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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5592687 | Facial insulator An improved facial insulator is disclosed for restricting heat loss from exposed skin surfaces. In a general embodiment, the facial insulator comprises a support pad having a design surface for displaying a design and an opposed adhesive surface having an... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592688 | Reversible catching mitt A mitt having opposite, matching side expanses forming opposite sides of the mitt is disclosed. Each side expanse is made up of a foam layer sandwiched between opposed overlay layers. The mitt may be shaped for use either on the left hand or the right han... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592689 | Sound-emitting knee apparatus A sound-emitting knee pad apparatus includes a pad assembly which emits a sound when located between a knee of an infant person and a floor surface when the person is crawling on the floor surface. A pad connector assembly connects the pad assembly to a k... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592690 | Elastic laminated sheet for articles of clothing Clothing garments and other articles include an elastic laminated sheet having the properties of stretchability and recoverability. The elastic laminated sheet is formed from a nonwoven fibrous web and an elastomeric film laminated to at least one entire ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592691 | Modular panel for fabricating clothing and accessories A modular panel is described which has a flexible planar sheet form body with peripheral edges. Zippers are positioned along each of the four peripheral edges. The zippers along the peripheral edges of the body enable the peripheral edges to be mated with... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592692 | Breastfeeding garment A breastfeeding garment is provided for use by a woman while breastfeeding a child which conceals the woman's breast. The garment includes a body portion having a top section and a bottom section. The body portion extends downwardly over one of the woman'... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592693 | Amputee stump protector clothing A shirt worn by an amputee to protect the amputee against prosthesis friction and the friction caused by a prosthesis harness, the shirt having a closed distal portion corresponding to the amputee's amputation. When worn between an amputee's stump and a p... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592694 | Wrap type hand glove A sports glove for wrapping around a human user's hand has finger loops for the little and ring fingers and an inverted tear drop shaped thumb hole. In one form, an angled wrist wrap panel is provided, which can be helically wrapped over a wrist tab to re... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592695 | Golf glove A golfer's glove for maintaining the golfer's two hands in proper mutual position and maintaining effective grasp of the shaft of a golf club while swinging. The glove has the conventional main portion, four fingers, and a thumb. Novel features include an... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592696 | Ornamental hat-brim slip cover and method of manufacture A slip cover for the brim of a hat that consists of two substantially-annular pieces of fabric having an outer edge conforming to the size of a hat brim and an inner edge at least as large as the crown of the hat. The outer edges are joined to form a slip... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592697 | Waterproof pocket A waterproof pocket, for incorporation into, for example, swimming trunks or a wetsuit, having overlying first and second sheets of material defining a pocket. A waterproof closure closes the pocket, and the pocket is provided with an air discharge valve ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592698 | Tear-off lens for transparent eye and face shield A tear-away lens for maintaining visibility through a transparent protective eye and face shield of a racing vehicle driver's helmet includes a tab portion having projections formed thereon to assist in grasping the tab portion to rapidly tear away the le... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592699 | Device for a urinal used by bedridden patients A mouth piece (2) for a urinal (1) comprises a round part (6) to sealingly contact the mouth (3) of the urinal. Furthermore, the mouth piece comprises a liquid barrier or bridge (14) across the round part, said bridge separating the opening into two areas... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592700 | Automatic toilet lid closer An automatic toilet lid closer having a spring-loaded sloped edge arm (30) pivotally attached to an adjustable mounting pedestal (52) that attaches to a side of a toilet water tank (50), The arm (30) swings outwardly when urged by the rotation of the toil... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592701 | Sink stopper A sink stopper comprises a perforated strainer basket, a sealing member, an upwardly extending handle, and a downwardly depending locating stem. The locating stem comprises a base portion and two substantially parallel spaced-apart co-operating legs that ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592702 | Variable size above-ground swimming pool A variable size, portable above-the-ground swimming pool comprising a frame portion having a flexible liner portion attached thereto. The frame portion includes a plurality of first wall members which are of a first length. Attached to and extending betwe... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592703 | Powered toilet seat lift An apparatus is provided for moving a toilet seat between a lowered position immediately above a toilet bowl and a raised position above the toilet bowl to assist a physically disabled person to use a toilet. The apparatus includes a toilet seat having a ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592704 | Crib ventilating system A device for blowing small volumes of air across a mattress in a crib to prevent the accumulation of undesirable gases includes a pump, blower or fan, an elongated conduit connected to the pump, blower or fan and positioned adjacent the top surface of the... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592705 | Impact cushioning device to prevent fall related injuries This invention relates to an impact cushioning device for protecting bed occupants from fall-related injuries. The cushioning device generally comprises an inflatable air cushion or a variety of other impact absorbing materials. The impact absorbing cushi... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592706 | Cushioning device formed from separate reshapable cells A cushion that includes a base and numerous bladders locatable on the base is disclosed and claimed. Each bladder contains a quantity of filler insufficient to completely fill the bladder, and each bladder has a loose or elastomeric skin to accommodate it... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592707 | Seating system with pressure relieving pad A seating system primarily intended for use in wheelchairs and similar applications for reducing the development of decubitus ulcers. The seating system includes a relatively rigid, shaped tray and a pressure relieving fluid pad. The tray has a thigh supp... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592709 | Apparatus for adjusting the attitude of a mattress An apparatus for adjusting the attitude of a mattress includes base elements for engaging the ledge of the side rails of a bed frame. A support bar extends between the base elements for supporting a box spring. The attitude of the mattress may be adjusted... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592710 | Brush head for cleaning surfaces The invention relates to a brush head for large machines for cleaning large objects like aircraft. The brush head (18) has a brush roller (58) motor-driven in a predetermined direction of rotation (130), bearing a crown (66) of flexible, centrifugally bor... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592711 | Paint brush apparatus having multiple painting widths The paint brush apparatus having multiple painting widths is designed in order to provide the user with a paintbrush apparatus that is able to paint in a number of different pre-determined widths that will allow the user to more rapidly finish any paintin... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592712 | Bristle roller for automatic motor vehicle washing systems The present invention relates to a bristle roller for automatic motor vehicle washing systems comprising a cylindrical body on the surface of which there are distributed a plurality of bristles. The main feature of the invention is that the bristles are m... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592713 | Toilet mop A toilet mop is provided with a disposable scrubbing pad which is detachably connected to a handle by a simple, inexpensive device such as a rubberband, whereby the scrub pad can be readily detached from the handle without the necessity of touching the sc... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592714 | Lotion applicator A lotion applicator of the type for applying lotion to body areas not easily reached is provided. The lotion applicator includes: an angled handle having a first end section, a middle section and a second end section; an elongated stem connected to and ex... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592715 | Wiper blade for automotive outside mirror wiper and automotive outside mirror wiper using same The wiper blade according to the present invention consists of a blade lever and a wiping string held as extended tight on one side of the blade lever. The height of the wiper blade is a maximum of a sum of a thickness of plate-like blade lever, outside d... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592716 | Device for a vacuum cleaner and a method for cooling a motor A vacuum cleaner having a suction nozzle and a dust bag (12) which is connected to the nozzle, for instance, by a tube connection, and a turbo-fan unit (27) driven by an electric motor and placed after the dust bag seen in the flow direction. The impeller... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592717 | Gate hinge A gate hinge hinges a gate to a vertical post at an installation site where the post projects vertically in an upward direction from a surface having a first surface portion extending laterally of the post in an inward direction normal to the upward direc... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592718 | Belt buckle alignment device An alignment device for centering an end of a belt relative to a U-shaped mount of a belt buckle. The inventive device includes a folded web positionable about the U-shaped mount and including upper and lower spacing webs extending between the belt and re... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592719 | Fastening clip A clip includes a head portion, a leg portion extending from an underside of the head portion, reducible-diameter protruding engaging portions provided midway along the length of the leg portion on a peripheral surface thereof, engaging members provided o... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592720 | Mounting clip A clip not only has a substantially cylindrical clip main body arranged on a side surface of a base plate so as to be integral with the base board, but also has a pair of flexible blades arranged in tonguelike form so as to be sloped upward toward the cli... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592721 | Holder to secure sheet material A holder for flexible sheet material providing a substantially horizontally oriented housing containing convergent parallel walls forming an interior passageway with an opening. Contained within the housings' passageway are several spaced cylindrical rods... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592722 | Closure device, particularly for sports shoes Closure device particularly for sports shoes including a shell and a quarter and provided with a first flap and a second flap to be secured or with straps to be tensioned and secured. The device includes grip elements and at least one engagement element w... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592723 | Burial coffin arrangement A burial coffin arrangement including a ceremonial casket which can be used a number of times and which is provided with decorative material and which can be placed over or lifted from a disposable inner casket which is made from a material which is not d... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592724 | Mechanism for lifting and tilting the bed of a casket A casket having a fully combustible, full height lift mechanism for raising and lowering the bed of the casket and for rotating the bed about the longitudinal axis of the casket that includes an integral C-shaped bracket that supports a drive screw, a sea... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592725 | Tampon, as well as a method and a device for manufacturing it A tampon is produced rolling up a strip of fiber fleece material to form a cylindrical blank having a cylindrical mantle with mantle sections uniformly distributed over the circumference of the cylindrical blank. Pressing forces are applied to the mantle ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592726 | Axial swage tool having a stabilizing pin A swaging tool for swaging a fitting to a tube includes a tubular housing having a first jaw unit on a first end portion of the housing and a closed cylinder at a second end portion of the housing. The closed cylinder has a port for receiving pressurized ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592727 | Method of making arthroscopic shaver with rotatable collet and slide aspiration control valve A rotatable surgical shaver handpiece having a rotating elongated inner member within a fixed outer member is provided with a means for varying the cutting window orientation of the outer tubular member. The window orientation is adjusted by providing a r... | 01/14/1997 |
