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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4847913 | Baseball chest protector A chest protector formed by a pair of chest protector bodies; each of the chest protector bodies being formed to include a one-piece, homogeneous, in situ molded foamed polymeric/copolymeric material; a zipper disposed along a vertical line of the chest p... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847914 | Garment for protecting against environmental contamination A protective garment for protecting the wearer against adverse effects of chemical, biological and like environmental contamination including a body garment defined by a pair of legs, a pair of arms, a body and a hood with the latter including a transpare... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847915 | Baseball glove with a flexible heel construction The invention involves a baseball glove with a flexible heel construction. The glove comprises a front panel forming the front wall of the glove and a back panel forming the back wall of the glove, the front and back panels being secured together at perip... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847916 | Child's decorative garment A garment for human beings to cover at least the upper torso. On the garment is a decorative design having a specific cognitive orientation and is positioned such that the wearer readily recognizes the design. The design is further incorporated into an ad... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847917 | Glove construction with means for removably securing accessories A glove adapted to have releasably secured thereto an ornamental accessory. There is provided fastener means having a pair of complementary fastener portions adapted to be selectively engagable or disengagable for securing or releasing said fastener porti... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847918 | Protective hand convering and method of manufacture A flexible fire-retardant and heat insulating inner glove is mounted within and cemented to a flexible, watertight, vapor-permeable plastic glove. A flexible reinforcement element having the outline of the plastic glove, with fingers somewhat longer than ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847919 | Ventilation band A ventilation band for the human body which includes an outer cover, an inner rim, and a corrugated section between the interiors of the outer cover and the inner rim for forming a plurality of ventilation apertures to ventilate air and prevent the human ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847920 | Dual-visor assembly for helmet A dual-visor assembly for use with a helmet such as that of an aircraft crew member in which an inner visor is releasably secured to the helmet by snap fasteners that release toward the rear of the helmet, while an outer visor is releasably secured to the... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847921 | Protective headgear A protective headgear for boxing and other activities involving direct violence to the head is provided which protects the eyes from direct contact of the padded thumbs and the impacts of blows. The headgear will also provide protection from serious lacer... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847922 | Combined toilet seat and reelable seat cover A combined toilet seat and reelable seat covering device includes a U-shaped seat plate and a flexible lay-flat tube cover adapted to be sleeved on the seat plate. One end of the seat is mounted on a mounting plate and rollers are provided for clamping an... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847923 | Water and air whirlpooling double flush toilet clog remover The present invention relates to a water and air whirlpool double flush toilet clog remover having a hollow cylinder, a top cover with air ports attached to the cylinder, a fixed direction filling device having a piston within the cylinder and a hollow pl... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847924 | Toilet flush aid A flush handle operator for independent installation at a toilet and operating the same through a foot pedal activated assembly and an activating assembly having a member engaged over the flush handle, and with a cable interconnection between the two asse... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847925 | Cover for a pool, hot tub or the like A cover for a pool, hot tub or the like wherein the pool structure has an upper perimeter portion defining a pool area where water is contained. The cover has a first upper flexible sheet member having a first central portion and a first perimeter portion... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847926 | Swimming pool liner retaining bracket A liner retaining bracket for an above-ground swimming pool is constructed and arranged for simultaneously and conjointly attaching the pool liner to the upper edge of a retaining wall and interlocking with an adjacent supporting upright. Use of the liner... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847927 | Garbage collection device for a sink unit, in particular, a built-in sink unit Garbage collection device for a built-in sink unit with a garbage discharge opening which is integrated into its top surface and below which a holder is arranged for several waste containers, one of which can be loaded with garbage through the discharge o... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847928 | Motor vehicles equipped for decontamination purposes A motor vehicle for the decontamination of terrain and equipment and of personnel with at least one chemical dispersing device and spraying devices on the vehicle is provided having a module box placed on the vehicle frame in which the means for terrain a... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847929 | Bed with adjustable positions The invention concerns a bed with adjustable position, which permits tilting in all positions, which can be lowered and lifted, bent in the knee and back parts, which can be swinged and moved stepwise, in which the patient can be X-rayed, etc. The bed has... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847930 | Raising device for attachment to hospital beds A raising device for attachment to hospital beds consists of an oval tube mounted in a support and which can be rotated and locked in any desired position of rotation, on whose upper free end a handgrip is arranged by which the patient can pull himself up... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847931 | Water pillow The present invention relates to a pillow having a thin envelope layer adjacent a bottom surface isolated from the top surface of the pillow by compressible filler material. It has been found that this thin envelope layer filled with a suitable fluid with... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847932 | Method and apparatus for receiving fluids and wastes of a bedridden patient An apparatus for receiving fluids and wastes of a bedridden patient including a mattress with an elongated cavity generally in the middle portion, the cavity being the depth of the mattress and having an upper edge defined by the top surface of the mattre... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847933 | Support pad for nonambulatory persons A foam support pad for nonambulatory persons provides for a wide weight distribution and maximum aeration of skin areas in contact with the pad to prevent the formation of decubitus ulcers. The top surface of the pad has an array of protuberances and vall... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847934 | Method of manufacturing overshoes A method of manufacturing overshoes made from an elongated rectangular flexible sheet of material. The method comprises the following steps: (a) gathering the sheet material by parallel stitching two elastic strips on the opposite side edge portions respe... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847935 | Dock leveler hold-down A hold-down device for a mechanical dock leveler which is spring loaded so that when the hold-down device is released the deck will rise and the lip will extend. When the deck is walked down, the hold-down device maintains the deck in contact with the tru... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847936 | Toothbrush A toothbrush in which the bristles define a surface across the width of the handle having a convex portion along the midline of the handle and concave portions on either side of the convex portion, thereby to conform to the corresponding complementary sur... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847937 | Hair brush In the case of hair brushes the arcuately shaped bristle members of which are studded with bristles, mounted in the side walls of a housing being U-shaped in cross section, are arranged in a plurality adjacently and with a distance from one another and ar... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847938 | Cleaning apparatus, particularly for cleaning window panes A cleaning apparatus, particularly for cleaning window panes includes a shaft-like hollow handle and a replaceable approximately strip-shaped cleaning tool mounted between two clamping jaws which are adjustable relative to one another. One of the clamping... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847939 | Protective paintbrush sleeve A sleeve device for protecting paintbrushes during soaking and storage comprises a resilient, generally rectangular body portion, having front and back faces, left and right sides, and a bottom opening, dimensioned to receive the brush stock and bristles;... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847940 | Windshield wiper blade A windshield wiper blade made of a synthetic elastomeric material includes an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, a longitudinally extending central squeegee rib and a longitudinally extending scraping rib immediately adjacent to and on each side o... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847941 | Windshield wiper device for motor vehicles A windshield wiper device includes an oscillating wiper blade supported on a wiper arm which oscillates together with the wiper blade on the windshield to be wiped and is connected with a drive which imparts to the wiper arm a longitudinal displacement du... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847942 | Arrangement for switching on and off of a vacuum cleaner The arrangement for switching on and off of a vacuum cleaner comprises a switch which is integrated in a printed circuit board disposed below the cover of the vacuum cleaner housing. In the cover there is formed a resilient tongue having an upwardly proje... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847943 | Liquid extraction surface cleaning apparatus A liquid extraction surface cleaning apparatus has an upwardly opening recovery tank and a top for the tank which contains a suction fan having a suction inlet opening into the tank. A wand connects to a source of cleaning liquid and has a dispensing and ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847944 | Vacuum cleaning with powered brush roll A vacuum cleaner having a powered brush roll with a one-piece thread guard and mounting portion. The thread guard is a molded thermoplastic element which encloses the adjacent end of the brush roll and the bearing mounted in such adjacent end. The thread ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847945 | Dismantlable wheel attachment mechanism with swivel joint protector An improved wheel attachment mechanism for securing wheels to a child vehicle, such as a stroller or a carriage. The mechanism comprises a leg attachment member which is removably securable to a leg of the vehicle. An intermediate housing is removably sec... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847946 | Hydraulic door closer A new type of hydraulic door closer is disclosed. The device of the present invention utilizes spring force and hydraulic pressure, and is equipped with a straightly extending arm instead of the conventional type of the folding arms. The advantages of the... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847947 | Base for setting a hinge A base for setting a hinge for furniture comprising a carrier plate and a mounting plate assembled together by means of a projection of the carrier plate anchoring in a groove of the mounting plate. This connection limits the carrier plate to move only mi... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847948 | Hinge for connecting two relatively movable furniture components A hinge for connecting two relatively movable components of a piece of furniture has a housing which is mounted on one of the components and a carrier which is mounted on the other component. A link bar pivotally connects the housing to a hinge arm which ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847949 | Lid support for food warming vessels A lid support is described for a food warming vessel which includes lid support arm comprising a channel with a pair of parallel vertical flanges connected by a center panel and a lid connector supported at the free end of the arm and extending downwardly... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847950 | Self retained axle pin assembly for shear application The assembly comprises two, snap-together pieces which, following their clinched or latched engagement, are freely rotatable relative to each other. One of the two pieces comprises a sleeve which has an inner annular land, and the other of the two pieces ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847951 | Process and device for segmenting a length of sausage, produced in an automatic filling machine, into a plurality of sausages separable or separated from one another A device for automatically calibrating sausages (18) produced on an automatic sausage filling apparatus (10), from whose filling pipe a casing material (14) of limited elasticity is drawn by a separating device (20) with adjustable braking force, characte... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847952 | Product discharge tray mechanism In a food product stuffing machine, a product discharge tray is mounted on a parallelogram linkage and inclined against a vertical guide. A rotary actuator drives the linkage to drive the tray forward, horizontally, and laterally, horizontally. Simultaneo... | 07/18/1989 |
