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Patent No. 6718554

Hands free towel carrying system

A hands free towel carrying system for coupling a towel to a user to prevent loss, theft or contamination.

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Examiner: Wiecking, David A.


Primary examiner statistics: 800 patents; average approval time: 711 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 178 patents; average approval time: 678 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5846004 Impact print head
5820275 Printer multi-function drive train apparatus and method
5803632 Method and apparatus for preventing envelope flaps from sealing i...
5800083 Multiple-function printer document deflector actuation coupled to...
5797690 Printer and method of adjusting print density
5779371 Thermal printing apparatus
5775823 Automatic sheet feeder
5775907 Method of mandibular distraction osteogenesis
5743663 Record medium feeding in a color thermal printer
5741080 Cassette mounting on door of recording apparatus
5741081 Ribbon cassette with feed member
5738453 Sheet supplying apparatus
5738452 Sheet separation device in a supplying apparatus
5738457 Paper size determining method and printer in which the method is ...
5727883 Winding member for winding an ink sheet, housing member for housi...
5725319 Sheet feeding apparatus
5725320 Linerless media and cutting apparatus for minimizing adhesive pro...
5718523 Thermal transfer printing device and method
5709485 Card printer including ink ribbon cartridge with guide shafts
5707231 Orthodontic assembly with reinforcement structure
5706727 Postage meter with improved paper path
5702189 Rack and pinion cleaning mechanism in a serial printer
5702191 Sheet feeding force control in a multiple input path sheet feedin...
5700099 Ink jet printer
5697713 Thermal printer having a thermal head and platen roller
5697714 Line printer equipped with easily assembled/replaceable print hea...
5690439 Thermal transfer printing apparatus
5688057 Method of printing using dual opposing printheads
5688058 Process and apparatus for the typographical labeling of two sides...
5683189 Thermal printer with erasing function using thinned heating energ...
5674015 Arrangement of actuators and tip ends in a wire dot print head
5672020 High resolution combination donor/direct thermal printer
5672019 Sheet supplying apparatus
5668580 De-coupleable print position indicator
5667318 Casette reel holding mechanism and the recording apparatus using ...
5660489 Sheet-supplying roller recording device
5651621 Wire dot print head with print wires fixed to tip portions of arm...
5651625 Printer enclosure and controller unit
5645362 Printer
5644348 Control of print cartridge movement in an ink jet recording appar...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
4727805 Shuttle for matrix printers
4725156 Method and structure for properly aligning forms in a printer
4725157 Printing device with a pair of housings combined for relative roc...
4723854 Dot-matrix print head and apparatus for supporting pivotable arma...
4715298 Electrically powered imprinter
4715735 Dual mode printing apparatus with multiple print ribbon cassettes
4712929 Label printer with variable format
4712935 Blank document guard in a check writing machine
4711170 Printing wire driving device in wire dot printer
4710042 Method and apparatus for indexing the print hammer of typewriters...
4708501 Electromagnetic hammer printing device including a limited action...
4706562 Printing mechanism having one electromagnetic selector for two ty...
4705416 Positioning device for positioning type-wheel index motor in a pr...
4703692 Clamping device for counter pressure member of a cleaning device
4703689 Two lever print actuator with aligned pivots and energy transfer ...
4702631 Thermal ribbon cassette and housing therefore
4702629 Apparatus for adjusting the print head gap in a dot matrix printe...
4700625 Needle-carrying head for a printing machine
4697941 Platen and paper drive in an inked-platen wire-dot impact printer
4697943 Electric platen driving device with manual override
4697938 Multi-tint thermal printing apparatus control system
4693619 Stepping motor operated positioning device for a ribbon lifter in...
4690577 Printing medium detecting mechanism of printer
4688957 Feeder for office machines for individual sheet or continuous for...
4688956 Carriage feed control method for bold and shadow printing
4687362 Method of aligning cut sheets in typewriters, output printers or ...
4687361 Rack mount for a rack and pinion carriage moving mechanism
4686900 Impact printer with application of oblique print force
4685814 Apparatus for dot-matrix printing of characters missing from a ty...
4684276 Individual sheet feeder device for printer
4682541 Postal mailing system having an adaptable postage meter
4678351 Right margin zone hyphenation
4678355 Print tip contact sensor for quiet impact printer
4671683 Printer which determines whether the text in memory can fit on a ...
4671684 Electronic typewriter with selectively deactuatable spelling chec...
4669900 Home position setting system for a print carriage
4669901 Keyboard device for inputting oriental characters by touch
4668113 Printing disc with damping means
4664030 Simultaneous multisurface diffusion printer
4664542 Temperature control device for a printing head
 
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