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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5267352 | Upper torso restraining device An upper torso restraining device is disclosed for maintaining an individual in a seated position in a chair or similar by providing attachment and support of the upper torso. An external upper body garment with appearance similar to ordinary clothing is ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267353 | Face guard A protective face guard for use in baseball and other sports and which comprises a mask piece, an impact cushioning forehead pad, an impact cushioning mouth pad, a strap and a mouth guard. The mask piece includes a front protective portion extending from ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267354 | Material construction for improved protective garment and protective garment containing same The present invention includes a material member adapted for use in the extremity portion of a protective garment, a flexible extremity portion of a protective garment, a flexible extremity portion of a protective garment containing such a material member... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267355 | Portable toilet seat A portable toilet seat to be removably mounted on toilet installations that include an upper rim surface. The seat has two arched seat members, each having an upper half and a lower half that are securely mounted to each other, and each one of said arched... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267356 | Commode seat lowering apparatus A lowering apparatus is arranged to include a commode seat arranged for biased displacement from a first orientation oriented at an obtuse included angle relative to the commode to a second position at an acute orientation relative to the commode, whereup... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267357 | Releasable toilet lid and seat locking apparatus A lid and seat locking apparatus for a toilet includes a mounting assembly, an elongated rod, and an actuating assembly. The mounting assembly is attachable to the flush tank at a location spaced above the bowl. The rod couples the seat and lid to the mou... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267358 | Swimming pool safety net apparatus An apparatus to include a flexible protective web mounted in a first position to a bottom surface of a swimming pool and in a second position raised adjacent an upper edge of a perimeter side of the swimming pool. The apparatus includes a primary control ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267359 | Water turbulence generation in spas A system is disclosed for generating turbulence in the water of a spa by a combination of water circulation and air bubble formation which system includes, in preferred form, a valveless trap for protection of the air blower in combination with an air flo... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267360 | Bath lift A bath lift for lowering and raising invalids and disabled users into and out of a bath tub, having a frame with spaced opposite sides mounted on the bath tub. A shaft is rotatably mounted to each of the spaced opposite sides. A flexible cable is coupled ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267361 | Drain trap A drain trap includes an L-shaped inlet tube, a cap, a vertical discharge tube and a garbage blocking member. The inlet tube includes a vertical portion, a horizontal portion having an end integral with the lower end of the vertical portion, an open upper... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267362 | Waterbed and frame assembly Waterbed and frame assembly in which the frame rails are provided with cushioning pads and covered with a decorative fabric cover which is attached to the safety liner and to the lower portions of the rails to form an integrated liner, cover and rail stru... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267363 | Pneumatic support system A portable, inflatable support system, and a portable inflator for use with such a system are provided in one embodiment. The inflatable support system may include an inflatable mattress having a pressure valve and a battery powered inflator for removable... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267364 | Therapeutic wave mattress A therapeutic mattress for bed ridden patients comprises a plurality of inflatable tubular elements fabricated from a low air loss material which are disposed in side by side, transverse relationship to a mattress supporting surface. The air pressure with... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267365 | Bed mattress or the like and pressurized liquid supply system A system is described for delivery of pressurized liquid to one or more hollow mattress for alternately pressurizing and depressurizing a selected group of cells of the mattress. The device is associated with a unique mattress in which the cells are dispo... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267366 | Combination hand tool with retractable pliers jaws Jaw members are pivoted together such that cooperating working end portions of the jaw members are movable toward and away from each other. The jaw members have tang or butt portions extending opposite the pivot from the working end portions. Such butt po... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267367 | Safety ramp and method for protecting hoses and conduits An apparatus and method have been developed for protecting a hose or other utility conduit from damage caused by traffic crossing over such conduits. Substantially rectangular ramp units with covered conduit channels are interlocked to form an elongate sa... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267368 | Closure curtain for aircraft passenger boarding bridge cab A closure for a cab forming a longitudinally extending passageway that connects a passenger loading bridge to a doorway formed in the fuselage of an aircraft has a curtain with sleeves formed on the outer surface thereof which receive spaced pairs of vert... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267369 | Pad-type corner painting tool The invention is a pad-type paint or coating applicator whose physical contour may be changed by novel hand pressure applied to applicator during a painting operation. The applicator includes means for changing the cross-sectional contour of the pad over ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267370 | Suction device for liquids Known suction devices for liquids are provided with a motor-driven suction fan, that introduces an air/liquid flow via a suction nozzle into a liquid receptacle in which the liquid is separated and collected. In order to avoid introduction of liquid into ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267371 | Cyclonic back-pack vacuum cleaner A back-pack vacuum cleaner comprises a back-pack harness, an upper casing attached to the harness and a lower casing rotatably mounted on the upper casing. A cyclonic cleaning assembly is mounted within the upper casing such that at least part of the asse... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267372 | Hair vacuum apparatus An apparatus is directed to permit individuals to remove debris and the like entrapped within an individual's hair, with the apparatus having an elongated truncated conical body flaring outwardly from a handle portion obliquely relative to the handle port... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267373 | Cable tie with strap tip guide ramp A cable tie with a strap guide ramp includes a strap, a locking head secured to the first end of the strap, a plurality of walls on the locking head forming a strap positioning channel, a pawl positioned within the channel and pivotally mounted to the loc... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267374 | Closure clip for plastic bags and similar articles A bag closure clip is provided which consists of a pair of arms, each having a handle at a first end and a jaw at a second end and a hinge mechanism for permitting pivoting the arms to move from an open position in which the jaws are separated to a closed... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267375 | Heater clamp with conical force application elements A clamp for tightening heating coils around a cylindrical object being heated has a split tubular housing with straps extending from each housing edge and forming loops pulled together by forces exerted from a pair of wedging elements with conical surface... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267376 | Apparatus for attaching a printed circuit cable mount Apparatus of the disclosure for securing a printed circuit cable to the actuator arm in a disc drive described. The apparatus is designed to effectuate bias minimization and bias consistency during repeated operation of the disc head assembly. Additionall... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267377 | Buckle assembly A buckle assembly (36) includes a latch member (50) which is movable between an engaged position and a release position. A pushbutton (88) is manually actuatable from a first position to a second position to move the latch member from the engaged position... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267378 | Clip with rocking bearing for stretching machines Conventional clips must be manufactured with high precision and run the risk of becoming stiff in the course of time or even to become inoperative in extreme cases due to sediments in their pivoting mechanism. In order to obtain a clip which remains opera... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267379 | Method of fabricating surface mountable clock oscillator module A crystal controlled clock oscillator resin encapsulated in a surface mount device (SMD) package incorporates on a lead frame a crystal oscillator, an integrated circuit, a power supply filter capacitor and, optionally, a feedback resistor. In the fabrica... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267380 | Method and apparatus for centering a rotary body In a method and apparatus for centering a rotary body such as a motor vehicle tire the rotary body is put into a centered position by means of a plurality of centering means which engage the circular periphery of the rotary body at distributed positions a... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267381 | Automatic tube processing system The automatic tube processing system and method utilizes an automatic laser inspection system capable of inspecting the face of a tube for defects during the manufacturing process of the tube. The automatic tube processing system and method comprises a li... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267382 | Scaling needle gun shroud A needle scaling device for environmentally safe removal of material such as lead paint or the like, from difficult to clean surfaces, such as bridges. The needle scaling device includes a plurality of reciprocably movable needles which strike the surface... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267383 | Apparatus for joining sheet material There is disclosed an improved apparatus for joining a plurality of pieces of sheet metal or other sheet material items by first drawing and then laterally extruding portions of the material to be joined into an enlarged shape which will permanently mecha... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267384 | Method for providing a toolholder body guide for punch presses A toolholder guide for punch blocks, turrets, and the like, including a toolholder bore machined to accept an internal sleeve of wear resistant metal sized for reciprocal motion of the toolholder. The sleeve is installed compressed within the bore, and pr... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267385 | Automatic assembly apparatus An automatic assembling apparatus having two identical assembling jigs. One assembling jig is attached to a robot arm and the assembling jig is then moved by operation of a robot from a setting site to an assembling site for assembling a plurality of part... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267386 | Method of securing a member to a heat softenable material A method and apparatus for securing a member to a heat softenable material comprising the steps of heating the member to a temperature sufficient to soften the softenable material and driving the member into the material. The material softens from the hea... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267387 | Method for hemming a workpiece having an upturned edge A method for hemming a workpiece having an upturned edge, wherein the workpiece is composed of an outer panel having a peripheral upturned edge turned substantially at a right angle, and an inner panel having a peripheral edge superimposed on the outer pa... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267388 | Method of forming a lightweight cylinder A modular cylinder comprises a plurality of, in this case 24, modules each having a tongue to engage a groove of its neighbour and each either having a camming ramp to engage a camming ramp of its neighbour, or a filler rod inserted between adjacent modul... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267389 | Container with integrally formed handle A container is provided having a base, a wall portion extending from the base and defining a receptacle area, and a rim defining an opening into the receptacle area. The container comprises first and second opposing flange portions contiguous with the rim... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267390 | Organic vapor deposition process for corrosion protection of prestamped metal substrates A process for improved corrosion protection of a metal substrates involving organic vapor deposition of a thin film by polymerization of certain precursors onto one side of the phosphated flat metal substrate (15). Following stamping and assembly of the m... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267391 | Tool for installing demountable-wall clips on wall-board panels An embodiment of the present invention is a hand-held tool for use by a construction worker and comprises a top plate, a main drive assembly with a return spring, and a demountable-wall drop tube insert for receiving a belt of clips. The worker places the... | 12/07/1993 |
