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An armor with rollers is provided that enables a user to move in all positions by rolling on a hard and smooth surface while constantly varying his bearing points on the ground.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5924852 | Linear peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump for pumping liquids through a resilient tube. In one embodiment, the pump includes a curved concave platen against which a resilient tube is placed. A multi lobed cam is positioned adjacent to the platen and tube. A plurality of pump fi... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5921462 | Ball grid array ball placement method and apparatus A method and apparatus enables the securing of balls to ball grid array electronic components. A component having a surface with rows and columns of electrical contact pads is removed from a printed circuit board for rework. Excess solder is removed from ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5895554 | Alignment method and apparatus for mounting electronic components A method and apparatus for aligning an electronic component with a base member where a pattern of contacts on the component are to be bonded to an identical pattern of contacts on the base member. Templates having indentations along one edge shaped to ali... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5827154 | Concentric/eccentric exercise apparatus An apparatus for improving fitness and muscle rehabilitation which includes a horizontal base having an upwardly extending structure secured thereto. A seat is provided at the lower end so that a user may sit with legs extended up the slope. A carriage is... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823604 | Cover installation system for open topped containers A cover system for covering open topped containers such as truck trailers carrying particulate material such as dirt, gravel, grain and the like. The cover is a flexible sheet material sized to cover the open top and can extend over the end and down the s... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5821530 | Coadunate emitter/detector for use with fiber optic devices A coadunate emitter/detector assembly for use with fiber optics. A housing has a socket for receiving an end face of a fiber optic or thin bundle of fiber optics. A detector is mounted in the socket for receiving light from a portion of the end face. An e... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5819728 | Gas treatment hood A hood assembly placeable over a person's head for treating a person with a gas such as oxygen. Basically the assembly includes a resilient neck ring around a user's neck, a soft, rubbery, tubular neck seal with one end connected to the neck ring and the ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5807271 | Fetal heartbeat and uterine contraction A monitoring system for monitoring detectable intermittent signals generated by a living being. In one embodiment, a pregnancy monitoring system monitors fetal heat beat and/or uterine contractions. A belt is configured to fit around the abdomen of a preg... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5791881 | Curvilinear peristaltic pump with occlusion detection means A curvilinear peristaltic pump for pumping liquids through a resilient tube. The pump includes a curved concave platen against which a resilient tube is placed. A multi-lobed cam is positioned adjacent to the platen and tube. A plurality of pump fingers, ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5786761 | Gate opening alarm with resetting disable means A gate opening alarm for swimming pool fences and the like will sound an audible alarm when the gate is opened without first pressing a reset/pass switch button that is mounted out of children's reach. An alarm housing and a magnetically actuatable switch... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5771492 | Electronic golf glove training device A golf training glove for emitting distinctive physically perceivable signals in response to a failure of a golfer to maintain a correct grip about a golf club during a golf swing. The basic glove is similar to a conventional golf glove with a hand access... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5765564 | Medical limb support assembly A limb support assembly for typical use in supporting the legs of a person to keep the heels of a person suffering from a decubitus condition or burned areas on a limb above and out of contact with a bed. The assembly basically includes an inflatable tubu... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5732937 | Workpiece indexing and clamping system A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5731759 | Combination flashlight, smoke detector and emergency alarm A combined flashlight, smoke detector and emergency alarm assembly. A housing contains a flashlight having a bulb, reflector and window at one housing surface for illuminating an area adjacent to the assembly. A smoke detector is enclosed by said housing ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5718422 | Workpiece clamping system A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5711543 | Trailer attachment apparatus A connection apparatus for connecting a vehicle to a wheeled container for towing the container including a handle having at least a portion lying generally parallel to the container wheel axle. The apparatus is connected to the vehicle in a manner permit... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5711231 | Service access system for automatic teller kiosk A secure servicing system for an automatic teller machine (ATM) or similar machine. An ATM is mounted on a rotatable/translatable baseplate in a kiosk with the operating side flush with an opening in the kiosk. By rotating and translating the baseplate, t... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5704856 | Batter swing training aid A device for training batters to properly shift weight to the back leg at the beginning of a swing and to shift weight to the front leg during a swing when striking the ball in baseball and similar games. The device includes a first strap for fastening to... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5697664 | Cover for open-topped container and tie-down system therefor A system for deploying a cover over an open-topped container, such as a truck trailer, and for removing and storing the cover requires only a single operator who need not leave the ground. The fabric cover is rolled on a storage roller at one end of the o... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5697663 | Heap climbing container cover system A cover system for covering open topped containers such as truck trailers carrying particulate material such as dirt, gravel, grain and the like. The cover is a flexible sheet material sized to cover the open top and can extend over the end and down the s... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5693895 | Versatile airborne particle impaction sampler An airborne particle impaction system and a particle impaction cell for use therewith. The cell includes a device for holding a removable planar support sheet with a tacky surface. The cell includes an inlet slit adjacent to a support sheet in the cell an... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5693881 | Sensor-based liquid leveling system for structures A level measuring system for leveling structures using the principal that water seeks its own level. A plurality of sensor vessels each of which includes ultrasonic transducers for measuring the level of a liquid in the vessel. A liquid source provides li... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5683233 | Non-rolling type peristaltic pump having pressure plate mounted tube biasing means A peristaltic pump for pumping liquids through a resilient tube. The pump includes a platen against which a resilient tube is placed. A cam assembly is positioned adjacent to the platen and tube. A plurality of pump fingers are mounted between tube and ca... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5659966 | Hydrostatic level measuring and survey apparatus A hydrostatic system for measuring the elevation at two spaced locations. A first stand having a multi-leg base includes a toroidal tank slidably mounted on a shaft that extends through a tank central aperture. The legs include a bracket arrangement to pe... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5645196 | liquid drink carton holder A holder for standard liquid filled cartons, such as those containing milk or juice. The holder includes a sleeve that surrounds the carton sides, a base closing the sleeve for supporting the bottom of a carton and a handle for lifting and carrying the ho... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5634652 | Bicycle suspension A suspension member for a bicycle is set forth which includes a strut telescopically received into a cylinder. A head assembly extends from the cylinder through a piston defined at the end of the strut and into the strut. Mounted to the assembly is a valv... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5615450 | Skirt for caster wheels A skirt system for caster wheels to prevent a rolling caster from colliding with floor debris. A skirt assembly is fastened to a caster having a swiveling housing in which is mounted a caster wheel on an axle. The skirt thus swivels with the caster. The s... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5609516 | Rotating abrader with polygonal pad and dust evacuation An assembly for mounting an abrasive sheet on a rotary abrading tool having a circular mounting member fastenable to the tool drive shaft and having an opposite surface bearing a typically square raised backup pad to which a square sheet of abrasive mater... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5600095 | Splice for a superconducting cable-in-conduit conductor A conductor splice and splice support structure and method of assembly for use with cable-in-conduit superconductor cable of the type having a plurality of spaced sub-cables each including stabilizer and superconductor strands in an annular tube. Two tran... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5593949 | High temperature conductor probes for determining liquid level of cryogens Method and arrangement for detecting the level of a liquid cryogen having a predetermined boiling point and which is being held in a container relative to the bottom of the container. The arrangement includes a container which receives the liquid cryogen ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5590819 | Vehicle mountable auxiliary water tank A water tank assembly for mounting between a motor vehicle frame member and the lower portion of a body panel along a side of the vehicle. The assembly includes, typically, a plastic cylindrical tank and at least two straps having an adjustable length and... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5583319 | Low resistance superconductor cable splice and splicing method A low resistance splice for electrically connecting the ends of two superconducting cables and a method for making the splice. Two cables formed from superconducting material are positioned in close proximity, either overlapping or axially aligned and ext... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5582608 | Lamellar illumination apparatus for eye surgery Apparatus for illuminating a central area of an eye by lamellar lighting during eye surgery. Basically, a support fixture carrying a light emitter is adapted to be placed adjacent to the surgical field. The support fixture, when in place on an eye, direct... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581868 | Method and apparatus for constructing a metal picket fence A method of constructing metal picket fences and components for use in building fences. Basically, panels are constructed by punching holes in frame tubes with a pyramidal punch to form holes with inwardly extending metal tabs. Pickets are pressed into th... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5577287 | Lottery ticket scraper A device for scraping an obscuring coating from a game ticket, such as a "scratcher" type lottery ticket. A housing has a slot sized to receive a lottery ticket. Inside the housing a scraper blade is positioned above the slot and a rotatable table below t... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575631 | Curvilinear peristaltic pump A curvilinear peristaltic pump for pumping liquids through a resilient tube. The pump includes a curved concave platen against which a resilient tube is placed. A multi lobed cam is positioned adjacent to the platen and tube. A plurality of pump fingers a... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5575608 | Protective sheaths for fork lift tangs A protective sheath for forklift tangs to protect plastic pallets and other structures from impact damage from contact with tang ends. The sheath extends over the tang and carries a bumper at the distal end which abuts the distal end of a tang. The bumper... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5575128 | Interlocking mortarless building block system An interlocking lock system for mortarless wall or other structure assembly in which a plurality of blocks are laid up in courses in a staggered relationship. Only two different block configurations are required, the first, or long, blocks having a length... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5565763 | Thermoelectric method and apparatus for charging superconducting magnets A method and apparatus for charging superconducting magnet coils using the Seebeck effect of thermoelectric materials. Superconducting magnet coils are wound from a superconducting material, such as niobium-titanium, and placed in a cryogenic dewar to coo... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5556559 | Backside shielding assembly for plasma arc welding A backside shield assembly for use during plasma arc welding. Two elongated closed boxes are supported in a selected spaced apart distance suitable for positioning the boxes on opposite sides of the backside of a weld line. Each box includes an inlet tube... | 09/17/1996 |
