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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4660223 | Protective body armor Multiple panels are assembled to provide front and back body armor inserts to be worn under regular clothing. Each panel consists of a ply of titanium metal bonded to a ply of aramid fiber woven cloth. The panels are arranged in overlapping and in abuttin... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660224 | Unisex bib-apron A disposable easy to put on unisex driver's bib-apron for use while dining on fast food. The bib-apron features tuck in panels to help ensure protection of the legs of the wearer. Preferably the bib-apron is made of plastic coated paper or similar materia... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660225 | Ornamental bib A bib for protecting a wearer's clothing during eating having fastening means to secure it about the neck is made of a flexible fabric having a highly light reflective coating or layer on the outer surface thereof. Ambient light received upon the reflecti... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660226 | Bib A bib 10 comprising a rectangular pad 12 and first and second extensions 34 and 36 is disclosed. The bib 10 includes a first absorbent layer 22 and the second waterproof layer 24 with adhesive strips 62 and 64 provided on the waterproof layer 24. A pocket... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660227 | Women's nursing wear fashions A woman's nursing-wear garment--a dress, blouse, or nightgown--has horizonta, vertical, or diagonal openings of sufficient dimension to expose the nipple at either breast. These openings in the respective garment, specifically pertaining to the upper fron... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660228 | Glove A glove comprising two elastic sheet materials, at least one of which consists essentially of a selected elastic polyurethane nonwoven fabric, in particular, relatively thin, is elastic, air and moisture permeable, dimensionally and texturally stable, non... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660229 | Water-tight ear enclosure A water-tight ear enclosure having a water-impervious membrane secured to a flexible, inelastic strip about a portion of an opening in the membrane and an elastic strip secured to opposite ends of the flexible, inelastic strip and to the remaining portion... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660230 | Baseball batting helmet This invention is directed to an improved baseball helmet. More particularly, this invention is directed to an improved baseball batting helmet comprising an outer shell which projects over at least one of a batter's ears and has webbing and/or padding on... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660231 | Automatic toilet bowl cleaner dispenser This invention relates to a dispenser for discharging a controlled quantity of cleanser into the flush tank of a toilet. The dispenser consists of a container having an open neck, a shroud which fits over the neck and restricts the discharge opening in th... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660232 | Toilet flush valve A toilet flush valve having a tank ball and rod, with a pair of guide arms mounted on the overflow pipe. The guide arms are spaced apart vertically a distance greater than half the length of the tank ball rod. The upper guide arm is located a fraction of ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660233 | Portable shampoo, manicure, and washing apparatus A completely self-contained portable apparatus useful primarily in hospitals and nursing homes for washing, shampooing, pedicuring and manicuring bed-ridden persons is disclosed. A wheeled cabinet, houses clean and waste water tanks as well as heating and... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660234 | Bathtub insert for handicapped persons A bathtub insert for handicapped persons comprises a bottom frame, a seat plate, two pairs of scissor arms therebetween and a hose fillable with water in order to elevate the seat plate. A flexible cover sheet closes the front end of the bathtub insert be... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660235 | Convertible seat-bed with improved actuator for third panel A three cushion convertible seat-bed is disclosed. First and second panels (12,14) are pivotally coupled to each other and are supported by a base (10) to form a seat bottom and a seat back in the seat orientation and to form side-by-side bed panels in a ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660236 | Free-engaging drive unit for adjustable beds A free-engaging drive unit is provided for adjustable beds and the like of the type having a mattress support frame or bedspring supported by two detachable end panels. A crank is mounted on one of the end panels, preferably at the foot of the bed, and is... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660237 | Portable recliner A portable recliner which includes a base frame designed to rest on a supporting surface, a back frame hinged at the lower end to one edge of the base frame, with a cushion provided on the back frame, and an adjustable brace having an extending member pro... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660238 | Hemorrhoid seat cushion A hemorrhoid supporting pad, preferably associated with a seat cushion assembly, is formed from a flexible envelope partially filled with a fluid. The pad is positioned beneath a seated person. Portions of the envelope extend beneath the ischial tuberosit... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660239 | Therapeutic pillow A therapeutic pillow comprises a soft resilient bottom pillow section and a top pillow section thereover and peripherally interconnected. The top section includes top and bottom fabric covers peripherally interconnected with a pair of rows of stitching sp... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660240 | Device for attaching sheets to a waterbed A bed sheet attachment device for use in combination with a waterbed of the type having an upwardly open box-like base holding a fluid-filled flexible mattress. A flat first member of the attachment device defines an opening including a slot and a larger ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660241 | Multipurpose pliers A multipurpose pliers for wire stripping, cutting and terminal crimping comprising a handle assembly, a stripping device, a cutting and crimping device and a wrench device, which, by means of a brake block controls opening and closing of a moveable handle... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660242 | Activator An activator for shaping the heel portion of a footwear upper to provide an upper whose heel is shaped approximately to the shape it will ultimately take in the fabricated shoe or other footwear. The activator includes a mold to receive the upper; the mol... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660243 | Method for erecting a bridge superstructure of prestressed concrete and launching girder for performing the same A method is described for the sectional erection of a superstructure of prestressed concrete for a bridge with a launching girder carrying the formwork for the superstructure and being movable from one concreting section to the other. The process is chara... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660244 | Hydraulic brush for teeth and gums A hydraulic brush for teeth and gum cleaning and massaging, having a rotating cylindrical, spiral, disc or cupped-shape brush with radially projected ultrathin bristles and simultaneous liquid jets supply to the teeth and gums.... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660245 | Paint brush cleaning stand This invention is a stand for use by a painter when he manually cleans a bristle paint brush by combing it with a wire brush or brush comb.... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660246 | Versatile vacuum cleaning appliance A vacuum cleaner having pivotally interconnected body and nozzle head portions and a handle which is extendable for upright floor cleaning operation or retractable for hand carried or cannister type vacuuming operation, in which the handle in retracted po... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660247 | Temperature limiting system for a spring loaded torque limiting clutch A temperature responsive fuse is provided for use in a vacuum cleaner brush dowel drive clutch mechanism to prevent overheating of the clutch mechanism upon a continued rotation of the drive belt after the brush dowel has stalled due to jamming or similar... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660248 | Pickup truck mounted sweeper This disclosure relates to a sweeper for roads, parking lots or like surfaces which is particularly adapted to be mounted upon a bed of a pickup truck, the sweeper including a hopper into which air-entrained debris is discharged, the hopper having a fore-... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660249 | Suction device A suction device, particularly intended for use as a soft-solder suction device in soldering operations. The suction device includes a housing (1) having a cylindrical chamber (2) and a suction pipe (11) connected to one end of the chamber. Arranged for a... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660250 | Door closer An automatic door closer whose housing confines a reciprocable damper piston cooperating with a rotary shaft to rotate the shaft in a direction to close the door or to be moved by the shaft in response to opening of the door. The piston can be biased in a... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660251 | Hinge-type lid mounting device A hinge-type lid mounting device has a main body to be attached to a case or the like, and the main body has at its one end a cam body pivotally mounted through a first pin. The other end of the main body defines a fixed spring seat, and a spring is inter... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660252 | Knife roll assembly for a meat tenderizer A knife roll assembly for a meat tenderizer includes a plurality of disc-shaped knife blades, each having a peripheral cutting edge and a central shaft-receiving opening. Each of the blades defines a cluster of holes extending through the blade between th... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660253 | Apparatus for maceration of meat An apparatus is provided for macerating meat to effect deep penetration of the meat at multiple muscle height levels for improved absorption of curing agents and improved bonding of multiple pieces of meat. The method involves feeding the meat into a comp... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660254 | Apparatus for automated manufacture of link sausages having casings formed of synthetic tubular material An apparatus for producing sausages shirrs tubular material and positions it on a stuffing horn for filling with forcemeat at a filling station. Transfer means may convey the shirred material to another location at which the stuffing takes places. The fil... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660255 | Method and apparatus for encasing a product The encased product of the present invention comprises an elongated flexible casing cylindrically shaped substantially along its length and having opposite end closures. A product material fills the cavity formed by the flexible casing and maintains the c... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660256 | Poultry transfer machine The invention is a rotary transfer apparatus for transferring poultry carcasses from the shackles on one conveyor line to the shackles on another conveyor line. In particular, the apparatus of the invention can be used for transferring carcasses between a... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660257 | Method of and a control arrangement for a machine for extracting fiber flocks from textile fiber bales In order to extract fiber flocks from individual textile fiber bale groups with a substantially constant extraction power independently of density variation distribution over the bale height, the individual bale groups are subdivided into a plurality of h... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660258 | Separable slide fastener In a separable bottom-end-stop assembly of a separable slide fastener, a socket member secured to one of a pair of pin members has a single pawl or claw projecting inwardly from a rear wall of the socket member through a rear wall of the one pin member in... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660259 | Twist resistant reclosable extruded plastic fastener An extruded plastic reclosable fastener strip has a base from which extends a stem and a resiliently flexible, foldable hook flange projecting in normal position obliquely from the distal end of the stem toward, but spaced from, a stiff backup shoulder ri... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660260 | Buckle device A buckle device is adapted to retain a tongue plate inserted thereinto by a lock plate. The lock plate is supported by a leaf spring member and biased in a direction in which it is engaged with the tongue plate. The leaf spring member is integrally formed... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660261 | Process for giving relief in several directions to a textile cloth The invention relates to a process for giving relief in several directions to a textile cloth, characterized in that it consists: in known manner, in winding this cloth on a support tube, then in withdrawing said tube, thereafter in compressing the roll longitudina... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660262 | Forward and reverse milling cutter The milling cutter with a feeding motion in forward and reverse mills plane surfaces of large diameter in the area of through holes and consists of a tool head 17 which can be driven in rotation by a shank 17 and in which are mounted two cutting parts so ... | 04/28/1987 |
