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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5063613 | Thumb protector A device to encompass and engage with the thumb to substantially immobilize the metacarpalphalangeal joint, thereby preventing radial deviation of the thumb phalanx while leaving the interphalangeal joint with substantially full flexion.... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063614 | Reversible garment having detachable pockets A reversible fishing garment, preferably in the form of a vest, having front and rear torsal portions which are substantially identical in construction and selectively accessible by the wearer. Both the front and the rear torsal portions include exterior ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063615 | Coextruded plastic belt strap, buckle and belt A finished belt simulating a leather belt has in combination a finished belt strap and a finished buckle. The finished belt strap includes an unfinished molded plastic strap having a thin plastic front layer of light color and a continuous relatively thic... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063616 | Flexible drainage trap A drainage trap with a trap portion is described for use with drain pipes from sinks or other fixtures that fits pipe of different diameters, the drain pipes need not be in perfect alignment. The drainage trap can be easily attached and detached at its up... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063617 | Hydraulic toilet seat An hydraulic toilet seat assembly utilizes available household water pressure to lift, elevate and lower a toilet seat so as to facilitate mounting and dismounting by a person who is disabled or infirm. As the seat rises it assumes a forwardly pitched ori... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063618 | Personal hygiene device A personal hygiene device uses water at a desired temperature to wash and/or treat the rectal and genital areas. The device includes a water carrying tube configured to conform to a toilet bowl and connected at one end to a source of water and at the othe... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063619 | Vacuum breaker for bidet A vacuum breaker assembly for a bidet including a vacuum breaker body defining a fluid passageway therethrough and a vacuum breaker opening communicating with the fluid passageway. A piston check valve is movably received within the fluid passageway and m... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063620 | Bath with swirl nozzles A whirlpool bathtub having devices for generating jets of water and/or air, which can be directed into an interior of a tub from several positions on a side wall and/or bottom wall of the tub. An individual, drivable device generates a water and/or air je... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063621 | Bath chair A bath chair for supporting a bather relative to a supply of water. The bath chair includes a body having a seat portion for supporting the bather's buttocks, and having a back portion for supporting the bather's back. The body preferably has a plurality ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063622 | Water supply control system A water supply control system has a faucet actuating means for actuating a water supply faucet to supply water, a light-emitting means for intermittently emitting light at at least a first period, a light-detecting means for detecting light emitted from t... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063623 | Power module for an ariculated bed A power module for an articulated bed planar mattress support sized to easily fit into a standard bed frame. The mattress support has planar panels hinged to one another with a stationary central panel. The power module has an elongated housing fixed to t... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063624 | Manual/electric twin jack bed A mobile hospital stretcher includes a movably supported base, and two spaced hydraulic cylinders on the base which vertically movably support a support member having an upwardly facing support surface. Separate control systems are provided for the hydrau... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063625 | Adjustable tensioning of a mattress A mattress construction includes upper and lower structures defining generally parallel planes, and coil springs operatively connected to such structures and located between those lanes, and with at least one of the upper and lower structures including a ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063626 | Dust ruffle A dust ruffle having a section of woven fabric with dimensions slightly larger than a box spring, and a section of decorative fabric attached to the section of woven fabric along the perimeter of the horizontal surface of the box spring, which descends ve... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063627 | Drywall tool A tool structure defined by an elongate handle, with a taping blade integrally mounted with the cutting edge orthogonally arranged relative to the handle. The handle includes a hammering surface integrally mounted to the handle at a rear terminal end ther... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063628 | Survival device The survival device is useful as a trenching tool, storage container, cooking and eating utensil, shoe horn, spade, hoe, grappling device, spear head, and the like. It includes an elongated hollow, tubular body with a detachable head bearing an elongated ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063629 | Heel support device with reduced movement of support A heel support device for use in a shoe making machine for lasting the toe and sides of a shoe upper tensioned over a last seated on a last support includes a heel support movable along a fixed guide of the machine. A drive moves the heel support along th... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063630 | Movable bridge and system for laying the bridge A movable bridge has a bridge section having an upper face with a roadway thereon and a hinge having a horizontal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bridge. There is a lower chord fixed to and extending along the length of the bridge ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063631 | Janitorial apparatus A mop receptacle for use with a mop bucket used for cleaning wherein the mop receptacle includes an outer body with two sets of a pair of downwardly extending legs each to receive the edge of the bucket therebetween and a pair of support surfaces and an i... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063632 | Sootblower with condensate separator A sootblower for the cleaning of internal surfaces of large scale boilers which are subject to the accumulation of soot or slag encrustations. In instances where a sootblower is used to project the jet of steam of steam or a steam/air mixture, between act... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063633 | Fluid handling apparatus for bowling lane cleaning device A vacuum bowling lane stripper is provided which has a carriage for movement along a bowling alley from a foul line to the pit. The carriage has a forward portion and a rear portion. A cleaning applicator is provided in the forward portion and a cleaner r... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063634 | Floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner In a floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner the nozzle housing is provided with a substantially closed bottom, and it has in its upper housing portion a lockable opening, through which the suction chamber and the mechanical driving members of the cleaning mean... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063635 | Suction head for attachment to a vacuum cleaner A suction head for attachment to a vacuum cleaner, the suction head including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a suction port and a bank on the peripheral of the suction port, and a woven cloth disposed on the bank, the wove... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063636 | Track system for operable wall A track system for an operable wall includes carriage assemblies for partitions or operable wall sections including at least four wheels per assembly, the wheels being mounted on vertical shafts and having beveled lower surfaces for cooperating with bevel... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063637 | Laminated article with hinge and method for manufacturing laminated articles A laminated article of two or more leaves with an improved hinge and method for manufacturing laminated articles. This improved hinge pivots easily and does not act to change the position of the leaves it connects. The hinge means opens from 0° to 360° ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063638 | Hinge assembly A hinge assembly is disclosed. A jamb cover of the assembly is adjustably mounted relative to a wall jamb. An adjuster sub-assembly is mounted within the jamb cover. The adjuster sub-assembly includes a bracket with a nut mounted thereon. An adjuster scre... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063639 | Zippered closure for packages Zippered material for packages comprising a zipper strip having longitudinally extending complementary reclosable interlockable zipper profiles with a web separating the profiles. In one aspect, the strip is notched out to the web from opposite sides at p... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063640 | Endless filament paper clip A paper clip for securing to at least one sheet of thin material comprises a continuous or endless filament shaped to provide two oppositely facing pincers. Each oppositely facing pincer has a resilient hinge region connecting and urging toether an opposi... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063641 | Buckle for locking straps A buckle for locking straps used for fastening goods includes a belt having two loop ends each enclosing a pair of rectangular lower and upper rings and a rectangular loosening ring with a flat side. A strap winds each pair of rings. One of said straps en... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063642 | Quick release band clamp A quick release band clamp having a mounting bracket attached to one end of a flexible band. The mounting bracket has a pair of side support members straddling the flexible band. A pivoting bracket is pivotably supported between the pair of side support m... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063643 | Apparel belt retaining device A device for maintaining apparel belt in fixed position relative to the upper edge of a loopless garment during movement of the wearer between sitting and standing positions. The disclosed embodiment includes an outer planar element of generally C-shaped ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063644 | Foldable zipper slider with compression-type latch A one-piece foldable plastic zipper slider for straddling relation with a profiled plastic reclosable fastener. The plastic zipper slider has hinged wings that are latched in place by a latch tongue which is deflected downward to snap in place and then ca... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063645 | Double-mouthed clip A clip consists of two symmetrical jaw parts each of which, in its central portion, has a set of teeth so that when the jaw parts are placed together, the teeth of one jaw part mesh with the teeth of the other jaw part. The ends of each jaw part are taper... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063646 | Means and method for extracting moisture from a traveling web of textile material Means and apparatus for extracting moisture from a traveling web of textile material containing high-moisture content processing fluid using a fluid applicator extending transversely across the path of the traveling web for applying low-moisture content f... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063647 | Method for handling and further processing a honeycomb band A method and an apparatus for handling further processing a continuously produced, unstretched honeycomb band is disclosed. To facilitate handling and further processing of the unstretched honeycomb band, the following process steps are used: a) the honey... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063648 | Apparatus and method for replacing working-object of processing machine In an apparatus and a method for replacing a working-object of a processing machine, there are provided a working-object replacing support (6), a working-object moving passage (12) and a push/pull drive means (18) for the working-objects (5a)(5b). The pus... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063649 | Roll assembly with rotatable shell for use in calenders and like machines A roll assembly for use in calenders has a non-rotatable carrier which is surrounded by a rotatable and radially movable hollow cylindrical shell. At least one end of the shell is driven by a pair of gears one of which is mounted in an annular bearing mem... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063650 | Method of serration-fitting assembling steering assembly A method of assembling a steering assembly having a socket connected to a steering shaft via a steering joint which socket is to be serration-fitted to an input shaft of a gearbox which is mounted on a suspension assembly. The phase of the socket is measu... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063651 | Method of manufacturing a low emissivity liquid nitrogen dewar A liquid nitrogen Dewar includes a spun can for the liquid nitrogen, which spun can is surrounded by an exterior shell. Between the exterior shell and the can is an evacuated space containing a second shell that functions as a radiation shield. The can an... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5063652 | Method for installing top beam "C" clamps An apparatus is adapted for enabling a worker to install a top beam "C" clamp on a roof or ceiling beam, or to remove a previously installed clamp, without having to climb up to the level of the beam. The apparatus includes a structure for supporting the ... | 11/12/1991 |
