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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4292705 | Tongue toothbrush A tongue toothbrush has a hollow, pliable body made of thin film material to envelope the outer portion of the tongue and carry on its terminal end short filaments for brushing the teeth with movement of the tongue. The filaments may be composed of brush ... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4251897 | Disposable toothbrush A disposable toothbrush comprising a tubular member adapted to fit snugly over one finger of the user, or over a handle provided for such purposes, the tubular member having an inner surface comfortable to the user and an outer surface; selected portions ... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4249521 | Implement for massaging the cutaneous covering A massaging implement including resilient pads having portions which are alternately more flexible when engaged in one direction than when engaged in the opposite direction. Each pad can be discontinuous and take the form of spaced apart fingers or barbs ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4211330 | Oral health and hygiene kit An oral health and hygiene kit comprises a length of flexible liquid pervious material, said length of material including a pocket for containing a finger. A dentifrice is applied to an exterior face of the pocket. Also the length of material extends long... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4203495 | Glove and tool device with two tool elements A device having combined features of a glove and a garden tool is disclosed. The device includes a glove element having a bar grip installed therein, with a tool element attached to the bar grip. In one embodiment, a horizontal bar grip is employed in con... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4202139 | Conformable hand sanding pad A flexible, hand-held sanding pad comprises a conformable, self-supporting pad having one major surface capable of providing temporary adhesive attachment for a sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive-coated abrasive material and a handle means for maintaini... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4187575 | Back wash-massage-scrubber A combination hand washer and back scrubber, comprising an elongated strip of fabric, having two lateral edges, transverse, expansible strips attached to a first side of said fabric strip, each transverse strip extending substantially the entire width of ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4162553 | Tooth cleaner A disposable tooth cleaner of the type that includes integrally formed fastening means for attaching the device to a user's finger in the form of two oppositely extending strip portions one of which is provided with a longitudinally extending opening and ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4154542 | Shower mitt A shower mitt with two flat sheets of terry cloth double-seamed together around the outline edge to provide a hand-receiving pocket in which there is an elastic band to provide wrist-hugging. A pair of loops are stitched into the seam between the flat she... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4134172 | Disposable toothbrush The described toothbrush comprises a bristle-incorporating brushing element which is attached to a flexible sheath into which a person's finger can be inserted to control the brushing action of the brushing element. A second embodiment includes, in additi... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4107840 | Abrasive hand covering A hand covering or glove having a flexible two-piece body with a plurality of discrete abrading units disposed on the hand covering to permit free flexing thereof. Each abrading unit is a discrete one-piece molded synthetic organic resin member with an ab... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4091491 | Skin care mitt A skin care device which fits over the hand of the user and which is used to clean and massage the skin when wet. It is used by rubbing the wet skin with the outer surface of the device when the user is in a bathtub of hot water or in a shower, and is alw... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4071921 | Disposable grease absorbing mitt A disposable grease absorbing device has a pad of grease absorbent material. A sheet of liquid-impervious material is affixed to the grease absorbent material and covers one of the surfaces thereof. A sheet of wrapping material larger than approximately h... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4067325 | Friction massage member A friction massage member in the form of a strap or mitten which includes a rubbing surface to be rubbed over the human body. The member is composed of strands knitted in a pattern defining a surface with high and low areas adjacent to one another and whi... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4065826 | Gloves A disposable waterproof glove comprises an outside layer which is a laminar pile surfaced material with the pile surface outermost and first and second inside water impervious layers of thermoplastic film, the three layers being superimposed and joined to... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4051572 | Scouring mitten A waterproof stretchable scouring mitten having a hand covering portion forming a pouch for completely enveloping the exterior surface of a human hand, the pouch having a separate first portion for enveloping a thumb and a second separate portion for enve... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4038787 | Abrasive glove A glove having a flexible body with a plurality of discrete abrading units disposed on the glove to permit free flexing of the finger stalls, the thumb and palm. The abrading units comprise a plurality of hard and sharp particles such as silicon carbide d... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4015306 | Applicator pads An applicator pad for an automobile polish having a resilient foam core covered by layers of heat-sealable film and outer fabric. The edges of the fabric are adhered together by the heat-sealed edge of the film.... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3982298 | Mitt type shoe cleaner A mitt type shoe cleaner having first and second brushes secured to non-expandable flexible thumb and finger receiving sections, respectively. The said sections are secured together by a central section made from elastic material so that the mitt may acco... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3959842 | Tongue toothbrush A tongue toothbrush adapted to be mounted with the tongue both for loosening particulate matter entrapped between the teeth and for cleansing the teeth.... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3934299 | Tooth cleaning device A device adapted to be worn on the finger for cleaning the teeth, wherein the device has an outer surface provided with a fabric texture with the fabric being impregnated with a dentifrice material. The device has a tab at the open end thereof for facilit... | 01/27/1976 |
