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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4125902 | Fits all sizes wrap-around garment A wrap-around jumper dress capable of neatly fitting a variety of shapes and sizes of female figures. The garment is formed of a separate bib and a separate wrap-around skirt. The lower edge of the bib is concave and joined to the concave edge of the fron... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125903 | Baby blanket The present invention relates to a baby blanket having a rectangularly shaped back and a triangularly shaped front cloth panel secured to said back adjacent approximately one-half the area of said back so as to define a baby receiving and holding compartm... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125904 | Shoulder strap pad The strap of a shoulder bag is carried in comfort by a pad having a soft base provided with a non-slip lower surface, a cover snap-fastened to the base adjacent the strap edges, and a veneer removably attached to the upper surface of the cover, which sele... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125905 | Washing attachment for artificial arms An attachment for artificial arms, particularly for multiple arm amputees, to enable the amputee to wash all parts of his or her body. The washing elements are secured to artificial arms which are adapted to be secured to the live portion of each arm of t... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125906 | Toilet ventilating apparatus A toilet ventilating apparatus comprising a seat portion having hinged means for securement to a toilet bowl, a peripheral conduit extending around and through the seat and being closed except for a port adjacent the hinge means and a port opposite the hi... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125907 | Transfer apparatus for the transfer of recumbent patients, particularly in hospitals A device for transferring recumbent hospital patients from one location to another is constructed with a platform assembly mounted on a support member to be moveable within a horizontal transfer plane between two end positions equidistantly located on opp... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125908 | Invalid transfer lift An apparatus for lifting and transporting an invalid from a wheelchair to a bed or other location and back including a sling suspended from a motor driven winch for raising and lowering the sling. The winch is suspended from a motorized traverse mechanism... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125909 | Combination sleeping bag and hammock A combination hammock and sleeping bag having a flexible elongated base with flexible rigidity means extending peripherally around the base, and mounting means including an aperture at each end of the base so as to permit the base to be suspended above th... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125910 | Lazy man's sleeping bag A sleeping bag for camping use which serves alternately as a temporary garment on a cold morning after awaking, and until the user has started a fire. The bag is formed with a pair of foldable sleeve sections each joined to the body of the bag below the n... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125911 | Article with venting slide fastener Venting of articles, such as cushions, pillows, and the like, is provided by holes formed in tapes of slide fasteners which are closures for the articles.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125912 | Waterbed frame structure A wooden waterbed frame structure including a pedestal assembly for supporting a mattress frame with the corner joints on both the pedestal assembly and the mattress frame being of special interlocking configuration to facilitate assembly and produce a du... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125913 | Multipurpose tube wrench An elongated cylindrical handle has a diametrical bore formed therethrough intermediate the ends thereof. A shower arm wrench body of hollow cylindrical configuration has an inner diameter equal to the diameter of the handle and an outer diameter greater ... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125914 | Egg washing machine An improved egg washing machine is disclosed using an advancing conveyor for moving rows of eggs under an egg washing spray and scrubbing brushes. The spray uses a staggered array of nozzles having a generally square spray pattern and the brushes are angu... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125915 | Board brush for ice-resurfacing machine A board brush apparatus for use on a self-propelled ice-resurfacing machine of the type having a frame supporting apparatus for shaving the surface of the ice and removing the shavings, and including a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid. The apparatus ... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125916 | Tool for removing insulating material from electrical conductors A power-driven tool for cleaning insulation and corrosion from conductors is portable and applies a controlled pressure established by hand. The tool employs a motor-driven abrasive drum and a pressure pad movable toward and away from the abrasive drum, w... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125917 | Molding clamp Disclosed is a molding clamp for securing trim molding to a support body. The clamp includes a base having gripping heads along its opposite sides connected to the base by flat elastic strips. One side of the base includes a rivet for securing the clamp t... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125918 | Fastener for lace shoes A fastener for lace shoes and the like for utilization in combination with a tied shoe lace, comprising a flat base and a conjoined stem thereon suitable for insertion into a lace hole and a button attachable to the stem after insertion into the lace hole... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125919 | Cable clamp A cable clamp includes a box-like housing with opposite sidewalls, an open top and opposite end openings. A clamping mechanism within the housing includes a pair of laterally and longitudinally movable, laterally spaced inner clamping blocks with replacea... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125920 | Fastening mechanism A fastening mechanism for the interconnection of the opposite ends of a watch band or the like, the mechanism having a key for auxiliary use with a handle portion borne by one of the opposite ends of the watch band, affording shoulders convergent in the d... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125921 | Apparatus for gas-singeing knitted fabrics An apparatus for uniformly gassingeing knitted fabrics in tensionless condition while preventing the curling of the selvages.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125922 | Jet tangler A jet tangler is provided having a sharply angled passageway for the yarn and having a special air passageway arrangement which minimizes or substantially eliminates the aspiration effect encountered in jet tanglers of the prior art, especially at low ten... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125923 | Machine for the crimping of yarns, in particular for producing false, wavy hairs for wigs A machine for the crimping of yarns, in particular for producing false, wavy hairs for wigs, wherein the yarn, coming from a delivery package, is spirally wound about a cylindrical, supporting element, said yarn being eccentrically led through a mandrel, ... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125924 | Method of producing composite metal pipe A composite metal pipe or tube is formed by cold sink drawing a first pipe to work-harden the walls thereof, and then telescoping a softer pipe thereover and cold sink drawing the telescoped combination to stretch and compress the outer pipe over the work... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125925 | Method of making door A light-weight sheet metal door for mobile homes, recreational vehicles, marine vessels and the like in which the bolt-edge of the door has a camber for maintaining a weather tight seal with the door frame. The edges of the door are defined by extruded me... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125926 | Method of making aluminum piston with reinforced piston ring groove An aluminum piston for use in heavy duty internal combustion engines is disclosed, in which the grooves for receiving the piston rings are formed in stainless steel inserts fusion bonded directly to the aluminum without an intermediate metallic layer othe... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125927 | Embedded arrowhead retrieving and multipurpose tool A tool for pulling an arrowhead out of, e.g., a tree trunk in which it is embedded comprises a flexible cable threaded at one end to screw into the shank of the arrowhead and a weight to bring a withdrawal impact force to bear at the free end of the cable... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125928 | Method and apparatus for pulling tubes from heat exchanger baffles Ways and means are disclosed for removing old tubes from a tube bundle, consisting mainly of an array of transversally spaced tubes with tube sheets at their ends and baffles supporting the tubes of intermediate sites. The tubes are cut and driven from th... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125929 | Deformable metallic element A method employing a deformable metallic element is disclosed particularly characterized in that the element is formed of a hard resilient metal which undergoes work hardening when it is deformed beyond the elastic limit thereof. The element is made in th... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125930 | Method for mounting a closed torous tire on a rim A method for mounting a closed torous tire on a rim by withdrawing a volume of air from the tire, thereafter positioning the tire on the rim, and passing a volume of fluid into the tire.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125931 | Method of supporting a core within a mold A core holding structure for molds and method of making same. A hollow bushing is locked within a mold so positioned with respect to a cavity in the mold that a rod-like core may be mounted on the bushing to provide a bore for hollow members such as spout... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125932 | Multiple spindle machine tool A plurality of multiple spindle toolheads are stored in a carousel-type toolhead magazine on top of a machine tool which includes a toolhead driver for driving any selected one of the toolheads. The toolhead driver is mounted for movement along a Z axis t... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125933 | IGFET Integrated circuit memory cell An IGFET integrated circuit memory cell structure utilizing a capacitor with increased charge storage capability, and a method making the same. The capacitor includes a high impurity concentration region having the same conductivity type as the substrate.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125934 | Keyboard apparatus and method of making A keyboard-operated electronic apparatus such as an electronic calculator is made by forming a dielectric card with a plurality of recesses in one card side. Preferably the card is formed with a number of apertures extending through the card. Electrically... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125935 | Method for assembly of electrical connector Electrical contacts are stamped and formed into a right angle configuration for simultaneous insertion and housing in an effectively removable connector insulator. Linear receiving sleeves may be formed in each of two sections so the insulator, which slee... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125936 | Composite strip for fabricating spring contacts Roll of a composite strip can be purchased by spring contact fabricator and fed directly into press for stamping contacts. Composite strip made as follows: Base or body strip fed out of a roll and continuously skived or milled to form slot extending along... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125937 | Apparatus for hydraulically expanding a tube A mandrel that forms an annular space when inserted within a tube and has O rings adjacent each end and a leading end having a tapered portion and a spring cooperatively associated with the O ring to facilitate sliding the mandrel into the tube and formin... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125938 | Spark plug cover remover A spark plug cover removing tool having a pair of lever arms which are very short and have hook-shaped gripping portions and jaws which are circular to embrace and grip the boot covering a spark plug, the jaws extending substantially less than semicircula... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125939 | Razor blade arrangement A razor blade arrangement is described, which includes first and second generally planar razor blades each having a longitudinal extending cutting edge. A spacer element is provided which is adapted to be disposed between the razor blades and is configura... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125940 | Hair trimmer A hand-held electrically energized hair trimming appliance is disclosed which is adapted to alternatively utilize a demountable clipper assembly or a demountable trimmer assembly. The demountable trimmer assembly includes an extending segment for supporti... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4125941 | Can opener adapter for beverage cans An adapter is provided for the conventional can opener which allows the can opener to be used for removing the top of a common aluminum type beverage can. A circular ring sized to slidably fit the outside of a beverage can is held in position by a support... | 11/21/1978 |
