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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4689828 | Protective device for hair stylist's fingers A finger protector for hair stylist's fingers, specifically useful to protect the inner first finger joint of the index and of the second finger of one hand from being pierced and cut by scissors used by the other hand during the cutting and styling of ha... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689829 | Seat convering device for skiers An improved covering device to be used by skiers for protection against snow and moisture that has accumulated on the seat of a chair lift is disclosed. The device comprises a waterproof pad that hangs from the rear of a belt secured about the skier's wai... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689830 | Hair cutting cape with catch for hair clippings A hair cutting cape having a front funnel-shaped receptacle and a rear funnel-shaped receptacle for receiving hair clippings. The receptacles may be unfolded to an open, flat non-retaining position. The entire periphery or margin of the cape may be turned... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689831 | Convertible garment A garment which is converted into a carrying pack to be worn on an individual's back. The invention comprises a garment, a pocket on the side of the garment, and straps on the inside of the garment, the pocket being invertible such that the garment may be... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689832 | Partially detackified leather and glove A permanently tackified leather glove having its inner surface detackified with a solution containing nitrocellulose and silicone resins and process for making same as well as the leather therefor.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689833 | Weight lifting belt A weight lifting belt produced from two strips of leather, one strip being substantially elongated relative to the other and having an enlarged width over a portion thereof intermediate first and second narrow end portions, the first end portion being sub... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689834 | Night vision goggle arrangement with automatic release A night vision goggle arrangement includes an assembly for adjusting the position of the goggles relative to a user, means for engaging the assembly with a mounting plate on a helmet, means for locking the assembly to the mounting plate, and release means... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689835 | Face guard design A face guard for an athletic helmet having at least one horizontal bar structure with the bar structure including a plurality of rotatable elements to inhibit gripping the bar structure by hand.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689836 | Headgear for motorcycling and similar activities, with a movable visor and chin guard Headgear for motorcycling and like activities comprises a protective helmet, a visor and a chin guard. Both the visor and the chin-guard and substantially C-shaped in plan so as to have lateral arms which are fixed to the sides of the helmet by respective... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689837 | Eye shield with face engaging seal A mask to be worn flush on the face, consists of a case delimited by a frame, and open on one side to the face. The frame includes a flange consisting of two rims extending in both directions of the plane of the frame and transverse to the frame. The fran... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689838 | Goggles with interchangeable lenses Goggles having a flexible frame deformable to conform to and seal about the wearer's face and eyes. A strap secured to the goggles adjacent the temples secures the goggles to the wearer's head. A rigid frame is secured to the periphery of the flexible fra... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689839 | Tap water powered hydrotherapy method and apparatus A hydrotherapy apparatus for using available tap water supply pressure to mix fresh tap water, tub water, and air to discharge a water-air stream into a tub below the water surface. Energy derived from the tap water supply is used to concurrently translat... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689840 | Built-in sink Built-in sink with a waste opening which is adjoined downwardly by a drop shaft terminating above a waste bin. The latter is guided in horizontal guide rails supported by a holding device which is attached to the underside of the built-in sink and also su... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689841 | Foldaway sink A foldaway sink pivotally connected to a supporting wall for movement between a retracted position parallel to the supporting wall and a position perpendicular to the supporting wall. The sink is made of fiberglass with a ribbed edge. A drain pipe and a s... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689842 | Patient motivation device Bedridden persons are aided in the use of bed pans and the like by placing the person on a full length platform with an opening so located that the excreted waste falls directly into the bed pan below the platform. The platform is supported above the pati... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689843 | Decorative cover for a floatation sleep system A decorative cover, for use with a floatation sleep system, adapted to contain a fluid-filled bladder, and functional to establish and maintain a substantially rectilinear shape for such fluid-filled bladder. The decorative cover comprises first and secon... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689844 | Convertible body supporting pads Support pads or mattresses are formed from flexible fabric closed covers of generally rectangular configuration forming a chamber or space which is filled to approximately 50% of its normal maximum volume with relatively small expanded polystyrene beads. ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689845 | Impulse propulsion unit An impulse propulsion unit or pulse-generating impeller mechanism for the lateral acceleration of a projectile, including a hollow cylindrical member, having an outer shell surface which is passed through by nozzles which are peripherally offset relative ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689846 | Dock leveler apparatus The invention is incorporated in a dock leveler of the type having a base plate adapted to be attached to a side edge of a dock, a bridge plate having a first edge pivotally coupled to the upper edge of the base plate and a lip plate pivotally coupled to ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689847 | Ball unit A ball unit (10), in particular for conveying devices (1), possesses a load ball (12), which by a part (14) of its surface can bear against a load object, a bearing unit (24), which so bears and encloses the load ball to be freely rotatable that a free pa... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689848 | Caster having interfitting housing members with integral bearings and a separate axle Desirable casters can be formed by using two separate, interfitting housing members to create the yoke of a caster. As these housing members are assembled they come together so as to hold the wheel of the caster generally between arms of the yoke (which a... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689849 | Control mechanism for a door of a motor vehicle with a reciprocating safety valve A control mechanism for a door of a motor vehicle is suggested that is coupled at a door post on the side of the body so that it can be swung, is actuated via an inside and outside handle and comprises a piston-cylinder unit arranged between the door post... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689850 | Pulley mount for window balance system A pulley mount for a window balance system 10 uses a pair of spaced-apart support plates 13 and 14 each having a shoulder rivet 30 with a shaft fitting through a hole 29 in each of support plates 13 and 14. A pair of pulleys 21,23 and 22,24 are mounted on... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689851 | Elastic hinge for eyeglasses The elastic hinge comprises a box (9) solid with the temple (1) of the eyeglasses, this box containing a part (8) carrying a knuckle (6) and sliding in the box (9) against the action of a spring (11). This spring receives stationary support against a part... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689852 | Friction supported stays for windows A friction supported stay comprising a track (10) secured vertically to a window frame with a slider (15) connected by link (18) to a strut (16) in turn connected to bar (24) which is also connected to slider (15) by a link (21). The bar, which is normall... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689853 | Hinge member for an all-glass plate member including a metal fitting A metal fitting for an all-glass plate member for use as a door, window or the like and including a pair of clamping plates positioned on the opposite face surfaces of the plate member and covering a recess through the plate member. Each clamping plate ha... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689854 | Heat sealing machine A sausage casing plug is gripped by a pair of gripper arms to pull a short length of casing through a plate; the arms are then rotated to twist the gripped end of the casing; heat seal crimp arms are then moved to surround but not grip the twisted portion... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689855 | Poultry line divider A poultry line divider has a rotatable wand constructed so as to engage and move a selected sequence of shackles to one side of a line divider guide while permitting the other shackles to pass unengaged onto the other side of the line divider guide.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689856 | Material forming apparatus An apparatus (10) for forming paste-like materials into discrete product units, comprising an elongate, open ended tube (11) of substantially constant internal cross-sectional shape, an inlet port (37) through the wall of the tube intermediate its ends to... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689857 | WEB weight control system A web weight control system and method are disclosed wherein the actual weight of fibers supplied to a carding machine (36) are measured in a static condition in a weight pan (20). The supply roll (14) is controlled by computer (A) to supply a preset weig... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689858 | Adjustable rubber band A fastening device comprised of an elastic band permanently attached at one end either in a utilitarian sense or in a static sense and temporarily attached at the other end, of which is adjustable by pulling on this unattached end, to a simple clasp with ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689859 | Hook with safety latch A generally U-shaped grab hook with an eye on one leg includes a safety latch which is pivotally mounted on the free end portion of the other leg to swing between latched and unlatched positions. When in its latched position, the latch retains a sling cha... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689860 | Hook A snap hook having a folded and bent sheet metal body retaining the hook stem, the snap and a biasing spring is provided with a security member for preventing opening of the body.... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689861 | Anchoring devices for joining overlapping cloths for garments or articles manufactured with them The present invention consists of male and female parts of plane faced segments. A male, square section stem projects perpendicularly from the plane faced segment of the male part. The stem on its free end has a widening in the shape of a hook. The female... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689862 | Method and apparatus for the compressive treatment of fabric An improved method and apparatus for the compressive treatment of material are disclosed. The method and apparatus use a gull winged confining means in conjunction with two surfaces to form a stuffing chamber. The wing of the confining means which faces t... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689863 | Fixture for machining the cutting line of a pipe Fixture for machining the cutting line of a pipe, including a centering device insertible into an end section of the pipe, the centering device including a clamping system having pressure pieces with pressure surfaces formed thereon, the pressure pieces b... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689864 | Method of making valve sleeves A method of making valve sleeves used for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid in devices, such as power steering units in motorized vehicle, and the product of the utilized method. The method utilizes a grooving male die which forms a groove on an int... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689865 | Snap ring tool A tool for selectively installing or removing snap rings and C-rings wherein a pair of elongated, spaced, parallel, spring-biased arms are pivotally connected to a mounting plate. One end of each arm has an axially extending pin insertable into the apertu... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689866 | Methods for transferring spring clips A plurality of spring clips (30), each having an elongated central member 2) with first (40) and second (38) ends and a plurality of resilient arms (36) radially extending therefrom, are simultaneously transferred between a transfer plate (90) and a palle... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689867 | Concrete reinforcement spacer and method of use A welded wire concrete reinforcement spacer having spaced uprights with tops projecting up from the bottoms toward one another, a support means on the uprights and located below the tops of the uprights, the tops being spaced sufficiently to allow a reinf... | 09/01/1987 |
