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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5617580 | Goalie pad covers The present invention relates to a goalie pad cover designed to provide protection to a goalie pad from abrasion in sports such as ice hockey, in-line skate hockey or road hockey. The cover is tight fitting to the outer surface of the goalie pad so as to ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617581 | Insulating undergarment An insulating garment including a cap. The cap has an eyehole and is positionable over a head. Included is a body suit for covering an area of a body. The body suit has an upper portion with a pair of shoulder straps extending therefrom, a lower portion f... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617582 | Load bearing vest A load bearing vest for use by military and police personnel includes a right front panel, a left front panel and a rear panel, each being formed of a durable, abrasion resistant material. Right and left shoulder straps, also formed of durable abrasion re... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617583 | Thermal glove with heater pocket A thermal glove includes a cap that is connected with the glove body by a flexible strip for displacement from a stored position adjacent the back of the glove to an operative position in which the cap encloses the finger portions of the glove. The cap co... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617584 | Face covering A multipurpose bandanna-type article comprising an elongated band, a flexible panel and a facility for fastening one edge of the flexible panel to the elongated band.... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617585 | Rubber soled slipper sock A slipper sock having a rubber sole liner. The lining is formed by embedding the sock within uncured, liquid latex rubber. The liquid rubber is prevented from embedding a central zone on the sole of the sock, but embeds fabric of the sock at the periphery... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617586 | Tattoo hosiery having translucent ink A hose having a multicolored decoration and method for making in which the decoration appears to be a tattoo on the skin of the wearer under the hose. The illusion is created by screen printing water based acrylic inks onto the hose wherein the properties... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617587 | Attachable garment pocket system An attachable garment pocket system comprising a pocket member, having a plurality of pocket member securing apertures formed therethrough adjacent a portion of the perimeter thereof; an adhesive member having a like plurality of adhesive member securing ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617588 | Snap together protective goggle construction with toric lens A protective goggle construction consists of a goggle body and a toric lens which is snap received over the front of the goggle body. The goggle body includes a rigid frame portion, and a resilient face engaging portion. The frame portion includes rigid t... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617589 | Combination headband, earcovers, and goggles Winter sports goggles are secured by a two-sided headband made of a double layer of insulating fabric. Downward extensions of the fabric on the sides provide earcovers. The two sides of the headband overlap around the head and are adjustably connected by ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617590 | Flush toilet exhaust fixture An exhaust fixture adapted to be connected to a toilet, the toilet having a bowl, a water tank having a normal amount of water therein and an upper, peripheral edge, an overflow pipe located within the tank, and a lid adapted to fit about the peripheral e... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617591 | 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... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617592 | Bending joint of a collapsible baby playing bed The present invention relates to a bending joint of a collapsible baby playing bed, which comprises: two inner tooth members each having a tubular portion connected with an upper frame of the bed, and teeth; two fitting blocks each having teeth engaged wi... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617593 | Device for lifting and lowering a movable side of a baby's bed A spring loaded pin is provided at both ends of the bottom rails of the movable side and an engageable head is fixedly mounted on each of the posts between which the movable side is mounted. The spring loaded pin is allowed to ride in a guiding track whic... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617594 | Foldable cradle frame A foldable cradle frame including a front foot, a rear foot, and an upper rod that are interconnected by common connecting bodies. The rear foot and the upper rod are pivotally connected to the connecting members and are rotatable through respective openi... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617595 | Contoured seat cushion comprised of honeycomb cores An improved anatomical support apparatus including an upper substrate engagable with a body surface of a user, and a support substrate attached to the upper substrate. The upper substrate having a first honeycomb core formed of undulated strips of resilie... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617596 | Tube for a waterbed A tube for a waterbed includes a generally cylindrical tube body having a top, a bottom, and a pair of side walls extending from the top to the bottom. The tube body defines a longitudinal axis of the tube. First and second tube ends in combination with t... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617597 | Multipurpose kitchen tool A multipurpose kitchen tool includes a housing having an upper end, a lower end, a front edge, a rear edge, and two side walls. The upper end has an opening formed in a central portion thereof extending into a channel through the housing. One of the two s... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617598 | Armored bridge-laying vehicle with laying means An armored bridge-laying vehicle with a laying device for bridges or bridge sections located one on top of another, wherein a single laying girder is rotatably mounted on a support ring structure on the tower ring. The laying girder is pivotable around a ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617599 | Bridge deck panel installation system and method This invention involves a system and method for the installation of a prefabricated composite structural members. The system utilizes deck panels which have a plurality of steel C-beam pairs attached to the underside such that a series of channels is form... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617600 | Self-propelled underwater electromechanical apparatus for cleaning the bottom and walls of swimming pools Self-propelled underwater electromechanical apparatus for cleaning the bottom and the walls of swimming pools, having an electric motor which operates a propeller turbine for circulating the water and a driving unit for transmitting movement to a roller t... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617601 | Brushes for personal hygiene purposes A toothbrush is disclosed which comprises a rotatably mounted toothbrush head, 100, a connection member, 150, for connection to a linear reciprocal drive means contained in hand-held casing and a flexible member, 160, formed preferably from steel wire or ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617602 | Motor-driven toothbrush It is an object of the present invention to make an engaging section between a holder section and a toothbrush section of a motor-driven toothbrush more simple, manufacture thereof easier and also minimize the production cost as well as to achieve minimiz... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617603 | Brush head assembly of an electric toothbrush The present invention provides a staggered swing brush head assembly of an electric toothbrush. There are two swing bodies adjoin in the head part of the toothbrush by a swing bar. They can wobble to the opposite direction as the rear swing body is driven... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617604 | Pivoted roller cutter pipe cleaning tool An improved pipe cleaning tool employing a cutting head and propulsor utilizes a plurality of roller cutters on the cutting head. The rolling cutters are coupled in a pairwise fashion to a rotatable car. The rotatable car in turn is pivoted to the cutting... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617605 | Combination cleaning and plunger tool A combination cleaning and plunger tool consisting of a handle portion having at one end a brush for cleaning surface areas. The other end of the tool includes a cylindrical plunger portion which can be used to move refuse from the bottom of a sink into a... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617606 | Fluted swimming pool cleaner discs Discs for devices such as automatic swimming pool cleaners are disclosed. The discs incorporate one or more flutes, or raised areas (arched protrusions), extending generally radially from adjacent their central portions to their peripheries. The peripheri... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617607 | Windshield wiper assembly A rubber blade assembly for a windshield wiper, including a casing, two master blade holders pivoted to the casing to hold two assistant blade holders and a rubber blade, wherein the casing has a cowling which protects the rubber blade against the radiati... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617608 | Windshield protection and cleaning system A ram air duct directed to a vehicle's windshield receives ram air from behind a vehicle's engine coolant radiator which air is rammed through the radiator to heat the air and into the ram air duct by motion of the vehicle causing a heated air curtain ove... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617609 | Air nozzle/flexible whip cleaning means for ductwork There is mentioned an air nozzle/flexible whip cleaning means for ductwork which is connected to a source of high pressure air using at least a plurality of connectable lengths of semi rigid plastic pipe 8. The means comprises at least one primary air noz... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617610 | Self-contained sweeper and vacuum pick-up A combined self-contained implement features a broom or brush assembly for sweeping large areas of debris into small piles with a rechargeable battery operated vacuum assembly for aspirating the dirt piles into a bag. The broom and vacuum assembly are sli... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617611 | Suction line assembly A suction line has a stiff suction tube and a flexible suction hose having a connecting end. A connector for connecting the connecting end of the flexible suction hose to the stiff suction tube to form the suction line having free ends is provided. One of... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617612 | Single -pin furniture hinge A furniture hinge (10) comprises a first cup-shaped element (11) and a second arm-shaped element (12) pivoted together to rotate reciprocally from an open position to a closed position. The arm-shaped element (12) is made of sheet metal with one end (20) ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617613 | System for producing a bleached cotton, nonwoven web A continuous textile processing system and method are disclosed for producing a nonwoven web containing bleached cotton fibers in a single line system which includes a supply of fibers such as a bale opening device, a plurality of fiber delivery lines tra... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617614 | Machine for automatically withdrawing staple fibres from fibre bales An improved bale opening machine comprising beaters rotating at high speed in the gaps within a grid of shoes which bear on the bales being worked and which extend longitudinally into that region comprising a series of grooved wheels for leading and conve... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617615 | Method and apparatus for depositing sliver in a coiler can An apparatus for depositing sliver in a coiler can includes a pair of cooperating pressure rolls; a coiler head rotating about a rotary axis and having a sliver inlet for receiving sliver from the rolls and a sliver outlet situated eccentrically with resp... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617616 | Ostomy pouch closure clamp An ostomy pouch clamp for closing off the bottom end of the pouch having pivoted clamping elements, one element having a trough channel for receiving the other blade element therein. The improvement in this clamp results from (1) single or multiple knife ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617617 | Fabric cover for a seatbelt buckle The present invention relates to a supplemental seatbelt buckle cover system. The seatbelt buckle cover of the present invention is adapted to be removably positioned over a seatbelt buckle to protect a user from such a seatbelt buckle which may have inad... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617618 | Method and device for finishing thick carded fleeces A method wherein a thin card web which contains meltable synthetic fibers as well as natural fibers is processed into a thicker web of fleece. The synthetic fibers are initially melted to prestrengthen the web. Then the web is saturated with the appropria... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617619 | Rivet fastening apparatus and method A rivet fastening apparatus and method for joining two pieces by forming a rivet from the material of the pieces. First and second dies are used and the second die is moved into the first die to form a punched out hole and circumferentially spaced tabs in... | 04/08/1997 |
