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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5577271 | Insect barrier headgear Insect protective headgear comprising a headpiece having a crown and a brim with an outer edge extending at least part of the way around the periphery of said crown; a transparent eyepiece releasably attached to the outer edge of the brim; and a knitted t... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577272 | Finger sleeves A finger sleeve comprising a finger sleeve of a varying length as a function to correspond to the length of a user's finger and positionable upon the user's finger, the finger sleeve having an external surface with a proximal end having a finger-receiving... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577273 | Pet therapeutic massager glove A pet therapeutic glove for use with a power-operated massager is disclosed for grooming and/or massaging a pet. The glove is thumbless and has finger extensions with opened ends. The glove may be used with a power-operated massager which is inserted into... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577274 | Winterizing check valve system A winterizing check valve system comprised of a cylindrical check valve having a hollow securement portion and a housing portion. The hollow securement portion is adapted for coupling with an end of a return line for a swimming pool. The housing portion i... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577275 | Tub/shower grab bar A grab bar assembly for installation into openings in opposed wall sections of a tub/shower wall that includes a cup-shaped pocket having one end for receipt into one of the wall section openings and a second open end with a radially outwardly projecting ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577276 | Crib bumper pad with releasable sheet The present invention relates to a bedding system for use in the interior of an infants crib. This invention enables the bedding to be changed quickly and easily. In its broadest context, the system employs a bumper pad which is adapted to be secured with... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577277 | Collapsable bed side rail A collapsible children's bed rail which can conveniently be disassembled for storage and transport. The bed rail has a side panel made up of two detachable sections which snap together to form a continuous panel when in use and can be stored in face to fa... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577278 | Portable, integrated, universally adjustable position control system By providing position control means cooperatively associated with a support pad with said control means being constructed for arcuately moving the support pad in response to activation by the user, with the position control means and pad peripherally surr... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577279 | Hospital bed A hospital bed has a base with casters, a main frame mounted above the base, a patient support platform movably mounted on the main frame including a leg panel, and a toilet module disposed beneath the patient support platform and normally concealed by th... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577280 | Snap-together adjustable, articulated bed An adjustable articulated bed manufactured in seven or so components for packing in three or so separate smaller boxes for easy transport. These components can be snap-fit together for easy assembly (and disassembly). The bed includes a bed frame, a power... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577281 | Stretcher A stretcher comprises an upper sheet and a lower sheet selectively joined together to form a plurality of transverse sleeves. In combination, a plurality of slats having a length greater than the transverse dimension of the sleeves are removably retainabl... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577282 | Textile wet processing machine and method A jet-type textile wet processing machine is equipped with a pivotable inner wall assembly within the entrance end of the fabric chamber in the processing vessel for selective pivotal disposition to control definition of the plug form of the fabric advanc... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577283 | Energy efficient washer with inertia based method for determining load An energy saving method of operating a washing machine such that the amount of water added to the washer basket is proportionate to the weight of the articles to be washed includes the steps of determining a normalized inertia of the washer basket loaded ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577284 | Channel bridge An overpass bridge that can be used to replace an existing bridge and provide increased clearance over an existing roadway includes two opposed reinforced concrete edge beams positioned above and on either side of the deck surface. The inside wall of each... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577285 | Electric toothbrush with rotary bristle supporting structure A brush section (24) for an electric toothbrush in which a rotary shaft (34) is received which is adapted to perform an alternating or a rotary motion. Mounted on the brush section (24) is a rotary bristle supporting structure (38) having its axis of rota... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577286 | Highway debris entrainment and storage device A refuse collection device (1) including a collector roller (11) and an inclined conveyor (27) which deposits collected debris into a hopper (127) along arcuate paths (128, 129), thereby filling the hopper (127) initially in the region adjacent to its rea... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577287 | Lottery ticket scraper A device for scraping an obscuring coating from a game ticket, such as a "scratcher" type lottery ticket. A housing has a slot sized to receive a lottery ticket. Inside the housing a scraper blade is positioned above the slot and a rotatable table below t... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577288 | Vehicle washing system A vehicle washing system includes an arch frame that moves on rails over and along the length of a vehicle. A rack support arm is rotatively connected to a horizontal cross member of the frame and a rack with vertically depending cleaning strips is connec... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577289 | Scrubber mat device with dual abrasive surface for sink divider wall A flexible rubber-like device that will conform to the divider wall of a kitchen- or wet-bar sink and providing an attached scrubber pad for the purpose of single-handedly cleaning utensils or flat objects such as knives, forks, scrapers, plastic or metal... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577290 | Wet mop with self-contained wringer A mop has a self-contained wringer, a handle, a sleeve frictional movably disposed on the handle such that the sleeve is self supporting along a number of positions of the mop handle, a retainer member connected to an end of the handle and having a receiv... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577291 | Decorative paint roller device A paint rolling device comprising a roller rotatably mountable on an axle of a standard roller frame. One or more cartridge retaining apparatus are positioned incrementally around the roller, the retaining apparatus preferably consisting of elongated chan... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577292 | Windscreen wiper with pressure adjusting means A windscreen wiper system having a mounting portion and a wiper arm as well as a wiper arm spring, the contact pressure of the wiper blade exerted on the windscreen is adjusted in that the line of operation of the wiper arm spring is varied through a slid... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577293 | Full recovery stripping system A stripping system employing an end-effector with a nozzle and at least one brush circumferentially disposed around that nozzle, and a vacuum device for creating a vacuum between the nozzle and the brush, can remove substances from a substrate with such c... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577294 | Web cleaner apparatus and method An apparatus and method for cleaning a moving web of sheet material. The apparatus includes a Coanda nozzle having an elongated, curved foil and a slit for directing gas at a high rate of speed along the foil. The gas from the foil impacts a layer of air ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577295 | Three diameter hinge pin A three diameter hinge pin for a vehicle door hinge assembly including a door bracket and a body pillar bracket. The three diameters include successive large upper diameter, small lower diameter, and an intermediate diameter, wherein the latter diameter p... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577296 | Door hinge with snap-in locking device for quick assembly A single articulation door hinge includes a base plate and a one-piece hinge arm. The base plate and hinge arm are quickly disconnected by a snap-in locking device to allow easy removal of a door from a cabinet frame, for example. The catch spring include... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577297 | Door fastening member constructed as a hinge cup for furniture hinges A door fastening member of a furniture hinge having a hinge cup for installation sunk in a recess in the rear surface of a door leaf. The hinge cup has a fastening flange engaging the inner surface of the door leaf. Projecting from the underside of the fa... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577298 | Condenser and method of thread-up A self-threading condenser for disposition within a drafting zone of a textile machine. The condenser includes a diminishing radii guide profile which directs a fiber strand contacting the guide profile into a fiber strand-carrying notch defined in the co... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577299 | Quick-release mechanical knot apparatus A quick-release mechanical knot device for use in securing objects together having a novel means for quickly and safely releasing the mechanical knot device from the body of a rope or tether regardless of the amount of tension or load strain acting on the... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577300 | Strap buckle A strap buckle permitting slidable movement of a strap, such as a belt, therethrough in a first direction with selective locking by moving the strap in a second direction. The buckle includes a main frame with a roller mounted in the frame and covered by ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577301 | Retainer and locking clip for attaching an accessory to a vehicle A clip fastener includes a retainer member having a spring clip cooperating with a post projecting from the underlying sheet metal of the vehicle such that the retainer can be slid over the post and locked into position by the clip. An accessory, such as ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577302 | Necktie fastening device A necktie fastening device including a pair of securing members that are attachable to the severed, central ends of a conventional necktie that has been severed in half with a pair of scissors or the like. Each securing member is formed from a flexible ma... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577303 | Connector A connector for supporting an object engages channels 4 in a track 1. The connector is retained laterally and guided longitudinally thereon. A locking element located between connector and track is moveable longitudinally to effect a locking.backslash.unl... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577304 | Karabiner with dynamic locking feature A karabiner comprises a generally C-shaped body the ends of which are joined by a pivoting finger, articulated at a first end and engaging at its second end with the free end of the body. The corresponding engagement ends of the finger and of the body inc... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577305 | Fastener assembly An improved fastener assembly for reclosable plastic containers is provided. The assembly includes a male closure element having a male base member which is elastically deformable and resilient and a barb element extending substantially perpendicularly th... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577306 | Friction based one-handed closure and release mechanism A one-handed closure and release mechanism for selectively shortening the dimension of an item utilizing frictional engagement of a stretchable elastic cord member and a restrictive guide structure having at least two openings. In various embodiments the ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577307 | Method for producing multi-ply fabric with water soluble thread A process for making a multi-ply fabric, which includes the steps of applying a water soluble material, which has no adverse effect on fabrics, around a water insoluble thread to provide a binding yarn; binding a plurality of unit fabrics one upon another... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577308 | Method of rotating a Bechmann curve of a quartz strip resonator A method of rotating a non-temperature compensated Bechmann curve of a quartz strip. The method includes the steps of determining (102) whether a crystallographic orientation of an AT cut quartz strip is within a desired specification; selecting (104) a p... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577309 | Method for forming electrical contact to the optical coating of an infrared detector This is a system and method of forming an electrical contact to the optical coating of an infrared detector. The method may comprise: forming thermal isolation trenches 22 and contact vias 23 in a substrate 20; depositing a bias contact metal 32 into the ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577310 | Support for fitting a shrinkable sleeve A support for fitting a shrinkable sleeve onto an object inside the support and the sleeve 11 mounted on it includes at least two tubular parts removed in turn from under the sleeve. It further includes means for temporarily immobilizing the last part to ... | 11/26/1996 |
