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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5500951 | Shock absorbing strap cover A shock absorbing strap cover is made of a resilient pad having a mounting portion for mounting the strap cover to a strap. The pad includes surfaces defining contact face on one side and a non-contact face on the opposing side. The non-contact face faces... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500952 | Hip inflatable protection device The invention is a self-contained protective device/system designed to protect the hips, pelvis, buttocks, and coccyx areas of the user. The device may be worn outside of the clothing. Because it is small in size and lightweight, it may be easily put on a... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500953 | Double lens electric shield Known protective helmets used for motorcycle riding, flying and snowmobiling employ transparent visors that have heating elements to reduce and attempt to eliminate the build-up of ice, condensation and fog. A double-lensed face shield is provided with a ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500954 | Safety shield system A safety system shield which protects the head, facial, throat, and upper thorax regions of the body from exposure to biological, chemical, and physical matter that may take the form of solids, liquids, or aerosols, and includes a thin flexible shield whi... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500955 | Knee pad for athletes The invention relates to a knee pad for athletes which has a cushion part which covers the front and side of the knee and fastening means surrounding parts of the thigh and of the lower leg in the region of the knee, and in order to obtain optimal protect... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500956 | Basketball glove An athletic glove especially adapted for handling a basketball includes a palm layer and a top layer sewn together at their lateral edges to provide a substantially partially thumbless, fingertipless, wristless, four fingered glove body construction havin... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500957 | Surgical glove An improved surgical glove is provided having reinforcing pads formed over the distal finger and thumb pulps and over the metacarpal-phalangeal joints. The fingertips and thumb tips are the most likely region of a surgical glove to be accidentally penetra... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500958 | Seal plate attachment for earmuffs A seal plate attachment for earmuffs. The seal plate attachment has a first and second portion including substantially flat surfaces, outer perimeters, and inner perimeters defining central openings. The first portion of the seal plate attachment includes... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500959 | Support belt with high tension cinching system A support belt has a cinching system which incorporates two or more rings and results in a reduction of the force required to secure the belt around a user's waist. An elastomeric material may be deposited on the interior surface of the belt so as to incr... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500960 | Flush system for outdoor portable toilets A flushing system is provided for an outdoor portable toilet of the type having a cabana containing a waste material storage tank upon which a toilet structure is positioned for the deposit of toilet waste material into the tank by gravity. A separate fre... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500961 | Double-trip handle type flush control mechanism for ballfloat toilets A flush control mechanism including a first trip handle turned to lift the tank ball of the water tank of a ballfloat toilet for allowing the full volume of water to be drawn out of the water tank, a second trip handle turned to lift the tank ball for all... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500962 | Outdoor toilet cabana An outdoor toilet cabana is formed of pair of side walls whose opposite vertical edges are bent to form angled corner sections having their free edge portions bent into vertical strip-like flanges that extend in approximately the same plane towards the op... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500963 | Securing device for interlocking tubular bed frame bunk beds The present invention comprises a novel device for fixedly attaching and securing at least one horizontal supporting tubular frame structure between a pair of vertically positioned end frame members of a bunk bed, whereby the attaching and securing device... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500964 | Patient manipulating kit and method of converting a hospital bed to a patient manipulation apparatus A method for converting a patient bed or chair to a patient manipulating device by selecting a kit including a subframe having a central hinge plate carrying a pair of left and right articulated wing support devices for complementary conformity to the und... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500965 | Cushion A cushion for the seat of a chair is provided, having at least two groups of cyclically inflatable tubes (4, 6, 8, 10), each group comprising at least one tube. Control means (18) inflates and deflates each group sequentially. The cushion also has a buffe... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500966 | Zipper assistance tool A tool for facilitating the movement of a zipper including a handle, an arm connected to and extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the handle, and a zipper flap receiving area formed in the arm at an end opposite the handle. The zipper flap rec... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500967 | Liquid fabric softener dispenser for automatic washing machines A liquid fabric softener or treating liquid dispenser for a washing machine having a parabolic or egg-shaped body portion from which radially extends an annular rim portion. The rim portion rests upon a top surface of an agitator and is held in place ther... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500968 | Dock leveler incorporating an inflatable bag A dock leveler comprising a ramp hinged at its rear end to a supporting structure and movable between a generally horizontal position and an upwardly inclined position. A lip is hinged to the forward edge of the ramp and can be pivoted between a downwardl... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500969 | Dual polarity commutated roll elctrostatic cleaner with acoustic transfer assist A dual polarity commutated roll attracts toner and debris particles loosened into a particle cloud from the photoreceptor surface by an acoustical horn. The particles are attracted to and adhere to the commutated roll, whether right or wrong sign (i.e. po... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500970 | Automatic toothbrush An automatic toothbrush to optimally clean at least two sides of a tooth or a row of teeth comprising a cleaning head with a substantially U-shaped support to which are mounted clusters of bristles. The clusters of bristles are mounted on self-positioning... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500971 | Hand-scrubbing brush A hand-scrubbing brush has drive mechanism, a housing accommodating the drive mechanism, the housing having a kidney-shaped profile, a plurality of rotational bodies equipped with bristles arranged rotatably in one narrow side of the housing along a line ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500972 | Rotating back scrubber A scrubber for cleaning a dorsal portion of an individual. The inventive device includes a plurality of cylindrical brushes each symmetrically oriented about an individual axis. The brushes are coupled to rotating assembly for spinning each brush about it... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500973 | Hydro powered plaque remover A plaque removing device adaptable to a water supply and which includes a flexible conduit, an interchangeable toothbrush, a plurality of bristles, and a rinse reservoir. The flexible conduit contains a rinse conduit and at least one water conduit. The fl... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500974 | Device for dredging waste clogged in a toilet, drainpipe, and the like A dredging device includes a casing in which a substantially U-shaped frame is pivotally mounted. A stem portion is rotatably mounted on an upper wall of the casing. A first axle has an upper end securely attached to the stem portion. A drive gear is fixe... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500975 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having two types of bristle end forms. Filaments, each having a tapered end and a ball-like end, are bundled, and folded in to a U-shape bend in a manner that the tapered end is projected from the ball end. The tapered end is inserted into a ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500976 | Mobile cyclonic power wash system with water reclamation and rotary union A cyclonic power wash system uses high pressure, high temperature water for selectively cleaning large, flat, concrete or asphalt surfaces. The sprayed water is reclaimed by vacuuming it through holes in the bottom of a reclamation ring attached to the un... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500977 | Upright carpet extractor A novel upright, hot water carpet cleaning extractor is disclosed. The overall configuration and operation of the extractor is similar to that of a typical upright vacuum cleaner and may be similarly operated in both the forward and reverse direction. The... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500978 | Vacuum cleaner apparatus and disposable bag for same A vacuum cleaner apparatus is disclosed, including a housing and a blower disposed in the housing. There is a power source for driving the blower and a substance collection container is detachably engaged with the housing and includes an inlet portion for... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500979 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner has a housing having a bottom portion with wheels. A handle rod with a handle for guiding and pushing the vacuum cleaner across a floor is connected to the housing. A suction blower with a drive motor is positioned in the housing. The hou... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500980 | Carpet strips and methods of making carpet strips and other extruded articles A carpet securement includes a polymeric body with a longitudally extending groove in its bottom surface. Tacks or other fasteners protrude upwardly through the body. The tackheads or other drive elements of the fasteners may be lodged within the groove a... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500981 | Luggage handle assembly A handle device for luggage includes a pair of tubes slidably engaged in two conduits. A number of depressions are formed in the conduits, and the tubes include a pair of resilient members secured to the lower ends for engaging with the depressions so as ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500982 | Hinge mechanism for portable electronic apparatus A portable electronic apparatus of the present invention has a body portion with a keyboard on a front upper part thereof, and a display portion which is connected to a higher position at the rear of the body portion through a hinge portion such that the ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500983 | Corner cabinet hinge The invention relates to a corner cabinet hinge (30) for hanging a free panel (14b) of a two-panel corner cabinet door (14) on the panel (14a) that is hung by a hinge on the carcase supporting wall. The hinge (30) has two members which are associated one ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500984 | Refrigerator door opening/closing apparatus A refrigerator includes a housing and a door hinged to the housing. The hinge carries a door opening/closing apparatus in the form of a follower slide member carried by the door and arranged to slide upwardly along a camming slide member during opening of... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500985 | Vehicle hinge assembly with translating pivot A hinge assembly for mounting to a vehicle body a rear deck movable closure panel, wherein as the panel is opened its forward edge is shifted rearward away from adjacent body structure. The hinge assembly includes a forward sector gear fixed to a panel-ha... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500986 | Method and apparatus for moving rectangular coiler cans A method of handling flat coiler cans charged and to be charged with sliver in a sliver charging station of a sliver producing fiber processing machine includes the following steps: advancing an empty can into a first standby station situated in a zone of... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500987 | Pin clip A pin clip for holding paper items and the like has a back member and a tongue which resiliently engages the back member. The back member typically has an outwardly extending finger. The Tongue is coupled to the back member by a spring means. A pin extend... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500988 | Method of making a perovskite thin-film ink jet transducer In the particular embodiments described in the specification, a thin-film PZT piezoelectric transducer ink jet head is prepared by oxidizing one surface of a silicon wafer to provide a dielectric layer, forming electrodes on the layer by photoresist proce... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500989 | Sliding chip guard for a brake lathe Applicants' invention is an enhanced chip guard assembly particularly adapted to be used in conjunction with a vehicular brake lathe having a tubular slide cross-feed with an integral dove tail mount for longitudinal feed. The enhanced chip guard assembly... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500990 | Riveting tool A riveting tool includes a tool body having a hydraulic controlled rivet shank clamping assembly and a rivet suction system. A control valve is provided for directing a flow of pressurized air to the rivet clamping assembly and the rivet suction system. T... | 03/26/1996 |