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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5745916 | Protective glove for ice-hockey and similar sports A protective glove for ice hockey and similar sports has padding for the hand region, wrist region, and at least in part for the forearm region, this padding being provided with elements promoting mobility of the joints. The padding is designed in the reg... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745917 | Energy expenditure garment An aerobic resistance garment for indoor use or warm weather use, includes a shorts section which has elongated resistance elements and which includes shoulder anchoring structure extending upwardly from the waist area of the shorts section for fitting ov... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745918 | Necktie as an information source This invention relates to the use of the conventional necktie as a source of information or for communicating a message in text and/or graphic, either by printing, painting, embroidering, or by thermal, chemical, and physical bonding to the surface of the... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745919 | Cut-resistant protective glove with leather sheath A protective glove comprising a cut-resistant glove and a grip enhancing sheath affixed to the cut-resistant glove. The sheath is preferably made of leather and is symmetrical providing a gripping surface that overlies substantially similar portions of a ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745920 | Hand strap for use with a weightlifting bar A weightlifting hand strap for use with a weightlifting bar having a spring strip, a strap of fibrous material covering an exterior of the spring strip, and a wrist loop formed at an end of the strap. The wrist loop serves to extend around a human wrist. ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745921 | Moisture-transferring sweat band A sweat band for absorbing and transferring moisture from the brow of a wearer's head including, an elongate body (10) having a generally tubular medial portion (11) for engaging the brow of a wearer's head and extending ends (12, 13) for securing the ban... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745922 | Disposable garment and related manufacturing equipment and methods This invention pertains to a three dimensional disposable garment, subassemblies of the garment, and apparatus and methods for making the garment and subassemblies. The garment is designed to hold a primary absorbent sanitary pad. The garment may have ela... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745923 | Impact absorbing protective apparatus for the frontal temporal and occipital basilar skull A helmet for protection against non-motorized injuries comprises a number of arched segments with ventilation spaces between them, the arched segments being shaped to extend about and engage the skull. The helmet is constructed to cover the apical as well... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745924 | 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... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745925 | Lead-containing garment A radiation-attenuating garment which includes a main body portion covering the chest and thighs of a user, and a pair of flexible securing straps designed to wrap snugly around the user's lower back and abdomen to form a support segment. During use, vari... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745926 | Safety bag, in particular for hygienic purposes A safety bag of flexible material such as a thin sheet of transparent plastics material, the bag having an opening of dimensions appropriate for its use with an edge that is suitable for being bonded to reinforcement for facilitating the opening of a pass... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745927 | Apparatus for lavatory bowl ventilation An apparatus (10) for lavatory bowl ventilation comprising a switch (12) locatable on an exhaust fan (20), a nozzle (14) adapted to be positioned in or adjacent a bowl (46) of a lavatory pedestal (28), a conduit (16) and an actuator (56), the actuator (56... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745928 | Toilet bowl dispensing system A toilet bowl dispensing system, that includes an agent chamber for retaining a cleaning or disinfecting agent in a separate container away from the main body of water in the toilet tank. The agent chamber is sealed with a cap having an inlet and outlet t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745929 | Sanitary covering method and apparatus A sanitary cover comprised of a non-porous flexible material having a first opening is provided. The flexible material can be large enough to cover a toilet seat, and to tuck one or more portions of the flexible material underneath the toilet seat, to sec... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745930 | Toilet seat lifting device A lift assembly for a toilet seat includes an arcuate housing mounted to the underside of the toilet seat. First and second socket arms are received within the housing and present a socket at the ends thereof, the sockets positioned at the sides of the se... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745931 | Method and means for covering the flange of a waste water strainer A waste water insert has a cylindrical wall surrounding a vertical cylindrical bore. A horizontal flange extends outwardly from the upper end of the wall and has a lip formed on its outer periphery. The horizontal flange of the waste water insert is super... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745932 | Hot tub cover and enclosure A hot tub cover and enclosure which, when in a closed position, forms a waterproof cover for a hot tub and a sloping surface to shed snow and water, and when in an open position, provides privacy screening and wind protection. The side walls of the hot tu... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745933 | Pre-washing device for water circulating tube of massaging bath tub A pre-washing device for water circulating tubes of a massaging bath tub includes a cap member for a water circulating tube head, a rotary adjustment block locked with the cap member and formed with opposing wedge-shaped openings, and an inner seat locate... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745934 | Spa apparatus with hanging structural liner The method of providing a spa tub, and comprising providing a load-bearing tub side wall having an inner side and an outer side, the tub having an interior to receive liquid; the tub side wall provided to include at least two wall sections, spaced about t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745935 | Sinuous wire seat section sofa sleeper A sofa sleeper foldable sofa bed assembly having pivotally interconnected head, body, intermediate and foot frame sections which are extendable to form a bed and foldable to form a sofa seat. Each frame section has a pair of opposed side rails and the hea... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745936 | Safety bed with dual purpose side panels This invention relates to a bed for persons at risk of falling out of bed, and more particularly to a safety bed with dual purpose side panels which can be used as barriers for physical restraint, or which can alternatively allow the user to roll safely f... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745937 | Support surfaces for a bed A surface foot section is provided for a bed which includes a base frame and an articulating deck coupled to the base frame. The articulating deck includes a generally planar foot deck section and is movable from a bed configuration to a chair configurati... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745938 | Rescue board This invention relates to rescue boards that are constructed of several individual pieces. Such structures of this type, generally, allow the rescue personnel to extricate an unconscious or injured person from a confined space through a small opening and ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745939 | Leg rest A leg rest for supporting a patient's legs while the patient is lying on a bed and during turning or otherwise managing the patient. The leg rest includes a pair of trough portions for receiving the patient's legs and a raised central portion and a pair o... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745940 | Customized modular mattress and bedding A mattress assembly system tailored by an individual whereby the individual may select the specific components which will be assembled into an individualized mattress assembly. The system includes a selected comfort module selected by an individual from a... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745941 | Air support mattress overlay with fitted sheet mounting An inflatable overlay for a bed mattress has a base sheet with a top and sides sized to retentively fit over the mattress, and inflatable elements secured to the sheet defining a body support surface. Impermeable sheet material is layered on the base shee... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745942 | Simplified control for lateral rotation therapy mattresses In a preferred embodiment, a lateral rotation therapy mattress system for a patient, including: a plurality of side-by-side longitudinal air cells, the air cells being divided into first and second side-by-side groups, wherein decreasing the pressure of p... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745943 | Cable stripping and bending device A cable stripping and bending device. The device is a tool with no moving parts. The cable is inserted into a rounded recess where the sheath is cut longitudinally of the cable by a cutting blade which is fixed to the tool and projects into the rounded re... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745944 | Door mounted shoe tree and last The present invention provides an unique and compact shoe support apparatus for supporting and holding a shoe at an operable position. This mounting means frees both hands of the user for cleaning and polishing. The apparatus includes a `U` shaped mountin... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745945 | Brush conditioner for a semiconductor cleaning brush Disclosed is a brush conditioning apparatus for attachment to a wafer cleaning tool having a cylindrical brush. The brush conditioning apparatus includes a freely rotatable, cylindrically shaped brush conditioner that can be adjustably mounted onto an exi... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745946 | Substrate processing system An improved substrate processing system. The system may be used for double sided scrubbing of a semiconductor substrate. The wet stations of the system has covers which prevent accumulated liquid from dripping outside of the station and which minimize dri... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745947 | Automatic debris retrieval system A debris collection vehicle (1) having an offset cab (12) adjacent to a conveyor belt (61) which transports collected debris to a hopper (59). Rows of resilient fingers (51) are mounted on a collector drum (36), the conveyor (61) and on curb brushes (22, ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745948 | Conduit cleaner An apparatus for cleaning conduits which includes a generally cylindrical body (12) having a bore adapted at one end for connection with a high pressure fluid source. The body includes a groove (26) extending circumferentially about the exterior of the bo... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745949 | Back applicator container This apparatus includes a sponge-like material approximately 2×3×0.5 inches, impregnated with a lotion, such as sun-tan lotion, in the middle of a length of cloth-like material of about 4 ft. by 2 inches in width. This comes in a leak proof container an... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745950 | Hub and drive assembly for full coverage sootblower The present invention is directed to a sootblower and particularly to a hub and drive assembly therefore capable of producing improved cleaning by directing the blowing medium over substantially all of the surface to be cleaned. Includes a hub and drive a... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745951 | Directional control caster assembly A caster assembly mountable to a frame leg of a movable frame structure having a caster receiving aperture therein. The caster assembly of a preferred embodiment includes a caster having a caster fork, a caster wheel attached to the caster fork, and a mou... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745952 | Constrained hermaphroditie ball and socket hinge joint A hermaphroditic ball and socket joint permits a ball to rotate freely within a socket within constrained bounds. The socket resides within a housing that has an exterior surface having a rotational axis of symmetry passing through the center of the socke... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745953 | Hinge assembly, platform and method of making same A hinged platform assembly includes a platform having an end member with a lobed surface on one side thereof and a relatively flat surface on another side thereof. A socket assembly is provided for receiving the end member and enabling the member to turn ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745954 | Playyard hinge A hinge positioned at the intermediate extents of the adjacent rail components to hold such components in an aligned orientation including a saddle with a central button aperture, interior plate apertures and exterior end apertures with associated rail pi... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745955 | Flat card with toothed belt drive and upper guide for the flats A sliding flat formed from section bars for a card with moving flats driven by toothed drive belts, with upper return guides for the flats. The flats are provided in their ends with pins for cylindrical coupling with the toothed belts, said coupling pins ... | 05/05/1998 |
