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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5623728 | Hockey goaltender's body pad with size adjustment The invention relates to a protective gear having a primary front protective pad and a rear protective pad, the front and rear pads being flexibly connected to one another and being adjustable relative to one another. This allows the primary front protect... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623729 | Chest protector The chest protector of the present invention consists of an upper guard portion and a lower padding portion, the upper guard portion comprising a right and a left shoulder guard panels, a chest guard panel and a plurality of abdomen guard panels, each bei... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623730 | Quick-fit modular helmet The disclosure is a helmet, for example a pilot's helmet, including a shell and an attachable structure carrying optronic equipment. To facilitate manual fitting and removal of the structure on the shell by the wearer, the structure is equipped with mobil... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623731 | Detachable device for fastening an object, located in a case, to a carrier A fastening device, with which an object such as a watch (100) can be secured detachably to a carrier, such as the back of a glove (116). To that end, a fastening element of the object and a fastening element of the carrier are provided, of which the firs... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623732 | Hat in combination with a hood A hat in combination with a hood includes a hat having a cap portion for fitting on the head of a hat wearer, a front visor and a rear visor. The front visor and the rear visor are attached to opposite ends of the cap portion. A hood is adapted to cover t... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623733 | Moisture retaining face mask A moisture retaining face mask designed to avoid drying and lowering of the temperature of the skin prevents the skin from becoming rough by synergistic effect obtained when the mask is used in combination with cosmetics. Basically, the mask has a mask bo... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623734 | Pedicure sock A pedicure sock for keeping a foot warm during a pedicure. The pedicure sock having individual stalls for the toes which are truncated to leave the toe nails exposed. The stalls serving to separate the tops of the toes, where the toe nails are located, su... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623735 | Suspender to be worn with a belt A pair of suspenders is worn to support pants having a belt threaded through a plurality of belt loops. The suspenders contain a pair of straps that are worn over the shoulders. A connector is attached at each end of each strap for hooking the suspenders ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623736 | Modular inflatable/air fluidized bed The invention is a modular inflatable/air fluidized patient bed suitable for in-home use. The bed includes a double walled, molded plastic base formed from two pedestals and a connecting midsection. A blower compartment containing the electrical and mecha... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623737 | Combination tool for wallboard A combination hand tool for use in the construction and finishing of interior wallboard panels in the construction trade, provides a utility knife for cutting and scoring of the board to the desired dimensions, a rasp or file surface for smoothing the cut... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623738 | Machine and method for the continuous washing of a fabric A machine is disclosed for the continuous washing of fabric (T), comprising eans (3) for introducing the fabric to be treated into said machine, means (5) for extracting the treated fabric from said machine and, between said means of introduction and said ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623739 | Toddler/child toothbrush A toothbrush consisting of a handle of plastics or rigid resin material and at one end thereof, a head with brushes, the handle forming a closed aperture in the approximate shape of a semi-circle curved on one side and straight on the other, sized to perm... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623740 | Paint roller edge guard A paint roller edge guard apparatus facilitating the painting of a wall surface adjacent a non-painted surface from the application of paint to the non-painted surface from the roller sock. The apparatus comprises a handle and an edge guard having four ed... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623741 | Brush pad with irregular fingers A vehicle finishing apparatus provided with a vehicle finishing pad having slits cut in the pad in patterns other than parallel, straight and perpendicular to the brush axis so that the individual pad strips make finishing contact with the vehicle surface... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623742 | Motor vehicle screen wiper having means for orientation of the drive head A motor vehicle screen wiper comprises a screen wiper arm having a drive head fastened on an end portion of a motor shaft, which is part of a screen wiper drive unit. The motor shaft end portion comprises a conical portion which is received in a complemen... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623743 | Mobile surface scrubber solution recovery system A mobile surface scrubber for scrubbing a surface wetted with cleaning solution. The scrubber comprises a frame, a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted on the frame, scrub brush means attached to the frame and positioned to scrub the wetted surface as th... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623744 | Vacuum cleaner The present invention relates to vacuum systems and more particularly, to systems for cleaning up waste materials and/or recovering materials which might otherwise be considered waste, particularly in industrial uses. The instant invention includes a mean... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623745 | Carpet cutting system A carpet cleaning system which utilizes a conventional vacuum cleaner which is modified to include a cutting system. The vacuum cleaner raises the upper parts of the carpet material through suction and the cutting system cuts off the upper portion of the ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623746 | Tooth-brushing machine Large-diameter cylindrical portion (3) is formed in water passage (2) of a water-spraying nozzle (1) in the vicinity of the tip portion of said nozzle. Piston (5) which is housed in aforementioned cylindrical portion (3) is driven in a reciprocating manne... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623747 | Floor-mounted door closer device A floor-mounted door closure device comprising a floor trough insertable in a cavity of the floor and arranged to receive the closer casing from which a pivot pin projects, the device further comprising a cover plate covering the floor trough and closer c... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623748 | System for carding textile fibres A system for carding textile fibres comprises first and second carding machines and a layering system disposed between the output portion of the first carding machine and the input portion of the second carding machine. The layering system forms a mat com... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623749 | Apparatus for separating opened fiber tufts from an air stream An apparatus for feeding fiber tufts to a fiber processing textile machine includes a feed chute having upper and lower ends; a densifying air stream generating arrangement for introducing an air stream into the feed chute to densify the fiber tufts there... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623750 | Adjustable elastic and inelastic strap apparatus An adjustable elastic and inelastic strap apparatus includes a first connector and a flexible elastic strap assembly which has a first end and a second end. The first end of the elastic strap assembly is attached to the first connector. A second connector... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623751 | Retractable binder for securing cargo loads A tie-down device for securing cargo bindings. The device includes a housing unit with a hollow cavity therein. A threaded screw extending through the bore of the cavity and projecting through an opening in a closed end of the housing unit and secured to ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623752 | Foldable coffin The coffin is made by folding, along preformed lines, a single piece part (10) cut from a plate of corrugated cardboard of which at least one of the faces is covered with a cellulose coating which is tinted and decorated so as to give said face a wooden a... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623753 | Apparatus for producing electric wires with terminals An apparatus for producing a plurality of types of electric wires with a terminal or terminals. Production condition data required to produce a plurality of types of electric wires with a terminal or terminals are previously stored in a memory. Responsive... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623754 | Apparatus for facilitating the detachment of an element from an object Apparatus for separating a member that is attached to an object within a predetermined degree of positioning accuracy by fasteners that can selectively engage and disengage the object. The apparatus comprises at least one biasing member positioned between... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623755 | Engine oil filter adapter assembly for facilitating the removal of an oil filter without spilling oil An adapter assembly to assist in the removal of an oil filter without spilling oil. The assembly includes a drain cup adapter for permanent affixing to the oil filter stud which extends from an engine block. The drain cup adapter has an inner face with op... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623756 | Method of manufacturing a shock absorbing type steering shaft In a method of manufacturing a shock absorbing type steering shaft, the fore end portion of a tubular outer shaft having a female serration formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof and the fore end portion of an inner shaft having a male serration f... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623757 | Two station machining vise with removable and off-setting jaws In a wide-opening vise having two movable jaws and a fixed center jaw, the movable jaws are easily removed and reset onto associated slides. The slides have upperly projecting bodies with pressure release latches for positively fixing the jaws in position... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623758 | Method of fabricating a low profile head suspension assembly having load and unload capability A head suspension assembly for use in a disk drive having a load and unload ramp, the head suspension assembly including a load beam, a cover having a load and unload tang, a coating sandwiched between the cover and the load beam, and a head lead wire ext... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623759 | Method of attaching a voice coil to an actuator arm An improved arm for an electronic servo mechanism is described which includes a plurality of glue pockets formed within it for bonding a coil assembly to the arm. A method for bonding the coil assembly to the arm is described in which a predetermined amou... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623760 | Pressure sensitive switch A pressure sensitive switch has upper, middle and lower laminar elongated members, the middle member having an opening therethrough defining a cavity between the upper and lower members. A first array of substantially parallel, spaced-apart electrically c... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623761 | Bearing removing device A bearing removing device includes an elongated tubular member having an end receivable within an inner hole of a bearing is removed. A plurality of holes having a tapering configuration is spaced along a circumference of the end of the tubular member. Th... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623762 | Hypodermic needle disposal apparatus A ferrule applying device including first and second jaws defining an engagement chamber and reciprocably movable with respect to each other into and out of said engagement chamber, a retainer for retaining a plurality of ferrules, and a feed mechanism fo... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623763 | Method of replacing primary divider plate in a steam generator A one-piece curved floating primary divider plate (40) is described which is suitable for retrofit in an existing steam generator. The one-piece curved floating primary divider plate eliminates most loose parts and reduces leakage of the primary flow resu... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623764 | Hair clipper A precision hair clipper for cutting the hair to a predetermined length, energized solely by a vacuum source. A flow chamber having an inlet and an outlet which connected to an inlet of a turbine. The stator of the turbine is the handle of the hair clippe... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623765 | Feed-out mechanism for rotary mower cutting head An improved flail release mechanism in rotary mowers heads, to be used for all kinds of vegetation, has a head of which has a flattened part to improve the engagement with the ground, and a release mechanism which comprises a ring member so designed to en... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623766 | Probe head for coordinate measuring apparatus with damping and clamping features The invention is directed to a probe head of the measuring type equipped with measuring force generators (15 to 17) for the generation of measuring forces of pregiven magnitude and direction. The probe head further includes a system for arresting or clamp... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623767 | Siding installation alignment tool A siding installation tool for the installation of horizontally overlapping siding boards on the exterior of a building structure. The tool includes a J-shaped hook that is integrally formed to an elongated body member at a terminal end thereof for attach... | 04/29/1997 |