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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3981026 | Waterproof garment of reduced cumbersomeness This invention concerns a waterproof garment for protection against rain made from a waterproof sheet material which garment consists of an assembly of preformed, permanent, parallel folds which when gathered give the garment the appearance of a band the ... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981027 | Football shoulder pad restricter Improved football shoulder pads having a restricter comprising rigid or semi-rigid inserts movably mounted each to the breast plates and back plates of shoulder pads worn by football players, which restrict the shoulder pads from putting pressure on the n... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981028 | Pocket device An inner pocket is affixed to an outer pocket of an item in inverted position. The inner pocket has an open bottom spaced from and in close proximity with the bottom of the outer pocket. The inner pocket has a closed top in the outer area of the top of th... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981029 | Dual level toilet flusher The dual level toilet flusher is a toilet tank flush mechanism which permits the user to either flush the full tank of water or to flush a lesser preset volume of water, depending on the direction of rotation of the flush handle. The flush mechanism incor... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981030 | Sunbathing accessory A base having a pair of spaced apart, upstanding end members, which are so configured and spaced apart as to maintain the feet of the sunbather in an erect position thereby insuring proper orientation of the legs to provide an even tan.... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981031 | Inclined bedrest An improved portable inclined bedrest is secured to a bed by the weight of the mattress. A tubular steel frame is vertically extendible from within a storage housing and can be locked in position at selected heights above the mattress by the rotatable mov... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981032 | Neck pillow device A pair of vibrators for vibrating the neck of a person resting on a neck pillow are mounted on such pillow in mutually spaced relation each on a corresponding side of the neck of the person. A pair of face pillows are mounted on the neck pillow for suppor... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981033 | Mattress Disclosed is a mattress comprising a flat-constructed spring assembly, a pair of elastic material sheets which are attached to upper and lower faces of said spring assembly and whose peripheral edge portions are so extended as to form a space at a side pe... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981034 | Box spring assembly A box spring assembly for a two-person bed consisting of a rectangular frame, a pair of flat, fabric-type spring sheets extending the length of the frame at opposite sides thereof so that each forms the mattress support for one person, the sheets being se... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981035 | Collapsible high speed boat A collapsible or foldable high speed boat including a hull structure having no frames. The boat comprises a plurality of substantially triangular hinged plates joined in such a manner as to be waterproof and defining a hull structure such as that of a hig... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981036 | Life saving buoy for small vessels A life-saving buoy for small vessels such as yachts, fishing vessels and other small watercraft, which is mounted on the deck of the vessel in such a way as to release automatically if the vessel sinks, and including both light and radio beacons which com... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981037 | Process for installing an arch support in a conventional shoe A hole is drilled into the sole of a conventional shoe. The user's foot is then placed into the shoe and a curable plastic material is injected into the shoe. The hole is located directly below the metatarsal arch of the user's foot. The foot is removed a... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981038 | Bridge and abutment therefor A bridge construction is disclosed in which the ends of a bridge deck are supported by an abutment comprising a mass of internally stabilized earth. A plurality of elongate reinforcing members are arranged in vertically spaced horizontal layers. Within ea... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981039 | Portable golf ball washing device A portable machine for washing dirt, mud and other types of foreign matter from the surface of golf balls comprising a short cylindrical container whose upper and lower interior surfaces are fitted with roughly textured resilient scrubbing pads and whose ... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981040 | Wet mop construction having pile fabric mopping element A wet mop head construction comprising a pile fabric having a central headband for attachment to the gripping elements of a wet mop tool and a flared main body portion extending freely therefrom for contact with a surface, such as a floor, to be cleaned.... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981041 | Sponge irrigation system for automatic analysis apparatus A sponge irrigation system for automatic analysis apparatus in which wiping sponges are used to wipe off the tips of pipettes, probes and so on to accurately control drops on the tips thereof, in which irrigation fluid for maintaining a clean irrigated sp... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981042 | Pile carpet castor An improved castor for use with pile carpet can be built so as to include a plurality of separate wheels located on a sleeve which in turn is rotatably mounted on an axle. Holders are provided to secure the wheels in place on the sleeve in side-by-side re... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981043 | Slidable tool grip A hand grip is slidably disposed on the handle of a tool, of the type normally requiring the use of two hands such as an ax, broom or shovel, for grasping by one of the hands of the user, and for movement between a stop disposed proximate the free end of ... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981044 | Receptacle handle assembly A handle assembly is disclosed for the basket of deep fat frying apparatus. The handle assembly includes a bracket mounted on the basket, and a handle unit including a handle member mounted on an attaching plate which is slidably supported by the bracket.... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981045 | Stunning and overload circuit A stunning and overload protection circuit for animal stunning apparatus is operative to relax the respective animal, such as poultry, yet not damage same and includes power supply means operative to provide pulsating direct current to a timing circuit wh... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981046 | Process for production of shirred moisturized food casings Food casings, particularly cellulosic sausage casings, are moisturized during the conventional shirring operation by applying to the interior of the casing stock prior to shirring an aqueous solution of humectant, the solution containing sufficient humect... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981047 | Apparatus for forming a batt from staple fibers Apparatus for depositing staple fibers onto a conveyor belt to form a batt, including a chute feeder having an adjustable weir plate provided with a row of air jets along the bottom edge for maintaining a uniform fiber level at the exit from the chute. Fi... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981048 | Smooth exterior dual clamp A clamp for holding a pair of elongate objects such as hoses in spaced, generally parallel relationship. The clamp includes a first elongate flexible strap for engaging one of the objects and a second elongate flexible strap for engaging the other object.... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981049 | Clamping device with tightening device A clamp for clamping a hose onto a nipple by means of a band adapted to be locked which is provided at its upper band end with perforation apertures and includes at least one barb at its lower band end which engages in one of the perforation apertures whe... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981050 | Shoulder strap retainer A shoulder strap retainer including a base plate, a holder strip portion supported on one side of the base plate and extending toward one end thereof and forming a chamber for receiving a shoulder strap, and a securing mechanism supported on the opposite ... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981051 | Bristle-like gripping device A self-gripping device is disclosed and includes a plurality of thin bristle-like gripping elements attached in close proximity to each other to a base. Each of the gripping elements have self gripping means spaced along the length thereof and they extend... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981052 | Low friction guide loop An integrally formed low friction anchor ring guide having a flat anchor tab upper end portion with an anchor bolt opening therethrough, a transversely bent central portion having a seat belt webbing slot with curved end portions, and a lower rolled end p... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981053 | Two-part worm drive clamp with variable length band-forming part A two-part worm drive clamp embodying a first part in the form of a tensioning strip having a housing-enclosed, slack take-up worm at one end and a tab at its other end, and a second part in the form of a ribbon-like, band-forming strip having a tab-recei... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981054 | Burial casket with improved sealing system The base section of a burial casket supports an internal latch mechanism which is effective to engage keepers projecting downwardly from a pivotally supported cover section and to draw the cover section firmly against a resilient gasket member disposed be... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981055 | Apparatus for forming a yarn package Apparatus for forming a yarn package wherein the yarn package includes a plurality of axially stacked revolutions of yarn with each revolution formed to include a plurality of sinuous shaped wave patterns in each revolution, and wherein the sinuous patter... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981056 | Drive mechanisms for lathe spindles A drive mechanism for producing angular movement of at least one work spindle of a multi or single spindle lathe comprising an electrical stepping motor arranged to drive the spindle through gearing and a one way clutch, to allow the spindle to be angular... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981057 | Cutting tool A cutting tool comprises a tool bit having the configuration of a hollow pyramid which includes an open base and three side walls, each having an outer face. The adjoining outer faces define three cutting edges coverging in the apex of the pyramid. The cu... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981058 | Cutting insert and cutting tool The invention concerns a cutting insert adapted for a cutting tool having mechanical insert-replacing mechanism. The insert has angularly interrelated side surfaces,- for resting in a corresponding V-shaped pocket in the cutting tool, said side surfaces e... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981059 | Textile cot A textile cot and method of making same is provided wherein such cot has an elastomeric outer portion and a core supporting the outer portion with the core being at least one helically wound elongated strip capable of being expanded radially a sufficient ... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981060 | Method of making a thrust washer The thrust race comprises circumferentially spaced tabs on the outer flange with cutouts located circumferentially adjacent each side of each tab. The thrust race is formed from sheet metal. Annular blanks are blanked in the sheet metal, the cutouts are made o... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981061 | Method for joining pipes A pipe joining device for interconnecting a main pipe to a branch pipe in fluid flow communication comprises a lug pipe, sealing collar and lock nut. The lug pipe is a short, externally threaded pipe having a pair of lugs extending radially from one end t... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981062 | Apex seal composition for rotary engines An apex seal element for a rotary internal combustion engine is described which is comprised of a cemented carbide having a binder constituted of nickel and molybdenum carbide and a controlled addition of excess free carbon (or equivalent lubricating agen... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981063 | Reduction wrench holder A V-shaped clamp has opposed first and second ends. The first end can accommodate the head of a conventional reduction wrench. The second end supports a threaded rod that approaches the first end when rotated clockwise as viewed from the top. A V-shaped b... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981064 | Method and apparatus for interlocking overlapping sheet material A punch and press mechanism is used to interlock two or more overlying sheets of metal, or other material having plasticity or deformable properties, by partially piercing and deforming minor areas of the sheets. The mechanism includes a pierce-and-formin... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3981065 | Method and apparatus for assembly of bearing bushing A method and apparatus for assembling a hollow rubber bushing between two radially spaced elements of a bearing. The final space to be occupied by the bearing is considerably smaller than the "at rest" dimension of the bushing. It is necessary to provide ... | 09/21/1976 |
