated wherein provision is made for aeration and drainage of the root plug with increased air flow to the upper or leafy parts of the plants extending across a growing tray in a predetermined pattern.... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4919021 | Pliers for closing a locking ring There is provided specialized pliers particularly adapted to close a locking ring which has locking members on the different planes. The pliers include a pair of jaws, each having grooves for receiving the locking ring. Inclined planes, which abut against... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4916916 | Energy storage apparatus and method There is provided a method and apparatus for storing energy and for utilizing the stored energy. The apparatus includes a storage container which holds a phase change energy storage material such as water. A plurality of coils are disposed in the storage ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4873997 | Surgical drape There is provided an improved surgical drape with a central sheet having at least one hole therein through which surgical procedure is to be performed. A pair of elongated pleats are formed in the central sheet along its outer edge, providing barriers to ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4855166 | Artificial pine needle There is provided an artificial pine needle including a plurality of strands each of which may be made from an olefin material. The strands are adjacent and somewhat parallel to one another. The strands are attached to one another on one end. The strands ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4842487 | Pumping device using pressurized gas There is provided an improved fluid pumping device including an enclosure to be placed downhole in a well. A first hollow tube is received in the enclosure and extends to the surface of the well for removing fluid from the well. A second hollow tube also ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4811695 | Universal animal collar There is provided an animal collar which may be used as a training or choke collar as well as an identification collar. A pair of joined laminates form part of the collar. The laminates have rings attached to opposing ends. A ropelike web forms another pa... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4802471 | Leveler attachment for ladders There is provided a ladder having a leveler attached thereto. The leveler includes a T-shaped gripping device having a sharp edge which contacts the smooth surface of an adjacent slidable rail for locking the rail into position. The slidable rail acts as ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4781191 | Method for enabling atraumatic passage of a severed tendon through a tendon sheath There is provided a method for enabling the placement of a severed tendon to a position in its associated sheath to be repaired or passing a tendon end through any small enclosed space. An elongated, flexible hollow tube with openings at both ends, and is... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4777764 | Plant growing container and method A seedling container is illustrated wherein a number of removable partitions or barriers are clamped together in a block by releasable clamping means permitting alignment of the partitions and then sequential removal in such a way as to support the remove... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4771912 | Method and apparatus for depositing articles such as seeds There is provided an improved cassette particularly adapted for sowing seeds utilizing a plurality of adjacent stacked plates having a plurality of perforations therein. The perforations are adapted to receive seeds. The seeds in the perforations of each ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4767150 | Trailer and tailgate There is provided an improved trailer and tailgate therefore. The means for attaching the tailgate to the remainder of the trailer is independent of the inside surfaces of the sidewalls of the trailer. Thus the sidewalls are free from obstructions permitt... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4763419 | Optical viewing system There is provided an optical viewing system, which is preferably a compass which eliminates the parallax and sighting problems of prior art optical systems. The compass includes a beam splitter which displays a sighted image both on a reference screen and... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4749324 | Apparatus for lifting and positioning construction material There is provided an apparatus for lifting and positioning construction material such as building logs. The apparatus includes a frame having a pair of interconnected parallel beams. A pair of large fixed axis wheels are attached to one end of the frame w... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4749890 | Magneto hydro dynamics system There is provided a magnetohydrodynamics system which utilizes liquid metal or alloy moving in a channel through a magnetic field to generate electricity. Energy is put into the system by pumping the liquid metal to an elevated collection zone. A portion ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4735064 | Energy storage container and system There is provided an improved energy storage system which includes a tank for holding water or eutectic material and housing a plurality of coils. The coils are connected to a condensing unit and to an evaporating unit which is positioned in the space to ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4733850 | Apparatus and method for enabling atraumatic passage of a severed tendon through a tendon sheath or other enclosed space There is provided an apparatus for enabling the placement of a severed tendon to a position in its associated sheath to be repaired or passing a tendon end through any small enclosed space. The apparatus includes an elongated, flexible hollow tube with op... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4733480 | Dryer for gas masks and the like There is provided a dryer which is particularly adapted to dry a plurality of fireman's gas masks. The dryer includes a first enclosure having a plurality of air inlet holes through its top, with a second enclosure covering the air inlet holes and being c... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4722577 | Cabinet for housing dispensing machines There is provided an improved cabinet for housing a plurality of dispensing machines which are situated in rows and columns within the cabinet. The bottom row of dispensing machines are received on a slidable support mechanism so that the bottom row may b... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4703531 | Padded rail cap There is provided a padded rail which is particularly adapted to be received over a support beam for a water bed. An elongated U-shaped channel is provided having a pair of detends extending inside of the channel for holding the rail to the beam. A pair o... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4699627 | Indigo-dyeable polyester fibers and pretreatment of polyester to produce same A new and useful indigo-dyeable polyester is disclosed, and process for making same, for which a suitable polyester has had applied to its surface an amount of a suitable indigo dye retaining compound effective to provide said polyester with indigo fastne... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4688498 | Apparatus and method for detecting position of embroidery machine after power failure There is provided a method and apparatus for detecting the position of an embroidery machine after power failure. A position encoder is connected to each frame drive actuator on each axis of the embroidery machine. The computer which controls the actuator... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4681309 | Surgical prep block and surgical assist block There is provided a surgical support apparatus which may be used as a prep block or surgical assist block. The apparatus is particularly useful for supporting human extremities whereby the extremity is prevented from touching any non-sterile surface while... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4666763 | Fiber batts and the method of making There is provided a fiber batt made from a plurality of entangled synthetic fibers arranged in a random fashion, forming a nonwoven structure. Each fiber contains a plurality of substantially spherically shaped void spaces. The batts may be made by an ext... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4627369 | System for improving embroidered articles A system is provided for improving frame adjustments of automatic embroidery machines. Groupings of holes are punched in an elongated tape corresponding to binary numbers. The tape is read by an electro-optical reader which converts the information on the... | 12/09/1986 |
