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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5230100 | Collar, choker, or neck band Apparatus and methods for absorbing liquid and/or stopping cut hair from running down a neck of a person when that person's hair is washed and/or cut. The apparatus comprises: a length of cloth or other liquid absorbent material which serves as an adjusta... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230101 | Dual visor operating mechanism A dual visor operating mechanism in which respective locks disposed between inner and outer visor arm hubs and respective right and left arbors normally prevent movement of the visors in response to force applied directly thereto and in which respective i... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230102 | Primer activated syphon flusher for toilets A toilet flushing apparatus characterized by an inherently leakproof syphon discharge through a toilet flush tube, control being of two forms (1) a pre-primed syphon wherein both the suction leg and the discharge leg are filled with water, and (2) a jet p... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230103 | Short cycle flush valve for commode tanks A commode flush valve for providing short and adjustable flush cycles. The flush valve includes a valve seat around the upper end of a discharge pipe for a tank, and a body pivoted to it. The body has a peripheral valve seal to bear against the valve seat... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230104 | Toilet water preservation devices An automatic water shut-off circuit for a flushing toilet tank having a main tank replenishment valve, a main tank flushing or base valve, and a main tank float for operably controlling the flow of water through the main valve dependent upon the level of ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230105 | Toilet seat and stand for wilderness camping A portable toilet seat and stand for wilderness camping includes seat bar members, legs, and crosspieces designed to interlock under the weight of the user. A pair of feet are provided for engagement with the legs to prevent the legs from sinking into sof... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230106 | Hand held tap water powered water discharge apparatus A water discharge apparatus configured to be held in a user's hand, and powered by a tap water source for selective operation in a continuous shower spray mode, a pulsed shower spray mode, or a submergible hydromassage mode.... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230107 | Multipurpose bath apparatus A portable bidet seat is described as being supported by one side of a bathtub enclosure and by a first pipe secured to a wall adjacent to an opposite side of the enclosure. A pair of additional pipes traverse within the first pipe, one of which is couple... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230108 | Molded articles A molded article is disclosed. The molded article includes a shell having a reservoir, a deck surrounding the reservoir and an apron. The shell has an exterior non-finish side and an interior finish side. The non-finish side of the shell is coated with a ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230109 | Vertically adjustable lavatory assembly A vertically adjustable lavatory assembly includes an outer frame and a carrier frame positioned within the outer frame. The carrier frame is vertically moveable within the outer frame and has a lavatory connected thereto. A lavatory is positioned outside... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230110 | Mattress cushion with multiple zones A mattress overlay cushion including three distinct zone sections with the intermediate zone section extending a greater distance longitudinally than the other two zone sections. Each zone section has a convoluted surface with a protuberance arrangement d... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230111 | Corner grip for fitted sheets and fitted mattress covers A method of constructing fitted sheet corners that cause the upper corners of the fitted sheet to draw more closely to the mattress than is designed into the regular plane of the fitted sheet seam. The recessed effect of this invention causes a slight dep... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230112 | Patient support table A patient support table comprising a first patient support surface. The first patient support surface, in a preferred embodiment, is comprised of an x-ray translucent material such as carbon fiber. In a preferred embodiment, the top of the first patient s... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230113 | Multiple position adjustable day night patient bed chair A manually or automatically controlled adjusting bed-chair combination for persons suffering limited mobility due to accident, disease, or age who thus require intensive caregiving efforts by others. This portable body supporting device provides a patient... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230114 | Automatic heel covering machine and process A process and apparatus for automatically applying heel covers to women's heels including a rotatable work table with jigs for holding the heels fixed around the periphery. Positioned outwardly from the periphery of the table are work stations with indepe... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230115 | Tennis shoe accessory for cleaning A tennis shoe weighted device is disclosed herein for insertion into a tennis shoe during a washing procedure which includes a weighted body having a soap carrying compartment on one side and a resiliently mounted telescoping rod outwardly projecting from... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230116 | Anti-scratch toilet snake An anti-scratch toilet snake is provided which consists of a closet auger for opening a clogged drain in a toilet bowl and a scratch preventing improvement mechanism on a portion of the closet auger that is inserted into the clogged drain of the toilet bo... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230117 | Golf shoe and golf club cleaning device A golf shoe and golf club cleaning device particularly adapted for attachment to a golf bag or other convenient surface. The device includes a brush handle having soft bristles embedded in one face thereof and stiff bronze bristles embedded in an end wall... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230118 | Orthodontic tooth-brush A toothbrush designed for use by orthodontic patients. The toothbrush head includes first conventional bristle tufts on one face, but further includes a lengthwise channel on the opposite face. The bottom face of this channel includes transverse second br... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230119 | Multilayer laminated pad A disposable hand held laminated pad suitable for the application or removal of liquids and other materials while shielding the hand of the user from the materials includes a base pad having a lower wiping surface and an upper attachment surface, a thin i... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230120 | One-piece pad holder for a floor buffing machine A one-piece dual durometer pad holder for use in a floor buffing machine has an outer radial portion and an inner radial portion. The outer radial portion is made from a first hardenable material having a first durometer hardness in its hardened state, an... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230121 | Single motor upright vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner having a nozzle assembly including a blower motor and agitator brush and a handle assembly rotatably mounted thereto. The handle rotates relative to the nozzle assembly while the blower motor remains fixed thereto. The vacuum cle... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230122 | Mounting device for window shades A mounting device for hanging window shades hinged along its length, and its opposite edge clamping the top margin of material of the shades in place. A series of channels on the bottom of the mounting device extend the length of the mounting device. Cord... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230123 | Operable wall deployment and storage system A system of movable panels supported from overhead tracks by carriers engaged in the tracks. The panels are movable between a storage area and operable positions by moving the carriers along the tracks. The tracks are provided with an arrangement of bars ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230124 | Roller with clothing retaining structure and card clothing There is disclosed an elongate piece of card clothing (10) which is rectangular as seen in plan, and which is capable of being wrapped around a carrier roll (11) having a slot (12) in its outer periphery with the free ends (18) of the card clothing (10) b... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230125 | Combing machine and process for forming an even combed sliver The combing machine is provided with a plurality of combing devices for delivering a plurality of combed slivers as well as a drafting system for receiving and drafting the combed slivers for delivery to a can press. A measuring device is provided to meas... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230126 | Stepless clamp A clamp structure which is provided with at least one pair of plastically deformable ear-like folds located on opposite sides of a center longitudinal cut in the clamping band and spaced in the circumferential direction by such a distance that they can be... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230127 | Personalized face cremation urn A cremation urn has a front wall with human readable indicia (such as the name of a deceased human or pet) formed integrally with the front wall, the front wall actually being a component of the urn. The indicia may be relief indicia, as formed by sand bl... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230128 | Apparatus for replacing discharge valves in air compressors A cage for properly positioning replacement valves and bores holds an assembly of a valve member and valve cone in proper relative position during replacement of the valve assembly in the bore of an air compressor.... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230129 | Safety cable tool A tool for tensioning safety cable to a predetermined tension limit and for automatically terminating the cable when the cable has been tensioned to the predetermined limit. The tool includes apparatus for grasping and pulling the cable to the predetermin... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230130 | Method of repairing damaged vehicle headlight assembly The damaged adjustor mounting tab on a headlight lens assembly is repaired by cutting away a sufficient portion of the old tab to allow an L-shaped replacement adjustor tab bracket to be installed and have the adjustor block mounted in the slot of the ver... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230131 | Recyclable flexible filter tube and method for recycling filter tubes A recyclable, flexible filter element comprising a tubular, outer braided jacket supported by a helical spring. The bottom of the tube of the jacket is turned inside the helical spring and is sealed by a removable fastening device which is inserted into t... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230132 | Method of use for a multiple bond sizing and repairing device A multiple band sizing and repairing device is provided with a base and a plurality of blocks rising from the base for receiving and securing a watch band along its edge. The blocks are separated by varying distances from each other to form channels of va... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230133 | Method of identifying cooperating parts A plurality of pairs of identifying tags are provided. Each pair is made up of two identical tags, with each tag of each pair having a main, elongated, body-portion, preferably made of plastic, such as polyvinylchloride, in which is embedded a thin, elong... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230134 | Method of making a petal rod A method for forming a shaft with protrusions applies vertical pressure to the shaft to deformably displace material from the shaft to form one or more protrusions. The protrusions retaangularly spaced on and circumferentially aligned relative to the peri... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230135 | Top bar for carding machine A top bar for carding machines formed from an elongated hollow cold drawn annealed profile. The annealing relieves any stresses developed in the profile during the cold drawing and a dimensionally stable top bar results therefrom.... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230136 | Punch and die set for sheet metal clinching A die for use with a conventional punch to mechanically join, or clinch, two or more sheets of metal or other suitably formable material. The die is specially formed with a cavity having one or more lateral passages extending from the periphery of the cav... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230137 | Method for fastening together two or more non-aligned parts A method for fastening together two or more parts with a fastener through fastening holes where either the fastener is misaligned with the holes or the fastener and one of the parts are both misaligned with the fastening hole of the other part. A depressi... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230138 | Method of manufacturing a metal-contained composite material and a metal-contained composite material produced thereby This invention relates to a method of producing a metal-contained composite material from a metal and a sinterable material such as a ceramic material, and to a metal-contained composite material produced by the method. Conventional composite materials co... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230139 | Method of making a transformer core comprising strips of amorphous steel wrapped around the core window Groups of amorphous steel strips, cut to appropriate length from a composite strip, are stacked in longitudinally-staggered relationship to form packets. The groups are made up by apparatus preforming a process that comprises a pre-spooling operation that... | 07/27/1993 |
