A forehead support apparatus for resting a standing users forehead against a wall above a bathroom commode or urinal or beneath a showerhead.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7073996 | Two-piece crank hanger set for bicycles A two-piece crank hanger set including a left crank arm having a tubular crank spindle attached thereto and a right crank arm having at least one chain sprocket wheel attached thereto. The crank spindle extends through a bicycle crank tube. Bearing cups are removabl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054112 | Head drum assembly for tape recorder and method of making same Disclosed is a head drum assembly of a tape recorder. An elastic body is mounted between upper and lower bearings as preloading means, in which the upper and lower bearings are interposed between a rotary drum and the shaft. As a result, the elastic body elastically... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025391 | Non-permeable pipe connector structure A non-permeable pipe connector structure, the design of which effectively prevents external material (such as vapor and miscellaneous substances, etc.) intrusion. To obstruct the intrusion of external matter into the pipe connector, a ball bearing holder is disposed... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6668533 | Reel mower and bearing assembly A reel mower includes a bearing system having a spring that biases a plurality of ball bearings toward a cone. The cone is fixedly mounted on the reel shaft. The cone can be conically constructed, and used in combination with a washer that is fixedly atta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6244750 | Crank axle assembly for a bicycle A bicycle crank axle comprises an axle, which is provided with two fitting portions located at both ends thereof. Each of the two fitting portions is fitted into a tapered sleeve, which is in turn fitted into a fixation seat. The fixation seat is provided... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6212774 | Bearing assembly for bicycle parts A bicycle bearing assembly has a spindle rotatably coupled within an outer tubular member via bearing members. The spindle preferably has a pair of annular grooves, which are formed in its outer surface by cold rolling the spindle. Similarly, the tubular ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6139192 | Bicycle axle A bicycle axle comprises a shaft on which two fastening seats are mounted with, one of the two fastening seats is provided with inner threads and the other one the two fastening seats being provided with a tapered inner wall cooperating with a tapered out... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6095691 | Crank axle for bicycle An improved crank axle for bicycle is a hollow hub axle provided with a circle of tooth shape key slot at both ends respectively, arranged with a single roller bearing and the two parallel ball bearings and covered with an aluminum alloy cone-shaped sleev... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6042274 | Axle and ball bearing arrangement An annular locating member mounted around a bottom bracket bearing axle within a ball race to hold steel balls inside the ball race around the bottom bracket bearing axle between a flange around the periphery of the bottom bracket bearing axle and a flang... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5984528 | Bearing assembly for bicycle parts A bicycle bearing assembly has a spindle rotatably coupled within an outer tubular member via bearing members. The spindle preferably has a pair of annular grooves, which are formed in its outer surface by cold rolling the spindle. Similarly, the tubular ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5813770 | Hub of a bicycle A hub of a bicycle includes a hub shell which has two dust caps threadedly engaged to both ends of the hub shell, a sleeve inserted in the hub shell and located between the two dust caps, an axle rotatably inserted in the sleeve and has a first and a seco... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5762426 | Bottom bracket ball bearing axle mounting structure for a bicycle A bottom bracket bearing axle for a bicycle, including two screw caps fastened to two opposite ends of a bottom bracket to hold two ball bearings, a bottom bracket bearing axle supported on the ball bearings, and a bush mounted around the bottom bracket b... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5632561 | Bearing assembly for a bottom bracket of a bicycle A bearing assembly of a bottom bracket for a bicycle, the bottom bracket includes an axle, at least one bearing, a tube and a housing, the tube engaged in the housing and the axle rotatably engaged in the tube by at least one bearing disposed therebetween... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5626060 | Bicycle bottom bracket and bearing axle arrangement A bicycle bottom bracket and bearing axle arrangement including two end caps fastened to the bottom bracket of a bicycle at two oppoisite sides to hold a bushing around the bottom bracket bearing axle, two nuts and two clamps respectively fastened tot he ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5572909 | Coupling means for engagement between a housing and a tube in a bottom bracket A structure of a bottom bracket includes a housing having first and second ends, each having a thread portion formed in an inner peripheral surface thereof, a tube having first and second ends, the first end thereof having a thread portion formed in an ou... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5509739 | Bottom bracket assembly A bottom bracket assembly includes a bottom bracket, a first bowl member having an outer threaded portion for engagement in an inner threaded portion of the bottom bracket, a flange portion formed on a distal end of the first bowl member, a second bowl me... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5496114 | Bottom bracket bearing axle mounting structure for bicycles A bottom bracket bearing axle mounting structure including a barrel received in the transverse mounting hole of the bottom bracket of a bicycle to hold an axle, a first screw cap threaded into one end of the transverse mounting hole to hold a first ring o... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5474387 | Axle bearing positioning system A bicycle pedal crank bearing system has a hollow axle within which expandable cone shaped discs are flattened so as to expand radially outward and expand the axle into locking engagement with a thrust sleeve surrounding the axle. Since the thrust sleeve ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5460455 | Pedal crank bearing assembly for bicycles A pedal crank bearing assembly includes a housing, a tube, two races, two bearings and an axle. The axle is rotatably engaged within the tube by two bearings and at least one bearing is received in an inner side of one of the races which is threadedly eng... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5335928 | Bicycle bottom bracket/crank assembly A bicycle comprises a frame having a sleeve portion adapted to support a bottom bracket/crank assembly and having an annular opening having its axis oriented substantially orthogonally to a vertical-longitudinal center plane of the bicycle, a bearing supp... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5118205 | Bearing unit for a bottom bracket bearing of a bicycle or the like A bottom bracket bearing unit for a bicycle or the like has an installation unit formed by a long sleeve and short sleeve of synthetic resin formed directly with race grooves for a pair of double bearings which have steel balls riding between the grooves ... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4883368 | Grease injector for bicycle crank bearings This invention relates to a device by which the pedal crank bearings of a bicycle may have the grease replaced without disassembly of the mechanism. The invention is to be installed into existing bicycle crank bearing assemblies.... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4808147 | Adjustable bottom bracket assembly for bicycles An adjustable bottom bracket assembly for a bicycle comprises a body member and a wedge member, each having a circular cylindrical external surface in close fit with an internal circular cylindrical surface of a bottom bracket shell. The body and wedge me... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4732051 | Dust protective member for bicycle freewheel assembly A bicycle freewheel assembly comprising a hollow external body relatively rotatable with and radially spaced apart from a hollow internal body, a first dust protective member including a horizontal tubular body and an annular vertical flange and secured t... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4651590 | Bicycle pedal bearing assembly a bicycle-type pedal assembly has a frame sleeve extending along and centered on a sleeve axis and having a pair of axially opposite sleeve ends, and a pedal shaft extending coaxially through the sleeve, having an end carrying a radially projecting and un... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4611933 | Fastening of anti-friction bearings The disclosure concerns accurate axial and radial fastening of the bearings of, for instance, a bicycle pedal crank. An intermediate sleeve of deformable material is arranged between the outer race of the bearing on the shaft and the housing for the pedal... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4606655 | Roller bearing In a bearing structure in a housing and around a shaft and comprising a pair of bearings, there is a pair of axially spaced inner races on the shaft, and a respective outer ring in the housing defining the outer race of each bearing. A stepped diameter bu... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606658 | Cage for two-row angular-contact ball bearing The disclosure concerns a two-row angular-contact ball bearing with axially spaced apart inner races defined on a shaft and outer rings with outer races disposed around the inner races. The outer rings are held apart by a bushing, and a spring inside the ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605321 | Roller bearing for seating a pedal bearing shaft A rolling bearing unit with a pair of axially spaced grooves in the shaft, rolling bearing elements in the grooves, sheet metal outer race elements secured in a housing, and an adjusting ring for driving one of the outer race elements axially relative to ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4563099 | Rolling bearing unit A rolling bearing unit, in particular a play-adjustable bearing arrangement, comprising a bearing shaft, a housing having a bore, and angular contact ball bearings having outer rings arranged in the housing bore and inner rings arranged on the bearing sha... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4552468 | Bicycle sealed bearing kit A bicycle sealed bearing kit is used to install sealed bearing units on a bicycle having a one-piece crank. The kit includes an inner race formed of a cylindrical collar having a flange formed at one end thereof. The flange is integrally formed with the c... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4545691 | Bicycle crank bearing assembly A bearing assembly and method of installing such within an enclosing open walled chamber wherein the bearing assembly utilizes first and second spaced apart bearing units. The bearing units low frictionally rotationally support a crank. The inner races of... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4406504 | Device for fastening an axle with rolling bearings in cylindrical tubing The invention relates to a device for fastening an axle with rolling bearings in a cylindrical tubing comprising two annular sleeves having inward extensions for locking up the outer races of the rolling bearings with fastening members for relatively fixi... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4373760 | Drawbolt bearing support for bicycle pedals An outboard ball bearing support for a bicycle pedal having a pedal spindle with an open, tubular outboard end. A shoulder bushing inserts into the open end of the pedal spindle. A drawbolt member having a head portion slips through the ball bearing's inn... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4150859 | Chain wheel and crank for a bicycle A bicycle chain wheel and crank of three pieces, namely a crank shaft and a pair of crank arms. The crank shaft freely rotatably supports the chain wheel through a cone, so that the crank is easy and inexpensive to manufacture. The crank arms can be of co... | 04/24/1979 |