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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4937879 | Automatic welding helmet An automatic rotatable welding helmet for TIG and MIG electric arc welding systems having safety means preventing the arc cycle from commencing until the helmet is in the fully down position. An arc welding helmet is provided having a hood with eye shield... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937880 | Face shield A shield to protect a wearer's face from liquids, light solids, and objects in the air includes a face mask that is configured in the abstract shape of a face. The mask has an opening in the eye area that accommodates the eye piece parts of goggles. The m... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937881 | Garment device for handling and storing noxiuos materials The invention relates to a garment shaped to fit bodily extremities, such as the hand, that has a sleeve extending up the extremity. The sleeve is provided with an integral sealing device to close the open end of the sleeve and form a container after bein... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937882 | Baseball gloves and attachments therefor A support portion for a baseball glove which may be integrally formed with the glove or separately attached thereto, the support portion being attached to a back wall of the glove so as to extend a distance above and below the free lower edge of the front... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937883 | Athletic shirt An athletic shirt has a sleeve made of Spandex Lycra which extends in a generally cylindrical shape from a relatively small cylindrical cuff to a mid portion and then in a curvilinearly expoanding upper arm portion to a relativley large shoulder portion j... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937884 | Expandable shirt collar A shirt whose collar has an internal portion interfacing with an external turned-down collar portion. The internal interfacing portion and external turned-down portion are separated by a common elastic insert joined thereto and said elastic insert allows ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937885 | Head covering A head covering for configuration as a hat or headband that consists of a right circular cylindrical fabric body (11) with a sleeve (12) formed around the cylinder top end wherein is threaded a drawstring (13). The drawstring is to collapse the sleeve upo... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937886 | Infant shirt hold-down An accessory for and in combination with a small child's or infant's clothing. A hold-down device of elasticized fabric comprises a relatively wide, elongated central section. A pair of straps extend from each end of the central section, each strap being ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937887 | Garment with hook-and-loop fasteners In a garment, such as briefs or diapers for incontinent patients, which employ hook-and-loop fasteners, impairment of fastener operation by accumulation of lint on the hook-fastener tab is avoided by storing the hook-fastener tab in a pocket of the garmen... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937888 | Helmet cover Apparatus for protecting the wearer of a helmet in the form of an elastomeric cellular helmet cover, encased in an integral shell of like material, that can be attached to the exterior of an unmodified helmet, by means of flexible tabs, to reduce the pote... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937889 | Female urinal In one example embodiment, a female urinal is disclosed that includes a generally rectangular open container having a flat bottom portion with generally upright continuous side and end walls. One transverse end includes an upwardly and outwardly slanting ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937890 | Flat folded disposable female urinary aid A flat-folded expandable urinary aid for use by females which allows them to urinate from a standing position has an elongate flat-folded tubular portion terminating at an outlet end and a flat-folded funnel-shaped portion extending outwardly and rearward... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937891 | Valve for waste collection and storage A method and apparatus for collection of fecal matter designed to operate efficiently in a zero gravity environment. The system comprises a waste collection area within a body having a seat opening. Low pressure within the waste collection area directs fe... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937892 | Disinfecting unit for pressure type flush valves and urinals The cover or cap of a conventional pressure type flush valve is removed and a container is screwed onto the flush valve whereupon the cover or cap is then screwed onto the upper end of the container. A fine screen at the base of the container retains a gr... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937893 | Passive-dosing dispenser employing captive internally-generated gas bubble to provide product isolation The present invention is a passive dosing dispenser for containing a solution which is to be isolated from a body of liquid when the dispenser is at least partially immersed therein. The dispenser is adapted to have a dose of the solution issue from the d... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937894 | Dual flush toilet A valve assembly for selectively allowing either a partial or a complete draining of a toilet flush tank. A hollow valve member having both a small vent hole and a larger opening therein is selectively pivoted in a first or or a second direction depending... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937895 | Water closet metering device A float has a bore which slidably embraces the overflow tube in a toilet tank. The float carries a valve actuator therebelow with structure which permits adjustment of the downward position of the valve actuator. The float and/or valve actuator may be non... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937896 | Floor-level adjusting device for a pool An improved floor-level adjusting device for a pool is particularly designed to be incorporated in an existing pool at low cost without the destruction thereof. The floor-level adjusting device for a pool has a movable floor disposed in a pool for vertica... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937897 | Kneeling pad for bathtubs A kneeling pad for use at bathtubs includes a water resistant sheeting and a plurality of cushions secured to said sheeting at spaced portions for kneeling and leaning on and so as to be foldable and having a pocket for holding articles used in the bath.... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937898 | Hydraulic massage method A hydraulic massage method in which a spray enclosure consisting of a drainage hood and a sump and at least one spray nozzle controlled by a coordinate guide. A patient is placed upon the readily deformable impact area and is separated from direct contact... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937899 | Lavatory with improved overflow duct assembly An improved lavatory sink assembly having an overflow duct preferably made of plastic. In a preferred manufacturing process, surface coatings are first applied to the bowl and thereafter adhesives such as a hot-melt glue and a room temperature vulcanizing... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937900 | Electric sofa bed A base frame is provided as well as a forward seat support, a rear seat back support and a kick panel support. First linkage structure is connected between the base frame and the seat back support for guided movement thereof between a raised generally upr... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937901 | Apparatus for turning a patient from a supine to a prone position and vice-versa An apparatus for turning a patient form a supine to a prone position and vice-versa during the course of a surgical procedure is disclosed. In one embodiment, the turning apparatus comprises a rotatable stretcher supported at opposite ends by a rectangula... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937902 | Crib structure with slidable steps providing storage compartments A crib structure for a child includes a support surface for the child. A plurality of side walls are operatively connected to the support surface. At least one of the side walls includes a door opening and at least one door. The door is laterally slidable... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937903 | Bed covering apparatus A bed covering apparatus comprising a foot board (1) and L-shaped support arms attached to an outside surface of the foot board and above a mattress (8). A quilt (2) is supported by the long arm portion of the L shaped arms (11) and tucked under the mattr... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937904 | Fitted sheet with sheet retainer A fitted sheet having a top panel and side and end panels for covering the top, sides and ends of the mattress. A one-piece elastic band of generally cylindrical cross-section has end portions attached by band end anchors to one end panel of the fitted sh... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937905 | Bed extender A bed extender device having a pair of opposed vertical leg members and a horizontal extender board affixed to the leg members and maintaining them in an opposed fixed relationship is positioned between and supported on conventional bed rails to provide a... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937906 | Variable lip throw-out for dockboard A dockleveler employs a lip counterbalance mechanism to increase the force of the lip counterbalance spring as the deck is raised. A linkage is coupled at one end to the dockboard lip and at the other end to a level assembly. The lever in turn is adjustab... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937907 | Cleaning plug assembly A cleaning plug assembly for cleaning condenser and heat exchanger tubes and the like is disclosed. The plug is adapted to be propelled through a tube by fluid pressure injected into the tube, and includes an elongated body supporting annular rings extend... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937908 | Retractable vehicle wash apparatus A vehicle wash apparatus is disclosed as including a curtain of flexible scrubbing strips which are suspended from an orbiting support member adapted to selectively have the strips wrapped there around to elevate the strips from the path of movement of a ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937909 | Roller structure for use in a paint roller, and paint roller incorporating the same In order to overcome the disadvantage in paint rollers of the type in which the end portions of the fabric sleeve are reflexly foldably disposed within the end portions of the tubular member and are securely clamped therein that paint may operatively seep... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937910 | White board eraser An eraser for removal of dry ink dust and for conditioning of white boards is provided which includes a stack of fabric layers of semi rectangular shape which are fastened to a jacket cover, which is folded over a central core, the fabric layers having ta... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937911 | Bowling alley lane cleaning apparatus Apparatus movable over an approach surface and down a lane surface includes a shield plate which has a forward edge positionable to prevent cleaning fluid from nozzles from reaching the approach surface behind a foul line while permitting cleaning of the ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937912 | Mounting device for sensors and pick-ups In connection with a mounting device for sensors and pick-ups generally, serving as dust-detecting means for vacuum cleaners, in particular in the form of luminous diodes and phototransistors arranged adjacent the suction channel of the said vacuum cleane... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937913 | Door closer A door closer wherein a housing defines a fluid-containing space and rotatably supports a shaft which is articulately connected with a pivotable door panel. A piston in the housing divides the space into a chamber and a compartment and has a toothed rack ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937914 | Door control device The piston of a door control device is assembled from a channel and cups welded on to opposite ends of the channel. A valve assembly is mounted in one of the cups. Rollers extend between opposite sides of the channel and co-operate with teeth on a rotatab... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937915 | Hinge A hinge has a hinge arm of U-shaped cross-section connected with a hinge casing by hinge links. The hinge arm is mounted on a mounting plate and at its rear end is pivotally connected thereto. At its fron end, the hinge arm has a female thread into which ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937916 | Offset door pivot An improved offset door pivot is disclosed wherein the pivot is mountable to the face of a door without having to mortise or otherwise machine the door. Further, the door pivot is non-handed, such that the identical pivot can be mounted to either the righ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937917 | Hinge A hinge, in particular a one-axle hinge, includes a hinge arm mountable to a furniture wall and at least one hinge casing which is on the side of a door. The hinge casing is linked to the hinge arm and an inner coupling member insertable therein. A clampi... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937918 | Inline breast deboner A method and apparatus for producing boneless chicken breasts maximizes the amount of meat retained by the breast when the wing is removed from the breast, by permitting the wing to rotate with respect to the breast as the final wing cut is made while the... | 07/03/1990 |
