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 |
| 4787099 | Disposable limited reusable bib A disposable limited reusable bib comprising a sheet of non-woven hydrophobic material having a weight of from 20 grams to 100 grams per square yard and having a plurality of projecting nubbins for simulating a terrycloth appearance for facilitating wipin... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787100 | Children's item of apparel with footwear actuated noisemaker An item of children's apparel includes a foot portion consisting of a sole formed of a number of layers, an intermediate layer of which is provided with a cavity or recess which houses, in the toe portion, a squeaker or other noisemaker which is involunta... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787101 | Garment for convalescents A functional and attractive garment is provided for convalescents who are confined to wheelchairs and secured therein for safety reasons by a restraining device, and those convalescents which have limited walking ability but must use a wheelchair periodic... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787102 | Detachable patient aid for commode An apparatus for assisting an individual, in particular a male with various handicapping conditions, use a commode while standing in the upright position. The apparatus would generally comprise a base portion which would rest on the bowl of the commode, a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787103 | Trapless water flush toilet bowl fixture A trapless water flush toilet bowl fixture is disclosed. This fixture has: a water closet cesspool sealing member pivotally supported to shut off a waster water discharge port by impinging from underside upon this port; a sinker imparting a sufficient imp... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787104 | Convertible hospital bed An institutional bed, such as is commonly used in hospitals and nursing homes, which is convertible into an easy chair. Conversion occurs by moving an upper frame and the mattress longitudinally toward the foot of the bed while elevating the upper body po... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787105 | Sleeping bag with snorkel hood and draft curtain A sleeping bag has upper and lower portions, an access opening in the upper portion, and a breathing opening in the upper portion adjacent one end of the bag. Overlying and spaced from the breathing opening is a snorkel hood where outgoing exhalation is p... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787106 | Body support device such as cushions or pillows A convex body support pad (2) mounted inside a rigid frame (5) by resilient means (6) and placed inside a case containing filling to form a portable cushion. The convex support pad may be a solid lump or may be hollow and may contain a vibrator. The resil... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787107 | Blanket remover arrangement An arrangement for removing a blanket from a bed to clear the bed for transferring a person. The person lies on a transport sheet, and a cover sheet extends across and above the transport sheet and person. The cover sheet is removably fastened to a lift m... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787108 | Nest for and method of managing megachile rotundata A nest for Megachile Rotundata bees describes a group of blind tunnels specifically designed to present bees with a near as possible natural tunnel to suit their instinctive nesting habit. The nest as described hereinbefore along with details of husbandry... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787109 | Sportsman multiple use tool A sportsman multiple use tool is a device for allowing the sportsman a variety of tools in one. It comprises a locking bill with teeth for grasping, serrated sides on the bill for scraping, a crimper which is designed within the spacers which keep the tee... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787110 | Foaming testing apparatus which yields results correlatable to hand washing of laundry Detergent laundry bars of improved foaming properties during hand washing of laundry are described which include 15 to 45% of a mixture of 0.05 to 20 parts of sodium higher fatty alcohol sulfate and 1 part of sodium alpha-sulfo-higher fatty acid lower alk... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787111 | Selectively-retractable elevated walkway extension A selectively positionable extension for an elevated walkway includes a planar ramp mounted by rollers to a frame and coupled to the frame by a selectively extensible hydraulic ram. The frame itself is supported by a second ramp for controlled vertical po... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787112 | Edge brush for electroplated strip Apparatus is disclosed for brushing the edges of electroplated metal strip to remove excess plating metal therefrom. In a first embodiment for brushing the narrow face edges of the strip, a cup brush is mounted on a carriage having a motor thereon for rot... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787113 | Hand-mounted squeegee A squeegee for mounting on the back of a operator's hand, comprising a base portion; a device for attaching the base portion to a operator's hand, such device preferably a strap, a upwardly projecting portion attached to said base at its lower end, the up... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787114 | Wiper driving system for vehicle A wiper driving system for a vehicle having a wiper link reciprocated by a crank of a motor, and a lever for rotating a driving shaft of a wiper arm fixed to one end of the wiper link by rotating at a predetermined angle with the one end of the wiper link... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787115 | Windscreen wipers A windscreen wiper mechanism includes a wiper arm having a second member mounted on the first member so that it is movable axially with respect thereto. The first member is adapted to be mounted so that it may be driven in reciprocating manner about a piv... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787117 | Vacuum cleaner electrical connector mount A plug retainer for use in a vacuum cleaner having a handle removably connected to a wand. The plug retainer is arranged to effectively preclude discharge of static electricity from the dirty suction air to the electrical conductors and interconnected plu... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787118 | Vacuum brush device for cleaning venetian blinds A vacuum brush device for cleaning slatted structures such as venetian blinds includes a hollow body member that can be attached to a source of vacuum such as a vacuum cleaner hose through a tubular connector. The tubular connector can be adjustably posit... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787119 | Support structure for engaging opening and closing units to track A support structure for engaging opening and closing units to a track, wherein a support structure 1 comprises a support main body which is secured to each of a plurality of opening/closing units that move along an opening/closing section A of a predeterm... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787120 | Door hinge assembly A door pivot assembly comprising two portions. One portion is attached to a support beam for the door and has a vertical cylindrical pivot bearing and horizontal bearing surface. A V-shaped groove is formed on the bearing surface defining the closure plan... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787121 | Hinge with stop An appliance hinge having internal stop mechanisms. The hinge has a first member which provides a thin bearing surface on both sides of a formed cylindrical segment on the back lip of the door. The second hinge member is a molded block which mounts on the... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787122 | Rotatable sausage forming sleeve member for the inlet of a sausages producing apparatus In an apparatus for producing sausages comprising a source of meat mass connected to a tubular injector of such a meat mass and which ends in a rotatable sausage forming sleeve member capable of rotating altogether with a tubular casing which is arranged ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787123 | Oyster shucking device A device for separating the shells of an oyster and removing edible meat cleanly from one of the shells. A flat-surfaced blade is inserted into the hinged connection between the shells and then twisted around the blade axis to break the shells apart. The ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787124 | Multiple-function actuation device particularly usable in ski boots Multiple-function actuation device for ski boots, consisting of a containment body associable with a ski boot and supporting an actuation assembly for the actuation of at least one drive shaft kinematically connected at least to a first winder and to a se... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787125 | Battery element and battery incorporating doped tin oxide coated substrate A battery element useful as at least a portion of the positive plates of a lead-acid battery comprises an acid resistant substrate coated with electrically conductive doped tin oxide. This battery element may also be used in the bipolar plates of a lead-a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787126 | Method of fabricating dark field coaxial ultrasonic transducer A dark field ultrasonic transducer is constructed with an outer annular spherical or conical transducer element and an inner spherical element. The outer annular element is excited and insonifies a small portion of a part surface near a discontinuity or c... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787127 | Combination slot mortising, horizontal boring, router table and overarm router machine A combination woodworking machine for attachment to an electric plunge router, which may be configured as a horizontal boring and slot mortising machine, an overarm router and a router table. An x-y-z table is mounted on a column supported by feet, and a ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787128 | Modularly expandable integrated process machine system and rotary indexing mechanism therefor A modularly expandable integrated process machine system incorporating a rotary indexing mechanism therefor. The machine system is made up of a support platform with predefined work station positions which each have the same dimension tool mounting config... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787129 | Metal of manufacturing a composite journal bushing A method of manufacturing a composite plain bearing is shown comprising the steps of forming, through pressing and sintering of powdered-metal, a porous base member defining a bearing surface having a height greater than four times its wall thickness, dis... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787130 | Air pressure manifold for valve repair Apparatus for use in repairing internal combustion engines by admitting air under pressure into selected cylinders of the engine comprises a manifold including an inlet fitting for connection to a source of compressed air, at least two primary outlet fitt... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787131 | Method of installing replacement windows A double-hung window having a casing with side boards inwardly delimiting sash pockets is replaced by first stripping the casing of the sashes, then filling the sash pockets with fluent particulate insulation, and finally fitting a replacement window into... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787132 | Method of making dynamic rotational counterbalance structure A dynamic rotational counterbalance structure includes a discoid balance body having a groove or race formed in an outer circumferential surface of the body. A plurality of movable weights such as spherical weights are positoined in the groove along with ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787133 | Method of assembling a refrigerator door A refrigerator door assembly comprising an outer metal rectangular shaped shell having a base panel, four upwardly turned side panels on each side and perpendicular to the base panel, and two sets of two opposite facing inturned flanges, each flange being... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787134 | Automatic tool exchange apparatus An automatic tool exchange apparatus includes a magazine for holding a plurality of freely detachable tools, a machine tool spindle whose distal end has a collet chuck in which a tool is loaded and which is tightened by a screw ring, a quill arm movable s... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787135 | Method of attaching leads to PTC devices A process for producing a PTC device comprising the steps of forming a laminate comprising a PTC composition and at least two electrode plates having the PTC composition sandwiched therebetween, opposing the surface of a lead plate to be electrically conn... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787136 | Control and monitoring arrangement for tools A control and monitoring arrangement for "intelligent" tools is disclosed each of which is preset with a reference value for at least one assembly parameter for each assembly operation by a control unit, and each of which signals the actual value measured... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787137 | Automatic component placer and placer head In order that lowering of the transfer tube of the head may take place properly, motors and linkages enter into action. A particular arrangement of a pivot of one lever, comprising a notch on the pivot and an aperture in a bearing piece, brings about a co... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787138 | Method and apparatus for contact insertion A contact on the end of a wire is inserted into an aperture of a multi-pin connector by a traveling insertion head that moves in three dimensions to fetch the wire from a wire holder, pull it from the holder and drive it into a selected aperture of the co... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787139 | Battery cable puller pliers An improved battery cable pliers includes a jaw configuration having a knife edge and spaced parallel legs which fit totally beneath a connector and cooperate with a second jaw associated with the pliers.... | 11/29/1988 |
