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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5440760 | Disposable face shield The disposable face shield (10) protects the wearer against airborne particles and droplets possibly containing pathogens. The disposable face shield (10) includes a transparent plastic shield (12) and a cord (50) attached to the transparent plastic shiel... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440761 | Multi-faceted photographer's vest A multi-faceted photographer's vest (10) includes a half of a typical camera strap (12) extending from the right shoulder area, and a half of a typical camera strap (14) extending from the left shoulder area. Each camera strap half (12),(14) has a materia... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440762 | Nursing cover and method of making same A nursing shawl having a crinoline portion, a tail portion and a securing means. Said crinoline is self-supporting due to a plurality of pleats formed therein. The pleats allow the crinoline to fold down into a compact stack of material which is easily st... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440763 | Multi-purpose gown A multi-purpose gown comprising a front and a back defining a body portion having arm openings and a neck opening. The front portion is dividable into a plurality of segments by various openings releasably closable by a plurality of fasteners. A strap ext... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440764 | Disposable pants and method for making them Disposable pants having a front body comprising a sheet having elastic stretchability in the transverse direction and a rear body comprising a sheet having no elastic stretchability. The sheets are bonded to each other with a transverse dimension of the f... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440765 | Revised automatic water shut off for stuck open flush valves in toilet water tanks The automatic shut off for stuck open flush valves in toilet water tanks and water saver device depicted herein consists of a simple mechanism for installation in the water tank of a conventional water flush toilet, underneath the ball float, to provide a... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440766 | Bathtub lifting apparatus A U-shaped outer frame (18) and a rectangular inner frame (14) form the guide framework for the lift platform (24) of a lifting apparatus. The two frames (14, 18) are each made integrally of glass-fibre-reinforced plastic and have sliding articulations (2... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440767 | Device in toilet seats A device is intended to make it easier for a person to arise from and/or sit down on a toilet bowl. The device comprises a first member being a part of the toilet bowl or attachable thereto, a second member adapted to carry a sitting surface-forming arran... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440768 | Combination bed and table A combination bed and table which has two outer planar members and one inner planar member which in a first position form a horizontal bed surface with the members in a co-planar relationship and which are relatively movable to a second position at which ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440769 | Specialty item for use when holding a baby A specialty item for supporting a baby's head, while the baby is held by a mother's arm, including a soft foam pad shaped to support a baby's head, combined with a fabric case, shaped for attachment around a mother's arm, to thereby fix the pad in place. ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440770 | Infant seat with opposite supporting surfaces An infant support includes a generally wedge-shaped body portion which is adapted to alternatively support an infant in an upwardly-facing reclined position or a downwardly-facing inclined position. The body portion includes opposite first and second supp... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440771 | Jet dyeing apparatus and method An improved jet dyeing apparatus is provided which enables the user to dye either lightweight or relatively heavy weight fabrics in the same apparatus with improved efficiency and product quality. The apparatus includes a fabric plaiting mechanism mounted... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440772 | Vehicle-activated safety leg control system for a dock leveler assembly A vehicle-activated support assembly control system is provided which comprises a sensor assembly which senses the position of the vehicle relative to the dock leveler and an actuation assembly which is operatively connected to the support assembly so as ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440773 | Foldable ramp A foldable ramp includes first and second sections longitudinally aligned with each other and joined by a hinge assembly permitting the sections to be pivoted to a working position in which the sections form a continuous, substantially straight ramp with ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440774 | Disposable individual gelled instant toothbrush and sealed brush pod therefor A disposable teeth cleaning kit includes a finger mounted toothbrush having a substantially cylindrical elastic sheath with a closed end and an open end. The sheath can be provided with internal longitudinal torque ridges to prevent rolling of the sheath ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440775 | Toilet bowl scrubber A toilet bowl scrubber having a handle with a linear configuration, a first brush connected to one end of the handle, an arm extending outwardly of the handle between the first brush and an opposite end of the handle, and a second brush affixed to an end ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440776 | Corner finishing system An applicator tool for applying cementitious materials such as joint compound to corners. The tool has a handle and a head which is curved. The handle and head are integrally formed preferably from plastic. A flexible elastomeric blade projects from the f... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440777 | Painter's hand tool A tool for scraping paint from surfaces having a blade and handle fastened to a tang end of the blade. The blade has symmetrical side edges extending forwardly and outwardly from the tang to angular outer corners and a V-shaped recess formed at the center... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440778 | Multiple purpose wringer An adjustable wringer can wring a variety of different types and sizes of mops, wipes, sponges and other wringable items for use in cleaning clean rooms. The wringer has two side plates situated in a spaced relationship relative to one another, each of th... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440779 | Moisture removal from metal strip To remove moisture from an edge region (5) of moving metal strip (S), apparatus is provided which comprises a hollow housing (7) having a slot (9) in a wall which permits the edge region (5) of the strip (S) to pass through the slot (9), nozzles (19, 21) ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440780 | Tip-resistant canister for upright vacuum cleaners A tip-resistant canister for use in wet/dry vacuums is disclosed. The tip-resistant canister has recessed caster supports and a skirt for resisting tipping. The recessed caster supports lower the center of gravity of the canister thereby making the canist... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440781 | Hand-held cleaner A hand-held cleaner is disclosed which is capable of performing suction operation to suck fallen leaves, refuse and the like and blowing operation to drift them together selectively with ease, and as opposed to the conventional one, which is not required ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440782 | Suction nozzle attachment for vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner suction nozzle attachment which permits to use a vacuum cleaner in the fashion of a broom, namely, which is capable of vacuuming dust while sweeping dust out of a narrow space or out of a corner portion of a wooden or Tatami floor. The su... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440783 | Assist strap An assist strap is made of a flexible exoskeleton of a tubular shape which overlies a tubular core to provide a strong yet cushioned strap. Opposite ends of the strap are held by clamps which in turn are secured to a vehicle for attaching the strap to a v... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440784 | Ergonomic hand grip A generic ergonomic hand grip is disclosed which teaches an optimum ergonomic relationship between the various parts of the human hand including the wrist, thumbs, thumb pads, finger, finger pads, etc., which may be adapted to many different apparatus's s... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440785 | Battery handle assembly A battery handle assembly including an improved handle strap and a strap-support assembly for a storage battery which cooperatively enable the handle strap to be selectively and quickly attached to or detached from the battery's case and which facilitate ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440786 | Injection molding of cable ties with a mold having an enhanced core section A cable tie that includes an elongated tongue with two ends and two broad sides, a locking head at one end of the tongue, a tip at the other end of the tongue, and a set of ratchet teeth extending along one broad side of the tongue, wherein the locking he... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440787 | Clasp for cloth neckwear and the like A clasp for cloth neckwear and the like including a first clamping member designed to substantially encircle a first end of the neckwear and fixedly clamp the first end in a retained position, a second clamping member designed to substantially encircle a ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440788 | Cord lock of elastomeric material A cord lock including a body of resiliently deformable elastomeric material containing a passage through which one or more cords extend, with the passage having walls urged by the resilience of the elastomeric material against opposite sides of a cord or ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440789 | Scissors-type clamps and clamping assemblies The present invention relates to scissors-type clamps and clamping assemblies.... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440790 | Strap locking device A strap locking device is provided. The strap locking device includes a strap locker having a plate body with a plurality outward projecting ends spaced apart and extending in different directions. Each of the outward projecting ends is formed with a buck... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440791 | Sock clip A clip preferably monolithically formed of a single piece of resilient and pliable material (e.g., plastic), provides for the securing together of individual units of stocking, socks, and hose and the like, into their proper pairs for ease of sorting for ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440792 | Buckle having resilient locking arm with coacting retaining lug A buckle for fastening loose ends of a strap or the like comprises a male or plug member and a female or socket member releasably engageable therewith. The plug member includes an elastically deformable locking arm and a retaining lug underlying and suppo... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440793 | Process for production of fur enhanced fabric A fur strip 6 is wound on each of warp yarns 2 and weft yarns 3 of a net 4 to have a hair side 6a of the fur strip 6 disposed outside the net 4 so as to form a hairy textile fabric element 7, the net 4 being woven by interlacing the warp yarns 2 with the ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440794 | Method of manufacturing laminated ceramic capacitors A method of manufacturing an electronic component including a step wherein green-sheets each having one main surface on which a number of first interior electrodes or second interior electrodes are printed and green-sheets each having no printed electrode... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440795 | Hammer for use in shredders having replaceable pin holes The pin holes for hammers used in shredders can be changed without the need for removing the hammer pins. A single elliptical hammer pin slot is provided in the hammer. A hammer pin is inserted into one end of the elliptical hammer pin slot and a removabl... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440796 | Method for manufacturing a brake shoe The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a brake shoe particularly for drum brakes of motor vehicles, having a carrier of the brake lining whose outside surface has the shape of a circular cylindrical section, and having an arcuate or sickl... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440797 | Method for making a pneumatic ground piercing tool In a method for making a self-propelled impact boring tool, the tool body is formed by swaging a steel tube to form the tapered nose of the tool. This results in less wasted steel as compared to conventional machining of a solid steel bar to form the body... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440798 | Method of making concave aspheric bifocal mold component A method of making a concave aspheric mold insert by electroplating nickel over a silver release agent coating on an aspheric surface formed in a copper substrate to form a master having a convex surface which is a negative image of the aspheric surface. ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5440799 | Electrical terminal applicator with improved terminal tape feed means An electrical terminal applicator is disclosed for crimping terminals onto wires, with the terminals being secured to a tape in a side-by-side relationship. An applicator ram is drivable in a first path through a working stroke towards, and a return strok... | 08/15/1995 |
