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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5461724 | Article of clothing, in particular for the medical or chemical field having barrier membrane in critical areas An article of clothing for the medical or chemical field for protection against liquids and/or micro-organisms comprises at least three layers. The outer layer (1) is formed of a hydrophobic fabric which forms a liquid barrier and a micro-organism barrier... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461725 | Garment for nursing woman The garment is provided featuring stretchable, resilient straps and a bodice. The straps are sufficiently resilient and suitably stretchable so that when a women wearing the garment pulls down the bodice, she can expose a breast for nursing and when throu... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461726 | Device for wearing around the neck of a user The present invention discloses a bolo having a string like portion and a gripping portion. The string like portion has a first and second end. The bolo portion is attached to a tie-like or blade portion having an upper side and lower side, a face and a r... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461727 | Bouffant headpiece A bouffant headpiece (10) includes a loose bouffant-type cap (12) having an elastic strand (16) attached to, and extending about, a lower edge (17) thereof for contracting the lower edge of the cap onto a wearer's head. The headpiece also includes a head-... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461728 | Hand warming muff and holding apparatus A hand warming muff and holding apparatus for use by a bow hunter including a hip pocket having a tubular insulated body with a sealed bottom end and an open top end, a cuff coupled to the top end of the body for receiving a bow hunter's hand and snugly f... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461729 | Men's underwear brief The invention relates to a male undergarment brief which through simple construction forms a defined genital pouch and a secured leg opening edge. The brief includes front and rear panels. The front panel comprises two knitted cotton panels having identic... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461730 | Protective hat A protective hat for children and adults comprises a head-enveloping member constructed of a core of impact absorbent foam, encapsulated within a shell of textile fabric material, the textile fabric material providing the inner and outer surfaces of the h... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461731 | Shield plate mounting structure in helmet A cap body is formed with a support sleeve and an arcuate guide projection wall which are concentric with a mounting base plate. The support sleeve is formed with a first notch and a first guide groove. A first engage claw is projected from a pivot shaft ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461732 | Toilet seat cover A seat cover for padding a toilet seat and precluding a transmission of germs from the toilet seat to an individual. The inventive device includes an elliptical pad positionable over the toilet seat. A plurality of straps can be extended about the toilet ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461733 | Lifting device for a cover and seat on a bowl of a toilet A lifting device for a cover and seat on a bowl of a toilet comprising a pivot pin. A structure is affixed to the bottom surface of the cover at a side edge thereof, for extending horizontally the pivot pin away from the side edge of the cover. A handle i... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461734 | Automatic toilet seat lowering A toilet seat assembly for automatically closing a toilet seat includes a mount for attachment of the toilet seat to a conventional toilet bowl. The toilet seat is rotatably connected to the mount for movement between a first upright position and a lowere... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461735 | Bed or cot structure which can be retracted into a ceiling A bed or cot structure which can be retracted into a ceiling. The bed structure is designed to fit within a recess, formed in a ceiling, which serves as a receptacle for the structure. An elongate pivoting support is rotationally coupled at one end within... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461736 | Portable hydraulic lift step stool for raising handicapped patients to an elevated location A portable hydraulic lift step stool for raising handicapped patients to an elevated location comprising of a lower base positionable upon a floor, the lower base having parallel corner walls extending upwardly therefrom. An upper base having a planar sur... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461737 | Mattress apparatus and method for manufacturing the same A pad is arranged on the upper and lower sides of a spring unit to provide a laminate structure. The laminate structure is covered with an outer cover body comprising top and bottom layers covering the corresponding pads and a side layer covering the lami... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461738 | Bed system with excreting mechanism A bed system with an excreting mechanism of the present invention includes a front base for receiving the upper half of a patient's body and having a first front portion capable of being tilted up or down, a rear base for receiving the lower half of the p... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461739 | Patient midsection and shoulder support apparatus for tilting examination table A patient-supporting bed especially adapted for cardiac sonography includes a horizontal uppermost bed surface, an exercise apparatus coupled to one end of the bed, a tilting mechanism for tilting the bed surface, and a novel support structure for support... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461740 | Multi-positional bed A multi-positional bed comprises at one end thereof a pair of pillars. One of the pillars is disposed at or near each side of the bed and at the opposite end a single pillar is disposed substantially on the longitudinal center line of the bed. The bed has... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461741 | Modular cushion construction with foamed base A modular cushion comprising a shaped base which has a flat rear portion and a raised front portion with angularly directed valleys and a raised pommel to direct weight to the thighs and in combination with a resilient pad positioned on the flat portion o... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461742 | Mist treatment of garments An apparatus and method for applying textile treatment finishing agents to garments or garment work pieces is provided. The apparatus includes a rotating drum and a nozzle for generating a fine mist or fog of textile treatment agents inside the rotating d... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461743 | Methods and apparatuses for mounting multiple-strand stays of bridges To mount a multiple strand stay of a stayed bridge between a tower and a deck of said bridge, one of the strands (41) that is to make up the stay is installed in its final oblique position; a guide cage is suspended from said strand installed i... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461744 | Dental device attachable to an electric toothbrush drive A dental device for an electric toothbrush drive having a drive shaft, the dental device including a housing, a motion converter arranged in the housing and including a rocker arm, a rotary oscillation plate having an eccentrically arranged plug-in openin... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461745 | Automatic vehicle washing apparatus A motor vehicle washing apparatus having a brush assembly and curtain assembly for prolonging the life of the brush assembly and the curtain assembly by adjusting the length of elements of each when wear occurs. The brush assembly includes a plurality of ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461746 | Magnetic cleaning pig A magnetic disc for a cleaning device which is passed through a pipeline having a cylindrical internal wall. The magnetic disc includes a flexible circular disc body perpendicular to the cylindrical wall, the disc body having a plurality of radially space... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461747 | Data card cleaner A hand-held device for cleaning data-bearing cards includes a housing, a fluid applicator pad, a scrubber pad, a drying pad, and a removable panel. The housing includes a first surface to oppose the portion of the card to be cleaned. A first recess is dis... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461748 | Mat, mat with name and method for anchoring name seal A mat in which an element of thermoplastic resin as the base material for anchoring a name is integrated with a mat main body so as to be exposed on the surface of the mat main body. A name seal is welded on the surface of the element of thermoplastic res... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461749 | Floor mop and cleaning system A floor mop for cleaning a floor. The floor mop includes a mop head and a handle pivotally connected to the mop head. A disposable cleaning sheet is attached by a minor portion adjacent one edge to a leading edge of the mop head, leaving a major portion o... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461750 | Double curved backing plate with cushioned support for rotary buffing pads A backing plate for a rotary buffing pad assembly provides cushioned support for a pair of curved edge buffing pads mounted back-to-back. The backing plate is adapted for easy reversible mounting and the cushioned pad support prevents damaging contact by ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461751 | Cedar air freshener for vacuum cleaner bags Cedar chips are used as an air freshener and pesticide in a vacuum cleaner bag. The chips can be loose or contained in a porous "tea bag." Cedar oil may be used to augment the effect of the chips. The chips are placed in the receptacle or vacuumed from th... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461752 | Paint tray assembly, for mounting on either one of the uprights of a ladder A ladder-upright-mountable, paint tray assembly is provided wherein at least one bracket assembly is provided on the underside of upper, paint draining portion of the paint tray assembly. Therefor each bracket assembly is a sliding fit on the ladder uprig... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461753 | Seal for swivel caster assembly A seal for a swivel caster assembly is disclosed. The seal protects the first ball bearing set of the assembly. The seal has a V-shaped cross section formed by seal legs that are joined at a bight and extend radially inward, and are in surface contact wit... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461754 | Door closer with a detent for holding a door open and the detent therefor A door closer being affixable to a door for closing the door. A channel having a slide therein for engaging with a detent also in the channel for holding the door open. The slide is connected to an arm of the door closer which arm moves the slide along th... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461755 | Lightweight handle Disclosed is a light weight handle assembly adapted to transport a heavy duty container which may contain sensitive electronic components. The handle assembly of the present invention generally comprises a stationary bracket which mounts to a container wa... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461756 | Retractable luggage handle release control and inner tube positioning arrangement The arrangement includes a release control mechanism and an inner tube positioning structure, wherein the release control mechanism consists of a hollow control block fixed between the sleeves of the retractable luggage handle, a sliding block slidably mo... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461757 | Apparatus for measuring the sliver density at a tapering sliver guide in a drafting frame A drafting frame includes a drafting unit for drafting a plurality of slivers running in an advancing direction and combining the slivers into a single sliver; and a sliver guide situated upstream of the drafting unit. The sliver guide has converging wall... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461758 | Roller device for sensing and controlling unevenness of silver in a carding machine A short cycle unevenness control device in the delivery part of a carding machine. The device includes a set of measuring rollers 26 and 37 for receiving a sliver from a funnel and a set of drafting rollers 23 and 42 for issuing the sliver S to a coiler. ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461759 | Information carrier for clamping onto rods, particularly clothes rods An information carrier for clamping onto rods (S), particularly clothes rods or the like, having a holding clamp which, by its two first arms of a resilient material, forms a substantially C-shaped clamping jaw to receive the rod (S), having at least one ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461760 | Sleeve stretcher assembly for a spreader roller A sleeve stretcher assembly for the ends of an elastomer sleeve of a spreader roller which includes a stationary shaft having at least one of its end portions configured as a tube. A slide rod is adapted for sliding interior of said tube in a direction pa... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461761 | Process and apparatus for the production of expanded grids A sheet-metal strip provided with mutually staggered cuts is conveyed continuously at a first speed through a first conveying apparatus (23) and at a second speed, increased as related to the first speed, through a second conveying apparatus (24). Thereby... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461762 | Compound elliptical tire rasp blade A tire rasp blade for use in a tire buffing machine having a rotating hub. A set of rasp blades is arranged in a plurality of circumferential rows. Each of the blades has a non-planar elongated body with generally planar portions, and an arcuate working e... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461763 | Curtain apparatus A curtain apparatus having a hood with a top plate in which a plurality of slots are positioned approximately parallel to each other. A fixed woven mesh metal curtain is mounted within one slot so that the fixed woven mesh metal curtain remains in a fixed... | 10/31/1995 |
