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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5734990 | Wearable article for athlete with vortex generators to reduce form drag A drag reduction arrangement for the body of an athlete moving through a fluid medium, comprises a device attachable to the athlete's body for delaying the onset of boundary layer separation at a trailing surface thereof. The device preferably comprises a... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734991 | Wearing apparel with background scene and detachable game pieces An article of wearing apparel capable of being worn and played with having a fabric surface including a game playing portion or background scene, and one or more removably attached articles. The game playing portion or background scene of the fabric surfa... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734992 | Protective hand and arm covering article An extended protective article capable of covering an upper extremity of a wearer from the hand and up to a region near the axilla, and providing protection from fluids from its distal to its proximal ends; the protective article can be formed of a single... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734993 | Hat and hat pin with sports logos A woman's sports hat is disclosed. A pin configured to represent the sport the woman intends to play while wearing the hat is inserted through two openings at the front of the hat so as to secure the hat to the woman's head. The hat will then resist being... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734994 | Ventilated safety helmet with progressively crushable liner A safety helmet has a hard outer shell having front and rear edges. A bowl-shaped liner with front and rear edges and a peak between the edges is contoured to fit snugly in the shell so that the front and rear edges of the liner are adjacent to the front ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734995 | Swimming goggles A pair of swimming goggles includes two lens frames, two lens units, a nose bridge, two gasket units and a head strap. Each of the lens frames has an inner periphery that defines a lens retaining space, and an outer periphery that has bridge and strap con... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734996 | Detergent dispenser for toilets A detergent dispenser including a container having a bottom formed with a downwardly depending tubular portion provided with external threads thereon, a plug having a plurality of longitudinal grooves and an enlarged annular node at an intermediate portio... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734997 | Portable toilet seat bidet assembly The present invention is a raised toilet seat that fits both elongated and regular toilet bowls. Within the raised toilet seat is a water channel that runs water to perforation on the side of the raised toilet seat that allows the water to spray upon an i... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734998 | Toilet training device A toilet training device (20) is provided, preferably configured as a simulation of an antique railroad engine. The device (20) includes a toilet training bowl (56) supported within a housing (22) with a cover (24) mounted for selective movement thereof b... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734999 | Safety device for swimming pools A safety device comprising a floor drain grate includes at least two separate regions, and preferably three, with openings through which water can flow into a pool drain. The regions are preferably spaced to either side of the pool drain, by a distance wh... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735000 | Infant bathing apparatus with faucet guard An infant bathing apparatus including a cushioned body having a cavity surrounded on all sides except one by the body. The sides and bottom of the cushioned body are formed from a water permeable outer layer joined to a water permeable inner layer having ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735001 | Structural body for water-handling fixture assembly, vanity top assembly and related methods A structural body for a water-handling fixture assembly is alternatively usable as a right-hand or a left-hand body part in the assembly. A first edge of the body part is formed to orient in the assembly at an angle that is non-perpendicular in a first di... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735002 | Apparatus for assisting a person moving between support surfaces A transfer apparatus for assisting a person when moving between support surfaces comprising a planar base structure spanning between a first surface and a second surface and a planar person-supporting platform configured for receiving a person thereon. A ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735003 | Sleeping bag adaptor The present invention concerns an adaptor which removably fastens together with ordinary sleeping bags to make them larger and less susceptible to use-related wear. In the preferred embodiment, the adaptor resembles a sleeve which may encase a sleeping pa... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735004 | Water resistant baby blanket assembly A baby blanket assembly for covering and protecting a baby from adverse weather and rain, snow, or water, and for use as a water resistant playmat for a baby, the assembly including a first layer of soft, flexible blanket-type material, and a second layer... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735005 | Multifunctional tool assembly A tool assembly is provided, which includes a primary body and a secondary body having a primary post and a secondary post respectively which are pivotally engaged with each other. An L-shaped primary flange is formed on an inner wall of the primary body ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735006 | Washing machine pulley and fluid ring An improved clothes washing machine is provided with a one-piece pulley and fluid balance ring. The fluid ring is integrally formed with the pulley and is cantilevered from the pulley. The fluid ring is thus in an offset vertical plane relative to the bel... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735007 | Power supply system of a washing machine with an automatic door opening/closing apparatus There is disclosed a power supply system for a washing machine which has an automatic door opening/closing apparatus designed for automatically opening or closing a door, a washing machine driving unit for enabling the washing machine to perform the washi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735008 | Weld-free gratings for bridge decks with improved primary and secondary bars A weldless grating comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending primary load bearing members having an upper portion having an upper edge, a lower portion and a first web located between the upper portion and the lower portion, the primary load beari... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735009 | Device for removing a substance deposited on a sheet In a device for removing toner or similar substance deposited on a recording sheet or similar sheet, projections are formed on a back-up member and located at portions on which the rear of a separating member slide. While a sheet is passed through a press... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735010 | Apparatus for automated cleaning of reactor pressure vessel closure studs An apparatus for cleaning of a reactor pressure vessel head closure stud. The surface of the stud is cleaned by power vacuum brushing. The stud is hung vertically in a cabinet which supports a vertically elevatable spinner housing. The stud is cleaned in ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735011 | Plaque removing toothbrush A toothbrush capable of removing plaque from teeth wherein a plurality of plaque removing members formed from a mixture of a relatively soft elastomeric material and particles of an abrasive material project outwardly from a support portion of the toothbr... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735012 | Resiliently flexible toothbrush A toothbrush is provided having a brushhead, neck and handle. The handle includes a flex zone flanked on one side by the neck on the other by a tail zone of the handle. The neck and tail zone are rigid in contrast to the bendable flex zone. Spring Rate fo... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735013 | Apparatus for cleaning optical fiber The present application discloses an apparatus and a method of cleaning an optical fiber, which comprise a cleaning area where an optical fiber is placed between a first tape-shaped cleaning member and a second tape-shaped cleaning member; a first passing... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735014 | Grill cleaning device A grill cleaning device for removing unwanted residue from grill rail surfaces. The device includes an elongated handle. A rigid blade, for removing residue from the top surfaces of the rails, is mounted at one end of the handle. A deformable coiled wire,... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735015 | Wiper apparatus for vehicles A wiper assembly has an arm head which reciprocates with respect to a center line of a wiper arm by receiving motive force from a reciprocating rod. An elastic component is coaxially provided proximate to the center of rotation. When the coefficient of fr... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735016 | Duct cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning the interior surfaces of an air duct includes a housing. Brushes are mounted to the housing for sweeping engagement with the interior surfaces of the air duct. A video camera is mounted within the housing for generating an image ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735017 | Compact wet/dry vacuum cleaner with flexible bladder A vacuum cleaner for cleaning a surface is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner comprises a main housing including a tank chamber, a motor-blower assembly for creating a vacuum, a recovery tank disposed within the tank chamber for storing contaminated liquid, a ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735018 | Blower for moving debris An improved blower for moving debris on a surface is provided. The blower includes a frame mounted on wheels and a motor mounted to the frame. A blower housing with an inlet opening and a discharge chute is also mounted to the frame. A fan is located in t... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735019 | Assist handle An assist handle for attachment to the handle or handles of single or multiple objects, which includes a rectangular sling with cut-outs for the user's hands, which sling is folded about the object handle and the ends retained in a slot in a removable gri... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735020 | Counterbalance assembly The disclosed invention is directed to a torsion spring counterbalance assembly for closures, preferably for aircraft doors, although it is applicable to closures in other environments. The counterbalance system is designed to reduce the total assembly we... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735021 | Snap stud assembly A snap stud assembly is provided for pivotally connecting two hardware members together. A stud is disposed within a tubular sleeve. A lower or bottom end of the stud is attached to a lower hardware member by pressing or deforming the bottom end of the st... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735022 | Plastic clip in two parts and device for closing the same In a two-part plastic clip for closing sausage casings, bags or the like the first part (1) comprises a U-shaped receiving space, which is defined by side cheeks and cross-flanges and receives the end of the sheath, which end has been gathered to form a t... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735023 | Belt buckle A clamping buckle for a belt comprising a horizontally extending vertical buckle plate having a convex front surface, a concave rear surface, upper and lower horizontally extending integral flanges extending rearwardly from the buckle plate, the flanges h... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735024 | Fastening mechanism for connecting articles and the like together A fastening mechanism for releasably connecting a first article and a second article together is provided. The fastening mechanism comprises a first connecting element secured to the first article with the first element having a first male portion and a f... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735025 | Ergonomic recessed release safety hook An ergonomic snap hook that employs a recessed release to prevent undesirable unfastening. The snap hook uses a redundant locking gate that must be operated in a predetermined sequence to permit latch opening. Once the latch is opened, a rope or the like ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735026 | Method for the manufacture of an electrodisplacive actuator array The inventive method for the manufacturing an array of M×N electrodisplacive actuated mirrors comprises a step of: preparing a ceramic wafer, made of an electrodisplacive material, having a top and bottom surface; forming an array of M×N first electrode... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735027 | Method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component which comprises alternately conductive layers and dielectric layers, and in which successive, conductive layers are made alternately from two different electrode materials and extend up t... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735028 | Processing apparatus with movable processing tool and processing method A processing apparatus with a movable processing tool, which includes a position detecting sensor for detecting a rotary position of a to-be-processed object held by a holding member set to a rotary main shaft, a deflection detecting sensor for detecting ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735029 | Flexible arbor mill machine An arbor mill machine which performs multiple machining operations on a workpiece in one work station. A rotatable tool turret carries a plurality of arbor cutting tools each of which can be indexed into the work station for performing a machining operati... | 04/07/1998 |
