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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431542 | Coated cutting insert A cutting insert preferably for milling of extremely highly alloyed grey cast iron, of a substrate and a coating and methods of making and using the insert are disclosed. The cemented carbide substrate includes WC, of from about 3 to about 8 weight-% Co and less tha... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429151 | Coated inserts for wet milling Coated milling inserts particularly useful for milling of highly alloyed grey cast iron with or without cast skin under wet conditions at preferably rather high cutting speeds and milling of nodular cast iron and compacted graphite iron with or without cast skin und... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7413999 | Corner fitting using fiber transfer A corner fitting and a method of forming a corner fitting including steps of providing a flat woven fabric including a first woven portion having first and second direction woven fibers, a second woven portion adjacent the first woven portion having first direction ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7284505 | Skijor system A complete skijor system is illustrated, which includes a novel dog harness, safety tension release, and skijor belt. The system facilitates rapid deployment by requiring only five buckles, while providing exceptional safeguards for dog, skier, and adjacent parties.... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7122089 | Method of making a textile laminate having pile-like surface A textile laminate for covering diverse substrates includes a backing layer to be placed adjacent to the substrate, a substantially non-shrinkable fibrous layer coextensive with the backing layer and an adhesive component to bind the fibrous layer to the backing lay... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7077988 | Corrugated fiberboard panels for use in the construction of walls, ceilings and floors A corrugated wooden fiberboard panel system provides a new structural member for use in the construction of building walls, ceilings, and floors as a substitute for conventional framing members, such as studs and joists. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6951162 | Penetration-and fire resistant fabric materials and structures A ballistic and/or fire barrier for protecting objects in an interior of a vehicle due to projectile penetration and/or fire includes one or more layers of high strength fabric positioned towards an outer shell of the vehicle. The high strength fabric is substantial... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6931662 | Ballistic vest The invention relates to a ballistic vest which offers a ballistic resistance meeting NIJ2 Standard 0101.03 and comprises a stack of flexible unidirectional layers in which the unidirectional layers contain strong fibers and in which the fibers in a unidirectional l... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913802 | Energy absorbing protective member A protective member primarily for use as an energy absorbing pad for incorporation into garments to protect the wearer against accidental impacts. The member comprises a putty-like energy absorbing material (2) encapsulated in a flexible envelope (3, 4... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6723416 | Flat nonwoven fiber aggregate with three-dimensional structure and method for its production A three-dimensionally structured fibrous web made up of continuous-filament layers which alternate perpendicular to the surface plane, and denser short-fiber layers that are permanently thermally bonded in a continuous or spot-like manner to the filament layers, the... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6692815 | Extruded plastic lumber and method of manufacture A composite reinforced plastic lumber article, having a generally rectangular cross-section, is formed by extruding a wood particle/polymer composition through an extrusion die which forms a corrugated or relatively thin sheet cross-section core part. The... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6602581 | Corrugated fiberfill structures for filling and insulation This invention provides corrugated fiberfill structures with improved properties and processes for making the same. This invention further provides articles made from the improved corrugated fiberfill structures of the present invention.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6344111 | Paper tissue having enhanced softness A novel paper article, a method of making a paper product, and an embossing roll are disclosed for providing a paper surface region having a minority of fiber to fiber bonds broken in the paper surface region to a depth less than about 0.02 mm from the pa... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6331228 | Printed, soft, bulky single-ply absorbent paper having a serpentine configuration and low sidedness The present invention relates to a soft, thick, single-ply, printed, absorbent paper product having a Yankee side and an air side wherein the absorbent paper is printed on before or after embossing on the Yankee side, air side, or both sides, said absorbe... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6312784 | Thermally insulating textile A thermally insulating textile (2) adapted to provide a variable degree of thermal insulation dependent on ambient temperature, the textile including a laminate of two fabric layers (15, 15') having interposed a bulking layer (1), which may be one or more... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6263814 | Strip of material with splices and products formed therefrom A package of a continuous strip of material includes a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6107364 | Methyl styrene as a high index of refraction monomer Described are a polymerizable composition comprising methyl styrene monomer, polymers comprising monomeric units derived from methyl styrene monomers, and optical products comprising these polymers.... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5932626 | Optical product prepared from high index of refraction brominated monomers Described are optical products comprising a base and an optical layer. The optical layer is prepared from a polymerizable composition comprising an alkyl-substituted brominated phenolic ester(meth)acrylate monomer.... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5882322 | Medical casts and other orthopedic devices comprising thermoplastic three-dimensional fiber networks Cast padding materials and padding and lining materials for other orthopedic devices are made from three dimensional fiber networks which are semi-rigid and dimensionally stable. The fiber networks are made from textile fabrics that have projections and o... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5853855 | Bellows A bellows formed from a material sheet is constituted of a core member containing a glass fiber cloth as a matrix and fluorine resin film adhered over entire surfaces at both sides of said core member.... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5779691 | Fastening tape for a sanitary article particularly disposable diaper A fastening tape for a sanitary article, for fastening the article on the body of a person is attached to the article at one of its end portions (18) and provided with any fastener (22) on one surface of the other end portion (20). A stretchable elastic p... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5736224 | Napkin A napkin is folded so that certain layers include marginal portions which extend beyond the remaining layers. The marginal portions are provided with a deeper embossing pattern than the remaining portions of the napkin to provide enhanced banding and hand... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733632 | Window covering A window covering comprises a series of spaced collapsible cells, each cell having a pair of opposed panels which are joined by permanently creased flexible material. One panel of each cell is secured to a first control cord and the opposite panel of each... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5723201 | Penetration resistant protective armor construction A protective armor construction includes a plurality of layers of penetration resistant material. These layers comprise one or more expandable stress layers of flexible penetration resistant material having a plurality of folds therein. The folds are arra... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5702801 | Method for producing a variable density, corrugated resin-bonded or thermo-bonded fiberfill and the structure produced thereby A corrugated fiberfill structure is provided including at least one fibrous web folded to form a plurality of pleats having alternating crests and bases, each of the pleats having a pair of legs in which each of the legs has a first leg surface and a seco... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5597629 | High shear strength pultrusion To produce a pultrusion which can be machined without undue strength loss bidirectional woven fiber fabric is modified to be pultrudable into a high shear strength composite member. In a preferred form of the invention the fabric is pleated in the pultrus... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5560969 | Tubular supporting element for a sleeve for covering junctions, particularly of cables for transmitting electrical energy A tubular supporting element for supporting an elastic sleeve for covering a junction of cables which is provided with a wall which has a groove or incision directed according to a helical line and which has a radial depth from the outer surface of the su... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5558925 | Window treatment article A method and apparatus is provided for forming a window treatment article having opposed upper and lower sheets interconnected by transversely oriented, longitudinally spaced vanes comprising a pair of counter-rotating folding rollers oriented with respec... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5545459 | Business forms having dual-functional coating A business form comprising a substrate with at least one surface bearing a dual-functional coating comprising a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate containing at least 40 weight percent ethylene and having a softening point of at least 60° C. enhance... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5529830 | Two-way stretchable fabric laminate and articles made from it The invention is a stretchable layered fabric laminate which is air impermeable and waterproof while being permeable to water vapor. The stretchable fabric laminate includes a stretchable composite material layer consisting of a hydrophobic protective lay... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5366788 | Compact cassette having a liner made of high glass-transition-temperature polymer materials A compact cassette is provided with substantially rectangular plastic support liner(s) between tape roll(s) and cassette wall(s), having at least one longitudinal bend, and the deflections of the support liners in a defined load range should be not more t... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5340626 | Well packer An inflatable well packer includes several annular layers of material, consisting of a series of oriented fibers encapsulated in a resin, the fibers being oriented in directions relative to the direction of the circumference of the annular layers such tha... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5290621 | Flat-topped wave-board panel A flat-peaked and flat-troughed corrugated wafer board panel is provided. The panel is characterized in having a substantially uniform density.... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5234729 | Multilayer polymeric reflective bodies for decorative and security applications A multilayered reflective polymeric body of alternating layers of polymers wherein at least a portion of the layers are in a folded-over relationship is provided along with a coextrusion apparatus and method of preparing the multilayer polymeric body. The... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5194310 | Wood surfaced foldable flexible sheet A sheet-like, foldable material is provided by laminating a very thin film-like veneer of material wood veneer to a thin backing material of paper or plastic by use of a bonding material which does not harden and can therefor be stretched and folded witho... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5158821 | Formable textile sheet material and network materials produced therefrom A formable textile material is described comprising a textile sheet material comprising at least two different kinds of polyester yarn, at least one of the yarns having a heat shrinkage at the boil of at least 45%, preferably at least 60%, and at least on... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5128195 | Woven core structure A woven core structure (2) includes a first and second face sheets (4, 6) with inner surfaces (16, 18) facing one another. First and second sets of corrugated ribbons (8, 10) are positioned between the face sheets. The ribbons have nodes (12, 14) which ar... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5098755 | Textured thermoplastic elastomeric film, articles comprising same, and method of making such textured thermoplastic elastomeric film and articles Textured and embossed films are described which are usefully employed in the manufacture of condom articles. In one aspect, an elastic film is provided with an embossed pattern thereon comprising from about 1,000 to about 100,000 embossments per square in... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5061543 | Narrow width cushioning pad product for packaging small parts or protective edges of products to be packaged A converter mechanism and method for producing a relatively narrow width and small size cushioning dunnage product of pad-like form, from sheet-like stock material. A conversion kit comprising a funnel-like chute member and a coacting elongated generally ... | 10/29/1991 |
