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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416638 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing a multi-layer web product An apparatus and method for manufacturing a multi-layer web product. A long fiber stream is directed around a rotating carding cylinder. Two combing cylinders are disposed adjacent the carding cylinder to comb a first web of long fiber and a second web of long fiber... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7331090 | Hydroentangled textile and use in a personal cleansing implement A non-woven hydroentangled textile is described formed in cross-section with a central area of low mass fiber density surrounded on both sides by areas of higher mass density. Further, a personal cleansing article is described wherein the hydroentangled textile is a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7248133 | Method for manufacturing surface acoustic wave device A plurality of surface acoustic wave elements, with an IDT electrode 2 and a pad electrode 3 formed on the principal surface of a piezoelectric substrate 1, are formed to be flip-chip mounted on a circuit board 5 and sealed using sealing ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240766 | Sound dampening pad An easy to manufacture and install sound dampening pad for a printing blanket sleeve is provided. The pad effectively attenuates noise emanating from the sleeve during air pressurized mounting and dismounting of the blanket sleeve to an underlying cylinder. The soun... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7227051 | Disposable wearing article A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent core interposed between the top- and backsheets, a pair of liquid-impervious leak-barrier sheets and a pair of elastically stretchable sheets. Each po... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226652 | Large-size OSB panel having improved properties, especially for the construction industry The invention relates to a large-size OSB-board having improved technical and mechanical properties. The aim of the invention is to solve the technical problems posed by an OSB-board which is suitable for using on large surfaces and also, for example, for the constr... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201777 | Nonwoven fabric having low ion content and method for producing the same The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric having a relatively low level of ionic contaminates which is achieved by exposing the fabric to a deionized water wash, preferably, in-line with the nonwoven production process, thereby eliminating, or at least redu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7135216 | Weather strip for car and production method thereof There is provided a weather strip for a car which is made up of a grip and a seal part. The grip is U-shaped in cross section and is attached to a flange. The grip has a holder part and an insert which is embedded in the holder part. The seal part performs a sealing... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132002 | Hydrogen generating device having hydrogen separator membrane and control method therefor When the hydrogen separating membrane is in a low temperature condition, a lean bus operation is carried out in a reformer in order to conduct warm-up while suppressing generation of hydrogen. At the timing t1 where the temperature of the hydrogen separator m... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7047607 | Process for manufacturing a band-shaped non-woven product with increased tensile strength The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a band-shaped non-woven product reinforced by strengthening wires or filaments and showing an increased tensile strength longitudinally or in the cross direction of the band-shaped product, characterized in that, ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045029 | Structured material and method of producing the same A method for producing a structured material for accommodating passage of fluids, particularly high viscosity fluids, through the structured material. In one embodiment, the structured material is a composite material formed of a first layer, for example a polypropy... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008685 | Laminated material and method for its production A laminate is claimed, having a first cover layer, a fabric with perforations as the middle layer, and a second cover layer, as are a method for its production and the use of the laminate as a fluid absorption and distribution layer made of a nonwoven fabric layer o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000435 | Roll coating of glass fibers A roll coater for placing binder on the fibers prior to being wound around a rotating drawing drum. The drawing drum draws fibers out of orifices in the bottom of a slowly reciprocating furnace. The fibers form a mat on the drawing drum that is later removed and exp... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000729 | Five-layer sound absorbing pad: improved acoustical absorber An acoustical absorber, having the structure: scrim/film/batt/film/scrim. Preferably, the batt is made from about 60% to about 90% by weight natural fiber and about 10% to about 40% synthetic fiber. Also, a method of making the acoustical absorber is provided. Addit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6935973 | Vibration dampening material A vibration absorbing material preferably includes a first elastomeric layer of vibration absorbing material which is substantially free of voids therein. A second elastomeric layer includes an aramid material therein and is disposed on the first elastomeric layer. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929841 | Plastic-based composite product and method and apparatus for manufacturing same The invention relates to a plastic-based composite product which consists at least partially of a plastic in which a material consisting substantially of particles is homogeneously embedded, which particles have tensile strength in at least one principal direction. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926787 | Method of manufacturing a reinforced flexible laminate sealing strip The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a laminate flexible strip for attachment to a vehicle in the form of a weather sealing strip. The strip includes a core member and a filler layer of elastomeric seal material disposed about and into the voids ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919117 | Composite nonwoven fabric and method for making same A composite nonwoven fabric comprising multiple layers of a web formed from a blended mixture of metal fibers and nonmetal fibers is provided. The metal fibers preferably have a rough outer surface with irregular shaped cross-sections that vary along their length. T... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6762139 | Flexible adsorbent filter The invention comprises a flexible adsorbent-loaded filter formed from a flexible support web and attached adsorbent particles. The adsorbent-loaded filter has open filter cells which are defined by the support web and the attached adsorbent particles and are random... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6761954 | Reinforced flexible laminate sealing strip and method of manufacturing same The present invention provides a laminate flexible strip for attachment to a vehicle in the form of a weather sealing strip. The strip includes a core member and a filler layer of elastomeric seal material disposed about and into the voids of the core member. The co... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6660359 | Fiber mat A fiber mat is configured such that the fibers 2 of an intermediate layer arranged between two adjacent layers touch the fibers of one of the layers at positions situated at a distance from the contact points with the fibers of the other layer. The positi... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6461713 | Carrier with set down elongation reducing member A carrier for use in the manufacture of weatherseals is disclosed, the carrier having a serpentine frame and at least one elongation reducing member extending along its longitudinal dimension. The elongation reducing member may be secured to the frame in ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6345483 | Webbed reinforcing strip for concrete structures and method for using the same A webbed reinforcing strip for poured concrete structures includes a first elongated tension strand, a second elongated tension strand spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first tension strand, and at least two pairs of strands interconnect... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6231946 | Structural reinforcement for use in a shoe sole A structural reinforcement in the form of an open gridwork which is advantageously used, for example, as part of a shoe sole. The structural reinforcement provides and/or enhances spring-like characteristics of the member it is reinforcing, propels and en... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6136406 | Energy dissipating composite member with progressive failure A tailored structural member that is designed to generate a yield-type response, with applicability to the arrest of a moving body. The structural member comprises a primary load path connected in parallel to a longer secondary load path at a pair of comm... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6106944 | Fiber thermoset reinforced thermoplastic structural member In the manufacture of a structural member comprising a thermoplastic composite core with an exterior reinforcing layer, the core member is initially extruded in the shape of a profile. The profile is then contacted with reinforcing fiber and resin to form... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6048598 | Composite reinforcing member A corrosion resistant, light weight composite twisted rope rebar is disclosed for reinforcing concrete material, including providing a plurality of continuous glass fibers oriented substantially in the longitudinal axis and coated with a thermoset polyest... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5981023 | Fiber-reinforced composite structural element and method of manufacturing the same A box-shaped fibrous preform is produced by laying or superposing a plurality of reinforcing fibrous material layers (6a) on top of each other into a box-like shape. The box-shaped fibrous preform is used as an auxiliary member (1) or by cutting the box-l... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5763042 | Reinforcing structural rebar and method of making the same The present invention provides a reinforcing structural rebar. The rebar comprises an inner core formed by pultruding reinforcing fibers through a bath of a first resin material, the inner core typically containing at least about 40 percent by weight rein... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5554429 | Wood board and flooring material A wood board comprising a core layer comprising one or more strand boards formed by using a foaming binder, and at least one surface layer comprising oriented strand board, which is laminated to at least one surface of the core layer, the foaming binder b... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5472767 | Natural wood panel and natural wood laminated panel In the natural wood panel according to the invention, the fibers (10) are inclined to the panel plane (2) at an angle () between 0° and 90°, especially between 20° and 70°. The panel has at least one layer of such natural wood panels (2) joined... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5350615 | Method and device for producing reinforcement elements formed of resistant fibers A method and device are disclosed for forming reinforcement element formed of fibers distributed along three dimensions, wherein, a continuous fiber is introduced in a substrate resting on a support formed of such fibers crossed in at least two directions... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5342424 | Method of forming composite of glass fibers of various filament diameters into a fibrous mat A method of forming a fibrous composite that includes forming first and second layered groups of fibers extending in side-by-side relation; and passing gas such as air through the groups of fibers to effect controlled reduction in overall thickness of the... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5320891 | Particle barrier nonwoven material Disclosed is a method of producing a nonwoven material having improved resistance to penetration by particles. The method includes the steps of heating at least one nonwoven web containing meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers to a temperature at which t... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5264261 | Fibre reinforced polymer compositions and process and apparatus for production thereof Fibrous network structures are produced within liquid polymer resins by passing the fiber-containing resin along a channel having a plurality of sets of flow modifying elements which establish a regulated succession of velocity profiles for the principal ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5236761 | Dimensionally stable reinforced film The invention provides a substantially flat film or metallized film, reinforced with regularly spaced reinforcing yarns in the fill and warp direction having a residual shrinkage of less than about 2.0%, which is dimensionally stable over a wide range of ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5143781 | Anisotropic continuous strand mats We have developed a new pattern for continuous strand fiberglass mat which gives improved torsional rigidity to the molded structure. The pattern is basically an elongated elliptical loop where the strands lay on the conveyor and look like lazy whirl form... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5110652 | Shaped fiber-reinforced ceramic composite article A ceramic matrix composite article having a varying thickness is fabricated by a process wherein multiple prepreg sheets comprising reinforcing fibers and powdered matrix material are stacked to provide a multi-layer prepreg stack wherein, through each cr... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5079055 | Reinforcement for laminate synthetic materials A reinforcement member for a plastic laminate structure consisting of at least two laminate layers bonded to one another, the member having a synthetic body defining a length axis X, a breadth axis Y, and a thickness axis Z, formed of a synthetic plastic ... | 01/07/1992 |
