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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5400437 | Banner poncho combination A combination banner and poncho is shown consisting of a flexible plastic envelope with a staff attached to one edge, the envelope having an emblazed logo or the like, for waving over one's head at a sporting event, rally or the like. The device can be wo... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400438 | Garment with convertible collar A garment with a convertible collar includes a garment, a collar secured to the garment and defining a pouch with an open-top end, and a fleece-like sheet secured to the garment. The sheet is movable between a storage orientation, wherein substantially al... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400439 | Hi-Fashion, Knottless necktie The Knotless Necktie is a three component, easy to assemble and adjust, necktie that gives the appearance of being a fashionable knotted necktie but which does not use a knot and eliminates any knot tieing. This necktie is comprised of a display streamer,... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400440 | Neck and ear apparel A flat flexible fabric sheet has opposite side edges attached to an elastic band to form a hood-like fabric shield for a person's ears and neck. The fabric sheet and elastic band form an expansible annulus for attaching the sheet to a person's cap, such t... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400441 | Dyed zipper tapes on garment In a slide fastener to be attached to an opening such as of the front part of a garment, the front surface of the slide fastener tape is dyed in the same color and pattern as a front cloth of the garment 1 while the back surface of the tape is dyed in the... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400442 | Automatic toilet seat and lid lowering device A toilet seat is equipped with an hydraulic closing mechanism to provide automatic lowering of the toilet seat upon operation of the flush mechanism. A uni-directional hydraulic motor is coupled in driving relation with a very high ratio reduction gear, t... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400443 | Waste processing toilet A modified flush toilet adapted to process solid human waste into a recyclable product. The toilet has a bowl with a chamber under it for receiving the waste flushed thereinto. A rotatable filter disk is mounted in the chamber. This filter disk allows the... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400444 | Double flush toilet valve A double flush toilet valve apparatus for permitting full and partial flushes of a toilet water tank by providing a vent hole in the toilet flush valve float which can be opened by an extended additional force actuation of the toilet flush handle to permi... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400445 | Toilet tank trip lever assembly There is disclosed a mechanism for initiating and controlling a toilet: flush mechanism of the type which permits selection between two flush cycles which use different volumes of water end which, to do that, requires that the flush valve be lifted to eit... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400446 | Seat cover actuated flushing mechanism for toilet A flushing mechanism for a toilet triggers a flush in response to the closing of the toilet seat cover. A magnet is attached to the seat cover and detected by a sensor. The sensor activates a battery powered motor having a crank arm which directly raises ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400447 | Folding bed assembly for use within an article of furniture A folding bed assembly for use within an article of furniture, such as a desk, having a fixed top wall. A series of bed sections, pivoted to one another in succession, are foldable into a generally rectangular collapsed condition in which the longer dimen... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400448 | Ambulance gurney mattress A gurney mattress configured for an adult patient including an elongated cover enclosing a first compartment having a top, bottom and oppositely disposed sides. The compartment is configured to contain a non-adult patient. The top of the compartment is hi... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400449 | Prone pregnancy cushion A prone pregnancy cushion, for allowing a pregnant woman to lay on her abdomen, comprising an early stage segment, a later stage segment, and an attachment mechanism connecting the early stage segment and later stage segment. The early stage segment and l... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400450 | Manual support apparatus A manual support apparatus for use with a bed having a mattress portion for providing a secure and stable method for a user/patient to transfer into and out of bed independently, and enhance in-bed mobility. The manual support apparatus has three primary ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400451 | Knife A knife storing a fly-tying vice which is capable of securing a hook easily. The fly-tying vice includes two arms having their respective mouth pieces at one end for clamping a hook, and a main screw for bringing the two arms closer to each other and for ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400452 | Ribbon curling tool A tool for curling gift-wrapping ribbon has two arms which are pivotally mounted at one end and have a pad and blade at the other end. Closing the arms clamps a ribbon between the pad and blade and the tool can then be drawn along the ribbon to produce a ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400453 | Method and equipment for dyeing textiles The invention concerns a method for dyeing textiles, whereby textiles are loaded with a dye liquor containing dye in diluted form; several mutually separate dye compartments (dye containers) being provided and mounted in a zone above the dyeing chamber re... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400454 | Method for supporting a transportation surface A method of supporting a transportation surface, such as a vehicular bridge, a railroad trestle or an elevated walkway, that is resistant to unexpected, infrequent shocks such as might be encountered during an earthquake or similar disaster. The method in... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400455 | Hand held golf ball washer Hand held golf ball washing apparatus having a ball receiving chamber wherein a ring-shaped rotatable brush is positioned. The brush is driven on its axis by a battery-powered motor. Push button switch means is provided to selectively operate the motor. A... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400456 | Pipeline scraper A pipeline scraper comprising an elongated scraper body of preferably elastomeric solid material, having at least one annular sealing surface on both sides of a section having a smaller diameter, the distance between the sealing surfaces being equal to or... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400457 | Collapsible toothbrush A toothbrush comprising a multi-section telescoping stainless steel tubular handle and rotating connector to pivotally connect a replaceable toothbrush head thereto.... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400458 | Brush segment for industrial brushes A brush segment for an industrial brush is described. The brush segment includes a polymeric base portion, a plurality of bristles individually anchored to the polymeric base portion and projecting outwardly therefrom and means for securing the brush segm... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400459 | Paint roller having adjustable spatter shield A paint roller having an adjustable shield is disclosed. The shield is adjustable by the user from a position of minimum shielding, which facilitates loading the roller with paint, to a position of maximum shielding which provides maximum spatter protecti... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400460 | Microwaveable adhesive article and method of use An adhesive article for use in a microwave oven is provided having a hot-melt or heat-curable adhesive substrate, and a susceptor layer of electrically conductive or semi-conductive microwave absorbing material that is disposed on at least a portion of th... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400461 | Locking coupler for floor maintenance pad A coupler is disclosed for coupling floor maintenance pads to a driven pad disc. The coupler has one part for mounting on the driven disc and a second part which threads to the first part for holding and centering a maintenance pad to a disc. A lock arran... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400462 | Multi-purpose appliance for household work Multi-purpose appliance for household work comprising, in combination in a wheeled body, steam generation elements, elements for generating a jet of air and aspiration elements. Couplings for dispensing and aspiration ducts are connected to the steam gene... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400463 | Noise dampened canister vacuum cleaner A canister vacuum cleaner improved by noise dampening means interposed between the outlets of its internal vacuum pump and the air outlet from the canister. The noise dampening means may comprise a baffle interposed between the pump outlets and air outlet... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400464 | Variable high/low vacuum/blower device A variable high/low vacuum/blower device is disclosed as including an interchangeable vacuum or blower device with high pressure/low air flow or low pressure/high air flow operation. The device includes a housing having air flow channels. Air inlet and ai... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400465 | Vacuum cleaner with charge generator and bag therefor A vacuum cleaner system includes a vacuum cleaner having a hollow air inlet, an air outlet, a removable dirt bag communicating with the inlet and the outlet, and means for moving initially dirt-laden air from the inlet to the outlet via the bag. The syste... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400466 | Vacuum cleaner with air vibration suction nozzle A vacuum cleaner with an air vibration suction nozzle for application to a workpiece, whereby air vibrations produced by a transducer supported and sealed in the nozzle housing vibrate the workpiece, or debris with respect to the workpiece, and any loose ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400467 | Suction head of vacuum cleaner A suction head for a vacuum cleaner includes a rag roll device which is wetted to perform a wet wiping action across the floor. The rag roll device is mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis. A rotation regulating mechanism, comprised of a pawl devic... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400468 | Slat cleaning apparatus A slat cleaning apparatus (10) is disclosed for use in cleaning slats making up a verticle blind. Cleaning of vertical blind slats is made complicated by the difference in thickness of the head, body and tail of the slat and by the needs to apply and remo... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400469 | Lever action caster with shock absorbing spring The legs of a swivel caster assembly horn are mounted to a pair of horizontally-spaced beam plates which are pivoted to the legs ahead of the swivel axis. The caster wheel is mounted on an axle behind the swivel axis. A pair of urethane springs is mounted... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400470 | Self-capturing articulating chest handle A self-capturing articulating chest handle including a handle bar of terminal length containing a hand grasping portion, a pair of legs extending downward from the terminal ends of the handle bar, a pair of links, defined by spaced-apart first and second ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400471 | Auxiliary handle An auxiliary handle for use on a hand held implement such as a shovel advantageously provides a molded, unitary frame having hinges molded therein. The auxiliary handle can be precisely positioned for a particular user/implement combination. The frame pro... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400472 | Handle assembly of a bagggage cart A length-adjustable handle assembly for a baggage cart integrated with a suitcase, includes a handle for gripping by a user, at least an outer tube fixedly connected to the suitcase and having a plurality of locking holes along its length, an inner tube f... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400473 | Foldaway window crank handle with a handle retention spring A foldaway casement type window crank handle assembly (10) which utilizes a spring member (50) for retaining the window crank handle (i.e., crank arm 20 and hand grip knob 23) in the extended operating position. The handle assembly is made up of a base me... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400474 | Suspension for hinged door The suspension of a door hinged within a frame for swinging movements in a horizontal plane includes a suspension member with blocks secured upon its ends, with spaced apertures within the frame and door and with blocks projected into said apertures and s... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400475 | Nonwoven laying device having downward angled conveyor at delivery carriage In a nonwoven laying device having at least two reciprocating carriages to be accelerated at the reversal points of their moving path, namely an upper carriage and a laying carriage, and having at least two circulating conveyor belts to be guided by guide... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5400476 | Apparatus and method for controlling draft uniformity in textile sliver The present invention provides a drafting apparatus and method having a plurality of pairs of rollers which pairs are each driven in the same rotational direction and have silver contact points oriented along a common straight line. Sliver is fed to the p... | 03/28/1995 |
