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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4868925 | Football shoulder pads with accordian-hinge flap A shoulder pad for football players, the shoulder pad comprising a left-side member adapted to fit over the left shoulder and a right side member adapted to fit over the right shoulder. Each side member comprises a chest panel and a back panel, adapted to... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868926 | Athletic pads A protective leg pad for an athletic participant, such as a hockey goalie or the like, is described. The pad includes a thigh section, a knee section, a shin section, and a foot section. Each of the sections includes a front portion and first and second s... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868927 | Gloves An article of clothing adapted to receive at least a portion of a wearer's body, having a rear end forming an access passage for the wearer's hand and at least one elastic member so disposed as to bias the access passage towards a substantially open posit... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868928 | Windproof weather-resistant lined garment material A weather-resistant windproof lined garment having a stretchable liquid waterproof, water-vapor-transmitting liner. The garment provides protection for active outdoor wear for golf, walking, tennis, hiking, soccer, and the like.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868929 | Electrically heated ski goggles An improved ski goggles is provided and includes a protective lens that has a fine grid of heat generating wire with sufficient resistance to produce enough heat to remove frost and fog from the lens. An external of self contained battery pack and switchi... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868930 | Protective eye wear Protective eye wear is described which is useful as sunglasses, safety glasses, or the like. The product includes a unitary plastic lens piece or shield having a uniform thickness. The side edges of the lens piece are folded rearwardly to form side shield... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868931 | Apparatus for activating flush valves for urinals and toilet bowls An apparatus is disclosed for activating the flush valve handles of conventional toilet room fixture, such as urinals, with the user's foot. The apparatus provides for both horizontal and vertical adjustment. These adjustments provide the apparatus with t... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868932 | Holding tank flushing system for a recreational vehicle A supplementary self-contained cleaning fluid distribution system provides for the selective flushing and cleaning of the waste fluid holding tanks of a recreational vehicle. From an external connection cleaning fluid is directed to grey water or sewage t... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868933 | Flush control devices A flush control device for controlling the flush operation of a flush toilet having a cistern, a feed water control mechanism fluidly coupled to a water supply pipe and a flush water control mechanism fluidly coupled to one end of a flush pipe, the opposi... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868934 | Self-cleaning bathtub An improved self-cleaning bathtub having a reservoir large enough for multiple usages and an improved unitary water diversion system is disclosed.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868935 | Movable glide support for tub enclosure and shower stall doors A structure comprising by-pass doors for use in tub enclosures or shower stalls, each door having a frame and a panel mounted in the frame, and a hanger assembly integral therewith provided with glides adapted to move on a track provided on a supporting d... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868936 | Sanitary fittings and to collecting tanks, valves and WCS, particularly suitable for use in campers, caravans and domestic dwellings According to the invention the suite consists of a rotating platform (1) divided into three sections, each of which accommodates a sanitary fitting, a bulkhead which is of suitable height and is divided into three panels, each of which separates one sanit... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868937 | Therapeutic bed A therapeutic bed comprises a patient support platform 2 rotatably and pivotally secured within a main bed frame 3 through pivot mountings 4, the main bed frame being supported on a base frame 5 by two spaced-apart end uprights formed by a pair of hydraul... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868938 | Patient moving method A heavy object such as a patient is moved laterally from a first surface such as a bed onto a second surface such as a gurney by the patient mover of the invention. The patient mover is positioned on the far side of the gurney. It operates by unwinding a ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868939 | Free floating bunk bed A free floating bunk bed includes a bed framework supported on a base framework which in turn is supported on a bed support floor of a truck or tractor cab. The base framework includes first and second subframes. The bed framework is supported on the base... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868940 | Cushioning mat for use as portable bedding Portable mattresses having improved comfort and lower bulk when folded for ransport are provided. The mattresses include generally planar members having corrugations on each face of the planar member. The corrugations are such that the planar members are a... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868941 | Assembled mattress having bellows for jacketing spring therein An assembled bed mattress includes an upper sheet having a plurality of upper sleeves made as bellows protruding downwardly from the upper sheet, a lower sheet having a plurality of lower sleeves made as bellows protruding upwardly from the lower sheet ea... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868942 | Measuring envelope opener device having a stamp dispenser A measuring letter opener having a stamp dispenser which includes a measuring blade with measurement demarkations along both edges thereof and an aperture in the vicinity of a pointed end thereof, and an animal configurated handle containing a stamp dispe... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868943 | Combination tool for wallboard and insulation applications A combination tool for the installation of wallboard and the application of insulation to a building. The tool comprises an elongate, rectangular, tublar rod having a kickjack at one end and an extender, which is attachable to the kickjack and is used for... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868944 | Washing machine A washing machine is disclosed in which water is poured on the washing within a washing and dehydrating tank through a water supply port while turning the washing and dehydrating tank slowly, to thereby cause the water to sink into the washing before the ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868945 | Biomechanically adapted custom footwear An article of footwear contoured to the foot of a wearer is constructed by first making a rough sole element. The element is made by taking a negative impression of a wearer's foot while in a non-weight bearing neutral biomechanical alignment. The edges a... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868946 | Adjustable roller frame Adjustable roller frame includes a body member and clamp member having laterally spaced apart grooves in opposing surfaces thereof which cooperate to define a pair of laterally spaced generally parallel guideways for sliding receipt of a pair of roller su... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868947 | Motor vehicle wiper In a wiper of the present invention of a telescopic construction, a wiper arm is divided into two, namely, upper and lower arm parts. The upper arm is arranged to be slid in relation to the lower arm which is a housing for the upper arm. In the above cons... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868948 | Vacuum refuse collector This invention relates to a vacuum refuse collector comprising: a body; a refuse container mounted on the body having a refuse chamber; a filter in the refuse chamber of the refuse container dividing the refuse chamber into a refuse side and a non-refuse ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868949 | Ash vacuum adapter An ash vacuum adapter for connection to a vacuum source to pull warm to even hot and burning ashes and small coals through a fire retardant hose, the ashes and coals deposited in a canister housing that is supported on rollers or casters. The vacuum sourc... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868950 | Fowl scalding apparatus and method Apparatus for scalding or chilling poultry carcasses or the like. Fans are positioned to recirculate a flow of air toward the path travelled by the birds, and droplets of heated or chilled water are introduced to the air stream. A flow of water advantageo... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868951 | Cutting of material for obtaining a portion of predetermined weight Automatic cutting of pieces of material for obtaining a cut portion having a predetermined weight is performed by an apparatus and process in which the pieces to be cut are first weighed and then cut to obtain a portion having a predetermined weight. The ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868952 | Opening cylinder A device for treating fibers includes a cylindrical support having an axis of rotation. The support has a circular outer peripheral surface and carries a set of combs which extend parallel to the rotational axis of the support. The combs are mounted on th... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868953 | Environmental bundling tie A self-locking bundling tie for engagement about electrical cables, pipes or the like is disclosed. The tie includes a head and a strap attachable to the head. The head comprises a housing and a planar locking insert slidably received in the housing cavit... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868954 | Swivel joint assembly A swivel hook assembly for attachment to a carrying strap of a bag, for example, includes a connector, an elongate support rotatably mounted on the connector, and a hook mounted on the elongate support. The connector, the support and the hook are all mold... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868955 | Device for stabilizing a cluster of articles A sheet of loop material such as is used in Velcro is fastened to an elongated flexible belt on one side and at near one end of the belt. At least one sheet of hook material is fastened to the opposite side of the belt near the other end. A strap is faste... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868956 | Fill slat retainer clip A retainer clip for mounting and retaining fill slat on vertical and horizontal supporting wires in a water cooling tower, wherein the retaining clip is formed with a body portion and retaining flanges adapted to coact with the fill slat. The opposite end... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868957 | Gasket seal A transverse rubber gasket at the joint between the head and foot sections of a cut top casket. The gasket has a pair of longitudinal ribs on one surface and aligned grooves on the opposed surface to provide space for rubber flow as the gasket is compress... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868958 | Backing drum Process and apparatus for producing apertured or non-apertured nonwoven fabric wherein fibrous web is introduced onto support means and treated with high velocity water streams jetted from above. The non-apertured nonwoven fabric may be produced by fiber ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868959 | Apparatus for processing a warp sheet of yarns An apparatus for processing a warp sheet of synthetic multifilament yarns is disclosed, and wherein the yarns may be withdrawn from supply packages and advanced along a path of travel in warp sheet form, heated and drawn while in advancing warp sheet form... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868960 | Transfer machine In a transfer machine of the type that workpieces are transferred to a plurality of machining stations one after another by reciprocatively moving a horizontally extending transfer bar in a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction thereof, a plural... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868961 | Apparatus for engraving vein cuts An apparatus for engraving vein cuts in a flat metal strip is described including a support adapted to support the metal strip thereon. Three air-driven motors are mounted on the support and have rotary cutting tools thereon which are utilized to cut angu... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868962 | Method of fabricating a helicopter rotor system A rotor hub system for a helicopter is fabricated predominately of composite material. The flap hinge, pitch hinge and lead-lag hinge contain elastomeric bearings and one step blade folding in either the forward or aft direction using the same drive syste... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868963 | Stator vane mounting method and assembly A mounting assembly for supporting stator vane platforms formed in an extended arc length, in a compressor casing, comprising a circumferential flange formed in the compressor casing having spaced clamp arms, a flange carrier on each stator vane platform ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868964 | Apparatus for joining pipe An apparatus for joining two tubular members together at a subsea location wherein one of the tubular members has internal grooves and the second tubular member is sufficiently small to slide into the first tubular member and the first tubular member has ... | 09/26/1989 |
