Bizarre Patents
A new toilet tank assembly aquarium for housing aquatic creatures.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5487187 | Underarm straps for shoulder pads Underarm straps for shoulder pads wherein a pair of non-elastic strap segments are connected between the breast plates and back plates of the shoulder pads and extend underneath the arms of the user on each side of the shoulder pads. The strap segments ar... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487188 | Glove with means for protecting the ligaments and articulations of the hand A glove for protecting the ligaments, articulations and bones of the hand, has a glove body, to which is associated a plate for protecting the hand palm, at the proximal region of the forearm, which is provided, at one end, with an annular element encompa... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487189 | Coveralls having reduced seams and seamless shoulder construction and method of manufacture Disclosed is disposable protective coveralls having a reduced number of seams and a seamless shoulder construction. The disposable protective coveralls include a first body half and a second body half. Each body half is formed from a seamless sheet of mat... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487190 | Workman's material support vest for supporting cylinders A caulking tube supporting vest is formed by front and back fabric panels substantially covering a user's torso and secured at their depending edges by straps at respective sides of a user. A vertical series of horizontally disposed open end sleeves forme... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487191 | Vented visor cap A cap or hat having a visor for permitting a flow of air through the visor, thereby precluding unintentional removal of the cap by wind currents. The inventive device includes a cap having a visor;extending outwardly therefrom, with the visor having a sem... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487192 | Apparatus for the raising and self-lowering of a toilet seat An apparatus for the raising and self-lowering of a toilet seat comprising a lever, the lever being disposed in an essentially vertical plane having a central aperture extending therethrough for the receipt of a bolt and an associated nut for constituting... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487193 | Enhanced operation toilet A water saver toilet is provided, of the type that applies a vacuum to the toilet bowl outlet to assist flushing, which effectively uses the vacuum and which can be of low height. The toilet bowl outlet includes upper and lower trap devices (44, 50 in FIG... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487194 | Device to restore water level in toilet bowl A device to restore the water level in a toilet bowl is disclosed wherein bleed water issued by the float actuated valve in a toilet tank reservoir is used to prime a syphon tube so that additional water from the toilet tank reservoir is shuttled down the... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487195 | Patient lifting and transporting apparatus Apparatus for lifting and transporting a prone patient comprising a mobile base frame that may extend under the patient's bed, a vertical support structure mounted along one side of the base frame, a pair of cooperating patient supporting plates connected... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487196 | Automated pressure relief mattress support system Automated pressure relief mattress support system including method and apparatus for supporting a bed patient comprising an air mattress construction having a plurality of longitudinally extending flexible air compartments or tubes which are connected to ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487197 | Pneumatic wheelchair cushion A pneumatic wheelchair cushion system has an air cushion with adjoining separate chambers for cushioning a user's coccyx, ischial tuberosities, greater trochanters and thighs. The chambers are pneumatically interconnected with each other such that pressur... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487198 | Two-piece high top shoe tree A two-piece, high top shoe tree includes a toe member that has a distal tip end and a proximal end. The toe member is insertable into a toe portion of a respective shoe and formed to support the toe portion of the shoe. The shoe tree also includes a heel ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487199 | Vandalism prevention device for highway bridges An apparatus and method are disclosed for preventing or inhibiting the vandalism of bridges and other like structures. The apparatus includes a slant plate device having an elongate plate which is positioned so as to extend downwardly and outwardly from a... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487200 | Bottle cleaner A container cleaner apparatus is provided, wherein containers are conveyed to stations for cleaning consisting of a first assembly for supplying ionized air to the interior of the containers at the stations to neutralize static electricity therein. A seco... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487201 | Disposable tooth and gum cleaning device An oral wipe comprised of a sleeve, the sleeve being comprised of interwoven material, the sleeve having a closed end extending to at least one corner at the closed end, a pick element comprised of a heat sealable component, and a piece of dental floss, t... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487202 | Floor mopping device with wheeled support frame A floor mopping device including a main frame having two laterally spaced floor engaging wheels and a downwardly sloping elongated push handle longitudinally adjustably connected thereto. A lower forward end of the push handle is connected to a transverse... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487203 | Squeegee having an advertising display area An implement handle, such as a handle for a squeegee, used for cleaning vehicle windshields, wherein a portion of the handle has a polygonal cross-section providing a plurality of flat faces forming a display area upon which advertising indicia is connect... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487204 | Windshield wiper with deicer A windshield wiper assembly including a wiper deicer for eliminating the build-up of snow and ice on a windshield wiper blade thereof. The assembly comprising a first support bracket secured to the windshield wiper; a second support bracket having a splin... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487205 | Windshield wiper blade with securing rod A replaceable windshield wiping element for a windshield wiper system, including an insert end being made relatively rigid in comparison to the windshield contact end of the wiping element so that the insert end may be fastened with a fastener within a ho... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487206 | Door control device A door closing device comprises a piston (12) having at one end a seal (21) which seals the interface between the piston and a housing (10). The seal (21) also acts as a one-way valve and carries a pressure relief valve (37).... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487207 | Hinge element for a folding support The hinge element is comprised of two shells (10 and 11) made of dished metal plate which are assembled by means of a locking member comprising essentially a bolt (13) and a nut (15). Each of the two shells comprises a concave circular part having a flat ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487208 | Device for the detection of breakage of textile fiber slivers before a draw frame A device is provided for the detection of breakage of textile fiber slivers before a draw frame of the textile industry. The device must detect breakage of presented fiber slivers. The invention improves the reliability of detection of sliver breakage of ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487209 | Self-tightening clamp structure A so-called stepless self-tightening clamp structure having a first clamping position and a second non-clamping position in which the clamping band is under prestress of its inherent spring characteristics. To latchingly hold the clamp structure in its se... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487210 | Buckle faceplate belt clamp A method of engaging a belt-clamping buckle to hold a waist-encircled belt in place about the user in which the buckle closes from a clearance position into clamping engagement with the belt in the same direction as the waist-encircling direction, so that... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487211 | Method for fabricating a surface-mountable crystal resonator A surface-mountable crystal resonator (100) is provided in the following manner. A first predetermined electrode pattern (105) and a second predetermined electrode pattern (201) are formed on a first major surface (104) and a second major surface (200), r... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487212 | Assembly and packaging method for needle and suture assemblies An automated machine for attaching a suture to a surgical needle having a suture receiving opening formed therein, and for packaging the same in a package tray comprises a first workstation including a device for sorting a plurality of needles and orienti... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487213 | Method of assembling an electric motor A motor manufacturing and its method of assembly are disclosed. The motor includes lower and upper end frames with bearings, an armature assembly rotatably mounted in the bearings of the lower and upper end frames, and a winding field assembly supported b... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487214 | Method of making a monolithic magnetic device with printed circuit interconnections A monolithic magnetic device having a plurality of transformer elements having single turn primaries and single turn secondaries fabricated on a plate of ferrite which has the outline of a ceramic leadless chip carrier. Each of the magnetic elements has a... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487215 | Self-adjusting head A system is disclosed for installing fasteners in a panel and automatically sensing and compensating for certain error conditions which commonly arise in the installation process. The system includes monitoring the load exerted during the installation pro... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487216 | Control system for an automatic needle-suture assembly and packaging machine An apparatus for automatically forming a plurality of needle-suture assemblies out of a plurality of unsorted needles and an indefinite length strand of suture material, and, automatically positioning them within a package tray, comprises a first machine ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487217 | Apparatus and system for installing rivets in belt fasteners A belt fastener assembly attachment apparatus attaches belt fastener assemblies to the end of a belt with rivets and with a non-manually powered rivet assembly driving tool. A guide template having a plurality of guide apertures is alignable with the anvi... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487218 | Method for making printed circuit boards with selectivity filled plated through holes Disclosed is a printed circuit board and a method of preparing the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has two types of plated through holes. The first type of plated through holes extend to and through an exterior surface of the printed circ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487219 | Method of manufacturing engine cradles A method for forming a structural member, the method comprising the steps of placing a first sheet member having a length dimension greater than a width dimension in a press, placing a second sheet member having a length dimension greater than a width dim... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487220 | Coaxial cable terminal processing tool and processing method of the same In a coaxial cable terminal processing tool, a processing tool main body has an arm member. A pair of rollers are pivotally supported by the processing tool main body and oppose each other. An L-shaped cable stopper is disposed in the processing tool main... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487221 | Jig saw A jig saw includes a housing and a drive shaft disposed within the housing and driven to perform a predetermined motion. A holder is mounted on the drive shaft and includes an operation member operable between a fixing position and a releasing position fo... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487222 | Combination level A combination level has a rectangular housing and liquid-filled vials each having an entrained gas bubble to indicate horizontal level and vertical plumb at a local location. A scope element is incorporated within the housing and utilized to ascertain lev... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487223 | Linear scale A scale, such as a tape measure, is provided with a plurality of slots corresponding to graduations on the scale. The slots are alternatingly located on opposed edges of the scale, and edges of each slot are collinear with edges of opposing slots. When me... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487224 | Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns, during, for example, a texturizing stretching operation. The yarn is subject to two successive treatments, one at a high temperature, the other at a normal treatment temperature. The device is one wherein the... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487225 | Apparatus and method for controlled drying of plastic pellets Apparatus and a method for the controlled drying of polymer plastic pellets within a dryer hopper are provided. A sensor tree having a plurality of temperature sensors spaced vertically on the tree is positioned vertically within the dryer hopper so that ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5487226 | Manure drying system and related method A manure drying system for reducing the moisture content in manure collected in an animal husbandry operation, and a method of carrying out the manure drying process. The system and method include providing an animal confinement facility having a ventilat... | 01/30/1996 |
