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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5546601 | Neck and cervical spine protector device for dispersing axial compressive forces A neck and cervical spine protector device for the dispersement of axial compressive forces on the head away from the neck and cervical spine region to the posterior midline portions of the shoulders and upper thoracic region of the user includes a U-shap... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546602 | Protective gear A garment for wear during game play provides protection against impact forces. The garment comprises inner and outer layers of a fabric mesh with an intermediate support layer. A support layer includes a primary air channel extending along the normal seam... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546603 | Headband with ponytail-receiving feature Various embodiments of a headband are described, each having a ponytail receiving feature. In some of the embodiments, the ponytail-receiving feature is a separate and distinct ring-like element. In other embodiments, the ponytail-receiving feature is an ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546604 | Hood with a concealing face mask A garment for covering a wearer's head and face including a hood worn over the head with a tailpiece adjacent a rear portion of the head. The hood is made from a non-shrink material. A mesh face mask is attached to the hood to cover and conceal the face w... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546605 | Protective strap cover for a cap The invention relates to a protective strap cover for a baseball-style cap for improving the comfort of fit between the strap assembly of the baseball-style cap and the head of the wearer. The protective strap cover includes first and second portions of f... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546606 | Adjustable bridal train A bridal train for adjustably positioning relative to a ground surface. The inventive device includes a skirt web forming a portion of a bridal gown which continues into a train web for trailing behind the gown during a wedding proceeding. Retracting asse... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546607 | Hygienic panty A hygienic panty is comprised of a front portion, a back portion, and a crotch portion, and if desired, side portions, conventionally joined to form a waist opening and two leg openings, the crotch portion comprising an outer layer made from a waterproof ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546608 | Undergarment An undergarment is provided which affords a patient a sense of dignity and modesty while affording medical personnel access to the patient's crotch. This undergarment has a flap which acts to cover or uncover an opening in the crotch area of the undergarm... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546609 | Helmet A helmet assembly for providing an indication when a predetermined axial compressive force tending to cause serious injury to the wearer is applied thereto. The assembly comprises a rigid helmet having a lower rim for at least partially encircling the hea... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546610 | Fastening system for fastening a face-protection sheild and/or hearing protection caps to a work helmet The proposed fastening system for adjustably holding a face-protection shield and/or hearing-protection caps is distinguished by the use of efficiently producible and mountable plastics parts. The carrying straps (110) are latched onto coupling cams, wher... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546611 | High performance swim goggle structure Swim goggles wherein each eyepiece includes a lens and a wall portion for spacing the lens apart from the wearer's eye. Each eyepiece is received within an inner and outer resilient sleeve for reducing discomfort and for sealing against the wearer's face.... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546612 | Automatic domestic toilet seat lowering apparatus and disc brake assembly An automatic toilet seat lowering device integrated into a seat hinge assembly such that a raised seat, when approaching the last ten degrees of upward travel, is latched against the bias of a torsion spring. A rod connected to a flush handle unlatches th... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546613 | Multi-purpose water pressure plunger A multi-purpose water pressure plunger is provided having a compressible cup defining an interior cavity and having a solid rubber upper portion with a top and a bottom. The cup has an outer wall which extends to form a barrel-like bottom with edges for p... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546614 | Refuse collector drainpipe insert A refuse-collecting drainpipe insert is a generally helical coil formed by a strip of rectangular cross section and having a bulge located axially generally centrally of the coil, and frustoconical end portions tapered oppositely from the central bulge of... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546615 | Method and device for providing an insulated cover over a pool An insulated cover for a pool includes a plurality of panels joined in edge to edge relation with one another to form a panel assembly for covering the surface of the pool. Each of the panels includes an upper and a lower sheet member joined together at t... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546616 | Head rest assembly A head rest assembly is provided for use in conjunction with a bathing fixture such as a hydro-massage whirlpool. A pillow is provided which can be easily connected and supported by the jet nozzle assembly. A support bracket is partially enclosed in the p... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546617 | Water fixture for bathtubs or similar vessels and method of installing the same A fixture includes a hollow body adapted to be secured in an opening of a tub by a ring nut which is screwed to the body in such a manner that the wall of the tub is clamped between the hollow body and the ring nut. A ring is mounted on the body so as to ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546618 | Ventilated mattress for infants A mattress for infants which provides for the removal of exhaled carbon dioxide from the infant's facial area, with the resulting inflow of fresh air for breathing. A small electric fan draws the contaminated air through a series of passageways formed wit... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546619 | Head supporting device for use while suntanning A new and improved head support which enables a user to comfortably rest upon his or her stomach. The support includes a horseshoe-shaped head support having a first opened end, a second closed end, an inner periphery, an outer periphery, an upper surface... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546620 | Baby support with interconnectable play toys A multifunctional baby device including a substantially toroidal shaped cushion having at least one strap for preferably removably securing a play toy to the device. The device may also include a mat integrally interconnected with the cushion for providin... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546621 | Arrow-out A compound device for gripping arrows, for easy removal from a target, by means of two pivoting handle sections with an elongated groove in each handle section, with said groove containing rubber nodules which when closed around an arrow shaft form a grip... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546622 | Fabric processing apparatus and method of treating a continous length of tubular-knit fabric in tubular form The invention is a fabric processing apparatus and method for treating a continuous length of tubular-knit fabric in tubular form. The apparatus includes a fabric feed station located at an upstream end of the apparatus for feeding the length of tubular-k... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546623 | Maintenance strut for dock leveler A maintenance strut assembly for supporting a dock leveler in a maintenance position, the leveler being disposed above a dock platform surface and including a receiving opening, the strut assembly comprising a strut member adapted to be oriented in a supp... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546624 | Apparatus to selectively couple ultransonic energy in a therapeutic ultransonic toothbrush An improved therapeutic ultrasonic toothbrush for daily removal of soft plaque, disruption of the bacterial colonization process within the gingival pockets, the reduction of the recurrence of aphthous stomatitis, and for the acceleration of the healing o... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546625 | Multipurpose painter's tool A multipurpose painter's tool having a blade and handle. The blade has an essentially circular aperture at the base edge thereof defining a collar for stripping roller sleeves from paint roller tools and is provided with an arcuate surface in a side edge ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546626 | Toothbrush with movable bundles of bristles A toothbrush wherein a plurality of tubular bristle holders are sleeved onto respective upright pins inside the head of the toothbrush and supported on a respective spring to hold a respective bundles of bristles outside a respective hole at the top of th... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546627 | Adjustable length windshield wiper A windshield wiper including an outer elongated frame having a top and two vertical sides, a pair of extension arms being a generally inverted U-shaped member having two parallel depending legs each formed with a plurality of holes, the arms are slidably ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546628 | Versatile paint carrier with support baskets A versatile paint carrier comprising a box-shaped paint receptacle having an open top for holding paint therein. A first perforated basket is mounted in a vertical position to an inner surface of a side wall of the paint receptacle, so that paint can drip... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546629 | Ball cleaning device A ball cleaning device adapted for use in causing a plurality of billiard balls to be cleaned under a supply of cleaning fluid comprises a housing having a generally cylindrical side wall, a top access opening and a closed bottom; a spindle rotatably fitt... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546630 | Blast wiper for motor vehicle lights A wiping system for cleaning snow accumulating on the rear signalling lights of a vehicle, using intermittent blasts of air. The blast wiping system comprises timers and a solenoid valve for regulating a flow of air from the air reservoir of the vehicle i... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546631 | Waterless container cleaner monitoring system A monitoring system for use in a waterless container cleaner of the type having a pressure blower, a pressurized air line having a pressurized air line filter, a vacuum blower, a vacuum air line having a vacuum air line filter, a compressed air line havin... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546632 | Shear viscous damped hinge A shear viscous damped hinge uses a negator spring and a high viscosity fluid to provide a relatively slow and controlled deployment of the hinge. Shear damping of the fluid slows the angular velocity of the hinge. The invention reduces the end of travel ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546633 | Hinge A hinge comprises a seat, an elastic pressing member, a pivoting member and a cam member. The seat is provided with a receiving space in which the pivoting end of the pivoting member and the cam member are pivoted such that the pivoting member is capable ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546634 | Cylinder distance adjusting device for carding machine Textile machinery comprising a card having a main swift and a member which is a working cylinder or a comb, juxtaposed to the main swift and having a shaft. The distance between the main swift and the shaft is adjustable by providing a support for the sha... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546635 | Apparatus for cleaning and opening fiber tufts An apparatus for cleaning and opening fiber tufts includes a feeding device and an opening device adjoining the feeding device for receiving fiber tufts therefrom. The device has a series of immediately consecutive, mutually cooperating fiber processing r... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546636 | Comber machine A comber machine with a nipper head (3) has a fixed bearing (2), and at least one pair of detaching rolls (6") which are rotatably mounted in bearings (41). The nipper head (3) and the detaching rolls (6") are moved during a combing cycle towards one anot... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546637 | Two-part plastic clip for closing sausage casings, bags or the like In a plastic clip which serves to close sausage casings, bags or the like and consists of two interlockable parts (1, 10), at least one part (1) consists of an elongate frame, which has side bars (2), which have a large height in relation to their wall th... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546638 | Sheet clamp A clamp, particularly suitable for tidily restraining a set of sheets, documents and the like, appropriately grouped together in a form suitable for easy consultation thereof, preventing individual sheets from falling out or becoming lost. The clamp inclu... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546639 | Shock cord hooks A mechanism for fastening a hook to a shock cord. The mechanism uses a cap to enclose and capture an end of the shock cord inside a cavity of the fastening mechanism. The fastening mechanism includes an aperture and side openings which each expose its inn... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546640 | Clamp A clamp for arrangement on a carrying arm is described. The clamp has a first and a second clamp half (10, 20) with in each case two lateral angle pieces (12; 21 ), in which are located a hole (14; 23) for positioning the clamp halves (10, 20) on the carr... | 08/20/1996 |
