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Patent No. 6718554

Hands free towel carrying system

A hands free towel carrying system for coupling a towel to a user to prevent loss, theft or contamination.

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Attorney: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Brueggemann; James R.


Number of patents: 9
Last date: May 23, 2000

NumberTitleIssue Date
6067192Portable viewing apparatus having multiple interchargeable optical modules
A portable viewing apparatus having a plurality of associated pairs of left and right optical modules, each pair of which can be selectively used to provide a user with a different viewing effect when viewing objects such as video monitors. Exemplary view...
05/23/2000
5966832Apparatus for drying wet porous bodies under subcritical temperatures and pressures
An improved apparatus, and related method of operation, is described for rapidly drying large monoliths of glass, ceramic and/or composite material, under subcritical conditions, while minimizing the risk of cracking the monolith during the drying process...
10/19/1999
5947911Method and apparatus for reducing purge volume in a blood chemistry monitoring system
A method and apparatus for reducing the volume of fluid required to purge a patient's blood from a blood sampling site after the blood has been sampled for measurement. A coil is formed in the fluid flow line between the source of fluid and the blood samp...
09/07/1999
5948481Process for making a optical transparency having a diffuse antireflection coating
A coated transparency, and method for making it, is disclosed, the transparency having a multi-layer antireflection coating that provides high transmittance with low specular reflectance, yet that also provides reduced visibility of surface defects. The c...
09/07/1999
5910714Electrical power assist apparatus for a wheeled vehicle
This disclosure describes an improved electrical power apparatus for assisting a rider in powering a wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle. The apparatus controllably connects a rechargeable battery to a dc motor engageable with a wheel of the vehicle in a pr...
06/08/1999
5895848Apparatus and method for level sensing in a container
A liquid level sensing apparatus, and related method, that utilizes a tuning fork assembly to detect the presence of not only a liquid or air at a particular location within a container, but also a solid material at that location. The tuning fork assembly...
04/20/1999
5875564Method and apparatus for drying wet porous bodies under subcritical temperatures and pressures
An improved apparatus, and related method of operation, is described for rapidly drying large monoliths of glass, ceramic and/or composite material, under subcritical conditions, while minimizing the risk of cracking the monolith during the drying process...
03/02/1999
5822274Method and apparatus for acoustically measuring the level of liquid in a tank
A time-domain reflectometer is disclosed for reliably measuring the level of a liquid in a tank. The reflectometer emits an acoustic signal into a waveguide that projects downwardly into the tank and receives a return acoustic signal reflected from the su...
10/13/1998
5775799Lighting device incorporating a zoomable beamspreader
A zoomable beamspreader is disclosed having two lenses arranged in closely spaced, confronting relationship, with each lens incorporating an array of alternating positive and negative lens segments. One of the two lenses is controllably movable relative t...
07/07/1998
 
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