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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 |
| 4193132 | Rain-shielded welder's mask A rain-shielded welder's mask assembly comprises in combination a head piece, a welder's mask with eye piece, and pivotal mounting means attaching the mask to the head piece. A rain shield is mounted pivotally above the eye piece and connected to the head... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193133 | Detachable helmet goggle bracket A generally U-shaped bracket for detachably securing in particular a resilient retaining strap of safety goggles to a safety helmet having a rim is provided. The bracket is made of flexible material, has two limbs and comprises a two-armed clamp lever for... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193134 | Protective device with integrally molded pad For both orthopedic and sports uses, a foamed plastic pad is integrally molded to a fabric. More particularly, a knitted sleeve is constructed having a terry loop on the interior surface of a hydrophobic yarn (e.g. acrylic) and an exterior surface of a hy... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193135 | Protective device for the hand This invention relates to a protective device adapted to protect the hand, palm and wrist of a person while one is engaging in a sporting activity, such as skateboarding or football, and can also be used to retain the hand, palm, and wrist substantially i... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193136 | Split waistband pants A split waistband garment with the improvement residing in the waistband construction whereby the front panel and rear panel of a pant leg are slidably, yet restrainingly, held together by a slider device.... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193137 | Warp-knitted double-velour prosthesis A warp-knitted fabric has pile loops on both faces thereof. The loops on both faces are continuous with each other so that when the fabric is used as a prosthesis, growth of tissue from one face to the other is facilitated. This feature is particularly si... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193138 | Composite structure vascular prostheses A composite structure vascular prosthesis comprising a porous polytetrafluoroethylene tube in which the pores of the porous polytetrafluoroethylene tube are filled with at least one water-insolubilized water-soluble polymer, and a process for producing th... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193139 | Prosthetic finger joint A prosthetic joint is comprised of three basic components. A first component is adapted to be associated with a first bone and has an arcuate bearing surface at one end thereof. The first component is constructed such that it may pivot on its bearing surf... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193140 | Knee prosthesis Knee prosthesis for permitting total or partial replacement of an articulating portion or portions of the knee. The knee prosthesis is particularly adapted for attachment to one of the condyles of the knee, and includes a curved elongated body portion, a ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193141 | Rest room, especially for disabled persons The invention concerns a restroom for disabled persons. The problem solved by the invention is the difficulty which such persons experience when trying to use the various facilities of a conventional restroom. A restroom according to the invention include... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193142 | Child's toilet apparatus A child's toilet apparatus includes an elongated body having an opening therein and being adapted to be straddled in a seated position by the user. A seat flange is disposed at the rim of the opening and is adapted to support the user seated thereon. The ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193143 | Swimming pool steps and water circulating arrangement for swimming pools A set of swimming pool steps of which the handrails are pipe members, one being part of the suction line of the water circulating and purifying systems and the other being the return line for the purified water. The handrail comprising the return line has... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193144 | Lavatory seat The invention provides a plastics lavatory seat which has an internal channel or cavity for containing liquid disinfectant and/or deodorant of the phenolic or cationic kind, the liquid and the plastics being compatible and the plastics being permeable to ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193145 | Toilet flushing valve mechanism A flushing mechanism is disclosed for use in the tank of a toilet, utilizing a spool valve to accommodate various fluid pressures and to accomplish accurate control of volumetric flow. A housing is provided in the toilet tank, defining an inlet port which... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193146 | Bunk bed ladder bracket A bracket for mounting a bunk bed ladder from the bed rail of an upper bunk bed which engages both the top and inner bottom edge of the bed rail to prevent the bunk bed ladder from being accidentally lifted off and disengaged from the bed rail, to prevent... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193147 | Cantilevered lifting and transporting device A cantilevered lifting and transporting device which may be automatically or manually converted from a chair to a stretcher or vice versa. The lifting and transporting device is comprised of a U-shaped base having a pair of vertical telescoping supports o... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193148 | Transparent radiation penetrable stretcher panel A patient support panel for a stretcher is formed of transparent material which is also X-ray penetrable. A marginal support frame for the panel can be detachably supported on a wheeled stretcher carriage. An X-ray film holder is suspended adjustably from... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193149 | Beds and mattresses A multi-layer mattress comprises inflatable tubes each of which extends across a dimension of the mattress and form part of one of a number of arrays extending through each layer. All the tubes of any one array of which there are optimally three, are infl... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193150 | Elevated mattress An auxiliary elevated wedge-shaped mattress of a resilient open cell synthetic resin foam having a sloping surface long enough to give support to the head, neck and thorax of a reclining patient with his legs supported by the horizontal mattress.... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193151 | Waterbed safety liner An improved waterbed safety liner includes a base sheet which underlays the watermattress, and sidewalls extending upwardly from the edges of the base sheet to surround the watermattress and contain any liquid leaking therefrom. In one embodiment, an infl... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193152 | Closeable pillow, tote bag and the like A pillow is made from a strip of cloth or like material which is folded at the center to provide a pair of opposite sides which are stitched together at the side edges, the bottom edge requiring no stitching. A pair of strips of Velcro material extends ac... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193153 | Life jacket A lifejacket is provided comprising a one piece body member of moulded, flexible, plastic foam. The lifejacket is divided into three distinct portions; that is a headrest portion, a shoulder portion and a chest portion, the shoulder portion incorporating ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193154 | Toe pulling over and lasting machine A toe pulling over and lasting machine operable on a shoe assembly formed of a last having an insole located on its bottom and an upper mounted thereon. The machine includes a support for supporting the shoe assembly bottom-down, a toe pincers operable to... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193155 | Anvil for outsole slitting An anvil for supporting an outsole based upon an elastomeric compound, the outsole having a heel portion of greater thickness than the sole portion, during a process of imparting a multiplicity of slits to the outer surface of the heel and sole portions o... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193156 | Apparatus for cleaning submerged surfaces This invention provides improvements to apparatus for automatically cleaning surfaces submerged in a liquid. Thus, there is provided an apparatus having a pivotally displaceable float by means of which the apparatus is caused to turn around when migrating... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193157 | Bag spreader A bag spreader in the form of a relatively rigid plastic hoop temporarily inserted into the open mouth of a flexible plastic trash bag. The hoop includes integral, external spikes adapted to be driven into the ground through the bag. Leaves are then easil... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193158 | Soot blower for pressurized furnace A reciprocable soot blower that is adapted to extend laterally through an outer wall to remove deposits of slag that collect on the walls of a pressurized furnace, gasifier or other reactor. The soot blower is telescopically mounted in a conduit attached ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193159 | Mobile cleaning apparatus for removing debris from the surface of parking lots and the like A mobile cleaning apparatus for removing dirt and debris from the surface of parking lots and the like characterized by the ability to quickly and efficiently remove debris from the surface to be cleaned and dump the collected debris into a remote upstand... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193160 | Solder evacuation unit A solder evacuation system for removing molten solder from multiple holes in a printed circuit board. The system comprises a hollow cup assembly adapted to contact the printed circuit board. The cup assembly includes a resilient mouth adapted to contact t... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193161 | Vacuum apparatus with tilting container The apparatus includes a rimmed base having support wheels. A pair of supports extend upwardly from the base; and a handle is pivotally connected to the uprights for movement between a use position in which the handle may be used for pushing the apparatus... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193162 | Flexible bushings Flexible bushing for supporting a pipe conduit on each side of a wall having an opening for receiving the bushing. The bushing includes an inner component forming a pipe portion adapted for mounting the pipe conduits coaxially thereof, an outer fastening ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193163 | Knuckle joint hinge A knuckle joint hinge having a supporting-wall and a door part which are joined together by a knuckle joint mechanism formed by two link arms coupled pivoting together in their middle area, one end of the one link arm being articulated to the supporting-w... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193164 | Rear hinge for holding lid of record player to console A rear hinge arrangement for holding the lid of a record player to the console. A lock plate is affixed to the rear top portion of the console, said lock plate having a defined receptacle portion to receive and hold an insert component of an attaching mem... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193165 | Hinge construction A hinge construction composed of two cooperating leaves provided with a deflectable resilient retention means to retain sashes, particularly basement windows and various other similar devices installed to swing open from the bottom or vertically, in a pre... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193166 | Knob for a pan cover A knob for the cover of a pan or similar container which is used for waterless cooking. The knob is installed in an opening formed in the pan cover. A vent passage extends from the pan cover opening to an outlet in the lower peripheral portion of the knob... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193167 | Apparatus for molding meat patties An improved molding apparatus is provided for forming patties from an agglomerable edible material, particularly meat in frozen flake cut form. The apparatus includes a rotating turret with a plurality of mold cavities and reciprocable pistons. The turret... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193168 | Stop motion and condition responsive apparatus for carding machines A stop motion apparatus is disclosed for disengaging a drive motion on a carding machine in response to the detection of a desired operating condition wherein the carding machine is of the type having motorized drive means for imparting a drive motion to ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193169 | Method of stripping pulp bales and a machine therefor A method and an apparatus is disclosed for a coarse defibering of pulp bales with tools that work over the entire cross section of the bales in such a way that the tools strike against the feeding direction of the bales and lifts the fibers out of the bal... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193170 | Drawing device for sliver In a drawing device for sliver comprising two endless moving elements having cooperating working runs between which the sliver passes, at least one of the elements is constituted by a plurality of bars extending between a pair of parallel carriers (e.g. c... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4193171 | Ski boot tightening buckle The buckle includes an anchor secured on one side portion of the front of a ski boot and a buckle structure coupled to the opposite side portion of the ski boot. The buckle structure includes a flexible metal strip coupled at one end to the said opposite ... | 03/18/1980 |
