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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5377359 | Food spill catching device This invention pertains to a food spill catching device comprising a first device body coupled to a second device body by pivotal means. The two device bodies are frictionally movable relative to each other into, and out of, closed position facing each ot... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377360 | Decorative, comfortable, ultra-absorbent sweatband A sweatband comprises an elongated, decorative, cloth element made of a stretchable material, and a water-absorber retained by the cloth element. The cloth element has end portions that can be secured together so that when the sweatband is placed around a... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377361 | Toilet flange A toilet flange is disclosed for mounting a toilet to a floor and for connecting the toilet to a drain pipe leading to a sewer pipe. The toilet flange has an axial bore which is initially closed at the top by an integral knock out element which seals the ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377362 | Combined sink strainer stopper and scrub brush A combined sink strainer and scrub brush unit (10) with or without a sink stopper disc (14) is provided which seats into a garbage disposal inlet (31) depending from a sink bottom (30a). A horizontal strainer base (11) has a series of drain apertures (17)... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377363 | Automatic lavatory detergent and perfume dispenser An automatic lavatory detergent and perfume dispenser including a control circuit assembly, a detergent dispensing device controlled to send a fixed amount of a detergent into a water container being linked to the flush pipe of a lavatory flushing system,... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377364 | Portable toilet assembly This invention relates to a portable toilet structure including an open ended container which may take the form of a large hollow interior plastic bucket or like structure and a seat structure having an undersurface specifically adapted to be removably at... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377365 | Neck support for beauty salon hair washing sinks A neck support for beauty salon hair washing sinks comprising a pillow formed of an elastomeric foam with a water proof envelope thereover; a coupling assembly having a downwardly extending exterior member and a downwardly extending interior member, the m... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377366 | Fluid operated bathtub chair A new and improved bathtub chair includes a fluid operated chair assembly. A fluid pressure generating assembly, such as an air pump, generates fluid pressure for operating the fluid operated chair assembly. A fluid pressure valve assembly, connected betw... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377367 | Soap dish for use with hand-shower wall rod assembly A hand-shower wall rod has vertically spaced and horizontally extending upper and lower brackets secured to a wall and a vertical tube with upper and lower ends respectively seated in the brackets. A soap-dish fixture has a body having a lower end formed ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377368 | Collapsible baby bed A collapsible baby bed includes four pairs of two upper horizontal side rods connected with four bending means, four corner connectors connecting two pairs of two upper horizontal side rods, two V-shaped connecting tubes connected with a pair of lower hor... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377369 | Bottom structure of a bed The present invention provides a bottom structure for a bed having a bottom lifting mechanism, comprising parallel bottom strips, each strip having coupling grooves, located in the opposing faces of the bottom strips in the longitudinal direction, the str... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377370 | Hospital bed with collapsing wing A collapsing wing on a lateral side near the head end of a hospital bed. As the result of a laterally inwardly applied force, the wing collapses thereby allowing easier access to the center or furthermost side of the hospital bed or patient for a nurse or... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377371 | Hospital bed with pivoting headboard In a hospital room, arms are pivoted on vertical axes that pass through the head and foot ends of a patient's bed. One of the arms carries a computer terminal at its free end. The other arm carries a power column or a portion of a power column at its free... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377372 | Hospital bed castor control mechanism A castor control mechanism for a hospital bed having a plunger type neutral/brake/steer castor comprises a linkage including a rocker arm pivotally mounted to the base of the bed, a link connected on one end to the rocker arm and being connected on its ot... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377373 | Bottom structure of a bed The present invention provides a bottom structure for a bed having a bottom lifting mechanism, comprising bendable and extensible flexible hollow bottom members, provided in the bottom structure allowing the bottom to be bent.... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377374 | Turf and garden tool A turf and garden tool implement useful in extracting weeds as well as severing the branches of small plants, bushes, small trees and the like; the tool includes an elongate rod member provided with a handle and a foot step, with the lower portion of the ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377375 | Stair cleaning device A stair cleaning device intended for cleaning the steps and risers of stairs and other confined areas comprises three heads driven by a motor and a belt and pulley system. The belt is toothed on one side and not on the other side so that some slippage can... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377376 | Mobile surface cleaning machine A surface cleaning machine (10) is disclosed in the preferred form as a combination sweeping-scrubbing apparatus including a sweeping brush (18) for sweeping debris into a hopper (20) and a one piece squeegee (112) for picking up solution after four stagg... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377377 | Interproximal brush An interproximal brush for carrying on the person has an elongated one piece body member of elastomeric material forming a planar surface disposed between two leg members from which a substantially rigid boss extends for supporting a brush member. A plura... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377378 | Dry cleaning pad A cleaning pad for use for cleaning carpet, rugs, furniture and like includes a pair of circular base sheets of a non-woven materials secured together at their peripheries. In each base sheet are at least first and second strips of piles of a fibrous bris... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377379 | Device for clearing iron chips produced during a mechanical working process A device is provided for clearing iron chips produced during a mechanical working process and includes a plurality of telescopic housings. A fastening member is securely attached to the underside of an upper plate of the telescopic housing. A recess havin... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377380 | Simulated vehicle headlight wipers This invention is a simulated headlight wiper and is used as a novelty or amusement device. The wiper may be detachably mounted to the vehicle or, in another embodiment, it may be attached directly to the headlight by suitable means such as a double-sided... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377381 | Cleaning system and method A cleaning system includes a vehicle with a drive subsystem comprising a fluid-powered drive motor drivingly connected to a pair of drive wheels. A brush/air jet boom assembly is removably mounted on the vehicle and includes a fluid-powered brush subassem... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377382 | Floor cleaning machine including squeegee assembly A cleaning machine for cleaning floor surfaces is disclosed characterized by a squeegee blade assembly that utilizes a number of connectors for dual functions. The squeegee blade assembly includes a holding subassembly for maintaining the squeegee blades ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377383 | Attachment for a vacuum cleaner or a vacuum-cleaning pipe To vacuum up a fluid using a vacuum cleaner, there is provided an attachment (1) to which a vacuum cleaner hose (31) is connected. The attachment comprises a separation chamber (3) in which the vacuumed up liquid is separated from the suction air through ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377384 | Locking pivot shoe A pivot shoe that includes a rotary barrel cam mounted in the body of the shoe, and a brake in the opening that is urged axially rearward by the barrel cam, has a radial protuberance and an axial slot with radial wall operating in interference between the... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377385 | Draw frame, storage device and coiler, delivery regulation An autoleveller draw frame achieves changes in the draft by changing the supply speed. The can press nevertheless works evenly. A storage device between the sliver calenders and the can press compensates for changes in the amount of supplied sliver. The s... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377386 | Quick-release disconnect for a harness A quick release disconnect for a harness comprising an attached pivotable collar that is pulled through gravitational force from a lock position of upward rotation into a normal release position of downward rotation. The pivotable collar in its lock posit... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377387 | Two-way adjustable tie A one piece reusable and releasable tie having no moving parts, and having the ability to be readily adjusted (loosened/tightened) in discrete increments while tied. Nine embodiments are disclosed having different shaped projections or patterns on the str... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377388 | Safety cap A safety cap for a tie of the type employing a tie strap and a tie head where the tie strap extends through a passageway in the tie head. The cap includes a hollow body having flanges across an open side thereof to retain a tie head within the cavity. The... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377389 | Clamping spring collar A clamping spring collar, constituted by a rolled-up metal strip having end portions each of which is of a width substantially equal to half the width of the strip, said end portions being disposed side by side and being provided with respective tabs that... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377390 | Adjustable tie chain An adjustable tie chain including a hanger for hanging on the tie the end of a button on a cloth, two arms pivotably fastened to the hanger by a clamping plate and at least one pivot, a chain suspended between the arms for retaining a necktie, a friction ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377391 | Bed covering retaining device A retainer for a mattress cover such as a sheet has a central band made of a stiff, smooth material and elastic straps attached to opposite ends of the band. Openable and lockable fasteners are attached to the ends of the straps, each fastener having a pa... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377392 | Magnetic fastening device A magnetic fastener is provided with a female member having a slide plate which engages with a recess portion of a projection formed in a cooperating male member. The projection is held in engagement with the slide plate via a permanent magnet formed in t... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377393 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle (11) comprises a base (10) including a rear end portion (74) and a front end portion (75) located opposite the rear end portion. The base includes a first set of tabs (76, 77) at the rear end portion of the base and a second set of tabs... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377394 | Lingerie clasp A lingerie clasp has a male clasp member with a central projection and a pair of pins lodged in a female clasp member having projections straddling the projection of the male member and formed with channels receiving the pins thereof. The pins are narrowe... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377395 | Externally removable casket hardware An externally mounted removable hardware assembly for a casket having a threaded bolt extending through a hole in a casket side wall. Inside the casket, the bolt threadably engages a nut which is snap-fit within a retention can. The nut has a longitudinal... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377396 | Method of making a continuous plastic hinge structure The invention relates to the method of making a hinge joining rigid plastic pieces at least one fourth inch thick and includes machining a series of hinge knuckles along straight edges of first and second pieces of rigid plastic, machining keyhole shaped ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377397 | Bicycle downtube processing machine A bicycle downtube processing machine includes a drill unit for drilling holes on a downtube for a bicycle frame, first cutting unit for cutting the right end of the downtube by punching, a second cutting unit for cutting a downwards bevel edge on the lef... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5377398 | Method for descaling metal strip utilizing anhydrous salt An improved salt and method of using such salt for conditioning scale on strip or sheet metal surfaces is provided. In more particular aspects, the invention provides an improved salt of alkali metal hydroxides and alkali metal nitrates which are used in ... | 01/03/1995 |
