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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4833729 | Shark protector suit A shark protector suit of the invention is a combined rubber suit and helmet to completely cover the body of the wearer, including a face mask for facial protection, and preferably having at least a partial lining of flotation material, such as foam sheet... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833730 | Back brace A back brace to provide firm support to the lumbar sacro area of the back, includes an elastic inner wrap that circumferentially stretches around the torso and fastens in the front. The inner wrap carries a back support panel. An elastic outer wrap overla... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833731 | Reversible lap robe A lap robe for wheel chair or sitting patients is disclosed as including a waist section having detachable fastener elements attached thereto, and a lower body and leg wrapping section which is attached to the waist section. The lower body and leg wrappin... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833732 | Comfort vest and collar A comfort vest has front and back panels that cover a person's chest and back. The vest is held in place by a pair of shoulder straps that join the front and back panels. One shoudler strap is split to create two seams. Releaseable fasteners attached to t... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833733 | Method of making cut resistant surgical gloves A surgical glove (10) includes a ventral side (12) and a dorsal side (14) integrally connected thereto. The sides (12,14) include a thin layer (16) of stretchable air and water impermeable material and the dorsal side (14) includes a layer (18) of flexibl... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833734 | Low cost, high performance sweatband A low cost sweatband is provided formed of an elastic fabric core of a length to resiliently encircle the head or wrist, and a low strength, highly absorbent paper fabric cover of excess length which is gathered into a cushioning, absorbent pad by stitchi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833735 | Helmet suspension with integrated crown straps and headband An adjustable suspension for a helmet or the like in which a front headband portion adapted to extend across the front of the wearer's head and a rear headband portion adapted to extend across the rear of the wearer's head receive an adjustable peripheral... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833736 | Seating assist apparatus A seating assist apparatus for assisting one in the use of a seat whereby the seat is movable between a horizontal resting position and a raised and tilted position. The apparatus comprises a mounting plate for mounting the seat thereto, a support member ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833737 | Locking means A locking apparatus for securing adjacent articulated members such as a toilet seat and lid mounted on a bowl. Included is a plate for mounting the apparatus to the bowl and a locking arm movable with respect to said plate to a position where the leg of t... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833738 | Control valve assembly for a cistern flushing apparatus A dual push-button control valve assembly which can be mounted on the side wall of a cistern. The assembly includes a housing having an end which is passed outwardly through a hole in the wall of the cistern. Collars are threaded onto the end on opposite ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833739 | Steam sauna A steam sauna has a passage for circulation of air existing in a sauna booth, and is provided with a heater for heating air flowing through the passage, and a steam generator with an ultrasonic oscillator for mixing steam generated with the air heated.... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833740 | Integral sink deck support It is known to form one or more faucet mounting holes in the deck portion of a metal sink. To separate the sink deck from the underlying countertop, a gasket is inserted between the sink and countertop in alignment with the holes. This method of construct... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833741 | Seat material and a method of producing the same Seat material having a covering member integrally provided on a foamed material and a patterned portion of the covering member formed by recessing the covering member in a stripe pattern and a method for producing such seat material comprising the steps o... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833742 | Disposable bed pan A bed pan for use in patient care has a disposable plastic liner waste collector suspended from an open frame whose exterior dimensions encompass the plastic liner and retainers for keeping the plastic liner to the frame. The bed pan is advantageously use... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833743 | Bed safety side rail A safety side rail for a bed is disclosed comprising a side panel supported by a pair of spaced-apart foot members, each adapted to be inserted under a side edge of the bed mattress. The side panel is supported by one end of the foot members, and is movab... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833744 | Fitted sheet and sheet-holding fixture for a waterbed A novel fitted sheet and a novel rigid fixture for holding a corner of the novel sheet in place on a rectangular waterbed mattress. A fixture is positioned adjacent each corner of the mattress with a base portion under the mattress, an upstanding corner p... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833745 | Waterbed mattress corner accessory An accessory usable with a waterbed in a corner to facilitate the application and retention of bed clothes thereto which includes a rigid unitary hollow structure having two vertical substantially planar and triangular side walls disposed at right angles ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833746 | Portable mutifunctional device for motor vehicles A portable multifunctional device for motor vehicles which includes a motor driven by an electric power source from the cigarette light socket of a motor vehicle. The motor has a high-speed revolution shaft for being operatively connected to a vacuum clea... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833747 | Dyeing method A dyeing apparatus and method is presented whereby garments such as socks and other articles can be dyed to provide a mottled, random coloration thereon. The apparatus consists of a rotating container into which colorants or discolorants are dripped as th... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833748 | Method and device for applying a flowable substance In a method and device for the application of foamed or non-foamed flowable substances upon a substrate, where the quantity of the substance to be applied in function of the surface units to be coated is preselected, the flow rate of the material dispense... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833749 | Heel support device for supporting a last without movement thereof A heel support device for use in a shoe making machine for forming the toe and sides of a shoe upper tensioned over a last seated on a last support include a guide fixed with respect to the machine. A heel support member is mounted for movement guided by ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833750 | Ramp section for collapsible floating bridge or ferry The invention relates to a ramp section or assembly for a collapsible floating bridge or ferry. The ramp section comprises two inner and two part outer float elements, connected together by joints. The two parts of the float element are, according to the ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833751 | Fixing member for retaining liquid-application member of liquid applicator such as writing instrument, cosmetic instrument and the like In a liquid applicator provided with a fixing member for retaining a liquid-application member having a fixing flange at its rear end, the liquid-application member and the fixing member are assembled to form an assembly which is mounted inside a front sh... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833752 | Vacuum mop head A vacuum mop head having a scrubbing pad, a front squeegee in a front vacuum pickup slot, and a rear squeegee in a rear vacuum pickup slot has a vacuum outlet divided effectively between the two pickup slots. Side walls of a vacuum passageway extend downw... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833753 | Filter apparatus, in particular on vacuum cleaners In order to permit the passage of dust and coarse particles or only the former, and to allow continuous operation, a filter disk is arranged in a housing, in the air flow direction, so that it is rotatable to different operating positions. A diaphragm-lik... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833754 | Supporting bracket for windows A supporting bracket including a track member, a slide, a stop member, a sash arm, a short link, a strut and a brace. The track member has a pair of folded side flanges along the length thereof with at least one of the folded side flanges which is subject... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833755 | System for marking the relative position of a mobile element with respect to a fixed element This invention relates to a system for marking the relative position of a mobile element with respect to a fixed element, the mobile element being able to occupy two extreme positions, close or remote, of the type comprising a lever articulated by one of ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833756 | Bendable drapery rod assembly A bendable drapery rod assembly comprising an elongated plastic rod member formed of flexible plastic and defining a trackway for drapery carriers, an elongated metal rod member, and provision for laterally retaining the plastic rod member and metal rod m... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833757 | Mounting for an opening roller In the case of a mounting for opening rollers having a plurality of teeth, it is provided that the lateral profiles of the teeth are located in essentially radial surfaces, and that, not before the area of the tip, at least one lateral profile has an end ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833758 | Apparatus for preparing a nonwoven web An apparatus for preparing a nonwoven web in which a bundle of continuous filaments is jetted from a nozzle together with a fluid stream, the filaments and the fluid stream impinge upon a first impinging surface, and after impinging, the filaments and at ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833759 | Bifurcated member hook fastening device This invention provides solutions to the problem of fastening a hook (53), such as a garment hanger hook (53), directly to a linear member (7), such as a clothesline (7), to which the hook (53) is hooked in the normal manner. This is accomplished by a dis... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833760 | Device for detachable and repeatable clamping of two objects to each other A device for detachable and repeatable accurate clamping in X-, Y- and Z-directions of a first object to a second object like a working table (2) to a machine table (1), the first object (1) having a house (3) with a truncated conical surface (15) intende... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833761 | Reinforced jewelry clasp A jewelry clasp comprising an angled portion which is subject to stress as a result of the weight of the jewelry to which it is attached, is provided with at least one reinforcement rib positioned and configured to increase the tensile strength of the ang... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833762 | Device for the production of crumple pleat crease patterns in fabric webs An apparatus for producing permanently set crumple pleat crease patterns in fabric webs, having a heatable crumple tube with an oscillatingly driveable stuffing element with which a fabric web in rope form is batchwise successively inserted into the crump... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833763 | Multistation working machine An indexing plate (9) is mounted on a shaft (7) which is supported against axial displacement on a machine frame (1) and is stepwise rotatably drivable, said plate carrying clamping devices (10) arranged around the shaft and each intended for one workpiec... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833764 | Machine tool for machining workpieces by means of rotary tools A program-controlled machine tool is described, for machining workpieces by means of rotary tools which can be brought into engagement with a workpiece under timewise control. The workpiece is disposed on a cross table which rests on a program-controlled ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833765 | Method and apparatus for mechanically locating a close-fitting part within a receptacle A method of locating a close-fitting part within a receptacle of a body, comprising: (a) providing movement of a carriage within a fixed plane, the carriage having a locator finger and part in known relative spaced relation; (b) floating the body for move... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833766 | Method of making gas heat exchanger A plurality of thin flat parallel positioned thermal conductive fins adapted to be connected to an object and a gas passageway passing between adjacent fins and extending between the top of the fins and opposite sides. Gas guides are positioned between ad... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833767 | Locksmith's door spreading tool For controllably spreading or prying the periphery of a locked automobile door away from its jamb, there is provided a locksmith's spreading tool having a primary member adapted to securely hook the door periphery and having a secondary member adapted to ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833768 | Curved SPF/DB sandwich fabrication The process for forming a metallic sandwich structure having a curved surface, particularly a surface curving about more than one axis, such as a quadric surface partially by direct displacement and partially by a fluid interface. Additionally, means to r... | 05/30/1989 |
