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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4922550 | Apache helmet adapter for night vision goggles A pair of rail adapters which replace visor rails used on the U.S. Army Ahe helmets, i.e. the AH-64 helmet. The rail adapters have a concave inner portion that is form fitted and attachable to the Apache helmet, with one rail adapter on each of the right... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922551 | Overalls for crawling and slithering An overall body garment for crawling and slithering in cramped, dirty, damp conditions is disclosed, incorporating durable, slippery fabric with smooth, abrasion resistant pads protecting the garment and the wearer at the chest, belly, arms and legs. Cons... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922552 | Firefighter's garments having enhanced flexibility and minimum weight A firefighter's garment which includes a layer of protective material in which the layer of protective material is provided with a major portion which has a high degree of thermal protective properties. The layer of protective material also has sections w... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922553 | Decorative shirt collar support device A decorative shirt collar support device preferably in combination with a decorative clip. The support device includes a support band adapted to be positioned under the collar. The decorative clip has a base and, integral therewith, opposing legs having u... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922554 | Retainer for flexible drain pipes An elongate plate having prealigned holes for guiding a flexible conduit in both the horizontal and vertical directions in order to form a flexible drain trap for permanently retaining a proper quantity of water therein to prevent an intrusion by insects.... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922555 | Commode plunging shield A commode plunging shield apparatus is set forth including a convex shield formed with a planar lower rim in confronting relationship to a complementarily configured commode rim surface to position the shield in overlying relationship to the commode. A th... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922556 | Flushing means An improved flushing means is disclosed for use in water tanks such as are for flushing toilets. The flushing means has a water inlet with an improved two-stage valve using inlet line pressure for operating the two stages. A float is movably mounted on th... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922557 | Outdoor toilet holding tank ventilation system The waste material holding tank located within a portable, outdoor toilet cabana is vented to atmosphere by a vent pipe extending upwardly from the tank to the roof of the toilet cabana. A small, electrical blower fan is mounted upon the upper, open end o... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922558 | Headrest for use in beauty shop shampoo bowls, sinks and the like The present invention includes two frame members (10,12), each of which includes two elongated side legs (14,16) joined at the top by crossbars (20,21) and near the bottom by a cross piece (26). The two frame members (10,12) are rotatably connected to eac... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922559 | Public sanitary cubicle A public sanitary cubicle comprises a sanitary room with a water closet accessible through an outer door and a cleaning room separated therefrom by a partition and which contains the means necessary for the supply, disposal and cleaning of the sanitary ro... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922560 | Device to aid persons rising from a seated position A portable assist to aid persons who have difficulty rising from a seated position including a platform having connected therewith two handles and an adjustable stabilizer which prevents the platform from pitching while the user pulls on the handles while... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922561 | Convertible sofa-bed A sofa which is selectively convertible into a double bed or a double bunk consists of a base (10) and a back (11) which constitutes the sofa back, part of the double bed and the upper bunk according to the mode of the sofa. The back (11) and base (10) ar... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922562 | Rescue pouch A rescue pouch for transporting human bodies including a flexible container for the body and a pair of longitudinally oriented foldable beam supports which facilitate handling of the pouch yet permit it to be rolled for convenient storage.... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922563 | Waterbed mattress with baffle chambers A waterbed mattress has a baffle structure that comprises a horizontally extending pad of bouyant material with a plurality of chambers depending therefrom. The chambers can be hemi-spheroidal. The chamber walls having water metering holes therethrough.... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922564 | Therapeutic mattress and method of making A therapeutic mattress comprises a soft, resilient bottom mattress section and a plurality of interconnected top mattress sections and peripherally interconnected. The top section includes top and bottom fabric covers peripherally interconnected. A plural... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922565 | Separable moisture proof sheet A composite bottom sheet or crib sheet comprises a first moisture proof panel overlying the mattress with a surface comfortable for a user and a second panel subjacent the first panel and extending under the mattress during use. Hook and loop fasteners in... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922566 | Method for optimizing flow and temperature in wash water when washing out fabric webs A method for adjusting the flow and the temperature of wash water when washing out contaminations from fabric webs in textile processing methods upon employing of an open-width washing machine, whereby replacement factors are calculated at different tempe... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922567 | Treating fabrics A method for preshrinking tubular knit fabrics in which the fabric is treated as a continuous length in tubular form. The elongated tube is continuously fed lengthwise into a series of liquid baths which include a wetting agent, scouring and washing const... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922568 | Holddown mechanism for a dockboard An improved dockboard mechanism for a mechanical dockboard. The dockboard includes a frame that is mounted on a loading dock and a ramp is hinged at its rear end to the frame and is movable between a generally horizontal cross traffic position and an upwa... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922569 | Hand tool A manually usable hand tool having, in preferred form, a frame of substantially rectangular closed loop configuration. Squeegee and ice scraper blades are fixed to one frame end, and a brush is fixed to an adjacent frame side. A handle is pivotally connec... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922570 | Vehicular windshield washer system A vehicular windshield washer system in combination with a windshield wiper having a wiper arm. The washer system is comprised of a pair of washer nozzles mountd on the wiper arm and so directed to eject washer fluid to opposite sides of the wiper arm upo... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922571 | Vacuum loading machine A mobile vacuum loading machine has a swivel assembly permitting the boom to be rotated 360° through the use of internal hydraulic and pneumatic passages in the swivel assembly. The hose reel is mounted on the rear of the machine and capable of being swu... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922572 | Drivable automatic floor cleaning machine A drivable floor cleaning machine with integrated fresh liquid compartment (10) and dirty liquid compartment (11) and with a cleaning rotor (19) designed to be supplied with cleaning liquid from the fresh liquid compartment (10). Regulation of the liquid ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922573 | Compression fitted bushing installation Bushings are embedded within a production drill plate to replicate the hole pattern of a master hole pattern plate. The exterior surface of each bushing is threaded, as is the wall of a receiving hole in the production drill plate. The pitch of the bushin... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922574 | Caster locking mechanism and carriage A wheeled carriage has a chassis with a plurality of swivel casters, and a locking assembly actuated by a foot pedal located along the front of the carriage. Pushing down on the foot pedal rotates a cam that engages a cam follower on a "T" bar frame suppo... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922575 | Three ribbed torque handle This invention relates to a rotational gripping device in the form of a torque handle which overcomes the problem of frictional slippage and provides mechanical rotational leverage. The handle includes a body portion having radially projecting rib members... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922576 | Handle for appliances A two-piece door handle for refrigerators and freezers is mounted on the edge of the doors by two fasteners. The handle includes a plastic molded part and a metal stamping. The plastic molded part provides a recess in which the entire metal stamping is po... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922577 | Extensible handle bar An extensible handle bar for tools has on its outer tube a sleeve-shaped body made of thermoplastic material and provided with an external thread. The body has an extension provided with longitudinally extending slots and an external taper. A sleeve-shape... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922578 | Shoe sole cleaner The present invention relates to shoe sole cleaner 1 comprising a power section 2 and a brush section 3. The brush section is essentially planelike and it includes brush rods. The power section and the brush section are placed at a distance from each othe... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922579 | Controlling carding machines A carding machine comprises a feed plate, a feed roll forming a nip with the feed plate, first drive means for rotating the feed roll, a takerin for taking fibre from the feed plate, a main carding cylinder, carding means cooperable with the main carding ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922580 | Sliver guide conduit A sliver guide conduit extending between the output and calendar rollers of a draw frame or like spinning preparation machine is of a bipartite construction having an upstream conduit section extending into the interior area of a downstream conduit sectio... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922581 | Braided eyeglass retainer and wristband A braided eyeglass retainer and wristband is disclosed characterized by a strap portion being formed from a plurality of interbraided elongate members adapted to moderately stretch upon encountering an axial tension force and provide an aesthetically plea... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922582 | Strap shortening device A device for use in reducing the effective length of an endless strap, such as on a pocketbook, consists of a body having a number of pairs of aligned stub elements along opposite sides of a cavity defined therewithin. The strap is inserted through slots ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922583 | Adjustable clamp An elongated flexible metal channel is adapted to surround a pair of engaging overlapped inner and outer cylindrical member with opposite ends of the channel overlapping one another to provide an adjustable clamp for the cylindrical members. Spaced oppose... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922584 | Slide fastener A slide fastener comprising a pair of stringer tapes which are separable into identical halves by means of a pin-and-box separator, a reinforcing strip attached to an end of each of the stringer tapes and an adhesive film fusible to bond the strip to the ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922585 | Light-reflective slide fastener A light-reflective or luminous slide fastener is disclosed which is provided with a light-reflective strip including a multiplicity of glass beads and bonded to a row of coupling elements on each of a pair of fastener tapes. The strip extends longitudinal... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922586 | Slide-type fastener A slide-type fastener which has mating halves of which one has an elongate, lengthwise-extending bead and the other has a laterally open elongate, lengythwise-extending recess is adapted to receive said bead, the fastener is capable of interengagement suc... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922587 | Fastener construction A fastener for entering holes in two adjacent bodies to hold them together and to be completely concealed therein including a flexible resilient tubular body having at least one locating tab centrally located thereon for determining the extent to which sp... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922588 | Single hinge interlocking closure profile configuration An interlocking closure fastening device comprising an omega-shaped closure element and a co-acting clamping closure element. The co-acting clamping closure element may have a profile portion comprising two generally parallel arm portions wherein one of t... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922589 | Process and apparatus for repeatedly controlling a fabric napping operation The napping operation of a napping machine of the type having a rotating cylinder with a plurality of toothed rotating napping rollers at its periphery for napping engagement with a traveling fabric web is controlled for repeatable napping results by meas... | 05/08/1990 |
