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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5601940 | Battery holder The battery holder enables rapid insertion and removal of a battery relative thereto. An open portion of the holder provides ready access for rapid and efficient battery insertion and removal. Biased contacts and a protruding lip portion at opposite ends ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5595177 | Scintigraphy guided stereotaxic localizations apparatus for breast carcinomas A scintigraphy guided system for stereotaxic localization of breast carcinomas, used in conjunction with a scintillation detection device, of a patient who has been injected with a radioactive substance which preferentially accumulates in carcinomas. The ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5584566 | Backlighting light fixtures for trade show display structures A backlighting light fixture adapted for use in providing backlight illumination for display structures having a framework made of rail members assembled to define openings, with translucent, image bearing panels mounted in the openings. The backlighting ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5579595 | Stretcher bar apparatus A stretcher bar frame for artists' backing material and kit to make same. Lengths of lumber rails of conveniently available standard sizes, such as 1"×3" and 2"×4", can be used with a plurality of molded corner bracket units, each having two channels si... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5570813 | Viscous material delivery and management system and method A viscous material delivery and management system for delivery of a particular viscous material to a viscous material utilizing destination. The system has a sealed container for containment of a particular viscous material, a source of inert gas in gaseo... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5546979 | Device for draining fluid from a container A fluid container draining device for draining fluid from a fluid container, such as an oil filter, in a controlled manner. It has a front threaded screw with a sharpened drill tip. It has an internal channel communicating between an opening at the forwar... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546986 | Leakproof dual action fluid transfer valve A leakproof dual action valve which is operated by its relative state of engagement and disengagement to a complementary, mating spring-actuated valve connected to a fluid supply. The dual action valve has a sleeve member, a piston carrier portion, a pist... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5542245 | Compressed jewelry chain and method of making same This disclosure relates primarily to the making of compressed single and double arrow jewelry chains, of precious or non-precious metal, and other unique surface designs, from open link chains wherein the regularly repeating apertures of the prior art cha... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5518315 | External bag support frame An external bag support frame for attachment to a bag with side walls and a bottom wall. The external bag support frame has perimeter walls for attachment to the bag's side walls by stitching, adhesive, or with detachable means such as hook and loop mater... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5514709 | Lipidic furans and retinol palmitate compositions useful for skin therapeutics A composition of matter useful for enhancing the metabolism of the skin and mucosal tissue and thereby improving its health and appearance. The composition of matter includes a lipidic furan and retinol palmitate. The lipidic furan has a structure: furan-... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5488439 | Lens holder system for eyeglass frame selection A lens holder system for temporarily holding a prescription lens in the openings eyeglass frames having perimeter grooves so that the patient can see what a pair of eyeglass frames will look like on him or her. The system has a plurality of pairs of lens ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5484586 | Nail polish base and method A nail polish base coat which promotes the growth of healthy, smooth, thick and strong fingernails and toenails. The nail polish base coat contains calcium, magnesium, zinc, acetylsalicylic acid, Vitamins A, D, and E, ethanol and acetic acid in a water so... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5471769 | Shoe lacing system with hook and eye portions The invention is a single hand operation shoe lacing system which has an elongate lace strap which is affixed at its front end to a lacing area of the shoe in the vicinity of the vamp. The lace strap is looped through a series of lace strap loops position... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5469969 | Self-opening plastic bag pack system A self-opening pack of plastic bags for use with a bagging rack. The pack of plastic bags is formed of plastic material which has been exposed to corona surface treatment. Each plastic bag in the pack of bags has a central tab portion between its two upwa... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5468490 | Lipidic furans useful for skin therapeutics A composition of matter useful for enhancing the metabolism of the skin and mucosal tissue and thereby improving its health and appearance. The composition of matter has the furan (2)--R, wherein R is a straight C9--36 alkyl chain, having the f... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5462722 | Calcium phosphate calcium sulfate composite implant material This invention provides new inorganic composite materials for hard tissue replacement. The new composite material comprises solid material of calcium sulfate which is fully or partially converted to calcium phosphate from aqueous solution. This composite ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460542 | Multiple-outlet receptacle A receptacle, adapted to enable activated wires to be connected thereto and therethrough for activation thereof, which includes a plurality of bus bars adapted to connect and isolate current inputs to enable the receptacle to accommodate multiple power pl... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5445433 | Kit for a reclining chair-back thoracic-lumbar-sacral corrective orthosis wheelchair A kit for converting a non-reclining wheelchair into a reclining wheelchair with a thoracic-lumbar-sacral correcting orthosis ("TLSO") corrective chair back. The TLSO chair back portion is hingeably affixed to the frame of a wheelchair which has had its n... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5437149 | Hollow diamond cut rope chain with multi-faceted surfaces By means of having taken advantage of certain physical properties of solids with a manufacturing process of incrementally deforming hollow links, there is produced new hollow simulated diamond cut multifaceted jewelry rope chain, which results in a produc... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5419870 | Antibody testing system A device for performance of ligand-receptor assay methods for determining the presence of a liquid. The preferred ligand-receptor pair are antigen-antibody pairs. The device has a membrane having the receptor physically bound to its surface. The membrane ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5388392 | Apparatus for powder filling antibody testing devices An apparatus for assembling antibody testing devices for use in conducting biotests which utilize a powder fluid absorbing material to fill the housing of the antibody testing devices. The apparatus has several stations at which the various assembly steps... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5387950 | Prescription eyewear made from non-prescription lens shield material Prescription eyewear is disclosed comprising a non-prescription one-piece plastic lens shield within the periphery of which generally central apertures have been formed, and prescription lenses are permanently affixed within said apertures. The lens shiel... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5345652 | Refill eraser A refill eraser comprises at least one refill member. Each refill member includes a holding barrel having a partition portion and a plurality of rotation-preventive ridges formed on an inner peripheral surface of its front portion, and an eraser body havi... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5337493 | Shoe with a tongue extending from a liner This disclosure is directed to a novel shoe tongue construction wherein the tongue is made as an integral extension of preferably the heel portion of the shoe. The tongue may also be an integral extension of the quarter. The tongue construction provides g... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5330743 | Aminosaccharide contrast agents for magnetic resonance images A contrast enhancing agent for magnetic resonance images having a chelating agent, which can be bound to metals having at least one unpaired electron. Examples of such chelating agents include 3,6,9-tris(carboxymethyl)-1, 11-bis(dimethylamine)-3,6,9-triaz... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5326361 | Total knee endoprosthesis with fixed flexion-extension axis of rotation The invention is a total knee endoprosthesis with a fixed flexion-extension axis throughout all degrees of flexion and extension of the knee. The endoprosthesis has a femoral component with spaced apart medial and lateral condyle portions which slidably s... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5313682 | Hand held domestic utensil cleaning device A water operated rotatable scrubbing brush device which generates considerable scrubbing torque, without the use of gearing or diverting the majority of the water driving the device away from the brush and out of the device. The device has a two-way water... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5304088 | Drive apparatus for vehicle toy When an electric motor is rotated normally, a left-hand driving wheel is rotated normally by a drive gear through a large gear, a left-hand small gear, and a left-hand driven gear, and a right-hand driving wheel is also rotated normally through a right-ha... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5272796 | Slip resistant shoe lace and method for manufacturing same A slip resistant shoe lace and a method to make same. A slip resistant shoe lace is provided by weaving strands having a conventional frictional coefficient with at least one strand having a higher frictional coefficiency, where the high-friction strands ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271130 | Lacing system for shoes The invention is a lacing system for shoes employing a plurality of strips, wherein the lower ends of the strips are rigidly attached to the lower portion of the shoe and the upper portion of the strips have a lacing ring fixed thereto. The upper ends of ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5262166 | Resorbable bioactive phosphate containing cements A surgical cement of high biocompatibility, useful in orthopedic, maxillofacial and dental applications, comprising a calcium alkali phosphate cement with relatively high surface pH of about 7 or higher, and having a wide variety of chemical compositions,... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5255452 | Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion A system for allowing a shoe wearer to lean forwardly beyond his center of gravity by virtue of wearing a specially designed pair of shoes which will engage with a hitch member movably projectable through a stage surface. The shoes have a specially design... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5232692 | Povidone-iodine neonatal ophthalmic antimicrobial prophylactic agent A composition for neonatal ophthalmic prophylactic and a method of applying the composition. The composition comprises an aqueous solution of povidone-iodine having a concentration ranging from 5 percent to 0.1 percent. The composition of this invention p... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5149368 | Resorbable bioactive calcium phosphate cement This invention provides a calcium phosphate cement with relatively high surface pH which is very beneficial from the biocompatibility point of view. When calcium phosphate salts react with an acidic reagent to form cement, it normally involves the dissolu... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5133665 | Teaching book A book that can be customized to teach letters, numbers, a series of letters, for example, a word such as a child's name and the like. The front cover has a window or opening through which can be seen the letters. The series of letters is formed by cuttin... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5133758 | Total knee endoprosthesis with fixed flexion-extension axis of rotation The invention is a total knee endoprosthesis with a fixed flexion-extension xis throughout all degrees of flexion and extension of the knee. The endoprosthesis has a femoral component with spaced apart medial and lateral condyle portions which slidably sea... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5132232 | Method and apparatus for preparation of liquids for examination Method and apparatus for collecting liquid analytical samples for examination, particularly whole urine and blood samples, and reproducibly separating them into two or more fractions. A sample is disposed within such an apparatus, then staining with dye o... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5089422 | Vitro bleeding time determination An apparatus and method for in vitro bleeding time determination. Blood is placed in a tube having a window covered with a clot promoting material having a slit. The time required before blood stops flowing through the slit is recorded, and is the bleedin... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5084241 | Apparatus including a sample petter tube for obtaining reproducible liquid samples of small volume The disclosure teaches a pipette or petter tube and a system using the pipette to obtain reproducible liquid samples of known small volume. The pipette has an elongate body with one end adapted to be removably engaged by an aspiration device and the other... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5042174 | Novel shoe sole construction A unitary multilayer sole construction for an athletic shoe in which a stiffening board member is provided between the outsole and the mid-sole of the shoe. The stiffening board member is placed in the rear foot portion of the shoe and immediately adjacen... | 08/27/1991 |
