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This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6167840 | Food dish for pets This food dish for pets is to prevent vermin or insects from reaching the food in a pet food dish, because many pets refuse to eat food, which is infested with insects or vermin. This dish is formed so it contains water and pet food. To prevent insects or... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5918298 | Tone control for stringed instruments In order to adjust the tone of a machine made stringed instrument, so the notes of the machine made stringed instrument are balanced, the sounding box of an initial test instrument is constructed. Then the surface of the sounding box is tested to determin... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5530419 | Ambient pressure controlled automobile alarm An automobile anti-theft alarm has an internal air pressure sensor and an external pressure sensor and a connecting electric circuit. The internal pressure sensor is mounted inside the compartment of the automobile and is connected through the electric ci... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5355241 | Identification friend or foe discriminator An IFF device comprises a beam generator for directing an unmodulated beam at a target. The target has a plurality of retro-reflectors mounted on it. These retro-reflectors have internal reflecting surfaces for reflecting the unmodulated beam penetrating ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5267688 | Locking device for mailboxes A gang mail box for an apartment building comprising an outer frame and an inner frame. The inner frame is pivotally connected to the outer frame which is secured to a wall of the building. A number of individual mail boxes corresponding to the number of ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5263618 | Universal carrier for articles A universal carrier comprises a pocket holding support and a harness for attachment to the body of a person carrying objects on the support. The support has an outwardly facing surface whereon various sized article holding pockets can be secured. A strap ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5188381 | Wheel holding bracket assembly for suitcases This is a device for detachably attaching large wheels to the bottom of a suitcase. The wheels are connected together by a common axle. A bracket is molded or attached to the bottom of the suitcase and the bracket has axle receiving slots formed therein. ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5187586 | Motion picture environment simulator for television sets A television viewing device for simulating the environment of a motion picture theater comprising in combination a viewing screen having an opening formed therein sized to expose the television tube. A pair of glasses like frames is used with the viewing ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5168152 | Attitude control with sensors on a mining vehicle A guidance system for of vehicle, such as a model airplane which has directional control devices. A device is mounted on the vehicle or at some remote station to generate a command attitude signal. At least two sensors are mounted on the body of the vehic... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5103659 | Locking device for mailboxes A mail box for an apartment building comprising a number of individual mail boxes corresponding to the number of tenants. Each mail box has an individual mail box lock. Releasable locking means are connected to the mail boxy for covering the individual ma... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5083956 | Water warning device A self elevating signalling device for water skiers makes them more visible if and when they fall off their skies into the water. The device comprises an enlarged visual luminescent marker comprising an outer guide tube and a buoyant tube freely mounted i... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5075923 | Concealed door positioning mechanism A door positioning device comprising a housing concealed in a door jamb and a mechanism mounted in the housing for holding the door open in one or more selected positions. The mechanism comprises a cylinder mounted in the housing wherein a slidable piston... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5046901 | Flush bolt boring jig A flush bolt boring jig is rigidly attached to a drill. The drill has a bit which is the length of the bore to be formed in the door. The jig holds the drill rigidly so the bore being drilled in the door is parallel to the free end of the door. This is do... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5044592 | Adjustable seat for bicycles and the like A replacement unit for a conventional bicycle which can be installed without modifying the bicycle requires the original seat and seat shaft to be taken out of the bicycle frame and replaced by the replacement unit. This unit comprises a tube which fits i... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4988314 | Connector An electrical connector for audio devices using earphones, has the shape of a snap jack in contrast to the conventional plugs and jacks which are long and thin. The snapjack shape of the connector provides a large area of electrical contact between the pl... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4955677 | Sand paper organizer and display rack A cabinet for displaying articles which can be used in two positions. The cabinet is provided with a plurality of divider walls dividing the cabinet into a plurality of differently sized article receiving pigeonholes or slots. The cabinet is constructed s... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4926262 | View finder bracket for video camera The bracket comprises a base portion, one end of the base portion is bent upward defining a wall, the upper end of the wall is bent transverse to the wall extending over the base portion. An adjusting strip is mounted on the upper wall of the base portion... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4900043 | Wheel holding brackets attached to suitcases An axle wheel assembly is removably attached to the base of a suitcase by attaching a pair of brackets to opposite sides of the base of the suitcase. The upper edge of each bracket is provided with a downwardly extending slot. A pivotally mounted slot ent... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4822309 | Combined life preserver cushion and tote bag The invention comprises generally square buoyant cushions. A separate fabric skirt is attached to each side of each cushion. Each skirt has fastening means so the skirts on one cushion can be fastened to the skirts on another cushion. If the cushions are ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4809975 | Golf club swing trainer The exerciser includes a shaft. A weight is slidably mounted on the shaft. A golf club handle is formed at one end of the shaft and a stop is formed at the end of the shaft remote from the handle. A coil spring is mounted between the slidably mounted weig... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4793587 | Core for molding hollow concrete blocks A hollow core for a concrete block is cast from an abrasion resistant alloy steel known in the trade as #8620. The core is generally rectangular in cross section and includes a top wall and depending side walls. The side walls are ground to a mirror-finis... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4777902 | Information retrieval device A combined information retrieval device comprises an elongated strip of material. A coating of an adhesive is applied to one surface of the strip. Holes are formed along the edges of the strip which are sized and spaced apart so they can be interlocked wi... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4756336 | Stove control timer A timer for attachment to a stove operated by manually controlled gas control knobs converts an ordinary manually operated stove to a timer controlled stove without requiring a technician to cut in to the gas lines of the stove. The timer includes a housi... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4755244 | Method of forming a seal This invention relates to a method of forming a fire resistant seal from a tubular ring of elastomeric material having a garter spring movably mounted in the bore of the seal.... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4735329 | Emergency flask for life preservers A flask for attachment to a life preserver is provided with a coiled straw inside the flask. The flask is covered by a cap through which the end portion of the straw is adapted to extend. The cap has a valve mechanism which is attached to the end portion ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4718676 | Ball catching cup with leg attachment A ball catching net is provided with clamping means for attachment to the legs of persons with impaired arm and hand functions. The net has a base portion and automatic ball ejecting means are attached to it. An electric power source is connected to the a... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4557417 | Heat control An analog computing circuit which controls a boiler or other heating system in a building, has a timer actuated setback which reduces the temperature of the building at night in such a way that as the ambient temperature approaches the lowest temperature ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4545501 | Garbage can lid retainer The garbage can lid retainer is formed from a resilient strip of material to which are attached nonresilient strips at opposite ends. The nonresilient strips are provided with snap means for forming loops on each end of the resilient strip. These loops ca... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4177986 | Coin drop game A container filled with liquid is provided with a coin receiving opening at one end. An adjustably mounted coin receiving cup is mounted inside the container. When a coin is inserted in the coin receiving opening, it falls in random path toward the bottom... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4133022 | Rack assembly A plurality of spaced parallel guides are mounted on a support. The edges of printed circuit boards are mounted in these guides. The printed circuit boards are formed with the male portion of an electrical connector at one end and a locking and regulating... | 01/02/1979 |
| 3970397 | Business card system The business information is carried in a field having the area of a standard business card, e.g. 2 × 31/2 inches, on a larger card, e.g. 3 × 5 inches. Perforations or markings provided on the card predetermine where areas of the large card are to be sev... | 07/20/1976 |
