Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7001240 | Brassieres A brassiere for use by women having asymmetrical breasts which are not comfortably or properly received in and/or supported by the symmetrical breast cups as provided in the usual brassiere. The brassiere comprises a garment having a unitary body section which encir... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6408444 | Race number belt with snap race identification number attachment system An elastic (1) belt with a buckle (2) and having an adjustment slide (3) for waist size adjustment and snap race identification number attachment System" to secure the identification number to the elastic (1). Which consists of 2 snap caps 4A and 4B and t... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6308338 | Trouser suspenders Trouser suspenders for securing trousers in a predetermined position below the waist. The trouser suspenders have a waist strap designed to extend around the waist of a wearer. A first extender is attached to, and dependent from, the waist strap and the f... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6131206 | Garter belt for hockey player A garter belt for supporting heavy stockings which cover protective leg gear worn by a hockey player. The garter belt includes a preferably elastic elongated waist engaging belt and a plurality of spaced apart garters each connected at an upper end thereo... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5913411 | Device for compressing and concealing a boot within a trouser leg A device for compressing and concealing a boot beneath a trouser leg includes an elongated panel having an inner side, an outer side, a bottom end and a top end. Secured to the top end is a buckle means for securing the panel to a boot strap. A pair of le... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5535448 | Leg ornamentation device A leg ornamentation device including an upper strap adapted to form an upper loop when worn by a user. Three upper male fasteners on the front face of the upper strap are capable of securing the upper loop around the leg below the knee by coupling with an... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5381801 | Electromechanical tactile stimulation device worn on a belt for the prevention of snoring A plurally pocketed belt is wearable by a sleeping person, and provides for pressure responsive alerting devices to be inserted within one or more of the pockets. The pockets are preferably disposed in the central back, lateral, and/or rearward lateral ar... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5299324 | Race number belt with race number attachment system An elastic (1) belt with a buckle (2) and having an adjustment slide (3) for waist size adjustment and "Race Number Attachment System" (4 and 5) which consists of 2 small dangling elastic pieces which are stitched (7B and 7C) at one end to the belt. These... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5214806 | Infant garment band apparatus An infant garment band including fastener ends to secure the band in surrounding relationship relative to a waist portion of an infant is provided to include a plurality of fastener members extending above and below the band for securement of an infant te... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5193225 | Elastic band An elastic band comprising a plurality of spaced elastic members and a pair of flexible sheet materials on opposed sides of the elastic members, the elastic members being secured in a stretched position to each of said flexible sheet materials.... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4020985 | Equipment holder An equipment holder for policemen, security officers and the like that will mount on a belt and that will alternatively carry a policeman's baton or a large heavy duty flashlight in such a manner that they are readily accessible and without warning noise.... | 05/03/1977 |
