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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4017906 | Protective garment for the face The garment includes a collar portion to be worn around the neck and an auxiliary porous shield portion which is adapted to be raised in front of the face and secured along its edge to the lower edge of the visor portion of a helmet of the type worn by mo... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017907 | Sanitary hand covering with shaping fasteners A sanitary hand covering is made of an elongated rectangular piece of plastic film which is folded over upon itself and is heat sealed together on opposing side edges and along a central portion to divide the interior of the hand covering into a thumb sta... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017908 | Rescue garment A sea/land survival, sport, or work garment and self-contained, stowable combination radar-reflective/high visibility hood and large area scarf interconnected for quick deployment by the visor of the hood.... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017909 | Disposable operating room gown A surgical gown is formed of a front panel of a single section of material which has two sleeves with the front portion of each one integral with the front panel so that no seams are located at the front of the gown. Each sleeve is formed of a single sect... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017910 | Trousers for combined training and leisure suit Trousers for a combined training and leisure suit are provided, at the lower end of each leg, with a first substantially vertically extending slit which can be closed by a zip fastener or a press-fit fastener and there is located within each leg a gaiter ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017911 | Heart valve with a sintered porous surface A unique sintering method of developing a controlled porosity, controlled thickness, metal layer on a metal substrate is disclosed. The region to be coated is cleaned, a suitable adhesive applied and appropriate metal powder poured on. Additional layers o... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017912 | Meterable water closet A water closet having two operational modes, one for a partial flush and the other for a full tank flush, utilized in conjunction with a bowl trap fill meter tank which reduces water consumption. A two position actuating linkage utilized in conjunction wi... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017913 | Self-aligning valve assembly A valve assembly for use on the inside of an enclosed water receptacle or toilet. The valve assembly incorporates a circular valve plug with spherical seating surface to close a drain hole from the inside of the waste receptacle. A helical spring and tele... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017914 | Water closet metering device A metering device for use in a conventional flush toilet having a flush tank for regulating the amount of water utilized in filling the flush bowl and trap of the toilet. The device includes a metering tank disposed in the flush tank which is filled with ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017915 | Folding basin A washbasin formed from a flexible sheet of material and rigidified by parallel spaced reinforcing elements, is held erect by corner flap hooks received in loops on the outside of adjacent side panels against which the corner flaps are folded. Spaced side... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017916 | Toilet ventilator including motion-responsive electrical transducer A ventilator for toilets is disclosed which includes an air duct to receive and remove the odorous air, an air suction device to establish the odorous air flow, a control for initiating and terminating the odorous air flow, and an electrical transducer re... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017917 | Cover The application discloses a rigid or semi-rigid, two-part confining cover for a patient in a conventional hospital bed. The problem dealt with is that of a disturbed patient who would normally require confinement by ties, straps, or other conventional res... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017918 | Metal crib structure A crib having a plurality of sides each of which consists of upper and lower horizontal rods with a plurality of vertical rods extending therebetween is disclosed herein. The vertical and horizontal rods are interconnected by inserts that are positioned i... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017919 | Mattress guard A guard constructed of plastic-clad wire has a horizontal portion captured beneath the corner of a box spring, and vertical portions extending upwardly adjacent the sides of the box spring and a mattress lying thereon. The vertical portions prevent the ma... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017920 | Bed desk A desk unit mountable on a horizontal bed above an invalid reclining on the bed which enables the invalid to operate a typewriter fixed along a vertical inclined plane of the unit. Alternately, the desk may be employed for reading of material lying on a w... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017921 | Cooling blanket A blanket is provided for producing a cooling effect as opposed to a conventional blanket which retains heat is provided. The blanket has a plurality of elongated chambers defined normally by a plurality of elongated joints between blanket lamina. The cha... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017922 | Furniture deck construction A furniture construction comprising a frame, a plurality of sinuous wire elements fastened to the frame, and a pad over the wires and fastened to the frame. The pad has a plurality of transversely spaced longitudinally extending wires woven therein such t... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017923 | Finger nail retainer and tweezer A finger nail retainer and tweezer for use with a conventional nail clipper. The retainer and tweezer is used with a conventional nail clipper having a pair of elongated cutting blades fastened together at a rear end and having cutting blades at a forward... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017924 | Life saving equipment for vessels Lifesaving apparatus for vessels in the form of a buoy releasably carried by a vessel in a manner so as to float free if the vessel sinks while remaining attached to the vessel by a cable held on a reel on the buoy and having its outer end connected to th... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017925 | Swim fin including means for restricting ankle movement In a swim fin, members are provided for maintaining a swimmer's foot in a predetermined angular relationship with respect to the swimmer's leg, particularly during a downward kick or leg extension mode. Movement of the ankle relative to the leg is substan... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017926 | Life-saving garment A life-saving garment for a person in water comprising a capacious sack integrally formed with legs, sleeves and a hood and open at one end to permit entry by the wearer. An inflatable pocket is hinged at its upper edge to the exterior of the front portio... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017927 | Ring buoy This invention relates to a ring buoy (life preserver) consisting of a toroid or doughnut-shaped ring of a plastic foam, preferably but not necessarily of polystyrene foam, provided with an integral tough, wear-resistant and weather-resistant outer film o... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017928 | Blank turn-over device for high speed nut formers A blank turn-over device for high speed nut forming machines is disclosed having a vertical shaft provided between two dies. At the bottom end of the shaft a slot or indentation is provided suitable for holding a cut-off nut blank so that when the vertica... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017929 | Device for pressing Louis shoe heels A device for pressing Louis shoe heels is provided comprising a lever pivotally mounted on the press cushion and carrying at the point of application of the load the usual felt pad or the like intended to be applied against the outer periphery of the heel... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017930 | Universal device for pressing soles on shoes A device for cementing soles on the base surface of shoes is provided. The device is provided with a cushion formed of a plurality of blocks resiliently movable and adapted to automatically lock in a position where they mate the shoe lower surface. This lockin... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017931 | Liquid filled insoles A hollow insole provided with non-communicating compartments which are filled with liquid to form individual foot-supporting cushions. Included in the invention is a method of making the insole.... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017932 | Temporary, modular, self-erecting bridge A temporary, modular, self-erecting bridge which can be transported from place-to-place by collapsing the side, top and bottom elements about pivot points to achieve a narrow and shorter unit. Hydraulic jacks or other fluid actuated mechanisms are used to... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017933 | Typeball cleaning apparatus A typeball cleaning apparatus is provided for cleaning typewriter and terminal typeballs of the type having a bore therein with an engaging mechanism in the bore for engaging a mounting on the typewriter or terminal. The apparatus includes a container hav... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017934 | Mounting for power toothbrush An adapter for mounting the end of a toothbrush handle to the vibratory output shaft of a toothbrush motor is a generally cylindrical body having front and rear bores for respectively receiving the handle and the shaft. The body is a resilient plastic mol... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017935 | Dip stick cleaner A dip stick cleaner for use with a dip stick of an automobile for indicating the oil level in the engine of the automobile or the like comprising a means for attaching the device to a dip stick tube found in a conventional automobile engine and a cleaning... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017936 | Windshield wiper arrangement A windshield wiper arrangement includes a wiper arm, a wiper blade, a U-shaped carrying arm having a front side for receiving the blade and an opposite rear wall, and a hinge-type joint formed on the rear wall for pivotally connecting the carrying arm to ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017937 | Hose coupling for a suction cleaner A hose coupling for detachably connecting one end of a cleaning tool hose to the suction inlet of a suction cleaner. The coupling includes a female coupling portion comprising a pair of circumferentially spaced, diametrically arranged flange portions on t... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017938 | Cleaner using intermittent jets of fluid supplied at above ambient pressure This disclosure shows the supplying of fluid at a pressure greater than the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere to a cleaner in which the cleaning is done by intermittently and consecutively jetting fluid against the surface of the material being clean... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017939 | Door stop A door stop which may be inserted between a door and the floor to hold the door in a given position. The device is formed with an aluminum sheet metal base to which foam rubber or plastic foam material is bonded. A flexible plastic cover sheet is fastened... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017940 | Method and apparatus for stuffing loaf molds A method for stuffing meat material into loaf molds for processing in a continuous loaf processing system where the loaf is open at one end and closed at the other end, and which includes the steps of moving the mold onto a stuffing horn until the stuffin... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017941 | Casing sensing means for stuffing apparatus In an apparatus for stuffing flowable product into a shirred tubing disposed on a stuffing horn to produce stuffed tubular articles of predesired length on a continuous basis, a sensing member is employed for detecting movement of the trailing end portion... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017942 | Textile carding A method and apparatus whereby a carded web is removed from a rotating member carrying the web by passing the web through a mouth constituted by a nip between a rotating element such as a stripping roller which may have a non-circular cross-section and a ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017943 | Bracket and clip for mounting a cross-bar to a bracket A bracket and clip for supporting an end of a cross-bar on which merchandise display hooks are placed comprises a bracket with a clip-supporting portion at right angles thereto. The clip-supporting portion has a small rectangular opening therethrough belo... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017944 | Shoulder bag clasp A shoulder bag clasp is used to hold and maintain a strap of a shoulder bag in a fixed position on the shoulder portion of a user's garment. The clasp comprises a rectangular shape member, bottom base, an upward extending end flange, and a shorter rectang... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4017945 | Fastener for pockets, cases or the like A fastener in the form of a release fastener, snap fastener and the like for pockets, cases and the like, also comprising a female part formed with an insert opening. A closing head operatively releaseably lockingly engages in the insert opening, and a ma... | 04/19/1977 |
