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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5070540 | Protective garment A protective garment 10, such as a glove, arm guard or the like of wire 24 and fiber strands 26, 28, 30 and an elastomeric coating 16. The preferred garment is knitted from yarn 12 having a core 22 of one or more wire strands 24 and a fiber strand 26, and... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070541 | Hand/arm protector The said invention as described is a protective covering protecting the back of the hand and forearm, while leaving the palm, fingers, and thumb uncovered to be used. The loops around the forefinger, pinky finger and thumb secure the protection in place o... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070542 | Collar construction A collar edge construction for a knitted garment. The construction includes a garment body provided with a finished lower edge and sleeves suitably attached opposite side of the upper end of the garment body. The body is cut away in the usual manner at it... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070543 | Method and means of surgical needle protection A method and specifically constructed surgical gloves and glove parts for protecting a user of a surgical instrument from protrusion through his own skin by the instrument he is manipulating to cut or suture a patient comprising the following steps: a) th... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070544 | Garment accessory A garment accessory for application to an arm of a human being is used in combination with a garment having at least one sleeve. The garment accessory includes a cuff and a gripping portion. The cuff is provided with a decorative inner surface and an oute... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070545 | Cap assembly An adjustable baseball type cap assemblage having a crown portion and various interchangeable visor portions. Insignia patches of various styles can be removably affixed to the selected visor and crown portions so that one cap assembly can be modified to ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070546 | Container for mounting on headgear A container or other device or ornament with a centrally positioned opening in the bottom adapted to snap on to a button at the apogee of a cap and the combination of the container and cap. The container has a lid with a latch. The opening in the bottom i... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070547 | Dual handle semi-flush retrofit kit A dual handle semi-flush retrofit kit is provided and consists of a water releasable reservoir cup the weight of which varies the effective buoyancy of the flapper flush valve, connected between the flapper flush valve and double flush handles on a toilet... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070548 | Water-saving tank construction, attachment and method for flush toilets A buoyant block of rigid material is positioned beneath the float of a water supply valve in the toilet tank of a flush toilet so as to maintain the float a predetermined level above the surface of water in the tank. The float determines the level to whic... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070549 | Shower cabinet A shower cabinet including a shower base, a peripheral frame positioned along at least two contiguous sides of the shower base, and panels defining lateral walls and an access door; at least one water sprinkler connected to cold and hot water pipes throug... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070550 | Shower closure An improved closure for use in a space at the upper portion of a stall area for a bath, shower, spa or the like, to provide an humidity and heat barrier. A foldable thin sheet of material is supported by a framework mounted in the upper portion of the sta... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070551 | Shower curtain liner with enclosure assembly A plurality of wall fasteners are positioned along the vertical edges of a shower curtain. The wall fasteners maintain the edges of the shower curtain in contiguity with the shower walls between which the curtain is hung. Thus, the water spray from the sh... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070552 | Personalized hand held shower head A hand held shower head especially--but not exclusively--for personal use has a porous sponge removably clamped over the holes from which a water spray normally issues. The sponge converts the spray into a flowing cascade of water. The sponge is changeabl... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070553 | Shower head assembly A shower head assembly includes a housing with a filtration matrix therewithin, typically of a charcoal-type filtration medium, and wherein the housing includes a lower end threadedly receiving a shower head, with an upper end threadedly receiving a condu... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070554 | Cover assembly for a sanitary fixture A sanitary fixture and cover assembly is disclosed. The cover, which is hinged to the sanitary fixture, encloses at least the area where the water delivery means, i.e. faucet, is mounted.... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070555 | Oscillatable hospital bed footboard assembly A method for regularly and controllably flexing and extending the feet and the legs of a patient who is unable to move their legs and/or feet due to some physical or mental disorder. The oscillating footboard assembly is adjustable and adaptable to the us... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070556 | Knockdown storage bed with roller supported drawers A knockdown bed formed of a plurality of longitudinally spaced, parallel, transversely extending, U-shaped channel members detachably coupled by latch assemblies within respective ends of the U-shaped channel members engaging receiver assemblies fitted at... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070557 | Protective restraint for Alzheimer and other patients This invention relates to a protective restraint for patients such as sufferers of Alzhemier's disease or people emerging from anesthesia who, although not acutely violent or dangerous, must be restrained in a bed for their own safety. This device compris... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070558 | Decorative pillow A contoured decorative pillow of resiliently deformable material. A pillow form is girded by at least one cincture and thus transformed from a first configuration into a second configuration. The decorative qualities of the second configuration may be fur... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070559 | Adjustable spinal support A novel portable spinal support which is useful for supporting the lumbar region of a person's spine and reinforcing areas of a mattress to provide spinal support. A multiple chambered pneumatically inflatable spinal support comprising: (a) a first type d... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070560 | Pressure relief support system for a mattress The pressure relief support system contains longitudinal air cylinders having wood slats extending across the air cylinders along the length of the air cylinders forming the shape of a mattress. Foam strips may be included on each of these slats to provid... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070561 | Bed clothes Bed covers which replace conventional sheets, spreads, comforters and the like and include a sheetlike component detachably fixed to a coverlet component as by Velcro or other fasteners or by buttons. A pocket for a blanket can be provided so that the sam... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070562 | Combination accessory for a power tool A receptacle (74) in the shoe (12) of a circular saw (14) holds an accessory tool (10) which combines the functions of blade wrench and square. The base (18) of the L-shaped tool (10) is bent to provide an offset bearing surface (52) to facilitate its use... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070563 | Tool bearing rings A device in the form of a ring for wearing on a finger bears a variety of implements including a magnetic pick-up for engaging ferromagnetic objects. It may include other tools such as screwdriver blades, line cutters, prying claws, glass cutters and the ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070564 | Gate box lid lifter A tool suitable for breaking loose foreign material wedged between a gate box lid and a gate box and also the foreign material wedged into the recesses on the gate box lid. The tool also may be used to grab hold and lift the gate box lid for removal and r... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070565 | Unbalanced load detection system and method for a household appliance Load unbalance in an inverter driven washing machine is detected by examining the ripple in the DC inverter bus current. Ripple above a predetermined level is indicative of load unbalance. If the ripple indicates the load is unbalanced, the distribution c... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070566 | Hybrid bridge structure A hybrid bridge construction comprises a pair of piers enclosed in the earth at a fixed predetermined distance apart with a cantilever section supported on each pier. Each cantilever section comprises one or more vertical towers with a pair of inner and o... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070567 | Electrically-driven brush A toothbrush includes a brush head having a first group of bristle holders arranged along a substantially straight line and a second group of bristle holders arranged in a circle, all the bristle holders being rotatable about their respective axes.... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070568 | Cleaning device for cleaning nozzle and welding tip of a wire feed electrical arc welder A preferred embodiment of the subject electrical arc-welding gun cleaning tool for removing welding splatter from the welding tip and nozzle of a wire-feed arc-welding gun is described. The tool comprises a cleaning tool base 52 connected to a drive means... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070569 | Brush cleaner for sprocket chains An adjustable brush for cleaning sprocket chains, particularly on motorcycles, has a three-sided adjustable rectangular cleaning channel, one wall of which is adjustable manually during use inwardly and outwardly to change the width of the cleaning channe... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070570 | Reconditioning tool for rotary faced buffing pad An ergonomically configured tool for controlled reconditioning of rotary faced buffing pads has a handle portion, a reconditioning element portion, and a shaft portion interconnecting the handle portion and reconditioning element portion along a longitudi... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070571 | Windshield wiper A wiper device having an oscillator for applying high frequency small amplitude vibration which is actuated in response to the motion of the wiper device. The movement of the wiperblade is forcibly added to the high frequency repetitions of stick and slip... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070572 | Wiping device for windows of power vehicles A wiping device for windows of power vehicles comprises a wiping member, a drive providing a rotary movement, a swinging transmission connected with the drive and having link parts including one link part which has a drive shaft carrying the wiping member... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070573 | Clearance compensating connector to couple a wiper arm to a wiper blade A connecting device for connecting a windshield wiper blade on to a windshield wiper arm includes a securing element for cooperation with an opening formed on the wiper blade, together with a pivoting coupling element for articulation with the wiper arm w... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070574 | Mop wringer A mop wringer (10), which is adapted to be positioned on the rim of a pail or the like, includes a body member (11) having a front wall (14). A pressure plate (30) is pivotally connected to the body member (11). The inner surface of the front wall (14) ha... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070575 | Vertically adjustable sliding door suspension system A sliding door suspension system and a sliding door assembly for supporting a heavy sliding door from a door frame includes a rail horizontally mounted to the door frame. The suspension system includes a roller assembly which rollingly engages the rail an... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070576 | Hedge trimmer extension handle apparatus A hedge trimmer extension handle for use with hand held hedge trimmers provides extended reach for the operator when used in connection with the hedge trimmer. The extension handle device is adapted for use with Black & Decker electric hedge trimmers and ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070577 | Seperable hinge A collapsible container includes a base and walls. Each of the walls are connected to an edge of the base at a first edge of the wall. Each of the walls are also connected to adjacent walls and have a hinge, integrally formed in the wall to allow the wall... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070578 | Hinge with spaced apart hinge members A hinge which includes a plurality of hinge members which are spaced apart and parallely aligned with each other. Each hinge member includes a mounting plate connected to a base for attaching the mounting plate to a wall. The mounting plates are further c... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070579 | Clamping band A clamping band equipped with a clamping ear is capable of being reduced in diameter by deforming the clamping ear and of maintaining the reduced-diameter state by the action of a catch section designed to prevent the clamping band from expanding in the d... | 12/10/1991 |
