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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4665641 | Quick point reversible sling swivel for rifle and shotguns A sling assembly for a rifle, shotgun, or similar firearm consists of a butt portion (1) of the stock of a rifle, a rear or first multi-directional swivel (3) which is pivotally attached between the toe and the heel of the same butt portion of the stock o... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665642 | Fishing lure A spoon type fishing lure includes a body of fish shape lying in a first plane and having front and rear surfaces, and a barbed hook in a right angular plane, including a shank bearing against the rear surface, at one end secured thereto and intermediate ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665643 | Fishing sinker with a variable pulling point A fishing sinker comprising a pair of coextensive sinker body members having a flat longer side and a flat shorter side forming an obtuse angle, a pin connecting the body members together with a gap therebetween, the pin positioned adjacent the obtuse ang... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665644 | Mouse and rat trap A molded plastic mouse or rat trap uses three separate molded pieces, namely a base, a striker and an actuator, which are releasably connected, in combination with metal springs for biasing the striker to a closed position. The spring or springs are suppo... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665645 | Structurally degradable root directive tree planter box A planter box for controlling the root growth of newly planted trees so that the roots emanate at a level spaced below grade, characterized by structurally degradable panels that yield to growth of the root system so as to separate and disintegrate in tim... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665646 | Protective enclosure for plants A protective enclosure for plants is disclosed which is particularly adapted in one mode for young plants that are disposed in rows and is easily converted to a protective mode which provides protection for larger plants and/or a support upon which plants... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665647 | Plant bearing noise abatement wall Dry lawn construction wherein the internal space formed by the lateral vegetation mats (28, 30) is self-ballasted with a self-supporting substrate (12) which is rendered stable by checking or compaction and used as a nutrient medium for growing plants fro... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665648 | Film-forming compositions for enveloping grains and seeds The present invention relates to film-forming compositions for enveloping grains and seeds, comprising by weight: 15 to 85% of a cellulosic film-forming substance, 10 to 70% of at least one alpha cellulose, 1 to 30% of at least one plasticizer suitable for comsumpt... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665649 | Gate operator and latch mechanism for refuse container Gate operator and latch mechanism in which a refuse container is provided with a gate which is pivotally attached to the refuse container and which normally closes an opening through which refuse is discharged from the refuse container. A latch mechanism ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665650 | Control gate assembly This invention is directed to a gate assembly. It is possible to open a gate and close the gate from a remote position such as being in an automotive vehicle. The gate assembly comprises a tubular support and guide, an inner rotatable guide follower in th... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665651 | Automotive window regulator mechanism using wire and method of mounting same to body A window regulator mechanism using a wire for opening and closing an automobile window has a driving portion including a drum to which a handle shaft is mounted, two brackets, two pulleys pivotally mounted to the brackets, the wire being wound on the drum... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665652 | Door frame structure A door having a peripheral frame. The frame includes a length having side walls and an outer wall defining a generally U-shaped channel. A slot is formed in the side wall of the channel adjacent the outer wall. An accessory, such as a handle, is carried b... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665653 | Ship's door or hatch arrangement The invention concerns a ship's door or ship's frame arrangement which is provided with a door frame and a removable door leaf mounted in it. Peripherally mounted on one of the mutually facing peripheral edges of the frame and the door leaf and serving as... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665654 | Weather-tight switchboard cabinet The present invention relates to a switchboard cabinet comprising a box-like cabinet body with an opening, a door which seals the opening of the cabinet, and a door frame provided in the opening of the cabinet connected to the inner panels of the cabinet ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665655 | Apparatus for cleaning of engine cylinder heads, blocks and other components Apparatus and method are provided by this invention for cleaning of internal combustion engine components. The method consists of heating the components, removing of dry debris from the components by blasting the component with shot and then physically sh... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665656 | Filter apparatus for abrasive tool A bench grinder has a dust-collecting fan in a hood for the abrasive wheel. The dust-laden air passes from the hood through a conduit to a filter box mounted on the rear of the motor housing. The filter box has parallel first and second sidewalls, and the... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665657 | Centerless flexible external honing apparatus A centerless external honing and/or grinding apparatus wherein abrasive material is flexibly mounted around a longitudinal workpiece-receiving recess for flexibly honing and/or grinding the exterior curved surface of a workpiece while it is fed longitudin... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665658 | Double face abrading machine and device for transmitting current and fluid between a rotary structure and a non-rotary structure A machine for abrading parallel, planar opposite faces of parts carries the parts in supports arranged as satellites between two plates. A head of the machine carrying an upper plate, a lower assembly carrying a lower plate, and a gear controls displaceme... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665659 | Grinder for grinding an end surface of a cylindrical workpiece A cylindrical workpiece has an end face ground on two synchronously driven supporting rollers, by a grinding tool mounted on a drive shaft in front of the supporting rollers, and a loading mechanism and an unloading mechanism. The loading mechanism and th... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665660 | Millimeter wavelength dielectric waveguide having increased power output and a method of making same A millimeter wavelength solid dielectric waveguide having either an undulng or roughened outer surface is disclosed. As configured, and properly designed, for the wavelength of interest, the non-cylindrical surface will not have any deleterious effects o... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665661 | Centrifugal barrel finishing method In the centrifugal barrel finishing machine of the type having X barrel assemblies, in which X is an integer, a method finishing workpieces whereby during a given total finishing time Y of the workpieces, each succeeding assembly containing finished workp... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665662 | Method and device for coating a frontage part, or building, with glass sheets A method and a device for providing a frontage part (1) with glass sheet (2) to which a supporting means (20) is secured, in which the glass sheet (2) is arranged on hooks (3) provided on the frontage (1) and thereupon locking means (22) which are previou... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665663 | Muntin assembly and method of installing Muntin bar molded anchors are installed on the interior edges of a window sash or sliding door frame by utilizing a two-part anchor holding and nail driving device which is stabilized during use. Molded clips are frictionally installed in recesses formed ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665664 | Dome building structure A domed building structure comprised of panels, convex from side to side, each panel including converging planar side members with straight outer edges, top and bottom planar plate members having curved outer edges, and a convex structural sheet attached ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665665 | Building structure A building structure is formed using four by eight foot plywood panels as raw material because of their ready availability. Hexagonal pyramids are formed by first cutting a panel diagonally to form two right triangles. These two right triangles are joined... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665666 | Prefabricated archway A prefabricated unitary body forming an archway is made of a light, durable material. The body includes a corner bead and abuts against the walls around the archway. The archway is nailed in place and drywall compound is applied, tapering from the corner ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665667 | Fascia including means for rigidly securing a membrane in place A fascia for securing a rubber membrane against the surface of a roof, the fascia including a rigid planar plate portion adapted to be secured to the generally vertical edge portion of the roof and to clampingly engage a portion of the rubber membrane to ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665668 | Personal time capsule Presented is a personal time capsule for the preservation of artifacts over a period of hundreds of years. Constructed of non corrosive high strength materials. A body containing the cavity for storage is hermetically and water tight sealed with an inner ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665669 | Rectangular ceiling panels for false ceilings A ceiling panel 6 has on each of two longitudinal sides at least one protrusion (24, 26) having a transverse edge (36, 38). The transverse edges are aligned with each other and constitute swing bearing surfaces on which the ceiling element may be swung do... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665670 | Two-piece lock for securing polymeric sheeting over greenhouses An improved two-piece lock for securing polymeric sheeting for use in covering greenhouses. The lock has an elongated lower member affixed to the frame of the greenhouse and one or more layers of polymeric sheeting are held in the lock between the lower m... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665671 | Method for assembling an awning Method for assembling an awning, including method for tensioning awning material about an awning frame. The awning material is secured to the top rear of the frame and stretched over the bottom front and each bottom side of the frame. Pieces of spline are... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665672 | One piece, non-welded holdown A sheet metal wood-to-concrete structural holdown connector for joining a wood horizontal or upstanding frame member to a concrete foundation formed from a single piece of sheetmetal. The holdown includes a seat member formed with a bolt opening, side mem... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665673 | Monolithic surface ornamentation of pre-cast reinforced concrete wall A reinforced concrete wall, such as a road barrier or barricade, has a monolithic surface ornamentation thereon constituted by pigmented cements and grooves simulating mortar joints. In the horizontally oriented top portions of the wall where the pigmente... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665674 | Grid ceiling A grid ceiling comprising a set of first parallel channel section elongate members and a set of second parallel channel section elongate members, the first members being so arranged transverse to the second members as to form a grid with polygonal spaces ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665675 | Non-wicking siding Clapboard siding has a channel rabbeted at the back bottom edge to prevent wicking of rainwater between clapboards, and has a plurality of vertical vent channels or grooves cut in the back surface so that air can vent into the space between the structure ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665676 | Frame There is described a frame comprised of sectional shapes and comprising assembly means joining same in every junction location thereof, and hanging means, the sectional shapes each having two lengthwise projections wherebetween the articles to be framed a... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665677 | Truss assembly and bracing clip and attachment member for use with trusses A truss assembly and truss hanger, bracing clip and attachment member for use with trusses is disclosed. The bracing clip is used for supporting a beam running transverse to a plurality of wooden trusses and includes a connector plate disposed within a fi... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665678 | Lightweight constructions of increased strength and dimensional stability A lightweight construction with sandwich elements consisting of core and covering surfaces may be produced in that high-strength hollow profiles are fixed to a molded frame at a spacing from each other, the remaining space around the hollow profiles is fi... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665679 | Apparatus for binding elongate products Elongate products such as slide fasteners discharged from a finishing station are successively received and stored in at least one tray assembly including a plurality of tray members spaced longitudinally thereof. The products are then transported on endl... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4665680 | Method of making extruded plastic holder for handled bags An extruded cylinder of plastic material having open ends and die-cut flaps on opposite sides is a supporting holder for limp plastic bags. The holder is formed by an inexpensive process of extruding plastic and cutting the tube into cylinders of the prop... | 05/19/1987 |
