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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4385408 | Sanitary cushioning device for sink bowl edges A sanitary cushioning device for sink bowl edges is disclosed including a platform having a first and a second leg extending downwardly approximately perpendicular with respect thereto to define a slot therebelow. The slot is adapted to receive a sink bow... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4340982 | Hydrotherapy bath or spa A therapeutic bath or spa that includes providing aerated streams of water that are injected under pressure into desired areas of the bath receptacle, and a variably positionable occupant support device that can be moved to any desired position relative t... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4254517 | Bathtub cushion lift assembly An improved inflatable cushion lift assembly for use in a bathtub by a person taking a bath. The lift assembly is positioned on the floor of a bathtub and is connected to the bathtub faucet to inflate the cushion. The cushion may be deflated while a perso... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4237561 | Sedentary bathing system A sedentary bathing system utilizes a seat and back reclinably mounted to it so as to form a chair; associated with the chair is a perforated pipe for spraying water on a subject sitting in the chair.... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4207629 | Tub-bathing equipment for bedridden old people and physically-handicapped people A tub-bathing equipment for bedridden old people, physically-handicapped people and so on, in which a bathtub fitted into a rectangular frame of a carriage from above is slanted by a crane disposed under the bathtub so that the side of the shallowest port... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4202060 | Openable bath An openable bath, principally for baths for elderly or handicapped persons, is made up of two parts 2, 3 one of which can pivot with respect to the other about a vertical axis. The fixed part 2 of the bath body 1 includes a stopcock assembly 21 governed b... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4197838 | Birthing bath A mobile tub equipped to hold water and incorporate a movable platform which is intended to support a woman during labor and child delivery which platform prior to delivery and during labor is submerged in turbulent and temperature controlled water for re... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4150445 | Shower bath chair for use in conjunction with a bath tub A shower assembly which can be used in conjunction with normal household bathing facilities while minimizing the disruption for normal use of the facility. The assembly includes a track to support the chair above the bath, and suspension means for the cha... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4100628 | Adjustable safety seating device for bathtubs The improved device is adapted to safely support a person, such as an invalid, in a bathtub and permit such person to wash in privacy without aid. It includes an adjustable support frame, preferably open, which can be adapted to snugly fit into the cavity... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4034425 | Bathtube slide device A bathtub support device with support means and a lower seat and an upper seat extending vertically above the lower seat with securing means associated with the respective terminal ends of the support means. Upper and lower gripping means is associated wi... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3995331 | Infant bath and lounge seat An infant care accessory having a pair of shell-like sections pivotally joined to one another in generally clam-shell fashion for relative rotation between unfolded positions wherein the sections are disposed end to end to form an infant bathing and loung... | 12/07/1976 |
