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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5511241 | Chain mail garments impregnated with an elastomeric material The chain mail fabric of a protective garment is impregnated with an elastomeric material to impart elastic characteristics to the fabric. In a first embodiment of such a garment construction, a chain mail glove includes a glove portion with an open end a... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511242 | Protective sports glove The invention provides a hockey glove in which the flexibility of the fingers is substantially increased without detracting from the protection provided by padding along the back of the glove. Stalls are provided for the fingers in which a portion of each... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511243 | Protective sports glove A sports glove is provided having a padded dorsal surface including padded independent ribs fanning out from the point of the proximate knuckle on the index finger to allow for ergonomic flexing of the glove when the player's hand is gripping a hockey sti... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511244 | Hockey goaltender's glove with split trap A hockey goaltender's glove is described, in which the pocket is divided by a central web split into two side-by-side web portions along a substantial part of its length, or by two separate web portions, the web portions being tied by webbing such that a ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511245 | Cold weather clothing including coextensive fibrous insulation layer within shell and foam inserts in stress areas Cold weather clothing includes a fabric shell defining a cavity. A flexible polymeric foam sheet material is inserted into the shell to provide insulation for the wearer.... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511246 | Low lint protective garment A protective garment including a body section made of a material which generates a minimum of lint with two sleeves having hand openings. Each of the hand openings includes an elastic portion about a portion of the opening, an elastomeric button, and a pl... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511247 | Sports glove with forefinger stiffener A forefinger sheath and/or a thumb sheath of a glove worn on a player's power hand are stiffened to prevent the tips of the forefinger and thumb from curling toward and pressing against each other and activating muscles that would otherwise ruin a swing o... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511248 | Anti-slip glove An improved design for an anti-slip glove is disclosed. The surface of the glove is adapted to provide an especially strong bond between the palm and/or fingers of the glove and the club, racket or other piece of sports equipment which the athlete is hold... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511249 | Cap with crown opening A head cap having an opening on its upper central or crown portion of the cap body, the opening being for receiving a "ponytail" hair style, with the walls around the opening providing lateral support to the ponytail. A neat and trim appearance of the pon... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511250 | Adjustable protective helmet An adjustable protective helmet having a substantially rigid outer bowl-shaped shell sized larger that the user's head, and having inner padding inside of the shell sized to fit on the user's head but with a looser fit than desired. The adjustment structu... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511251 | Head strap for sunglasses An innovative head strap for utilization with sunglasses which provides a tight fit about the user's head allowing for a tight headset seal when the sunglasses are worn simultaneously with a headset. The head strap is composed of two members each having a... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511252 | Toilet seat lifting handle having a sanitary cavity A toilet seat lifting handle assembly having a sanitary cavity with a finger opening facing away from the toilet bowl. The handle assembly includes a bracket permanently mounted to the underside of the toilet seat and a handle removably attached to the br... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511253 | Dual flush system for a toilet tank A dual flush system for a toilet tank, to choice a desired flush volume of water from said tank to flush solids or liquids, depending on the operation of a two-position flush lever, comprising: a latching plate coupled to the overflow tube, having a latch... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511254 | Portable steam sauna A portable steam sauna that provides a framing structure having a plurality of detachable framing members and coupling members wherein each coupling member releasably engages at least two framing members for manually assembling and disassembling the frami... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511255 | Medical patient shifting device and method of use A medical patient shifting device consisting of a thin flexible rollable platform adapted to be placed under a drawsheet on a patient support to facilitate moving the patient by sliding over the platform to a second adjacent support.... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511256 | Patient lift mechanism A patient lift system incorporates a transverse bar which carries a patient lift system for movement between two laterally extending bars. The transverse bar is mounted at the same vertical height as the laterally extending bars and carries a motor for li... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511257 | Counterbalanced gate for a hospital youth crib and method for using the same An essentially weightless hospital youth crib side gate having a latch mechanism requiring a compound sequential motion for release. A pair of spring powered reels are attached at opposite ends of the lower horizontal frame member of a side gate of a hosp... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511258 | Baby cradle A baby cradle is secured to a horizontally extending member of a movable baby cradle support or a joist beam of a ceiling by an eye hook secured to the horizontal member or joist beam of the ceiling. Secured within the eye hook is a snap swivel having two... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511259 | Canopy for stretcher A collapsible canopy structure for attachment to a stretcher, such canopy having non-transparent first and second side panels and a transparent central panel, such side panels affording privacy to an individual being transported on the stretcher while at ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511260 | Anti-decubitus mattress pad A mattress pad primarily intended for use with a standard hospital bed frame to reduce the development of decubitus ulcers or bed sores in patients using the pad. The pad is multi-layered and includes a cover or casing containing interior strata of a plas... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511261 | Utility tool A utility tool having a plurality of elongated channels extending the length of a body member. Each tool is provided with a threaded member for selectively locking the tool in a retracted position, an extended position, or a position in between. A central... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511262 | Multi-functional stationery assembly A multi-functional stationery assembly has a scissors cover, a side cover of ball pen, a pen switch, a pen spring, a ball pen, a pen body, a curved spring plate, an art designing blade, a pair of scissors blades, an art designing knife body, a positioning... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511263 | Laundering liquids process and decontamination facility Decontamination laundering facilities and methods are disclosed including a washer area, a filtering area automatically monitoring and controlling cleaning fluid quality discharged to the environment, a clean area, and apparatus and methods for automatica... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511264 | Method for deodorizing and refreshing for dry cleaning The present invention provides a method for deodorizing and refreshing petroleum group solvent used in a dry cleaning apparatus, and a dry cleaning apparatus using such a method, which can maintain the circulating solvent in a fresh condition for a long t... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511265 | Fabric cleaning aid and method thereof A cleaning aid for fabric washing machines is provided that improves the cleaning ability without using environmentally damaging detergents, excess water or longer cleaning cycles. The cleaning aid uses scrubbing devices having different buoyancy. The dif... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511266 | Continuous incrementally erecting viaduct construction system A precast segmental viaduct construction system, comprises an elongated erection and assembly vehicle for spanning between at least two viaduct piers and for moving between successive piers, the vehicle having a top deck, an elongated central longitudinal... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511267 | Dock leveler hydraulic circuit A dock leveler having a deck assembly, a first hydraulic cylinder to power said deck assembly to a raised position, lip mounted to said deck assembly, and a second hydraulic cylinder for powering said lip into an extended position. An hydraulic power circ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511268 | Construction of large structures by robotic crane placement of modular bridge sections A system for rapid, cost-effective construction of highway bridges, traffic verpasses and bypasses, and causeways over water or wetlands utilizes light-lift crane structures together with modular, light-lift bridge sections and an enhanced stabilized crane... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511269 | Battery powered tile cleaning apparatus A hand held extendable wand containing a battery power supply and electric motor is controllable and directable by a pistol grip with switches for on-off and speed on one end. A shaft from the motor extends beyond the wand on the other end. Cleaning brush... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511270 | Hair brush An electrically powered vibrating hair brush including an electric vibratory drive, a handle portion, and a brush head portion driven by the vibratory drive, the brush head portion being non-fixedly mounted onto the handle portion about a longitudinal axi... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511271 | Vibration type floor sweeper A vibration type floor sweeper comprising a mounting frame; a motor mounted on the mounting frame; at least two movable supporting points; and a pad or brush having an overall square-shaped configuration movably mounted on a bottom surface of the mounting... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511272 | Pre-engineered failure link for brush shaft A sacrificial link is disclosed for the shaft of a vehicle-cleaning brush unit, which link is pre-engineered to fail prior to the remainder of the shaft in response to bending forces exerted on the brush by a vehicle, for example. The shaft itself is ther... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511273 | Variable engagement toothbrush A plastic looped handle has a front ring with two parallel members connected by a front brush head member. Bristles in curved rows extend from one side of the brush head for brushing of teeth, while convex protrusions extend from the other side of the bru... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511274 | Integrally fused brush construction There is disclosed therein a tufted construction formed of a thermoplastic sheet which defines a two-dimensional projection of a three-dimensional tufted construction design which has integrally mutually spaced prefused tufts mounted at preselected areas ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511275 | Toothbrush exhibiting three-dimensional bristle profile and end rounded bristles for improved interproximal cleaning without increasing gum irritation A toothbrush is provided for achieving improved interproximal cleaning without increasing gum irritation. The bristles of the toothbrush have a generally "V" shaped side profile. In addition, the exposed ends of all of the bristles are properly end rounde... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511276 | Toothbrush with replaceable bristle carrier A toothbrush provided with a replaceable bristle carrier which is receivable within a bristle assembly retainer of a base member, the base member includes a handle and a retainer. The handle with a human-body shape can provide positive control during brus... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511277 | Toothbrush An articulate toothbrush particularly suitable for integral molding having a handle with an elongate grip and a support section extending from the grip to the brush head with an arch shape. The arch has a leg that returns toward the longitudinal axis of t... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511278 | Cleaner with scent dispensing A hard bag portion of a vacuum cleaner is provided with a scent dispensing arrangement where suction airflow is valved at the hard bag portion before the downstream disposed scent tablet. It includes a manually actuated loosely mounted, slide member havin... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511279 | Stackable paint roller pan having an integral paint reservoir, a paint roller parking device for a roller with extended handle, and an adjustable one-hand carrying handle A paint roller pan includes a relatively deep distal paint reservoir and a relatively shallow inclined roller ramp. The proximal end of the roller ramp is provided with a downward extending flared support with distally extending feet for engaging a step l... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511280 | Vacuum cleaner assembly with low vacuum inlet A vacuum cleaner of the wet or dry tank type having a vacuum inlet introduced at the base of the tank and an internal conduit conducting the flow of matter from the vacuum inlet to the top of the tank and discharging matter from the top of the tank downwa... | 04/30/1996 |
