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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5625895 | Garment for protecting the buttocks of a wearer when seated A garment for use by a wearer when seated comprises a waist band with a rectangular pad depending downwardly from the rear of the waist band having a width to extend around the rear of the wearer and a depth to extend downwardly beyond the crotch of the w... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625896 | Light weight shin protector A shin protector designed to be worn for extended periods of time without discomfort, for protecting the shin area against minor impacts. The shin protector protects its user from abrasions and wounds that may result from everyday activity and is especial... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625897 | Upper torso garment The invention is a garment. The garment is at least one sheet of flexible material having portions which drape over the wearer's shoulders, upper chest and upper back. The sheet has a center and at least one peripheral edge, an axis passes from the periph... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625898 | Combined inner and outer garment A combination inner and outer dress-type shirt garment including an outer wear portion having a dress collar, a back center line and a button down front including a left button hole edge and a right button edge; and an inner wear portion comprising a subs... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625899 | Firefighters coat with environmental seal The firefighters coat is provided with a seal which is disposed adjacent the inner surface of the coat and which extends along the lower edge portion of the coat. The lower part of the seal is stitched to the lower edge portion of the coat, and the seal e... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625900 | High grip glove A glove especially useful in skiing, snowmobiling, and the like with a silicone elastomeric polymer coating that is soft and tacky on at least the palm area of the glove.... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625901 | Ventilating hat band A hat band is described for attachment to or integration with a hat having a hat band area circumscribing a crown. The hat band includes an elongated flexible base including an inside and an outside surface. A plurality of flexible fingers are spaced apar... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625902 | Protective hood made of an elastic material A protective hood (1) made of an elastic, elastomeric, gas-impermeable material, with a head area (2) and a neck area (4) joining the head area (2) with its top end (3), is to be improved such that good seating of the protective hood is achieved at differ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625903 | Headband with adjustable speaker supporting means The headband unit includes two enlarged fabric pockets disposed to overlie and cover the ears of the person wearing the unit. Each pocket is formed between two layers of fabric and contains an audio speaker support in the form of a strip of flexible plast... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625904 | Sock with pocket A sock is provided with a pocket comprising an outer pocket wall having an extension forming a flap. A slot opening in the sock receives the flap which is fastened to the inside of the sock leg.... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625905 | Urine deflector A new and improved urine deflector for eliminating the splatter of urine on surfaces of a toilet bowl and toilet seat when males urinate from a standing position. The invention comprises a collar having paired opposed arcuate sections and paired opposed e... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625906 | Toilet flush control assembly and methods A gravity flush toilet system includes a fixture with a water sealed trap and a tank having an overflow tube, a flush valve and a fill valve. A control assembly includes a float assembly with a member for pushing the flush valve toward its closed position... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625907 | Water saving device for water closet A water saving device for use with a fill tube on a water closet having a reservoir tank and a bowl, the fill tube being in fluid communication with the bowl. The water saving device saves water by reducing the amount of water that is delivered to the bow... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625908 | Wash station and method of operation A wash station comprises a sink and a faucet. A source of water and a source of soap are provided. An electrically operated valve is interposed between the water source and the faucet for selectively supplying water thereto, and a pump and valve are inter... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625909 | Sanitary appliance with indirect discharge Sanitary appliance (washbasin, bidet, bath, sink, etc . . . ) which comprises a main basin (2) in conjunction with an adjoining chamber (4), but where the basin (2) and the chamber (4) are separated from one another by an at least partially removable wall... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625910 | Protective shield An apparatus for use in cooperation with a basin, such as a basin of a hopper sink, that protects an operator from splashing fluids and particulates. The apparatus includes a protective shield, structure for mounting the shield to the basin, and structure... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625911 | Apparatus for sampling urine A method and an apparatus (30) for sampling urine at a toilet (10) equipped with a standard water closet bowl fixture (12). An elongated, curved, urine sampling trough (32) having a U-shaped cross-section is used. For sampling of urine, the sampling troug... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625912 | Mattress coverings A mattress covering in the form of a fitted mattress pad or fitted sheet has a top portion, an inelastic side skirt extending perpendicularly from the top portion, an inelastic underskirt extending from the side skirt, a first elastic cord attached to the... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625913 | Oscillatory bed An oscillatory bed for providing improved patient care in a hospital, nursing home or home health care setting by shifting a person's weight in order to reduce or eliminate problems encountered in convalescence or bed confinement. The subject oscillatory ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625914 | Automatic mattress surface contour and support changing apparatus with wave sensors An automatic mattress surface contour and support changing apparatus includes a wave-emitter assembly which emits waves and is worn by a person lying in bed. A wave-responsive mattress/control assembly responds to the waves of the wave-emitter assembly fo... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625915 | Laundry ozone injection system A laundry ozone injection system includes an ozone generator connected to an ozone distribution manifold having a plurality of manifold outlets connected through ozone valves to ozone injectors associated with washing machines of a laundry plant. Each was... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625916 | Toothbrush An electrical driven toothbrush has a rotatable shaft with a remote end which fits into a slot in a bristle holder. The holder is mounted for rotation on a post supported by a head. When the shaft rotates the remote end describes a circle and driving enga... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625917 | Foam pipeline pig with seal cups A pipeline pig having an elongate generally cylindrical bullet-shaped body formed of resilient foamed material having a rear end and a nose portion with a resilient rear seal cup secured to the rear end and a resilient front seal cup secured to its forwar... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625918 | Multiple head wringer mop with telescoping handle An interchangeable head wringer mop with telescoping handle is provided. The device includes a handle and a mounting head. Rotatably connected to the mounting head is a wringer for wringing a sponge head. A plurality of interchangeable sponge heads having... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625919 | Dual articulated windshield wiper assembly A dual articulated spline windshield wiper assembly for use in a conventional windshield wiper yoke and claw assembly comprises a relative high durometer plastic upper spline and a high durometer plastic lower spline that are coupled for relative rotation... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625920 | Cleaning tool with storable brush A cleaning tool is disclosed that includes a brush unit having bristles that is positionable in each of a selected one of a cleaning position and a storage position. In the cleaning position, the brush bristles contact the surface being cleaned using the ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625921 | Combined assist handle and hanger support An assist handle includes a generally elongated C-shaped handle having opposed ends which include upwardly extending projections defining hooks for receiving hangers at each of the opposite ends. A pair of mounting brackets are provided for mounting in sp... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625922 | Attachment apparatus for forming a handle An attachment apparatus for forming a handle to a broom handle or the like. The attachment apparatus includes a handle member, an intermediate closure member which is installed in the handle member, and a locking member which is installed within the inter... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625923 | Stroller length-adjustable handle A length-adjustable handle structure for a stroller comprises an outer tube, a stationary block affixed to an upper end of the outer tube, an inner tube extending through the stationary block and slidably received within the outer tube, the inner tube hav... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625924 | Method for producing a card sliver and carding machine therefor Method for producing a card sliver and carding machine therefor. The flexible bend of a card is set automatically by the machine control by means of a controllable actuator system on the basis of a wear characteristic, this characteristic representing the... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625925 | Line connecting device A line connecting device includes first and second end portions adapted to be connected respectively to first and second line portions for interconnecting the line portions. The connecting device is formed of a rigid, generally planar body. The line conne... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625926 | Extension fitting for a tension belt A mounting is disclosed for lengthening a clamping strap on which is arranged a strap tie element which may detachably engage the holding profile of a counterpiece. The mounting consists of a plate provided with the holding profile and of a ring for inser... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625927 | Slider of a zipper A slider of a zipper including a slider body having a sliding slot for passing the interlocking tabs, a U-shaped nose raised from the top wall of the slider body, a pin hole through the top wall of the slider body, and a blind hole on the top wall, the no... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625928 | Automatic lock slider for slide fastener In an automatic lock slider for a slide fastener, a yoke accommodating a locking pawl and a leaf spring has a pair of inwardly directed projections, and a generally C-shaped, narrow rigid strip has on its upper edges a pair of taper surfaces corresponding... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625929 | Interengaging fastener member A fastener member is disclosed, having a plurality of headed stems adjoining and projecting from a base. The headed stems are arranged in a pattern on the base, which pattern tends to increase the disengagement force in the shear direction.... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625930 | Molded surface fastener A molded surface fastener comprising a substrate sheet, and a multiplicity of engaging elements molded in rows on one surface of said substrate sheet. Each of the engaging elements has a pair of stems standing from the one surface of the substrate sheet, ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625931 | Resilient clamp A clamp, such as a resilient clamp, is characterized by a pair of elongated members each having a force applying end and an opposed working end. The members are resiliently interconnected by a plurality of substantially arcuately-shaped bands in a region ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625932 | Apparatus for opening a tube of knitted fabric An apparatus for cutting or opening a tube of knit fabric is disclosed and includes a conveyor which moves the fabric along a horizontal axis as it enters the apparatus and continues in this horizontal path and the fabric is expanded cut and moved out of ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625933 | Storage container and display for cremated remains A storage container for cremated remains has a container having a plurality of walls for receiving the cremated remains through an opening in the container. A panel insert area is formed in the container for holding a decorative panel therein. The panel i... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625934 | Reeling method with scanning of matrix of sensors In a reeling machine a multiplicity of yarns are pulled from respective supplies and wound up on a beam and each yarn is associated with a sensor which produces an output whose state indicates if the respective yarn is broken or not present. Each sensor i... | 05/06/1997 |
