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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5879272 | Adjustable physical therapy apparatus An adjustable physical therapy apparatus consisting of a support base. A horizontally oriented bounding platform assembly support bar is selectively mounted on the support base so as to be vertically adjustable with respect thereto. A bounding platform as... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5839707 | Trench shield stacking device A trench shield stacking bracket provided for facilitating the stacking of trench shields. The trench shield stacking bracket comprises an elongate hollow body frame which defines a pair of spaced apart trench shield spreader bar engaging Wall having uppe... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5813642 | Tombstone memorial plaque and support bracket assembly A support bracket adapted to support a plaque above a tombstone. The bracket having a slot across its uppermost portion for receiving the plaque and a screw extending perpendicular through the slot for securing the plaque. The bracket further having downw... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5735642 | Trench shield handling assembly A rotatable trench shield handling assembly provided with upwardly extending excavator hook-engaging means. The rotatable trench shield handling assembly provided with rear downwardly extending trench shield wall engaging means and with an opposed forward... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5427445 | Drawer interlock structure An interlock structure of the cable type for stacked plural drawer cabinet structures which limits the opening of drawers to a single drawer and prevents plural drawers being opened at the same time. An elongate base or frame is mounted in the cabinet adj... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5395155 | Seat position changing apparatus for a bicycle or cycle-type machine An adjustable cycle saddle seat assembly having an in situ operator controlled improved seat position changing apparatus integrally provided therein which comprises a saddle seat having rails assembly nose bumper engaging inside surfaces. A longitudinally... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5282794 | Guarded needle and retaining means An improved, universally adaptable, medical intermediate connector having a large tubular opening at one end and a through passage running the length thereof, the body of the connector having a rectilinear cross section with plural planar sidewalls, one o... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5175430 | Time-compressed chromatography in mass spectrometry A process and apparatus employing the time compression of chromatography in mass spectrometry with array detection in which the time compressed informatioin is deconvoluted by mathematical analysis for recovery of analytical information made inaccessible ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5174591 | Extendable nesting ski support An extendable nesting ski support structure as for supporting cargo including collapsed shelter devices for towing or pulling over ice, snow, and terrain. The skis are pivoted on brackets attached to the supported base and the brackets are atttached to th... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5169207 | Cable tension height adjustable arm rests A height adjustable arm structure in which a selectively operated drive concealable in and connectable to the frame of a furniture piece includes at least one pair of articulated arm elements and said arm elements subjected to a seletive constant bias act... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5140972 | Overdraw extension for compound bows An overdraw structure for compound bows which extends the arrow rest rearwardly at a predetermined point in the draw and which returns the carriage for the arrow rest in the line-of-sight as the bowstring is released.... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5091607 | Energy distribution raceway A raceway for energy distribution lines in which the sections of the raceway are of the knockdown type with interlocking extrusions requiring minimal use of fasteners and in which access openings and the extruded trim plates and covers interlock with sele... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5089311 | Open faced sandwich barrier A barrier for closing and sealing a tubular passage while permitting ingress and egress of coating material into and out of the passage and with a mat of expandable adherent material secured to a barrier plate, the expansion and sealing actuated by exposu... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5083655 | Accumulator conveyor An Accumulator Conveyor having plural zones in which beds or tracks of closely positioned roller elements provide a planar support for moving chains or driven endless elements in successive zones, each zone separately driven from the others. At each end o... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5027465 | Lint remover A lint remover roller assembly having a pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll in association therewith wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll comprises layers of adhesive tape with the adhesive surface thereof facing outwardly so as to remove l... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4974358 | Cycle control for electric downriggers An electronic cycle control for electric downriggers providing the fisherman with a selection of amplitude for up and down motion at fishing depth for the ball or weight and offering a selection of dwell at each extreme of movement and functioning automat... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4958814 | Interval locator A substantially integral one-piece interval locator in flat relatively thin elongate material and having two or more interval spaced notches for locating building components on selected interval positions and including hardened punch points locating and h... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4930844 | Wheel A wheel of the bicycle type that is injection molded with a formulation of polyamide resin and fiber in which hub, spokes and rim are integral and where the precision injection molded wheel substantially elminates machining. The spokes are aerodynamic van... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4905337 | Lint remover A lint remover roller assembly having a pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll in association therewith wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll comprises layers of adhesive tape with the adhesive surface thereof facing outwardly so as to remove l... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4889396 | Drawer interlock A drawer interlock combination for a stack or tier of drawers and simplified to include a frame forming a receptacle guide for a plurality of rotors, one rotor for each drawer in the stack and the same frame guiding a plurality of actuators, one for each ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4872727 | Adjustable armed chair A new and useful adjustable chair and adjustable height chair arms therefor in which a parallelogram or pantographic mechanism for activation of the height adjustment of the chair arms is located in the back portion of the chair structure and the arms are... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4840529 | Adjustment lock A safety lock for adjustment locking structures in which a set screw is passed longitudinally through a jam screw element at a position off-center from the axis and parallel to the axis of the jam screw and locking the jam screw against the end of the coa... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4728072 | Height adjustment apparatus A mechanical height adjustment apparatus having a tubular telescopic body portion powered by a spring-loaded nut on a tubular threaded shaft and in which the same spring means acts to close a friction clutch that is selectively releasable by lever means r... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4708624 | Washer cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting washers, gaskets, seals and the like from tubular elongate stock having elastomeric properties in which the stock is clamped between two sets of spaced-apart jaws. The jaws are adjustably movable in respect to each other to stretc... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4688394 | Automotive heater and air conditioner and process therefor An automotive heater and air conditioner in the form of a closed circuit reversible heat pump in which one internal heat exchanger accommodates both heating and cooling, selectively, and only a single set of ducts is required. Supplemental energy is provi... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4683831 | Line fastening unit A line securing or fastening device having a base, a neck tapering upwardly from the base and a generally arcuate knob portion on top of the neck and two transverse wedge-shaped channel openings through the principal axis passing through the device and th... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4667892 | Downrigger up stop A downrigger UP stop for powered downriggers used primarily in fishing in which a nonconductive link is located in a cable line to the weight, mass or cannonball. A flow of current through the cable, water and boat is sensed by a sensing control circuit a... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4664012 | Bass drum pedal assembly A bass drum pedal assembly consisting of a floor engaging support base adapted for selective operative engagement to an adjacent drum beater assembly. A cradle pedal support frame is pivotally mounted on the support base in substantially movable register ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4659013 | Spray unit for controlled droplet atomization A spray unit and process for controlled droplet atomization in which a tangential vortex type fan with wide mouth passes operation from low-to-medium pressures at high volume, passes air through a throat in which controlled droplet atomization of spray ma... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4652468 | Process for high pressure impact coating A process and apparatus for high pressure impact coating of portions of workpieces such as the threaded openings in fasteners in avoidance of contaminating undesired portions of the workpieces with the coating material. A metered quantity of coating mater... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4629687 | Positive selection sorting of cells A method and apparatus for positive selection of viable cells based upon differing chemical or physical properties or dynamic processes using a focussed radiant energy beam, such as a laser beam (11) to kill unwanted cells is described. The apparatus incl... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4628760 | Remote control rearview mirror and pivot A rearview mirror and pivot construction therefor having improved stability in mechanically and electrically driven remote control mirror structures and which permits mounting and dismounting of the apparatus at the mirror end. A female hemispherical rece... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4624915 | Positive selection sorting of cells A method and apparatus for position selection of viable cells based upon differing chemical or physical properties or dynamic processes using a focussed radiant energy beam, such as a laser beam (11) to kill unwanted cells or to isolate wanted cells is de... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4616827 | Playing ball A playing ball for kicking, throwing, spinning, or rolling, and combinations of these having an outer skin formed by three geometric portions, a central cylindrical disc having a diameter of about nine units of measurement and a pair of flanking dome shap... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4608917 | Stove top broiler combination Combination stove top broiler and griddle in simplified structural form easily dismantled and cleanable providing simple geometric shapes with a minimum number of tight corners and crevices and including means to drain grease and scrape debris. The broile... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4590945 | Garment A garment for female wear is provided with a resilient integrally formed seamless polyester fiberfill bust cup assembly which defines spaced-apart integrally formed breast-receiving cups therein. Side panels are attached to each end of the bust cup assemb... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4582214 | Non-spill drink-through lid A non-spill drink-through lid is provided with a retainer support wall defined in a chord position across the central cover portion thereof. The retainer support wall merges with the raised outer peripheral edge of the lid to define a well portion which e... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4567686 | Fishing tip-up A plastic collapsible and nesting tip-up unit has a poised tilt arm and flared windscoop to move the bait in a rhythmic motion. A plastic and adjustable drag type reel is provided with a with simplified signal trip arrangement.... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566349 | Chatterless shifter A chatterless shifter structure having an index selector plate, a shifter bracket and a shifter extension of stamped metal. The shifter bracket and shifter extension nest together and are fabricated to act together as a single lever element rockable out o... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4558797 | Storage unit module A storage unit module in which a plurality of selectively dimensioned panels are assembled with a plurality of correspondingly dimensioned edge extrusions and with connectors having corner tie downs for assembling space enclosures amendable to size and sp... | 12/17/1985 |
