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A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5249306 | Self-defense practice assembly The improved self-defense practice assembly includes a protective padded helmet with face mask and rear and lateral depending walls adapted to transmit head shocks downwardly to the shoulder area of a wearer of the helmet. The assembly also includes a pai... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249307 | Ventilated beekeeper's suit The invention relates to a beekeeper's suit which is used for protection against bee stings and insect bites. The beekeeper's suit provides for the use of a multi-layered material from which substantially the entire suit is uniformly constructed. The mate... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249308 | After-shower hat An after shower hat is fabricated from a towel-like material. A rectangular piece of the material is folded in half. The open sides are sewn forming first and second seams, and elastic is sewn around the opening to provide a snug fit. The seams are also p... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249309 | Ear defender An ear defender which comprises two ear plugs (11) each of which is connected to a respective end of a cord (20). Each plug (11) includes a plug-part (10) which is provided with a recess (18) for a cord locking sleeve which coacts with a respective plug-p... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249310 | Insect detector sock An article of clothing for detecting and monitoring the level of infestation of ticks, and other crawling insects. The article of clothing can be in the form of a stocking having an upper legging section that encircles portions of the trouser's legs. One ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249311 | Fluid pressure device for opening clogged pipes Fluid pressure discharge device includes a handle, a fluid conduit in the handle, and a slidable fluid conduit tube movable relative to the fluid conduit for discharging a pressurized fluid near a clog in a clogged pipe. A pressurized gas for being discha... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249312 | Control device for a water tank A control device including a tube and an outlet pipe disposed in the water tank, a valve disposed on top of the outlet pipe, a pawl rotatably supported on top of the tube, a float slidably engaged on the tube, a pusher disposed below the float, the float ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249313 | Control device for a pull type flush tank A control device including an outlet pipe disposed in a water tank, a valve disposed on top of the outlet pipe, a rod disposed above the valve and coupled to a knob which is disposed on the water tank, a pawl rotatably supported on top of the frame and co... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249314 | Water closet volume reducer The invention provides a device for reducing the volume of water flushed from a water closet. A rectilinear container has front, rear, side and bottom walls. An elongated suspension member has a hook at an upper end thereof for engaging the rim of the wat... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249315 | Tub guard and extension The disclosed apparatus is a safety device preventing a toddler from entering a bathtub. The apparatus provides an obstruction to a child comprising netting stretched across the entry side of the tub supported by tubing. The netting and tubing are in turn... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249316 | Bathtub divider An integral, one piece bathtub divider is designed to allow a parent to bathe a child or infant in the least amount of water possible. A seat portion is formed in front of a divider portion with the front of the divider portion forming a backrest for the ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249317 | Inverted-L mechanism for facilitating the folding of a convertible sofa-bed A convertible sofa-bed that includes a deck comprising three flat panels hinged to one another and foldably mounted on a horizontal support frame that permits their disposition either in a bed or a sofa configuration. As a sofa, the first, front panel con... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249318 | Air support cushion An air inflatable support appliance which may have internally sealed seams, internal diaphragms and internal structural support members is described. The appliance comprises gaseous mixture permeable, substantially solids and liquids impermeable cushions,... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249319 | Low air loss, pressure relieving mattress system A compact, fully self-contained low air loss, pressure relieving mattress system for use in supporting individuals at home or in a hospital or health care environment. The system includes a foam mattress having a hollow interior in which to receive an inf... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249320 | Moisture-managing bed pad and bed sheet A moisture-managing bed pad and bed sheet are provided for being positioned between a patient and a supporting surface. The bed sheet includes a moisture-managing bed pad. The bed pad includes a moisture transport top fabric layer for residing in patient ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249321 | Evacuation or rescue device for a non-ambulatory person An evacuation or rescue device for a bed-ridden or non-ambulatory person adapted to quickly secure the person to a movable underlying mattress or the like comprises two sheets deployable one from the head-end and one from the foot-end. When deployed the h... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249322 | Fitted mattress cover and method of making same A fitted mattress cover for enveloping the top surface side and end surfaces of a mattress constructed to drastically minimize the shifting of the cover relative to the mattress. The fitted mattress cover includes a top panel for fitting in overlaying rel... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249323 | Method of fabric-to-fabric bonding and seamless quilt formed thereby A method of bonding fabric materials together into an integral structure is unique in the attachment of a mating fabric onto a base fabric. The mating fabric is disposed to have a longitudinal binding end of specified profile for adhesion to the base fabr... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249324 | Adjustable wheel assembly for pool vacuums An adjustable wheel assembly for varying the height of a pool vacuum head above the bottom surface of a pool includes a wheel mounted rotatably on an axle which is in turn mounted on a pair of axle mounts to the body of the vacuum head. The axle mounts th... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249325 | Brush and bonnet carpet cleaning assembly A rotary clutch shaft of a floor machine removeably receives and rotates a brush block having downwardly protruding circumferentially arranged brushes protruding from the periphery of the brush block. Hooks which protrude from the bottom of the block, rem... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249326 | Apparatus and method for washing exterior building surfaces A system for washing building windows and other exterior surfaces. The system uses substantially pure water as the washing medium, and uses a novel cable restraint system for restraining an automatic cleaning device against the building surface.... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249327 | String and ribbon floss holder for brushes A brush having a plurality of tufts extending outwardly thereof in a common direction and having a floss holder in one or more of the tufts through which extends a string or web of a floss material and outwardly of the bristles for hand or machine held cl... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249328 | Vacuum cleaner beater brush structure In a vacuum cleaner beater brush structure, a beater brush roller is provided with a helical brush strip and a beater strip. A sprocket comprises a support flange and a gear pulley, the gear pulley comprising a carrier having brush tufts and beater bars, ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249329 | Self-centering buffer pad assembly A self-centering buffer pad assembly is constructed of conventional washable buffer pads releasably attached by hook-and-loop material to a support disk permanently covered with hook material; the replaceable buffer pads are lined with the less expensive ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249330 | Paint roller applicators A paint roller applicator to create in a user's mind that a paint roller applicator is a tool that can replace a paint brush for applying paint to large or small surfaces, with the invention including a socket housing for holding a paint roller frame, wit... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249331 | Vacuum cleaner floor nozzle having an auxiliary agitator A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner of the present invention has an auxiliary agitator provided outside the lateral wall of a main body of the nozzle. The auxiliary agitator is covered by a protecting cover, so as to ensure safety during use. Moreover, a ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249332 | Pavement sweeper An apparatus for automated sweeping of debris from pavement surfaces is provided with a rigid housing, paired roller brooms rotatably mounted transversely within the housing parallel in relation to each other such that the right end of the forward roller ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249333 | Vacuum cleaning tool A vacuum cleaning tool for a vacuum cleaner, including an intake opening and a brush roller that is disposed in the intake opening and is rotatably driven by an air turbine that in turn is driven by an intake air flow. To obtain a high torque at the brush... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249334 | Hinge for motor vehicles A hinge for a door or hatch of a motor vehicle has two hinge halves (1, 2), one (1) of which has a pivot pin (6) and the other (2) of which has a bearing portion (9) pivotally mounted on the pivot pin (6). The pivot pin (6) has a spherical end portion (11... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249335 | Method of delinting cotton seed A method of delinting cotton seed comprises the steps of passing the cotton seed through a saw delinter to remove a substantial portion of the lint, preferably at least 40%, therefrom, and thereafter passing the partially delinted seed through a brush del... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249336 | Plastic covered binder clip A binder clip includes a clamping element, a pair of opposed gripping means which when compressed open and close the clamping element and sleeves covering the opposed gripping means, the improvement comprising a sleeve of soft pliable plastic having an ap... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249337 | Releasable filament clamp A method and means are provided to releasably secure one or more filament lengths in place with a single piece molded polymer clamp device. Said clamp device employs frictional retention means which cooperate with openings to grip the filament or filament... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249338 | Magnetic lock device A magnetic lock device provides a powerful magnetic attraction by making full use of the magnetic lines of force provided by a permanent magnet without causing. A first part provides a magnetic attracting action, and a second part that is magnetically att... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249339 | Apparatus for drawing in warp threads The drawing-in machine has a needle-shaped drawing-in member (7) which is driveable in an oscillating manner and comprises a flexible gripper band (16) which carries a clamping gripper (17) and a channel-like guide (18) for the drawing-in member (7).... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249340 | Field emission device employing a selective electrode deposition method A method of forming a field emission device including the steps of selective deposition of a column/ridge within the confines of a conformally deposited insulator layer and subsequent directional deposition to form a cone/wedge, having a geometric discont... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249341 | Wire-removing machine A wire-removing machine for bales consist of a positioning device for the bales (1), a cutting device (4) for severing the tying wires tensioned round the bales, a gripper device (5), by means of which the tying wires, after these have been severed, can b... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249342 | Extractor A device for pulling a bushing from a housing comprises a collet having legs which are expanded outwards by a cam action. The collet and cam are mounted on a shaft and the collet legs pushed onto a conical cam surface of the cam to expand them outwards. R... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249343 | Apparatus for alignment of workpieces An apparatus is provided for positioning a workpiece with high accuracy and repeatably positioning the workpiece with similar accuracy while avoiding further manual alignment operations. Tapered pins, movable axially against a spring, are used to support ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249344 | Method of and apparatus for cutting a pipe Cutting apparatus is provided for cutting a hole or `window` in the wall of a pipe for example prior to joining a branch pipe to a host pipe. The apparatus comprises a chassis frame 14 carrying a cutter unit 42 supporting a cutter tool 62. The chassis is ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249345 | Method for cutting elongated tube stock A method of severing an elongated flat metal tube of the type including upper and lower flat horizontal walls, vertical edge walls and vertical partition walls spaced between the edge walls and interconnecting the upper and lower walls to divide the tube ... | 10/05/1993 |
