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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5418978 | Protective garment for the mentally disabled A one piece washable garment having high thermal qualities and designed as a restraint for old and incapacitated people. The garment is closed at the front except for a small but concealed cavity at the waistline to house a catheter tube. A sheath for acc... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418979 | Zipperless, snapless, laceless infant sac with car safety seating capability An infant sac which completely, consistently, and conveniently wraps the infant's body, leaving no undesirable exposed areas such as feet, hands and collar area. The sac is comprised of loose fitting sleeves with optional mitts (10), and two broad overlap... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418980 | Friction enhancing wristband A wristband, particularly suitable for athletic use, comprising an elastic moisture absorbing sleeve having a high friction surface located over a major portion of the wristband whereby a ball, such as a football, gripped between the wristband and the wea... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418981 | Emblem bearing cap attachment for adjustable caps An emblem bearing cap attachment has a substantially planar, relatively stiff body defining a forward surface and a rearward surface. A primary crease extends centrally across the planar body defining an upper facing panel and a lower backing panel. The p... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418982 | Raw sewage disposal apparatus and prefab for accommodating the same A raw sewage disposal apparatus employing a heat-resistant vessel for containing raw sewage, a plurality of stirring blades for stirring the raw sewage in the vessel, a plurality of heat-holding bodies contained in the vessel, an introduction pipe connect... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418983 | Decorative color changeable basket sink strainer A changeable sink strainer in a drain opening of a sink has a strainer body installed between the sink and a waste pipe. A threaded receiver including a flanged nut is mounted within and at a lower end of the strainer body. A decorative insert is removabl... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418984 | Hydrotherapy seat structure for a hydrotherapy spa, tub or swimming pool A hydrotherapy spa includes an upwardly open, U-shaped, cross-sectional, waterproof spa shell defining a receptacle for holding water. The spa shell includes a horizontal seat portion and an integral seat back extending generally vertically upwardly there... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418985 | Massage shower system The massage shower system (6) includes injectors (7) for directing jets of water and air and water under pressure substantially radially towards the body of a patient standing up, a frame (9, 42, 44) supporting the injectors (7), and an actuator (10, 43) ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418986 | Attachment plate for mounting for example sanitary fixture The attachment plate has a rectangular planar front wall (2) with two groups (3) each with three mounting sites (3a-3c). These groups are used for mounting sanitary fixtures such as for example isolating valves and the like. The two groups (3) have in eac... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418987 | Bed apparatus This invention is to provide capable of easily and properly changing a height in several steps with a simple structure, includes a support link 20 and a reception link 28 in which a slider 43 is slidably housed. The support link 20 and reception link 28 a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418988 | Rotary bed with inwardly pivotable handrails A rotary type bed which moves from a condition that a physically handicapped person or an aged person is laying down to a condition that the person raises the upper half of the body thereof and sits sideward, or from the condition of sitting sideward to t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418989 | Mattress innerspring using formed wire elements Disclosed is an improved innerspring unit for a mattress using a plurality of formed wire elements for support. Enhanced lateral and longitudinal stability of the improved innerspring is provided by one or more stabilizing features including dual formed w... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418990 | Operation table An operating table, universally applicable for all types of operations, is based on a column (1) which constitutes a support for a two-part bed, with the parts "bed A" and "bed B", each of which is attached to its part of a ring (2) which can be rotated t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418991 | Therapeutic appliance for spacing legs A therapeutic appliance includes an elongate central cushion, four elongate peripheral cushions and opposing seams for interconnecting sets of two of the peripheral cushions to each other and to opposing sides of the central cushion. In one embodiment, th... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418992 | Support plate for bridges and ramps A support plate for a bridge or ramp with a drive lane has two longitudinal supports forming lateral sides of the support plate. A plurality of transverse members is arranged parallel to one another and connected between the two longitudinal supports. The... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418993 | Bridge member for ramps A bridge member for bridging a loading ramp to a platform to be loaded or unloaded has a bridge plate with a sheet metal cover whereby the bridge plate has a first end, connected to the ramp so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis. An extension is c... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418994 | Underwater surface cleaning apparatus An apparatus for use in cleaning the underwater surfaces of swimming pools and the like includes a body with an inlet and an outlet for connection to a flexible suction hose; a flexible foot member adapted to at least partially surround the inlet; means f... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418995 | Swimming pool cleaner discs Discs for devices such as automatic swimming pool cleaners are disclosed. The discs includes slots (or other suitable apertures) positioned near their rimmed peripheries. The peripheries themselves, moreover, incorporate rounded edges or beads, and both t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418996 | Shoe washing machine A shoe washing machine includes a case, a driving means, and a washing means. The case has a cover hingeably connected to the end on the top thereof, a sink being formed at inner portion having an opening at bottom portion adopted to drain water through t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418997 | Sanitary sewer derooting tool A sanitary sewer root clean out tool for use with a plumber's snake is formed by an elongated helical member having a forward compacted root penetrating end portion supporting a pair of laterally pivoting blades which are retracted during forward movement... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418998 | Hand held ice scraper A windshield wiper scraping device is disclosed with multiple scraping or working surfaces for cleaning ice or other material from the windshield of a vehicle. In the preferred embodiment the scraping device has a composite body comprising two polygonally... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418999 | Mouse cleaner There is disclosed a brush comprising a handle and at least one brush insert having a bend which is useful for cleaning the rolling contacts in a computer mouse. The inserts have radially protruding bristles and are bent to facilitate cleaning the rollers... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419000 | Brush with removable scraper apparatus A scraper and brush apparatus includes a brush having a number of bristles, a bristle retaining structure, and a brush body portion having a body portion surface having an engaging recess, a scraper assembly including a scraper plate having a scraping edg... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419001 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having the following combination of bristles: bristles that taper downward at the front of the toothbrush relative to the rear of the toothbrush, a central row of bristles that is the tallest and hardest, and side rows of bristles that are so... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419002 | Dipstick wiper An assembly for use in manually wiping a dipstick is provided with a wiper, a chamber having an absorbent material therein, and a well intermediate the wiper and the chamber. Upon dragging a dipstick through the wiper, liquid wiped off the dipstick drains... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419003 | Paint roller with free end feeding A paint roller has a rotatably mounted resilient foam roller on an apertured sleeve. The sleeve is mounted on the free end of a shaft. The foam roller projects beyond the free end of the shaft and contains a normally, slit passage leading to the sleeve. T... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419004 | Totally enclosed game card scraper A totally enclosed lottery or game card scraper box is disclosed. The box is designed as a simple two-handed portable device which scrapes the opaque covering from game or lottery cards and stores the scrapings within the box. The box seals itself and can... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419005 | Air wiper mechanism for vehicle An air wiper for a vehicle can provide more effective rain water blowing-off function and prevent a windscreen glass from being blurred due to moisture condensation. The air wiper includes a first air ejection unit (nozzle 14) and a second air ejection un... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419006 | Exhauster fan systems An exhauster fan system for a road sweeping machine comprises a rotatable fan, a drive, and a hydrostatic transmission system coupled between the drive and a spindle on which the fan is mounted. The output of the transmission system is controlled to apply... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419007 | Snap together wet nozzle A snap together wet nozzle for use with a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The snap together wet nozzle includes an elongated U-shaped nozzle housing with closed ends including a connecting tube passageway for association with the vacuum cleaner. An elongated... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419008 | Ball joint A ball joint assembly comprising a base member, a spherical member, a ring of at least three rolling members mounted around the spherical member such that a point on a rolling surface of each of the at least three rolling members contacts a point on a fir... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419009 | Packaging handle An improved packaging handle is provided which consists of a strap member with a structure for adhering the strap member to a top surface of a package. A component for grasping is located at the center of the strap member, so that a person can carry the p... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419010 | Compact counterbalancing system for sectional doors A counterbalancing mechanism (10) for a door (D) movable between a dosed position proximate a door frame (12) and an open position displaced therefrom including a pair of drums (100, 100) for reeving lengths of cable (C) thereabout which are affixed to th... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419011 | Resilient, replacable long-life closure device for a display case A display case includes separately formed components: (1) a casing which defines an internal cavity having an open end, and (2) a latching closure device with an integrated living hinge. The two components are made of different plastic materials, wherein ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419012 | Gooseneck hinge for vehicle deck lid A gooseneck type hinge (18) for a vehicle body deck lid (16) includes a gooseneck member (20) moved by a control link (42) between a vertically extending orientation in an open position of the deck lid and a horizontally extending orientation in a closed ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419013 | Hydraulic hinge having rotatable shaft and linearly movable plug forming fluid chambers A hydraulic hinge includes a cylinder sealed at both ends having a hexagonal shaft rotatably received therein with a portion thereof extending out of the cylinder. A circumferential space is defined between the shaft and the inside diameter of the cylinde... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419014 | Extended sleevelet gloves A waterproof flexible glove with extended sleevelet with releasably lockable cuff fastenable to a shirt or blouse sleeve, having reservoirs on the fingers and palm which act to retain cleansing solutions by the surface tension of the cleansing solutions a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419015 | Mop with removable interchangeable work pads A mop having a head attached to a handle and a rectangular work pad removably attached to a rectangular flat surface of the head by fabric hook fasteners. The hook fasteners are located in recessed areas of the corners so that the hooks extend downwardly ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419016 | Casing of a card including suction openings A carding machine casing (1) is connected with a suction device (15) for preventing uncontrolled release of fibers and dust into the environment adjacent the machine, and the casing is provided with large suction openings (9, 10) having a combined area of... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419017 | Belt seaming A temporary seaming bridge (62) for connecting two belt ends (26,27) during seaming comprises a bridge portion (63) with a plurality of pegs (34,35) provided at each end. The pegs (34,35) are complementary with apertures (28,29) provided in the belt ends ... | 05/30/1995 |