Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5216757 | Knot simulating neck tie clasp A tie knot apparatus is provided which includes a front shell member having a top edge, a bottom edge, and first and second side edges, a rear shell member having a top edge, a bottom edge, and first and second side edges, the shell members being configur... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216758 | Sports face mask attachment A sports helmet face mask attachment which reduces intentional or unintentional face mask grabbing and thus reduces head or neck injuries. A light weight, perforated strip of flexible material is stretched across wire members of the face mask, closing off... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216759 | Safety goggles lens retention The eye protection lens of safety goggles provides increased impact protection without utilizing external fasteners or external sealing means. The mechanical attachment of the lens to the goggles rim is improved and stabilized against separation forces by... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216760 | Splash and overspray guard A portable splash and overspray guard has a substantially oval shape and includes a surrounding wall structure for catching and transporting accumulated waste fluids. The splash and overspray guard may be adhesively attached to a toilet seat for use with ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216761 | Flush volume controls for toilets Flush volume control devices for flush type toilets equipped with a valve which is opened to allow flush water to flow from the toilet into its bowl and then closed. The flush volume control engages a pivotably mounted, flapper valve bracket as the level ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216762 | Floating pool cover apparatus A floating pool cover arranged for flotation about the top surface of a swimming pool to provide for passive heating during periods of depressed temperatures and reflection of heat during periods of elevated temperatures is provided as a housing formed wi... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216763 | Portable shower apparatus A multipurpose, collapsible, shower apparatus for use almost anywhere but especially adapted for use in places somewhat remote from civilization such as recreational vehicles, campers, the outdoors, space vehicles and the like where there may be a limited... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216764 | Disposable bathtub and shower liner A bathtub and shower liner ensemble comprised of thin, flimsy, disposable, sterile, contoured, impervious, plastic film sheers, with a bottom mat-like sheet secured to bathtub or shower basin to provide cushion and comfort. The entire liner assembly is co... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216765 | Gravity fed eye/face wash A portable gravity fed eye/face wash comprises a water container having a fill opening and a closure cap at the upper end of the container. A recessed storage cavity on a front wall of the container accommodates a spray head assembly secured to the contai... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216766 | Shower curtain rod attachment This invention discloses a shower curtain rod attachment which prevents water from spraying or splashing out of a shower enclosure while showering. The shower curtain rod attachment supports the leading edge of the shower curtain such that the shower curt... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216767 | Drainage enhancer for double seepage drains A device for improving the drainage through, and structural integrity of, a mortar bed of a shower floor. The device encircles a neck portion of a drain in the shower floor. The device is positioned between the mortar bed and drainage weep holes formed in... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216768 | Bed system In one aspect of the invention, a bed structure having a mattress deck panel and side panels, with internal reinforcing bulkheads and single-piece head- and footboards serving as reinforcing bulkheads at the head and foot of the structure. In another aspe... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216769 | Foldable bed A foldable bed with sound generating capabilities comprising: a lower assembly formed of a leg section and a body section, a linear hinge coupling the sections for movement between an open orientation and a closed orientation, the lower assembly also incl... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216770 | Support device A body support device having a resilient surface with channels disposed in the surface for retaining tubing therein.... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216771 | Leg pillow A pillow having an hourglass shape for placing between an individual's legs to provide support when positioned along the upper thighs just above the knees. When the individual is lying on his or her side, the pillow provides for proper alignment of the sp... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216772 | Support pillow A support pillow in two main sections, each section having an elongated resilient foam member each covered with fabric with a portion of the fabric extending outward to define a flexible panel. The top surface of one panel, and the bottom surface of the o... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216773 | Method of formation and installation of a floating bridge A method for fabricating and installation of a floating bridge or the like provides that a bridge superstructure is supported by a number of pontoons and has opposite ends anchored to shore fundaments. Prefabricated pontoons are positioned successively at... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216774 | Water recovery system for truck washer An improvement for washing devices for truck trailers or similar devices. The washing device consists of a rotating brush mounted on a driven vehicle chassis and having a delivery system to deliver a cleaning fluid--usually water or soapy water--to the br... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216775 | Automatic squeezee pressing device An automatic squeezee pressing device for pressing a squeezee against a window pane with a constant pressing force comprises a squeezee to be pressed against a window pane for cleaning the window pane, a squeezee moving mechanism for moving the squeezee t... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216776 | Automatic blackboard eraser apparatus An eraser includes a track structure to permit reciprocation of an eraser housing laterally of an elongate blackboard plate. The eraser housing includes a drive motor to effect rotation of a drive brush positioned above the blackboard plate, including a d... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216777 | Fuzzy control apparatus generating a plurality of membership functions for determining a drive condition of an electric vacuum cleaner A control apparatus of an electrical appliance comprising a sensor for detecting a physical amount; and a fuzzy inferring device for determining the drive condition of a load by fuzzy inference based on a signal outputted from the sensor, and wherein the ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216778 | Vacuum cleaner An electric vacuum cleaner having a body, suction generating means and a dust collection space in said body, and a rotatable hose inlet for receiving a suction hose and connecting the hose to the dust collection space. The suction hose has at one end a co... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216779 | Upright soft bag type vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner having a filter bag housing assembly comprised of a fabric or otherwise flexible and air permeable bag housing resiliently supported at its bottom end relative to the operator handle such that the bag housing is always in tension... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216780 | Handgrip for link chain A tubular handgrip for attaching to link chain as a sleeve is made by joining a pair of identical semi-circular components around a chain. The mated components each has a post portion which extends transversely through a link in the chain to prevent the g... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216781 | Operating apparatus for casement windows A casement window low-profile operating apparatus comprises a winged hub having an aperture therein which is adapted to receive any of different size window operator crankshaft adapters. The crankshaft adapters themselves contain an aperture designed to f... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216782 | Sash counterbalance leveling device A sash counterbalance device for a fume hood including a first cable having a first end and a second end, the first end being secured on the left side of a fume hood sash and wherein a first counterweight is secured on the second end of the first cable; a... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216783 | Band clamp This invention relates to a clamp constituted by a metal band wound on itself, of which the ends are respectively provided with complementary hooking means comprising, in particular a hook adapted to pass over a lug during the tightening operation, the in... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216784 | Conduit clamp A snap-on clamp includes an open-ended loop having complementary, interlocking clamps at each end. The clamps each include a jaw portion having teeth opposed to and engageable with the teeth on the other jaw portion. The teeth are angled to permit sliding... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216785 | Tie fastener A tie fastener for securing a necktie to a shirt is disclosed. The tie fastener includes three strips of flexible material joined together at one end. Each strip is identical to the others. An inner strip is buttoned to a shirt and an outer strip is fed t... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216786 | Plastic buckle and method of forming thereof A plastic fastener comprising a body having two members that define an upper face and a lower face, means for securing the fastener to a workpiece, and means for adjustably securing the strap to the fastener. The adjustably securing means comprises first ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216787 | Co-extruded profile strip containing lateral webs with adhesive subdivided into ribs A profile strip has a closure element, made of a first material, which contains a base surface, and lateral webs or flanges extending from the base surface on each side of the closure element. An adhesive layer, made of a second material, different than t... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216788 | Impact-protected safety belt buckle A safety belt buckle for receiving and locking an insertion tongue is comprised of a casing having an insertion slot, an insertion tongue that is slidably mounted in the insertion slot and has a cutout, a spring-loaded ejector, arranged in the insertion s... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216789 | Method and apparatus for sterilization and/or embalmment of corpses and specimens A preservation system (2) for cadavers and the like. A chamber (6) is defined by walls (4) which are of sufficient thickness to block gamma irradiation from a gamma source (20) therein. The gamma source is placed in a conveyor system (32) and moved around... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216790 | Needled nonwoven fabric Method to produce a non-woven needled fabric in which the needled fabric includes 10-35% of low melt fusible fibers to aid in holding the non-woven fabric together when passed through and over to melt the fusible fibers and then allow to cool and bind the... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216791 | Synthetic yarn bulking jet apparatus Apparatus is disclosed to prevent yarn from melting when stopped in a high temperature fluid texturing jet. A heat sink is attached to the jet body and thermally insulated from the conduit supplying the high temperature fluid to the jet.... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216792 | Method of and device for obtaining short shavings trimmed from the seams inside longitudinally welded pipes An arrangement for trimming short shavings from a seam inside a longitudinally welded pipe having a longitudinal axis, in which an inside shaving is scraped off continuously with a stationary blade by moving the pipe relative to the blade. The inside shav... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216793 | Hose fitting removal apparatus This invention relates to a novel apparatus which is useful for readily removing the fitting from a hose, particularly a hydraulic hose. An expansion guide for fitting on the end of a hose to enable a fitting at the opposite end of the hose to be loosened... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216794 | Tools for securing disc supports and fluorette sockets to a wall or ceiling of a doll house First and second mounting tools for securing disc supports and fluorette sockets respectively, to a wall or ceiling of a doll house are disclosed. The first mounting tool includes a cylindrical member having a first axial cylindrical bore formed at a firs... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216795 | Method for tightening threaded joints A method for tightening threaded joints by applying torque on the joint by means of a power tool until a predetermined pretension level in the joint is reached, whereupon a controller means connected to the power tool is arranged on one hand to initiate p... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216796 | Method and apparatus for shortening size of slide fastener A slide fastener shortening method for shortening a slide fastener with rows of fastener elements made of synthetic resin from a predetermined length of the slide fastener into a desired short length thereof. In an illustrative embodiment, the present inv... | 06/08/1993 |
