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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6180204 | One piece air bag An elongated substantially rectangular nylon 6,6 air bag blank which allows an operator to produce a one piece air bag with four straight seams without undue manipulation during production thereof. The blank has notches in the two upper corners with an el... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6138336 | Holographic air-jet textured yarn A process to produce a plyed holographic yarn in which the slit film is allowed to be pulled from its source rather than being driven by drive rolls. The slit film and at least one other yarn are plyed and textured in an air texturing jet.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6106947 | Protective warp knit fabric A three-bar warp knit, weft inserted fabric which provides at least 70% blockage of ultra-violet rays and has a cover factor of less than 50%. The weft inserted yarn is a boucle yarn which in the warp knit construction provides the above described charact... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6096667 | Hook and loop fastener A warp knit, weft inserted lap side loop pile fabric for use as a female connector in a hook and loop fastener in which adjacent loops in each wale alternate from one direction to the other. If desired the back of the fabric can be coated to provide stren... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6019390 | Multiple panel airbag An airbag cushion for use in a vehicle restraint system is provided. The airbag cushion is formed from two body panel sections of substantially similar straight line geometry which are joined to one another by two substantially straight seams along corres... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6012206 | Loop breaker for textured yarn An apparatus to produce a spun-like synthetic yarn which employs a filament loop breaker which is periodically and automatically opened to break the vacuum pressure to allow lint collected therein to be released and collected. The apparatus includes canti... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6001442 | Ultrasonically spliced roll towel A roll towel for use in the drying of hands in the lavatory setting is provided. The roll towel includes at least two segments of textile material which include at least 60 percent polyester fiber. The two segments of textile material are spliced together... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5994243 | Method for forming low permeability airbag fabric A low permeability fabric and airbag formed therefrom suitable for use in protection of a vehicle occupant in the event of a collision are provided. In particular, the present invention provides an uncoated fabric preferably formed from a substantially sy... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5987867 | Floor textile material A yarn for a floor textile material which is comprised of a coarse yarn and a fine yarn twisted together for tufting into a backing material to provide a floor mat. The finer yarn has fibers in the range of 32 to 100 decitex while the coarser yarn has fib... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983470 | Method to produce bulked deep dyed fabric A polyester multifilament synthetic yarn which has a low draw ratio and a bulk characteristic made by overfeeding the yarn in the range of 4-12% that provides a double plush fabric, when knit, that has a pleasant broken pattern look with at least a 25% in... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5948500 | Method for forming cushioned carpet tile with woven backing An improved cushioned carpet fabric is provided. The cushioned carpet comprises a primary carpet having a primary base and a plurality of pile-forming yarns projecting outwardly from one side. A layer of reinforcement material is bonded to the primary bas... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5945359 | Weft inserted warp knit air bag fabric A new and improved air bag using a weft inserted warp knit fabric laminated to a film as the inflatable member of the air bag when the inflator device is engaged to supply gas into the interior of the bag.... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5931498 | Simplified air bag configuration An inflatable restraint cushion for use in transportation passive restraint systems is provided. The inflatable restraint cushion according to the invention is of a foldable construction having two panels. The first panel is of generally a pyramidal confi... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5932317 | Dust control mat with co-calendered reinforcing strips A method to produce a dust control mat with stronger longitudinal borders by co-calendering the rubber backing thereof with narrow strips of carboxylated nitrile rubber prior to formation of the dust control into a unitary product for use as a dust contro... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5927500 | Pharmaceutical containment package An improved pharmaceutical containment package is provided. The containment package includes a blister card disposed between a cover and a backing. At least one of the cover or the backing is a composite structure including a surface layer, a reinforcing ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5921287 | Air bag fabric with specific weave construction A stable permeability fabric and inflatable restraint cushion formed therefrom. The air permeability of the fabric is initially low and does not substantially increase when the fabric is subjected to biaxial loading in both the warp and the fill direction... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5916830 | Weft inserted warp knit air bag fabric A new and improved air bag using a weft inserted warp knit fabric laminated to a film as the inflatable member of the air bag when the inflator device is engaged to supply gas into the interior of the bag.... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5860613 | Film cartridge A container for a strip (12) of light-sensitive material includes an elongated opening for withdrawing the material from the container. Strips (22) of light-locking material are provided on both sides of the opening, the strips being made from a napped an... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5830092 | Tennis ball fabric A tennis ball having an outer felt fabric comprising at least two layers of non-woven fabric with the outer layer having a weight ratio of wool therein greater than 45% and the inner or bottom layer having a weight ratio of wool therein less than 40%.... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5789058 | Backcoated textile loop product A hook and loop closure element in which the loop fabric is backcoated and a plurality of the loops on the loop surface are adhered to the backcoating but the remaining free loops provide an efficient loop connector for engagement by a hook fabric. The lo... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5775087 | Balanced collage yarn Process of manufacturing a collage yarn from at least two different colored synthetic multifilament yarn. At least two bobbins of different colored multifilament, synthetic yarn, is supplied to commingling air jet. A true twist is provided to each of the ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5768761 | Chair seat frame system Process and apparatus to semi-automatically cover the opening in a chair with a two-way stretch fabric which does not require extensive manual operation by an operator. The fabric is automatically clamped and stretched over the chair opening prior to the ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5727366 | Registration control Registration system for a continuously operating machine which produces a filled package with an upper and lower seal which automatically adjusts position and the speed of the packaging material being supplied and also adjusts the speed after a preselecte... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5727655 | Platform lifter A platform which is raised and lowered evenly in a vertical direction only by a pair of piston activated four-bar linkages which are linked together through an endless cable or belt which will not allow one four-bar linkage to act independently of the oth... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5724917 | Cattle mattress A cattle mattress made from a woven fabric which is double-woven in areas across the fabric into which crumb rubber is inserted and which are closed off after insertion of the crumb rubber to make a self-contained structure for the comfort of animals.... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5720322 | Chafer fabric with textured nylon warp yarns A wick proof woven chafer fabric for automotive radial tires having a monofilament fill yarn and a large denier textured multifilament warp yarn. The texturing of the warp yarns allows for efficient wickproofing of the fabric and the larger denier, higher... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5707906 | Needled non-woven fabric Method to produce a nonwoven needled fabric in which the needled fabric includes 15-30% of low melt nylon 6 and nylon 12 fusible fibers to aid in holding the nonwoven fabric together when passed through an oven to melt the fusible fibers and then allow th... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5701846 | Knit cellular cattle mattress fabric A cattle mattress made from a double needle bar knit fabric in which the top and bottom layers tire joined at intervals across the fabric, forming tubes into which crumb rubber is inserted and which are closed off after insertion of the crumb rubber to ma... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5698282 | Stabilized fabrics and reinforced products containing them A bonded fabric comprising a mesh of filament yarns of the core-sheath type having little or no elasticity in the longitudinal direction but which will break when bent without affecting the filaments in the core.... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5691030 | Stabilized fabrics and reinforced products containing them A bonded fabric comprising a mesh of filament yarns of the core-sheath type having little or no elasticity in the longitudinal direction but which will break when bent without affecting the filaments in the core.... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5682656 | Continuous process to wrap entangled yarn Method to continuously merge two multifilament yarns supplied from bobbins on a creel by merging and entangling the two yarns in a commingling air jet and supplying directly to a warper to form a warp beam.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5675878 | Apparatus to merge and texturize mulitple filament yarns Apparatus to continuously draw, texture and warp polyester yam in which the texturing apparatus includes texturing balls mounted on a common mount for a plurality of texturing positions which individually can be rotated into and out of position without in... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5672222 | Needled nonwoven fabric Method to produce a nonwoven needled fabric in which the needled fabric includes 15-30% of low melt nylon 6 and nylon 12 fusible fibers to aid in holding the nonwoven fabric together when passed through an oven to melt the fusible fibers and then allow th... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5638703 | Grasscatcher bag fabric A 3-bar Raschel warp knit fabric for use in grasscatcher bags which has an additional high tenacity yarn knit in to provide a lower elongation yarn in the course direction to prevent the grasscatcher bag from dragging the ground as it is being filled. The... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5609701 | Radial tire with bias cut woven nylon chafer fabric A wick proof woven chafer fabric for automotive radial tires has a monofilament fill yarn and a textured multifilament warp yarn. The chafer fabric comprises nylon yarns and is bias cut so that the warp and fill yarns extend at an angle to the bead of the... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5590447 | Continuous process from interlacing to warping to provide a heather yarn Method to continuously merge two multifilament yarns supplied from bobbins on a creel by merging and entangling the two yarns in a commingling air jet and supplying directly to a warper to form a warp beam. The method includes feed rolls upstream and down... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590511 | Automatic cutter adjustment A machine to produce filled packages having transverse seals at the top and bottom thereof created by severing a seal area between formed packages by cutting blades the position of which can be adjusted during running of the machine to vary the heights of... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5569430 | Method of making a roofing membrane A method of making a roofing membrane having a reinforcing fabric saturated with a bituminous material. The reinforcing fabric comprises a first fiberglass scrim layer to which is stitched a non-woven polyester mat.... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5539964 | Method to produce light-lock fabric A container for a strip (12) of light-sensitive material includes an elongated opening for withdrawing the material from the container. Strips (22) of light-locking material are provided on both sides of the opening, the strips being made from a napped an... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540971 | Industrial roofing fabric A triaxially wound non woven roofing membrane fabric is disclosed. The selvage areas of the fabric having an increased number of warp yarns in spaced groups to provide an area for the attachment of the fabric to a roof through the use of roofing tacks ins... | 07/30/1996 |
