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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5586801 | Stud mounted hoist ring A stud mounted hoist assembly for lifting, moving, suspending, or loading material and equipment during construction comprises a ring assembly, a welding stud anchor, and a bushing having a chamfered inner cylindrical surface to accommodate weld flash whe... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5580110 | Lifting ring for laterally picking up loads The lifting ring includes a shouldered spindle 1 on the threaded body 2 of which a base 3 is screwed and locked by glueing. A crossmember 4 rotates freely on the body 2, thus being held between the internal face 5 of the base 3 and the bottom 6 of the hea... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5575517 | Portable, hand-operated hoist A portable, hand-operated hoist that is particularly suited for use by persons afield in woods or rough terrain is disclosed. In its preferred embodiment, a housing contains a length of fabric ribbon urged to remain in the housing by a spring, an orifice ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5575520 | Cleaning device for stables A cleaning device including a rake member, a body connected to the rake member and having an opening adjacent the rake member and an interior volume, and a gate affixed within the body so as to allow material to pass from the rake member into the interior... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5573291 | Probe for unjamming high-speed document processing systems Disclosed is a probe implement for removing jam debris, including documents, and foreign objects from prescribed document transport track segments of a document processing machine; this implement being constructed of planar, flat, elongate thin dielectric... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5560664 | Device for coupling a cable of a lifting device to a prefabricated component A coupling device for coupling a cable of a lifting device to a prefabricated component has a receiving member for receiving the cable and a fastener for connecting the receiving member to the prefabricated component such that the receiving member is rota... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5546621 | Arrow-out A compound device for gripping arrows, for easy removal from a target, by means of two pivoting handle sections with an elongated groove in each handle section, with said groove containing rubber nodules which when closed around an arrow shaft form a grip... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5544926 | Shaft gripper for pulling an arrow An elongated resilient grip member having a longitudinal V-shaped groove formed therein. In length, the grip is normally about the width of a hand, but could be longer, and the lengthwise V-shaped groove is of sufficient size for placement over an arrow s... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5540468 | Door opening and closing device for handicapped persons A door opening and closing device for a handicapped person dependent on a wheel chair and or crutches for mobility is disclosed, which includes a housing generally sized for a person to hold in his hand, the housing having a peripheral opening. A reel is ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5536053 | Device for bending and securing tree limbs out of normal growing disposition A device is disclosed for use by hunters to bend and secure tree limbs out of normal growing disposition from an elevated hunting position in a tree. The device comprises a grasping element having a hook-shaped portion for engagement about a tree limb, a ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536054 | Lollypop holder A lollypop holder of the present invention is designed to move a lollypop having a stick and a piece of hard candy at an end thereof in a wobbling motion. The lollypop holder comprises a generally tubular housing having an elongate chamber formed therein ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5531494 | Handle for control of mobile riding toys The handle device of the invention extends from a hand hold at one end of an elongated member to a cross member at the other end. The cross member is connected to straps for ready attachment to and detachment from a child's vehicle. A pair of interengagea... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5509705 | Ratchet socket holding tool and method of use A tool for grasping a ratchet socket to stop the socket from turning during reverse strokes of the ratchet. The tool comprises a looped flexible belt connected at one end to an adjustable bar and connected to a spring biased rod at the other end. A slidab... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5498046 | Manual scoop and rake system for collecting leaves and other light debris A system for collecting leaves and other light debris comprises: a collector and a rake which can be manipulated readily to facilitate stashing materials in plastic bag. The collector includes a generally conical body portion that rearwardly converges alo... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5496083 | System for installing automobile baby seats A system for installing a baby seat, of the type that includes a transverse channel within a base, in an automobile. A clip that includes a bell spring with arms bonded to planar pads permits the installer to maintain the extended position of the automobi... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5494325 | Article converging/diverging, chamfered walls gripping anvils Article converging/diverging chamfered walls gripping anvils are provided having two protuberances extending from a body portion. The protuberances have top and bottom chamfered, converging inner sides for gripping a square-bobbin-shaped interface therebe... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5488749 | Sink and disposal cleaning tool A tool for facilitating cleaning of a sink and positioning of food debris into a garbage disposal. The inventive device includes a handle having a scraping assembly extending from a first end thereof for scraping food from a surface of the sink. A plunger... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5470116 | Device for holding pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for adhesively gripping items to be gripped and method of manufacture A device for holding a length of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for adhesively gripping an item to be gripped as for gripping a paper coffee filter to pick it up from a stack of such filters wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive on the tape itself is ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5468034 | Apparatus for pulling arrows from surfaces in which they are embedded An apparatus for pulling arrows from surfaces in which they are embedded comprising: an elongated cylindrical shank having a front end and a rear end; an aperture formed in the front end, the aperture being of a cylindrical non-threaded configuration adja... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5466025 | End effector clamping jaw interface for attachment to an orbital replacement unit An end effector clamping jaw interface for attachment to an orbital replacement unit wherein the interface consists of a bodying having a reduced waist portion and V-shaped clamping faces that project laterally outwardly from opposite sides of the waist p... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5462326 | Apparatus for retrieving baseballs An apparatus for retrieving baseballs, comprising a cup. The cup has a base with a periphery and a frustro-conical side wall secured to the periphery to thereby form a closed smaller end and an opened larger end. The cup is fabricated of a material with l... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460422 | System for the tilting of a suspended object with tensioning roller for suspension line In a system for the tilting of a suspended object, this object is suspended from a suspension point by three suspension lines, the suspension lines being each fixed to the object by a fastening point. A suspension point is deflected and tautened by a roll... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5458384 | Bifurcated, orbital replacement unit interface A bifurcated, orbital replacement unit interface comprises a body and two pairs of fingers extending outwardly from opposite sides of the body, wherein each pair of fingers provides a bifurcation between their inner sides in the form of an inwardly taperi... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5452932 | Freeze holding device and process A gripping device for grasping and releasing articles by freezing and thawing water between a gripping surface and the article. The device includes a base plate, a mesh like gripping surface, a water passage to the gripping surface, a freezing element for... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5451107 | Leaf and debris yard transport A leaf and debris yard transport for holding and transporting leaves and debris from yards comprising a mouth having a generally concave left member and a generally concave right member, each member further having two free ends; a pair of hinges, each hin... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5451084 | Insert for use in slips An insert for use in slips comprises a resilient base member in which are vulcanized a plurality of strips each having pipe gripping teeth.... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5447348 | Extruded confectionary stick and method of making same An extruded confectionary stick and method of making the same is provided. The confectionary stick is formed using an extrusion process to include a plurality of embedded grooves, which reduce material and weight in the stick while preserving structural r... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5445486 | Substrate transferring apparatus According to the invention, there is provided a substrate transferring apparatus for transferring substrates from a substrate transport container containing a plurality of substrates to be treated to a substrate holder for holding a plurality of substrate... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5445424 | Automatic arrow extractor A device for extracting arrows from a target, the device having a frame defining a channel adapted to receive the shaft of an arrow to be extracted, gripping elements are moveable into and out of a gripping relationship with respect to an arrow shaft in t... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5431465 | Chopsticks Each of a pair of chopsticks has a case made of a synthetic resin, having an open front end, and a food holding member made of wood or bamboo, housed in the case slidably between its retracted and extended positions through the front end of the case. The ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5431370 | Fish tape tugger A fish tape pulling tool useable with one or both hands as desired is disclosed. The tool includes a barrel-like body portion having a slot extending through the body portion that is sized to slidingly receive a flexible tape therein. The tool further inc... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5424695 | Ultra-wide frequency range constant phase difference power distributor To avoid deterioration of isolation between two distributed power outputs in higher and lower end portions of an available frequency region of a Wilkinson power distributor, plural stages of ferrite-loaded close-coupled parallel dual lines for providing a... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5417462 | Lawn net for capturing and retaining lawn debris A net which may be positioned upon a lawn for collecting leaves thereon without harming the lawn. The device includes a netting material which may be left on the lawn for an extended period of time while leaves fall onto the net from surrounding trees. Th... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5413394 | Handling device for a plastic trash bag Disclosed is a handling device for a plastic trash bag including a bag-support frame having a general D-shaped configuration including a base and an arching portion having an apex, and an elongate tubular handle is pivotally connected to the frame apex of... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5403051 | Plastic stick for forming ice confections Apparatus and method for molding ice cream and ice confections on plastic sticks which includes the step and equipment for cooling the sticks to critically low temperatures prior to insertion into the cold confection mold to prevent the common problem of ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5401070 | Article for pulling a child's toy A strap for pulling a child's wheeled toy has a handle for enabling a user to better grip a first end of the strap and a slotted ring attached to a second end of the strap. Middle portions of the strap can be fitted through the ring and placed around a yo... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5401069 | Inflatable rescue device This invention discloses, in one aspect, a personal rescue device for use in outer space which has an inflatable flexible tube with a shaper apparatus therein. Gas under pressure flows through the shaper apparatus and into the flexible tube. The flexible ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5390971 | Holder for a bar of soap A holder is provided for a bar of soap, which consists of a structure for affixing firmly into a surrounding mass on an outer surface of the bar of soap. A component is for holding a hand of a person. An element is for attaching the holding component to t... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5388877 | Hunting bow retriever A hunting bow retrieval device is releasably engagable with a hunting bow to allow a treebound hunter to raise and lower the hunting bow to the hunting position. The hunting bow retriever comprises a reel mounted in an enclosed palm-sized casing and a lin... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5314221 | Apparatus for aiding persons, particularly handicapped persons, in moving unreachable objects A ball and socket arrangement for aiding the handicapped or persons having limited reach or mobility and including one of a plurality of socket elements secured to an object which is to be moved and which is engageable by means of a manually grippable wan... | 05/24/1994 |
