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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4700403 | Protective cushion A protective pad assembly usable primarily by athletes to protect body parts from injury, especially from traumatic shock as when struck by a high speed hockey puck. The pad assembly includes a relatively rigid outer shell or shield and an inner air entra... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700404 | Goalkeeper glove A goalkeeper glove known as a blocker, more particularly for use in the game of hockey, wherein the back of the glove itself is attached to a generally rectangular shielding pad, having an outer wall adapted to be impacted by a hockey puck during the game... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700405 | Baseball glove A pair of batting gloves including a right hand glove (10) having a thumb stall (18) and a finger stall (20) accommodating a plurality of fingers and having a cushioned pad (40) thereon and an adjustable bat-engageable web (50) extending between the thumb... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700406 | Adjustably wrappable, stretchable strap for shin guard A wrap means, for compressively wrapping an athlete's shin guard, comprising an insulative, flexible, relatively thin strap that is bi-directionally stretchable, the strap including a first elastomeric layer, and a second layer of pile fabric attached to ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700407 | Protective garment The invention relates to a protective garment, especially a sports garment, which includes a layer made of a wear-resistant, resilient basic material (1) for protecting the person who wears the garment. In order to provide an efficient protective effect, ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700408 | Pacifier holder for infants A pacifier holder is disclosed, substantially in the shape of a "Y". The upper arms of the Y-shape have VELCRO (TM) hook and pile sections or other suitable fasteners at their distal ends to permit them to be attached to each other behind the infant's nec... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700409 | Convertible garment A convertible garment, such as a jacket, tunic or vest, includes a pouch concealed between inner and outer rear walls of the garment, and which can be withdrawn through an aperture in the inner rear wall of the garment for the pouch to be employed as a ca... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700410 | Pneumatic adjustment means for earcups in helmets A protective helmet assembly in which a manually operable pump carried by the helmet outer shell is accessible from outside the shell to inflate two inflatable bodies disposed between the shell and respective sound-attenuating earcup subassemblies suspend... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700411 | Helmet A helmet having a ventilation system which employs a detachable visor. The visor forms an inner chamber which inhibits foreign objects from entering the ventilation passages in the interior of the helmet.... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700412 | Universal trap A universal drain trap and separator having a hand removable bowl with an open top and a center post which extends upwardly through a lid member which closes the bowl in a sealed relation; inlet and outlet conduits attached to the lid and fastening means ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700413 | Toilet flushing mechanism with high/low water volume selectability An articulated float arm for a sanitary toilet flushing mechanism is normally bent at an angle by a detent mechanism to maintain a low water level in the toilet water tank. A linkage is provided to the exterior of the tank for releasing the detent mechani... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700414 | Sofa-sleeper having a snap-in bottom-loading sofa bed mechanism A sofa sleeper includes a stationary sofa frame having a front, back and opposed sides, and a sofa bed mechanism having pivotally interconnected head, body, intermediate and foot frame sections which are extendable to form a bed and foldable within the so... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700415 | Reclinable wheelchair apparatus A reclinable wheelchair which operates in conjunction with a compatibly equipped bed to transport a prone person between the bed and the reclined wheelchair alongside the bed. The back rest can be raised and the leg rest of the wheelchair can be lowered t... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700416 | Patient transfer mat An improved patient transfer mat for aiding the moving of a patient who cannot move oneself. The mat includes a center section and a pair of wing sections hingedly attached thereto and adapted to be placed under the patient. The sections are hingedly atta... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700417 | Gurney extension This invention provides means for transferring a person from a stationary place to a movable stretcher using a flexible and foldable transfer sheet attached to such stretcher.... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700418 | Sterile mattress unit A sterile mattress unit that contains a mattress, an air tight cover of micro filter material enclosing the mattress and a gas reservoir that supplies gas to the interior of the cover is disclosed. The reservoir is a flexible structure that expands and co... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700419 | Floatation sleep system including a rectilinear perimeter air chamber An improved floatation sleep system of the type including a liquid-containing bladder, an air chamber surrounding the marginal perimeter of the bladder, and a substantially planar sheet interconnecting opposed portions of the air chamber. By this inventio... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700420 | Multi-purpose camping tool A multi-purpose camping tool having components which are structured to be combined together to form a pole ladder, an ax, a trenching spade, a hoe, a grapple hook, tool devices and a saw frame. The components include a spade blade, tool heads, handle conn... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700421 | Ramp for loading small motorized vehicles on pickup trucks A ramp assembly provides loading of small off-the-road vehicles onto, and unloading of such vehicles from the bed of a pick-up truck. The assembly includes a flexible support such as a sheet of lightweight chain link, cloth belting or the like which is co... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700422 | Multiple use drain cleaning apparatus A highly portable, multiple purpose drain cleaning apparatus comprising a payout drum supporting a snake hose wound thereon and supported for rotation on a portable support frame, a plurality of fluid tanks in selective fluid communication with a powered ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700423 | Lavatory brush A lavatory brush comprising a handle and a plurality of axially stacked, laterally outwardly tapering, flexible blades, the blades extending around the handle. A container includes an upward opening cup and receives downward thereinto the bladed end of th... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700424 | Windshield washing system for motor vehicles In a windshield washing system for motor vehicles which includes a line for the supply of heated washing liquid to a spray nozzle, the line is part of a closed circulatory system which extends from a heating device in a reservoir tank to the spray nozzle ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700425 | Wiper element and holder A wiper element includes a member formed of a flexible, resilient material and comprised of a body portion having a strip at one side and a pair of wiper blades extending from the opposite side in parallel, spaced relation. The strip is spaced from the bo... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700426 | Nozzle assembly for fluid stripping apparatus A nozzle assembly (26) to be connected to an outlet 24 of a flexible inflatable bag (18, 20) for emitting a stream of air under pressure therethrough to remove fluid from the surface of a vehicle including an elongated body having a first pair of opposite... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700427 | Method of automatically steering self-propelled floor-cleaning machines and floor-cleaning machine for practicing the method The invention concerns a method of automatically steering a self-propelled floor-cleaning machine along a predetermined path of motion on a limited area to be worked, wherein a sequence of path segments stored in a data memory is retrieved, and the path s... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700428 | Hose assembly for fluid flow apparatus In apparatus wherein a fluid flow path is defined within a housing and leads from an inlet in the housing to an outlet therefrom, a shell-like member having a first opening therein for establishing communication with a length of hose and a second opening ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700429 | Quick release wand for cannister vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner having a wheeled nozzle with a two-piece wand defining a lower end connected to a swivel connector portion of the nozzle. Guide structure is provided for accurately aligning cooperating male and female terminals on the wand and swivel con... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700430 | Furniture support A support for an article of furniture is readily interchangeable between having a glide exposed to the ground and a caster exposed to the ground with the glide being stored within a shroud. The furniture remains level in either embodiment since the total ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700431 | Process and apparatus for eliminating dust from fiber material Fiber material is conveyed over a sieve-like surface to remove dust from material. The fiber material is thereby exposed to a suction airstream which is guided through the sieve-like surface and which is guided away from the fiber material at an acute ang... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700432 | Bundling tie Novel bundling devices and methods for their use are provided. These devices are useful for bundling elongate members such as electric wires, cables, tubes, etc., or for securing such members in a coiled form. These novel devices are characterized by being sec... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700433 | Device of the clevis type for handling operations The device of the clevis type for handling materials, notably lifting or hauling operations, comprises two clevis branches connected by at least two stems which have non aligned parallel axes and at least one of which is slit longitudinally, a flat flexib... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700434 | Line tightening mechanism A circular disk having a tool actuable projection on one face and a threaded stud projecting from the other face. A slit formed in the threaded stud that cooperates with a threaded receiving tool held disk. The threaded stud is placed over a line with the... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700435 | Tack button A tack button utilizes a pivot tack that has a long taper on its shank which prevents buckling and a subsequent loose connection of the assembled button parts, particularly the assembly of the back member of the button with the fabric to which the button ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700436 | Magnetic fastener A magnetic fastener comprising a permanent magnet member having first and second sides of opposite polarity, a first magnetic pole plate attached at the first side of the magnet member, a second magnetic pole plate removably attachable on the second side ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700437 | Lever lock clamp A clamp comprises a pair of pivotally connected jaws. A spring urges the jaws apart. A screw extends from the first jaw through the second jaw and projects above the second jaw. An operating lever for clamping and unclamping the jaws is screw threadedly r... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700438 | Jewelry clasp The clasp of the disclosure is of the kind comprising a clasp part and, for engagement therewith, a complementary link member; said clasp part comprising a body formed with a labyrinthine slot open at a surface of the body to permit said member to be pass... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700439 | Driveshaft fabricating apparatus A driveshaft fabricating apparatus is disclosed which achieves the functions of straightening, welding, straightening and balancing of a driveshaft workpiece without necessitating workpiece removal, reloading or otherwise disturbing the original set-up of... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700440 | LC filter manufacturing method A manufacturing method for a LC filter (an inductive filter) suitable for use as a noise filter, constituted by the steps of: inserting a central conductor into a cylindrical magnetic substance having electrodes on at least the end faces; dipping the cent... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700441 | Tapping machine A tapping machine has a plurality of punches for punching a plate-shaped workpiece and extruding or plunging the punched holes and a plurality of tapping units for carrying out the tapping operation continuously in the tapping machine. A free positional w... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700442 | Tool changing apparatus for a machine tool A tool changing apparatus for a machine tool comprising, adjacent an operating space, an indexable tool carrier displaceable in two feed directions defining a plane of movement and comprising a plurality of tool receiving means each including a holding me... | 10/20/1987 |
