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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5386995 | Game medium circulation control system A game apparatus, which is to be installed in an island unit consisting of a number of parallel arranged game machines, comprises: an upper game medium reservoir for supplying game mediums to the individual game machines via a supply conveyer; a game medi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386996 | Golf club head The present invention provides a golf club head made of at least a first and second head components formed integrally with each other. A metallic material of the first head component is different in kind from that of the second head component. At an anti-... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386997 | Portable golf practice apparatus A golf practice apparatus includes an upper platform having a tee and a target located forwardly of the tee; a golf ball arranged at the tee above the platform for striking towards the target area, the golf ball having one end of a tether attached thereto... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386998 | Math game apparatus A container member is arranged to include a surrounding wall, having a first support wall arranged to accommodate a row of peg members, that in turn are rotatably mounted about an axle, with a second support wall spaced from the first support wall and axl... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386999 | Apparatus and method of playing a game A drawing game board for non-competitive, socialized activity, has a base provided with a substantially flat upper surface for supporting drawing paper. Borders on the base extend upwardly from the upper surface thereof and define a paper location area. W... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387000 | Hydraulic drive system for bicycles and the like A hydraulic drive system for bicycles and the like comprises a casing adapted for enclosing a hanger portion of the bicycle, planetary gear type speed up gears including a carrier integral with a crankshaft for increasing the number of rotations of the cr... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387001 | Combination vehicle towing dolly and flatbed trailer Disclosed is a towing aid which may be easily assembled for multiple uses and disassembled for shipment, storage or transport and includes a variable width axle and a tongue with a variable height for the tongue hitch to accommodate various heights of veh... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387002 | Wheeled support for slip-in camper The invention relates to a wheeled trailer support device for use with a slip-in camper which is engaged to the box of a pickup truck. The invention enables an individual to use a slip-in camper of extended length with a standard sized box of a pickup tru... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387004 | Coupling rod for jointed attachment of a U-shape stabilizer arm In the particular embodiments described in the specification, the arms of a U-shaped vehicle stabilizer are connected by coupling rods to the lower transverse links on opposite sides of the vehicle and the coupling rods consist of a head to accommodate th... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387005 | Suspension control system using a variable threshold value to limit the amplitude of vertical vibrations A suspension control system having a suspension unit between a wheel and a body of a vehicle, a fluid supply device for supplying a fluid to the suspension unit, a fluid discharge device for discharging the fluid from the suspension unit, an amplitude mea... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387006 | Air bag arming device including steering shaft rotation sensor The inflatable safety cushion for a vehicle comprises an electric arming device (19) which is capable of detecting a dangerous situation and of very rapidly actuating a pyrotechnic gas generator for triggering said safety cushion, and which is powered by ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387007 | Gas generator of thin-walled structure The gas generator according to the present invention is characterized by a combustion chamber formed with a combustor cup (14) having an annular top wall fixed at an inner edge portion thereof to a circumferential edge of a top wall of a central cylindric... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387008 | Generant preload and tolerance takeup assembly for vehicular airbag installation An all-metal preload for the gas generant charge of a passenger-side vehicular airbag assembly includes a base member which lodges firmly in one end of the cylindrical filter. A contact member engages the end of the generant charge. Spring means are inter... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387009 | End base assembly for vehicle airbag module The cylindrical inflator housing of a passenger-side airbag module encloses a cylindrical filter pack containing the gas generant. The ends of the housing are closed by a pair of circular end bases which are press-fitted against the ends of the filter pac... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387010 | Apparatus for securing looseleaf pages to a golf cart An apparatus for mounting to a golf cart for supporting and displaying looseleaf pages, in particular for displaying golf course information. The apparatus includes a base for supporting looseleaf pages at an oblique angle relative to the cowl of the golf... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387011 | System and method for scheduling a meeting A system and method for scheduling a meeting uses several partially translucent sheets, one for each prospective attendee. Each partially translucent sheet contains an array of blocks of time, in which the rows correspond to time periods and the columns c... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387012 | Owner identification for eyewear An owner identification label for use in combination with eyeglasses and adapted to be affixed to the inner surface of a suitable frame member, more specifically to the inner surface of one of the temple members, wherein the front surface of the label is ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387013 | Heat transfer recording media The present invention relates to a heat transfer recording medium in which a substrate has items of information such as an image and characters formed on a surface thereof by heat transfer and a transparent protective layer is provided on at least a part ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387014 | Clamping plate for a motor vehicle air conditioning installation A motor vehicle air conditioning installation includes a pair of parallel tubes with annular beads at their free ends, for assembly to a component of the fluid circuit of the installation, and a clamping plate or strut connecting the two tubes together. T... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387015 | Hopper tee A one piece cast hopper tee having a vertically directed hollow pipe section with a flange at an upper end thereof for attachment to the bottom of a hopper truck. The bottom end of the vertical pipe section flares outward at the juncture with a generally ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387016 | Tubular coupling A connector for joining together a pair of fluid carrying hose members in an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The connector includes a tubular body having a first end, a second end, and a shoulder interposed therebetween, the first end including a plurali... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387017 | Coupling for attachment to the end of a pipe for securement to the pipe or for joining pipes together A coupling for attachment to the end portion of a pipe having a circumferential shoulder in such end portion includes a coupling body which receives the end portion of the pipe therein and a set of jaw members which, after the end portion of the pipe is r... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387018 | Child proof refrigerator door latch A device or kit for making a refrigerator door child proof is disclosed. The device comprises about four distinct parts: a shock cord, a spring clasp, one adhesive backed mounting plate or pad with a loop for receiving the spring clasp, another adhesive b... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387019 | Drill handling tool A gripping tool having a main body with a plurality of gripping ends. A first body arm is integral to and extends outward from the main body at one of the plurality of gripping ends. A first upper jaw is formed on the first body arm with a first clamping ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387021 | Cable grasping tool A tool structure including an outer sleeve, having a slide rod slidably directed coaxially of the sleeve, having a slide rod jaw fixedly mounted to the rod exteriorly of the sleeve, with a pivot jaw pivotally mounted to the slide rod jaw, the pivot jaw ha... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387022 | Pack for food products in portions A package assembly for containing a plurality of product portions has a protective shell and a product portion support element which is covered by the shell and which has a stem which extends through the shell for being gripped. The support element has a ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387023 | Reinforced instrument panel assembly A reinforced instrument panel assembly capable of being pre-assembled and then installed as a unit in a motor vehicle. The instrument panel assembly comprises an instrument panel and motor vehicle instruments mounted on a rigid reinforcing bar. A mounting... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387024 | Saddle for sport bicycles An improved saddle for sport bicycles includes a saddle framework made of a plastic material, covered by a coating material and supported by a curved tubular metal element, to the framework being connected a rear connecting portion or bridge element, the ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387025 | Bicycle seat A seat, as may be used on a bicycle, providing improved efficiency and comfort for a rider. The seat comprises a split seat having two halves simultaneously rotatable about the longitudinal axis of a mounting post. The points of the two halves that are fu... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387026 | Support structure for acoustic oscillation transferring device A support structure for supporting an acoustic oscillation transferring device has a cushion forming a part of an automobile's seat and having an open space therein in which a frame of the device is supported, and an unstretchable but flexible band materi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387027 | Take apart furniture A furniture structure for chairs, benches and the like consisting of substantially planar members which interlock and reversibly unlock without the use of tools or separate fasteners, comprises two sides, a seat member, a back and a front, the sides each ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387028 | Occupant harness An occupant harness is described for an occupant seat in a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a pair of belts secured thereto at opposite ends of each belt and a buckle device secured to the motor vehicle. The harness comprises a pair of tongue me... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387029 | Buckle pretensioner for vehicle seat belt systems A buckle pretensioner for a vehicle seat belt system of the type that is mounted on a vehicle seat includes a blocking device for preventing the movement of a movable member of an inertial starting mechanism that controls the operation of the pretensioner... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387030 | Plural service rate sensitivity control valve A control valve having, in a series with a first inlet valve of a quick brake volume, two different rates of flow restrictions operable as a function of the position of the piston. The first flow rate of one first restriction is insufficient to cause the ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387031 | Anti-lock/traction control brake system wherein wheel brake pressure is controlled based on wheel speeds relative to vehicle speed An apparatus for preventing excessive slipping of a wheel of a motor vehicle, including a pressure regulator for regulating a brake force for braking the wheel based on at least an amount of change of a rotating speed of the wheel, a device for obtaining ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387032 | Closing mechanism for cabinets with drawers A closing mechanism for cabinets having a plurality of drawers includes vertically displaceable closing rods and cam pieces mounted on the sides of the drawers. Each closing rod has pins projecting toward the drawers. The cam pieces are provided with stop... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387033 | Laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use in a desk or cabinet drawer and with a drawer guide having a bent tongue A laterally adjustable mounting bracket for use on a desk or cabinet drawer and with a drawer guide having a tongue portion, the bracket including a base supporting a pair of opposing retaining flanges configured to cooperatively receive a drawer guide to... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387034 | Mixing device for the packaging and dispensing of a mixture of two products isolated from each other before the dispensing operation Device for mixing at least two products (11, 21) each contained in a container (10, 20), one of the containers (10), or first container, having a volume suitable to receive the product (21) contained in the other container (20), or second container, in or... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387036 | Organic material composting system Method, system and apparatus are disclosed for in-vessel composting of organic material. A compost handling apparatus moves forwardly through a bed of composting material in an elongate open bay. Specifically, an agitator comprises a feed belt such as a t... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5387037 | Coupon organizer A coupon organizer is provided which allows for easy access to coupons by a shopper. The coupon organizer includes fastening means for maintaining the organizer in a open and operative position and means for maintaining the organizer in a closed position ... | 02/07/1995 |
