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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5079775 | Diving helmet A diving helmet comprises a head and a body-contacting portion which is provided under the head. The body-contacting portion comprises a chamber in which the inner wall has a plurality of exhaust guide holes and the outer wall has a plurality of exhaust h... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079776 | Glove for rock climbing The present invention provides a glove for use in rock climbing. The glove includes a pad that, in the preferred embodiment, is made from a climbing rubber and adapted to cover the back and lower peripheral palm portioins of the climber's hand.... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079777 | Top cover accessory to be worn about the neck during hair dressing Disclosed is a protective cover combination for professional use in hair salons wherein a relatively small separate top cover accessory is secured about a person's neck at a position above the collar portion of a hair dressing cape and any towel captured ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079778 | Inflatable applique for an article of clothing and method of manufacture thereof An inflatable applique for an article of clothing comprises a valved, substantially airtight enclosure having a top layer and a backing layer with complementary peripheral outlines. In the method of manufacture, the top and backing layers are welded toget... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079779 | Convertible woman's shirt A woman's shirt that is normally of hip length and is convertible into a shirt of waist length that in a first wearing mode has an underlying halter integral therewith, and in a second wearing mode an overlying halter. The shirt front is defined by left a... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079780 | Chinstrap activated head adjustment assembly for a protective helmet assembly A protective helmet assembly including an outer impact shell and an inner impact attenuation liner assembly wherein the inner liner assembly includes an adjustable headband assembly comprised of a front headband member and a rear spring-loaded headband me... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079781 | Backflow preventer for hand spray A backflow preventer used in combination with a plumbing fixture has a pressurizable supply line, an output hose that can be equipped with a sprayer or shower, and a drain. It further has a valve casing having an inlet valve seat forming an inlet port con... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079782 | Toilet assembly A toilet assembly which includes a toilet stool having a ventilation conduit disposed adjacent to the back wall portion of the toilet stool for ventilating objectionable odor from a toilet bowl, the ventilation conduit extending annularly around a siphon ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079783 | Rechargeable self-contained deodorizing toilet seat A rechargeable self-contained deodorizing toilet seat is provided for installation on any standard toilet to remove bathroom odors. The seat is substantially the same in size and appearance as a standard toilet seat. Air conduits pass though the right and... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079784 | Hydro-massage tub control system A control system for hydro-massage tub systems in which water is circulated through a pump and heater from the tub back to a plurality of jets in the tub to create a turbulent massaging action. The system is comprised of an activating device, a pump, a sw... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079785 | Automated inflatable ring cushion device This is an improvement in the way to inflate and deflate a doughnut-shape cushion device by doing it automatically. The electronic circuits of the device are activated by a user through a normally open momentary switch. This action turns on an electrical ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079786 | Cushion with magnetic spheres in a viscous fluid A cushion apparatus includes an enclosed cushion member defining an interior cavity defined by a top wall spaced from and parallel a bottom wall, with a surrounding side wall coextensive therebetween. A portal opening is directed through the side wall, wi... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079787 | Pressure equalizing support structure A support structure is provided which effects a pressure equalization. It mprises an enclosure filled with a large number of loose pieces. In a special embodiment the loose pieces are surrounded by a low friction material, such as nylon fabric, and are ma... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079788 | Cushioned contoured bedpan A bedpan which provides ease of use through its low lying configuration while also minimizing pain typically associated with pan usage by providing contoured, padded surfaces that complement the user's body contour.... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079789 | Invalid turning apparatus The apparatus is useful to turn an invalid patient ninety degrees from one resting position to a second resting position by standing the patient on a foot plate. A base platform supports the foot plate with a turntable mounted between the foot plate and b... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079790 | Foam cushion for use with a wheel chair A wheel chair cushion and the like is disclosed which includes a cushion formed of a deformable resilient material. The cushion includes a base having a front wall and a rear wall. A plurality of individual foam springs are carried by the base having supp... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079791 | Tool for snap fasteners A tool for unsnapping a snap fastener from and reattaching a snap fastener to a snap fastener base. The tool includes a wedge-shaped unsnapping end and a reattaching end having a recessed area for locating and pressing upon the head of a snap fastener. Th... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079792 | Absorbent element for non-aqueous liquids Absorbent element, characterized in that it principally consists of at least two layers (1, 2, 6) of which one layer (1), which is destined to be brought into direct contact with the product to be absorbed, primarily consists of a strongly liquid absorbin... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079793 | Wiper device with oscillation prevention switch A wiper device is provided with a wiper arm including an arm head, a retainer and a coil spring, and with a lock-back detecting device which detects whether or not the wiper arm is in a "lock-back" state and shuts off a power supply to the motor in case o... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079794 | Vehicle window cleaning arrangement A vehicle window cleaning arrangement includes a wiper arm (5) which is pivotally mounted at one end thereof and connected to a drive mechanism (6). The arm carries a first and a second wiper blade (7 and 9), of which the second blade is pivotally journal... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079795 | Ladder accessory A ladder accessory (10) is conveniently mounted on a ladder (L) having spaced side rails (S) and a plurality of spaced rungs (R, R') connected thereto. The ladder accessory (10) includes a mounting means 46 and a support fixture which may be a tray (12) h... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079796 | Nozzle assembly for a vacuum device An arrangement for attaching a rigid vacuum conduit to a nozzle provides high rotational freedom between the nozzle and the rigid conduit while retaining a reasonable degree of airtightness between the conduit and the nozzle. In one form of the invention,... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079797 | Cabinet lid stay A cabinet lid stay is provided including a pair of arms pivotally coupled with each other for relative angular displacement at first ends of the arms and the second end of one arm is pivotally connected to a stationery cabinet portion through utilization ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079798 | Glass hinge assembly The improved glass hinge assembly includes a first hinge component in the form of a glass clamp having a spaced pair of flat, parallel vertical walls interconnected by a connector block therebetween, the walls and connector block defining a peripheral gla... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079799 | Friction hinge assembly There is disclosed a hinge assembly that has a pintle and two plates that can rotate about the axis of the pintle. The first plate is irrotatably affixed to the pintle. The second plate is part of a friction element which also includes a band having a plu... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079800 | Bale supporting device for a fiber bale opener A fiber bale opener includes an upwardly open bale supporting box having a bottom, bale supporting walls together surrounding the bottom for laterally supporting the fiber bale positioned on the bottom; a raising and lowering device connected to the botto... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079801 | Protection scissors Protection scissors comprising blades with sharpened outer edges and handles functioning as brass knuckles.... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079802 | Suction hose attachment clip and vacuum cleaning device using same The present invention is a suction hose clip for connecting an accessory hose, an accessory cable or the like to the suction hose of a vacuum cleaning device. The clip is generally ring-shaped with an open side defining two opposing ends. The clip has an ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079803 | Biodegradable straps for bundling recyclable paper materials A biodegradable strap is provided for bundling a stack of paper recyclables. The strap includes first and second end portions and a center portion. The first and second end portions have a locking means for securely fastening the strap around a stack of p... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079804 | Bundling tie A bundling tie is disclosed which is useful for the bundling of stacked articles, such as used newspapers for recycling. The bundling tie is a molded plastic article with a plurality of legs, the legs having a coiled region of sinusoidal planar coils so t... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079805 | Fastener for protective sleeves A fastener for securing a protective sleeve having a first sleeve end and a second sleeve end around an elongate member. The fastener includes a first clip having a chamber and an entryway adapted to receive and retain the first sleeve end and a second cl... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079806 | Pivotal colsure A closure for pliant containers, such as bags and the like, which has an elongated closure body and an elongated closure arm that are pivotally attached to pivot in parallel planes. The body forms a U-shaped slot to receive a portion of the arm so that a ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079807 | Shaped pintle wire for paper machine clothing This disclosure shows a novel shaped pintle wire for papermachine clothing. The intended use of the pintle wire is to close a pin seam by joining the loops formed by the machine-direction yarns at each end of an open-ended papermachine fabric. The present... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079808 | Spring biased paper clip A paper clip comprising a pair of plate elements having clamping edges, hingedly connected together. A cantilever spring extends from an inner surface of one plate element and engages with the inner surface of the opposite plate element. The cantilever sp... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079809 | Anti-binding zipper slider An anti-binding slide for a slide fastener is provided and consists of a side wing segment at each corner of the slide to make a spreading action for reducing the binding of material to be zipped together and separated. The retainer bar is elongated and h... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079810 | Ultrasonic cutting of fabric tufts to provide improved retention of tuft indentity during use A process and apparatus for cutting tufted loops of yarn of a fabric, such as a carpet, by applying sufficient energy from an ultrasonically vibrating horn, operating with either a shearing or a pincer action in cooperation with a mechanical device, eithe... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079811 | Method and apparatus for feeding thread pneumatically in drawing-in A feed method of feeding a thread wound on a bobbin to a thread drawing-in apparatus through first and second suction nozzles, comprising the steps of: advancing the thread to a first position between the bobbin and the first suction nozzle, along an axis... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079812 | Tow feeding apparatus A tow feeding apparatus which requires no continuous observation, shortens the reset time when tow is wound around pinch rolls for feeding into a case, and operates safely, includes guide rolls for leading a tow to a winding roll or pinch rolls, a winding... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079813 | Interlacing apparatus Interlace jets are improved by providing yarn passageways that flare outwardly, being defined by surfaces that are gently convexly curved. A preferred stacked interlace jet assembly is provided with jet members of oval configuration.... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5079814 | Method of manufacturing a hollow point bullet A method of manufacturing a hollow point bullet and the product resulting therefrom. A core is first formed from a deformable first metal and the entire core is electroplated with a second metal. A partially electroplated cavity is then formed within one ... | 01/14/1992 |
