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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5444870 | Football helmet and shoulder pad combination A football helmet and shoulder pad combination are designed to prevent head and neck injuries. An outer helmet is connected to a neck assembly which permits but limits head turning mobility as well as up-down and left and right head tilt. The neck mechani... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444871 | Medical gown with seamless sleeve protector A medical gown has a tubular, seamless, and impervious protective layer surrounding each sleeve to provide enhanced protection from contamination, particularly during surgical procedures. The bottom end of the protective layer is attached to the sleeve cu... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444872 | Overlapping hospital gown A hospital-type gown wherein comfort, style and cost savings in manufacture are provided, yet still enabling the patient wearer to preserve modesty while providing necessary access to the patient by a doctor or nurse for either examination or treatment wh... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444873 | Disposable protective gowns A disposable protective gown having a body portion with an upper part formed to extend over the shoulders of the wearer of the gown. The upper part includes a centrally located aperture for passage of the wearer's head. A pair of sleeves extend outwardly ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444874 | Easy access hand covering A hand covering that uses three temporarily securable flaps on its back portion to provide for the extremely easy ingress and egress of a hand while allowing the invention to remain positioned securely upon the wrist throughout, the hand covering having p... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444875 | Helmet for riding vehicle A helmet has both functions of a cap body of the full face type for protecting a wide area and a cap body of the jet type for exposing a large window opening. An auxiliary cap body is mounted on left and right opposite sidewalls of a main cap body of the ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444876 | Convertible protective eyewear Protective eyewear having a wrap-around type lens and a frame which surrounds the upper and side edges of the lens. The frame includes a slot to receive the lens, and the slot has spaced pawls within the slot. The lens includes mating detents within the f... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444877 | Foot actuated double acting lever for lifting a toilet seat A foot operated double acting lever for rotating a lid hinged to a base from a first position to a second position such as lifting the seat of a toilet bowl without touching the seat with the hands wherein the lid (or seat) is locked in the second positio... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444878 | Heat producing mattress filled with hardened mud A thermal mattress filled with hardened mud which houses electrical wires intended to provide warmth, restore health, assist in blood circulation, and repair body cells for the user. The mud mattress comprises several different layers to assist in prevent... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444879 | Pulsating water injection system and valve for hydrotherapy spa with helical water distribution groove A plurality of water injection nozzles (16) are spaced around the tub (12) of a hydrotherapy spa (10) for injecting a pulsating flow of water and air into the main body of water (14) in the tub (12). The pulsation is produced by a distribution valve (30),... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444880 | Bed with emergency head release and automatic knee down A manual CPR release for a hospital bed mechanically releases the head section from the head drive motor to quickly lower the head section to a flat position. When the head section reaches its lower limit, a switch is actuated which produces a command sig... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444881 | Anatomical support apparatus An anatomical support apparatus, such as a mattress pad or seat cushion, has a supporting frame, a perforated outer envelope, and a resilient inner body encased within said envelope, both said inner body and said envelope being supported by said frame, an... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444882 | Spinal surgery table A surgery table utilizing a frame member which is supported on a ground surface, A platform is connected to the frame member and includes a laterally movable portion which supports a patient. The table also includes a torso support which is connected to a... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444883 | Rotary, invalid bed A rotary type bed which moves from a condition that a physically handicapped person or an aged person is lying 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 th... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444884 | Controlling screen backflush and wash distribution in a pressure diffuser A pressure diffuser is constructed so that the compression of pulp that normally occurs during rapid movement of the screen assembly does not significantly degrade the efficiency of the washing (or other treatment liquid) action in the diffuser. This is a... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444885 | Platform edge warning ramp A stationary inclined platform is positioned along the edge of a train platform such that train passengers approach the edge of the train platform will notice the sudden uphill orientation of the warning platform and will realize that they are approaching... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444886 | Apparatus for cleaning a piping An apparatus designed to efficiently and positively clean a main piping not only totally, but also partially by the reciprocation of a pig. The cleaning apparatus is provided with a launcher (4) for projecting a pig (1) and a catcher (36) for receiving th... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444887 | Method and device for cleaning underwater pipes A bladed cylindrical member with high pressure fluid jet nozzles cuts and sweeps aquatic foreign matter from the inside surface of underwater pipes. The method for removing the foreign matter includes reciprocally pulling the device through the pipe and i... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444888 | Foot cleaning apparatus A foot-and-toe cleaning apparatus that comprises an elongated shaft formed from a stiff plastic material which is provided with a cleaning assembly mounted adjacent the lower end of the shaft which includes a toe-cleaning device that includes a pair of sp... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444889 | Toothbrush assembly A toothbrush assembly including a toothbrush having a head portion with bristles attached thereto, and a handle portion, on a free-standing stand for the brush, the stand being capable of retaining the brush in a substantially upright position.... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444890 | Lens cleaning devices A device for cleaning lens including first and second flaps including a non-lens-scratching supple material. Each flap being substantially the size of a standard eyeglass lens and including an end region and a center neck region. A main piece joins the fi... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444891 | Edge guard for paint roller An edge guard for paint roller wherein an elongate body having a generally C-shaped cross-sectional configuration is arranged for snap-fit over a handle portion of a paint roller handle, and the body including a first rod extending parallel to the body ex... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444892 | Appliance for the wet cleaning of filter cartridges in fluidized-bed apparatuses, spray driers and moving bed installations The wet cleaning of filter cartridges (4) in fluidised-bed apparatuses and similar process units, without their being dismantled, is carried out by means of cleaning fluid sprayed out of nozzle orifices (10) arranged in the form of a ring, the nozzle orif... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444893 | Apparatus for preventing bumping and falling of automatic travelling vacuum cleaner An apparatus for and a method of preventing bumping and falling of an automatic travelling cleaner wherein a situation of the cleaner is determined by sensing a variation of flow rate of a fluid in an extension pipe depending on a gap between an intake po... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444894 | Vehicle door hinge with integrated check A three piece lift-off hinge assembly for a vehicle door comprising a door-half hinge plate and a body-half hinge sub-assembly incorporating an integrated track member and track guide type hold-open door check mechanism. The hinge assembly enables the veh... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444895 | Furniture hinge A hinge includes a stationary fitting base plate part, which fitting base plate part is connected with a pivotal fitting part. The hinge is able to be pivoted for lateral adjustment of a door or flap carried by the pivotal fitting part, in relation to the... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444896 | Molded metal tip for leather belt A molded metal member has an opening to receive the end of a leather belt. The front face may be embossed or engraved decoratively, and the rear face is formed with a V-shaped slot oriented to achieve a locking action with the leather belt when upset inwa... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444897 | Hooks reciprocable between a recessed inoperative position and an exposed operative position A hook reciprocable between a recessed inoperative position and an exposed operative position and comprises a housing formed with a cylindrical side wall which has an open exterior end and an interior end with a circular end cap enclosing the side wall at... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444898 | Water-resistant closure A water-resistant closure possessing a layer of waterproof material having an opening is disclosed. Attached within the opening is a slide fastening assembly comprising a pair of stringer tapes of a waterproof fabric. At least one stringer tape is longitu... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444899 | Safety catch A yieldable safety connection including a male portion (20) insertable into a female portion (30) for separation therefrom when both portions are subjected to counter-directed traction forces exceeding a certain magnitude. The male portion (20) includes a... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444900 | Fluid-encapsulating casket mattress A mattress for retaining fluids within a casket comprises: a liquid-impermeable elongated backing sheet; a liquid-permeable elongated top sheet; an absorbent core disposed between said backing sheet and said top sheet, the top sheet having an inner surface which is... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444901 | Method of manufacturing silicon pressure sensor having dual elements simultaneously mounted A dual-element, parallel-plate silicon capacitative pressure sensor includes a pressure sensing element and a reference element of identical structure. Both elements are separately fabricated from the same silicon wafers using identical processing steps. ... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444902 | Cylinder rounding/holding tool A cylinder rounding/holding tool that is positioned in the center of the rotary table and bolted to a base plate for rigidity. The tool is formed from a metal frame that is circular on the inside diameter to form a locating boss and has flats on the exter... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444903 | Method of making a loop for hanging jewelry A method of making a jewelry loop for displaying charms and similar hanging jewelry such that each loop of the hanger has at least a single charm. Each loop of the hanger is provided with a spring-like quality causing the ends of the loop to spring back t... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444904 | Device for replacing the knives of a disc chipper A knife (12) are a holding and releasing mechanism (8) are oriented in the direction of a radius of a chipper disc (19). The holding and releasing mechanism (8) is pushed in the direction of the radius of the chipper disc to release the knife (12) and dra... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444905 | Apparatus for manufacturing mattresses and box springs An apparatus for forming springs for incorporation into an innerspring mattress is disclosed. The apparatus includes the use of change gears to facilitate the manufacture of a variety of innerspring sizes.... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444906 | Machine for assembling a connector to the edge of a circuit board A machine (50) is disclosed that assembles an electrical connector (10) to the edge (18) of a printed circuit board (12). The machine incorporates an actuating mechanism that requires only a single input motion to achieve a Variety of functional motions w... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444907 | Device to pull electric meter A device to provide a quick and safe elimination of the supply of electricity to a building. The device attaches to the protective housing of the electric meter and permits the user to remain at a safe distance while further providing leverage to be appli... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444908 | Die for driving pierce nut A die assembly for driving a pierce nut which comprises an annular coining portion provided on the top of a die body, the inner surface of the annular coining portion being continuous with a center aperture of the die body. An annular projection is provid... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444909 | Method of making a drop-in heat sink A heat sink incorporated into an electronic package. The package contains an integrated circuit enclosed by a dielectric housing. Coupled to the circuit is a lead frame which has a plurality of leads that extend from the outer edges of the housing. The he... | 08/29/1995 |
