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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5715553 | Bed skirt A bed skirt for use over the lower part of a bed having a foot and opposed spaced sides and a horizontally extending mattress supported on a bedstead formed by a frame and legs, said bed skirt extending over the legs of the bed to provide a desired enclos... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5569377 | Spray painting equipment Spray paint equipment combining a paint gun and stand. The stand serves to adjustably support a primary paint supply; filters for filtering paint; a gravity feed tank for the spray gun and the spray gun when it is not in use. To this end the stand is form... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5439381 | Dental implant apparatus and method A dental implant includes a healing collar that expands to a desired shape. The expandable healing collar has an orifice to permit a filler material to pass into an interior cavity between the healing collar and the base. A plurality of nested frustro-con... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5400478 | Comforter cover clips A clip and method of using same to facilitate the positioning of a cover of the typical rectangular bag-like type over a typical rectangular bedding item such as a blanket, quilt, comforter or the like. The clip is formed with two opposed selectively enga... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5356288 | Dual orthodontic bracket This invention relates to a novel bracket assembly for producing tooth movement in the treatment of dental malocclusions. A dual bracket system includes a primary and secondary bracket. An archwire is received in the secondary bracket. The primary bracket... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5352006 | Hanging assembly for folding garment bags A hanging assembly for securement to a free end of a folding garment bag to facilitate hanging of the garment bag over a door or closet pole. The hanging assembly is formed with a base plate securable to the end of the garment bag forming the top of the b... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5246284 | Storage cabinet and cabinet module for selectively storing tape cassettes and discs A storage cabinet construction providing a module subject to selective combination with other modules, to form the cabinet providing drawers for storing audio cassettes, compact discs, videocassettes and game cartridges. Each storage cabinet module is for... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5215518 | Orthopedic shoe brace An orthopedic device for securement to the shoes of a patient to be treated to limit the relative angulation and spacing between the shoes while permitting some up and down movement of the feet of a wearer. The device is formed with an elongate connecting... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5100653 | Topical compositions for treating mouth tissues A pharmaceutical product for topical treatment of diseases and infections of parodental areas in which trometamol in a concentration of less than 3% is combined with sulfur and allantoin to obtain the desired acid neutralizing effects of trometamol withou... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5094231 | Orthopedic shoe restraint An orthopedic device for securement to the shoes of a patient to be treated to limit the relative angulation between the shoes, and to limit the relative spacing between the shoes while permitting some up and down movement of the feet. The device is forme... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5078603 | Filtering suction nozzle A filtering suction nozzle particularly adapted for use in connection with a dental or medical suction system. The nozzle is suited for use as a high speed suction tip and/or a saliva ejector formed of an elongate tube defining a fluid flow path therethro... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5026956 | Inductively heated ring puller A rig puller for removing rings from shafts to which they are affixed. The puller is formed by a steel heat accumulator ring having a slot separating the ring into a band having separated ends. An electrical conductor extends between the ring ends, and a ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5026998 | Shaft alignment checking method A method for checking the coaxial alignment of tandem-arranged shafts involving the detection of a coaxial in-line or an offset state of the said shafts. In different angular positions of measurement two independent signals are produced related to any par... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5006023 | Strip-out preventing anchoring assembly and method of anchoring An anchoring assembly and method for securing a threaded elongate member such as a bolt or screw in a material engaging position in a preformed hole in a relatively frangible material. The anchoring assembly is formed of a threaded elongate member and coi... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4909076 | Cavitation monitoring device for pumps The invention provides a device for monitoring pumps to detect danger of damage by cavitation. One object of the invention is to provide a device for this purpose which is simple in design, is readily handled, simple to attach to the pump to be monitored ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4896769 | Coded storage display tray A storage display tray for selectively retaining either or both a relatively small or relatively large rectangular in cross-section object. The tray is particularly suited for use in connection with tape cassettes having pinch roller openings along a long... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4888964 | Pleated knit fabric A pleated knit fabric and method for forming same on a single needle bar knitting machine. The fabric is knit on a single needle bar knitting machine having at least three guide bars. A first group of yarns is formed on two of the guide bars to form a sti... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4882866 | Signage system support structure A signage system support structure formed from a pair of identical preferably extruded multi-grooved channel members. A connecting element in the form of an elongate rigid panel inserted into an unconstricted medial groove of each channel serves to join t... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4867596 | Connector for elongate elements A connector, for releasably securing and supporting as many as three elongate elements such as tubing, piping and the like along mutually perpendicular axes. The connector comprises a first U-shaped member, having parallel spaced arms extending from a bas... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4864148 | Device for determining and monitoring changes in the position of shafts An apparatus for detecting and monitoring changes in the position of rotating shafts in which a light ray generally parallel to the shafts is directed to measurement positions (which are offset from each other by about 90° in the circumferential directio... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4858981 | Vehicle loading attachment An attachment and method to implement loading of a vehicle having a hinged storage compartment closure member such as a trunk lid or hatchback on an automobile by utilizing the closure member as a lifting lever. The conventional hinged trunk lid or hatchb... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4820920 | Method and apparatus for detecting dangerous substances A method of detecting a dangerous substance such as explosives or drugs in an article (27) in transit comprises the steps of taking a sample of atmosphere (28) from the vicinity of the article, causing the sample to enter an ionization chamber (24) of a m... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4795527 | Tooth etching A method and means facilitating the application of etching agents to a tooth surface for bonding, laminating or the like dental processes. A manually manipulable matrix of a relatively flexible absorbent material dimensioned to correspond to a tooth surfa... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4794029 | Towel that converts into a bag A circular section of woven terry fabric, with a circular section of woven nylon fabric having precisely one-fourth the area of the circular woven terry fabric attached to the inferior plane of the circular woven terry fabric, which has four sections of w... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4725738 | Device for detecting changes in the relative position of separately mounted machines An apparatus is proposed for detecting changes in the mutual position of two mutually spaced and separately mounted machines or parts thereof in relation to a given initial position in a rectangular spatial coordinate system. A high degree of functional c... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4698491 | Device for ascertaining alignment errors in shafts arranged in tandem Device intended to determine whether two shafts arranged one behind the other are aligned or parallel or whether they are offset with a certain angle. The device employs a light beam S, S' and a mirror prism (6) or any other optical system and displays se... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4662006 | Multi-ply glove or mitt construction A multi-ply glove or mitt construction having a multi-ply shell and multi-ply selectively removable liner is provided with interengaging contacting surfaces. The shell is formed by an outer water repellant layer and an inner heat insulating layer, between... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4658657 | Mass flow meter A Coriolis-force mass flow meter is proposed, which is clamped at one side in a rigid mounting, has a tubular loop through which a test medium is flowing and which, relative to the mounting, is capable of oscillating itself about a particular axis of osci... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4597862 | Filter press plate separation devices A filter press tray separating device has a latch and a pawl for engaging neighboring plates to be separated from the end of a pack of plates and means for separating the pawl from the latch while they engage respectively the end and next-to-end plates of... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4598027 | Tape measure holster A holster facilitating the carrying of a housing enclosed tape measure; a blank for forming the holster; and a method of forming the holster are disclosed. The holster is formed from a blank of relatively resilient sheet material such as sheet steel or th... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4586729 | Magnetic covered folio case A magnetic covered folio case is formed of a pair of magnetizable sheet members forming the covers with oppositely polarized areas on these cover members, so that they will be attracted one to the other when in facing proximity. Arranged between the cover... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4570891 | Flip toggle anchoring device An anchoring device for securing a member to a wall, particularly where there is access to only one surface of the wall. The anchoring device employs a toggle plate having a threaded opening therein, with the toggle plate dimensioned to fit into a hole th... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4543063 | Elastomeric impression material for tooth and supporting structure duplication A material and method are disclosed facilitating the forming of impressions of teeth and/or supporting structures, such as the alveolar ridge to be duplicated and restored. An elastomeric impression material, preferably subject to photochemical or chemica... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4502874 | Continuous filtration Means are provided for continuous filtration of foreign matter from a fluid stream, without requiring a discontinuance of filtration to clean filter surfaces. The apparatus alternately directs the fluid to be filtered to one or another of a plurality of f... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4489566 | Crushed ice making method and apparatus A crushed ice making method and apparatus in which water is introduced into the upper end of a tubular column open at the top and having a constricted air inlet at the lower end into which air is introduced in counterflow to the water. The column is posit... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4467848 | Machine for cutting down logs to a desired diameter A log shaping machine for cutting logs to a desired diameter and for cutting off root outgrowths, has a cutting ring with inwardly pointing tools which rotate with the ring. For the purpose of changing the effective cutting diameter of the tools the ring ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4432039 | Light transmitting system for automobile headlamp A light transmitting system for an automobile headlamp having a real light source, means for a light channel and an elliptical reflector for concentrating the radiation from this source on the end of the light channel provided with a plurality of reflecti... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4431410 | Universal facebow A facebow for use in orthodontic procedures is provided with relatively universal adjustability to permit use of a single size of facebow in mouths of a variety of different sizes and further facilitating selective unilateral movement. To this end, the fa... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4425831 | Electric guitar transducer mounting An electric guitar transducer mounting permitting rapid interchange and replacement of transducers in an electric guitar. An electric guitar of any desired contour is formed with an opening extending from the front face through to the back of the guitar b... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4386926 | Relatively rigid sheet plastic folding method, apparatus and article A method, apparatus for forming, and article formed of folded, relatively rigid sheet plastic material (e.g. polyolefin is disclosed). A hinging membrane forming a flexible fold line provides stress-relief indentations in the sheet material so that the te... | 06/07/1983 |
