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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5373582 | Body armor panel A body armor panel has integral receivers disposed intermediate the multiple ballistic layers of the panel at the side and shoulder portions thereof. Resilient straps extend from the receivers, and have separable fasteners on the ends thereof for attachme... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373583 | Torsionally biased positionable mount A positionable mount is demonstrated as a headgear implement-mount (28) supporting an eyewear front (30) through a resilient appendage (68). The implement-mount includes a friction surface (50) cooperating with a headed stud (52) to establish a constraint... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373584 | Sliding accessories to permit in-line roller skating maneuvers equivalent to ice skating maneuvers To provide effective and protective sliding means for in-line roller skating, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW) plates are detachably fastened to the protective outerclothes and gloves of the user. Hook and loop fasteners are used in a manne... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373585 | Therapeutic glove A therapeutic glove for exercising the fingers of a hand includes a glove body having finger portions each with a tip, a ring surrounding the tip of each finger portion, an anchor rod for each finger portion, a channel below the surface of the glove body ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373586 | Sports cap with replaceable front gore A sports cap with a replaceable tradename/logo panel to allow one cap to be worn bearing different tradenames/logos on different occasions as desired.... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373587 | Garment support device and method A releasable garment support device is provided for pants, trousers and other garments whereby the waist of the garment can be readily adjusted to fit a wearer who rapidly increases or decreases his waist size. The device comprises a thin, elongated membe... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373588 | Safety helmet with adjustment of the device for securing it on the head A safety helmet with a crown comprises a head-band with a strip adjustable by means of a first mechanism with inverter pinion cooperating with a first crown-wheel and a second crown-wheel located at the two opposite ends of the strip. An operating ring is... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373589 | Commode bowl splash guard A flexible member formed of opposed and facing accordion pleated triangular walls is arranged to orient the triangular walls on diametrically opposed sides of a commode bowl mounted to a commode bowl top wall, with the V-shaped walls further mounted to a ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373590 | Spa cover An airtight spa cover (11) supported by air generated by the spa pump and the spa blower (29). The cover is attached to the external periphery of the spa walls (17) and includes a skirt (29) that extends into the spa water (35), adjacent to the internal p... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373591 | Shower-commode chair and transfer track A shower-commode chair and bathtub transfer track can be connected together to transfer a person on a sliding chair seat between the chair and the tub area of a bathtub in a seated position without being lifted from the seat. The chair has an adjustable h... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373592 | Plumbing trap water collection device This is a device for collecting water from a vacuum breaker tube that connects a toilet flush valve to a toilet bowl and conveys the collected water to a trap located beneath the toilet bowl. There is a conduit, one end of which is in communication with t... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373593 | Hand cart for lifting and transporting toilets A hand cart for lifting, transporting and installing toilets, including a wheeled base and frame designed to straddle a toilet. The lifting member includes a hand operated screw jack and ball engaging grapples and a rim clamp to securely hold the toilet o... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373594 | Waterbed mattress with hose-actuated drain valve in cornerpiece Waterbed mattress having a drain valve which is opened and closed by the insertion and removal of a hose connector to control the passage of water from the mattress. The valve is located in a cornerpiece at one corner of the mattress, and a hose is readil... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373595 | Air support device This invention relates to a portable air support device having a plurality of air inflatable cells, arranged within a conveniently dissembled air support bag. The portable device comprises a novel air distribution manifold, control console and air distrib... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373596 | Shoe stretching device A shoe stretching device comprising in combination a first tool component having a handle element, the handle element having a first end and a second end, an interconnecting element having a first end and a second end, the first end of the interconnecting... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373597 | Apparatus for cleaning spherical objects and the like The invention herein provides an apparatus and method for washing spherical objects such as toy balls and the like. The balls are delivered into a bin above a hopper where they are manipulated to prevent jamming as they are passed from the hopper to a cha... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373598 | Cleaner with performance indicator A vacuum cleaner having a belt driven rotating agitator is provided with an indicia containing rotating dial, directly driven by one of these moving translating or rotating parts, to thereby indicate a problem or performance goal existent in one of them.... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373599 | Medicament containing dental brush A medicament containing dental brush includes a plurality of parallel fibers having a medicament such as tetracycline, chlorhexidine, or sodium fluoride disposed between or within the individual fibers. The medicament is released during brushing to provid... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373600 | Grill scraper and cleaner A combination scraper and wire brush for cleaning a barbecue grill comprises a channel-shaped holder attached to a handle. One side of the holder has a scraper wall with a series of openings which mate with the bars of the barbecue grill. The rear wall co... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373601 | Vehicle washing mitt A vehicle washing mitt having a tubular sleeve of non-abrasive material for wiping a vehicle with cleaning materials. The user's hand fits into the inner end of the sleeve and a mild abrasive material cannot accidentally scrape the vehicle surface. When t... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373602 | Toothbrush The present invention relates to a toothbrush including a flexible extension which is attached to the outside of a brush head for perfectly cleaning the back teeth and minimizing scratches on the periodontal tissue surface and oral cavity.... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373603 | Brushroll A vacuum cleaner brushroll including a tufted spindle supported by end assemblies having bearings that rotatably mount the spindle in the vacuum cleaner nozzle. The brushroll includes a spindle and improved end assemblies for supporting the spindle compri... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373604 | Cleaning composite for optical and magneto-optical storage disks A cleaning composite for optical and magneto-optical storage disks includes a rectangular strip of a textile or fabric cloth composed of a material capable of absorbing a cleaning liquid; and a rectangularly shaped plastic film; wherein the strip of the t... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373605 | Lateral travel windshield wiper with speed multiplication An elongated track receives and supports a movable wiper arm carriage having a windshield wiper extending therefrom. A plurality of pulleys couple the wiper arm carriage to an oscillatory drive mechanism having a reciprocating carriage. The pulley and cab... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373606 | Accessory storage for a vacuum cleaner The present invention relates to the storage of vacuuming accessories upon a vacuum cleaner particularly a utility type cleaner. A unique structure is taught whereby the tubular portion of the accessory is telescopingly placed over a post-like structure o... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373607 | Hair cleaning device A hair cleaning device comprised of a motor holder to hold an induced draft fan device and a DC power supply, a bottom shell covered on the motor holder at the bottom, a top cover covered on the motor holder at the top, the bottom shell having teeth for c... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373608 | Cooking vessel handle A cooking vessel is provided with a removable handle. The handle is engaged with the vessel through use of a channel mounted on the end of the handle which mates with a rail mounted on the vessel. The channel and rail are further fitted with a mating pin ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373609 | Four-bar linkage hinge with improved opening mechanism A four-bar linkage hinge comprises two fastening elements (11, 12) with a first (14) and a second link (13) pivoted by their ends, respectively, to each fastening element (11, 12). The first link (14) has an extension (20) which rests on a free arm (25) o... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373610 | Nonwoven lapped product having strength and edges, process and apparatus for making same An unwinding carriage (14) is fed with a fiber web (4). This unwinding carriage (14) is displaced in a to-and-fro movement, causing it to deposit the web (4) on an exit conveyor (8) driven transversely to the movement of the unwinding carriage (14), so as... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373611 | Clip A clip. A leg portion is inserted through a mounting hole formed in a member to be mounted, and into a mounting hole formed in a holding member which holds the member to be mounted. A head portion is formed at one end portion of the leg portion. The membe... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373612 | Buckle device in seat belt apparatus To inhibit an actuating member from being moved to a release position, to make the manipulation feeling satisfactory, and to provide a compact and cheap buckle device. [Arrangement] When a large downward acceleration acts upon a buckle device 10, an upwar... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373613 | Tenter frame with pinned roll transfer means The invention relates to a tenter frame for treating web materials such as woven or knitted fabrics, film or the like, to apparatus for removing a web from a tenter while controlling the web and to a process for removal of a web from a tenter. A pair of e... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373614 | Clamping device for a yarn layer and use thereof A clamping device for clamping a yarn layer includes a clamping rail, a clamping comb that is insertable into the yarn layer, and a reed comb that is also insertable into the yarn layer. The clamping comb is provided with spaced apart clamping lamellae wh... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373615 | Filtration screen A caul screen is made with metal cable having a low twist level of between 1 and 5 turns per inch and where the cable is made with filaments that have been coated with brass; the cable is woven into a mesh to form the screen.... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373616 | Apparatus for applying hangrips to articles such as sports equipment and the like A method and apparatus for installing an elastomeric handgrip on an article. The handgrip is initially stretched over a hollow core consisting of one or more sections that can be removed from within the handgrip using slight tension. The proximal end of t... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373617 | Articulated piping connector An articulated piping connector facilitates installation of an in-line device such as a gas consumption meter to be supported by a gas supply pipe. The connector has two elongate rigid legs pivotable from a closed condition in which the legs are superpose... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373618 | Method of removing stretchable sleeves from bottles A method and apparatus for removing film sleeves from objects quickly and easily. The apparatus includes a housing and frame structure adapted to be shifted from a vessel pick-up station to a vessel processing station. A plurality of transfer heads carrie... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373619 | Method of making a hollow lumen cable A hollow lumen cable is formed by helically winding inner and outer coils with the helices of each coil being in an abutting relationship and the outer coil inner diameter being less than the outer, peripheral, diameter of the inner coil. Preferably, each... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373620 | Method of forming PTFE membrane/gasket assembly A method for sealing a porous membrane constructed, at least in part, of a PTFE based material to a support gasket constructed, at least in part, of a PTFE based material. The method includes providing such a PTFE porous membrane of a preselected shape an... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373621 | Porous coated implants having improved fatigue behavior Orthopaedic implants exhibiting improved fatigue strength are disclosed. By forming a plurality of nodules on the surface of an implant and depositing a porous coating onto the surface of these nodules, the fatigue strength of implants such as those made ... | 12/20/1994 |
