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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5034998 | Protective device for reducing injury from falls A protective device for reducing incidence of injury from falls comprises a sheet of flexible polymeric material provided with an array of fluid filled chambers and releasable fasteners such as VELCRO strips at spaced apart locations on the sheet for enab... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5034999 | Nursing bib A nursing bib completely covers the torso of a mother and her infant. The bib attaches by means of a neck band. The bib has on its front, in the area of the mother's breasts, two portals which can be opened from underneath the bib. The portals can also be... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035000 | Shirt cuff watch A cuff of a garment having means for displaying a standard wrist watch on the outer surface of the cuff. In a first embodiment, the cuff is provided with a pair of slit apertures through which a standard watch band is inserted. The watch band is secured a... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035001 | Hot sleeve, and methods of constructing and utilizing same The garment for use by athlete for retaining body heat adjacent to the arm and shoulder muscles and the major muscles utilized while throwing an object. The throwing motion utilizes the upper back and torso muscles in addition to the shoulder and arm musc... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035002 | Knot cover for ties and scarfs An accessory for simulating a knot on a necktie or scarf covering a looped section of the material. The knot simulator is held in place by a slot along the length of the cover channel to permit compression of the material, a flocked interior of the channe... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035003 | Liquid heat transfer glove A glove or glove lining includes a bladder partially filled with a heat-transferring liquid. The bladder is contained within the glove shell and may be bonded to the glove lining. A pocket within the glove and preferably in the wrist area of glove contain... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035004 | Cap and mask organization An organization including a cap and a forwardly directed visor with a selectively securable open mesh fabric sheet of optically transparent characteristic defined by an open mesh web to permit visual observation through the sheet when mounted to the cap. ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035005 | Inflight headset for civil aircraft An inflight headset includes a headband, a pair of shanks coupled to the ends of the headband, and a pair of earpieces adapted to be disposed over the ears of a user. A stub is provided on a lower end of each shank. A casing with an open end is formed on ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035006 | Convertible mask, ascot and visor garment and method of conversion therebetween A garment selectively convertible between several different fashions, such as an ascot, a face and neck mask, and a visor, includes a body or bib portion having a protruding distal edge and opposing side edges. The garment further includes a nose portion ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035007 | Firefighter's trousers capable of receiving a booted foot Firefighter's trousers which can be donned by a firefighter wearing boots or the like. The trousers have a pair of leg portions. Each of the leg portions has sections which are separated before the trousers are donned. Then after the trousers are donned t... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035008 | Leisure wear stocking A stocking for leisure wear which has a thin silk material used for a foot portion with a reinforced toe and heel. A lower leg portion of cotton knit material is attached to the foot portion at the ankle by sewing with thread. The lower leg portion is a h... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035009 | Protective helmet and liner A protective helmet and liner therefor includes a sheet of sound deadening material which fits between impact force absorbing pad structures disposed on the interior of the protective helmet.... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035010 | Reciprocating shower device for human usage when showering A shower device includes a housing having a longitudinally elongated slit substantially in center part of the housing, substantially all constituents of the device being accommodated within the housing, so that a guide rail is disposed along the slit and ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035011 | Self draining sanitation system A drain valve is provided for connection to a water supply line for draining water in a vacuum flush aircraft sanitation system. The valve comprises a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The housing also includes a pressure chamber with a dia... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035012 | Portable hammock kit and improved portable hammock A portable hammock kit having aminimum of modular components for assembling and disassembling the modular components for storage or transportation to another location and store all components in a convenient carrying bag. The hammock stand can be assemble... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035013 | Foldable infant's play mat with removable sideguard The portable infant's play mat has a cushioned base portion and a cushioned wall portion which follows the perimeter of the base portion. Securing means are provided to removable secure the wall portion to the base portion. Both the wall portion and the b... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035014 | Comfort guard for low air loss patient support systems A patient comfort apparatus is provided to be used with a low air loss patient support system. An elongated cylindrical member defines a resiliently deformable member surrounded by a cover defining a flexible web that is impervious to liquid. The cover de... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035015 | Infant furniture An apparatus is described which optimizes the neurological development in an infant placed therein and which enables the positioning of the infant in relation to a care giver to enhance mutual interaction skills. A plurality of pillows are provided shaped... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035016 | Air-mat apparatus In an air-mat apparatus, air mat has four air bags, two of which have a plurality of air-jetting holes and two others of which have no holes. In a preferred embodiment, the bags having the air-jetting holes are arranged in a zigzag pattern while the remai... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035017 | Magnetic sleeping mat A magnetic sleeping mat having a magnetic effect and a manual pressure effect; comprising a foamed synthetic resin board having large projection formed on its upper surface and further having small projections on its upper surface and bottom surface; a fi... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035018 | Method of applying dye An automated dye pattern application system includes a support bed to support a mat or other dye receiving medium; perpendicular guide tracks supporting a carrier on which a dye spray head is mounted; stepper motors engaged between the tracks, the support... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035019 | Cold-forming tap A cold-forming tap is disclosed with a triangular-shaped body when viewed on end with concentric threads cut into the corners of the triangular-shaped body.... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035020 | Rotary toothbrush The conventional electric toothbrush includes a vibrating head or cylindrical brushes which rotate in one direction only. The toothbrush described herein includes a plurality of annular brushes which rotate in opposite directions to simulate the up and do... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035021 | Scraper for liquid distribution pipes, especially for petroleum products A pipeline scraper comprising an elongated body defined by two complementary parts that form end portions and a reduced cross-section central portion, two wear segments surrounding and mounted on the central portion adjacent the end portions, and threaded... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035022 | Device for applying coatings to objects having irregular shapes and/or diverse surfaces A device for applying codes and/or coatings to objects having irregular shapes and/or diverse surfaces including a handle assembly having a first, second and third roller mounting assembly secured thereto for presenting roller applicators in three separat... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035023 | Vehicular windshield wiper apparatus Apparatus to space a windshield wiper blade and an associated windshield wiper arm from an associated vehicular windshield is set forth wherein a generally wedge or cam shaped surface deflects the windshield wiper arm and associated blade in a spaced rela... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035024 | Portable wet/dry vacuum cleaner and recharging base A portable wet/dry vacuum cleaner is disclosed having a handle base and a combination nozzle/debris container. The vacuum cleaner further includes a charging base for holding or mounting the vacuum cleaner. The charging base has a recess formed therein to... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035025 | Trundle trolley for a sliding door track assembly A trundle trolley for supporting a door for sliding movement in a tubular track assembly, the trolley including a roller section and a carriage section pivotally mounted on the roller section, the carriage section including a slot on the lower edge and th... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035026 | Hinge for pieces of furniture The present invention provides a hinge consisting of two halves. Each half of the hinge comprises a base plate (5, 6), to be respectively fastened to a side (3) and a door (1) of a piece of furniture, a rocker arm (10, 14), and a link (7, 11). The interse... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035027 | Means for manipulating a drafting roller carrier of a textile machine An apparatus for manipulating the drafting roller carrier of a textile machine includes a handle for selectively maintaining the drafting roller carrier in an operative position in which the upper drafting rollers on the carrier are in nip engagement with... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035028 | Roof fastener assembly including a dual plate stress reliever A device suitable for fastening a roofing membrane to a roofing surface comprises a pair of stress reliever plates, preferably coupled along one edge. Membrane engagement members, such as spikes, extend A device suitable for fastening a roofing membrane t... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035029 | Slide fastener and fastener elements therefor The present invention provides fastener elements for use in a slide fastener in which, regardless of the quality of material, a metallic coating layer having an excellent adhesiveness and 0.001 to 1.0 μm in thickness is simply and easily formed on the su... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035030 | Apparatus for controlling and straightening weft and/or warp fabric patterns The apparatus comprises in combination: a computerized opto-electronic reader (3), able to control the fabric pattern moving along a linear transverse inspection zone, said reader being capable of detecting data of pattern deviation from a reference patte... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035031 | Method and apparatus for heated pressurized fluid stream treatment of substrate material A method and apparatus for treatment of relatively moving substrate materials by preheating the substrate before precise selective application of discrete, high temperature pressurized streams of fluid against the surface of the materials to impart a visu... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035032 | Cardboard coffin A cardboard coffin is constructed from a blank cut from a sheet of corrugated cardboard having a predetermined width wherein the blank has a central body portion, a longitudinal axis and a perimeter defined by linear score lines having integral generally ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035033 | Needle board for an apparatus for needling a non-woven fabric A needle board for an apparatus for needling a non-woven fabric comprises a carrier plate, which is provided with an elastic layer for retaining needles, which are detachably inserted in through holes and have angled needle butts, which are supported on t... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035034 | Hold-down clamp with mult-fingered interchangeable insert for wire bonding semiconductor lead frames A multi-fingered clamp assembly provides for the independent clamping of individual leads of a semiconductor device lead frame during wire bonding. The assembly consists of a clamp frame which carries and supports an interchangeable clamp insert. The clam... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035035 | Method of mounting saw devices A method of mounting a saw device comprising applying metallized areas to the surface of an appropriate substrate, attaching conductive leads to the metallized areas, locating the said surface adjacent a selected area of another substrate so that said lea... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035036 | Arrangement for manufacturing steel strips The arrangement includes one or more steel strip casting plants which are followed by a temperature equalizing furnace, a transverse conveying unit for steel strip sections and a finishing mill. The finishing mill is arranged laterally offset and in the o... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5035037 | Adjustable expanding rubber tire roller for paper scoring machinery An adjustable diameter roller useful for feeding and scoring or creasing paper and for other applications. The roller has a ring-like elastic tire coaxially surrounding a hub between coaxial circumferential shoulders on the hub having confronting annular ... | 07/30/1991 |
