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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4365351 | Diving suit with neck and wrist seals A diving suit is provided with neck and wrist opening seals each in the f of a right cylindrical annulus of open celled resilient foam rubber having a through passage a portion of which is cylindrical and a portion of which is frustoconical so that part ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365352 | Reversible baseball glove A baseball glove, usable by both right-handed and left-handed players, is formed from a symmetrical blank cut in one piece from a strip of leather or similar sheet material, or from a pair of such blanks, defining one or more single centrally positioned f... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365353 | Body puppet and teaching aid A relatively simple and low-cost body puppet is disclosed comprising a garment worn about the trunk of a user which includes artwork and other indicia depicting a humanized face and mouth. The garment is formed of a substantially resilient material which ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365354 | Retroreflective strip with pocket A retroreflective strip on the outside of a garment encircling a body limb is formed with a pocket formed by another strip of retroreflective material outside the first strip with opposed Velcro fasteners selectively closing the pocket opening.... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365355 | Patch pocket and flap constructions In a method of constructing patch pockets, adhesive (16) is provided adjacent to the bottom and side edges of a patch pocket blank (10). Preferably, the adhesive (16) is located on the obverse side so that inward folding of the edges orients said adhesive... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365356 | Prosthesis parts provided with a coating of a bio-active material Disclosed are novel prosthesis parts of improved properties which are obtained by providing a material as used for prosthesis with an enamel or enamel-like coating and incorporating in said enamel layer, while in a viscous state, a bio-active material. Su... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365357 | Surgical materials suitable for use with bone cements A surgical network material is made from filaments of resorbable organic polymers with a thickness of about 50-300 μm and/or of non-resorbable filaments or wires with a thickness of 100-750 μm. The network which has an internal mesh width of about 1-10 ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365358 | Joint prostheses, particularly in hip prostheses A surgical prostheses comprising a base piece and a joint piece formed by an outer casing within which is located a piece of synthetic material which holds a pivotable joint into which the base piece is to be inserted. Means are provided so that the piece... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365359 | PMMA Coated bone connective prostheses and method of forming same A PMMA film is fixedly adhered to a prosthetic element by applying PMMA to the surface of the prosthetic element in the presence of a silane coupling agent. The resultant prosthesis is adapted to be joined to bone by means of bone cement.... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365360 | Lens designed for implantation into a lens capsule of a human eye The present invention is a lens designed for implantation into the capsule of a human eye. The element forming the optic component is provided with supporting loops, the ends of which have been inserted into the periphery of said element, through holes be... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365361 | Toilet bowl odor educting and powered exhaust system Air passage defining structure is provided including an inlet end communicated with the open upper end of the interior of a toilet bowl and an outlet end opening into a drain outlet for the toilet bowl downstream from the conventional water seal area of t... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365362 | Device improving solubility of solid material in a closed system A container having a disc, plate or the like located therein part way between the top and bottom of the container. In this disc there are provided a plurality of conical or similar structures, some extending above and some extending below the disc. These ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365363 | Urine collecting device for patients in wheelchairs A urine collection and storage device adapted to be fitted to wheelchairs for non-ambulatory patients comprising means to collect the urine in one of two collection pans immediately below the sitting patient where the collection arms direct the collected ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365364 | Toilet flush control using a hollow crown instant close flapper valve A demand type flush tank control for saving water by the utilization of a water release valve of the flapper type in the water storage tank of a toilet, with such flapper valve being non-buoyant such that it will close off the flow of water from the tank ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365365 | Flush valve and means for mounting the same A flush valve adapted to be mounted to the bottom of a tank. The flush valve has a body with a drain conduit and an opening which can be opened and closed by a movable plug. The body has an internal thread in the drain conduit. A mounting seal has a flang... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365366 | Three port valve with drain passage A valve has a body with multiple openings and a rotary valve member rotatable in a body cavity to control flow through the openings. A fixed closure member extends over one of the body openings, and a valve member control extends through the closure. A dr... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365367 | Bathing units with door controller A bathing apparatus for invalids and the like, comprises a bathtub having a lateral opening in one side thereof for invalid ingress and egress, a door selectively closing the bathtub opening, and a seal positioned between the door and the bathtub. The doo... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365368 | Bathing facility A transparent enclosure for a bathing facility such as a bath tub, tub-shower or shower stall, comprises a domed hood cylindrically and/or spherically curved about a radius substantially matching the width of the enclosure to confine the hot moist air fro... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365369 | Three cushion convertible seat-bed A three cushion convertible seat-bed is disclosed. A single seat has first and second panels (12,14) for the seat back and seat bottom mounted on a seat base (10) and a third panel (16) pivotally coupled with the seat back. A conversion mechanism (18) inc... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365370 | Water bed mattress A vacuum formed water bed mattress providing a pair of large flat opposite parallel sides and four narrower sides joined to form a substantially right regular parallelopiped is disclosed. One of the large flat sides is made of a heat resistant material. T... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365371 | Mattresses with stiffeners Improvements in mattresses having stiffeners, particularly foam mattresses. Slits are made by at least one perpendicular incision on one side of the padding or foam portion of the mattress, the end of each incision constituting a hinge for the padding por... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365372 | Materials and methods for culture of nesting insects Nesting insects, e.g. lucerne leaf cutter bees and bumble bees, are cultured in artificial nests comprising assemblies of tubes, e.g. waxed paper tubes, packed with open ends located at the open front of a container e.g. an open waxed paper box. In use th... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365373 | Process for the dyeing and fixing of knitted articles of clothing This invention relates to a method of dyeing and fixing knitted socks, stockings, panty hose or similar knitted articles of clothing of highly elastic material, preferably synthetic fibers. In this method, the articles of clothing are pulled onto flat for... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365374 | Hydraulically operated dockboard A hydraulically operated dockboard comprising a ramp which is hinged at its rear edge to the frame of the dockboard, and a lip is hinged to the forward edge of the ramp and can be pivoted between a downwardly hanging pendant position and an extended posit... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365375 | Vacuum nozzle for pool cleaning A vacuum nozzle is described which is particularly adapted for use in combination with a conventional swimming pool brush for removing leaves and debris from the floor of a pool having a flexible liner. Mounting means is provided which positions the mouth... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365376 | Mouth cleaning device A mouth cleaning device of this invention comprises a hand held gripping part with brush and nozzle members selectively mounted thereto. The gripping part is provided with a driving rod for transmitting to the selectively mounted brush member a reciprocal... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365377 | Floor polishing machine An apparatus for polishing a floor includes a rotated polishing pad suspended from a housing with a mechanism for maintaining full engagement of the surface of the pad with the floor. This mechanism includes a caster disposed within a centrally-located ap... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365378 | Carpet and fabric cleaning machine An improved, low cost floor cleaning device usable for cleaning carpets, upholstered furniture, walls, autos or hard surface flooring is provided which includes cooperating structure for easy pad installation and removal, and for positive pad connection t... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365379 | Pipeline pig having improved end plate retention A pipeline pig made of plastic parts in which the parts are assembled on a tubular shaft, the end plate which holds the assembled parts on the shaft fitting over an enlarged diameter portion on the shaft, the shaft being inwardly deflectable to permit the... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365380 | Brush-like cleaning tool for cleaning grills and other structures having elongate rod-like members A cleaning tool includes a tool body having a scraper member formed at the front end of the tool body, the scraper having a generally circular scraping edge which projects outwardly from the bottom surface of the tool body and is proportioned generally to... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365381 | Chimney cleaner An improved chimney cleaner for removing soot from the insides of chimneys. A lower plate is orthogonally connected to a vertical support member. An upper plate, which is the same shape as but smaller than the lower plate, is located over and concentric w... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365382 | Chimney cleaning system A chimney cleaning system which can be operated from the ground and which does not require the user to climb a ladder to the top of the chimney includes a cleaning head constructed of a number of sections of iron or like material connected together by sup... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365383 | Cleaning apparatus for components A cleaning apparatus for components has means for washing components with high pressure water at a pressure above 1000 psi and preferably about 3000 psi, and an airknife drying means for drying components with a high volume of air at low pressure. Valve m... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365384 | Concealed multi pintle latch hinge A spring hinge assembly is used as a concealed furniture hinge. A frame he section and a leaf hinge section are connected by link members each having two pivot points and being movable between an open and a closed position. The hinge sections are under s... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365385 | Hinge clamp A hinge arrangement for a record player to properly distribute the load over a glass cover and avoid imposing an unduly large load around the mounting holes. There is provided a cover retainer with a pair of hinge plates having side plate portions which d... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365386 | Hinge door assembly A hinge for mounting a door to a door jamb in hinged relationship in a construction wherein the door and door jamb are formed from a longitudinally grooved frame wherein the elements forming the hinge can be fitted within the accommodating longitudinal gr... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365387 | Method and apparatus for filleting fish There is disclosed a mechanical fish filleting process, whose use with decapitated fish, particularly, those of approximately circular cross section, enables a substantial reduction in the manual trimming which is caused by falsely positioned cuts. A sequ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365388 | Apparatus for automatically changing cans of a spinning machine An apparatus for automatically changing cans of a spinning machine, such as a drawing frame or a carding machine. The apparatus comprises: a movable support frame which can be reciprocated along the can transporting direction; and a plurality of can trans... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365389 | Apparatus for cleaning textile fiber tufts In apparatus for cleaning and removing dust from textile fiber tufts, which apparatus includes a channel for the passage of fiber tufts and including a member for introducing air into the channel, components defining an air separation zone having aperture... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4365390 | Clip for writing utensil A clip for writing utensils such as a sharp pencil or the like comprising a clip piece including a pair of opposed insertion arms, said insertion arms being inserted into receiving grooves provided in side surfaces of a clip base formed integral with a ho... | 12/28/1982 |
