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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4524463 | Wrap around garment A wrap-around garment having a main or single body encircling element adapted for wrapping around the body and securely fastening the front sections of the garment in an overlapped position to substantially eliminate accidental opening or dislodging of on... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524464 | Safety glove with modified dorsal thumb spica brace A glove including a brace to prevent ulnar collateral ligament injuries to the thumb is disclosed. A pocket within the layers of the glove retains the brace. The brace is a modified dorsal thumb spica beginning distal to the wrist and extending generally ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524465 | Safety helmet, especially for motorcyclists A safety helmet exhibits, in the zone of the longitudinal line of symmetry of its chin protector, an upwardly projecting rubber-elastic material air duct member comprising a sealing lip. This sealing lip extends past the contact area of the visor on the c... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524466 | Continuous rotation reversible pitch axial thrust heart pump A continuous and unidirectional rotation reversible pitch axial thrust heart pump having a blood handling housing with first inlet and outlet check valves connected to the housing and second inlet and outlet check valves connected to the housing. A first ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524467 | Apparatus for constraining a socket bearing in an artificial joint A ball and socket joint for implanting in the body is provided which comprises (1) a ball; (2) a cup with a spherical cavity, said cup to be affixed to bone; (3) a projection associated with the cup and extending into the spherical cavity at the geometric... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524468 | Intraocular lenses An intraocular lens with a medial light-focusing lens body includes oppositely disposed position fixation members having seating portions that are respectively resiliently retained between vascular and non-vascular portions of the eye. The position fixati... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524469 | Combined fan and valve A combined fan and valve for evacuating air from a space, especially in connection with ventilation of a toilet bowl from odoreous air. The fan wheel (8) of the fan is assembled with a sealing membrane (13). Moreover, the hub 10 of the fan wheel is provid... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524470 | Toilet lid lock mechanism A lock mechanism normally restraining manual raising movement of a toilet lid. A lid control shoe has an outer portion adapted for attachment to a lid upper surface and a shelf portion projecting toward a toilet apron surface. A lid control arm is mounted... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524471 | Power operated separable beds and support therefor A composite bedding unit comprised of adjoining single bed units adapted to be juxtaposed in the form of double bedding and separable along a median line dividing the sleeping areas of two retiring individuals having distinct sleeping requirements when ly... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524472 | Coffin bed adjusting apparatus A coffin bed adjusting apparatus for providing both elevation and tilt adjustments to a coffin bed in a burial casket. The bed frame is connected to a bed support member which is pivotally mounted to an elevating support member. The elevating support memb... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524473 | Foam material body for a pad, particularly a mattress A foam material body for a bed, particularly a mattress, has a body part with a plurality of channels each having two deep channel portions located at opposite sides of a transverse plane of symmetry of the channel, and two narrow channel portions each ex... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524474 | Absorption pad An absorption pad useful for protecting a bed, furniture, or the like, includes a lower liquid impervious material layer and an upper liquid absorbent material layer laminated thereto. The liquid absorbent layer is impregnated with strings or filaments of... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524475 | Hospital bed step A hospital bed step which allows a patient to mount or dismount a hospital bed with ease and safety. The step clamps onto the upper bed rail with thumbscrews and rests upon the lower bed rail preventing downward and inward rotation. The step may be re-adj... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524476 | Bee shipping box and hive A combination bee shipping box and beehive utilizes a commercial cardboard box having closure flaps as a body portion. A cardboard insert removably held in the box strengthens the box and provides a support for a plurality of standard frames or top bar fr... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524477 | Cleaning solution dispenser attachment for rotary floor cleaning machine The present invention relates to a cleaning solution dispenser attachment for a rotary floor cleaning machine that is adapted to dispense cleaning solution on demand as the floor cleaning machine is moved over an area. Cleaning solution dispenser attachme... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524478 | Toothbrush A toothbrush consisting of two brusheads extending outwardly from a common elongated labeled handle. Brusheads are connected to the handle by means of curved neck portions extending in parallel directions, yet holding bristle arrangements in opposing dire... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524479 | Replaceable plastic mophead A replaceable plastic mophead having means for attaching the mophead to a mophandle and securing water-absorbent mop material between two separately molded plates of a plastic material wherein the inner surface of each plate has a plurality of relatively ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524480 | Wire wheel cover brush A wire wheel cover brush, for cleaning automobile wire and style type wheel covers having a brush handle portion, tapering head portion and bristle portion. The brush bristle portion has a plurality of individual U-shaped or hairpin bent brush bristles ga... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524481 | Dual blade windshield wiper A flexible wiper, having a body portion supporting a pair of opposed longitudinal slots for engaging a harness of a wiper arm, includes a pair of parallel spaced apart blades depending from the body portion for operating in concert to wipe a surface. A ca... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524482 | Unitary resilient bearing support A resilient bearing support is provided for suitcase rollers and the like. A single part made of resilient material is configured to rotatably support travel rollers in a lower fork-like projection. The tip of this part is connected to a lower corner of a... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524483 | Adjustable length flexible handle An article of furniture comprising a door and/or a drawer which are openable and closeable by a handle, the handle comprising a hollow elongate body made of a flexible material, a pair of end collar members which are a sliding fit one over each end portio... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524484 | Extension handle having cooperating male and female locking sleeves First and second tubular pole members are formed of rolled sheet metal material and provided with a lock seam defining a reinforcing rib extending inwardly and longitudinally along each pole member. The second pole member has a smaller external diameter t... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524485 | Hinge structure with controlled translation of hinge axis First and second structures are hingedly connected by the engagement of a hinge pin (24) by a hinge knuckle (22). Knuckle (22) is rigidly mounted on the first structure. Pin (24) is attached to a carrier that is slidably mounted on the second structure. A... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524486 | Self-locking, self-aligning stepped spring hinge pin A method and apparatus are disclosed for assembling spring frame hinges that utilize a pin having a tapered self-aligning section, a stepped midsection and a raised diameter stopping element. By harvesting the offsetting tension created by the hinge tang ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524487 | Apparatus for the automatic stunning of slaughter cattle An apparatus for the automatic electric stunning of slaughter animals, in particular pigs, is disclosed. Two gravity biased pendulum mounted electrodes are placed next to each other in the V-shaped passage formed between two endless conveyors. The electro... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524488 | Apparatus for dissecting slaughtered animals A process and apparatus for dissecting slaughtered animals, in particular poultry, in which process the animals are suspended from a conveyor system and moved past several treating stations where parts of the animals are cut off by motor-driven knives set... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524489 | Device for separating and processing the gizzards of slaughtered poultry A device for separating the gizzard from the connected entrails of slaughtered poultry comprising an inlet, two oblong cylindrical parallel rotating transport elements and a gizzard separating device, the first element with a helical transport ribbon alon... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524490 | Crawfish peeler A hand-held tool for removing the meat from a crawfish tail having a handle adapted to the human hand containing a pair of spring biased opposed elongated concave tongs with curved inward tips. In operation an individual crawfish is broken to separate the... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524491 | Gizzard harvesting apparatus and process A method and apparatus for processing poultry gizzards at substantially high line speeds. A plurality of gizzards preferably with the stomach and intestines attached are directed in a random arrangement into a feeding and aligning station. Feed roll means... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524492 | Carding apparatus and method Carding apparatus and method is disclosed wherein a plurality of lickerin rolls are provided for use with a combination card screen and plenum providing trash removal points so spaced as to provide, together with multiple carding locations, more even card... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524493 | Watertight slide fastener A watertight slide fastener comprises a resilient bifurcated seal member mounted on opposite stringer tapes adjacent to one end of a pair of rows of coupling elements and snugly receivable in a Y-shaped guide channel in a slider body. The seal member has ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524494 | Detachable fastener A detachable fastener comprises a central shank provided at one end thereof with a head portion and at the other end thereof with leg pieces of the shape of legs of an anchor movably connected through respective hinges to the aforementioned other end, and... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524495 | Separable fastener A separable fastener is provided, consisting of a male member with a stem portion and a T-shaped head portion, and a female member in the shape of an elongated body having a tail portion and a forward portion that is bent with respect to the tail portion.... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524496 | Casket stay mechanism A stay mechanism for two hingedly connected members which are moveable between a first unengaged position and a second engaged position. An arm is hingedly attached at one end to a first member. The other end of the arm has a protrusion which is resilient... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524497 | Method of making a low-profile crystal package with an improved crystal-mounting arrangement A low-profile crystal package wherein the wire bonding operation from the electrode pattern of the crystal plate to the terminal posts may be accomplished without fear of fracture of the crystal plate itself. The crystal blank is positioned on a support m... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524498 | Method and apparatus for modifying the combustion chamber of an engine to accept ceramic liners A method is disclosed of modifying a conventional internal combustion engine to accept ceramic material. A cast iron extension mamber is metallurgically joined to the cast iron engine block, the extension member having a wall defining a bore opening align... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524499 | Method of fabricating an aircraft propeller assembly with composite blades An adjustable pitch aircraft propeller has peripherally spaced composite blades each including an elongated core of expanded rigid foam material extending from a metal base member having a reduced neck portion and an outwardly projecting flange portion. A... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524500 | Process for converting a ceramic toilet commode intended to be supplied with an independent water supply pipe into a toilet commode adapted to be supplied with water by an associated tank A ceramic toilet commode intended to be supplied with water by an independent water supply pipe and including a cylindrical rear receiving cavity for the water supply pipe and a horizontal platform in vertical alignment with the rear of the receiving cavi... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524501 | Apparatus for joining flared ended tubes A tube construction includes first and second tube members 16, 24, each of the tube members 16, 24 having a flared end portion 96. A joint for connecting the tube member 16, 24 together includes an annular resilient seal 98 having a pair of side faces 100... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4524502 | Tongs for inserting a curtain-carrying sliding member into a profiled curtain rail A tongs for inserting curtain carriers into a curtain rail comprises two arms having inward end faces turned toward one another. A cross bar of the curtain carrier rests upon rail shoulders to the left and right of a rail slot, and an upright bar of the c... | 06/25/1985 |
