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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4642814 | Athletic padding This invention is an improved padding used by athletes and others to prevent or greatly reduce the instances of injury due to blows to the body and its appendages, particularly to the more boney parts thereof such as knees, elbow, shoulders, thighs, hips,... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642815 | Adjustable gun pad for a shooting garment A shooting garment having an adjustable shock absorbing pad therefore which can be adjusted vertically on a front shoulder portion of the garment for reducing the recoil shock of a gun which is shot when the butt of the gun is against the pad. Since one s... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642816 | Eye protector An eye protector having a body with an upper edge, a lower edge and an arcuate portion extending between the upper and lower edges. The body is dimensioned to fit over the eye so that, in doing so, the upper edge is positioned closely adjacent and above t... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642817 | Adjustable sweatband for hat A hat is provided having a sweatband which is discontinuous over a portion of the crown and has overlapping sweatband extensions with fastening means for adjusting the size of the hat. A stiff plastic strip is provided in this area on the crown to keep it... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642818 | Panty-like garment of textile material A panty-like garment (12) of textile material comprising a waistband (10) whose width corresponds to about one-quarter to one-half, preferably to about one-third, of the overall length (L) of the garment (12).... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642819 | Disposable garments with multiple strand elasticized openings A disposable garment (10) having at least one opening (13) elasticized with two or three spaced elastic elements (30) having a cross-sectional shape with an aspect ratio of 0.25 to 1, its shortest axis about 0.8 to 3.2 mm long and a cross-sectional area o... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642820 | Bidet Personal hygiene apparatus is disclosed comprising a base having control apparatus and nozzle apparatus attached thereto. The inventive apparatus fits on the back upper surface of a toilet bowl and under the toilet seat. The control apparatus is used to m... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642821 | Self-cleaning sanitary apparatus The invention relates to a self-cleaning sanitary apparatus which comprises a booth provided with an automatically openable door and formed by an outer shell having an inner shell off-centered therein, thereby between the two shells a space is defined whi... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642822 | Recreational pool The specification describes the combination of a unitary water container or pool and a pair of play balls, the pool having a generally planar bottom wall and a peripheral rim surrounding the bottom wall and extending upwardly therefrom, the peripheral rim... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642823 | Sofa bed recliner A sofa bed recliner, particularly adapted for use with a futon as a mattress and seat cushion is adapted to move from a seat to a recliner to a bed without need to rearrange the futon. The back frame does not extend backward when moved. The sofa bed recli... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642824 | Bed access apparatus for invalids and handicapped A bed access apparatus for use with a wide variety of bed designs, that includes a structural framework having floor anchor plates that rest upon the supporting floor surface. The bed rests on top of the anchor plates so that the apparatus is stabilized b... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642825 | Control apparatus for clinic bed A control apparatus for a clinic bed so constructed as to make the air pressurized by air pressurizing means upwardly escape through a diffuser board dotted with a number of small openings and support the human body by floating the body on a bead mattress... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642826 | Removable linings for snugly wrapping tridimensional articles This invention relates to a method for manufacturing removable linings to snugly wrap articles having a tridimensional outline. Such a method, which starts from a roll of fabric, of a nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric, meshed fabric and other fabrics, manuf... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642827 | Bottle opener and lighter cover A combination bottle opener and lighter case having an elongate body with an internal hollow chamber. There is an opening at one end of the body so that a disposable lighter can be inserted longitudinally into the chamber. A notch for removing a crown cap... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642828 | Method for preventing contact with contaminated textiles and/or spreading of contaminants therein The present invention relates to a method for preventing contact with contaminated textiles and/or spreading of contaminants therein during transport and cleaning of the textiles (5). In order to ensure that personnel neither can come in contact with the ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642829 | Shoe upper liner extender mechanism A machine for applying resinous stiffening material to the heel pocket portion of a shoe upper, and for holding a liner portion thereattached, away from the upper heel and sides by a liner extender as the resinous material is being applied, and then wipin... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642830 | Bridge truss, bridge span including such trusses, and method of constructing the truss A prefabricated three-dimensional truss structure for a bridge, or the like, the truss formed from bars arranged to define triangular or rectangular patterns. The bars are formed from prestressed, high-strength concrete that are connected at their ends wi... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642831 | Roller brush A brushing implement uses a belt covered with slant fibres on two rollers, having a straight flight between the two rollers which is used for brushing. Yieldable resistance means to belt movement causes the belt to skid on the brushed surface producing th... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642832 | Floor-washing apparatus provided with a self-wringing device The apparatus consists of a stick (1) supporting a box-shaped structure (2) forming a container (3) in which a rotating basket (10) provided with holes is housed; the basket (10) is actuated by a first motor means (16) and houses an axially slidable rod (... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642833 | Valve assembly This invention relates to a valve assembly including a hollow body housing a tubular flexible diaphragm therein to provide a passage for fluid flow through the body. The assembly includes means whereby pressures within the diaphragm and in the chamber bet... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642834 | Washing apparatus A washing apparatus includes a nozzle having a liquid inlet to which a liquid pump is connected for supplying a wash liquid under pressure thereto. The nozzle has an outlet for discharging the wash liquid. A hollow sweeper member is connected at one end t... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642835 | Two-sided brush and container A body member has a lint brush projecting from one side thereof and a shoe polishing brush projecting from the other side thereof. Both brushes are enclosed by identical covers that are latched to the body member. The covers each have a projection at one ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642836 | Cleaning wand A multifunction cleaning wand having a disposable head. The cleaning head is removably attachable to the wand handle. A first cleaning element in the shape of a swab is secured to a retainer by a flexible strap. The retainer is removably attached to the c... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642837 | Broom having interlocking components The broom assembly of the present invention comprises of a broom shroud having an opening in its top, said broom shroud including resilient means depending inwardly toward said opening; bristle retaining means including ferrule means integral therewith an... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642838 | Bearing device of bending and stretching type windshield wiper A bearing device of the bending and stretching type windshield wiper having a gear train (7, 8, 9) to interlink the wiper link output shaft (2) and the wiper arm head shaft (3), wherein the improvement comprising, a wiper pivot (4) having the first instal... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642839 | Device for the reciprocating linear drive of a part A device for the reciprocating linear drive of a part, especially of a scraper at a calender cylinder, comprises a driver connected to the scraper and having two mutually parallel oppositely disposed abutments and an eccentric disposed between the abutmen... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642840 | Housing for a vacuum cleaner Housing for a hand vacuum cleaner, the stowage chamber in the bottom portion of the housing being made by a cavity in the housing wall for formfit holding of the accessory part and in its longitudinal dimensions being arranged perpendicular to the longitu... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642841 | Hand held vacuum cleaner A hand held vacuum cleaner is provided with a frictionally held soft plastic nozzle that constitutes a snout for the vacuum cleaner casing. The fan for creating a flow of working air and the motor for driving the fan are parts of a subassembly that is sel... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642842 | Rotary scrubber with inwardly retractable foam extractor ring mount A rotary scrubber-polisher base has a pair of vacuum liquid pickup attachment supporting mounts mounted from opposite side portions of the base and including laterally outwardly projecting mounting shanks for support of opposite side portions of the attac... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642843 | Drapery track having a rod return extender A rod return extender having an elongated base plate with a front flange and an end flange, each flange having a plurality of openings for supporting drapery pins, the rod return extender is inserted into the end of a traverse track assembly such that the... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642844 | Trolley hanger for sliding door A trolley assembly including a channel shaped body and a pair of frictionless bearing assemblies which include a split tubular spring liner constituting the outer race of the bearing and the wheel axle extends through the space between a plurality of roll... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642845 | Balance assembly for a window This invention relates to a balance assembly for windows in which a gas pressurized piston and cylinder device with pulley wheels at each end acts as a balance element for the windows.... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642846 | Mounting plate for furniture hardware, especially cabinet hinges The cabinet hinge mounting plate can be fastened to a cabinet wall by means of screws passing through openings provided in it in the form of slots. The slots are configured such that the screws associated with each of them, which are threaded only on a po... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642847 | Apparatus for forming sausage products A sausage mold comprises a non-conductive, heat-resistant tube having opposed conductive pistons slidably mounted therein and connected as electrodes to a dual frequency power supply. Meat paste is extruded into a mold cavity defined between the pistons t... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642848 | Process for automated manufacture of link sausages having casings formed of synthetic tubular material A method for producing sausages comprises shirring tubular material and positioning it on a stuffing horn. The shirred material on the stuffing horn is stuffed with meat product to form sausage products which may be linked.... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642849 | Meat packaging apparatus with backflow restrictor A brake for exerting a tensioning force on a casing into which meat or the like is stuffed includes a movable braking element whereby the tensioning force may be released at an appropriate point in the cycle to permit air to be exhausted from the stuffing... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642850 | Rotating cleaner for cotton and wool card in general An improved cleaning device for textile fibres is provided comprising at least one carding drum and a taker-in cylinder or drum in tangential arrangement with a lower peripheral portion of the carding drum, the taker-in drum having cooperatively associate... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642851 | Conveying arrangement for conveying textile cans The arrangement conveys cans which deliver and receive textile material, between machines delivering such material and machines which are substantially of the same type but use such material, along a closed transport or conveying path. The conveying path ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642852 | Dust extractor for drawframe Dust extraction apparatus for a drawframe of the type comprising a pair of table-like creels (3), on each of which are disposed a set of bollards (5) arranged such that multiple slivers of cotton can be drawn in parallel relationship into a set of differe... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642853 | Seat belt guide loop A seat belt guide loop is comprised of a stamped metal bracket having an aperture adapted to receive a bolt for pivotally mounting the guide loop on a vehicle body pillar. The stamped metal bracket has a belt slot therein of a width somewhat greater than ... | 02/17/1987 |
