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A ballistic resistant body covering for protecting the torso, groin and neck area from ballistic missiles.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5582378 | Extensible device for supporting objects, especially illumination devices as in photographic studios and the like A structure composed of articulated rods extending between a fixed attachment point and a free attachment point for the object to be supported. This structure is extensible in the direction of the straight line joining the fixed attachment point and the f... | 12/10/1996 |
| 4536031 | Back support control mechanism for a chair or the like A back support control mechanism for a chair or the like is provided for a back support movable toward and away form a seat. Adjustable positioning of the back support with respect to the seat in an infinite number of positions in a range of movement of t... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4445660 | Adjustable suspension support An adjustable suspension support having a suspensible vertical cylinder, a coaxial shaft in the cylinder, a brake device on the upper end of the shaft, a grip device carried by the lower end of the shaft with an associated lever, a spacer tube between the... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4431108 | Clothes hanger support A vertical, retracting, tubular clothes hanger support having an outer member secured to an overhead support with an inner member slideably mounted within the outer member. A spring retracts the inner member into the outer member for convenient storage. T... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4374581 | Support unit A vertically adjustable suspension support unit having a vertical cylinder and a brake element slidable in the cylinder. The brake element comprises a pair of collars located coaxially in the cylinder with opposed bevels providing a raceway for spherical ... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4174900 | Camera tripod A tripod for a camera having legs with telescoping portions, each of which is U-shaped in cross-section; snap levers are mounted on the interior of the legs to hold the legs in a fixed extended position and to permit the legs to be collapsed without inter... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4170307 | Service module A service module for bicycles comprising a housing having outer plastic panels to carry tools. In one form of the invention the housing is mounted for free rotation on the lower end of a telescopic support, and the support is spring biased to a retracted ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4087085 | Impact deflection absorber and stabilizer An impact deflection absorber and stabilizer for providing an interface between two items, surfaces, etc. permitting regulated and controlled travel (energy absorption) along its longitudinal axis and constraining motion in all other directions. An energy... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4073456 | Suspension support A manual suspension support, in which a pair of tubes are telescoped using a vacuum source. A slidable piston in a cylinder is selectively brakable by manipulation of a handle which also carries a valve operable to vary the vacuum in the cylinder.... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4029279 | Device for holding each of the legs of a tripod A holding device for use in the tripod comprising at least two rods arranged in telescopic manner and provided with a through-hole at the lower end thereof, fastening levers arranged to be pressed against a face of each of the inner rods through the throu... | 06/14/1977 |
