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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5251333 | Helmet mounted display device A helmet mounted display device including an opaque display element arranged to be mounted on a helmet visor outside of a wearer's usual instantaneous field of view and a display control circuit disposed remotely from the display element and coupled there... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251334 | Anti-dazzling device An anti-dazzling device relating to eye protection for drivers driving at night comprises a fixing means, a shield, and an adapter means, in which the fixing means can be fixed adjustably in tightness to the head of a user, the adapter means extends forwa... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251335 | Golf glove A golf glove of man-made (synthetic) material and two leather sections, wherein a first leather section is positioned on the palm side of the golf glove and extends from the three of the outer fingers down into a heel and a separate leather thumb portion ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251336 | Head protector for inclement weather A head protector for inclement weather includes a hood having a facial port and a neck portion surrounding a neck channel. A dickey is attached to the outside of the hood at the neck portion to also surround the neck channel, and a collar is attached to t... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251337 | Method of manufacture of inflatable applique An inflatable applique for an fabric article comprises a valved, substantially airtight enclosure having a top layer and a backing layer with complementary peripheral outlines. In the method of manufacture, the top and backing layers are welded together p... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251338 | Toilet height conversion apparatus A toilet height conversion apparatus including a mounting block and a pivotally-connected raisable elevator, wherein the outer curvilinear surface of the elevator and mounting block substantially conform to the shape of an existing toilet, and the mountin... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251339 | Retrieving device A device for retrieving objects flushed down a toilet consists of a hook for catching objects, a plug for closing an opening in a sewer pipe and a cable connected at one end to the plug and at the other end to the hook. In use, the hook is positioned in a... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251340 | Flush toilet with an automatic sterilizing device This invention provides a flush toilet with an automatic sterilizing device, which can discharge a small volume of flush water first upon sensing a user having used it, and then discharge a large volume with a given volume of sterilizing liquid so as to w... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251341 | Bicycle tool A multipurpose bicycle tool structured for removable storage within an open-ended tube of a bicycle. The open-ended tube of the bicycle may be the handlebar end or the bottom end of the seat post for example. The bicycle tool preferably includes a plurali... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251342 | Plastic portable toilet assembly A portable toilet assembly has a twin-sheet thermoformed toilet tank, base, and urinal. The toilet tank has an upper thermoplastic sheet which is fused to a lower thermoplastic sheet. The toilet tank sheets are each coextruded from two thermoplastic mater... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251343 | Swimming pool pop-up fitting A swimming pool pop-up fitting having a pop-up head responsive to the intermittent application of water under pressure to reciprocate between retracted and projected positions for directing a jet of water over the adjacent inner surface of a swimming pool... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251344 | Tank for sterile, portable, self-contained shower and shower equipped therewith A tank for a sterile, portable, self-contained shower having an elongated tank body which has an end opening and containing a washing liquid within a single sterile pocket and which is sealingly connected to an outlet opening of the tank and including a c... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251345 | Portable shower and wash A portable shower/emergency eye wash device (20) comprises a base portion (48), a handle-carrying portion (32) opposed to the base portion having a handle (30), and a walled structure (40, 42, 44, 46) joining the base portion and the handle-carrying porti... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251346 | Water recycling device for flush toilet use A compact, modular gray water recycling system includes a control and reservoir unit for storing gray water, which is received from a source such as a sink drain, and pumping it to the household toilet as necessary. The single unit houses a pump, flow sig... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251347 | Bed having patient warming apparatus A hospital bed has an articulated patient support surface with four air outlet housings mounted thereon at spaced locations. An air supply arrangement supplies temperature-controlled air to an air outlet opening in each of the housings. Associated with ea... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251348 | Contact cleaner roll cleaning system A contact cleaner roll cleaning system includes a frame supporting the system relative to a moving web, a contact cleaner roll turret on the frame, and a roll cleaner on the frame. The turret supports two or more rotatable contact cleaner rolls, an active... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251349 | Multi-modal patient support system A multi-modal patient support system is provided having the capability of switching from any one of at least three modes of operation, particularly a first constant pressure mode, a second pulsation, and a third turning mode. A plurality of like inflatabl... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251350 | Interchangeable bedspread An improved bedspread comprising a plurality of panels which are each reversible and interchangeable to provide a wide variety of different visual effects.... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251351 | Combination tool, in particular for motor vehicles The combination tool, in particular for motor vehicles, has an ice scraper (2) and or a squeegee (3) for removing moisture, an emergency hammer (4) and/or a cutting element (5) and/or a sharpening element (6) for wiper blades and/or a container (7) for a ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251352 | Seven way combination tool The present disclosure is directed to a seven-way combination tool allowing for separate use of each of seven different functional portions of the tool and having a central blade, with upper and lower surfaces one of which has a concave surface and its bl... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251353 | Multipurpose plier A plier has first and second handle portions. The first handle portion has a tool receiving channel which extends from a rear end thereof to receive a tool bit therein. The second handle portion has an elongated groove to receive a blade carrier. The blad... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251354 | Transfer device A security transfer device (1) for mounting on a side wall of a building such as a bank, for example, for transferring valuables between a vehicle and the building includes a duct (2) slidably mounted in a housing (3) secured in a wall (23) of the buildin... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251355 | Strip brush for mounting on a rotary drum A bristle strip for rotary brushes comprising a supporting channel in which the closed ends of the U-shaped bristles are clamped. The channel is provided with laterally-extending guide members mounted directly thereon that project laterally outwardly beyo... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251356 | Device for cleaning pipe passages of medical devices A device for cleaning pipe passages of medical devices comprises a brush having an elongated rod portion and a brush portion, a mechanism for holding and rotating the brush, a mechanism for reciprocating the brush in the pipe passage along the longitudina... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251357 | Windshield wiper blade with deformable internal cavity A windshield wiper blade construction for use in a windshield wiper assembly for motor vehicles, which comprises a T-shaped mounting portion and a triangular wiper squeegee portion including a vertically elongated rectangular cavity disposed in the center... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251358 | Vacuum cleaner with fuzzy logic A vacuum cleaner comprising a fuzzy inferring device for determining a motor speed in response to the amount of dust, and means for holding the motor speed determined by the fuzzy inferring device for a predetermined period of time, whereby, after the mot... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251359 | Heavy duty offset tube hinge A high strength offset tube hinge is provided for coupling tubing or rods. The hinge has a limited range and prevents overextension with a built-in stop feature that prevents any angles over the limited range. The application for the hinge lies in convert... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251360 | Seal retaining clamping apparatus An apparatus for clamping a tubular object includes an elongated band having an outer surface, an inner surface, a free end and an opposite end. An open ended slot is formed at the free end and a tightening ear is formed adjacent the opposite end of the b... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251361 | Ladies belt clip A device for releasably securing the free end of a belt to the body of the belt in the form of a unitary resilient spring clip adapted for fitting over the free end portion of the belt and a desired adjacent portion of the body of the belt and forcing suc... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251362 | Magnetic latch A magnetic latch includes a first member having a protrusion and a second member engaging the protrusion to prevent the first member and the second member from sliding relatively to one another. The second member includes a first magnet to attract the fir... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251363 | Method and apparatus for combining differently colored threads into a multi-colored yarn A method and apparatus for producing multi-colored crimped yarns is disclosed, and which includes the steps of spinning a plurality of differently colored groups of filaments, subjecting the filaments of each group to a treatment liquid, and then combinin... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251364 | Drawing device for synthetic filaments An improved draw pin device for use in drawing synthetic filaments is disclosed, the draw pin being rotated stepwise by means of a stepper switch device with the rotation being affected by the pulling action of the filaments.... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251365 | Method for making ball screw nut Herein disclosed is a ball screw nut for constituting a ball screw unit, which can be rotatably borne by angular contact bearings and is formed with a cylindrical extension such that a rotational drive member can be connected to the nut extension, whereby... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251366 | Apparatus for feeding sheet-like blanks to a deep-drawing machine An apparatus for feeding sheet-shaped blanks (9) of deep-drawable synthetic plastic material to the receiving station of a deep-drawing machine having a plurality of suction plates (15) wherein a supply roll (2) holding a web (1) of synthetic plastic mate... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251367 | Pneumatically driven descaling tools A pneumatically driven impact type set of tools including a plurality of interchangeable components having, in addition to a manually gripped housing, a common pneumatically driven reciprocating piston actuator assembly, an interchangeable set of tool hea... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251368 | Internal locking puller device This invention relates to an internal locking puller device which comprises three pivotally mounted jaws, a cam ring which engageably slides along the jaws for camming together and apart the jaws for locking about bushings, bearings, seals, and the like, ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251369 | Alignment assembly jig for a modular face-pumped laser This invention relates to an alignment assembly jig for face-pumped slab laser heads of the type that are constructed of individual components, which are rigidly attached together, in order to form an integral jig structure. Such structures of this type, ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251370 | Method of attaching a fastening element to a panel A method of permanently attaching a fastening element, such as a nut or bolt to panels having a range of panel thicknesses, such as the metal panels used by the automotive and appliance industries. The fastening element includes a tubular barrel portion a... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251371 | T-lock shingle attachment for pneumatic nailers A conventional pneumatic nailer commonly used in the construction trades includes a forwardly protruding horizontal T-lock spoon member attached to a nail discharge shoe of the pneumatic nailer to enable a roofer to lock T-shaped tabs of a conventional T-... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251372 | Method and apparatus for framing a film mounted integrated circuit A fully automated TAB framer includes a pair of vertically-oriented pneumatic rams having vacuum operated pick up heads on the lower ends thereof. A cutting assembly cuts TAB segments from a roll of film having a number of such segments thereon. The rams ... | 10/12/1993 |
