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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5628062 | Arm and hand UV protection sleeve for driving An arm and hand ultra violet protection sleeve for driving includes a special graded fabric sun-block sleeve for UV protection while driving. The UV-proof sleeve is constructed of special graded soft and smooth irritation free fabric material, and with an... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628063 | Knee pad assembly A pad assembly for use as a protective device to protect from certain types of injury includes an outer shell including an upper and lower shell member. The upper shell is configured to fit over a specified portion of a person's body, such as the knee or ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628064 | Separtable clothes including shirts Separatable clothes including a base panel for covering a part of the body, and a plurality of auxiliary panels detachably fastening to one another or to the base panel by zippers, hook and loop materials, and snaps for covering the limbs or a part of the... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628065 | Firefighter hood with label pocket The present invention is a protective firefighter hood in which a pocket is formed to protect the required garment label which must be attached to the hood. The hood includes a head portion shaped to cover at least a wearer's head and an optional bib port... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628066 | Method of rescuing a person from a fire emergency A fire protection garment may be constructed of a one piece woven fabric integrally formed to create a cloak-like garment to create a fire retardant emergency device. The garment contains a hood portion, a body portion formed with an entrance opening and ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628067 | Liquid impervious sleeve-glove interface for protective garments and method of producing same A liquid proof protective garment and protective glove assembly wherein the interface of the garment and gloves is sealed together in a manner to produce a liquid impervious seal between the garment and the glove. The liquid impervious garment-glove inter... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628068 | Pitching glove having webbed fingers A pitching glove is provided primarily for baseball and softball, in which the ball is thrown as in few other games. The glove has a body and only two fingers, the index and the middle finger, with a web spanning between them. The web serves both to train... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628069 | Glove with bistable spring element A glove, particularly a sports glove for motorcycling, skiing or surfing sports or the like, comprises at least one dorsal portion (4), at least one finger portion (6), at least one palm portion (8) and a thumb portion (10), with the at least one finger p... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628070 | Burn protector covering A protective head covering is disclosed. The covering includes two bands of material each extending from opposite sides of a central band. The central band includes a top rounded edge for being positioned beneath the hairline on the back of the head for s... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628071 | Collapsible helmet A collapsible helmet including a left arched member and a right arched member, each of the left and right arched members has a front portion and a rear portion, the front portions of the left and right arched members being hingedly attached at a front att... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628072 | Eye goggles with laterally adjustable eyepieces within goggles frame A pair of goggles comprises a goggles frame with a pair of eyepiece holders, a nosepiece extending between inner end portions of the eyepiece holders, and a head strap extending between outer end portions of the eyepiece holders. Each eyepiece holder has ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628073 | Sauna A sauna fabricated from a tubular metal space frame mounting a circular plywood seat and shrouded by a vinyl and thermal shield skin having a clear plastic thermoformed hinged door therein with a magnetic door latch. A manually-actuated, timer-controlled ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628074 | Bathtub assembly accommodated under bed and bathing aid system using it A foldable bathtub assembly accommodated in a space under a bed includes: a base arranged on a floor surface to be movable between a first place under the bed and a second place on the side of the bed; a bathtub supporting frame mounted on the base to all... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628075 | Portable vertically adjustable lavatory assembly A portable vertically adjustable lavatory assembly includes a box member. Inside the box member is a vertically movable platform positioned and has a lavatory connected thereto. A lavatory is positioned outside of the box member and includes a sink portio... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628076 | Self locking futon frame The present invention is for a futon frame which, in combination with a futon, will serve as a sofa or couch when in the closed position and a bed when in the open position. One embodiment of the futon frame has a base having a pair of base end serpentine... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628077 | Draw string fitted sheet with curved hem for even tension A fitted sheet with draw string sewn in a hem on the peripheral edges. The edges are fashioned so that the final shape of the hem, when the sheet is installed on the mattress is not parallel to the edges of the mattress and forms a curve resembling an ell... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628078 | Surgical table side extender assembly A side extender assembly for providing additional width to a surgical table. The side extender assembly includes an extender frame having at least one support leg integral therewith. The support leg includes a recess for receiving a side rail of the surgi... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628079 | Seat cushion with projections A seat cushion having a flexible substrate and pads. The flexible substrate has first and second pads in a spaced-apart relationship, forming a hinge of the substrate therebetween. The flexible substrate may be moved from an open lay-flat position to a cl... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628080 | Curve formed protective and decorative bedding foundation corner guard A protective and decorative mattress foundation curved corner guard is mold formed in a curved configuration with a wall portion of the guard having a radius of curvature approximately equal to a radius of curvature of rounded corners of a mattress founda... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628081 | Brush head for large manipulators The invention relates to a brush head for large manipulators with a brush roller fitted on a motor-driven brush shaft (56) having flexible, centrifugally born bristles (66) and divided into at least two axially separated roller sections (58) and with at l... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628082 | Toothbrush with improved efficacy An improved toothbrush with a secure grip, a more effective bristle arrangement, and a specially shaped head is disclosed. The handle is formed with opposed gripping portions, and fits securely in the hand of the brusher, facing either up or down, imparti... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628083 | Back cleanser and balm applicator A device to clean or apply a balm to a person's back includes a rigid base panel fastened to a wall with suction cups on a shower wall. The device includes a foam panel covered PVC sheet which in turn is covered with a plastic netting to reduce the slidin... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628084 | Spacer for a windshield wiper A spacer for a windshield wiper includes an anchoring member, a cylindrical shaft, a biasing device, a bracing stand, and a retaining device. The anchoring member is to be mounted on the wiper blade seat and has a shaft accommodation hole. The shaft is in... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628085 | Connection piece for a windshield wiper system of a vehicle In order to provide the possibility of simplifying the varieties with relation to the type of wiper blades, the invention is directed toward developing a cost-effective and easy to handle connection piece for connecting a link cap at its wiper rod with al... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628086 | Floor cleaning apparatus with squeegee mounting system The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning floors. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes four wheels, two of which are steerable wheels, and a steering mechanism that permits the two steerable wheels to turn to a degree that allows very ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628087 | Foldable stud bushing This invention consists of a foldable bushing that may be easily inserted within a hole in a metal framing stud used in the construction of buildings. The bushing may be applied to either holes of regular shapes such as round, square, or rectangular, or t... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628088 | Multistage adjustable device for trunk bracket A multistage adjustable device for trunk bracket has a fixed handle, a driving handle, two inner sleeves, two drawbars, two brakes, two seats, two checking bodies, two outer sleeves and two positioning plates. The fixed handle has two ends. Two sockets ar... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628089 | Radiotelephone having a self contained hinge A radio telephone (100) has a hinge (301) for joining a body (101) a cover (103) along an axis. The hinge (301) contains the axial force generated by an urging mechanism (403,404,405) by locating the urging mechanism (403,404,405) in a can (303) and attac... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628090 | Apparatus for the production of absorbent materials The present invention relates to an apparatus for the production of absorbent materials comprising fibers cross-linked by a suitable cross-linker therefor, and wherein said cross-linker is associated with substantially the entire surface of each fiber, sa... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628091 | Balloon closure device The balloon closure device of the present invention includes an integrally formed flat seal portion and removable tab portion (made of biodegradable material) and a loop of string or other type of line. The loop of string may be wrapped neatly around the ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628092 | Eyewear retainer The invention provides an improved eyewear retainer in which a strap that is attached to the earpieces of the eyewear and looped around the head of a human wearer to retain the eyewear snugly and securely in place on the wearer's head. The strap includes ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628093 | Reversible zipper assembly A mattress assembly includes a mattress base and a mattress top having first and second major surfaces extending to a peripheral edge. Slidable fastener means disposed between the mattress top and the mattress base removably and rotatably attaches the mat... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628094 | Lock slider for slide fastener A lock slider, for a slide fastener, includes an upper wing having an interior surface adapted to be in contact with a pair of fastener tapes, and a wedge-like ridge projecting from the interior surface of the upper wing and extending from a guide post to... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628095 | Clasp for jewelry A jewelry clasp has a first and a second clasp member connected to one another for closing the clasp. At least the first clasp member has a spring-weighed element for achieving a fixation of a closed position of the clasp. The first clasp member has a fir... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628096 | Button type strap fastener and methods of making and using same A button type strap fastener, a method of making same, and a method of using same are provided. The strap fastener includes a mounting strap that is provided with cogs, and also includes a locking button that is adapted to be held in place on the cogs of ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628097 | Method for selectively aperturing a nonwoven web The present invention provides a method for selectively aperturing a nonwoven web. A nonwoven web is weakened along a plurality of locations and then a tensioning force is applied to the nonwoven web causing the nonwoven web to rupture at the plurality of... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628098 | Method and device for the winding of warp strips A manipulator (16) is provided in the case of a method and device for winding of warp strips (19) in at least two adjacently arranged sections onto the drum (9) of a sectional warping plant. On completion of the winding sequence for a section, the yarns o... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628099 | Method of producing series-resonant device using conductive adhesive resin A method of producing a device including an impedance element provided so as to effect a series resonance, includes a step of connecting connection portions such as terminals or electrodes to be electrically connected in the device, using conductive adhes... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628100 | Method of making an acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor is shown having a substrate (16, 16', 16", 16'") on which a capacitor detect plate (24) and source plate mounting portion (28c) are disposed. An electrically conductive blade member (40, 44) having an attachment portion (40a, 44h), ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5628101 | Assembly machine for implanting pins An assembly machine for implanting pins has a casing, a retarder, a hopper, a guide pipe, a guide recess, a seat, a chuck device, and a link. The hopper has spaced driving bolts, spaced chutes on the cone-shaped portion, a seat connecting the cone-shaped ... | 05/13/1997 |
