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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5437061 | Protective garment-type cover for use with child users and carriages therefor A protective garment-type cover for use by a child user, as well as for disposition over a carriage for the child user. The protective garment-type cover is constructed of a cloth-like material which is constructed in the form of a cloak or a poncho for w... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437062 | Baseball cap with detachable visor A baseball cap construction (10) including: a cap body member (20); at least one visor unit (12); and means (28) and (32) for selectively and releasably positioning the at least one visor unit (12) at a desired location around the periphery of the cap body ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437063 | Automatic toilet seat lifting apparatus A automatic toilet seat apparatus for raising a toilet seat to an upward position until the seat is need again. Having the toilet seat in a upward position helps to keep the top surface of the toilet seat from getting contaminated. In this particular embo... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437064 | Protective cap apparatus A new and improved protective cap apparatus includes a first padding assembly which is adapted to fit onto a person's head, especially a child's. The first padding assembly includes a circular padding band adapted to fit circumferentially around a person'... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437065 | Booths for toilets A booth for toilets and others is characterized by curving outward a whole or a part of a door or a perimetric wall, so that an interior space is widened, thereby to lessen an oppressive or tight feelings. Further, the widened space can be effectively uti... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437066 | Seat actuated toilet bowl light A lamp assembly having a gravity actuated switch and battery power is provided for attachment to a toilet seat ring at the rearward portion thereof, proximate the pivotal axis of attachment of the seat ring, so as to be rotated from a position remote from... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437067 | Bed side rails A bed side rail particularly suitable for use by childred has a protective panel which carries a pair of arms that fit under a mattress to support the panel at the edge of a bed. Hinges connect the panel to the arms so that the panel may be moved between ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437068 | Body-conforming, multi-foldable, inflatable mattress having phase-shifted sinusoidal seals An inflatable air mattress having a generally rectangular mat portion that is foldable or bendable in multiple directions in a fully inflated condition. The mat portion includes rows of generally sinusoidal seals extending transversely across the mat port... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437069 | Portable folding pillow prop apparatus The present invention is a pillow prop apparatus which is portable. The pillow prop apparatus is used for supporting a person's back while sitting or sleeping at an angle. The pillow prop apparatus forms a 90° right angle triangle which has a 30° angle ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437070 | Multiple use pillow A star-like or flower shaped pillow and conforming pillowcase (24) comprised of cushioned extensions (14) radiating out from a center section (16) which create open portions or cavities between said sections. The resulting surface area is designed to prov... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437071 | Individual protective pads for crib balusters Provided are protective pads which cover the balusters of a baby crib, comprising a cushioning material and means for affixing said pads to an inner surface of individual baluster.... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437072 | Rapid transit viaduct with post-tensioning cable system Advantageously, the present invention also facilitates a unique method for post-tensioning segmental viaduct structures, for rapid transit use or otherwise, wherein post-tensioning cables do not follow load diagrams but instead follow uniform paths throug... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437073 | Tube cleaner A tube cleaner (42) for removing deposits from the inner wall of condenser and other types of tubes has scrapers (20) for contacting the inner wall of the tube. The scrapers (20) are adapted to contact the wall so as to form an angle of 90 degrees or less... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437074 | Caulking tool A caulking tool is formed of a flat plate with first and second major surfaces and an edge surface. The tool has a rectangular section with two rounded corners, an intermediate section abutting the rectangular section, and first and second projections ext... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437075 | Self-storing shoe cleaning brush A golf cart mounted golf cleat cleaner includes a plate having a brush attached thereto. The brush is attached to a mounting bracket by a hinge which is preferably spring biased. The cleat cleaner also includes a brace which is attached to the brush plate... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437076 | Tamale masa spreader A spreader for masa dough is disclosed having a generally U-shaped handle, a substantially flat rectangular base, and a pair of downwardly depending rectangular protrusions proximate two of the edges of the base. The protrusions are approximately 1/8 of a... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437077 | Windshield wiper assembly including an arm and pivotally mounted blade A rotating window wiper arm having a pair of semi-cylindrical elements one of which being coaxially mounted on the distal portion of a windshield wiper arm and the other being attached to said windshield wiper functioning to provide an inexpensive and nov... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437078 | Dust pan for use with a vacuum The present invention relates to a dust pan adapted to be used with a vacuum and which allows for collected dust to be drawn up by the vacuum. The dust pan of the present invention comprises a bottom wall and side walls defining a pan unit. The bottom wal... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437079 | Door hinge A door hinge having the is capable of not only automatically closing the door but also controlling the closing speed. The hinge includes a first hinge part, a second hinge part, a hinge-shaft on which the two hinge parts are pivotably mounted, a spring fo... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437080 | Device for opening flocculent fibrous material A device for opening flocculent fibrous materials, including a housing and a supply connection pipe having an end extending into a lower portion of the housing for introducing into the housing a negative pressure transport air current conveying fiber floc... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437081 | Hose clamp A band made from a material normally elastically non-stretchable in its longitudinal direction to which elastic stretchability is imparted by one or more sections which include lateral non-rectilinear band portions on both sides of the central longitudina... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437082 | Device for detecting and repairing yarn defects in a warper A defective yarn repairing device of a warper, the defective yarn repairing device comprising a yarn detecting device for detecting a defective yarn contained in a warp; a yarn pulling device for pulling out the defective yarn from the warp; and a positio... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437083 | Stent-loading mechanism A stent-loading mechanism for loading a stent onto a balloon delivery catheter of the kind typically used in typical percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures. The device comprises a series of plates having substantially flat and pa... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437084 | Assembly tool for modular flotation platform sections A tool for aligning modular flotation platform sections is lightweight and portable. Its principal components are a fulcrum lever arm, a link rod, and two adapters for gripping coupling means on adjacent flotation platforms. The fulcrum lever arm has a ha... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437085 | Hand portable riveter A hand portable riveter includes a handle pivoted to a casing to move a pull shaft through a transmission mechanism, causing it to set a rivet or rivnut via a riveter tip assembly, wherein the transmission mechanism consists of a pressure bar pivoted abou... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437086 | Method of fabricating a bi-metal pipe section A method of making a bi-metal pipe section, and especially reclaiming a used or damaged pipe section by making it into a bi-metal pipe section which resists corrosion. The bi-metal pipe section is used in constructing a pipe line or production tubing that... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437087 | Method of attaching an interduct to aduct A method for attaching an interduct to a duct by forming a groove on an outer surface of the duct and pressing out that portion of the duct encompassed by the groove to form an opening in the duct. A saddle is then attached to the duct and the interduct t... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437088 | Method of making a golf club that provides enhanced backspin and reduced sidespin An improved golf club wherein the surface of the face of the club is substantially flat, which is achieved by surfacing (milling) the club face, and wherein the edges of scoring lines (grooves) are made relatively sharp as a result of the surfacing operat... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437089 | Method and apparatus for continuous production hot-rolled strips A method for continuous production of hot-rolled strips is used at metal works and involves continuously casting a thin slab which is stored and rolled into a strip in the form of individual portions in several runs with return into the storage zone and w... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437090 | Method of making a rotor of an inductor type alternating current generator A method of making a rotor of an inductor type alternating current generator formed by connecting opposedly and alternately disposed first and second claws 3a, 3b of first and second inductors excited by an excitation coil 8 in different polarities throug... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437091 | High curvature antenna forming process A high curvature antenna is formed by using a multiple layer of laminate positioned between all microstrip elements and the conductive ground plane. By using multiple layers of laminate material, attached to one another with a thin bonding film, the anten... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437092 | Method of making contact areas on an optical waveguide An article and a method for making contact areas (221, 222, 230) on an optical waveguide (100, 200) are provided. A waveguide (100, 200) having a first surface (112) and a second surface (113) with a first indent (101) located on the first surface (112) a... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437093 | Method of making an injection molding nozzle A method of manufacturing an injection molding nozzle having an integral electrical heating element. The heating element is mounted in a space formed between an inner core, an outer rear collar and an outer sleeve. The space is first sealed by brazing wit... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437094 | Electromagnetic bolt insertion and collar swaging system A collar-swaging die includes two portions which are slidable relative to each other for alignment of the collar onto the exposed end of the bolt.... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437095 | Method of making plastic encapsulated integrated circuit package A method of making an integrated circuit package is disclosed herein along with the package itself, which package is encapsulated by plastic that is caused to flow in a given direction during the package's formation. The package itself includes an IC chip... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437096 | Method for making a multilayer metal leadframe A fabrication method and leadframe construction in which the leadframe is formed by selectively removing portions of a multilayer clad strip to expose a selected pattern of a conductive metal to conform to the desired application of the leadframe. The cla... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437097 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a cam shaft A method for manufacturing a cam shaft including the steps of preparing cam pieces provided with shaft holes and a tubular shaft member having a hollow portion, forming a plurality of grooves extending in the axial direction of the shaft hole at predeterm... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437098 | Method of manufacturing vacuum brake booster In a method of manufacturing a brake booster, a step of defining a fixed distance between a peripheral surface on a rear shell of the brake booster and an eye of a linkage member attached to a brake pedal when the movable wall is in a rest position, The w... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437099 | Method of making a combustion apparatus for high-temperature environment A method of making a novel structure for the first stage of a multiple-stage combustion, in which a metal strip is coated with a catalyst on only one side. The strip is also corrugated with a herringbone pattern. The strip is then folded back and forth up... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5437100 | Adjustable clay cutter An economical adjustable clay cutter for repeatably cutting equal segments of clay is disclosed. The device includes an arbor, cutting means, guide means, locking means, a handle and measuring means. The adjustable clay cutter is designed to reduce the am... | 08/01/1995 |
