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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4669125 | Pocket enclosure for recoil pad The invention relates to a pocket enclosure for removably holding a resilient recoil pad for attachment to a shoulder portion of a shooting garment, the pocket enclosure comprising a plurality of panels forming a space for removably receiving the recoil p... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669126 | Athletic sock An improved athletic sock particularly intended for soccer incorporates a full leg sock over which is secured another partial sock structure between which the shin guard is nested.... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669127 | Pack vest A utility garment for load portage in the shape of a vest containing load carrying compartments on the back and front flaps of the vest. The vest closes at the front, and a waist belt attached to back and front flaps through tie down loops holds the loade... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669128 | Dual-purpose article A string secured at each end to a marginal edge of a rectangular towel. The string, when drawn upon, pulls on the opposing marginal edges of the towel to form, between the string and the towel, an opening to receive the head and neck of a wearer. VELCRO f... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669129 | Earmuff apparatus for use with headsets An earmuff assembly releaseably attached to a headset commonly used with radio and audio playback units in order to protect the user's ears in inclement weather. The assembly includes a muff body formed by a thermal covering, surrounding a core element, a... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669130 | Garment construction A garment construction having a front panel and a back panel, and in which the back panel has: a seat portion for covering the seat and back, and two leg portions all cut integrally out of a single panel, and the upper edge of the seat portion defines a c... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669131 | Drain assembly and plunger components therefor A drain operating member for a tub or like vessel includes an elongated shaft component having a plunger component on its lower end and a yoke portion on its upper end, the latter being provided with a series of longitudinally spaced apertures. The shaft ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669132 | Cosmetologist's protective device A cosmetologist's protective device comprising a pre-formed disposable object having an open-ended tapered cavity therein so that a plurality of such devices can be stacked, one on top of the other, the device having a top wall and two side walls dependin... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669133 | Apron for bathtubs For facing a bathtube, an apron (3) of foam plastic is hooked into the tub edge (5) and secured to the adjoining structural elements (1, 20), in particular by means of assembly foam which, after introduction into the openings (9, 11), swells out through o... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669134 | Latch particularly for an adjustable head section of a foldable sofa-sleeper frame A latch is disclosed for positioning and releasably retaining articulated linkages such as the pivotally interconnected head and body section angles of a folding sofa sleeper bed frame. The latch includes a connecting link pivotally connected at one end t... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669135 | Sofa bed with front extension A sofa bed includes a plurality of individual cushions supported by a rigid metal frame. The frame includes a plurality of multiply articulated frame members which cooperate to configure the cushions in either of two selected positions. The first defines ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669136 | Combination hospital bed and surgical table A combination hospital bed and surgical table is disclosed. It is comprised of: a frame having floor-engaging wheels, a substantially flat, substantially rectangular deck carried by the frame, suitable for holding a human patient in the supine position, the de... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669137 | Apparatus for moving objects or persons An apparatus for moving persons, including a support structure (18, 20) a horizontally sliding stage (26) attached to it with a support surface (30), girdled by a continuous upper conveyor belt (36), moveable in parallel to the sliding direction of the st... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669138 | Playpen A playpen has a vertical pipe extending between first and second panels, an upper sleeve fixed to the first panel and receiving the upper end of the vertical pipe, a lower sleeve fixed to the first panel and receiving the lower end of the vertical pipe, e... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669139 | Reclining bunk for sleeper The present invention is a truck with an air powered and air cushioned multipositional reclining sleeper bed. The present invention provides increased comfort for the occupant of the sleeper compartment by utilizing the compressed air system of the truck ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669140 | Pocket folding tool and knife system A folding pocket tool and knife of the type having paired handles pivotal to a blade for enclosing or extending the blade depending on pivoted position has an improved implement holding tool block that passes through an implement and co-acting with this, ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669141 | Method of making a threaded insert The present invention relates to a method of making a threaded insert, a tool for carrying out the said method and the insert thus obtained which presents the form of a cylindrical tube provided with an external thread and an internal thread, and with a p... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669142 | Method for making footwear insole A custom molded insole for supporting the human foot in a ski boot or other footwear is disclosed. The insole is a one-piece, thin, contoured blank of semi-rigid, bendable, resilient material molded to include the complete detail of the full plantar surfa... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669143 | Support system for a multiple-span bridge A support system for a multiple-span bridge constructed of reinforced concrete or prestressed concrete includes a primary structure and a secondary structure. The primary structure bridges the spans between intermediate supports or between an abutment and... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669144 | Wiper blade A wiper blade comprising a thick base section consisting of a head to be inserted through a slit formed in a backing plate, a body to be extended below the backing plate and a connecting neck interconnecting the head and the body; a turning section having... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669145 | Hose reel system A hose reel system for a sewer and catch basin cleaner and the like has a fixed mounted hose reel and a movable hose traction wheel. The hose reel includes a drive motor which rotates the reel in a direction to wind a hose onto the reel and a clutch which... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669146 | Caster A caster includes a mechanism that allows a wheel axle to shift rearward through a distance corresponding to the previous lag of the axis of rotation of the wheel behind the wheel bearing axis when the caster reverses its direction of advance. In a first ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669147 | Door closer A door closer has a first arm (4, 14) which is pivotally attached to the door case (2), a second arm (5, 15) which is pivotally attached to the door leaf (1), the opposite ends of the two arms being pivotally connected to each other (at C), and a spring b... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669148 | Machine for cutting up poultry into a number of pieces With manual labor reduced to but two loaders for a high output, cut-up machine for lowering labor costs in poultry processing plants, a series of equally spaced, bird-receiving, block-like heads, swingable on elongated, upright carriers, and advanced cont... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669149 | Filling nozzle device for use in automatic meat stuffing apparatus A filling nozzle device used in association with an automatic meat stuffing machine, the nozzle device including a stationary nozzle, a sliding nozzle slidable on the stationary nozzle and a plurality of split nozzle members arranged around the stationary... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669150 | Method of boning a dark meat of a chicken by a belt-shaped cutter and apparatus for implementing the method In the process of boning a poultry leg (including a thigh bone and tibia) or separating the bones from the meat using a belt-shaped cutter, the poultry leg is held in such a manner that the thigh bone and tibia form a predetermined angle between them. The... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669151 | Method for processing staple fibers or the like on a roller card or the like A method for processing staple fibers on a roller card including a carding cylinder and a plurality of working points provided at the periphery of the carding cylinder. Each working point is formed at a corresponding pair of worker rollers and clearer rol... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669152 | Closure for electrostatic bags The present invention provides an improved closure for ESD bags which provides an effective closure without causing the generation of additional charges nor blocking of the visibility of the component in the bag. More significantly, the present invention ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669153 | Device for the snap-fixing of fittings to the upper of a ski-boot A device for fitting fixings to the upper of a ski-boot comprises a plate-shaped base fixed to a respective fitting, and a plate-shaped counterbase which is essentially snap-engaged with the plate-shaped base from within the upper through a hole formed th... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669154 | Support elements for vertical members A connector (10) interposed in a support element (L) by attachment to first and second displaced ends (L1, L2) thereof to selectively permit an object to pass transversely through the longitudinal axis of the support element while em... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669155 | Belt buckle An improved belt buckle characterized by comprising a buckle body, a belt catch holder, a belt catch, a fastening plate, a spring plate and a serrate plate wherein said belt catch being fitted in a recess of said belt catch holder and joined together with... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669156 | Pipe clip of resilient material A pipe clip comprising resilient material which comprises a mounting portion (1) with at least two clamps (3, 4) having clamping limb portions (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) which can be resiliently spread open for the insertion of conduits (2), the clamps being adapte... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669157 | Mausoleum construction An improved mausoleum includes a support frame made of fiberglass structural members and a plurality of sealed fiberglass caskets which are proof against deterioration. The mausoleum according to the invention eliminates the need for venting and drainage,... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669158 | Method for preparing warp wound on beams, starting from a series of continuous, partially-drafted thermoplastic yarns A procedure for the drafting and interlacing of a series of continuous, thermoplastic yarns, consisting of filaments which are substantially parallel to one another, in the manufacture of warp wound on beams.... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669159 | Arrangement for the stretching and warping of warp threads In an arrangement for the stretching and warping of thermoplastic warp threads, in particular polyester threads, there is provided an arrangement comprising a set of feeding rollers, a heating arrangement and a set of take-off rollers. The latter set of r... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669160 | Method for prepolarizing and centering a piezoelectric ceramic switching device Improved piezoelectric ceramic switching devices are described along with their method of fabrication. In addition to the devices themselves, novel electric circuits are described for the energization as well as the use of such devices as switching elemen... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669161 | Clamping system A clamping system is provided for securing a part to be machined to a fixture so that the fixture and part can be transported as an entity from work station to work station and the part subjected to successive machining operations safely and efficiently. ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669162 | Method and apparatus for rapidly stripping cable wires and crimping contacts thereon Wire stripping and crimping tools are combined in modules movable along parallel rails. An individual preparing a cable slides a particular tool module in front of a work station where each wire, requiring the same contact, is first stripped then moved to... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669163 | Polyolefin fiber roll Acid- and caustic- resistant rolls are prepared by forming a nonwoven web of randomly laid entangled polyolefin fibers, stacking a multiplicity of segments of the web into a pile, compacting the pile under a compaction force equivalent to a room temperatu... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669164 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of variable dimension fans Construction of impellers of various dimensions are manufactured from tubular hub stock and sheet-like blade stock by cutting a hub of particular length from said hub stock and blades of corresponding length from said blade stock and attaching said blades... | 06/02/1987 |
