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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4764985 | Garment for a wheelchair occupant A poncho-type garment having a head opening in the center section thereof located nearer the garment's back marginal edge and having the corners thereof substantially relieved to provide back and front panels which are transversly narrower than the center... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764986 | Waterproof garment for patient with thoracic incision A water resistant garment for protecting a thoracic incision on a patient during showering is disclosed. The garment includes upper and lower plackets extending completely through one sleeve, through the collar area of the garment, and all the way down on... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764987 | Garment pattern transfer marking device and method A garment pattern transfer marking device which provides a capability for first punching out the various pattern reference and feature marks imprinted upon a typical tissue paper garment pattern to thereby enable continued use of the device in effecting d... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764988 | Detachable garment fastener attachment for brassiere strap A fastener device including an elongated sleeve member having an elongated top fastener surface and elongated detachable side edge portions for attachment to the shoulder strap of a foundation garment, such as a brassiere, for securing the undersurface of... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764989 | Safety goggles retainer for hard hat A pair of strap retainers are mounted on opposite sides of a safety helmet for securing safety goggles in a storage position. An open slot is formed in each retainer thereby defining a hook about which the goggles strap is retained. The goggles along with... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764990 | Ventilated face shield A mask arrangement particularly adapted for use in cold weather conditions includes a mask member and a spaced eye shield. Air flow directing means directs air flow between the eye shield and the mask member, providing comfortable air flow and inhibition ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764991 | Female urinal for supine use A urinal for use by a female person in lying in a supine position. The urinal includes a container having a substantially circular open top defined by a top rim portion. The flexible container has a closed bottom portion and encircling side walls. A short... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764992 | Dispenser having air lock forming means A toilet tank dispenser for passively isolating the chemical solution in the dispenser from the tank during quiescent periods. The dispenser also provides means for releasing a chemical solution into the water in the tank at a release rate which may be ea... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764993 | Two-position latchable drain valve A drain valve comprises: (a) a drain body defining a flow port, (b) a drain cover unit movable between a down-position in which the cover closes the port, and an up-position to open the port to drain flow, the cover having a downward projection movable up and ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764994 | Portable toilet A portable toilet of the type having a waste holding tank which is separable from a bowl unit of the toilet. The tank includes a vent for permitting entry of air to the holding tank during emptying thereof. This avoids surging of the contents of the tank ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764995 | Dual flush mechanism A dual flush mechanism which allows the user to select either a full or partial flush, while using a single flush valve. A full flush is obtained by a first handle which lifts a flush valve actuating arm to unseat the flush valve in a conventional manner.... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764996 | Water saving device for water closet A water saving device is provided in the form of a plastic compressable flow control tube with a pinch clamp which may be installed as a substitute for the refill tube for the toilet bowel of a water closet, and which may be adjusted to establish the prop... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764997 | Sitz bath for use with douche A sitz bath appliance for use with a hand held bidet is disclosed which enables conventional cleaning with the hand held bidet followed by closing of a drain with medicated, sanitary, constant temperature soaking. The sitz bath includes a circular rim con... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764998 | Retractable cover Retracting cover device for covering structures such as vehicles, swimming pools, boats, awnings etc., comprising a cover of wide flexible sheet material, a reel rotatably mounted on reel support means for winding on and winding off the cover, retracting ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764999 | Hydrotherapeutic jet apparatus The mechanism of the present invention provides jet sprays of mixed water and air which continuously sweep up and down the spine of the user as he/she sits in the spa. The jets undergo a partial rotation about pivots in arcs of about 1/4 or 1/3 of a circl... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765000 | Bathtub enclosure An enclosure for a bathtub for creating an environment of contained heat and high humidity. The enclosure is composed of two elongated panels, one horizontally oriented and the other vertically oriented, the panels being hinged together and the horizontal... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765001 | Splash guard for bathtub showers A splash guard for a bathtub provided with a shower curtain includes a first extruded plastic channel strip, which is fastened to the adjacent bathroom wall on each side of the bathtub. A second channel strip is positioned on the top wall of the bathtub. ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765002 | Lavatory An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides a peripheral flange generally perpendicular to the plane of the lavatory basin. The flange has a generally downwardly, inwardly sloping surface to enable the splash water to flow into the basin within t... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765003 | Portable hands-free wash stand A portable hands-free wash stand characterized by upper and lower foot pedals on its ladder-shaped bottom block for controlling water pump to pump up clean water to feed pipe for wash, and comprising a control switch for the selection of warm water and co... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765004 | Folding portable crib A collapsible infant's crib is provided with hinged sides which fold inwardly. The side hinges are constructed to be slightly non-linear when in the open position, to provide an inward bias which prevents undue flexing of the joint when the crib is in use... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765005 | Support device The foot support system includes an adjustable foot support easily attachable to a bed or other personal support, for aiding persons in maintaining a sitting position while in bed on a mattress surface or other personal support. The foot support system in... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765006 | Enclosure for converting a bed into a play area The conversion of a conventional bed, such as a child's bed, into a play area is accomplished by means of a free-standing enclosure composed of two sub-assemblies of paperboard, each comprising a center panel proportioned to span the width of the bed and ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765007 | Leaf cutter bee nest block A unique mixture of expanded polystyrene beads and vermiculite is molded to form a one piece nesting block, having a plurality of egg laying holes for the leaf cutter bee. The unique nesting block is light weight and possesses the necessary environmental ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765008 | Flail-type honeycomb decapper and method An apparatus and method for uncapping wax from both sides of a honeycomb. The apparatus comprises a pair of rotatable flails, a first conveyor for delivering a honeycomb to the pair of rotatable flails and a second endless conveyor for moving the honeycom... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765009 | Multi-functional bar of a manually operated jack A multi-functional bar for a manual operated jack comprising a connecting section and a handle section; said connecting section made from a hard metallic pipe at one end formed in a shape adapted to fit in an operable portion of the jack and having anothe... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765010 | Method of making a stem for a self-plugging blind fastener A self-plugging blind fastener of the break-stem type, is suitable for fastening apertured sheets together, and comprises a headed tubular body and an elongate stem disposed in the bore of the body. The stem comprises a plug, and a stem-tail connected to ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765011 | Mechanism to transfer a footwear upper assembly between stations of a multi-station system A transfer machine to move a footwear upper assembly (or the like) between stations in a footwear (or the like) processing system which transfer machine includes an end effector having a mechanism to grasp the footwear upper assembly. A base serves as a r... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765012 | Manually operated cleaner A manually operated cleaner is provided with a body in the form of a box-shaped container having a removable lid and a bottom wall. Two parallel openings are provided through the bottom wall of the container. A roll brush is mounted to project out of one ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765013 | Gutter broom segment and assembly The brush segments of a gutter broom have self-locking lugs that are received in holes in the broom's drive plate to mount the segments. Dogs of the segments spring into at least some of the holes to keep the segments from unlocking.... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765014 | Flexible duster head holder A flexible duster head holder includes a stiffener over which a conventional duster head is placed. The stiffener may be bent to conform to the shape of a non-flat surface to be dusted. The stiffener consists of a bendable metal wire core which is suffici... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765015 | Floor sweeping blade device for surface cleaning machines A floor sweeping blade device for surface cleaning machines is disclosed which comprises a body (3) having a main direction of extension and being split into a plurality of portions (3a,3b) which are consecutively arranged, rigid, and articulated to one a... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765016 | Chip removing device A chip removing device for removing foreign matter such as chips from a groove defined circumferentially on an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical workpiece, which includes a blowhead that is fittable into the cylindrical workpiece, a shaft for supp... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765017 | Wiping device for wiping cover plates of headlights of motor vehicles A wiping device for wiping cover plates of the headlights of motor vehicles includes a wiping arm carrying a wiper blade and swingable over the cover plate being wiped, and a drive shaft which is releasably connected to the wiping arm by means of an adapt... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765018 | Wiper assembly with automatically extending wipe pattern A passenger side wiper includes a means that allows its normal wipe pattern to automatically extend under extreme conditions of high windshield wetting, and high wiper speed. A preloading spring mechanism allows the wiper arm to slip under the inertial ef... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765019 | Windshield wiper device and method of setting the same on an automobile A windshield wiper device of an automobile comprises a wiper arm, a wiper blade supported by the wiper arm and having an elastic blade element for wiping a windshield, an engaging member attached to one of the wiper arm and the wiper blade and having firs... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765020 | Silverware washing machine A flatware washer comprising a cogged endless belt mechanism mounted lengthwise in a vertical orientation within a water containment housing; the top end of the cogged belt mechanism being hung around a drive wheel mechanism having complementary cogs mati... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765021 | Heavy duty caster A heavy duty caster for use on machines, heavy conveyances and the like has a plate the underside of which has a circular socket for a disc-shaped first thrust bearing element which is rotatably held in the socket against appreciable axial movement by a r... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765022 | Combination stop plug and frame member for channelled drapery track A combination stop plug and open frame member for installation in the channel of a drapery track. The plug and frame parts are integrally formed. The plug part is sized and configured to be installed by sliding through an open end of the channel and immob... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765023 | Spring biased lockable safety handle for turning a hand control wheel Disclosed is a safety handle for turning a hand control wheel. The handle is engaged by exerting constant axial pressure on the handle in a swung-out position, which enables the hand control wheel to be turned. Upon release of the handle, it automatically... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765024 | Recessed hinge A recessed hinge wherein a socket is installed in the pivotable door of a piece of furniture and an arm is attached to a stationary wall of the piece of furniture. The socket contains a pintle which connects the socket to the arm, and the socket has an op... | 08/23/1988 |
