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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5603116 | Tight-fitting garment, notably for sportswear such as diving suits Close-fitting garments, particularly diving suits and related footwear and gloves, are described. More generally, all kinds of garments that are so tight-fitting as to make dressing and undressing awkward are described. Therefore, a tight-fitting garment ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603117 | Protective helmet assembly A protective helmet assembly to be worn on the head of a person includes a rotective shell and a removable, adjustable suspension system mounted on the inner surface of the shell. The suspension system includes an impact liner mounted on the inner surface ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603118 | Inflatable padded glove A glove for padding a human hand. The inventive device includes a glove member having open truncated finger tubes and a thumb tube extending therefrom. Pneumatic chambers are coupled to a palm web of the glove and can be individually inflated to a desired... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603119 | Glove or insert and method for producing the same A hand covering is provided which is formed of a finger portion and a lower hand portion. The lower hand portion is formed from a one piece back and palm part, or in the alternative a two piece back and palm part; each lower hand portion includes integral... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603120 | Headgear display attachment and method of manufacture An attachment for a headgear having a flap depending therefrom to display an image and also providing a sun shield for the neck of the wearer. The attachment includes a flat strip that is preferably extruded from low density polyethylene material. Thus, i... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603121 | Infinitely adjustable baseball-type cap A baseball-type cap has a shell of general hemispherical shape within an open bottom. A visor is attached along a peripheral inner edge to the shell at the front of the shell. An arcuate inwardly and upwardly tapered opening is provided within the shell d... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603122 | Form-fit sock A form fitting sleeve member for an amputee's residiuum which eliminates air pocket formation and skin irritation. The sleeve member has a bias pattern and a contoured form fit. The sleeve may have polymeric cushioning material arranged on its interior su... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603123 | Invalid garment and method for making the same An invalid garment 10 having at least one seam 12-18. The seam 12-18 includes mating attaching members 36, 38 which are adapted to selectively close and open the seam. A method of making garment 10 is also disclosed and includes the steps of opening a clo... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603124 | Modular diving mask Diving mask comprising a body made of rubber or a material similar to rubber provided with a peripheral edge which extends parallel with the plane of an ocular opening or openings; at least one lens made from tempered glass or transparent plastic which is... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603125 | Swimming goggles and manufacturing method therefor A pair of swimming goggles includes a frame made of plastic material and including a pair of rims each defining an engaging groove therein. Each of the rims includes an annular member extending inwardly from an inner periphery which defines the engaging g... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603126 | Toilet disinfectant dispenser A toilet disinfectant dispenser for use with a toilet of the type having a tank with tank lid. A water supply is connected to the tank by a water inlet pipe controlled by a float valve assembly. A toilet bowl is operatively connected to the tank by a ball... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603127 | Auto flush for tank toilet An automatic flushing system for a tank-type toilet. The automatic flushing system includes one or more infrared transmitters that transmit an infrared signal to a sensing area directly in front of a toilet bowl of the toilet. The presence of a user in th... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603128 | Dual-flush control apparatus A multiple volume flush control apparatus for controlling a flush valve in a bottom of a flush tank, comprises a flush valve having a ventable buoyancy air chamber, a vent control assembly having a venting chamber communicating with the air chamber, a fir... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603129 | Panel wall pool The panel wall pool includes a sidewall with spaced apart panels supported in an upright position when the pool is empty by an inflatable ring, which also provides the protection of a cushion along the top of the sidewall area. The sidewall also includes ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603130 | Sanitary seat Sanitary seat on which the disabled or the elderly can sit to wash--or have washed--parts of their lower body. The seat (61) comprises two parts, an inner part (64) and an annular part (62), which can be moved relative to each other in the vertical direct... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603131 | Water filled mattress with water circulating pump A water filled mattress including a top sheet of flexible material that is capable of having a bottom sheet of flexible material joined by heat sealing. The top and bottom sheet are joined at their peripheries and form a waterproof enclosure. The waterpro... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603132 | Mattress cover with elastic fitted skirt A fitted mattress cover has a two-bar stitchbonded skirt that is stretchable by at least 50% and by at least 100% respectively in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the skirt, with at least 80% of the longitudinal stretch and at least 30% of th... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603133 | Apparatus for alternating pressure of a low air loss patient support system Apparatus for preventing bed sores in a bedridden patient including a frame and first and second sets of substantially rectangular air bags for supporting a patient thereon mounted transversely on the frame, all of the air bags being connected to a gas so... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603134 | Portable bridge system A portable bridge system formed from at least a pair of substantially rectangular bridge platforms positioned in side-by-side relationship including end locking plates for locking the platforms together at the end regions thereof. The invention further in... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603135 | Pool cleaner with replaceable mast An improved automatic pool cleaner of the type having a frame and a supply mast fastened thereto at a lower end, in which a first fastener portion located adjacent to the lower end of the supply mast is removably engageable with a second fastener portion ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603136 | Pipe cleaning machine for driving spiral wire rods A hollow shaft (4) connected to a drive motor is supported in a machine housing (2) in such a way as to act on a rotary coupling (13) with at least two coupling jaws (28, 29). These jaws are held with freedom of radial and axial movement in recesses (23) ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603137 | Brush with cleaning attachment A brush having a head portion including a receiving part and an array of bristles extending from a surface of the head portion, and a removable handle portion having a projecting part that interfaces with the receiving part to secure the handle portion wi... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603138 | Glass cleaning device An article for cleaning windows and vehicle interior windows includes a rigid backing element, a deformable backing element and a rubber ring having an unstretched circumference smaller than that of the rigid backing element. The backing elements are juxt... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603139 | Apparatus for cleaning by spreading cleaning liquid and by suction of the used liquid A manual apparatus for cleaning by spreading cleaning liquid and for sucking up the used liquid, comprises a cleaning head (2) provided with a supply orifice for cleaning liquid, structure (11) for spreading the liquid over the surface to be cleaned, and ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603140 | Furniture protecting device A device for protecting the leg or corner of a piece of furniture from damage is disclosed. The device includes an elongate shield member that encompasses at least the lower front portion of the leg or corner of a piece of furniture. A foot member, for po... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603141 | Interchangeable doorstop The present invention is directed to a doorstop whose component parts readily permit the removal and interchange of component parts which are visible. The present invention provides a device which offers its user the ability to readily interchange those v... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603142 | Frame hinge A frame hinge has a hinge arm which may be secured to a furniture frame and a hinge pot which may be set in a door leaf and is connected to the hinge arm on the frame side by way of at least one articulation pin. The hinge arm is secured to a first wedge ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603143 | Temporary replaceable garment fastening button on a tear-a-way backing and method A method of manufacture and apparatus for a temporary garment fastening button (20) for fastening to a garment (21). The button apparatus (20) includes a garment button (21) having a plurality of holes (25) extending therethrough. A tear-a-way backing pat... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603144 | Automatic lock slider for slide fastener In an automatic lock slider for a slide fastener having element rows on its back side, a resilient member having a locking pawl engageable and disengageable with the element rows from the back side is actuated by one end of a pivotal bat pivotable about a... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603145 | Sheet-form hook and fastening system using it A sheet-form hook capable of hooking to a material to be hooked, comprising a sheet-form substrate having thereon at least one projected portion formed by bending at least one piece notched in the substrate to at least one surface side of the substrate, t... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603146 | Arrangement and process for the production of short warps In a process for the production of short warps, especially pattern weaves, an individual thread (1) of different or the same color is wound up on a wind surface (9,11) sequentially with turns lying next to each other in an individual layer. This layer cor... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603147 | Method of making a high energy multilayer ceramic capacitor A high energy multilayer ceramic capacitor formed of alternating ceramic and electrode layers, the capacitor being suitable for use in implantable medical devices. The ceramic layers are comprised of a dielectric composition of lead magnesium niobate with... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603148 | Tire and wheel servicing system A tire and wheel servicing arrangement including a bead breaking station, a tire changing station, a tire inflating station, and a wheel balancing station in which the stations are positioned sequentially in a line and adjacent each other to permit transf... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603149 | Table replacement apparatus in a numerical control router Apparatus and method for operating a numerical control router in which two processing tables are employed such that when a process board on one table is being processed, another process board may be loaded on to the second table and when processing is com... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603150 | Upholstering apparatus An upholstering apparatus is provided including a frame, a work-supporting plate operably mounted on the frame including a nest configured to support a sheet of upholstery material, especially fabric, and a substrate. A clamp on the frame is configured to... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603151 | Blind fastener setting device A blind fastener setting device includes a drawing mechanism and an adjustably supported tip piece. The tip piece has several mandrel guide channels, each of which can be aligned with respect to the drawing mechanism. The tip piece can be easily adjusted ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603152 | Method for manufacturing a two block line connector A secondary connector block of the type that is used to reinforce a port through a thin wall so that a mating primary connector block which has a bolt hole offset to the side of a refrigerant line can be used to connect the line concentrically to the port... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603153 | Methodology for forming stamped sheet metal parts of complex configuration A method and apparatus for forming sheet metal parts of complex configuration and/or sheet metal parts including inherent joints. The part is formed in a continuous run through a stamping press wherein a strip of sheet metal is moved incrementally and con... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603154 | Process for improving the run-in characteristics of drives having sintered bearings A process for improving the run-in characteristics of drives having sintered bearings. The drives are subject, prior to their operational usage in repeated cycles (I; II etc.), to a loading procedure exhibiting respectively a first load (M1), w... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5603155 | Method of manufacturing an iron core of a multi-phase linear motor An iron core of a multi-phase linear motor which is not restricted by the shape of the motor is manufactured. A stator 1 and a mover 2 are disposed opposite to each other and are separated by an air gap. In manufacturing of the iron core of the multi-phas... | 02/18/1997 |
