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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5481758 | Garment having a message relating to money printed thereon and adjacent to a reproduction of paper money attached thereto A garment which carries a message in combination with a three-dimensional structure is disclosed. The garment consists of an article of clothing having a reproduction of paper money secured to tile surface of the article of clothing at a position where it... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481759 | Expandable baseball hat and cover An expandable baseball hat and cover adapted to expand and conform to differently shaped heads or protective devices. The hat includes a first flexible material which has an inner surface, an outer surface and a peripheral edge to form a skirt portion. Th... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481760 | Cap blocker A cap blocker provides for the maintenance of the shape of a billed, baseball type cap, particularly the shape of the front of the cap above the bill. The device is preferably formed of a flat, planar sheet of sturdy, relatively stiff material, which mate... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481761 | Sleeve support The shoulder area of wedding and party dresses are usually puffed up using crinoline netting, which is very cumbersome and difficult to work. A simple solution to this problem includes a fabric panel in the shape of a truncated segment of a circle with a ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481762 | Helmet having a planar-molded infrastructure An injection molded foam bicycle helmet is disclosed and is constructed from a dome-shaped internal frame and a surrounding coating of a foam based material. The dome-shaped frame is formed from an integrally molded, planar member including an annular low... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481763 | Molded head harness An insert-molded head harness for use in securing a respirator mask to the face of a wearer, wherein the head harness comprises a web having a central portion and a peripheral portion extending at least partially around the central portion, and a pluralit... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481764 | Underwater seat restraint apparatus An apparatus for use in restraining movement of a bather within a bath or spa includes a seat belt including a pair of elongated, pliable straps, and a pair of suction cups for attaching a first end of each strap to a support surface of the bath or spa. A... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481765 | Adjustable shower head holder An adjustable shower head holder including a mounting block mounted around the hanging rod of a wall mounting rack, a shower head mount coupled to the mounting block by a locating ring and a socket and a pivot to hold a shower head, and an adjustment knob... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481766 | Toilet guard A guard for repelling rats and other animals from entering a toilet bowl fixture installed on a wax sealing ring. The guard comprises a guard tube and a plurality of flexible, resilient wires having their base ends attached to circumferentially-spaced poi... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481767 | Multipurpose beach blanket A multipurpose blanket that is adapted for use at the beach, picnics and various sporting events, wherein there is provided a pillow and a wraparound support carrier that also defines a storage member, and wherein a wraparound support carrier includes a p... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481768 | Easily stored pillow and blanket and method A blanket that can be converted into a pillow. The blanket has a pair of straps which can secure the blanket in a folded position.... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481769 | Lifting apparatus A lifting device for swiveling a part of a piece of furniture includes a scissor jack attached to the part being swiveled and operated by a drive unit having a spindle and a gear motor which is connected to the scissor jack and runs along the spindle. Inc... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481770 | Stretcher device The invention comprises a stretcher. The stretcher has an elongated rectangular frame and a U shaped frame with the ends of its legs pivotally mounted to the inside of the rectangular frame to pivot from a flush position inside and parallel with the recta... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481771 | Tension eliminator pillow A tension eliminator pillow comprising a block in a generally rectangular configuration having an upper surface, a lower surface, long side walls and short front and rear walls coupled therebetween in a generally rectangular configuration, the side walls,... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481772 | Bed rail apparatus A bed rail cover for removable placement over a bed side rail comprises two spaced, opposed side panels joined along their side and top edges to a border strip, the panels and border strip being composed of an elastomeric material. A flap of elastomeric m... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481773 | Ramp bridging member The ramp bridging member has a bridge plate connected to ramp so as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis It has a free end. An extension with a substantially vertical leg 14 is provided with which the extension is connected to the free end of the bridg... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481774 | Support mechanism for a dockleveler lift bag A support and attachment mechanism for a dock leveler lift bag. The dock leveler includes a supporting structure which is mounted in a pit in a loading dock and the rear end of a ramp is pivoted to the supporting structure so that the ramp is movable betw... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481775 | Toothbrush with movable head A toothbrush having a head which moves in an arc about the longitudinal axis of the brush in a spiral track. The brush comprises bristles, a bristle base from which the bristles extend, a panel in which the bristle base slides, a head base and a handle. T... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481776 | Brush pressure system A brush pressure system for a cleaning or sweeping machine, particularly of the pedestrian type, has elements for biasing the brush or brushes against the surface to be cleaned or swept, at a desired value and preferably at a controllably variable value. ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481777 | Releasable mop head A mop head for releasably securing absorbent mop material to a handle comprises a mount for the absorbent material having a reaction surface thereon shaped and arranged for receiving the absorbent material thereacross and a clamp member attached to the mo... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481778 | Windshield wiper system with extendable wiper arm and adjustable blade pressure The wiper arm of a windshield wiper system for passenger vehicles is oscillatingly driven across the windshield and the contact pressure of the wiper blade is varied during the oscillatory motion. A driven basic body is pivoted on a pivot bearing mounted ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481779 | Ergonomic tool support apparatus and material removal system This invention is a portable support apparatus composing a mounting frame or yoke which can be supported about the hips of a worker or be attached to a machine or robot. A pivoting assembly pivots a rod having one end secured to the pivoting assembly to a... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481780 | Clean air vacuum cleaners This invention introduces a new series of vacuum cleaners or a special cover for them in which the unit will have a mechanism to prevent polluted air going out via the walls of the collection bag of the commonly used vacuum cleaners to enter into the hous... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481781 | Rollered nozzle A vacuum cleaner is provided with a nozzle having front and rear rollers that extend for, essentially, the width of the nozzle from side to side. Ideally, these rollers are mounted at least partly within the vacuumized envelope formed by the nozzle.... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481782 | Cabinet/furniture with snap-on device for quick assembly A cabinet/furniture hinge with a snap-on device for quick assembly includes a hinge cup and a hinge arm, a cover clamp with an adjusting plate, and a fastening plate clamped on the base plate. Retainer surfaces formed on the front area of the fastening pl... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481783 | Attachment device for gearshift lock An attachment device attaches a gearshift lock to a vehicle and includes a base plate fixed to the vehicle and a bar member for supporting the gearshift lock. The bar member includes a sleeve for rotatably engaging with a rod disposed on the base plate. A... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481784 | Clip apparatus An improved clip apparatus having an associated attachment member for assisting in the maintenance of the clip apparatus in useful gripping contact with one or more items.... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481785 | Reusable casket assembly A reusable casket assembly comprising a two part burial system comprising an ornate, reusable outer shell that is mated to an inner capsule. The decorative shell esthetically and operationally covers the inner capsule in which the body is interred. The in... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481786 | Method of manufacturing a recyclable carpet A tufted fabric (1) devoid of external chemical binders is formed by crosslapping a carded web of fibers (10) onto a back side (15) of a tufted primary backing (12), the opposed front side (19) of which having tufts (17) projecting therethrough, while it ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481787 | Apparatus for treating yarn with fluid An apparatus for treating yarn with fluid designed to provide a yarn, which consists of a multifilament, with coherence by using a working fluid. The apparatus is provided with first and second components which have flat surfaces fixed in parallel against... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481788 | Apparatus for producing welding rod A method and apparatus for producing high quality welding rod including a first forming of an ingot under vacuum forming techniques; a continuous mechanical de-scaling at all stages, including, but not limited to, final drawing; an unusual electrolytic pu... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481789 | Method for removing a gear or bearing in circular clarifiers and thickeners Disclosed herein is a simple and inexpensive system for removing a single piece ring gear from a tank of a circular clarifier without the need to completely remove a bridge mounted on a pier in the clarifier. The bridge remains useable while the gear is r... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481790 | Method for allowing selective access to the interior of fluid containment structures A system for mounting access plates for covering an access opening onto storage tanks and the like. A backing plate assembly comprising two semi-circular, rigid backing plates is provided. The backing plates are passed individually into the interior of th... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481791 | Method of making a floating-type composite magnetic head provided with a magnetic core having concave mark(s) on side surface thereof A magnetic core provided with one or more concave mark(s) with a depth of 2 um or less on at least one side surface of the magnetic core for a floating-type complex magnetic head, wherein the magnetic gap depth is controlled by machining the air bearing w... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481792 | Inductor winding method There are provided low profile inductor and transformer windings, and methods for fabricating the same. An elongate conductive ribbon is wound in one continuous direction on a generally hourglass shaped mandrel to form the ribbon into a double conical hel... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481793 | Hook and bolt type boiler wall tube tool A boiler wall tube tool for clamping together adjacent ends at a juncture of a boiler wall tube in a boiler wall. The tool includes first and second opposing clamping members, each clamping member including a recess suitable for engaging an exterior surfa... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481794 | Device for handling objects and method of using same A device for simultaneously receiving objects arranged in a first positional arrangement and for simultaneously delivering such objects arranged in a second positional arrangement, and a method of using such device. More particularly, the apparatus includ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481795 | Method of manufacturing organic substrate used for printed circuits A method of manufacturing an organic substrate used for printed circuits, which includes the steps of forming through-holes in a porous raw material provided with cover films and having compressive shrinkage, filling electro-conductive paste into the thro... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481796 | Electrical terminal applicators with improved terminal tape moving means An electrical terminal applicator is provided for crimping terminals onto wires, the terminals being secured to a tape in a side-by-side relationship with their axes extending laterally of the tape. An applicator ram is drivable in a first path for moving... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481797 | Link pin displacement A long link pin for a vehicle track is extracted cold from interference fit in bosses by means of a high pressure, short stroke hydraulic ram mechanism which includes a guide tube defining a guide enclosure into which short drift blocks may be loaded thro... | 01/09/1996 |
