Bizarre Patents
Ballistic resistant body covering
A ballistic resistant body covering for protecting the torso, groin and neck area from ballistic missiles.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6986920 | Composite web for making gusseted packages A composite web of packaging material for making gusseted packages having openable and reclosable interlocking seals, the seals having male and female portions, snap detents, and formed transversely to the direction of material flow. The packaging material is provid... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6896950 | Composite web for making resealable packages and reclosable seals A novel continuous web of composite packaging film for making packages having improved openable and reclosable interlocking seals, the seal having male and female portions of arrowhead shape in cross section, snap detents, and being formed transversely to the direct... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6755927 | Methods of making reinforced reclosable package seals Methods of making packages having improved resealable interlocking closures from a web of film, the closure having male and female portions formed in line with or transversely to the film flow during package formation. The film is fanfolded to form a stack, the laye... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6568150 | Apparatus for making reinforced reclosable package seals Apparatus for making packages having interlocking closures from a web of film, the closure having male and female portions and being formed in line with or transversely to the direction of film flow. A converter fanfolds the film into spaced apart stacks ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6523325 | Apparatus for making resealable packages and reclosable seals Apparatus for making packages having improved openable and reclosable interlocking seals from a continuous web of composite packaging film, the seal having male and female portions of arrowhead shape in cross section, snap detents, and being formed transv... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6519917 | Method and apparatus for making gussetted package Methods and apparatus for making gusseted packages having openable and reclosable interlocking seals, the seals having male and female portions, snap detents, and formed transversely to the direction of film flow. The packaging film is provided at package... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6519918 | Methods of making resealable packages and reclosable seals Methods for making packages having improved openable and reclosable interlocking seals from a continuous web of composite packaging film, the seal having male and female portions of arrowhead shape in cross section, snap detents, and being formed transver... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6371644 | Reclosable seal, package, method and apparatus Packages having improved openable and reclosable interlocking seals and a method and apparatus for making the same from a novel continuous web of composite packaging film, the seal having male and female portions of arrowhead shape in cross section, snap ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6350057 | Reinforced reclosable package seals Packages having web formed resealable interlocking closures of packaging film fanfolded to form a stack and heat sealed together forming a multilayered strip in plane with the film. The strip is abraded on one surface, the film passing into the package fo... | 02/26/2002 |
| 5983594 | Adhesively resealable package, method and apparatus The package and system according to the invention utilize a novel converter device mounted adjacent to standard packaging apparatus for forming a composite packaging film and feeding it to the packaging apparatus to form a finished package with an adhesiv... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5944425 | Packages with unitarilly formed resealable closure Flexible packages having an openable and resealable interlocking closure made from a continuous web of flexible film, the closure being formed transversely to the direction of film flow at the consumer preferred position across one end of the package duri... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5937615 | Apparatus for making resealable packages Apparatus for making flexible packages having an openable and resealable interlocking closure from a continuous web of flexible film, the closure being formed transversely to the direction of film flow at the consumer preferred position across one end of ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5928749 | Resealable package, and apparatus for and method of making same The invention provides tape graphics printed on a longitudinally extending strip of packaging film simultaneously with the printing of the rest of the packaging film, the tape graphics strip being subsequently slit away from the rest of the film and appli... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5775809 | Vehicle compartment temperature recorder A mobile or transportable refrigerated container temperature monitoring system which includes digital monitoring and printout devices which provide accuracy and reliability, and means for periodically checking the monitoring means for operability and logg... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5311824 | Hatch cover hinge and lock assembly having safety interlock for hinge A bi-directionally openable hatch cover hinge and lock device for hatch covers which close the hatches on top of railroad cars and which are openable from either side of the car, utilizing a minimum number of component parts and including a passive captiv... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5212332 | Swab for wind instruments An improved swab for wind instruments for removing accumulated deposits of condensation within the instrument which if not removed can change the instrument tone, and in severe cases destroy sound production, producing a hiss or gurgling sound instead of ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5201890 | Railroad car handbrake release system A manually operated railroad car handbrake release system in which the release of the handbrake at one end of a car automatically causes release of the brakes at the opposite end of the same car. The system utilizes the standard type handbrake, but has af... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5081935 | Railroad car vertical isolator pad An elastomeric vertical isolator pad for placement between the roller bearing adaptors of railroad cars and the car truck sideframes, the pad being formed of an elastomer having a melting point not lower than 500° Fahrenheit and having a Shore hardness d... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5074725 | Well car trailer adaptor A quickly installable and removable integral lightweight floor structure trailer adaptor for railroad well cars for converting the well car from one for use with containers to one for carrying trailers, including a plurality of substantially equal height ... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5072977 | Paddle latch device A latch retraction device for narrow stile doors which may be hinged either on the left side or on the right side, and which utilizes a push or pull actuator for retracting the latch instead of utilizing a rotary knob for that purpose. The device utilizes... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5058742 | Electronic circuit carrier An electronic circuit package carrier which imposes no mechanical stresses upon the leads of the circuit package carried, the carrier being provided with enlarged clear holes through which the circuit package leads are freely passable, a plurality of resi... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5006713 | Alpha probe An alpha particle radiation probe which eliminates the need for any intermediate light coupling devices between the scintillation generating phosphor and scintillation detector while at the same time providing uniform response to alpha particles over a su... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5001990 | Well car apparatus Apparatus for adapting well cars for trailer carrying use without degrading its double stacked container capability, including a trailer hitch head and mounting pedestal attached to the end deck of the well car for securing the trailer kingpin onto the ca... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4918822 | Perspective drafting apparatus A perspective drafting device including a pair of straight edges pivotally connected to a centerpiece removably fixable to the horizontal arm of a drafting machine in place of the horizontal scale. Each of the straight edges is slidable through a vanishin... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4904332 | Apparatus for producing disposable headdress Apparatus for producing a continuous sequence of disposable headdresses in which the edge of the cap fabric has been folded inward around a peripherally extending elastic cord to provide a smooth edge which contacts the wearer, and provides superior adhes... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4765854 | Method of producing disposable headdress A method of sequentially producing a plurality of disposable headdresses in which the edge of the cap fabric has been folded inward around a peripherally extending elastic cord to provide a smooth edge which contacts the wearer, and provides superior adhe... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4696029 | Telephone traffic load control system A system for controlling the initiation of voting telephone calls by controlling character generators at a group of affiliated television broadcast stations through a control center which receives real-time feedback of telephone voting traffic data from p... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4691390 | Sanitary headdress A disposable headdress in which the edge of the cap fabric has been folded inward around the peripherally extending elastic cord to provide a smooth edge which contacts the wearer, and provides superior adhesion between the elastic cord and the cap fabric... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4655366 | Reinforced container and method of making Reinforced corrugated cartons on the order of 35 to 50 inches in height and somewhat greater in length and width are provided with an inside tubular rectangular liner and a bottom pad fitted down inside the liner and adhesively secured to the inside botto... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4631411 | Radiation measuring apparatus and method The invention substantially eliminates measurement errors in radiation field strength due to circuit propagation time delays and slow drift conditions, Geiger-Mueller tube turn-on time and response curve variations, and the need to manually calibrate the ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4629074 | Intravenous container support An intravenous fluid container carrier including an elongated telescopic device having an outer tubular shell within which is positioned an extension rod spring loaded to retract the rod into the tubular shell, an anti-rotation device to prevent rotation ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4606279 | Table leaf slide support A two piece table leaf slide support consisting of a U-shaped metal channel member and a metal support bracket slidably supporting the channel member, the elongated U-shaped channel member having a vertical base wall, and a top flange and a bottom flange ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605859 | Radiation measuring apparatus This invention describes apparatus for and a method of measuring radiation field strength which uses a pulse enabled detector (e.g. G-M tube) and is based on the equation R=K/t, where R is the radiation field strength, t is the time till first strike, and... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4601885 | Sterilization system A steam sterilization system for a fitting machine having dispensing nozzles connected to a source of product supply, the sterilizing system including a novel autoclave apparatus and a novel condensate purge system. The autoclave structure causes steriliz... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4599763 | Hinged ceiling track A ceiling track having a hinged terminal section incorporating a latch at the free end of the hinged section to secure the track end to the ceiling, the latch being releasable from floor level by an actuating wand to allow the hinged section to pivot down... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4591793 | Aggregometer electrode structures A disposable low cost electrode structure for measuring platelet aggregation in whole blood or PRP which utilizes conductive ink or foil for the electrodes with the electrode pattern printed, heat-stamped or silk-screened onto a suitable plastic non-react... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4582045 | Heating apparatus A wood or coal burning heater or stove employing a catalytic combustor in its combustion chamber having a primary air supply which feeds air to the fuel, and a secondary air supply which feeds air directly to the catalytic combustor by means of an air dif... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4576096 | Wheeled locking carrier A locking wheeled locking carrier including a pair of identical molded half carriage parts each of which carries a pair of canted wheels to support the carrier within a track, and a pendulum part pivoted between the carriage halves and extending downward ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4567972 | Clutch wear detector, adjustment and indicator system A clutch system providing a simplified clutch adjustment which also gives an indication of how much clutch facing remains so that it is known when a clutch face needs replacement. The system mounts the motor armature and flywheel in a bearing structure wh... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4553875 | Method for making barrier structure The method of making cast barrier structures consisting of the steps of, securing a plurality of form plates in a longitudinally spaced array over a supporting surface with the major plane of each form plate oriented substantially vertically and transvers... | 11/19/1985 |
