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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5398339 | Shoulder pad assembly for contact sports A shoulder pad assembly for contact sports such as hockey is described. Two separate shoulder assemblies, in the form of generally U-shaped shoulder bands, are each pivotally connected fore and aft to chest and back pieces. Preferably the pivotal connecti... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398340 | Bullet resistant vest and vest cover A bullet resistent vest is provided with a shell that is further provided with a lower garment portion to elastically retain the front center and back center of the shell in position at the front and back centers, respectively, of the waistline of the wea... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398341 | Hinged lens holder triggering device An apparatus for closing a hinged lens holder on the front of a welding hood, without using the hands. The apparatus is a spring loaded mechanism using the chin to actuate it.... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398342 | Air management baseball glove A baseball glove for protecting a hand and for enabling the wearer to catch a ball. The glove includes a front panel having inner and outer plies and a back panel joined to the front panel. A pad of open cell foam material is disposed between the inner an... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398343 | Ventilating shirt with circumferentially folded and fastened portion A torso-covering tube garment capable of selectively fully-covering or partially-covering the lower torso of a wearer. There is a torso-covering tube garment of a foldable material having a bottom portion covering the wearer's torso and fasteners for rele... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398344 | Pair of gloves A pair of bags are provided on a front side upper portion of a glove main body of each of a pair of gloves so that the bags are aligned traversely on each glove. The bags are knitted goods similar to the glove main body, and the inside of the bags is in c... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398345 | Combination apertured garment pocket and object A combination apertured garment pocket and object adapted for securement in the pocket, where the pocket is attached to the garment by seams and has apertures therein, and the object, which may be a teddy bear, having appendages, is adapted to be removabl... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398346 | Panty undergarment with stretch panels A panty garment has a single seam in its construction, which is positioned at the gluteal crease of the wearer and is devoid of any seams at the frontal portion thereof. The panty garment is stretchable in a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction,... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398347 | Urinal mat A urinal mat provided with upstanding baffles to decelerate a stream of urine impinging thereon. The base of the mat is contoured and flexible to conform generally to the geometry within the urinal. Openings through the base are provided to permit liquids... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398348 | Water urinal A water urinal has a urinal body which includes a housing with an opening on its upper portion for receiving a valve used to supply flushing water to the urinal. The valve is attractively concealed within the body of the urinal and eliminates the necessit... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398349 | Pool cover A pool cover is formed by a plurality of hexagonal pads which float separately on the pool surface and orient themselves to cover the majority of the pool service in edge to edge floating relationship. The pads can be removed from the pool and stacked tog... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398350 | Portable spa cover A portable spa including a cover having two semi-circular, rigidly molded, interlocking halves, designed to conform with the contour of the rim of the spa. The cover halves each have an undersurface and outer surface with a plurality of radial support rib... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398351 | Above-ground pool underlayment panels A group of modular planar structural foam sections are laid on the ground directly underneath the liner of an above-ground pool. The foam panels are cut so that they fit tightly side-by-side covering all areas within the frame. The joints between the pane... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398352 | WC module with WC bowl forming part of wall construction A WC module which is ready to be installed into place and to be connected to the water and sewer connections is described. The module has been formed so that its inner wall and WC bowl are of the same piece. Above the WC bowl are situated seat boards whic... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398353 | Multi-directional rocking crib A multi-directional rocking crib, having a base which pivots about a pivot member, a first member operatively associated with the pivot and a second member having at least one arm with a weight at the end thereof extending transversely to and connected wi... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398354 | Heel pillow mattress A mattress to prevent the creation of pressure sores having a heel pillow portion intended for use in healthcare facilities having replaceable parts is disclosed. The heel pillow mattress of the present invention is made of foam and has a cavity located a... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398355 | Three-ply insulating cover for a water bed bladder A flexible cover for a waterbed mattress is constructed as a three-ply construction. A central ply formed of heat insulating materials is sandwiched between two similarly constructed outer plies that are formed of moisture-absorbent materials. Moisture ge... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398356 | X-ray table A table such as an x-ray or operating table with a top positionable into multiple positions and angular orientations with respect to a mounting base such that the positions or orientations include variable elevated positions, variable transverse positions... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398357 | Hospital bed convertible to chair configuration A hospital bed which is convertible to a chair configuration has a serially hinged normally horizontal head panel, seat panel, thigh panel and foot panel. The foot panel has a central section and a wing section longitudinally pivoted on each lateral side ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398358 | Stretcher A stretcher or litter for transporting patients has a bottom peripheral frame rail and a top peripheral hand-grasp rail spaced above the bottom frame rail. A molded plastic patient-receiving container or basket is secured to the bottom frame rail so that ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398359 | 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... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398360 | Survival tool An improved survival tool comprising a large knife having double-edged recurved blade with a chisel tip and ergonomically-designed hilt and full tang and having a pair of ergonomically-designed releasably attachable scales covering the hilt and tang formi... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398361 | Vacuum cleaner for submerged non-parallel surfaces A vacuum cleaner head for simultaneously use on submerged non-parallel surfaces, such as the bottom and side of a swimming pool. The cleaning head is divided into multiple parts, connected so that certain parts may rotate up to an angle of almost ninety d... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398362 | Flotation device for automatic swimming pool cleaners Automatic swimming pool cleaners capable of cleaning the floor of a pool and also climbing and cleaning the walls of the pool utilize a flotation device of the type having a pair of interconnected float members pivotally connected to the cleaner to permit... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398363 | Screen washing machine A screen washing machine that has brushes on both sides of a double trough and a controllable water spray pipe along one side. Each side of the double trough is U-shaped with the opened sides facing each other positioned horizontally in longitudinal paral... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398364 | Windscreen cleaning apparatus A window cleaning apparatus for the removal of water, snow, ice and dirt from the windows of a motor vehicle is provided. The window cleaning apparatus comprises a larger cleaning member and a smaller cleaning member. Both the larger and the smaller clean... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398365 | Self-cleaning paint brush A paint brush includes a receptacle at the end of the handle of the brush designed to be attached to standard water faucets, garden hoses, or other fluid sources for self cleaning. When attached to the faucet, fluid enters a hollow receptacle and then int... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398366 | Rocker toothbrush A toothbrush that affords tilting movement to the bristles thereof only in either of two opposite directions about a tilting axis disposed at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the handle of the toothbrush. The bristles project from the top surfac... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398367 | Toothbrush with both soft and hard bristles A toothbrush comprises both soft and hard bristles. The soft bristles are longer while the hard bristles are shorter. With less force, only the soft bristles are used, giving minor cleaning and gum massaging. With stronger force, the hard bristles will be... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398368 | Toothbrush The present invention relates to a toothbrush utilized for properly cleaning all teeth, including hard to reach back teeth. It includes a tapering head having bristles extending outward from its end. This toothbrush improves the quality of brushing by bei... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398369 | Toothbrush with pliable pressure pad A toothbrush is described whose handle has a special arrangement. The handle includes an elongated handle arm formed of a plastic having a Shore Hardness value of at least 90. A pressure pad is attached to the arm and formed of an elastomer having a Shore... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398370 | Wiper system having a depression for accommodating a fluid hose This invention refers to a wiper system for windshields of motor vehicles. This wiper system comprises a wiper arm which can be attached to an oscillatorily drivable wiper shaft by way of an attachment piece. The wiper arm comprises a joint piece being es... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398371 | Multiple lip wiper blade A wiper blade of the present invention comprises two or three blades for wiping. The blades are longitudinally parallel and have their bases integrated into each other. The bases have deflective portions on the longitudinal outer sides of the integral bod... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398372 | Liquid edge bead removal device A device and a method are provided for the removal of liquid coolant or lubricant edge beads from the side marginal edges of a moving web, such as metal sheet or strip. The device consists of two or more pairs of manifolds, wherein the individual manifold... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398373 | Combination vacuum cleaner and water extractor power foot A multi-use power foot suitable for use for both dry vacuum cleaning and water extraction procedures is disclosed. The power foot has a dry suction chamber in fluid communication with an outlet and a water suction chamber in fluid communication with the o... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398374 | Handle assembly for trash bin A handle assembly designed to be mounted on a pivotally attached closure member of a trash bin wherein the closure member is pivotable into and out of covering relation relative to an access opening through which garbage, debris, etc. is passed into the i... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398375 | Folding handle assembly A folding game chair includes a handle secured to a pivoting plate, and movement of the handle causes the plate to pivot. A handle is movable between a down, storage position and an up, use position and is locked in the up, use position and the down, stor... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398376 | Flexible hinge for display frames and stands A flexible hinge for releasably joining together display stands, of the type having an elongated frame element having an interior slotted channel. The hinge is composed of at least one resilient hinge element having a central base wall having opposite end... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398377 | Plastic hinge A pivotal support portion 2 protruding from a frame 1 is clamped between a pair of clamp ends 4 provided at the tip of an earpiece 3. A protrustons 7 formed in the inner surface of each of said pair of clamp ends 4 is fitted within a corresponding pivot h... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398378 | Hinge having an automatic recovery mechanism A hinge includes a housing, a barrel rotatably engaged in the housing, a shaft extended in the housing and the barrel, two rings engaged on the shaft and movable along the shaft, springs engaged on the shaft for biasing the rings toward each other, one of... | 03/21/1995 |
