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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| 5243706 | Micro-climate conditioning clothing Heat control for an animal body is provided by way of micro-climate conditioning clothing incorporating an inner first layer of spacer mesh material. A second layer of impermeable material is in contact with the first layer and has perforations therethrou... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243707 | Novelty inflatable hats An inflatable hat, preferably constructed of a metallized gas-impermeable polymeric sheet, may be provided in any of a number of novelty shapes, forms, colors, designs, and the like. Inexpensive construction affords adaptability to toys, advertising, spor... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243708 | Disposable scented mask A disposable, scented mask having a thickened mouthpiece portion adapting the mask to be held in position while gripped or clutched in the mouth or teeth. A chemically treated portion on the interior of the mask in the area of a wearer's nose allows a ple... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243709 | Acoustically sealing earmuff for an infant A cup member defines a cavity for covering an infant's ear, and an annular member extends from an end portion of the cup member. The cup member and the annular member each comprise a first sound attenuating layer of foam material which attenuates high fre... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243710 | Lockably-releasable aquamarine tethering device As is well-known in the prior art, flexible elongate rope-like tethers have a leadward-end attached to a leadwardly-impelled aquamarine equipment (e.g. surfboard, towed water-ski, etc.) and having a trailward-end securely attached to the towed operator (e... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243711 | Protective eye shield An eye shield, particularly directed to hair spraying and styling, provides a transparent lens portion fitted with a resilient peripheral seal forming a wall surrounding the eyes and conforming to facial contours so as to effectively protect the eyes from... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243712 | Disposable urinary device A disposable urinary device for use by females comprises a collapsible funnel-shaped body extending between an upper substantial rigid rim and a lower discharge opening. The body is provided with a pair of positioning loops for positioning the urinary dev... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243713 | Dual mode water saving flush mechanism A toilet flush mechanism including a cam attached to a flush handle and a pivoting arm for controlling a tank release valve. The cam includes a lower portion engaging the lower surface of the arm, and an upper stop for engaging the upper surface of the ar... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243714 | Primer activated syphon flusher for toilets A toilet flushing apparatus characterized by an inherently leakproof syphon discharge through a toilet flush tube, characterized by a pre-primed syphon wherein both the suction leg and the discharge leg are filled with supply and primer tank water, and wi... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243715 | Shower enclosure A shower enclosure is provided in which the conventional shower curtain is replaced by a combination of rigid sliding panels and an intermediate pliable curtain portion. The rigid panels define an outward contour which provides additional space for moveme... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243716 | Barrier-free drainage apparatus A barrier-free drainage apparatus includes a trough positioned adjacent the front edge of a platform. The trough has a bottom wall which is positioned below the front edge of the platform, and at least one outlet opening in fluid flow communication with a... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243717 | Human body sensing mechanism for an automatic faucet apparatus A human body sensing mechanism for an automatic faucet apparatus which is so constructed that in the vicinity of a water outlet at an automatic faucet is provided a body of human body sensor for detecting a human body, a water discharge device for control... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243718 | Foldable playpen A foldable playpen comprises a frame including an upper frame assembly having a plurality of collapsible upper rails and a plurality of securing assemblies for releasably maintaining the upper rails in a non-collapsed position; a lower frame assembly incl... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243719 | Gray water recycle system A modular, retrofittable, and portable drain water recycle system, for installation into, and removal from, an existing host plumbing system having a host water supply, a sink, a tub or shower, a toilet, and a sewer. The modules include a drain fixture mo... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243720 | Knock-down bed frame with box spring support A bed frame 10 including a side bar 12 and a cross bar 14 is adapted to be manually connected and disconnected without the use of screw-type fasteners and the like. The side bar 12 has a pair of generally flat elongated elements joined so that these eleme... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243721 | Inflatable mattress and air supply with changeover valve A mattress, which is particularly effective in preventing and relieving decubitus ulcers, comprises a plurality of inflatable sections. Inflation means associated with the mattress inflate at least one of the inflatable sections at a first, higher pressur... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243722 | Fluid cushion A fluid cushion is comprised of a top material layer having a first preformed cell pattern formed therein, and first seal lines pattern between cells, respectively, and a bottom material layer having a second preformed cell pattern formed therein. The sec... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243723 | Multi-chambered sequentially pressurized air mattress with four layers The present invention comprises an inflatable air mattress made up of four similar layers of pressurizable cells. The upper two layers are sequentially pressurizable with air pressure from a pressure generator. The lower two layers are under a constant pr... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243724 | Multi-purpose baby wrap A multi-purpose baby wrap which converts to a blanket, a bunting, a pad or a carrier sling. The wrap comprises two major parts: a full sized baby blanket and a large, detachable, bifurcated pocket. The pocket covers the lower half of the blanket and is si... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243725 | Comforters The comforters of the invention comprise fabrics filled with down or synthetic material. In one embodiment of the invention, intended for winter use, the comforters are stitched diagonally across, between its four opposing corners, and are also diagonally... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243726 | Mattress tilting assembly A mattress tilting assembly having upper and lower support frames. The upper support frame is designed to carry a conventional box-spring and mattress and is pivoted to the lower support frame so that the head portion of the mattress is raised higher than... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243727 | Floor polisher A floor polisher of the present invention is provided with a main body having a motor incorporated therein, and a driving shaft coupled to the motor and protruding out below the bottom face of the main body. A front end of the driving shaft is polygonal, ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243728 | Multiple independent variable speed transfer rollers for bowling lane dressing apparatus In one embodiment, a bowling lane dressing apparatus has a carriage. With a lane buffer roller and a transfer roller in rolling engagement with the lane buffer roller and in fluid communication with a reservoir containing lane dressing fluid for transferr... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243729 | Mop frame holder The invention relates to a mop frame holder comprising a housing having a slot for receiving a portion of a mop frame, a cover plate slidably engagable with the housing for selectively covering the slot so as to lock the frame portion within the slot, a r... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243730 | Apparatus for cleaning electronic game consoles and cartridges Cleaning apparatus for an electronic game console and associated game cartridges, wherein the game console is of the type having a first edge connector adapted to engage a mating second edge connector provided in the game cartridge. The cleaning apparatus... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243731 | Automatic self-cleaning windshield wiper assembly A windshield wiper includes a pair of wiper blades pivotally secured to an H-shaped connecting seat which is in turn pivotally secured to a shaft carried by a wiper arm, with the connecting seat having a pair of cleaner strips positioned outwardly of the ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243732 | Vacuum cleaner with fuzzy logic control In a vacuum cleaner, both static pressure Hdata and a variation width ƊH in the static pressure appearing when a suction port is operated are detected from a pressure sensor provided at a rear side of a filter within a main body of the vacuum ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243733 | Variable high/low vacuum/blower device A variable high/low vacuum/blower device is disclosed as including an interchangeable vacuum or blower device with high pressure/low air flow or low pressure/high air flow operation. The device includes a housing having air flow channels. Air inlet and ai... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243734 | Cleaner conversion valve A cleaner is disclosed having both above and on floor operation where conversion to off the floor operation is occasioned by a manually operated conversion valve. It is latched in its converted position by manipulation of the cleaner handle to upright sto... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243735 | Regenerative feedback door control device with one-way clutch A device for closing swinging doors of the type utilizing a rotating member to compress a spring during door opening to store energy in the spring to effect a closing of the door is provided with a driving connection to a d.c motor/generator effective to ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243736 | Drawer stop A drawer stop to prevent the unintentional removal of drawer assemblies by creating a frictional stop of the drawer at the front parting rail of the case good. The frictional engagement can be overcome to remove the drawer by sharply withdrawing the drawe... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243737 | Hinge There is described an improved hinge including first and second spaced apart tangs, an aperture formed through each of the two tangs to be in axial alignment with one another, and a third tang disposed between the first and second tangs. A resilient gromm... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243738 | Adjustable tension hinge A hinge for a vehicle deck lid includes a housing, a pivot pin mounted therein, a hinge arm mounted on the pivot pin, a lift spring to bias the hinge arm toward an open position and thereby counterbalance the weight of the deck lid, and an adjustment mech... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243739 | Two piece cable termination socket assembly A self locking cable end termination socket assembly has a one-piece tapered wedge as a locking device for a cable that fits into a housing with two parts that are locked together. The wedge and a cable looped over the wedge fit within an interior opening... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243740 | Buckle for preventing slippage and wrinkling of a belt A buckle comprising a rectangular frame including a pair of lateral frame members and a pair of first and second longitudinal frame members interconnected therewith and a substantially rectangular belt stopper pivotally mounted on the lateral frame member... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243741 | Buckle A buckle comprises a locking crossbar connected at its ends to respective ends of a pair of parallel side bars and a wrapping crossbar disposed in parallel spaced relation to the locking crossbar and connected at its ends with the side bars at their respe... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243742 | Warp supplying apparatus for a warp threading machine A warp supplying apparatus comprising a warp gripping chuck for gripping a leading end portion of a warp thread, a cutter for cutting the leading end portion of the warp thread gripped by the warp gripping chuck, the cutter being provided above the warp g... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243743 | Apparatus for making cups A forming machine for making shallow cups is provided. It has a cylindrical secondary form with a top surface adjacent to which a blank may be positioned. The secondary form is spring-mounted so that it can move during the forming operation. The pressure ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243744 | Machine for producing venetian blinds and punching device therefor In a machine for producing venetian blinds, a strip of slat material is intermittently fed by a feeding device to a mounting station where slats (20, 20') are mounted in a number of ladder tapes (17) at threading stations (12). Punching devices (30) for p... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5243745 | Positioning fixture The present invention is a fixture primarily for use with a machining center. The fixture has a plurality of face plates mounted on an interior casing and moveable jaws exposed on the face plates. Parts to be machined can be placed between the jaws and gr... | 09/14/1993 |
