Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4710978 | Protective garment for water activities A protective garment covering for the human body, formed of rubber-like material has a thickness of at least 3/32 of one inch and is provided with elongated terminations at the arm and leg cuffs. For ease of putting on and removing the garment, the orific... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710979 | Mother's apron or bib with detachable multicolored two-dimensional infant toys to aid supervised baby play A sleeveless, preferably lined, apron of jacket length sewn together at the shoulders having a back panel of about the same length as the front panel with detachable multicolored two-dimensional cut out toys provided on the front so that the mother or bab... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710980 | Protecting garnment usable in particular in hairdressing salons and new type of towel incorporated in the design of said garnment Protecting garment usable in particular in hairdressing salons, of the type composed of an overall or cape, designed to be wrapped around the user's body, and of a towel adaptable on said overall. According to the invention: the overall or cape is a one-piece ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710981 | Interactive message garment Wearing apparel consisting of a garment which includes a flap with a releasable gripping surface hinged on one of the garment's exposed surface panels and constructed so that the end of the flap which is not hingedly connected can be swung away from the g... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710982 | Zipper necktie A necktie has a slide fastener including a slide means, a knot portion having an opening therethrough, and a front tie portion depending from said knot portion. A rear tie portion has a lower end extending through said opening and has an upper neck embrac... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710983 | Combination handbag and dress accessory item A dress accessory item such as a belt, waistband, strap or sash convertible into a handbag or purse. The belt-like dress accessory item includes first and second courses of decorative fastener devices, each originating from a common point on the periphery... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710984 | Helmet for protection against impacts and a method of manufacturing the said helmet This helmet comprises an outer protective shell, an impact-absorbing layer made from a non-elastically compressible material, and a layer of elastically compressible material. A dome is interposed between the said layer and the impact-absorbing layer. The... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710985 | Protective headgear for wrestler A wrestler's protective headgear protects the wearer's ears and is securely affixed to the head with a minimum of easily adjustable straps.... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710986 | Outlet valve for toilet tank A floatless outlet valve comprises a valve body having a vertically disposed overflow tube and a valve seat formed integrally at the lower end of the tube. A valve assembly is pivotably connected to the terminal end of the overflow tube by the rear end po... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710987 | Toilet rim water distributor A water distributor for use in an open flush rim of a toilet bowl is disclosed. In one embodiment, there is a flexible tube portion forming a compressible portion and a guide portion extending out from the outer wall of the tube portion which has a plural... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710988 | Flush toilet A flush toilet primarily for use in recreational homes and vehicles is described. A swing drop valve mechanism is used to open and close the outlet of the toilet bowl efficiently and without abrading the seal between the valve and bowl outlet. A flush wat... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710989 | Dry closet Dry closet consisting of a bottom part (1) and an upper part (2), the bottom part containing an absorbing agent. The bottom part (1) is at delivery folded together by folding the walls a short distance up inwards over which an upper part (2) has been plac... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710990 | Air-water nozzle for a spa tank A partially housed air-water rotor is mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis. A water pipe on the axis serves as one bearing for the rotor, while an air pipe on the axis serves as another bearing for the rotor. The rotor ends have nozzles effective ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710991 | Headrest pillow A pillow for a headrest having a pair of opposing lateral head supports pads each having inner opposing and top surfaces for supporting the head. Alternatively, the pillow may be used for supporting and immobilizing the cervical spine of a person in a sup... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710992 | Waterbed rail cap A padded bedrail cap can be folded and flattened during installation. Spring clips are provided to form a channel within the cap during installation. The bedrail cap is friction fit over the bedrail.... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710993 | Dye color control system A method and apparatus for supplying dyes to a dyeing apparatus, dyes being selected to yield one of a group of colors. A plurality of tanks of dye is provided, and a circuit leads from each tank to a selected one of a pair of valves that may either direc... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710994 | Method of forming a composite structural member A composite structural member is formed by fixedly mounting a prestressed concrete slab having compressive stress acting along pc steel wires buried therein on a beam. The compressive stress is thereafter released from the prestressed concrete slab by loo... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710995 | Electric motor driven toothbrush The present invention is directed to a motor driven toothbrush, having a scrubbing shaft supported on a standard secured to an end plate of a housing and movable in a direction of the axis of the scrubbing shaft, a rolling shaft coaxially fitted to the sc... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710996 | Interdental brush handle An elongated, preferably plastic handle has a sleeve lock on each of its opposite tip ends. When a twisted wire brush is placed in the handle and the sleeve is slipped over it, there is a guy wire effect from the sleeve which holds the brush firmly in pla... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710997 | Last-case for cleaning footwear The present invention provides a last-case for use in cleaning footwear, the last-case comprising a wall cover adapted to be fixed to a wall, and an external cover removably connected to the lower edge of the wall cover, the external cover being movable b... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710998 | Game skinning device An animal skinning device including meshing sets of generally conical skin grasping teeth having rounded ends and mounted in teeth carrier members mounted at the ends of elongated jaw members. Jaw members are connected through a pivot to move from an open... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710999 | Device for cleaning shellfish A device for cleaning shellfish consists of a chamber having two opposed brush disks, relatively moveable toward one another and at least one of the disks is rotatably driven.... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711000 | Hands-free clamping device for holding fish or game for cleaning A hands-free clamping fixture in accordance with my invention for immobilizing a fish or animal carcass to enable the cleaning and/or descaling thereof comprises a base member, and a movable clamping device interacting therewith. The base member has a wor... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711001 | Fastening arrangement for open hose clamp A clamp structure with a clamping band having open ends and a mechanical interconnection of the open ends of the band that include at least two outwardly extending hooks in the inner band portion adapted to engage in apertures in the outer band portion; a... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711002 | Bag tie with press release lever A closure device with a press release lever is disclosed. The closure device includes an elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a retaining housing at one end, a flexible middle section, and a free end portion at another end. The retaining housing h... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711003 | Coupling system The present invention discloses a unique, self-aligning, quick-releasing coupling system capable of releasably joining male/female items for permanent or temporary joining. One or preferably two jaw members are supported for movement between capturing and... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711004 | Apparatus for shearing a moving web of material The cutting apparatus for cutting a moving strip of material comprises a rotating cutting cylinder having a spatially fixed nap height determining plate provided with a plurality of holes which contacts a part of the active outer circumference of the cutt... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711005 | Method and apparatus for making slats for window blinds and the like from a continuous web of plastic material A new and improved method of forming slats for window blinds and the like from a continuous web of plastic material includes a feeder for directing the web longitudinally from a roll at a selected speed rate into a heating chamber including upper and lowe... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711006 | Downhole sectional screw motor, mounting fixture thereof and method of oriented assembly of working members of the screw motor using the mounting fixture A downhole motor includes a bearing unit connected to a moving section incorporating successively arranged working members--a stator and a rotor interacting with each other along profile surfaces. The like pairs of the adjacent working members are rigidly... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711007 | Method and apparatus for installing free standing turbine blades An improved method and apparatus for installing rotatable, free standing turbine blades upon a rotor, includes coupling a locking device which substantially conforms to the curved arcuate surfaces of the blade to the bottom of the blade, and thereafter in... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711008 | Method of producing propeller shafts for jet-propelled small-sized boats A method of producing propeller shafts for jet-propelled small-sized boats comprises the steps of preparing a main shaft in the form of a hollow round bar, which is a finished part and a pair of auxiliary shafts shorter in length than the main shaft, in t... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711009 | Process for making metal substrate catalytic converter cores There is provided a process and apparatus for making, preferably continuously, a catalytic converter element or core especially adapted for the treatment of exhaust from an internal combustion engine, whether spark or compression ignited. The converter el... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711010 | Method of sealing off the vaporization chamber of a steam iron A method of sealing off a vaporization chamber provided in a soleplate of a steam iron by means of a cover is described. The vaporization chamber has an outer wall which has an upper edge remote from the bottom surface of the soleplate and having an upwar... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711011 | Apparatus for extracting an element from an assembly A chuck includes a support and a plurality of pairs of oppositely disposed jaws with the jaws being movable to a position with each pair of jaws disposed on diametrically opposite sides of one element of an assembly. A motor moves selected pairs of the ja... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711012 | Apparatus and method for installing gutter drops on rain gutters An apparatus and method wherein a punching tool is used to punch a downspout hole in the bottom wall of a rain gutter, and wherein a swaging tool is insertable into a gutter drop after the gutter drop is inserted into the downspout hole to swage-lock the ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711013 | Method for removing injectable material from a packing cylinder A reamer for removing material from a packing cylinder bore of an expansion joint is disclosed. A housing is provided which consists of a hollow cylindrical body having a threaded outer surface and a threaded inner surface. The threaded outer surface of t... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711014 | Method for handling semiconductor die and the like Method for handling semiconductor chips and the like objects are disclosed which include the use of a flat flexible film that is supported on a flat porous texturized fabric sheet such as a woven or knit fabric having spaced fiber crossovers. Objects, are... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711015 | Apparatus for handling and assembling axial electronic components on printed circuit cards Apparatus for predisposing, handling and assembling axial electronic components (C, P) (or other elements) on printed circuit cards and for equivalent uses, which includes cutting tools (34) and bending tools (88) for, respectively, cutting and bending th... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711016 | Flexible manufacturing unit The invention relates to a flexible manufacturing unit with at least two machine tools (1,2) and a transport device (9) movable in rectangular coordinates having receptacles for carriers (8) holding workpieces and for the tools (6). The invention consists... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4711017 | Formation of buried diffusion devices A low collector parasitic resistance in bipolar transistors may be achieved without the use of an epitaxial layer or a high energy implant. Essentially, the invention employs the use of trenches in an N- layer overlying a P- substrat... | 12/08/1987 |
