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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5651140 | Neck-protecting garment for surgeons and operating room personnel A blood-repellent neck protector for hospital, surgical, and emergency room personnel is featured. The protector is shaped like a narrow-banded, circular collar having an extended bib. The collar has a blood-shielding, light-weight, multi-layered cloth. T... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651141 | Garment and landing net combination A garment and landing net combination for use by fishers to withdraw fish from a body of water. The combination comprises a garment, a landing net, and mating fastener halves. One of the halves is attached to the garment and the other is attached to the l... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651142 | Sock with an integral pocket A sock with sole, body and inner tube portions, the latter extending from the peripheral end of the body portion. The inner tube portion is made out of a lining that is thinner than the rest of the sock. The inner tube portion is folded and received entir... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651143 | Arm sling An arm sling for supporting an arm holding a baby. The arm sling includes a shoulder loop and an arm strap extending from the shoulder loop. The end of the arm strap is detachably fastened to the front of the shoulder loop with Velcro to make an arm suppo... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651144 | Jockstrap for condom A jockstrap for fixing the position of a condom includes a waistband made of soft material. The rear portion and side portions of the waistband are provided with hook-and-loop fastener portions. A pouch portion is attached to the front portion of the wais... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651145 | Bicycle helmet A bicycle helmet includes a helmet body having a plurality of vents, including a front vent that is wider than high. Also, a bicycle helmet includes a helmet body having a plurality of vents, including at least one rear exit port opening outward onto a su... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651146 | Sports goggles having shock absorbing mechanism A pair of sports goggles include a frame for securing lenses and including two legs extended from the side portions thereof. A resilient belt includes two end portions secured to the legs for securing the frame to a head of a user. A soft outer covering i... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651147 | Three-way trap elbow and cleanout system A three-way elbow for connection between a trap and a waste line is provided with a valved access ending in a plug. Removal of the plug allows attachment of a first end of a hose in its place. The second end of the hose is held above the water level of a ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651148 | Toilet with vortex flushing action A toilet bowl and rim construction capable of generating superior vortex flushing action. A rim restrictor means is strategically positioned on a side of the rim to direct the bifurcated streams of water to converge at the side of the rim. The relocation ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651149 | Apparatus for moving disabled persons Apparatus and method for transferring disabled persons horizontally on a slider (11) from a first supporting surface to an adjacent supporting surface by using a cable winch (10) to apply tension to a cable (15) to drag the slider (11) (and the person the... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651150 | Mobile patient support system A structure providing a patient support surface is transferable between a stationery support column and a wheeled transport carriage with the transport carriage, the support column and the support surface providing structure having connecting parts which ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651151 | Alternating pressure pad An alternating pressure pad has two sets of alternately inflatable cells. The alternately inflatable cells overlie additional base cells in a lower layer of the mattress. These base cells are all simultaneously inflated whilst each of the sets of upper ce... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651152 | Storage organizer for hospital bed A removably attachable storage organizer which hangs on the upper most surface of a hospital bed rail. Inner and outer facing panels have attached to them a plurality of pockets capable of storing a variety of personal items that a patient may have with t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651153 | Water bed mattress sheet anchor system The invention is a polymeric frame that may fit completely under a water bed mattress or alternatively under the edge of the mattress and includes members that project at the corners of the mattress and secure a resilient member at each corner which then ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651154 | Modular bridge deck system consisting of hollow extruded aluminum elements A light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck is formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. Each of the deck panels is shop-fabricated by longitudinally welding flanges of adjacently placed multi-void extruded alumin... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651155 | Support mechanism for a dockleveler lift bag A support and attachment mechanism for a dock leveler lift bag. The dock leveler includes a supporting structure which is mounted in a pit in a loading dock and the rear end of a ramp is pivoted to the supporting structure so that the ramp is movable betw... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651156 | Guardrail cleaner A guardrail cleaner includes a frame equipped with upper rollers for mating with an upper guardrail edge and a lower roller for pressing against the guardrail rear surface, a drive wheel for moving the cleaner along the guardrail by traction on the surfac... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651157 | Electric toothbrush with vibration An electric toothbrush having a handle with a cavity therein, a motor mounted in the cavity of the handle and having a rotatable shaft, a brush head, and a shaft arranged to connect the brush head to the handle. An eccentric weight is mounted to the motor... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651158 | Toothbrush with resiliently flexible head A toothbrush having a handle and at one end having a bristle-bearing head which is in the form of one or more segments which are flexibly and/or resiliently linked to each other. Optionally, the head may also be flexibly and/or resiliently linked to the h... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651159 | Structure for mounting a wind receiving member on a wiper device A structure for mounting a wind receiving member on a wiper device is provided. An extending section extends from the extreme end side of a wiper arm beyond where a connector member is rotatably supported. Mounting holes are defined in the extending secti... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651160 | Cleaning apparatus for cleaning substrates The cleaning apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer W as a substrate, has a holding mechanism for holding the wafer, a motor for rotating the wafer held by the holding mechanism, and a cleaning section provided on at least one side of the wafer held... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651161 | Fabric cover for a vacuum hose A fabric cover for a vacuum hose provides a snug fit about the hose and is easily installed and removed. The cover is an elongate rectangular piece of fabric having a width approximating the circumference of the hose and having parallel longitudinal edges... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651162 | Hydraulic door control system A hydraulic control system for automatically closing and opening a door is disclosed and has means for providing such opening and closing even if power is lost to the hydraulic control system. Further disclosed is a fluid control device of the hydraulic s... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651163 | Door handle device A door handle device including a handle body which is manipulated when a vehicle door is opened and closed, a case for receiving the handle body and mounted on the vehicle door, and a spring disposed between the case and the handle body and adapted to exe... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651164 | Releasable double-hinge kit for a vehicle hood A kit is provided for mounting the opposite sides of a vehicle hood about a releasable hinge pin assembly. This effectively forms a hinge joint along opposites sides of the hood. Each hinge pin assembly includes a retractable hinge pin or pins. This permi... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651165 | Process for the deposit of a fiber sliver end on a flat can The instant invention relates to the deposit of the fiber sliver end after the filling of a flat can. It is the object of the invention to deposit and prepare the sliver end in the area of the filling station on a full flat can in order to facilitate auto... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651166 | Method and apparatus for anti-slip webbing adjustment A method and apparatus for webbing retention and adjustment that includes a body member having opposing side members interconnected by first and second transverse members. A resilient projecting member extends upwardly from a lower portion of the body mem... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651167 | Side-actuated clip A side-actuated clip that is actuated by using only one hand. The clip consists of two halves, withone stationary and the other pivotal. A pivot shaft having a helical shape passes through a mounting bracket of the second, pivotal plate-half. The mounting... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651168 | Abrasion resistant chenille yarn and fabric and method for its manufacture A method is disclosed for the manufacture of a novel chenille upholstery fabric and chenille decorative throw. The chenille yarn contains a continuous filament binder yarn comprising a polymer selected to have a melting point which allows melting to occur... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651169 | Continuous riveting machine for fastening blind rivets Although the conventional continuous riveting machine was able to use exclusively a special blind rivet having a longer core-stem than that of the standard type, the continuous riveting machine according to the present invention is able to use the standar... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651170 | Method for positioning a split ring over an enlarged flange A method for using a positioning apparatus having a cylindrical shaft including a retaining shaft, an expansion shaft, and a frustoconical transition shaft extending therebetween. The expansion shaft has a recess sized to receive a flange radially extendi... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651171 | Method of making a shielded magnetic storage system The invention provides an archival storage system for shielding magnetic media from a full spectrum of electromagnetic fields, static electricity, and humidity. Full spectrum EMF shielding may be achieved by providing the storage container with a continuo... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651172 | Process for the assembly of materials and riveting member for carrying out the process The invention relates to a process for assembling materials by means of a riveting member of the type comprising a mandrel (2) and a sleeve (1). The sleeve (1) is provided with a peripheral recess on its external surface, in particular a groove (5), for f... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651173 | Method for doubly upsetting tubing flanges A method of forming a collar backed doubly upset tubing end includes positioning the collar on the tube, gripping the tube in a die and finally positioning the collar coplanar with the die and with a preferred length of tube extending axially beyond the c... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651174 | Intravascular radially expandable stent A method for making a radially expandable stent for implantation within a body lumen having a generally cylindrical body with open proximal and distal ends, the cylindrical body comprising a plurality of metal elements joined to allow flexing of the cylin... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651175 | Method of forming a temperature duct spacer unit and method of making an inductive winding having a temperature sensing element A method of securing a flexible temperature sensing element to a duct spacer element of the type which is commonly used in an electrical transformer includes steps of forming a groove in a surface of duct spacer element; and securing a flexible temperatur... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651176 | Vibratory feeder trays and synchronous mass production apparatus for circuit board fabrication A circuit board fabrication apparatus and method having a vibratory feeder tray is disclosed. The feeder tray is preferably of low mass and horizontally-disposed and has multiple grooves which closely fit electronic parts, and hollowed-out bottom portions... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651177 | Stator manufacturing and testing method and apparatus Stator coils having lead wires inserted into temporary wire clamps at a winding station are electrically tested before the coil lead wires are removed from the temporary clamps. The clamps each include a jaw formed with a wire-engaging surface which scrap... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651178 | Semi-automatic IDC termination machine An IDC termination machine comprises opposed spring loaded gripper pads for clamping and a wire to be terminated in alignment with a corresponding IDC section of a connector. One of the gripper pads is connected to an arm having a camming protrusion that ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5651179 | Method for mounting a semiconductor device on a circuit board A method for mounting a semiconductor device on a circuit board which includes the steps of: joining a terminal electrode of the semiconductor device to a connecting electrode of the circuit board by means of a thermoplastic conductive adhesive; allowing ... | 07/29/1997 |
