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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8042215 | Cleaning system for removing abrading material A cleaning system for removing abrading material adapted to remove and keep separated the abrasive contaminants from a wash rag, mitt, or brush which is capable of being mounted within a standard 5 gallon bucket for the purposes of washing a car, boat, recreational ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7661173 | Method and apparatus for cleaning hook and loop attachment materials An apparatus (1) and method for restoration of hook/loop attachment materials (8) which apparatus (1) includes a rake with a set of teeth (2) that match the separation widths of rows of the hooks of the attachment materials. There is also... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7331470 | Magnetic rake with release mechanism A magnetic raking device that agitates a ground surface and uses magnetic attraction for collecting ferro-metallic debris, such as nails and screws, at construction jobsites and other locations, includes a release mechanism that temporarily eliminates magnetic attra... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310844 | Toothbrush with manual powered movable brush head This application includes a number of embodiments of a spring powered toothbrush for cleaning teeth. A wind-up spring is located in the base of the toothbrush which spring provides power for a gear train including a drive shaft assembly that is designed to bring abo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7266858 | Three in one paintbrush cleaner and conditioner A combination tool for cleaning the bristles of a paintbrush includes a plurality of wire strands arrayed on said base in rows and columns, at least one blunt-edged scraper blade arrayed on said base in transversely disposed relation to a longitudinal axis of the to... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7219884 | Pathology grossing tool A tool for holding tissue to be sampled in place to allow tissue samples of a prescribed thickness to be prepared from the held tissue. The tool includes at least one tine array for engaging and holding the tissue. First and second tine arrays may advantageously be ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6779220 | Cylindrical hair brush cleaner The present invention 10 discloses a partially cylindrical shaped hairbrush cleaner having teeth or tines 16 projecting longitudinally from the structure 26 forming an arc on one end and a gripping handle 22 on the other end. The tines | 08/24/2004 |
| 6671921 | Magicarpet broom A carpet is cleaned by drawing the broom over it, capturing animal hair and other objects from the carpet. The broom has a handle, preferably round of 1/2" to 2" diameter made of relatively rigid material such as wood, plastic, metal, or composite materia... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6585742 | Wart removal method and device A wart removal device includes a handle and a pad. The pad has a base and tines with each tine preferably having a height not less than approximately twice its width. The tine height is preferably less than approximately 0.1 inch. The pad has a width that... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6276022 | Backscrubber with removable washing element A backscrubber assembly adapted to hold a washing element with a cord. The backscrubber assembly comprises a handle, and a bowl permanently attached to the handle, the bowl being sized and shaped to cradle the removable washing element. The backscrubber u... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6264755 | Method of cleaning a hook/loop material The Cleaner is a comb-like instrument designed to clean debris from VELCRO. Its prongs are sized and spaced to fit between the rows of hooks on different sizes of VELCRO. A handle, approximately perpendicular to the prongs, is used to slide the prongs bet... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6237181 | Comb for removing debris on carpet The present invention "A Comb for Removing Debris on Carpet" is a hand held tool that will comb debris such as pine needles or other debris left lying on carpet or embedded in carpet into a pile for easy pick-up. This tool consists of a body, a handle, an... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6112359 | Broom with bristle cleaning mechanism A broom for cleaning a surface having a bristle cleaning mechanism. The broom has a handle with a grasping end and a cleaning end. At the cleaning end is a comb member having a plurality of tines. The comb member pivots into and out of engagement with the... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6105198 | Blower wheel blade cleaner for air conditioners An improved blower wheel blade cleaner, which is hand held, and includes a first handle portion for grasping the apparatus, and a second cleaning portion. The cleaning portion comprises a double row of elongated teeth extending outward from the handle por... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6041470 | Carpet brush cleaning device A commercial carpet brush cleaning device that removes built-up accumulations of carpet fibers and associated cleaning compound residue and dirt from a carpet cleaning brush. An elevated machine receiving area is defined having a plurality of arcuately sp... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5987686 | Vacuum floor brush cleaner The vacuum floor brush cleaner is generally in the form of a rectangular three sided tray into which a vacuum cleaner brush attachment or floor cleaning unit may be placed or rolled. The bottom inside surface of the tray may have protrusions extending the... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5930862 | Rug rake A rug rake is used for removing dead and unwanted hairs from a pile of a floor covering, such as either a rug or a carpet. The rug rake includes an elongated handle and a rake-head. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. A person grips the proxim... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5924162 | Waste receptacle with a sweeping ramp having protruding teeth Shown and described is a waste receptacle suitable for receiving swept waste materials from a broom or similar cleaning implement. The waste receptacle includes a sweeping ramp having protruding teeth. Users may sweep waste up the sweeping ramp, and the t... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5922139 | Rake for cleaning the teeth of carpet stretchers A rake is used to clean nap from between teeth of a nap grip located on the underside of a carpet stretcher. The rake generally has an elongated handle connected to a rake head. Multiple prongs are connected to a leading edge of the rake head. Each prong ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5802657 | Cleaning device for brooms A cleaning device for cleaning brooms that include a plurality of bristles mounted at the end of the broom's handle. The cleaning device includes a handle member that has a C-shape embracing member for removably mounting the cleaning device to the broom's... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5720071 | Cooking grate cleaning implement An implement for cleaning cooking grates. The cleaning implement has an elongated handle and a head including teeth. The teeth are adjustably secured to, and spaced laterally along, the head so as to fit in between the staves of a cooking grate. The teeth... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5687444 | Device for cleaning paint brushes or the like A device for cleaning paint brushes or the like comprises a container (1) for a cleaning fluid and a plurality of wiping elements (2) projecting upwardly substantially from the bottom of the container. Each wiping element of at least a part of the wiping ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5682638 | Buffing pad cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning a buffing pad mounted on a rotary powered buffing machine is adapted to be adjustably mounted by a plurality of support legs within an open container containing a liquid cleaning solution. The buffing pad is placed in an upper en... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5603137 | Brush with cleaning attachment A brush having a head portion including a receiving part and an array of bristles extending from a surface of the head portion, and a removable handle portion having a projecting part that interfaces with the receiving part to secure the handle portion wi... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5533229 | Device for removing hair from hairbrushes A device for removing hair from hairbrushes having a housing with an inlet opening and a suction outlet connectable to a suction device. A Deflector device is arranged between the inlet opening and suction outlet in such a way that it blocks direct passag... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5471726 | Buffing pad cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning a buffing pad mounted on a rotary powered buffing machine is adapted to be mounted on the upper edge of an open container containing a liquid cleaning solution. The buffing pad is placed in an upper enclosure the bottom of which ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5426811 | Method and appartus for cleaning hair clipper blades A tool for cleaning between hair clipper blades includes an elongated handle with a comb at one end of the handle. The comb has a plurality of spaced teeth separated by openings, and a finger at one end of the comb. In use, the finger is inserted between ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5406967 | Paint brush cleaning device The present invention relates to a paint brush cleaning device in which a paint brush is located through an exit region of an elongated cavity of a nozzle-like housing, the exit region defining an inner area which is much larger than that of the entry reg... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5361453 | Bristle bed cleaner for sheet material cutting machine A cleaner for cleaning debris from the bristles of a bristle bed which provides the work material support surface for a sheet material cutting machine performs its cleaning operation while the bristle bed or the bristle units making up the bristle bed rem... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5272782 | Multi-purpose painter tool The tool of the invention includes an integral body having a flat scraper part, a collar part, and a comb part. The tool body is made from a resilient, yet substantially rigid material. The scraper part is to be used as a trowel by a painter. The collar p... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5244090 | Protective sheath and comb assembly for paint brush A sheath and comb assembly is capable of protecting a paint brush and maintaining bristles of the paint brush in good condition. The comb can be stored within the sheath along with the paint brush. To use the comb, it is secured to the sheath so that the ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5205011 | Hair brush cleaning apparatus A housing is arranged with a plurality of adjacent plates pivotally mounted below a top wall of the housing, wherein the plates include inter-digitated finger members that are aligned in a first coplanar relationship relative to one another to receive a h... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5122195 | Method of removing foreign material from brush bristles A method for removing paint or other foreign matter from the bristles of a brush involves the use of an open web of interengaged, continuous, crinkled, coarse filaments of a resilient thermoplastic polymeric material which are removably welded together at... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4827554 | Paintbrush cleaning apparatus A paintbrush cleaning apparatus which when inserted within one of a variety of suitable conventional wastebaskets provides for cleaning of a paintbrush for reuse while at the same time eliminating splattering, retaining excess thinner for reuse and prepar... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4823424 | Paint brush cleaning funnel A paint brush cleaning funnel, and combination including the same, wherein such funnel comprises a threaded liquid-inlet end, and outwardly flared hollow funnel portion, and a brush-tip-receiving hollow intermediate portion adjoining the inlet end with th... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4771501 | Brush holder A paintbrush holder having a container and a closely fitting lid has a support for a brush parallel to an inclined wall of the container. The container is filled with solvent fluid to above the level of the brush support which is preferably a comb through... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4760619 | Cleaning-device combination for cleaning oil-contaminated shore water and shore area The invention relates to a cleaning-device combination for cleaning shore water (W) and shore area (S) contaminated by oil (O). The combination comprises at least one brush (1) having an arm and a collecting container (6) having as part of the container o... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4627126 | Cleaning device for hook and loop fasteners A cleaning device for cleaning the hooked portion of hook and loop fasteners includes a body member defining a curved surface on which is mounted a strip of hooked fastener material. A debris collecting surface of sticky, resilient material is disposed ad... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4549327 | Cleaner and chalk dust receptacle for chalk board erasers A cleaner and chalk dust receptacle for chalk board erasers comprises a box shaped container which is received and supported within a wall mounted cover member. The container has an open top, a bottom wall, a back wall, a front wall, and a pair opposed si... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4547923 | Surgical knife cleaner A surgical knife cleaner and, more particularly, a cleaner for a cautery knife used to clean and cauterize incisions and wounds. A readily attachable base has a cradle to retain a closely coiled strand on an axis parallel to the base. The cradle has edges... | 10/22/1985 |
