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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5938111 | Corrugated paperboard container with locking bottom flaps to self-maintain squared-open configuration A container formed from a blank of corrugated paperboard in which scores define a plurality of wall panels and bottom flaps. Two opposing bottom flaps overlap opposing sides and interlock together in a notch on a distal edge of one of the bottom flaps, wh... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5921710 | Revetment blocks and method The revetment mat comprises at least two webs joined together at aligned perimeter edges. Each web comprises a plurality of (a) interior blocks disposed side-by-side in rows and (b) a plurality of edge blocks defining a pair of perimeter edge rows of the ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5913666 | Security lock for firearms An apparatus and method for securing a firearm from firing by engaging a security lock to a slide at a butt end of the firearm. The security lock has a housing defined by a pair of sidewalls joined by a top plate that defines a slot for receiving a sight ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5901853 | Apparatus and method for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry An apparatus (310) for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry. The apparatus has an auxiliary chamber (13) having an upper chamber (313) and a hydrocyclone (311) for further extracting impurities from the pulpous slurry. A conduit (58) returns a sele... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5894975 | Carriers and interchangeable liner therefor A system of selectable carriers for receiving an interchangeable liner enclosing a plurality of articles for facilitating exchange of articles from one selected carrier to another. The system provides a plurality of carriers which each have at least an op... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5884928 | Wheelchair A wheelchair having a chassis formed of flat plate which is folded to define a lower chassis, a chassis back, and an upper chassis. The lower and the upper chassis each have a pair of elongated substantially parallel arms that extend from respective land ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5879614 | Methods of producing waterproof felted material A waterproof felted material (10) has a thermoplastic polyolefin sheet (20) to which a thermoplastic fibrous polyolefin matting (30) is bonded with a portion of the fibers of the matting (40) embedded in and fused to the thermoplastic polyolefin sheet. A ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878914 | Toy water gun A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a expandable pressure tank (19) having an elastic bladder (30) encased within an outer shell (29), and a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the expandable pressure tank. The con... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878735 | Compressed air toy gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a mounting tube (201) configured to be received within the tail bore (203) of a projectile (P) and a barrel (200) in whi... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878734 | Multiple barrel compressed air gun An air compressed gun (210) is provided having a stock (211), multiple barrels (212), a trigger (213) and a manual air pump (214). A pressure chamber (216) and release valve (217) is coupled to each barrel which is controlled by the trigger.... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878672 | Portable organizer desk for use while traveling A portable organizer desk 10 comprising a sheet 12 of a substantially planar flexible material, a pair of elongate handle straps 34, 35 attached to the sheet on a first fold line 36 defining a first panel 72 and a second panel 97 in the sheet, a pair of l... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5861128 | Scented air freshening device An air freshening device is made from a solution of a polymer and a fragrant material, which is applied to an air permeable substrate. A solid fragrant residue is formed on the substrate. A fragrant material diffuses from the residue for scenting flowing ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5850941 | Toy water gun with air siphoning valve A water gun (10) is provided having a pressure tank (19) in fluid communication with a coupler (20) adapted to be received upon a conventional water faucet, and a pump (42) for conveying additional air to the pressure tank. The flow of water from the wate... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5848511 | Blocks for constructing low-rise ornamental wall and method A cast cementitious block for constructing a low-rise interconnected ornamental wall having a first course of the blocks placed side-by-side and a second course of the blocks stacked in side-by-side relation on the first course and off-set relative the fi... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5843126 | Multiple surgical suture application A multiple surgical suturing apparatus (10) is provided having a fastener member (11) and a retainer member (12). The fastener member has a series of prongs (14) removably mounted to the tubular head by a locking pin (15). Each prong has a recess 29 upon ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5838240 | Wet diaper detector A wet diaper detector comprises an elongated strip of material sized to be positioned in a diaper with a portion of the strip residing in a region of the diaper subject to wetness and an end of the strip protruding from the diaper at the upper rear or fro... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833101 | Camera mount A mount for use in an automobile to support a camera for recording images during operation of the automobile. The camera mount comprises an elongate member extending between and rigidly connected to the headrest supports in the seat of the car. A camera m... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5829189 | Hinged-corners unitary body for wood cleated crate A hinged-corners unitary collapsible wood cleated crate for packaging heavy goods with a tubular body engaged to a base and top frame. The tubular body is formed of a pair of opposing side frames and a pair of opposing end frames, which frames each have a... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5827007 | Entrance-deterring cap for manhole openings An entrance-deterring cap for manhole openings in which an annular pan has an annular flange extending laterally from a skirt for supporting the pan on an upper edge of a frame in a manhole opening. A support member comprises an elongate bar disposed outw... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826970 | Light transmissive trim plate for recessed lighting fixture A light-transmissive trim plate and mounting apparatus for being received in a recessed lighting fixture installed in a space over a ceiling, in which a light bulb, being operated for light, communicates light through the trim plate for providing an ornam... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826750 | Toy water gun with fluid selection control valve A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a pressure tank (19), a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the pressure tank, and a control valve (39) which determines whether water or air is to be drawn by the pump and depos... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5822744 | Consumer comment reporting apparatus and method A consumer feedback apparatus for collecting, analyzing, and reporting information on goods and services offered for sale to consumers by providers, comprising a recording station selectively operable by consumers for recording oral comments regarding goo... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816253 | Perineal surgical apron A perineal surgical apron (10) for use in obstetrics and surgical procedures which apron comprises a fluid impermeable drape (11) having adhesive strips (15) and (15') at distal ends, and ties (17) for attaching the drape to a covering over a patient and ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5813555 | Wing-end cleated crate The present invention provides a cleated crate for packaging, storing, and shipping heavy articles. The cleated crate includes a base frame for supporting an article to be packed, a pair of wing-end frames that define ends and side portions of the cleated... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5813547 | Clothing accessories storage rack A rotatable shoe rack for visible and readily accessible storage of a plurality of clothing accessories such as shoes, ties, scarves and belts, comprising a pair of opposing base plates, having slotted channels which receive flexible belts that define a p... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5804316 | Baked packing for sealing shafts and valve stems A packing having a flexible core and a skin of expanded intercalated graphite with an adhesive layer, baked for a predetermined period at a predetermined temperature for reduced adhesive flowability while maintaining tack for holding the skin wrapped arou... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5803479 | Field-adjustable load-absorbing ski A field-adjustable load-absorbing spring plate for skis, which spring plate pivotally mounts to an upper surface of a ski for relative vertical movement of the spring plate in response to inflation of an air bladder disposed between the upper surface of t... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5797982 | Apparatus for manufacturing a seamless packing material A packing material having a resilient core and a uniform non-seamed exterior surface comprising a plurality of discrete compressible particles attached to the flexible core and to each other, the particles being compressed after attachment. The method com... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5796945 | Idle time multimedia viewer method and apparatus for collecting and displaying information according to user defined indicia An apparatus for collecting a series of image collections for display on a video terminal at a user-selected time and sequence, with the series of image collections selected according to a user-defined indicia of images to collect. The apparatus includes ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791491 | Apparatus and method for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry An apparatus (110) for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry. The apparatus has a housing (111) and an auxiliary chamber (113). The housing has a separation chamber (127) having stack of disks (159) spaced from each other so as to form channels (172... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5788420 | Connector for engaging soil-reinforcing grid and earth retaining wall An earth retaining wall having at least a pair of tiers of side-by-side blocks which define a receiving channel for a connector bar with spaced-apart keys that engage apertures in a lattice-like grid extending laterally from the tiers, the grid being cove... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787869 | Compressed air toy gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a mounting tube (201) configured to be received within the tail bore (203) of a projectile (P) and a barrel (200) in whi... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785322 | Gasket for flange connections A gasket made of a plate having an annular central opening with an annular region concentric to the central opening, the annular region having a plurality of concentric deformable ridges and opposite facing grooves in a first and second surface of the pla... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5779100 | Vacuum actuated replenishing water gun A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a pressure tank (19), and a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the pressure tank. The conveyance of liquid from the storage tank creates a vacuum which is controller through a c... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5772026 | Multi-deck container for lawn and garden tractors A multi-deck container having a bottom pallet configured with support members for receiving and supporting a lawn and garden tractor on the bottom pallet, whereby the tractor is restrained from movement relative to the bottom pallet. A corrugated paperboa... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5769244 | Compact disc storage rack A rack for the storage and display of compact disc cases includes a backboard to which horizontal and vertical bars are mounted to form a grid defining a plurality of cells each sized to receive a compact disc case for display. A lip extending laterally f... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5762547 | Apparatus for processing shrimp A shrimp orienting and deheading apparatus (10) includes a top track (11), a middle track (12), a bottom track (13) and a deheading station (14). The top track has a V-shaped channel (16) with a step (18) which causes a shrimp (S) positioned tail forward ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5762421 | Reusable bulk bag with liner A liner (10) is provided for use in a bulk bag (12) of the type for storing and transporting fungible materials. The liner has a bottom wall (23), a top wall (24), and side walls (22) extending between the bottom wall and the top wall to define a storage ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5759333 | Safety glove bag and method of making same An apparatus for use in removing hazardous material I from an elongated pipe P comprises an elongated upper work section 41 from which a plurality of in-line lower debris collection and disposal bags 47 depend. The upper work section and the bags are made... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5758590 | Stacking device for sheet material A stacker (10) for stacking sheets of material (17) is provided which is mounted to the sewing bed (12) of a sewing machine (11). The stacker has a support bed (26), a wheel assembly (29), and a grasping assembly (30). The wheel assembly advances the mate... | 06/02/1998 |
