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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4170036 | Article of jewelry with flashing diode An article of jewelry consists of first and second lengths of electrically conductive wire with a light emitting diode connected across a first set of the free ends of the wire lengths. A restraining diode is connected across the lengths of wire in close ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4168546 | Manufacture of garments A material for use in forming garment waistbands, is constituted by an assembly of strips comprising a central strip serving for anti-slip, decorative or stiffening purposes and two facing strips stitched along respective marginal portions of the central ... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4120371 | Load holder extension for beam balance scales An extension platform for a beam balance scale and the combination of such a platform with a beam balance scale. The extension platform includes a generally planar upper surface and a lower surface having a grid of reinforcing ribs formed thereon subdivid... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4093231 | Superfly game apparatus Superfly game apparatus includes a simulated building structure having four side walls and a roof. A scaffold is carried by each side wall and a simulated helicopter is rotatably carried by the roof. A set of playing pieces is provided each of which is co... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4044710 | Inventory control board An inventory control board includes a housing in which a series of front-to-rear spaced transparent sections are provided. A series of slots are formed in the housing beneath the transparent sections, and a series of shafts corresponding in number to the ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4041558 | Sheetrock hole puncher and nail setter A sheetrock hole puncher and nail setter includes an impact tool and a cutting tool adapted to be releasably secured thereto. The impact tool is given an elongated shank having an enlarged head at one end adapted to receive impact blows and a cutting tool... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4042251 | Safety device for lawn mowers A safety device for lawn mowers includes an elongated frame assembly having a pair of laterally spaced leg elements connected by a bight section. A plurality of ground anchoring elements depend from the bight section and are adapted to be selectively affi... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4038697 | Sheet-and-bib combination A sheet-and-bib combination includes a sheet of water-repellant material of sufficient size to cover a standard size hospital bed which is provided with a longitudinally extending central adhesive strip. A disposable bib is secured to said strip of adhesi... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4037357 | Jumping toy A jumping toy includes a base member which is surmounted by a simulated animal or insect. A clockwork is connected through a gear train with a movable shaft which carries a spring-biased thrust rod. The movable shaft mounts a gear which is maintained in e... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4037554 | Combination gaff and boat hook A combination gaff and boat hook includes a rigid longitudinal handle element and a gaff element affixed thereon. A rigid enclosure conforming generally to the shape of the gaff element is adapted to sheath the gaff element and be affixed to the handle el... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4037638 | Emergency kit for vehicle tires An emergency kit for simultaneously equalizing the inflation pressure in the four tires of a motor vehicle and in the spare tire thereof. Four lengths of flexible tubing are interconnected by tee couplings. One end of three of such lengths of tubing is gi... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4038552 | Luminous safety device A safety device consists essentially of at least one octagonal plate which is provided on the opposed faces thereof with a luminous or light-reflective material. Each such plate is given connecting means cooperable to detachably secure the device to a sel... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4037567 | Water heating system including recycle loop A water heating system includes a boiler which is connected with a source of water supply for receiving water under pressure. An exhaust flue is connected to the boiler for the discharge of gaseous products of combustion. A pair of concentrically arranged... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4034895 | Device for keeping bread fresh A bread storage and dispensing device consisting essentially of a housing which is provided with front and rear doors and a bread ejecting mechanism. The housing contains an inclined bread supporting surface in the interior, and the ejector mechanism incl... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4034430 | Water-walking apparatus Apparatus for walking on water includes a pair of buoyant pontoons adapted to support a person afloat in water and balancing means for the person. The pontoons are pivotably interconnected by transverse stabilizers consisting essentially of a pair of elon... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4035793 | Signaling interval timer A signaling interval timer includes a hollow unitary housing having a peripheral slot therein. A sealed flexible hollow elongated bag filled with a viscous liquid is affixed within the housing adjacent to the slot. A spiral coil spring is mounted within t... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4034640 | Programmable manually playable piano A programmable piano has a keyboard in which each of the keys has a transparent window and a rotatable roller is mounted beneath the keyboard such that the surface of the roller directly beneath each of the keys is visible through the transparent window t... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4031939 | Tire chain applying device A device for applying a tire chain to the tire of a vehicle includes a wheel supporting base member which is provided with a pair of wheel mounting elements in spaced relation. A central chain spacing member is slidably carried by the base member and is s... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4031381 | Illuminatable umbrella An umbrella adapted to be illuminated selectively when in its open position. A hollow tubular shaft supports the umbrella hood by means of a hub slidably mounted on the shaft. The hub carries an electrical conductor cooperable with electrical contacts in ... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4029096 | Foot powder dispensing device A foot powder dispensing device includes a housing which is open at one end thereof for reception of a person's foot and is adapted adjacent its other end to support a foot powder container so that the lower discharge end of the container extends into the... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4028753 | Automatically rockable infant's crib An automatically rockable crib for infants includes a crib having rollers on the bottom thereof and a crib supporting assembly. The supporting assembly has a platform stand at each corner with a transversely extending arcuate surface thereon. Electric mot... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4027915 | Sun shield assembly for detachable attachment to infant's seat A sun shield assembly for detachable attachment to an infant's seat includes a pair of mounting brackets and a hood mountable in the brackets. Each bracket is formed with a base having an adhesive material on one face thereof and a hollow cylindrical boss... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027417 | Cartridge loading tray A cartridge loading tray for use with speed loaders includes an assembly of an upper rigid board, a lower rigid board therebelow and a layer of resilient material therebetween. A plurality of groups of circularly arranged apertures are formed in the rigid... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027395 | Apparatus for alignment of plaid fabric on a cutting table Apparatus for the alignment of plaid fabric on a cutting table includes a pair of datum elements clampable to the opposite sides of a cutting table. The datum elements each have a transverse recess defined by parallel vertical faces. Each of the datum ele... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027354 | Detachable windshield wiper assembly for helmet A detachable windshield wiper assembly for a helmet having a front visor consists of a housing which has fastening means cooperable with means on the helmet for detachably securing the housing thereto. The housing has a rear wall, which has the fastening ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4026551 | Baseball pitcher's practice target A baseball pitcher's target includes a rebound wall surface which is divided into an upper half section and a lower half section. Each of the half sections is tapered rearwardly from the horizontal mid-point of the wall surface. The upper half section thu... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4026062 | Fishing line sinker A fish line sinker includes an elongated relatively heavy body in which there is a pair of longitudinally extending bores. One of the bores is dimensioned to slidably retain a fish line positioned therein and the other bore is dimensioned to clamp the fis... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4026385 | Ladderless safety escape device A ladderless safety escape device includes a cable drum upon which a cable is wound having means secured to the free end thereof for the support of a person. A braking mechanism is operatively connected to the cable drum for controlling the rate of descen... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4026436 | Time controllable cigarette dispenser A time controlled cigarette dispenser includes a pair of cooperable superposed inclined surfaces for serially transferring cigarettes from the upper surface to the lower surface. A rotatable drum receives the cigarettes serially in a predetermined timed s... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4024987 | Device for heating lather product from a pressurized container A device for heating shaving lather from a pressurized container and for supplying hot lather includes a housing within which there is a hot water reservoir and a coil connected between an inlet and an outlet for the lather. A hot water inlet is adapted t... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4025173 | Side view mirror assembly A side view mirror assembly for attachment to a motor vehicle includes a mounting bracket and upper and lower mirrors carried thereon for simultaneous rotation in fixed angular relationship relative to each other. One of the mirrors is rotatable relative ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4020782 | Convertible surfboard A surfboard which is convertible from unpowered to motorized condition by the selective movement of a motor mounted in the elongated buoyant float member. Movement of the motor along the longitudinal axis of the float member does not substantially alter t... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4020795 | Choke collar for pets A choke collar for pets includes a stranded wire cable core having free ends each of which is given an enlarged head. A sheath of synthetic plastics material encloses the core substantially its entire length between the beads and is preferably impregnated... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4018439 | Training device for ice skaters A training device for ice skaters includes a body enclosing rectilinear frame and pairs of front and rear supp.ort legs depending from the frame. Runners are provided at the lower extremities of the support legs and at least the runners on the rear suppor... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017084 | Golf putting and chipping device A golf practice and amusement apparatus for golfers to practice chipping and putting. A receptacle is provided having a hollow inner compartment which contains a mounted roll of carpet. The upper exterior surface of the receptacle is given a central reces... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4015852 | Maze-type puzzle A puzzle includes a game board which is subdivided into a plurality of pre-designated areas. Each of the areas is bounded by an upstanding wall in which there is at least one opening. A plurality of string-like elements are connected at one end to first c... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4014045 | Workman's break-away safety apron A workman's break-away safety apron has a body portion provided at four intersecting edges with segments of fabric pressure fastening material. A neck band has segments of fabric pressure fastening material at the opposed ends thereof. A waist band is for... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4012864 | Toy movie stick The present invention relates to toy rubbing sticks of the character wherein the axial rubbing of the stick results in the imparting of rotational movement to an element mounted rotatably at one end of the stick.... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4013280 | Workpiece positioning table A workpiece positioning table includes a generally channel-shaped base member having a bottom web element and a pair of laterally spaced side wall elements projecting upwardly therefrom. At least one of the side wall elements is pre-tensioned so as to pos... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4010950 | Baseball batting practice apparatus Baseball batting practice apparatus includes a shaft for detachable connection to a vertical wall and a pair of rotatable gear elements mounted thereon. One of the gear elements is an internal gear and the other gear element is an external gear having a l... | 03/08/1977 |
