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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5172424 | Apparatus for protection of the under finger of a quilter A protector for the under finger of a quilter is made from flexible vinyl having a slightly roughened upper surface and a thickness of about 13 mil. The back of the protector is provided with an adhesive so that it may be attached to the under finger easi... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172425 | Flexus maximus knee joint for goaltender's leg pad This invention is a hinged knee joint for the ice hockey goaltender's protective leg pads. It is comprised of wedge shaped openings located in the side walls of the pad. These openings are covered with a protective plate that is attached to tracks to keep... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172426 | Protective, fireproof outfit A protective fireproof outfit includes an overall garment in combination with an undershirt and hood. The overall garment is comprised of an outer fabric layer of fireproof yarn and a plurality of mesh liner portions sewn in the outer layer in those areas... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172427 | Fingerless mitten A fingerless mitten is provided for allowing all the fingers of a hand to reside within a single defined cavity to maximize the benefits of body heat and for allowing all the fingers of the hand to be easily freed from the defined cavity while the mitten ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172428 | Convertible fur piece A convertible fur piece is disclosed which consists of an elongated strip of fur having hook and loop connecting strips secured to its opposed longitudinal edges which enable the strip of fur to be folded in half with its edges secured together to form an... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172429 | Combination suspenders for use with button and buttonless trousers A combination suspenders for use with button and buttonless trousers includes interchangeable clip ends and button strap ends connected to the suspender straps via a clip carrier. The clip carrier is formed of a horizontally folded flexible material formi... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172430 | Condom pocket underwear An underwear garment includes a torso surrounding web formed with an elastomeric waistband to include a respective first and second leg opening divided by a central crotch web. A pocket member is mounted to the torso web to position a condom member therew... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172431 | Replaceable toilet seat cover A resilient, replaceable toilet seat cover is provided which conforms generally to the shape of a toilet seat. The body of the toilet seat cover is a molded plastic or a suitable formable paper product which is semi-rigid and retains its shape. In one pre... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172432 | Swimming pool aerating device It is important healthwise to oxygenate water in swimming pools in order to kill the mainly anaerobic micro-organisms that may come to grow therein. Chemical agents are nowadays in current use, however, they are expensive, and also they do have damaging e... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172433 | Spa with convertible furniture layout A household-type spa is presented which is based upon one single, major mold for manufacturing the water-containing vessel. The spa has attachment points over its walls and floor for mounting furniture such as benches and bucket seats. All furniture, rega... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172435 | Extend-a-bed for infants and very young children A foldable baby bed for infants and very young children which can be used at the level of and attached to the bed of the parent or as a free standing unit. The legs of the baby bed can adjust to various heights and the front legs can be locked into a forw... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172436 | Mattress cushion The present invention relates to a mattress cushion, wherein it consists of a cushion mattress not using metal components like coil springs, the mattress body (1) is composed of overlapping elastic surface layers (6) (7) on both sides of a core portion (3... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172437 | Waterbed mattress with hexagonal baffle structure, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same Waterbed mattress having a baffle structure comprising a buoyant foam pad adapted to float within the mattress, and a plurality of hexagonal cells beneath the buoyant pad. The cells are arranged in a honeycomb array with the sides walls of adjacent ones o... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172438 | Waterbed mattress with equalized edge support Waterbed and mattress having a pair of elongated buoyant members are near the side edges of the mattress to provide additional support for a person resting near the edges of the bed. This additional support tends to equalize the support provided along the... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172439 | Therapeutic mattress overlay and method of forming and using the same A therapeutic mattress overlay for supporting anatomical portions of a recumbent human body such that weight is redistributed away from areas suffering from disorders due to injury and/or pathological conditions to promote healing thereof. The therapeutic... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172440 | Quilt bag A quilt bag comprising a frontal section patterned after a toy and sewn to a cover of a quilt and integral with flap or back section equal in size to the frontal section and a zip-fastener affixed to margins of the frontal and back sections to zip close a... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172441 | Water mattress quilted top with stiffening inserts A quilted cover for a water mattress includes a peripheral side wall and a quilted top releasably attached thereto. The top has internal padding and a fabric outer surface. There is a peripheral recess in the top with the quilted fabric extending into the... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172442 | Litter support having telescoping threaded rod arrangement A hospital bed includes a base supported by casters, and a lift arrangement vertically movably supports a patient support section on the base. The lift arrangement includes a threaded first member secured to and projecting downwardly from the patient supp... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172443 | Method and apparatus for wet-finishing textile goods In a method for wet-finishing textile goods in the extraction process, the textile goods are made-up in the form of spools or in packages. They are placed in this made-up form in a vessel closable in a pressure-tight manner and the air is then at least su... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172444 | Jig Method for operating a machine intended for dyeing textile webs wherein the fabric to be dyed is passed through a dyeing bath and is wound onto a tractive roller. The instantaneous angular speed of the tractive roller is controlled during the operation of... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172445 | Cleaner device for swimming pools and the like A hydraulic cleaner device comprises a water pump for drawing water from a pool through a tube, an open bottom casing divided into two compartments by a partition wall delimiting an inlet for an axial turbine having a rotor that drives a shaft connected b... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172446 | Mop and mop-squeeze combination A mop and mop-squeeze combination has a handle (1), a mop head (4) and a wringer device (3) disposed behind the mop head (4), the wringer device comprising a box-like sheath (14), a squeeze roller (23) supported in oblique guides (22) and traveling from t... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172447 | Tab lock adaptor for broom handles and the like An improved broom assembly comprises a head member having an integrally threaded handle receiving opening with a handle threadedly connected therein and including a locking adaptor for preventing inadvertent unthreading of the handle from the head member.... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172448 | Molded buffer pad Disclosed is a rotary buffer pad assembly comprising a pan-like holder to the outer surfaces of which a resilient pad of foamed polyurethane is directly molded for better dynamic balance.... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172449 | Windshield wiper with integral resilient biasing strip A windshield wiper, especially for motor vehicle, is described comprising a carrier yoke, a rubber element, and a resilient support for the rubber element on the carrier yoke. The resilient support of the rubber element includes a resilient strip with sev... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172450 | Shaft cleaning and decontamination apparatus This invention relates to a device for cleaning and decontaminating rods, shafts or other long tubular materials. In particular, the device cleans and decontaminates rods that are used in downhole remediation tasks that might otherwise transfer contaminan... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172451 | Front caster device for infant stroller A front caster device for an infant stroller including a bulb integrally attached to distal end of a front leg, a mounting hub attached to the bottom of the bulb in a manner that the hub is axially rotatable with respect to the bulb, a locking device for ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172452 | Hinge with opening occupied by an intumescent material A hinge for use with a fire door has a blade in which there are formed a number of screw holes and a larger opening. The larger opening is filled with an intumescent material.... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172453 | Sliver can A sliver can which facilitates the location of a trailing end portion of the sliver. The sliver can includes a main body and a tubular member associated with the main body for receiving an end portion of the sliver. By positioning the end portion of the s... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172454 | Securing device, particularly for footwear The device includes a base which is rigidly connectable with a first flap of an item of footwear; a pair of shoulders protrude from the base for the pivoting of a lever arm which is provided with a pivot for a support provided with a rachet system for eng... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172455 | Buckle and belt assembly construction for patient restraint An improved buckle construction for coupling a flexible strap to a bushing includes a special buckle cooperative with both a strap that fits through a slot in the buckle and a bushing. The strap is positioned in a through slot in the buckle and engages th... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172456 | Zipper with fusible woven yarn A mounting adapted to be attached to an article includes a woven material with front and rear slides and made by warp and weft yarns, one of the warp yarns being a thermoplastic coating on a supporting yarn center operative to heat seal the mounting tape ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172457 | Urn with top seal, bayonet closure and base arrangement with seal A funiary urn is disclosed. The urn includes a pedestal, a canister and a cap. The pedestal is attached to the canister by a bolt and a nut having an axially extended nut shank of non-circular cross-sectional shape for engaging mating apertures in the ped... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172458 | Method and apparatus for creating an array of weft yarns in manufacturing an open scrim non-woven fabric The invention relates to the production of non-woven fabrics in which an array of weft threads is created and then combined with a substrate, which may in itself comprise a set of warp threads. In the method according to the invention, the array of weft t... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172459 | Multi-ply air textured yarn A multi-ply continuous filament air textured yarn and method to produce same by combining a plurality of POY yarns in a nip and supplying them to a heated draw block to provide two stages of drawing. The drawn yarn is then heat set and supplied to an air ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172460 | Method of making lead-free capsule for wine bottles A lead-free capsule for wine bottles and the like and a method for producing the capsule to have similar characteristics as traditional lead and lead-tin capsules include the selection of a laminate of metallic foil and plastic sheet having a soft metalli... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172461 | Method of producing electrical resonant circuits, specifically resonance labels By means of this invention electrical resonant circuits, specifically resonance labels having a capacitor and a coil on a dielectric are produced for reliable deactivation by means of an electrical discharge between the capacitor surfaces. Heretofore alum... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172462 | Spring compression device Disclosed herein is an improved device for speedily compressing a shock absorber spring employed in a vehicle suspension system and minimizing any twisting of the spring during the compression operation. The spring compression device comprises a hollow po... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172463 | Method of assembling a motor drive unit for a cable window regulator A motor drive unit for a cable window regulator of reduced depth dimension. The drive unit includes two subassemblies which include elements which are combined to form integral assembly pieces. In this manner, the housing of the subassembly can be reduced... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5172464 | Machine tool A machine tool comprises: (a) a tool (22); (b) a body (2); (c) a tool supporting means (10) for supporting the tool (22) provided relative to the body (2); (d) a means (4) for supporting a pallet (P) for setting a work (W), the support means (36, 35) bein... | 12/22/1992 |
