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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4630657 | Versatile router guide apparatus A versatile router guide apparatus or kit is disclosed comprising a pair of side rails and a pair of headpieces, which may be releasably secured together to form a "modified box type" router guide. When so secured the guide may be clamped to a workpiece b... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4523259 | Bolt-light bulb combination This invention is an improved bolt containing a light bulb. It comprises a threaded shank having a head at one end. The shank is formed with a longitudinal passageway therethrough. The head of the bolt is also provided with a passageway extending from a s... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4486986 | Foundation drain system A foundation drain system comprising the combination of a footing, the first course of masonery blocks on the footing having a drain notch for each hollow space on the infacing side of each block. Irregular size and shape stones provided in each of the ho... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4421209 | Lift apparatus A lift apparatus comprising a wheeled base and a post mounted upright on the base. A fork lift having a guide frame which straddles the post and provided with rollers to travel on the post. The post is comprised of a plurality of interchangeable post segm... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4416314 | Hacksaw blade connecting means Two intersecting slots are provided in the longitudinally spaced blade connecting parts of the hacksaw frame. One of the intersecting slots extends transversely from one lateral side of the blade connecting frame part to the center thereof. A hole is prov... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4393530 | Pillow This invention is an improved pillow provided with a second pillow body as a component of the main pillow body. The second pillow body is connected to the main pillow body and pivotally moveable relative to the main pillow body to provide means for changi... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4392017 | Telephone handset lifting device This invention operates in combination with a cradle supported telephone handset. It includes an electric switch operated by a variable timer which is set to operate at various times of a period of absence and for lengths of time selected by the occupant ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4386630 | Method and means for insulating a pipe A covering for insulating a pipe including a U-shaped refractory cast having embedded in the refractory cast a U-bolt, and a plurality of parallel rods welded to the bolt to form a cradle-like frame. The ends of the U-bolt project from the sides of the ca... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4380833 | Doll dress and crenelle A doll dress constructed by providing a strip of net material gathered on a cord and sewn to the inside of the dress circumferentially of the hem thereof. The strip has a width of approximately 1/3 the length of the skirt portion and is approximately 30 t... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4342352 | Traction device for vehicle wheel This invention is a traction device for a vehicle wheel. It comprises a shoe member adapted to seat onto the tread of a tire. One side of the shoe has upstanding bars for supporting an inwardly extending curvilinear member for bracing against the side wal... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4335872 | Sample preparation support apparatus This invention is an apparatus for supporting a plurality of sample preparation cartridge units to expedite the handling of sample preparation. The apparatus comprises a pair of plates in space parallel relation. The first plate is mounted on end posts an... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4322004 | Snowman hat-kit This invention is a snowman hat-kit. It comprises a container shaped in the form of a hat which is used to adorn the snowman. The hat is structured to also serve as a container to store a plurality of pieces which are used to form the eyes, nose, mouth co... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4305805 | Silver recovery apparatus This invention is a combination of a silver recovery apparatus, a silver solution source, and a holding tank. The solution accumulates in the holding tank to a given quantity. Then this quantity is reached, a switch activated by a float member operates a ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4266793 | Bicycle hitch device This invention is a hitch device particularly adapted for connecting a single wheel trailer to a bicycle. The ball member of the hitch device is connected to the bicycle frame. The cup member for coupling to the ball is connected to the end of the draw ba... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4250396 | Heated drafting board An electrically heated drafting board having a drawing surface temperature ranging between 80° and 90° F. The drafting board having a plurality of interconnected parallel grooves spaced apart the length thereof. The grooves are provided in the underside... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4241833 | Paramedic kit This invention is a paramedic airway kit. It comprises a case, interiorly divided into two compartments by a partition. A front wall serving as a door is hinged to the partition and pivotable to planularly extend the partition in the open position and the... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4228622 | Automobile shelter apparatus This invention is an automobile shelter apparatus comprising an open ended housing to cover the hood portion of the automobile. A rectangular frame of elongated members is supported on the top side of the housing by guide means through which the frame is ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4226336 | Apparatus for dispensing the contents of a tube having a movable platen This invention is a tube compressing apparatus. It dispenses the contents of a tube by compressing the tube between rollers. It comprises a housing having fixed at one end a spout to which the open end of a tube is connected. The sealed end of a tube is s... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4222183 | Athletic shoe This invention is a reinforced ventilated shoe. It is formed with a strip of shoe cover material circumscribing the toe, sole, arch and heel. Reinforcing strips are provided to form an ankle band and parallel instep strips which extend from the toe portio... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4178346 | Incense burner device An incense burner device adaptable for use in a vehicle such as an automobile. It includes an open ended container for burning incense. A stem extends from the closed end which is removably fitted into the sleeve of a clamp device for supporting the conta... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4176541 | Hammer device attachment A hammer device for attachment to a hand power tool for longitudinally folding the overlapping edge of a sheet metal panel. It comprises a body member having a central bore, one end of which is provided with means for connection to a hand tool which power... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4134448 | Heating and air conditioning system This invention combines a hot water heater which conventionally supplies hot water for household use, a hot air furnace and an air conditioning evaporator coil conventionally provided in the plenum of the furnace as a component of a central air conditioni... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4125213 | Collapsible luggage for motorcycle A collapsible luggage for a motorcycle comprising three rigid panels hinged together forming the base or bottom, forward upright and top. The bottom panel is rectangular in planular outline, the forward upright panel is trapezoidal in planular outline and... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4125172 | Emergency escape apparatus A riding emergency or fire escape apparatus mountable interior of a building for delivering an inhabitant exterior of the building for free fall descent to the ground. The apparatus of this invention exterior of the building essentially comprises plate me... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4112466 | Flat television screen A television screen comprising an electroluminescent sheet sandwiched with electroconductive sheets. Electrical pulse signals responsive to a horizontal sweep input are applied to the sides of two of the electroconductive sheets, and pulse signals respons... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4111509 | Electric plug lock means A plug for an electrical receptacle outlet having an improved ground prong. The ground prong is supported in the plug body for axial shifting. The end of the prong extending through the plug body is threaded to engage a turn knob and the other end of the ... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4103599 | Method and means for improved air distribution A method and means for providing an improved air distribution for a plurality of rooms insuring that rooms further along the main duct line from the blower source are adequately provided with air. This is accomplished by providing a counterweighted closur... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4086667 | Flush control device for conserving water This invention relates to flush tank type toilets and is a device by which a long or short flush cycle may be selected by manipulation of the flush lever handle. The conventional flush uses the full contents of the flush tank and is selected when solid wa... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4082309 | Anti-sway apparatus for trailers A sway control apparatus for a trailer comprising an electromagnetically actuated brake drum mounted horizontally on the draw bar frame of the trailer. Means are provided on the rotatable drum of the brake to which are connected ends of chain links. The o... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4069611 | Downrigger for trolling Trolling apparatus including a weighted down line and a bracket adapted to be engaged to the down line at any point thereof, the bracket being capable of receiving lead lines, or having a release assembly for a separate fishing line. Means are provided to... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4058943 | Glass block panel As an article of manufacture, a glass block panel comprising a plurality of glass blocks having a circumferential rib around the edges thereof. The glass blocks are uniformly spaced apart edge to edge in a width and breadth direction by longitudinal space... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4022362 | Bicycle carrier A rack for mounting on the roof of a vehicle for carrying bicycles. The rack retains the bicycles position by using a plurality of straps which are adjustably secured to the rack supports.... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3995920 | Roller bearing An improved surface for an outer race member of a roller bearing by providing an annular curved surface between the circumferential crown surface and the annular corner radius surface. This improved surface has one end thereof tangent to the crown surface... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3984137 | Lock device A security lock which secures a building entrance against unauthorized entry by linking together the outer and inner doors against their respective door frame stops. This invention comprises link members wherein one member thereof is anchored to the outer... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3973325 | Record grooving device A grooving device for making a groove between selected recording bands of a long playing record for selective playing thereof. A platen for supporting a record to be so altered. A spindle upstanding from the platen for placing a record centered on said sp... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3953938 | Means for supporting a toy craft A means for supporting a toy craft for uninterrupted travel around a room. This invention comprises a circuitous rail mounted on the walls of a room adjacent the ceiling to avoid all the openings normally provided in a room. The rail, carries a drive trai... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3953722 | Flashlight support means A flashlight provided with an open electric circuit between the battery and the bulb. The spaced terminals of the open circuit extend exterior of the casing on which a safety pin type fastener is rotatably mounted. The pin bridges the terminals of the ope... | 04/27/1976 |
