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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5570470 | Leg protection device A rectangular, flexible, impervious body is provided, on its inside, with unwoven fibrous lining. The body is formed of a vinyl sheet and has a shin protector pad along the central longitudinal portion of the body. This shin protector is retained in a poc... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570471 | Garment shield A garment shield is provided for attaching to a garment having a garment front torso section, a garment rear torso section and a garment sleeve section which are secured together along a sleeve seam line. The garment shield includes a shield seam line, a ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570472 | Resistant exercise shirt and pants A resistive exercise suit has a resistive shirt and resistive exercise trousers. The resistive exercise shirt uses tension bands on sleeve fronts and backs and attachment to central elastic blocks on the front and back of the shirt. Both the tension bands... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570473 | Caddy having a hanger means and integral to a jacket for selectively supporting companion pants for storage and access A caddy integral to a jacket or other upper garment is provided for conveniently storing and accessing companion pants or other lower garment. A panel formed of mesh net or other porous fabric or other material is joined to an inner surface of the upper g... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570474 | Drape for nursing and so forth A drape for nursing and so forth may have a flat member having opposing ends, for lying over a shoulder and to cover a breast and baby of a nursing mother, with the member containing weights about the opposing ends. Another drape for nursing and so forth ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570475 | Surgeon's glove having improved donning properties There is disclosed a body contacting article, eg. a surgeon's glove which comprises a first layer of a natural or synthetic elastomer and thereupon a layer of polymer comprising repeating units of the formula: [--CH2 --CH(OR)--] and [--CH(CO2 | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570476 | Head cover providing selective radiation shielding A cap is formed of a metallized fabric capable of being fabricated with conventional cut and sew techniques into a baseball style cap and serviceable both as a head covering and as a means for shielding the head of the wearer and attenuating selected elec... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570477 | Portable toilet bowl ventilator A portable fan apparatus is provided for ventilating toilet bowls by forced ventilation wherein air from the toilet bowl is exhausted by the fan via a tube that extends through the water trap formed by water in the trap formed partly by the bottom of the ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570478 | Toilet seat hinge assembly for automatically lowering seat after flushing A hinge assembly for installation on a toilet to mount a toilet seat on a toilet for pivotal movement between an up position and a down position, and to automatically move the seat from the up position to the down position after the toilet is flushed. The... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570479 | Toilet seat-bidet assembly A toilet seat bidet assembly including a toilet seat mounted for pivoting movement about a rear hinge, the toilet seat including a flow control, water heater, thermostat, water diverter, front and rear nozzles, with at least the rear nozzle being retracta... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570480 | Inflatable floating spa An inflatable floating spa for use in water by a person to recline and rest therein that is formed from a resilient material and comprises an air chamber that provides support for suspended upper and lower water chambers which remain submerged and a sheet... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570481 | Suction-actuated control system for whirlpool bath/spa installations A suction-actuated control system (10) for a whirlpool bath/spa installation includes a suction-side transducer (52) connected in the suction inlet path and a controller (54). The suction-side transducer (52) transmits an air pulse to the controller (54) ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570482 | Supporter for a human body and bed equipment using the same A bed equipment using a supporter for a human body, such as an incapacitated patient, is used to raise the patient from a surface, such as a bed, so that a hammock may be spread on the bed and the patient lowered onto the hammock. The supporter is formed ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570483 | Medical patient transport and care apparatus A patient transport and care apparatus includes a skeletal frame structure having a superstructure defining a patient support area which is configured to fit over a conventional patient support platform. One end of the skeletal frame structure is open so ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570484 | Mattress and mattress core having dual rectangular inner border rods This invention is directed to an improved mattress and mattress core which provide increased firmness along the edges and transverse center section. The mattress includes a mattress core, padding over at least one side of the core, and an upholstered cove... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570485 | Bed assembly A bed assembly (10) having a generally rectangular frame (22) and a mattress support (62, 64, 66, 68), the mattress support including a hinged head section (14) movable between raised and lowered positions, and an extender (76) supported by the hinged hea... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570486 | Bridge construction and method of assembly A bridge is assembled by locking truss-like girders along the sides of a bridge section to the transverse beams by a bayonet-type coupling and a swinging of the trusses relative to the transverse beams. Roadway plates are supported by the transverse beams... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570487 | Toothbrush having multiple brushing surface configurations A shaft is formed with a curved neck. The long axis of an oval brash head at the end of the neck is approximately perpendicular to a handle region of the shaft. Four semi-circular rows of bristles and two relatively straight rows of bristles project from ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570488 | Variable park and wiping range mechanism for windshield wiper system A vehicle window wiper system has wipers with a range of motion between an in-wipe position I and an out-wipe position O when the wiper system is in a run mode, and a variable park range for the wipers between the in-wipe position I and a depressed park p... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570489 | Liquid extraction device for a vacuum cleaner A liquid extraction device for a vacuum cleaner includes a base equipped with wheels, a container having an opening and a closed bottom end received on the base, a cover sealedly mounted over the opening of the container and a filter assembly fixedly atta... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570490 | Curtain rod and attachment system A curtain hanging system is disclosed which comprises an I-shaped slide member, the second end of which is portioned to slide within the interior space of a curtain rod, the first end which slides beyond the curtain rod and a middle brace which connects t... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570491 | Retractable handle locating structure A retractable handle locating structure which includes two sleeves, two sliding tubes slidably inserted into the sleeves and joined by a transverse handgrip outside the sleeves, and two gravity-induced locating elements mounted inside the sliding tubes fo... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570492 | Joint for eyeglass temples A pivotal member 6 is fixed an end-piece 8 secured to an outer edge of each lens rim 2, and has an annular groove 7 formed integral with and around the outer periphery of pivotal member. An end of the end-piece 8 extends upwards along the pivotal member 6... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570493 | Cap brace and bracket A casket cap brace support comprises a support bracket adapted to be affixed to a wall of the casket body and including an aperture therethrough adapted to receive an end of a brace member, an elongated brace member having one end pivoted to the cap and t... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570494 | Shaft seal finishing die A finishing die is used to assemble and finish a shaft sealing. The die performs the multiple functions of staking a metal case to an elastomeric sealing boot, punching a drain hole in the side surface of the boot, and punching a hole locator notch in a f... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570495 | Decorated luggage and method A suitcase having a panel portion which can be completely removed from the remaining side and rear panels of the suitcase structure for receiving a design in automated machinery and subsequently being re-attached. A method of manufacture is also disclosed... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570496 | Hose coupling insertion method The present invention teaches a simple and convenient hose end expansion device which slides within the hose end and is then quickly expanded by means of mechanical or hydraulic pressure, thereby stretching the hose end to a larger diameter. The device is... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570497 | Alternative cold shrink device and method of employing same A mandrel having a tapered surface expanding from a first dimension at a first end to a larger dimension at its second, but having a central bore larger than the diameter of a high voltage cable, is forced into the bore of a premolded or extruded high vol... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570498 | Lift-off door hinge A lift-off type door hinge for pivotally and detachably connecting a door to a vehicle body is provided including a body strap with a base for connection to the vehicle body with generally horizontally projecting upper and lower arms projecting therefrom,... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570499 | Bolt-tightened type coupling A bolt-tightened type coupling includes a pair of semi-circular arc-shaped coupling halves having base ends which are pivotably connected to one another, so that the coupling halves can be moved toward each other to a closed position and moved away from e... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570500 | Clamp for connecting form panels with clamping jaws urging sections of panels together at their edges A clamp (1) serves for connecting webs (2) at the edges of form panels disposed in coplanar, side-by-side relation and has for this purpose two clamping jaws (4) urging these edge webs (2) together, each clamping jaw (4) having an 10 adjusting arm (5) whi... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570501 | Gasket manufacture An embossed sheet coated at least partially with expanded graphite and suitable for use as a gasket or as a component layer of a gasket is manufactured by positioning a planar metallic sheet between an upper embossing die and a lower embossing die with a ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570502 | Fabricating metal matrix composites containing electrical insulators A method of fabricating a metal matrix composite containing electrically isolated areas and the MMC formed from the method. The method comprises: (a) providing a liquid pool of unreinforced aluminum alloy; (b) infiltrating the unreinforced aluminum alloy ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570503 | Method for making an electric motor stator A method for making an electric motor stator. An annular disk is cut so as to create a radially-outer ring portion having slots and a radially-inner ring portion having spokes engaged with the slots. This step is repeated on additional disks. Then, the ra... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570504 | Multi-Layer circuit construction method and structure Multilayer circuit assemblies are made by stacking circuit panels having contacts on their top surfaces, through conductors extending between top and bottom surfaces and terminals connected to the bottomend of each through conductor. The terminals and con... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570505 | Method of manufacturing a circuit module A direct chip attach module (DCAM) 10, comprises of one or more electronic components 30, electrically bonded to a printed circuit 40, on a substrate 20. The DCAM 10, is bonded to an electronic circuit assembly by connection pads 50, formed on the edge of... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570506 | Method for forming multilayer wiring construction Low-thermal-expansivity polyimides have a linear rigid skeleton, so that adhesion between perfectly cured low-thermal-expansivity polyimide films is very low. On the other hand, a film of a polyimide having a flexible skeleton shows high adhesiveness even... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570507 | Deflagration method for making a camshaft A method is disclosed for making a cam shaft from a plurality of cam lobes (14) having apertures (16) disposed therethrough and a hollow tubular shaft (12). The assembly (10) comprises a support arrangement (18) for supporting the cam lobes (14) along the... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570508 | Method of making a high strength automotive seat frame A motor vehicle seat recliner includes an upper member (34) which is supportive of a seat back (22) and a lower member (36) which is supportive of a seat cushion (21) and is carried for longitudinal adjustment within a host vehicle. An adjuster (40) is op... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570509 | Nail clipper with pivoting retainer structure, improved handling and side cutting jaws A nail clipper incorporating a pivoting retainer structure which pivots from a cylindrical member disposed in the rear of the nail clipper is disclosed. The pivoting retainer structure retains nail clippings and facilitates the emptying of these clippings... | 11/05/1996 |
