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Patent No. 6681419

Forehead support apparatusĀ 

A forehead support apparatus for resting a standing users forehead against a wall above a bathroom commode or urinal or beneath a showerhead.

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Attorney: Collard; Allison C.


Number of patents: 206
Last date: July 21, 1987

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NumberTitleIssue Date
4681192Dual-wheel casters with positive lock mechanism
A braked twin-wheel caster assembly consists of five components--a body, two indentical wheels, a metal wheel spindle and a locking lever. A molded brake lever, rockable between a wheel-locking position and an unlocking position in which the wheels are fr...
07/21/1987
4478887Reinforced support sheet and method for making same
A reinforced support sheet or plate, especially for making flat gaskets or heat dampening plates is made of a sheet or plate-like support material which is covered with a vulcanizable soft material layer which contains a fiber-like and, if need be, powder...
10/23/1984
4392896Method of producing a gypsum plaster board
A method of producing a gypsum plaster board. This method includes a step of preparing a starch paste which is effective to bond the gypsum core member and both paper boards. In this step, first, about 10-30 wt % of starch such as corn starch based on wat...
07/12/1983
4384907Apparatus, method, and retrofit kit for applying a bonding agent to a cup
In a machine and method for producing plastic bottles by periodically applying a bonding agent to a cup of a series of cups adapted for successive bonding operations of each cup to respective round-bottomed hollow bodies of plastic material, and including...
05/24/1983
4369902Retractable load carrier for vehicles
A retractable load carrier for the cantilever support of loads from the rear of a vehicle, consisting of a pair of spaced-apart, elongated channel supports, disposed from the rear of the vehicle in the direction of travel. Each support consists of a plura...
01/25/1983
4356964Thermic control element
A thermic control element has a plate-like wall part and a membrane member which is peripherally coupled therewith which, on its one side, supports a locking element and, on its other side, a counter plate facing the wall part. The locking element, the me...
11/02/1982
4347677Snow removal bar for the snow removal plate of a snow plow
A snow removal bar for the snow removal plate of a snow plow consists of a rubber or plastic element which is reinforced with steel plates on both sides thereof, and which has an upper edge mounted on the lower edge of the snow removal plate with screws. ...
09/07/1982
4211040Process for machining silicon rods and tubes by abrasion
The invention provides a process and an apparatus for machining silicon r and tubes by abrasion. The risk of fracture of such workpieces during grinding is prevented in this method and apparatus by the workpiece being held vertically in a cylindrical gri...
07/08/1980
4124668Process for the removal and after treatment of blown hollow bodies of plastic
A method is provided for removing and finishing blown hollow articles made of plastic in machines for manufacturing blown plastic articles of the type which is provided with at least one blow mold closing unit movable between a hose transfer position, in ...
11/07/1978
4118522Method and device for the coating of tablets
For various purposes tablets are often provided with a coating. The coating processes are extremely time-consuming. To reduce the time for the manufacture of dragees the liquid coating material is applied to the tablet kernels in a vacuum....
10/03/1978
4115077Method of continuously producing resinoid abrasive wheels for cutting hard materials
Resinoid abrasive wheels are continuously produced by preparing pore forming granules having predetermined mechanical strength and containing a substance thermally decomposable at a baking temperature for the production of resinoid abrasive wheels, kneadi...
09/19/1978
4114205Sauna
A suana includes a wooden housing, having a closable entryway and a heating device and a humidifier, each of which is disposed in the housing, and includes a control element for respectively regulating the temperature and humidity in the housing. At least...
09/19/1978
4113532Process for producing large-size substrate-based semiconductor material utilizing vapor-phase deposition and subsequent resolidification
A process for producing large-size, substrate-based semiconductor material of silicon deposited on a substrate body from the gaseous phase, which comprises the steps of heating a substrate body by direct current passage to deposition temperature, contacti...
09/12/1978
4111742Process for producing crucible-drawn silicon rods containing volatile doping agents
A process for making crucible-drawn silicon rods containing volatile doping gents, especially antimony, said rods having narrow resistance tolerances, which comprises drawing from a pre-doped silicon melt a monocrystalline rod while passing through the mel...
09/05/1978
4112057Process for purifying halogenosilanes
Halogenosilanes and halogenogermanes which are contaminated by a boron-coining impurity are purified by treatment with an effective amount of a hydrated metal oxide or a hydrated silicate containing from about 3 to about 8% by weight of water, and then d...
09/05/1978
4111093String instrument, in particular a guitar with foldable neck portion
A string instrument, such as a guitar, includes an instrument body, a neck portion, pivotably coupled to the body by means of a joint, to permit pivotal movement of the neck portion between an operative and a folded position, a string mount moveably mount...
09/05/1978
4110586Manufacture of doped semiconductor rods
Process for doping a semiconductor rod which comprises securing a semicontor rod containing a dopant and having a substantially smaller cross section than the rod to be doped against said rod, with the axes of the two rods substantially parallel to one a...
08/29/1978
4110794Electronic typewriter using a solid state display to print
A word processing system for displaying and reproducing a plurality of alphanumeric characters on a solid state display and capable of printing from that display consisting of a housing containing an electronic keyboard with indicia markings on the keys. ...
08/29/1978
4109683Throttle valve
A throttle valve formed from two jackets each having through bores. Each jacket includes two groups of bores, one group of bores being equally spaced from each other and the other group of bores having an intermediate bore unequally spaced from the outer ...
08/29/1978
4107857Athletic shoe construction
An athletic shoe includes a sole having toe, ball, arch and heel sections, corresponding to that of a foot and an upper secured to the sole, which includes two pairs of upwardly-tapered straps secured to the sole on opposite sides of its ball and arch sec...
08/22/1978
4108083Portable writing and reading table assembly
A portable writing and reading table assembly includes a pair of spaced-apart stands, each of which includes a generally flat base, an upstanding post secured to the base, and a generally flat writing board, having an elongated holding bar mounted across ...
08/22/1978
4108964Process for the manufacture of silicon dioxide
A process and device for the manufacture of highly disperse silicon dioxide by reacting gaseous organosilanes and other gases that burn with formation of water with oxygen-containing gases in a flame which comprises evaporating the organosilane in an evap...
08/22/1978
4109128Method for the production of semiconductor rods of large diameter and device for making the same
Method for the production of dislocation-free, monocrystalline semiconduc rods with large diameters by crucible-free zone melting, which comprises producing the melting zone in a uniform electromagnetic field substantially symmetrical to the rod axis. Th...
08/22/1978
4107002Process for the purification of crude acetic anhydride
A process for the purification of crude acetic anhydride by continuous fractional distillation, which comprises first introducing the anhydride into an evaporator, thereafter removing from the evaporator the non-distillable components contained in the cru...
08/15/1978
4107276Manufacture of hexagonal boron nitride
Process for the manufacture of hexagonal boron nitride which comprises causing a starting material containing an alkali metal boride or an alkaline earth metal boride, preferably a hexa- or dodecaboride, to react with nitrogen at temperatures of at least ...
08/15/1978
4106427Alarm system
An alarm system for detecting and signaling the unauthorized opening of a movable closure, includes a support plate, a toothed rack, slidably supported on the support plate, a gear, rotatably mounted on the support plate and, in mesh with the teeth of the...
08/15/1978
4104968Clamping device for flexible printing plates
A device for clamping flexible printing plates onto the plate cylinder of rotary printing presses, wherein the plate cylinder has a concentric groove formed in its surface, the groove walls extending at an acute angle into the surface of the plate cylinde...
08/08/1978
4103900Originality seal for disposable receptacles
An originality seal for disposable or single use receptacles adapted to be fitted to an applicator having a peripheral sealing surface for connection to the disposable receptacles consisting of a receptacle-side sealing surface for engaging the wall of th...
08/01/1978
4103224Micro-wave hygrometer
A micro-wave hygrometer having a dielectric resonator, a micro-wave transmitter and receiver to and from the dielectric resonator, and an electro-static shield surrounding said dielectric resonator and a support supporting the dielectric resonator at the ...
07/25/1978
4101106Cushion leveler for tables and chairs
This invention is concerned with a device for application to the feet of tables, chairs, desks, stands, files, etc., generally any surface to be levelled, to allow for the minor discrepancies of their not being in the same plane, or for minor discrepancie...
07/18/1978
4100014Etching agent for III/V semiconductors
An etching agent for III/V semiconductor material consisting of (a) 1 to 30 percent by weight of hydrofluoric acid, (b) 2 to 30 percent by weight of hydrogen peroxide, (c) 1 to 75 percent by weight of sulfuric acid, (d) 15 to 95 percent by weight of water, Wherein the q...
07/11/1978
4098819Process for the production of phosphoric acid-dimethylamide-dichloride or phosphoric acid-bis-(dimethylamide)-chloride
Process for the production of phosphoric acid-dimethylamide-dichloride (A) or phosphoric acid-bis-(dimethylamide)-chloride (B) by reacting phosphorus oxychloride and dimethylammonium chloride at elevated temperature under anhydrous conditions, which compr...
07/04/1978
4098281Collapsible shelter
A collapsible shelter includes a central hub, a multiplicity of ribs, pivotably secured and extending radially outwardly from the hub, and a covering material secured to each of the ribs and interconnecting adjacent ones thereof. The ribs of the shelter a...
07/04/1978
4097329Process for the production of monocrystalline silicon rods
A process for the production of a monocrystalline silicon rod by withdrawal rom a silicon melt in a drawing chamber by means of a drawing spindle, comprises passing a stream of a protective gas, such as argon, into said chamber during the drawing operation...
06/27/1978
4094902Process for the manufacture of phosphoric acid-tris-(dimethylamide)
Process for the manufacture of phosphoric acid-tris-(dimethylamide) (C) by reacting phosphorus oxychloride and dimethylamine in a molar ratio of 1 to at least 3, under anhydrous conditions and, optionally, under the application of pressure, which comprise...
06/13/1978
4094177Tamper-resistant lock and key assembly
An improved, tamper-resistant lock and key assembly is provided of the type which includes a key having a post and a generally cup-shaped bit having a bitting formed on the outer end thereof, a generally hollow cylinder, and a circular, pin-type tumbler m...
06/13/1978
4094015Neck roll for helmet
A neck roll of cushion material to be affixed to a helmet or similar protective device to become an integral part thereof, which neck roll stays in the proper position between the shoulders and the bottom edge of the helmet shell regardless of orientation...
06/13/1978
4094081Beach sandal
A beach shoe or sandal for walking on sandy or porous surfaces, comprising a flat sole surface in the general shape of the user's foot, which has a projecting, peripheral wall, formed perpendicular to the sole surface that terminates in a flat rim for con...
06/13/1978
4093203Device for slowing down printing specimen in the folding apparatus
The invention is concerned with a device for slowing down a fed printing specimen as it is fed to the paddle wheel, and includes a pair of rollers, one of which is adjustable relative to the other to provide for an adjustable wedge portion therebetween wh...
06/06/1978
4093248Pivotal implement
A pivotal implement, such as a pivotal plow includes an implement frame having an axle extending longitudinally in the direction of travel which is pivotally supported on an undercarriage for movement relative thereto about its axle. The undercarriage inc...
06/06/1978
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