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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5351450 | Arrangement for incarceration providing self sufficient isolation A system of self-sufficient isolated incarceration for housing and rehabilitating inmates comprising dwelling units, each sufficiently secured with barriers such as fences and monitored to prevent escape or injury. The dwelling includes facilities for day... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5319879 | High security multi-pane window and door system A high security multi-pane window and door system (10) describing a stationary outer frame (14) having sashes (15) mounted therein for relative translational movement. Each sash (15) includes a high strength grate (13) placed between two spaced and sealed... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5313748 | Security device for skylights and other vents, shafts or wells The device 30 has a multitude of armature 10A and 10B that when joined with a hinge rod 12 through the elongated tubular head 16A of said armature 10A and 10B and subsequently joined alternately to a series of base rods 14A and 14B through the base hole 1... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5261197 | Jail cell construction A cubic jail cell including a front wall, two opposite sidewalls, a back wall, a floor and a ceiling is modular in construction accommodating use of the cell by itself or with a group of cells of like construction. The back wall of the cell includes an op... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5210985 | Fire escaping room A fire-escaping room capable of providing basic living necessities for persons in case of a fire, the room being constructed by concrete to form a close space, including a fire-proof door serving as an only entrance/exit of the room and capable of prevent... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5133123 | Security gratings and methods of making bars therefor A security grating of the type comprising an openwork grid is described. It comprises horizontal bars and vertical rods. The rods pass through openings in the bars. At the each intersection between a bar and rod, a set of tabs locks the bars against movem... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5080416 | Prisoner transport module A pre-fabricated kit for the assembly of a portable prisoner module which is adaptable to use in a conventional van-type vehicle. The kit comprises a series of panels which, when assembled in such a vehicle, forms a box-like container with visual communic... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5077951 | Suspended ceiling system A suspended ceiling system has a plurality of main-tee beams and cross-tee beams assembled to form a grid system. Ceiling panels are installed within grid openings in the grid system. A retaining clip is used to secure the ceiling panels and the cross-tee... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5026211 | Water-based correctional facility and system, and method of making the same The present invention is directed to a water-based correctional facility, a water-based correctional system including a ship or ship hull converted into a water-based correctional facility and a method of converting a ship or ship hull into the correction... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4970834 | Detention facility A detention facility includes an outer, weather envelope and an inner, detention or security envelope. The facility can include dormitory blocks comprising group living units within the detention envelope and can also include a cell block comprising indiv... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4942705 | Window grating arrangement A window grating arrangement is placed across a window opening in a building wall to keep out burglars but can be removed from the window opening alongside the wall in a required time, especially so as to enable dwellers to flee in an emergency. The windo... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4843788 | Modular seclusion room A modular seclusion room for confining violent patients wherein the four walls and floor are lined with a padded lining that is abrasion resistant, fire retardant, and shock absorbent. Ventilation and lighting are provided through the ceiling of the room ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4838001 | Window grid latch A window grid attachment device for removably attaching a decorative window grid to a window sash, adjacent a window pane. The device comprises a tubular barrel, a forward opening carried by one end of the barrel, a pin means carried by the barrel which i... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4810999 | Conductive frangible grill anti-intrusion device An electrically conductive anti-intrusion device characterized by a free-standing grill of brittle frangible rods cantilevered across an opening to be protected, with a breakable electrical conductor within the rods, the rods and conductor being sufficien... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4754584 | Modular security cell A security cell is adapted for expedient assembly in existing walled buildings and is primarily constructed of substantially identical wall and ceiling panels that are assembled adjacent existing walls and windows with connectors that are unexposed and in... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4731964 | Steel shell building modules A building panel element formed from sheet steel and having a rectangular wall member and inwardly directed panels that extend along longitudinal edges of the rectangular member. A plurality of panel elements are positioned for end-to-end assembly with a ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4677798 | Steel shell modules for prisoner detention facilities Vandalism resistant building modules suitable for detention and secured storage facilities provide good architectural properties and significant resistance to noise, fire and impact. Thus, steel shell modules are welded together to produce steel inner and... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4669239 | Security bars and barrier grids incorporating same A barrier grid, in the form of a detention window, as employed in jail cells, or the like, is described. It is characterized by security bars which comprise and outer tube and a central core member extending lengthwise thereof. The tubes of the bars are s... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4599829 | Modular container building system A building system is formed of modular shipping container units, with each unit having a specific building environment function, so that when the units are structurally vertically supportably mounted and horizontally connected, a complete building is form... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4598508 | Device for securing building shafts against forcible entry or passage A device for securing the shafts of buildings, for example light shafts, against forcible intrusion or passage. The device includes at least one hollow blocking bar which spans the shaft transversely and the two ends of which are held in respective anchor... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4587759 | Locking window assembly An improved reinforced locking window assembly including a rectangular reinforcing structure and a plurality of reinforcing rods. The rectangular reinforcing bar structure aligns with the rails and stiles of a window sash with the rods aligned with the mu... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4571904 | Patient enclosure A patient enclosure treatment center includes an outer room and an inner enclosure. The outer room is formed of a floor, a plurality of walls and a ceiling and is environmentally pleasant. The inner enclosure, positioned on the outer room floor, is free o... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571901 | Vandal-resistant security view port A vandal-resistant security view port for use in prison cells and the like. The view port permits observation into a cell or room and is mounted on a frame which can be attached over an opening in a wall of the cell. The view port has a transparent pane a... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4555991 | Guard-house of improved type The armoured guard-house allows one or more guards to be protected and is provided with an armoured lateral envelope provided with at least one glazed observation area or window protected by bullet-proof glass, a base and an upper closure canopy. The wind... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4514932 | Security system window guard apparatus and anchor assembly therefor A window guard method and apparatus for a mobile home, which method and apparatus employ wall and foundation anchors, as well as cable-reinforced structural members, to prevent unauthorized entry while also providing wind-bracing for the mobile home.... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4470228 | Prisoner transport module A portable prisoner transport module which is easily adaptable to use in any conventional van-type vehicle. The module is a box-like container with a door connected to its rear wall, permitting access into the module. The module may be easily inserted int... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4467574 | Security device for basement windows This security device for basement windows consists primarily of a pair of parallel spaced-apart bars secured over the window. It further includes carriage bolts extending through the concrete or cinder blocks, which also extend into a pair of channel memb... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4441299 | Metallic security bar system for window and patio doors An improved metallic security bar system of the type used for windows or patio doors, for improving appearance and feel and for retarding condensation and rust includes an easily installed wooden covering over the metal parts; channel-shaped wooden member... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4395861 | Security grid for lighting shafts and the like A security grid for an opening is provided which includes at least two support members fixed on opposite side walls of the opening. Each support member is a hollow rectangular solid. A plurality of tube members extend between and are received in the suppo... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4321770 | Method and apparatus for installing a security bar assembly at a guarded area An inexpensive and reliable security bar that may be easily and quickly assembled between structural supports of a guarded area to prevent entry into the area. The present security bar comprises first and second elongated bar members, one end of each of w... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4221038 | Method for forming a frame A method for forming a frame from an elongate strip of formable material and products formed thereby are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of notching the side edges of an elongate strip and providing slots in one edge; thereafter deforming the st... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4115964 | Windows and method of making the same Several embodiments of window frame assemblies comprising novel window framing members for supporting a glazing product are described. In one embodiment, a window frame assembly is described comprising a conventional framing member including a novel rotat... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4077167 | Security window unit This specification discloses a secure yet aesthetic window unit which has particular applicability to detention buildings such as prisons, jails, cell blocks, penitentiaries, asylums and similar building structures and which is, for all practical purposes... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4027443 | Fire and impact resistant window assembly A fire and impact resistant window assembly comprising a multi-part centrally open marginal frame having an intermediate or inner groove which faces inwardly and first and second outer grooves which also face inwardly. The intermediate or inner groove rec... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4000590 | Security grille A grille assembly readily mountable with a window frame for securing a window against unauthorized entry. The grille includes a plurality of horizontal members, each of which has longitudinally spaced, vertical openings. A plurality of vertical bars exten... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3990196 | Fabricated window construction A fabricated window, preferably, though not necessarily, made from extruded shapes and which is so put together as to be suitable for use particularly in those instances where a tamper-proof window is required, by way of example, for use as windows in men... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3932899 | Combination support frame and security means A combination support frame and security barrier for operatively supporting a plumbing facility in confronting relation with an opening in a poured concrete wall, partition, or the like, the assembly including a plurality of frame elements extending aroun... | 01/20/1976 |
