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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5580133 | Car seat restraint A restraint for a child car safety seat provides added assurance that a child, namely an active mobile toddler, is comfortably and securely maintained in the seat. The restraint slidably attaches to the shoulder straps of a conventional car seat, and is s... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5549353 | Car seat mat A car seat mat for use with a child's restraint seat over the seat of an automobile, consisting of a flexible waterproof sheet. This sheet has a main, generally quadrangular section and a lip portion coextensive with the main section. The sheet lip portio... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5518309 | Device for catching pieces of clothes falling behind a washing machine or dryer The device catches pieces of clothes susceptible to fall behind a domestic appliance, such as a washing machine and a dryer. The domestic appliance comprises an upper backguard and a rear face spaced apart from a wall standing behind the appliance. A bask... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5489140 | Portable beautician's chair A portable, lightweight, swivelable, elevatable and tiltable beautician's application chair is equipped with a pair of pneumatic tire transport wheels and a retractable pull tongue. The invention is equipped with an elevatable neck rest, a faucet-attachab... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5457820 | Attachable bib, holder, and catch A bib which attaches to a car seat or stroller or, if made to the appropriate size can attach to almost any other chair which has a semi-rigid or rigid bar or shield which extends across the lap of the sitter, such as a wheelchair. The bib protects the si... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5378037 | Reloading bench A new and improved reloading bench apparatus includes a horizontal base unit, a first vertical support projecting vertically from the horizontal base unit, a second vertical support projecting vertically from the horizontal base unit, a third vertical sup... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5188421 | Entertainment and feeding device for use by children in automobiles An entertainment and feeding device for use by a child in the back seat of an automobile is provided. The device is preferably formed from a flexible sheet which can be readily cleaned and folded for convenience of storage, and is designed to be easily in... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5161854 | Structure of screen covering clearance between seat back and seat cushion in a seat A structure of screen for covering a clearance between seat back and seat cusion in a seat, in which a creeen member is provided between the lower end of the seat back and the rearward end of the seat cushion, with the arrangement that the upper edge of t... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4955666 | Surgical chair or table with debris-catching facility and disposable catch bag therefor A chair or table for medical or surgical patients has in one form of the invention an outwardly bowed facility, preferably removable and replaceable, along an end of the chair or table down whose seat or top liquid and debris cascades during an examinatio... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4948195 | Gap closer for automobile seats A vertical cardboard wedge of adjustable length and thickness with an accordion pleated horizontal top for closing the gap between the front seats and console of an automobile for preventing objects from dropping into the gap.... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4907840 | Combined hassock, nutcracker and disposal unit A combination hassock, nutcracker and disposal kit is disclosed and includes a container 11 having an open and a closed end with a cushioned removable top 15 serving to close the open end. A nutcracker 40 is attached to a part-circular shelf 35 and a plia... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4848834 | Infant food catch A food pouch (16) for use with an infant's chair (6) of the type that attaches to the top of a table (4) catches food and debris dropped or thrown by the seated infant which would otherwise land on the floor. The pouch (16) is a generally liquid imperviou... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4717202 | Outdoor courtesy bench The present invention relates to an outdoor courtesy bench and is specifically concerned with providing such a bench which is constructed of a lightweight easily handled material for visibly displaying a plurality of advertising panels, both on the front ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4613994 | Collapsible portable enema seat A portable enema seat is provided, comprising a base, foldable support secured at one end of the base, and a foldable seat supported by the base and positioned from the foldable support to create a space in which the user can easily access or egress the s... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4298228 | Combination feeding tray and play table A combination feeding tray and play table adapted to be used with a chair comprising a substantially rigid, unitary tray provided with a U-shaped opening or recess of sufficient size to accomodate the body of a child, said tray comprising a horizontal sur... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4252372 | Trash shield for seat A shield for covering an elongated, horizontally extending gap between the bottom of the front end of a seat cushion and a frame member therebelow. The shield includes a body portion for embracing the frame member, a hook portion extending upwardly and fr... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4240662 | Folding shampoo chair Hingedly connected seat and back portions of a padded shampoo chair have storage recesses in corresponding sides thereof into which folding legs of the seat portion and a folding shoulder and head rest and arm rests of the back portion are nested when the... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4165123 | High chair apron A disposable high chair apron used to cover and enlarge a high chair eating tray. The periphery of the apron is provided with a deep trough which is used to catch any food or other spillage. A suitable connection behind the seat of the high chair secures ... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4136907 | Barberchair A barberchair having collecting devices connected to and in operative relationship with the backwall and sidewalls of the barberchair for collecting falling hair from a person seated in the chair.... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4094547 | Combination bumper tray appliance A combination bumper, feeding tray, toy holder and retriever appliance adapted to be used with a chair comprising a circular or oval tray provided with a solid U-shaped opening situated slightly off-center and of sufficient size to accomodate the body of ... | 06/13/1978 |
| 3994528 | Self cleaning chair for barber shops and beauty shops A barber and beauty salon chair which is of the usual appearance with a hydraulic or other lift to regulate the height of the patron, but which is self cleaning, as it contains a vacuum suction pump in the base with suction pipes opening onto the floor fo... | 11/30/1976 |
