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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5971920 | Surgical retractor A surgical retractor, particularly suitable for soft tissue surgery such as plastic surgical procedures. The retractor has an elongate planar portion with a proximal end and a distal end, a main body portion therebetween, an upper surface and a bottom sur... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967962 | Apparatus and method for forming aperture cutouts for a pack of self-opening plastic bags An apparatus, method, and pack of tabless, self-opening bags with flapless aperture cutouts pack. In the apparatus and method, cylindrical dies connected to a vacuum source are used to cut out plugs of holes, and the plugs are evacuated to a receptacle. C... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5865313 | Plastic bag pack system with novel handle apertures A pack of plastic bags for use with a bagging rack. Each plastic bag in the pack of bags has a central tab portion between its two upwardly extending handles, which are at the sides of the mouth of the T-shirt bags. "J"-shaped slits are formed in the hand... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5865209 | Air gap adapter An air gap adapter for use with a water faucet. The air gap adapter has an adapter body with a base portion and an integral riser portion which extends generally vertically upwardly from a rear region of the base portion. The base portion has a hole for a... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5848125 | Radiopaque landmark skin markers and method Radiopaque marker and method for use in nuclear medicine imaging, (particularly with X-ray radiology) of soft tissue landmarks of a patient's body. The radiopaque marker includes a spherical ball of radiopaque material attached to an adhesive sheet which ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5819999 | Combination backpack and chair A combination backpack and chair. It has a backpack with a chair back portion located on its rear face. Chair back wings extend from side regions of the chair back portion. A seat portion extends from a lower rear region of the chair back portion. Seat wi... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5804163 | Contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging aminosaccharide A contrast enhancing agent for magnetic resonance images having a chelating agent, which can be bound to metals having at least one unpaired electron. Examples of such chelating agents include 3,6,9-tris(carboxymethyl)-1, 11-bis(dimethylamine)-3,6,9-triaz... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5743038 | Three-dimension shadow box display device A three-dimension shadow box. It has a frontwardly lying sheet of transparent glass and a rearwardly lying mirror placed in a generally parallel orientation in a box structure. Graphic indicia is positioned on the frontwardly lying glass, and the graphic ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5704135 | Instant photographic print drying device An instant photographic print drying device. The device has a stand which carries a fan and a heating coil. Downstream of the fan the photograph is held in place by clips. A timer is provided which can be set to a prescribed time to dry the photographs. A... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5699940 | Device for removing fluid from a container with pressurized air and thereafter placing the container under vacuum A device to empty fluid from a sealed pressure container by use of pressurized air, and thereafter to place the container under vacuum. The device has a sleeve portion which defines an interior chamber. A ring portion with a hole extends into the interior... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5695064 | Self-opening plastic bag pack system A self-opening pack of plastic bags for use with a bagging rack. The pack of plastic bags is formed of plastic material which has been exposed to corona surface treatment. Each plastic bag in the pack of bags has a central tab portion between its two upwa... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5681100 | Cheval mirror with concealed storage compartment A cheval mirror with concealed storage compartment. The device has a cabinet portion with a rear wall and perimeter side walls to define a space there within and an open front. A mirror door is attached to the cabinet portion with concealed hinges to mova... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5670013 | Dies for manufacturing a pack of self-opening bags Dies are used in forming a pack of self-opening plastic T-shirt bags for use with a bagging rack. Each plastic bag in the pack of bags has a mouth tab portion between its two upwardly extending handles, which are at the sides of the mouth of the T-shirt b... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5662327 | Supermarket board game A board game for play by one to six players. The board game has several container baskets, and a board with a number of connected paths. Each path has discrete places upon which a basket can be moved. Some of the paths allow for uni-directional travel and... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5638584 | Attachment and cable fastening device An attachment and cable fastening device. The device has an elongate elastic cable folded over at least one of its ends to form an eyelet. An metallic ring is crimped around the elastic cable's folded over ends. A strong metal hook with a frontwardly lyin... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5638570 | Drywall bullnose cleaner tool A tool for scraping material from a bullnose installed on a corner joint of a drywall installation includes an elongated device having a handle portion, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a size adapted for holding in one hand. The first end p... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5618991 | Bicycle inner tube leak detector device An inner tube leak detection device. The device has a sleeve member with two semi-tubal halves which are hinged, or alternately a single unit with a slot formed therein. The sleeve member has an outer wall, an inner wall, side walls joining the outer and ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5590332 | Garbage collection, tail recursion and first-class continuations in stack-oriented languages Methods for implementing garbage collection, tail recursion and first-class continuations for advanced computer applications in a stack-oriented language. Objects, including assignable cells, subprogram closure objects and continuation objects, can be all... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5490826 | Legwork strengthening and training device A legwork strengthening and style training device. The device has a pair of leg straps for engaging around a person's thighs just above the knees. Each leg strap is a relatively wide, elongate, and elastic strap with detachable hook and lace material affi... | 02/13/1996 |
