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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5052121 | Temperature-compensated quantitative dimensional measurement device with rapid temperature sensing and compensation A computerized gauge measures dimensions, typically in the range of 6.1865" to 6.1917" accurate to &#b1;0.001", typically the diameter of a steel railroad car axle. The gauge simultaneously senses the temperature, typically within a range of -20° F. to 1... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4991738 | Beautician's dispenser of foil sheets, and method of dispensing Thin sheets of metal foil are dispensed one-sheet-at-a-time by a dispenser. Differentially-sized stacks of foil sheets are held in correspondingly sized open-top reservoirs in a container. Removable paddles fit within the open tops of the container's rese... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4992655 | Self-resonant galvanometer scanning system with evacuated chamber A very stable deflection system usable with a beam of radiant energy incorporates a self-resonant scanning galvanometer located within an evacuated chamber. The chamber has a hermetic radiant energy transmissive window. An exterior laser source provides a... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4975714 | Focusing mechanism for linescan imaging A continuous motion imaging system having a focusing mechanism for linescan imaging. Carriage apparatus connected to a continuous motion device moves a platen which holds the imaging media. A flexure connection between the carriage and the platen, coupled... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4973263 | Electrical splice assembly A sealed cable splice is disclosed for use in connecting electrically controlled sprinkler valves or other electrical or electronic devices to a control unit. A dual conductor polarity-keyed cable is stripped of its insulation at the end of the cable expo... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4899048 | Focused optical beam encoder of position A light beam, typically 780 nanometer coherent light generated by a laser diode, is focused, preferably by a wide angle graded index optics lens having a numerical aperture of 0.46 and a diameter of 1.8 mm, into a diffraction limited spot, of approximate ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4890606 | User controlled device for decompressing the spine An apparatus is described for decompressing the spine from a seated position. Two triangular sides having forearm supports which can be set at an angle to the horizontal plane with the angle having a range of 20°-45° and is attached through cross member... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4886050 | Device permitting a user to simulate crawling motions to improve movement of the truncal muscles and spine Apparatus is described which allows a user to simulate crawling motions and provides enhanced movements of the person's truncal spinal muscles and joints. The apparatus comprises a first means for supporting a person in position where there is minimal axi... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4870498 | Decompressing run-length-encoded to transition-encoded font image information in an image generator Transition-encoded information for a single scan line of a font image consists of flags at the addresses of all points of transition upon the scan line from black to white, and from white to black, in order to generate one scan line of the font image. Thi... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4861010 | Affixation of vise jaw removable faceplates by keyhole apertures Each jaw of a vise has fasteners, typically two allen-headed bolts, mounted at its face and protruding therefrom. Removable faceplates define keyhole apertures that are complementary in size and spacing to the allen-headed bolts. The faceplates' keyhole a... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4858918 | Device for providing enhanced movement of a person's truncal muscles and spine A device providing enhanced movements of a person's truncal spinal muscles and joints comprises a flat base for supporting a person in position where there is minimal axial gravity loading of the spine. Relative motion between the upper (thoracic) and low... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4857904 | Combination of transition-encoded font information for generation of superimposed font images Transition-encoded font image information is a form of information flagging all pixel displacement locations upon a scan line of a raster scan image generator, nominally a laser printer, whereat black to white, and white to black, transitions occur during... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4854530 | Hanger system for flexible plastic bags A hanger system hangs flexible plastic bags by an increased thickness of plastic near the tops of the bags. The bags' increased thickness results from ridges of slightly thicker plastic wall at the top of the bag, such as is common to rib and groove bag c... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4850877 | Method of determining stress effects in components of the human knee and anthropomorphic leg device therefor A method is described for obtaining quantitative data on the response of individual components of a human knee to external stresses which comprises having an anthropomorphic knee device which includes individual component means for simulating at least one... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4847607 | Image generation from transition-encoded font information Transition-encoded font image information--being a form of information flagging all pixel displacement locations upon a scan line of a raster scanning image generator, nominally a laser printer, whereat a marker, nominally a laser beam, transits from mark... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4835545 | Modulating laser intensity in a laser printer proportionately to the velocity of the photoconductive media A photosensitive, photoconductive media moving in a first direction relative to a laser light beam scanning in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, incurs velocity variations. These velocity variations result in variations in the absolut... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4770872 | Neutralizer for permanently waving hair A neutralizer for permanently waving hair containing water, an oxidant and about 0.05 to about 5 weight percent of a hydrolyzed animal protein derivative having quaternary nitrogen groups bonded to the protein amino groups, and a pH value of about 2 to 11... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4390033 | Stable hair relaxer An emulsified composition is disclosed which is stable on aging and convertible to a hair relaxer composition by admixture with an aqueous solution of guanidine carbonate. The relaxer composition is comprised of a continuous water phase having dispersed t... | 06/28/1983 |
