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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5713076 | Insect barrier headgear Insect protective headgear comprising a headpiece having a crown and a brim with an outer edge extending at least part of the way around the periphery of said crown; a transparent eyepiece releasably attached to the outer edge of the brim; and a knitted t... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713077 | Pull down ski mask The disclosure relates to a coat with an integral hood wherein the front portion of the hood contains a rolled-up face mask integral with the hood. In a preferred form, the hood has an interior pocket which stores the face mask when not in use. The face m... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713078 | Ear protection device for swimmers This invention provides an ear protector to prevent water from entering the ear during watersport activities like swimming, surface snorkeling or child's play in the water. It provides for waterproof ear pieces which are adhered to a head band worn either... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713079 | Dual insulation garment An insulated garment which includes an outer fabric and an inner fabric and at least two layers of insulation between the inner and outer fabrics. A first layer of insulation contiguous to the outer fabric is a synthetic material and a second layer of ins... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713080 | Clothing ornamentation device A clothing ornamentation device and method for decorating the upper torso area of an individual wearing a garment. The device includes a securement element that attaches to the upper back portion of a wearer's garment and allows the attachment and support... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713081 | Pantyhose garment with spare leg portion A hosiery item including a panty member having three absorbent crotch members provided therein, each absorbent crotch member having a pocket formed therein; and three leg portions secured to the panty member in a manner such that an absorbent crotch membe... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713082 | Sports helmet An improved helmet constructed with a rigid shell having a soft outer covering which absorbs impacts and disperses energy thereby protecting the wearer of the helmet, as well as protecting the impacting object. When used for contact sports such as footbal... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713083 | Thin-walled plastic hat structure A one-piece, lightweight, molded plastic hat that comprises, in combination, a thin, molded plastic sheet forming a hat wall dome having an inner side, the sheet at the dome everywhere having thickness less than 3/16 inch; the sheet at the dome forming a ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713084 | Toilet seat lift mechanism A lift mechanism which attaches to the rear edge of a toilet bowl including a lever which pivots at a base in a rotational plane parallel to that of the target element, such as the toilet seat. The lever may be flexed so as to permit insertion of a tang b... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713085 | Patio pond A patio pond (10, 60) is formed by a bottom (12) of boards (22) with notches (32) formed in their upper surfaces, a wall (14) formed of a plurality of square panels (40) fit into the notches in the boards of the base, a flexible water tight membrane (18) ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713086 | Flushing device for a toilet A flushing device has a first pushbutton for triggering a flushing with essentially the total amount of water present in the flushing tank and a second pushbutton for triggering a flushing with part of this amount of water. Both pushbuttons are connected ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713087 | Safety pool cover A pool cover includes, in a preferred embodiment, an array of openings through an otherwise impervious pool cover sheet. A pair of filter units overlies the openings and allows only filtered water from the pool cover to drain into an underlying pool of wa... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713088 | Innerspring construction with springs having free terminal convolutions An innerspring assembly, such as for use in a mattress, comprises a plurality of coil springs defining upper and lower terminal convolutions and body portions therebetween. Adjacent coil springs are attached together at the body portions thereof with the ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713089 | Modular quilt A modular construction for quilted blankets uses long panels which are releasably connected together in a side by side manner through interlocking hook and loop type fasteners. On one long side of each panel a tongue strip is secured to extend from betwee... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713090 | Bed enclosure for a baby A bed enclosure (10) for a baby (12) comprising a dome shaped frame (14) sized to extend over the baby (12) sleeping on a bed (16) with it's parent (18). The dome shaped frame (14) will protect the baby (12) from being smothered by the parent (18) inadver... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713091 | Portable bed raiser An adjustable and portable bed raiser which raises the head of a bed to an incline so as to reduce gastroesophageal reflux, and thus heartburn, while a user is sleeping. The adjustable bed raiser is separate from the bed intended to be lifted and is compr... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713092 | Counterweighted vehicle laundry top brush and position control system therefor A horizontal top brush for a vehicle laundering or finishing plant wherein a brush rotated by an hydraulic motor is mounted between the free ends of pivot arms carried by spaced vertical stanchions flanking a vehicle treatment location. Counterweight arms... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713093 | Pipe-cleaning device with cutting head A pipe-cleaning device with a cutting head (3) makes it possible to clean clogged pipelines completely, even those clogged with concrete, for example. The cutting head (3) works like a jack hammer as it rotates and is driven only by a pressurized medium, ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713094 | Washing implement A washing implement is formed from links of mesh material and which is suitable for convenient use with a single hand. The hand sponge is formed by gathering loops or tubes of diamond mesh polymeric material into circular links, which are looped together ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713095 | Bifurcated paint roller and painting method A bifurcated paint roller and painting method using such. The paint roller is a hand tool having two roller portions, which each of the roller portions having a nap for picking up and spreading paint. The roller portions are spaced transversely from each ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713096 | Finishing trowel handle A finishing trowel comprised of a blade, a mounting and a handle, wherein the handle is hollow and has a square mounting hole for receiving a square mounting surface. A plastic handle is comprised of a durable inner core material and a grippable outer mem... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713097 | Boot scraper A boot scraper of novel design and shape and incorporating a novel boot scraping surface that can be mounted to, or incorporated in, skiing implements such as skis and snowboards, as well as ski boot bindings, snowboard boot bindings, and ski boots and sn... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713098 | Wiper system A system for cleaning light transmitting elements such as windscreens, window-panes or optical instruments, comprising a wiper arm supported by a carriage performing reciprocating movements, and a intermediate gear means for transforming rotary movements ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713099 | Windscreen wiper provided with a flexible deflector having means of fixing to the wiper blade The invention concerns a windscreen wiper for a motor vehicle, of the type having a windscreen wiper arm provided with an articulated structure which carries, by means of a series of claws, a wiper blade made of a flexible material, and of the type having... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713100 | Bifurcated backing strip for use in windscreen wiper blade assemblies A bifurcated backing member (20) for use in a wiper blade assembly, the bifurcated backing member (20) being formed from an elongated strip (10) having a centrally thinned section (11) which is then laterally displaced such that the edge (14) of the thinn... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713101 | Nozzles and container cleaning system A nozzle and container cleaning system for rinsing and washing the interior of a flexible container. The system comprises a bulk bag dispenser having a concentric reducer and a pair of nozzles. The nozzles comprise an inner and outer cylinder, where the o... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713102 | Apparatus for dry cleaning exposed films An apparatus for cleaning exposed film includes a dry cleaning unit including at least a first dry cleaning station comprising an ionization unit having an electrostatic discharge device and means for removing discharged dust particles from the film. A ro... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713103 | Dirt cup cleaner with nose conversion A vacuum cleaner conversion arrangement is disclosed which, particularly, may be advantageously applied to a dirt cup cleaner. In this application, the conversion hose confluently communicates with the dirt cup when the cleaner is in converted condition s... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713104 | Pneumatic compressed auxiliary implement handle for the manually impaired An oversized auxiliary handle for use by the manually impaired has a rigid outer cover with a gripping surface and an open end that is provided with a socket for receiving the handle of a conventional implement, such as a knife, fork, toothbrush, or the l... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713105 | Adjustable hinge A vertically adjustable hinge which permits easy, small and precise vertical adjustments. The hinge includes a body, a first leaf and a second leaf. It should be noted that the hinge may be provided only as a body and a first leaf for retro-fitting on to ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713106 | Process to ensure precise autolevelling for the drafting of a fiber sliver in a pre-spinning machine and device to carry out the process The invention relates to a process to ensure precise autolevelling for the drafting of a fiber structure in a pre-spinning machine, whereby an open control circuit controls the drafting of the fiber sliver through the drafting rollers, whereby the fiber s... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713107 | Fastening belt A fastening belt includes a first end, a second end, a first side and a second side. A corrugation extends from the first side thereof near the first end and a plurality of holes are defined in the fastening belt near the second end. A plurality of teeth ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713108 | Flexible bag sealing device A sealing devise provided for use in sealing flexible bags. The sealing device has a receiving arm (11) and a locking arm (12) each having generally parallel side walls (16, 26) having elongated, seating shoulders (19, 29) for interlocking engagement. The... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713109 | Seat belt retaining device A multi-purpose seat belt retaining device which provides a means for lowering the path of a seat belt for use by a child by removably inserting the lap and shoulder portion of a seat belt into slots on the device thereby lowering the intersection points ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713110 | Zipper closure with decorative stones A zipper closure comprises first and second rows of plastic teeth formed on first and second bands, each said band having an edge bead, said teeth having free ends and opposed back ends fixed to said bands. In said teeth close to said back ends of said te... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713111 | Method for making an interengaging fastener having reduced engagement force To provide an interengaging fastener member which can enhance the disengagement force, while does not increase an engagement force required for an interengagement process. The fastener member 10 includes a base 12 and a plurality of headed stems 14. Each ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713112 | Engaging device An engaging device for releasably engaging an object. The engaging device comprising a supporting part and an engaging part mounted on the supporting part for pivotal movement about two spaced apart axes between two stable conditions, one being an engagin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713113 | Device for treating at least one running multifilament yarn A device for treating at least one running multifilament yarn with compressed air contains one continuous yarn channel (13, 14, 15) which is circular in cross section. Into a cylindrical middle section (14) of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) three blowing m... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713114 | Apparatus for shaping elongated workpieces Apparatus for the working of an elongated body, in particular a profile of a fan blade, comprising the following parts, linked to each other: (a) a feeding device of a rod of an extruded material, from which the elongated body is obtained; (b) a first blocking... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713115 | Electronically regulated apparatus for coiling springs Described is an electronically regulated coiling apparatus for mattress and upholstery springs comprising essentially a wire draw-in, a wire guidance, a cutting device and a bending device for a wire to be processed, and due to short drive trains equipped... | 02/03/1998 |
