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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5175886 | Golf gloves A golf glove provided with seams extending lengthwise from the middle of the ring and little fingers along the back portion of the glove provided with a groove on each of the back sections of the thumb and index finger with a flexible material so as to pr... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175887 | Absorbent headband An absorbent headband is provided which includes a resilient inner frame and one or more absorbent outer covers. The outer cover is generally tubular, and closed at each end. The outer cover is provided with a slot for removably inserting the inner frame ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175888 | Outerwear garment with display feature An outerwear garment having a highly unique design and display feature. The outerwear garment of a particular fabric material includes a plurality of parallel slits which form a plurality of strips of fabric within a visual area. A display panel is secure... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175889 | Inflatable liner for protective headgear An inflatable liner for protective headgear comprising, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a reinforced hollow strip for the reception and storage of fluid, the strip having a selected size so as to line the protective headgear and pa... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175890 | Apparatus and method for sanitizing toilet seats A transportable sanitizing device is equipped with a liquid dispenser, tissue dispenser and spray gun, generally. The sanitizing device is initiated by removal of the spray gun and dispersement of disinfectant about the perimeter of a toilet seat followed... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175891 | Device for fixing a toilet seat and a toilet lid A device for detachably and pivotally connecting a pair of objects such as a toilet seat and lid to a toilet bowl. The device includes a receiving member fixedly mounted on the toilet bowl and a main body connected with the toilet seat and lid. The main b... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175892 | Fresh water control system and method The method of controlling operation of a plurality of fixtures comprises the steps of establishing a maximum fluid flow rate and determining which of the fixtures requires operation. A determination is then made of the fluid flow rate of the fixture requi... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175893 | Dual flush valve assembly An improved dual flush valve assembly adapted for connection with a toilet tank provides a partial or full flush of water. The assembly comprises two actuating lever arms and three chains depending from the levers for connection with two flap valves. The ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175894 | Toilet flushing device A toilet flushing device has a diverter valve which permits the supply of high pressure water to the rim flushing conduit of a toilet bowl when the toilet bowl is flushed, thereby enhancing the flushing of the toilet bowl. The diverter valve has provision... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175895 | Flapper valve mounting adapter An adapter for mounting, via trunnions, a flapper valve upon a pair of uprights extending from a valve seat of a discharge pipe in a toilet tank.... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175896 | Bathroom accessory A bathroom accessory includes a base member; suction cups on one face of the base member for removably mounting the accessory to a mounting surface, such as the wall of a shower or the wall of or adjacent to a bathtub; a plurality of projections projectin... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175897 | Cover for hospital bed rails A bed rail cover system including a bed rail having a framework with a plurality of rails and a cover positionable over the framework. The cover is of unitary construction, includes an attachment flap engageable with one of the rails to secure the cover i... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175898 | Sculptured, stretchable waterbed mattress with aesthetic appearance A low tension waterbed mattress has a top with a plurality of expandable folds molded therein so that the top wall stretches when a user lays on the mattress so that the user is not laying on a taut sleeping surface. The folds have an aesthetic appearance... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175899 | Mattress with means to support bedclothes above a user's feet A flexible member which extends about foot high is transversely mounted at the foot end of the flat mattress for supporting bedclothes at the foot end area to reduce the pressure on the upward pointed toes when a person sleeps face-up. Detachable and/or p... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175900 | Automatic index rotary buffing apparatus Automatic index rotary buffing apparatus includes a plurality of buffing stations at which buffing heads are rotated relative to a workpiece having recesses in a face thereof for buffing the workpiece at each buffing station. The buffing heads at the last... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175901 | Apparatus and method for brushing teeth An apparatus for brushing an entire arch of teeth at once has a resilient U-shaped housing containing a channel within which the arch of teeth fits. A plurality of bristles substantially covers the surface area of the channel, and a handle extends from ea... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175902 | Window squeegee apparatus A squeegee device including a mount carried pivotally from a handle for mounting a squeegee blade in a normal position for sweeping the majority of the distance across a window pane recessed in a window opening defined by abutment walls of, for instance, ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175903 | Drive connection for the arm of a windscreen wiper A drive connection for the arm (2) of a windscreen wiper comprises a metallic wiper arm (2), a spindle (5) by which it is driven and means (7) for electrically insulating the wiper arm (2) from the spindle (5), thus electrically isolating the arm (2) and ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175904 | Wringing device in particular for fringed strips for cleaning floors The wringing device in particular for fringed strips for cleaning floors, comprises a frame which oscillatably supports about a main axis, a supporting element for a roller. The roller can rotate with respect to the supporting element about its own axis w... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175905 | Debris cleaning apparatus for circular knitting machines A debris cleaning apparatus (10) for a circular knitting machine (12) includes a horizontal radial support arm (24) rotatably mounted coaxially to the machine frame (14) with a rotary paddle-type fan (26) pivotably mounted to the outward end of the suppor... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175906 | Bean cleaning apparatus The invention comprises a bean cleaning apparatus comprising a plurality of pairs of elongated inclined rotating parallel rods. One of the rods in each pair has a spiral groove along its length and the other rod has a smooth cylindrical outer surface. The... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175907 | Fastening device for securing of a handle on a cooking utensil A fastening device for fastening a handle element on a cooking utensil. In order to assure an easy mounting with a simple manufacturing capability and in order to assure that the handle element even after longer use is fixedly anchored to the cooking uten... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175908 | Adjustable recessed door hinge An adjustable recessed door hinge includes a hinge cup displacably insertable in a bore of one of a frame or door member, a hinge pin mounted in the hinge cup, and a hinge arm pivoted at one end on the hinge pin and displacably securable at the other end ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175909 | Suction device A suction device for a bale opener is provided for sucking off fiber flocks having a suction hood (1) being arranged above the opening means of the bale opener, extending over the whole working width and being connected with a suction channel (6) for remo... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175910 | Lockable slider for a slide fastener A lockable slider for a slide fastener is disclosed which essentially comprises a slider body having a conneting neck or diamond and including an upper and a lower wing member defining therebetween a guide channel for the passage of slide fastener stringe... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175911 | Snap fastener A replacement fastener for use with a female snap member to provide a snap fastener. The male snap member is formed of an acetal resin which is tough and resilient and has its own self-lubricating properties. The male fastner has a flange with a button on... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175912 | Fastener for a wristwatch strap A pair of fasteners for a wristwatch strap having two ends are connected to opposite sides of a watch case, each of which includes an arcuate catch element (3) provided with guide members (5, 28) extending longitudinally of the strap (2) and an end engage... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175913 | Connector for use in connecting planar objects A connector is disclosed which is useful as an element of a toy construction set, or in constructing various structures which can be easily disassembled. The connector includes a mutual connection portion for use in mutually connecting a plurality of conn... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175914 | Machine tool having dual spindles and tool rests A complex machine tool has a single frame having a chip collecting space at a center portion thereof, first and second spindle stocks on the frame, relatively free to move and drive in a Z axis direction and holding the chip collecting space therebetween,... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175915 | Method of making a padded pillow with an inflatable insert A method of making a pillow which has padding as well as an inflatable insert which starts with two integral and identical pieces of cloth and is particularly efficient in terms of the amount of labor and the type of equipment required to produce a high-q... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175916 | Locator strip and method for positioning fabric covers on a foam cushion A locator strip (10) accurately positions upholstering fabric (12) upon a seat cushion (16) in the manufacture of seats. The locator strip (10) includes an array of U-shaped pockets (30) along one edge which are separated by finger-like projections (32). ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175917 | Counterblade extracting device Counterblade extracting device for extracting counterblades pivoted in slots of a wall including a disk element which is rigidly associated with a lever-like actuation element and which is arranged adjacent to the side of the counterblade and rotatably co... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175918 | Portable container with pivotable closure and method of manufacture thereof A panel-like lid is secured to a receptacle by a pintle for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position about an axis whereby the lid remains horizontal at all times. In the closed position, a continuous groove in the underside of the ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175919 | Method for manufacturing a racket frame A method for manufacturing a racket frame includes the steps of making a metal part having at least one joint end formed with a groove; covering the joint end of the metal part with a layer containing glass fibers to serve as an electrical insulating laye... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175920 | Blade replacement tool and method An apparatus and method for transferring the weight of a cutting edge blade to the top of a moldboard for alignment of the cutting edge blade to the moldboard is disclosed. The apparatus includes a roller member with a plurality of rotatably mounted guide... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175921 | Impact tool blade A hand-held impact tool for effecting terminations in a telecommunications terminal block uses a blade with a setting edge and a pivotable cutter for cutting a conductor wire. Several impact settings for varying the seating impact force at the blade are s... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175922 | Method for the manufacture of an armature assembly for matrix print heads of the hinged-clapper-armature construction A method for production of an armature device group for matrix print heads of the clapper-armature construction is based on connecting and jointly processing prefabricated parts (1, 2) such that elongated armatures with wide armature arms (4) and narrower... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175923 | Method for producing a laminated coil A laminated coil comprises a plurality of super-imposed insulating films each having a conductive member and a through-hole. One end portion of the conductive member extends as a tongue. The tongue of each conductive member on each insulating film is elec... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175925 | Machining for attaching terminals to conductors A crimp height adjusting mechanism in a machine for crimping terminals onto the ends of conductors of flexible flat cables. The adjusting mechanism is interposed between the movable crimping die and its drive mechanism and effects changes in crimp height ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5175926 | Method of manufacturing an automotive sound system An automotive sound system achieves manufacturing flexibility by joining a common chassis which implements radio functions with additional boards that are specific to either a cassette, CD, or DAT mechanism which is to be joined with the radio as an integ... | 01/05/1993 |
