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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5513391 | Anti-slippage glove A glove provided with a releasable strap system for securing the glove body to a user's hand. The releasable strap system comprises a strap component and a wrist anchor component. The anchor component is able to slidably engage a wrist strap member of the... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513392 | Shoulder pad accessory A clothing accessory covers the shoulders of a wearer, and provides shaping and decoration. Each accessory is elongated, having a center width sufficient to cover the wearer's shoulder. The accessory tapers down towards the ends to provide a pleasing shap... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513393 | Form-enhancing device A soft polygonal pad secured adjacent a rear side of an undergarment adapted to enhance one's figure. The pad includes a pair of protruding hemispherical regions adjacent a lower edge of the pad.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513394 | Chemicals mixed type automatic flushing device There is provided a chemicals mixed type automatic flushing device which can be easily provided at an existing flush valve. This automatic cleaning device comprises: a sensor for detecting the human body; a first electromagnetic valve attached to the exis... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513395 | Toilet with magnetic check valve A toilet having a seat section that includes a bowl with a bottom discharge opening. The toilet also includes a source of flush water for rinsing the bowl and removing waste through the discharge opening into a waste storage tank. A pump provides the flus... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513396 | Toilet bowl or bidet having an observation screen A toilet unit comprises a toilet bowl having a wall limiting an interior and provided with an upper part on which a user can sit, an observation screen located outside of the toilet bowl, and a plurality of light guiding elements extending from the interi... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513397 | Toilet seat light A new and improved toilet seat light comprised of a cylindrical container having a small shelf secured therein. The small shelf having an electrical contact plate thereon. A U-shaped on/off switch is secured within the cylindrical container parallel the s... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513398 | Futon tilt mechanism A futon with a tilt mechanism to enable a user to transfer the futon from a bed position to a couch position or vice a versa, with the mechanism including a back pad support member including rollers for engaging guide slots to permit lateral displacement ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513399 | Folding play crib structure A folding play crib structure comprising frame tubes, corner joints, middle joints, central bottom joint, U-shaped tubes, V-shaped pull rods, bottom cross tubes and leg joints. One end of the frame tube is pivotally connected with an insert seat which coo... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513400 | Pressure relief mattress A pressure reduction mattress construction for a liquid or gel bed having a flexible basin (10) forming a cavity (20) with inclines head (16H) and foot (16F) for surrounding and supporting a liquid or gel filled flotation bladder (30) that is anchored (36... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513401 | Watermattress apparatus A watermattress apparatus has a cushion body which is elastically compressed when a load has been exerted thereon. A case is laminated on the upper surface of the cushion body. The case has upper and lower surfaces and a receiving portion opening to the u... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513402 | Mattress system The mattress system provides adjustability for individuals. A stack of individual mattress elements includes separation sheets to allow the mattress elements to flex and compress separately. In a side by side arrangement for adjusting the mattress between... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513403 | Fitted sheet A fitted sheet is designed to have a deep pocket to accommodate deeper mattresses, although the sheet may be used with mattresses of different size. An elastic binding is disposed around the lower edge of the sheet and extends along the entire length ther... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513404 | Excretion apparatus combined into a bed for bedridden person The present invention enables a bedridden person to perform excretory functions without help from another person. The present invention includes a bed and a movable toilet in which water is provided. A negative pressure propels water and excrements throug... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513405 | Multipurpose recycler's tool A multipurpose combination-tool (for recyclers) which performs the functions of removing staples, scraping, identifying steel from other metallic recyclables like aluminum, cutting cardboard into dimensions appropriate for baling, removing plastic or meta... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513406 | Modular hospital bed and method of patient handling A modular hospital bed and method of patient handling which permits a patient to remain on a single hospital bed from admittance to and through discharge from a hospital, thereby reducing the number of patient bed surface-to-surface transfers and the numb... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513407 | Reinforced full body suit A launderable reinforced full body suit is disclosed composed of a launderable environmentally contained, flexible, light weight base garment and launderable, flexible, light weight, heavy duty reinforcements on the base garment to provide a protective kn... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513408 | Frame structured bridge A suspension bridge structure is disclosed which uses horizontal cables, tensioned between anchorages, and frame lateral girder/node members connected between the horizontal cables to form frames. A tower section protrudes between the horizontal cables an... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513409 | Floor cleaning assembly including gimballing A floor cleaning assembly including a gimballing connector is disclosed. The floor cleaning assembly includes a mounting member having an annular ring of bristles attached to the bottom surface thereof. The upper surface includes a centrally disposed hub ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513410 | Twin stemmed nursing bottle brush A twin stemmed nursing cleaning brush comprises a junior brush stemmed from the middle or bottom portion of the main brush shaft to provide close contact with the bottle, bottle neck and its outer threads, pacifier, nipple cover and its inner threads when... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513411 | Battery contact cleaning tool A battery contact cleaning tool which comprises a top portion, including a brush for cleaning the battery contact; a bottom portion for reaming and/or smoothing a battery contact; and an intermediate portion connecting the top portion and bottom portion. ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513412 | Rumble strip for windshield wiper blade having an adjustable length Apparatus adapted to be bonded to an outer surface of a vehicle windshield for removing snow, ice and other matter from a windshield wiper blade which has a generally flat, elongated body portion with an elongated under surface and an elongated upper surf... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513413 | Floor machine splash guard An improved splash guard designed to prevent wax, cleanser, debris and the like from being spattered from a floor cleaning apparatus, the guard consisting of an elongate strip of flexible, waterproof material with a length greater than a peripheral base o... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513414 | Wiper blade assembly, wiper blade assembly clip and wiper blade backing strip A backing strip for a windscreen wiper blade assembly, and a clip for securing the backing strip to the assembly are disclosed. The backing strip and clip may be used in a wiper refill replacing existing windscreen wiper blades or may be provided as origi... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513415 | Steam cleaning device A steam cleaning machine has a vacuum pump seated in a recess in a top of a main support housing and a first conduit resiliently sealed in a channel leading under the recess and connecting the first conduit with the air inlet of the pump. The first condui... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513416 | Wall-mounted holder for a tank-type vacuum cleaner and attachments A holder for a tank-type vacuum cleaner and attachments includes a first bracket for receiving a tank-type vacuum cleaner thereon, the first bracket being mountable to a surface, and a second bracket separate from but matingly engageable with the first br... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513417 | Silencing device for vacuum cleaner A silencing device for a vacuum cleaner includes dampers for absorbing operational vibration of a suction motor. The operational noises of the suction motor are intercepted and suppressed by a middle case, a lower case, a bottom case and a top case. The e... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513418 | Suction nozzle with ducting A vacuum cleaner suction nozzle having a rotating agitator is provided with at least a rearward suction duct extending transversely along the nozzle and having a bottom side serving as the rear lip of the nozzle. A forward suction duct may also be include... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513419 | Shower curtain rod assembly A Shower Curtain Rod Assembly includes a stem-to-stem, double-Y shaped shower curtain rod with an integral split-track extending along almost the entire length of its bottom surface, shower curtain clips and screw-type endcaps. The shower curtain rod is s... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513420 | Hinge assembly for refrigerated display cabinet The invention is directed to a hinge assembly for pivotably interconnecting a frame and a glass door of a refrigerated display case. The hinge assembly is pivotable about a horizontal axis and includes a hinge movable between a first position and a second... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513421 | Cable tie having an improved strap locking device A cable tie includes an elongate generally planar strap and a cable tie head. The head of the cable tie includes an aperture therethrough for insertably accommodating the strap. A locking device is supported by the head and extends into the aperture. The ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513422 | Crown button of a cap A cap crown button comprises a female retaining body, a male retaining body and a covering body. The female retaining body is provided with a retaining hole having at the upper end thereof a receiving space in which a connection portion, a receiving porti... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513423 | Apparatus for needling a circular nonwoven web The described apparatus for needling a circular nonwoven web, particularly a nonwoven web having the configuration of a circular ring, comprises a needle board, which carries a multiplicity of needles and is adapted to be driven to reciprocate said needle... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513424 | Method for the manufacture of foil capacitors A method for the manufacture of foil capacitors with metallized plastic films, said method comprising the following steps: coiling at least one pair of metallized plastic films so as to form the stacked structure of the capacitors; metallizing the lateral face... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513425 | Pipe coupling tools Pipe coupling system and method in which a tapered wall is formed on one of two tubular pipe members for press-fit engagement with a wall of the second pipe member, and the two pipe members are pressed together in an axial direction to bring the tapered w... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513426 | Method of forming an automobile gasket assembly A constant section gasket based on elastomer, plastic, or like material, the gasket comprising a constant section element that is extruded or molded in at least one material selected from elastomers, plastic, thermoplastic elastomers, and like materials. ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513427 | System for producing parts/substrate assemblies A system for producing parts/substrate assemblies each of which includes a substrate such as a ceramic substrate and a plurality of parts such as LSIs mounted on the substrate. After the LSIs for one lot of the production have been checked for excess or d... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513428 | Automatic assembling apparatus An automatic assembling apparatus automatically assembles such parts as an engine and a suspension to each work such as a car body conveyed by a conveyor. The system includes a parts truck and a screwing truck. The parts truck can be moved parallel to the... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513429 | Method of reworking bonded lead wires Lead wires extending out from an electrical circuit device are removed from respective bonding pads to which they are bonded by a lateral shearing action. Shearing can be accomplished either unidirectionally, or with a bidirectional reciprocating movement... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513430 | Method for manufacturing a probe A probe card (40, 55) having probe card probes (36, 56) and a method for fabricating the probe card probes (36, 56). A layer of resist (23) is formed on a plating base (21). The layer of resist (23) is exposed to radiation (32) and developed to provide an... | 05/07/1996 |
