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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6384309 | Woodwind case A clarinet and a flute of the woodwind family are provided with a case that holds the instrument firmly in position. The part of the case that opposes the instrument has a plurality of projections to close and hold closed all normally open keys when the c... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6318921 | Retractable unloseable multicolored pen assembly A plurality of pens or other marking implements is provided. They are set forth as a minimum of two, but by the simple technique of altering the reservoirs, the colors can be substituted almost infinitely. There are two for each implement, and these can b... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6105961 | Defense on foosball A soccer board game of the type familiarly known as "foosball" has horizontal rods for operating the defense and offense manually. If a player wishes to practice the only option is to place all of the defensive rods in one position, and to leave them in t... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6085647 | Lawn waste disposal A packer as provided for lawn waste disposal for compacting and channeling it into a throwaway bag. The disposer includes an upper portion with converging walls and a lower portion with parallel walls forming a chute into a bag. The entire structure is ma... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5971367 | Central air freshener A bypass is provided between the hot air pipes carrying heated air from a furnace and a cold air pipe carrying the return air to the furnace. A certain percentage of the air thus is bypassed. A scented pellet is provided in the bypass and is heated when t... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5925334 | Use of surface active agents to promote mucus clearance This disclosure is of a surfactant mixed with an aerosollizing agent, and deposited by such agent, as a treatment for airway obstruction. It has been extensively tested, and has proved successful. It has been hypothesized that the addition of a hypersmolo... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5842685 | Temporary guard rail system An improved temporary guard rail system for use by residential and commercial builders on construction sites in those areas of building structures where an accidental fall may result in serious bodily injury. In particular, the temporary guard rail system... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5613919 | Zero velocity gear mesh differential A zero velocity gear mesh differential is disclosed. A power input shaft and a power output shaft are colinear and tend to rotate at the same speed. Power gears effect the transfer of power. In addition, there are speed control gears including a planetary... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5541593 | Computer keyboard A computer keyboard is provided which is mounted for pivoting movement adjacent one of its front and rear edges. The keyboard also may be pivotable about a more or less vertical pivot. One or more cams engage the keyboard for movement thereof either conti... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5516111 | Skill and knowledge game A game of skill and knowledge is provided having questions the answers to which depend on a mature person's general knowledge. Boards are provided to each player, and there are answer spaces arranged in vertical columns and horizontal rows. Each space has... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5464008 | Laparoscope defogging A defogger for the objective lens of a laparoscope provides a channel in a longitudinal direction of the laparoscope. Gas from an insufflator is supplied to the channel exteriorly of a body being operated upon. A deflector is provided at or adjacent the o... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5415595 | Differential gearing with phase adjustment Differential gearing is provided between an input shaft and an output shaft. The gearing comprises a pair of similar gear sets mounted in confronting, coaxial relation, and may comprise known differential gearing such, for example, as planetary gearing or... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5399146 | Isocentric lithotripter An extracorporeal isocentric lithotripter is presented having a common isocentric axis of rotation. The patient having a bodily concretion to be destroyed lies on a table which is movable to position the concretion on the isocentric axis. An X-ray emitter... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5349947 | Dry powder inhaler and process that explosively discharges a dose of powder and gas from a soft plastic pillow A powder inhaler and process are provided for aerosolizing finely powdered or pulverized medication and a gas provided in a pillow or blister-type container of extremely thin elastic suitable plastic construction. The pillow is compressed between an anvil... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5331952 | Water system for lithotripter A water system is provided for an extracoporeal lithotripter. The reflector is aimed downwardly and has a spark gap at the first focus point thereof for generating a shock wave. A rubber diaphragm spans the lower end of the reflector. A water reservoir is... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5329928 | Reflected shockwave shielding device An extracorporeal lithotripter has an ultrasound transducer mounted within the lithotripter reflector. The reflector and transducer are oriented downwardly, and a housing surrounds the transducer to protect the transducer from shockwaves generated within ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5301659 | Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripter An extracorporeal lithotripter has a base mounted on wheels for movement about a floor or the like. There is an upright extensible support on the base caring a horizontal extensible support. The horizontal support has a swivel at its outer end with a pair... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5295483 | Locating target in human body Apparatus and methods are provided for locating a target in a living body. Three cameras are supported at an elevated location such as on a wall or from a ceiling. The cameras are supplied as an integrated unit with a computer and are factory calibrated t... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5292304 | Insufflator digital gas flow system A pressure controlling system for an insufflator includes a plurality of parallel connected, solenoid controlled valves. Each valve has in series therewith a gas flow limiter with the limiters arranged in digital succession. The valves are in parallel wit... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5257172 | Trouble light A trouble light is provided which has an insulating housing and male prongs extending from one end of the housing and shielded by an extension of the housing. There is no conventional wired-in drop cord on the trouble light. Instead, an extension cord has... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5240002 | Ultrasound transducer shielding An extracorporeal lithotripter is provided with an ultrasound transducer on the rotational center line of the reflector and substantially at the open end of the reflector. The transducer is protected against shockwaves by a metallic housing in which it is... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5230329 | Lithotripter with two localization devices in an isocentric system A lithotripter (13), and a device for the localization of calculi (11), are mounted on radially moving slides attached to the supporting ring (10). In this manner, their longitudinal axes lie in the same diametric vertical plane, and pass through the cent... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5203334 | Transducer mounting in lithotripter A lithotripter reflector is disclosed which has an ultrasound transducer mounted at the open end of the reflector and on the axis of rotation. The transducer is supported in a brass socket, and a pair of oppositely directed arms are aligned with one anoth... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5201308 | Powder inhaler A powdered medication inhaler is provided which comprises a body having a hollow chamber of substantial height. Powdered medication is transferred from a hopper by a dosing blade having an amperture therein to a transfer station opening into a chamber. In... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5197476 | Locating target in human body Apparatus and methods for locating a target in a living body are provided. A three-dimensional frame carries a plurality of infrared light emitting diodes, and this frame is placed on a table. The infrared LEDs are strobed by a computer. The position of t... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5152767 | Invasive lithotripter with focused shockwave An invasive lithotripter includes a pair of electrodes having rectangular cross sections, and having flat faces of rectangular configuration confronting one another. An insulating member is interposed between the electrodes and spaces them apart a predete... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5127136 | Belt buckle A buckle is provided for releasable cooperation with a belt. The buckle has an undersurface with a projection adjacent the rear edge thereof extending out from the undersurface and having a first window therein relatively adjacent the undersurface and a s... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5113855 | Powder inhaler A powdered medication inhaler is provided which comprises a body having a hollow chamber of substantial height. Powdered medication is transferred from a hopper by a dosing blade having an amperture therein to a transfer station opening into a chamber. In... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5078131 | Introduction of medication in ventilator circuit Apparatus is provided for injecting medication into a ventilator circuit. An elbow connects an endotracheal tube to the external ventilator circuit. A port in the elbow is connected to a flexible sheath leading to an actuator receiving an MDI canister. A ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5073023 | Overhead projector display An overhead projector for transparencies is provided, and includes a conventional top glass or other transparent plate. The overhead projector also includes a conventional optical system including a projection light path. An additional glass or the like p... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5059445 | Process for producing freeze dried meat A process for producing freeze dried meat is disclosed. Starch is dispersed in water, whole egg is added and mixed, and then ground meat is blended in. Polar compound from the egg protects oxygenation sites on the meat during initial freezing at ambient p... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5058227 | Under-bed humidifier A humidifier is provided which lies beneath a bed or other article of furniture. The humidifier is of very shallow height, being much less in height than the length and width. The humidifier includes an open frame resting on the floor, and a sheet of plas... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5054478 | Nebulizer A nebulizer has a body with oxygen inlet and outlet ends through which oxygen flows. An aspirator is provided within the body in communication with a water supply conduit for aspirating water into oxygen flowing through the body. A float valve interconnec... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5042467 | Medication inhaler with fitting having a sonic signalling device A medication inhaler includes an elongated hollow body for improved misting of the medication. A sonic signalling device is provided which is exposed to the inside of the inhaler and to outside air. The sonic signalling device comprises an integrally mold... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5016999 | Discrete lens eyeglasses A discrete lens eyeglass is provided to be worn against the face in front of and spaced from the eye of the wearer. The eyeglass comprises a shallow concave-convex lens body which is worn convex toward the eye. There is an integral rearwardly projecting p... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5012803 | Modular medication inhaler A medication inhaler is provided having a cylindrical body usable with different inlet and outlet fittings at the opposite ends thereof. An inlet end fitting is provided with inner and outer cylindrical flanges gripping the upstream end of the cylindrical... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5012804 | Medication inhaler with adult mask A medication inhaler is provided having a cylindrical body usable with different inlet and outlet fittings at the opposite ends thereof. An inlet end fitting is provided with inner and outer cylindrical flanges gripping the upstream end of the cylindrical... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4966132 | Remote spark shock wave generator Apparatus is provided for the extracorporeal destruction of kidney stones, and includes an ellipsoidal reflector. The reflector has a first focus point, and a second focus point, the reflector being truncated and the second focus point being disposed beyo... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4938210 | Inhalation chamber in ventilator circuit A ventilator breathing circuit is provided with an inline axially extensible inhalation chamber. Telescoping conduits are disposed within the chamber and normally are in fluid communication. The chamber comprises a pleated outer shell so that it may be ax... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4932269 | Flow device with water trap A flow device is provided for sensing air flow and includes a body having at the opposite ends thereof coaxial bores. Counterbores extend inwardly from the coaxial bores and are interconnected by a restricted bore having lateral bores extending from oppos... | 06/12/1990 |
