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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6742416 | Bit for removing damaged screws This bit has an axis and a tip end with an obtuse angle. There are multiple scraping surfaces, each facing counter-clockwise into a longitudinal recess in the tip end. Each scraping surface has a scraping edge at an angle of about 55° to 70° to the axis. Behind ea... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6682136 | Collapsible tubular rocking chair having occupant-launching means A foldable tubular rocking chair has inverted U-shaped elements secured between its front legs to give stability and to serve as a stop for the crosspiece of the pivoting arm unit when the occupant leans forward during launch. Arms have forward and upward... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6640664 | Power assembly and method of making same The method includes providing a motor having a drive shaft mounting a pinion profile having an outside diameter and a mounting collar surrounding the shaft, the collar having an outside diameter less than the outside diameter of the gear. A gearbox wall f... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6499709 | Bracket for supporting a powered window shade The bracket comprising an L-shaped mount defined by perpendicular plates having top and bottom bridging walls apertured in vertical alignment, the bottom wall formed with a blocking surface. The bracket also comprises a leaf plate having aligned upward an... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6460481 | Cake decorator having a power drive This cake decorator has an axial cylinder and a powered piston controlled by twisting an axial rotary actuator switch in one direction or another.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6415686 | Power assembly This power assembly has a housing with upper and lower housing portions and a frame of adjustable height in the housing. The housing mounts a worm gear in one of its portions, and the frame carries a worm on a fixed axis meshing with the worm gear. When t... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412724 | Reel especially adapted for fly fishing A spool for a fishing reel comprising at least two side-by-side arbors of different diameters separated by a dividing wall having a diameter larger than the diameter of the larger of the arbors.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408886 | Drive attachment for the discharge valve of a recreational vehicle This attachment assembly comprises a housing with channel-shaped walls with detents to snap over the valve housing. It also comprises an electrically powered rack and pinion drive which is fastened to the handle of the valve.... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6360836 | Add-on drive assembly for baby strollers and carriages For a baby stroller, an add-on assembly comprises a planar rectangular chassis pivotally attached to the stroller rear axle and carrying on its distal end a drive shaft with wheels. The chassis also mounts an electric motor having a spur gear engaging a r... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6343436 | Sliding sash drive assembly This sliding sash drive assembly includes a rack gear for the sash and a drive unit adapted to be mounted on the window frame and having a driven spur gear. An L-shaped engagement lever is mounted at its vertex on the housing and carries on its short leg ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6217460 | Putter having plastic insert A process for modifying the face of a putter including the steps of milling out recess in a portion of the face, inserting a carrier strip coated on opposites with adhesive and inserting a plastic insert plate with the same dimensions as the recess. The i... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6209826 | Gutter hanger assembly The hanger body includes a hook for engaging the "Ogee" bead and a clip for slipping over the top edge of the rear wall of the gutter. It also includes a pair of upstruck tabs having openings at their upper ends semi-permanently supporting a fastener at a... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6189969 | Vehicle seat adapted to protect occupant from injury in rear end collision Seat back rapidly deflates on occurrence of a rear end impact to permit upper torso of vehicle occupant to sink into the seat rather than be propelled forward. This permits his head to meet the headrest. Particulate material in headrest absorbs energy.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6148963 | Wheelbarrow having a handbrake Handbrake assembly for the wheelbarrow is normally "on" and comprises a brake lever pivoted to the wheelbarrow undercarriage. One end of the lever carries a shoe head, the other a fixture for the drive cable of a Bowden wire leading to a bicycle-type hand... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6119631 | Coil cabinet for treating animals with magnetic field therapy Cabinet has wheeled base with hinged outward wing panels at the same level as the lower end of a coil into which an animal may be placed for treatment with a pulsed magnetic field. Leg units hingedly support the distal ends of the wing panels.... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6101968 | Power-assist cake decorator In the housing is a motor and gear train driven by the motor, the train adapted to selectively engage a gear rack secured to the compression element to drive it down to squeeze the collapsible frosting container. When the train has moved into engagement, ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6023882 | Christmas tree stand cover An annular cover for a Christmas tree stand comprising a plurality of arcuate generally rigid segments, each segment having at its opposite ends radial inward flanges. Fasteners hold together the proximate flanges of adjacent segments. In a preferred form... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6021918 | Programmable dispenser for medication A central motor-driven disk is formed with a row of open-bottomed pill-receiving virtually contiguous tubes about its border. The disk is surrounded by a first and second ring also having rows of pill-receiving open-bottomed tubes, the tubes come in to re... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5990586 | Multi-actuator having position controller Feedback potentiometer-type servoactuator uses the ring gear of a planetary gear system to drive the wiper across a resistive arc of less than 360° where the actuator has a travel of multiple turns. The ring gear is supported by spaced struts in the actu... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5984552 | Locking lipstick container "Lock" for this impel/repel lipstick container comprises a downward extension at the lower end of the slot in the inner body. The extension is adapted to receive the pomade cup lug and is partly defined by a margin portion facing in opposition to the dire... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5975781 | Lipstick and method for making same The mechanism of this lipstick has telescoping non-circular sections between base and pomade cup to assure their rotation together. Outward flanges help stabilize the sections laterally. The telescoping sections are assembled by axially collapsing a pre-f... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5967909 | Driving range golf ball tee holder The holder comprises a shank which extends up through an opening in the driving mat. The shank has its dished upper end flush with the top face of the mat to support the golf ball for practicing irons. A conventional golf tee is inserted in a slot at the ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5938538 | Golf putter Golf putter has a flange extending rearward from the top of the putter head which raises the center of gravity to the level of the usual point of tangency where the club impacts on the ball. The shaft has an axis which, if projected down, passes along the... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5902061 | Lipstick container and method of making same A centerpost carrying a pomade cup on its upper end is threaded into a cup-shaped base. The pomade cup slides in a tubular nosepiece which rides in the base and which is keyed for rotation with the centerpost. The assembly method includes inverting the no... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5897462 | Exercise apparatus A tubular-frame rocking platform is provided with a wheeled platform. To the structure a resistance rod is selectively locked in a forward part of the chair and extends rearwardly through a rearward element of the chair and is provided with a spring and h... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5870826 | Nail clipper gripping aid The aid comprises a channel including a central web and flanges extending in a first direction, the channel is formed with a fin extending in a second direction opposite the first direction. The fin has at least one finger opening therein. The usual nail ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5864900 | Patient-protective side panel for beds A vertical panel is adapted to extend along at least one side of the bed and be secured to the usual sickbed side bars. The panel comprises a lower and an upper section with proximate edges of the respective sections meeting in a horizontal hinge line. Th... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5842966 | Treatment of arthritis with magnetic field therapy Process involves treating organs by applying a magnetic field by means of an annular coil surrounding the organ, the coil being energized by a pure DC voltage having a rectangular wave form pulsing at the rate of 1-30 CPS. The invention also includes an a... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5803393 | Strip decoiler A turntable has a drive for rotating it. A vertical control rod extending up alongside the turntable carries a dancer arm adjustably mounted thereon. The strip coming off the supply coil trains over the spool. A variable electrical control is adjacent the... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5795475 | Coupler/diverter for counter-top RO filter Coupler/diverter has housing with an aerator at the bottom and an inner barrel having rotary valving stem serving to distribute supply water, brine and overflow from RO filter. Depending on the setting, the stem permits flow through the housing to issue i... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5771614 | Floral assembly A floral assembly, which may be included in a card, is made of absorbent paper in the shape of a flower having an upper end flared as a bloom-shaped seed pocket and the lower end is a stem-shaped support. The pocket contains seeds for germination and may ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5769326 | Detachable accessory fitting for installation in a discharge orifice This assembly is compact and includes filtering, flow-controlling and aerator elements held together with snap-fastener-type connectors.... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5743291 | Sanitary safety device The invention relates to a sanitary safety device which is interposed in a water-supply line and there is insertable in an opening in the region of a coupling point or joint. It is characteristic of the sanitary safety device according to the invention th... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5736201 | Process for making a doll's head looking like the head of a living person The process involves rotating the person on a first rotatable support and scanning the rotating head with respect to both topography and color. The scanning output is digitized and fed to a computer with custom software. On a second rotatable support are ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5732526 | Repair procedure for delaminated container ceiling sheet and structure produced thereby The process includes the steps of removing a circle of ceiling sheet and cylinder of insulation material to create a work space under a portion of one of the I-beam-like roof bows and maneuvering in the space a U-shaped clamp having inward ribs at the upp... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5700100 | Mascara container having a stirrer and a separate wiper Mascara stirrer has a tubular hub rotatable in the container neck. The hub is formed with a lateral slot, and a generally annular wiper is adapted to slide into the slot and be generally centered in the opening of the tubular hub and trapped in place by t... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5669868 | Treatment of wrinkled discolored or aging skin with magnetic field therapy Process involves treating skin by subjecting it to magnetic therapy by an annular coil energized by pulsed D.C. voltage having a rectangular wave from pulsing at the rate of 1-30 CPS, the coil producing a field of under 20 gauss.... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5665049 | Treatment of acute diseases as caused by the sports-type injuries of the musculoskeletal system (excluding fractures) with magnetic field therapy Process involves treating acute diseases of a body organ of the musculoskeletal system by applying a magnetic field by means of an annular coil surrounding the diseased organ, the coil being energized by a pure DC voltage having a rectangular wave form pu... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5643521 | Process for producing sanitary fittings A fitting (1) designed for example as a non-return valve (2) has an outer housing (3) having an inner lip seal (7) interacting with a closing element (5), and also an outer annular seal (8). Both the outer housing (3) and the seals (7, 8) are designed as ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5636427 | Hand-held snap fastener closer Closer comprises a cylindrical housing defined by a front end and a rear end, the housing being formed with an axial bore having an enlargement in the front end. An air-driven cylinder is fixedly mounted in the bore and has an axial drive shaft reciprocab... | 06/10/1997 |
