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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5159715 | Shoulder pad with readily removable padding The invention is directed to a football shoulder pad which includes a pair of rigid arches and a less rigid pad member associated with each rigid arch. Each pad has opposite pockets which open toward each other, and terminal edges of the rigid arches are ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159716 | Surface suit with removable water and wind resistant inserts An improved garment is provided for a wearer. The garment includes a plurality of flexible, non-airtight garment modules having pockets. A plurality of flexible, water-resistant inserts are provided that are capable of being placed in and removed from the... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159717 | Hand padding device A hand padding device comprising a pliable enclosure containing a flowable material. The device is designed to be inserted into a ball glove. Preferably, the padding device includes two convex surfaces.... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159718 | Safety hunter's garment A safety hunter's garment that permits the selective interchangeability of camouflage on the garment to a plurality of bands of Hunter's orange, the blazing fluorescent orange by simply reversing the bands to expose or cover the selected mode. An arrangem... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159719 | Waterproof garment In order to protect a waterproof garment from the ingress of water via water bridges formed in the area of its closure 15, the inner surfaces of an outer flap 29 and an intermediate flap 41 and the two surfaces of connecting inner face laminates 61b, 63b ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159720 | Hunter's hat Improved head wear for providing concealment for the wearer and allowing maximum overhead visibility comprising a camouflage colored material crown, and a front brim section consisting of dull, camouflage colored see-through nylon mesh sewed to the crown ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159721 | Firefighter's trousers providing exceptional freedom of leg movement A firefighter's trousers of the type constructed of firefighting protective material. The firefighter's trousers have a torso section and a pair of leg sections. The torso section and the leg sections are joined by one or more panels which form a crotch r... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159722 | Drive for a shower arm or a bidet device A shower arm (9) drive for a bidet is provided in which the shower arm, a lever type drive mechanism (37), a piston cylinder (36), and a water distributor (34) are fastened on a support plate (1). To extend the shower arm (9) for the showering process, th... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159723 | Bathtub An improved bathtub, having a wall form and an adjoining base form, both of which are an integral part and made from the same material as the bathtub. The wall form extends lengthwise the full extent of the upper back bathtub planar surface and at right a... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159724 | Spill free clean out traps A spill free clean out type sink trap includes a cover sealingly and detachably mounted on a container and, in one embodiment, respective individual inlet and outlet conduits are spaced apart laterally from one another. The conduits both project downwardl... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159725 | Waterbed mattress with bellows spring insert A spring insert for a waterbed mattress includes a plurality of spring bellows units arranged in upright relation within the mattress. Each bellows unit has a top wall and pleated sidewall which is collapsible from a normal expanded height to a shortened ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159726 | Controlled-rigidity supporting element A supporting element having a rigidity which may be adjustably controlled includes a cover (29) and a filler (30). The filler includes a flexible laminated structure having a plurality of layers (31, 32, 33; 32a, 32b; 34) which are mounted to be moveable ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159727 | Child care blanket with pillow Child care device includes a pillow mounted on a baby blanket intermediate its ends. The ends of the blanket are providing with mating fastening means, one on one side of the blanket, one on the other. The blanket is wrapped around the baby holder's arm s... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159728 | Two-loop law enforcement strap restraint which is concealable, disposable and can be formed entirely of recyclable material A two-loop strap restraint for law enforcement is lightweight, strong, inexpensive, disposable, and can be formed entirely of recyclable polymeric material, and is easy to apply and carry. This restraint has a pair of apertures in its central bridging por... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159729 | Tie-down device for cargo and the like A tie-down device for securing and holding down cargo and the like. The device includes a turnbuckle. A strap is provided having a first end and a second end that are secured to the turnbuckle, so as to loop back on itself and defining a loose strap and a... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159730 | Resilient clip A clip is disclosed which comprises a body including two opposing members having opposite end portions associated respectively therewith and an arcuate portion joining the two opposing members adjacent one of said opposite end portions at their ends, each... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159731 | Clothespin An adjustable unitary clothespin which is molded from a resilient material and ready to use in the "as molded" condition. The clothespin is comprised of an arcuate upper portion and a pair of downward extending leg portions. The leg portions are movable f... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159732 | Seat belt buckle In a seat belt buckle a U-shaped main frame (1) has two side portions (7,8) and a tilting locking element (15) located between them to be engageable with a belt tongue (4) when inserted therein, a retaining member (27) being movable in L-shaped cut-outs (... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159733 | Tenter-type stretcher having means for detecting clip obstructions An improved tenter-type stretcher comprises a pair of rails which diverge from one another, a plurality of clips carried in endless chains along the rails and a device for detecting obstructions in the tenter clips, wherein the detecting device is either ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159734 | Apparatus for cleaning rolls An apparatus for cleaning rolls comprising a plurality of cylindrical brushes that are rotated by a combination of sheaves and belts or their equivalent, which are powered by some form of a motor and uses a solvent to remove debris, such as residual fiber... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159735 | Device for cleaning toilet seats A hand-held disposable device specifically designed and constructed to permit the effective and efficient cleaning of toilet seats. In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises a support means, a handle mounted thereon, and an absorbent fabric material... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159736 | Brush construction A brush construction which includes a brush handle having a hollowed end portion for receiving a tuft of bristles. The tuft of bristles are reversely folded about a plastic filament, and the filament reversely folded whereby the free ends of the plastic f... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159737 | Dust collection apparatus A dust collection apparatus comprising a base duct, an adapter duct rotatably mounted on the upper end of the base duct, a first duct arm pivotaly connected to the upper end of the adapter duct and made of steel plates, a first connecting mechanism for co... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159738 | Vacuum cleaner having silencer mechanism A blower cover is provided so as to surround an electric driven blower. The blower cover comprises an upper blower cover and a lower blower cover. An exhaust air duct as a silencer mechanism is provided on the upper blower cover and is disposed between a ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159739 | Sanitary equipment handler having magnetically held, detachable handle A device to allow health practitioners' cabinet drawers to be opened and operating lights and other movable operating equipment to be repositioned as he works, without the need to grasp, and thereby contaminate, the existing handles. The device comprises ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159740 | Hinge with spring coupling member A hinge includes a hinge arm mounted on a base plate by an intermediate member having a U-shaped cross-section. The hinge arm is retained on the intermediate member by depth and joint adjustment devices, e.g. clamping and adjusting screws. Retaining eleme... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159741 | Machine for the machining of metal The invention relates to a machine for machining by cutting with workholder and tool holder rotating in positive drive with respect to each other, the axis (z) of which toolholder extending askew to the workholder axis of rotation (x), is swingable and lo... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159742 | Rolling mill with a multi-row bearing A bearing, especially for the necks on the work rolls of a rolling mill, with at least one bearing outer ring surrounding the neck, which ring has a cylindrical lateral surface in the bore of a chock, where it is supported in the direction of its radial l... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159743 | Hydraulic puller The hydraulically powered locking puller device comprises a base assembly about a central axis, a camming assembly circumferentially about the base assembly, and an hydraulic module axially centered within the base assembly. The base assembly has a cylind... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159744 | Tools for repairing planetary gears A tool is disclosed for replacing the washer in a planetary gear of the type having a frame, an elongated axle having both ends secured to the frame, a gear rotatably mounted to the axle and in which the washer is disposed around the axle between one end ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159745 | Robotic apparatus and method for automobile assembly A robotic apparatus for automobile assembly includes a robot which moves in sequence to a plurality of different stations and performs an operation at each station based on information obtained from a video camera. The camera can pivot to form an image of... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159746 | Method of assembling heavy motor vehicles The cabs of the series, which are of different dimensions, each having a driver cab and a shield for shielding the front and sides of the vehicle frame. The shield is in the form of a continuous fascia disposed below the driver compartment, the height of ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159747 | Film cartridge producing method When shaping a film cartridge having a hollow cylindrical shell and caps mounted on ends of the shell, a shell plate is brought into abutment with a mandrel having a perfectly circular cross section and bent around the mandrel by a bending roller. A cap i... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159748 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a surge arrester A distribution class surge arrester comprises a core formed of distributed zinc oxide varistor blocks, aluminum blocks acting as heat sinks and as spacers providing voltage grading and required arcing distances, and terminal blocks held in face-to-face co... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159749 | Wire transfer device for lead making machine A wire transfer device for a harness making machine includes feed tracks (24) which carry a plurality of shuttle members (30). The shuttle members (30) are pushed down the tracks (24), and incrementally push the next shuttle member (30) further down. The ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159750 | Method of connecting an IC component with another electrical component A package for containing an integrated circuit component is provided which includes one or more layers with exposed edges surrounding a central opening. The integrated circuit component is positioned in the central opening. Bond wires connect the bond pad... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159751 | Method of manufacturing electronic module assembly An electronic module assembly (31) is provided by assembling components (17) to a planar polyimide flex circuit film (14) laminated to an aluminum rigidizer plate (11). The flex circuit film and rigidizer are then bent by a sheet metal bending process suc... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159752 | Scanning electron microscope based parametric testing method and apparatus A scanning electron microscope (28) is connected to a test structure (48) formed on a semiconductor wafer. The test structure (48) comprises a plurality of first parallel structures (54) and a plurality of second parallel structure (56) transverse to and ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159753 | Roller shelf and method of making same The method of making a roller shelf for the display and dispensing of wares which includes molding a plurality of groups of molded parallel axles and rollers as a unit and with a common mold runner, the groups each having the same number of axles, providi... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159754 | Process for press fitting a vehicle wheel hub into an integral bearing An assembly machine and method for assembling an integral bearing unit onto a motor vehicle wheel hub. The assembly process involves applying an axial force onto the elements causing the elements to be pressed together. In order to avoid localized brinell... | 11/03/1992 |
