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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284933 | Square embossed roof and rib plate Disclosed is a mine roof and rib support system generally including a square bearing plate. A through hole is positioned near a center portion of the square bearing plate. A peripheral section at least partially circumscribes the bearing plate. In between the throug... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7211321 | Reinforcement laminate A tri-laminate body panel stiffener includes two polymer layers with or without a backing. One of the layers is a compliant foam layer mounted against a substrate while the other layer is a rigid foam layer mounted against the compliant foam layer. In another aspect... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7083844 | Rocker panel and method for minimizing sag lines in molded part An improved rocker panel on side sill construction includes a substantially planar horizontal top portion, a side portion with a substantially convex show surface and a substantially concave hidden surface opposite the show surface, and a clip house mounting structu... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078087 | Wipes with an edge treatment along a leading edge portion The invention provides a wipe. The wipes include at least one non-woven web. The web includes an edge portion adjoining a main portion. The web has a top surface and a spaced apart opposite bottom surface and is defined by a width of the web which is perpendicular t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6966402 | Acoustical heat shield A heat shield includes an inner portion, an outer portion, first and second insulating portions, and a deflecting portion. The inner portion includes a reflective material to reflect thermal energy that radiates from a heat/acoustic source. The outer portion include... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6848595 | Wipes with a pleat-like zone along the leading edge portion The invention relates to a stack of wipes for use in a wipes dispenser. The stack includes a plurality of wipes, each wipe of the plurality of wipes formed from a portion of a common material. Each wipe includes a leading edge portion with a pleat-like zone located ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6726980 | Acoustic doorliner with integral water barrier An acoustical liner with integral water barrier is provided. The liner includes a pad of fibrous material having a lofty, acoustically insulating portion and at least one heat-seared face of relatively higher density to provide water barrier protection. The acoustic... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6607804 | Molded part made of an electrically conductive ceramic and process for the production of contact zones on such molded parts A filter having two zones, the first zone having a low electrical conductivity and the second zone having a high electrical conductivity at electrode attachment zones due to infiltration of metal within the second zone.... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6579595 | Liquid absorbing sheet for an exuding food product A liquid absorbing sheet for absorbing liquids exuding from a food product disposed in a container of the type having a bottom wall provided with a furrow extending along a side wall of the container. The absorbing sheet comprises a first absorbing zone c... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6548146 | Composite consisting of a coated polycarbonate and a polymer A composite plastic structure is described. The composite structure includes: (a) a shaped polycarbonate article having an edge region, the edge region having an adhesion-promoting geometric feature therein; (b) a coating applied to the surface of the sha... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6413615 | Cube corner geometric structures in a substrate formed by both replicating and machining processes A cube corner article having a structured surface of geometric structures, each geometric structure having a plurality of faces at least some of which are arranged as a cube corner element, is made by providing a first substrate having a plurality of groo... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6372334 | Reinforcement laminate A tri-laminate body panel stiffener includes two polymer layers with or without a backing. One of the layers is a compliant foam layer mounted against a substrate while the other layer is a rigid foam layer mounted against the compliant foam layer. In ano... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6132840 | Fiber resin composite member composition and manufacturing method thereof A fiber resin composite member manufacturing method includes the steps of: selectively distinguishing waste rubber and synthetic resins containing waste tires and waste PET bottles, waste fibers, waste timbers, waste paper, waste plant straws, waste shell... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6117514 | Ceiling tile system A ceiling tile system for providing a light-weight and easy-to-form interlocking plastic ceiling tile system for covering a ceiling. The ceiling tile system includes at least on ceiling tile comprising a panel with front and back faces, and an outer perim... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6106929 | Paper towel with dual level diagonal infundibulate striae of slitted elongate hexagonal bosses A paper toweling which provides a combination of strength, bulk and absorbency while presenting an attractive appearance. Included are a single ply paper towel having areas of light and heavy embossing perforations which form diamond shaped islands of hea... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5968632 | Cavity included decorative sheet, its manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus There is provided a cavity included decorative sheet having tremendously excellent design and decorative features by the cavities formed in the plane region in which colorless or colored light transmissible uneven pattern formed as the light refracts and ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5922439 | Paper towel with dual level diagonal infundibulate striae of slitted elongate hexagonal bosses A paper toweling which provides a combination of strength, bulk and absorbency while presenting an attractive appearance. Included are a single ply paper towel having areas of light and heavy embossing perforations which form diamond shaped islands of hea... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5795637 | Floor covering seam sealer cover A rectangular foldable blank along the length of which parallel lines of adhesive tape are applied near each edge and covered with removable protective film, and which parallel slit score lines run near each long edge just inside the tape line, and a regu... | 08/18/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5587222 | Label assembly with multi-ply insert A label assembly includes a label with a removable multi-ply insert attached thereto by at least one fastening strip. The label has an adhesive applied to one of its sides for attaching the label assembly to an article. In two embodiments, the label assem... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5585154 | Flexible and non-water absorbing insulation system A flexible, non-water absorbing insulation system is described for insulating articles exposed to relatively cold temperatures. This insulation system is especially adapted for insulating delivery or transfer hoses used with cryogenic liquid transfer oper... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5190803 | Structural shell with reinforcing ribs connected via perforations The manufacture of lightweight components having high strength properties can be improved in that a bowl-shaped shell (1) has reinforcing ribs (3) made from injected-on plastic in its interior (2) which are connected to the shell (1) at discrete connectin... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5165978 | Closure panel construction for composite closure This relates to the special construction of shells for closure panels of composite closures which, in production, for all practical purposes will eliminate nesting of stacked closure panels. Most specifically, each closure panel will be provided with flut... | 11/24/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5059474 | Floor covering tile A floor covering tile is a lamination of several layers. A surface layer is a vinyl chloride resin with a small filler compounding ratio; an intermediate layer is a thermoplastic resin having a large filler compounding ratio, a lower layer is a thermoplas... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4978567 | Wafer holding fixture for chemical reaction processes in rapid thermal processing equipment and method for making same A semiconductor wafer holding and support fixture having a low effective thermal mass comprises a planar surface having a recess for a wafer and consisting essentially of chemical vapor deposited silicon carbide. The wafer holder is specifically designed ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4971852 | Contoured batt produced by a scarfing method using a contouring roll A scarfing method and apparatus are disclosed for making a longitudinally and transversely contoured batt on a moving fibrous web. The apparatus comprises a scarfing roll disposed on one side of a foraminous belt and a contouring roll, having a nonuinform... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4810560 | Batting box A batting box formed of a mixture of hard rubber crumb and a liquid resin binder.... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4800047 | Gas and liquid contact sheet and packing Trickling sheet (2) comprising in the direction of its first side or base (3) a first zone which is greatly corrugated (5) and a second zone which is slightly corrugated or flat (6), of equal width, these zones being provided with spacer bosses (7) at the... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4800111 | Deformable resin laminate sheet A heat shapable resin laminate sheet, composed of several heat-bonded support webs impregnated with duroplastic binders, the deformation temperature to be utilized in shaping the laminate sheet being higher than the temperature utilized in molding it, whi... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4740385 | Apparatus for producing coils from films of insulating material, conductively coated in a vacuum A method and apparatus are disclosed for producing rolls or coils of film of insulating material which has been conductively coated, in a vacuum, by vaporizing conductive material in direct electron beam bombardment and condensing the vapor on the film su... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4737390 | Non-slip coating for molded articles Non-slip properties are imparted to molded plastic articles by adhering a layer of latex or a latex-impregnated sheet material onto the surface of the molded article. Preferably, the latex layer is applied prior to thermoset curing of the molded article a... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4690847 | Cold weather garment structure A cold weather garment system includes an upper body garment and a lower body garment. Each garment has three layers, an outer wind resistant shell fabric, an inner loosely knit or woven lining fabric, and a non-flat foam layer between the fabric layers. ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4690853 | Absorbent structure containing a contoured batt A scarfing method and apparatus are disclosed for making a longitudinally and transversely contoured batt on a moving fibrous web. The apparatus comprises a scarfing roll disposed on one side of a foraminous belt and a contouring roll, having a nonuniform... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4631213 | Thermoformed sheet for a plate-type gas-gas heat exchanger and the exchanger including said sheet A thermoformed sheet 1 for a plate-type gas-gas heat exchanger of the type comprising a case in which are stacked parallel plates spaced from each other by lateral spacing means, these plates having at their ends pointed regions provided with elements for... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4520057 | Composite plate A composite plate including a core plate, and top surface and bottom surface metallic plates which are folded to enclose the core plate to provide an airtight seal to the core plate. The composite plate has particular utility for use as a structural plate... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4483807 | Process for producing a slow release composite A process is herein disclosed for producing a slow release composite comprising grinding and mixing mechanically in a frozen state one or more polypeptides, one or more proteins and one or more physiologically active substances shaping the blend into a de... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4474840 | Method of selective bonding of textile materials A cushioned panel is provided together with a process of molding it. A non-woven fabric having an outer layer composed of polypropylene or other thermoplastic fibers is heated to the melting point of the fibers. It is inserted into a mold having a decorat... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4411939 | Conformable reinforcement board A board which can be conformed to a desired shape, for example, when fabricating a curved wall of a boat hull or gas tank, consists of a plurality of core strips, preferably of polyurethane foam, with mating edge surfaces of complementary shape, with webs... | 10/25/1983 |
