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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4698844 | Anti-crime Spike-needle An anti-crime device, known as the Anti-crime Spike-needle, is an inconspicuous device that is attachable in any quantity to fur-coats and other garments and articles, and is harmless to the wearers and users of such garments and articles, but it can stin... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698845 | Shock absorbing athletic equipment with protective pads Protective shock absorbing athletic equipment is presented in the form of a shoulder pad having a plurality of hard shell portions and elongated bumper pads extending along peripheral edges of the shell portions. The shell portions are secured together at... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698846 | Protective pad A protective pad for an athlete includes an improved securing means to releaseably secure a structural member and a pad, wherein the securing means includes a headed stud and a narrow elongate fastening opening to engage with the stud. The fastening openi... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698847 | Apparel structure and process for making apparel An apparel structure based on the movement of muscles during movement of the body, and a process for making such apparel, includes an apparel structure constructed to be comfortable and to have excellent adaptability to movement without tension or slack. ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698848 | Blouse for cardiac patients A cardiac garment is disclosed which features front closing, an interior pocket for a monitor, a belt tying in front or in back, and closure means. It provides modesty, comfort, durability and an attractive appearance. The garment is designed for use in a... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698849 | Football jersey A jersey for football players and the like. The jersey comprises a body section. The body section includes a shoulder portion having a substantially inverted U-shape as viewed from the side such that it is adapted to overlay the shoulders of a wearer or a... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698850 | Therapeutic exercise glove A glove for use by persons taking therapeutic exercises involving use of their hands, the glove including a mitten section to enclose four fingers and a palm and wrist section to be wrapped snugly around the hand and wrist and a thumb hole to permit the t... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698851 | Ski glove A glove covering for use in winter sports for protecting a hand against cold weather, comprising an outer glove shell which includes a finger section, thumb section and palm/wrist section. Pocket members are attached at the finger and thumb sections to al... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698852 | Head guard for soccer player A head guard for a soccer player. The head guard minimizes injury which can occur to the forehead of a player when contacted by a soccer ball. The head guard also enables a player to more readily control a soccer ball when bunting the ball with his head.... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698853 | Protective garment for hair and clothing A protective garment is disclosed which can be worn about the head and shoulders of a user to protect clothing that is being put on or removed from becoming damaged by contact with the user's cosmetics, coiffure, and facial oils or entanglement with the u... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698854 | Sports accessory A sports accessory which can be used as a towel comprises a sheet of absorbent material which can be folded along lines (6) in a concertina fashion to form an elongate portion. The accessory may be in the form of a belt provided with an end region (1a) ha... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698855 | Disposable try-on's This invention is a disposable panty made from a single rectangular sheet of paper or plastic, having two side by side leg holes at its center, and then being folded over across the leg holes so as to form front and rear panels, and the overlapped side ed... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698856 | Ventilated helmet This invention provides a helmet provided with a ventilation arrangement wherein a duct defining an air intake opening is mounted on a window edge of the forehead of a helmet body, and within the helmet body a guide groove in communication with a blowing ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698857 | Light secure eyecup for use with night vision goggles An eyecup (24) for interfacing a night vision goggle (10) with the eyes of the user (12). A flexible curved eyepiece (28) including a wing (38) provides a tight seal of the periphery of the eyepiece (28) to the occular eye area of the user (12). The seal ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698858 | Single hole mixing faucet A mixing faucet of the single hole mounting type and having a swivelable discharge arm includes an actuating linkage for a drain valve which is swivelable with the drain arm.... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698859 | Flapper flush valve assembly A flapper valve assembly including an adapter member and a flapper valve member. The adapter member includes a collar portion, a pair of trunions projecting radially outwardly from diametrically opposed locations on the collar portion, and a mounting port... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698860 | Sprayhead with built-in soap system for multi person washfountains An improved sprayhead for group washfountains of the type having several washing stations positioned around a sprayhead located over a single bowl. The washfountain has a hollow sprayhead having an exterior wall which holds not only the nozzles but also a... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698861 | Dish washing aid device A dish washing aid device for segregating soapy dish water in a single basin kitchen sink, the device comprising a lower base portion adapted to seal with the bottom wall of the basin about a drain therein, the base portion having a water tight vertically... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698862 | Combination bassinet, baby carrier and diaper bag A collapsible shell which can be folded over flat for storage, or partially closed for use as a tote bag, or expanded to a fully open position for use as a bassinet, is combined with a flexible sheet which doubles as both a liner for the bassinet and a bo... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698863 | Combined bed frame and bed spring assembly A bed spring assembly comprising a rectangular frame having a pair of end members and a pair of side members and arcuate corners joining said side members to said end members, said members having top and bottom walls, each bottom wall having a cut out subtendi... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698864 | Cellular cushion A cushion has a base and a plurality of flexible hollow cells attached to the base and projected outwardly from it. The cells may be arranged in zones, with the interiors of the cells for each zone being in communication, yet isolated from the interiors o... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698865 | Contour bed sheet In accordance with the present invention, a contour bed sheet is provided in which the contour is formed integral with the sheet. The sheet is formed by cutting slots in the edges of each end of the bottom sheet and at one end of a top sheet. The slots ar... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698866 | Mobile bridge structure having a plurality of ramp modules An improved construction of a movable bridge structure which comprises a plurality of segment block means consisting of at least one self-propelled block means and at least one non-propelled block means adapted to be coupled releasably with the adjacent s... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698867 | Egg washing means using staggered sized flat brushes An egg washing station is disclosed adapted to receive variously sized eggs for cleaning of the external surface thereof wherein the eggs are carried upon roller conveying means in longitudinally extending rows. A plurality of brushing means are included ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698868 | Egg washing conveyor apparatus An egg washing conveyer apparatus particularly usable with eggs arranged in rows with the long axes thereof extending laterally with respect to the direction of movement of the conveyor including a brushing member which extends longitudinally between the ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698869 | Toothbrush An electrically operated toothbrush comprises a housing with an electromotor inside the housing. The motor includes a rotatable shaft, means converting the rotary movement of the rotary shaft to an oscillatory movement of a brush support shaft which exten... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698870 | Multi-size grout striking tool A plurality of circular grout striking projections each having a radius different than the rest are arranged about the periphery of a central circular disc such that no projection interferes with the use of any adjacent projection in striking grout betwee... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698871 | Facial pad A pad is disclosed for removing facial powder from a compact and for applying the powder to the skin, wherein the pad includes a mesh material on a second side for abrading a surface of the facial powder the compact and for loosening the facial powder. Th... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698872 | Wiper apparatus for vehicles A wiper apparatus for vehicles in which the pressing force pressing a wiper blade against a windshield is adjustable. A driving arm oscillates a wiper arm having an attached blade member across the windshield surface. An adjustable bracket is provided on ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698873 | Extensible and contractible wiper arm assembly for windshield wiper A wiper arm, gearing and linkage are all installed in a housing so that an extensible and contractible wiper arm assembly is formed into a unit prior to installation on a vehicle body. In one embodiment, a one way clutch is interposed between a stationary... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698874 | Windshield wiper blade A dual durometer windshield wiper blade assembly comprises an elongated elastomeric wiper blade with an integral squeegee rib of relatively low durometer material. The blade has an integral hinge of circular cross-section coextensive with the squeegee rib... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698875 | Dolly with integral structure for detachably mounting casters upon the dolly Casters are detachably mounted upon the underside of the molded plastic frame of a dolly by the use of a single bolt. The caster is provided with a flat, horizontally disposed mounting plate which underlies and bears against a horizontal surface on the bo... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698876 | Door apparatus partially supported by a magnetic mechanism A door apparatus includes a door movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to a stationary structure, and a support device for supporting the door. The support device includes a magnet mounted on one of the door and the stationar... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698877 | Cabinet hinge In a hinge for hanging flush overlap doors, the door-related hinge part which can be mounted on the door is coupled by an articulation mechanism to a carcase-related hinge part in the form of an elongated supporting arm which in turn is secured to a mount... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698878 | Fiber bale opener and method of operating the same A fiber bale opener includes a housing arranged for horizontal travel along a series of fiber bales and a pair of horizontally spaced, parallel opening rollers defining an intermediate space therebetween. Each opening roller has a rotary axis oriented tra... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698879 | Drum for carding machines A drum for carding machines, which has a casing made of sheet steel. The two ends of the cases are supported by two hubs which are attached to the drive shaft. The interior of the casing is divided internally into cells by plurality of radial support elem... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698880 | Device for retarding the position of bedclothing An assembly including a clasp member having a pair of opposing upper and lower gripping jaws which receive selected portions of sheets therein; and a wedge member for insertion between the inner surface of said gripping jaws along with the bedsheets for l... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698881 | Socket element assembly for snap fasteners A socket element assembly for snap fasteners is composed of a socket member and a capped eyelet adapted to be joined together with a garment fabric sandwiched therebetween. The socket member and the capped eyelet have substantially the same outside diamet... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698882 | Molding attaching clip A molding attaching clip includes a lock down/spring member having a keyhole slot therein for mounting onto the head of a head stud fixed to a support panel with a pair of spaced apart resilient pawl arms at one end thereof and a spring arm and a molding ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4698883 | Cutting and mounting apparatus In a cutting and mounting apparatus for cutting a film section (9) which can be lowered into a slide mount (10) positioned below a cutting tool (5) in a slider (7), and which upon withdrawal of slider (7) can be snapped into the slide mount (10) while res... | 10/13/1987 |
