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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5778448 | Assembly for attaching sunglasses to a cap An assembly for removably attaching sunglasses to the bill of a baseball cap. The assembly comprises a flexible main frame bridge which has hinges with teeth, a pair of clamps which grip the bill of the cap and which are adjustable by means of teeth inter... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778449 | Wrist guard A wrist guard for protecting a wearer's wrist includes a first rigid brace and a second rigid brace. The first rigid brace is sized and positioned to oppose a palm of a user. The second rigid brace is sized and positioned to oppose an upper surface of the... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778450 | Bib and tray A bib with a closure is attached to a lap tray positioned on a users lap.... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778451 | Buoyant swim garment and method of manufacture A buoyant swim garment has inner and outer layers of fabric and, intermediate the inner and outer layers a buoyant flexible sheet material. The sheet material has spaced V-shaped grooves with sides meeting in a line at an apex, the grooves extending in a ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778452 | Exercise garment An exercise garment includes an outer layer of clothing which is in the form of a warm up suit or sweatsuit loosely fitting on the user. An inner layer of clothing made of elastic resistance material is secured to the inside of the outer layer of clothing... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778453 | Necktie A necktie including a knot formed with a seat, a binding device having a fixing block removably engaged with the seat of the knot, and a front apron provided with fastening means at an upper end thereof engageable with the knot, whereby the front apron of... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778454 | Visor cap A visor construction and an attachment to a visor are described which makes unlikely the unintentional removal of the visor or cap to which the visor is attached by wind. The visor, in accordance with the invention, has a cross-section from its front edge... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778455 | Ear cover An ear cover for protecting the external ear of a wearer. The cover includes a first flexible sheet having an outer layer formed of an absorbent material and an inner layer coextensive therewith formed of an impermeable material. A second flexible sheet i... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778456 | Reversible belt and method of manufacture A reversible belt and method of manufacture in which an elongated strip of fabric is folded over and around a strip of filler material to form a belt section and two such sections are stacked in opposing relationship with a strip of a reinforcing material... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778457 | Hygienic panty and quick-attach pad A quick-attach absorbent pad 14 for use with a panty 10 is provided with an upper surface 16 and a lower surface 18, the pad 14 being sized to fit against a crotch panel 12 of a panty 10 with the lower surface 18 of the pad 14 adjacent the crotch panel 12... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778458 | Biodegradable and flushable bedpan liner The invention is basically a bedpan liner. The liner is made out of paper that is biodegradable and flushable down a toilet. The paper is cut out in a pattern that fits the bedpan. The sides of the paper are crimped upward to fit the sides on the bedpan. ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778459 | Method and apparatus for injecting chemicals into the water of a toilet bowl A chemical injection apparatus for injecting chemicals into a toilet having a tank, a bowl, an overflow pipe and a refill hose. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing having an inlet adapted to couple to the refill hose to receive refill wate... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778460 | Auxiliary toilet seat An auxiliary seat for young children, particularly for use with children having physical disabilities, is removably connected to the bowl of a toilet. The seat base is a rear-facing horseshoe shape, with upstanding arms and back support. The auxiliary sea... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778461 | Bedpan with integral urinal A conventional bedpan having sidewalls topped by an outwardly curved seat contains, in the forward end, a cabinet with a wall opening into the bedpan and containing a large extendible tube which may be withdrawn to function as a urinal for male patients.... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778462 | Device in separation-type toilet systems A device in connection with a separation-type of toilet systems, i.e. having separate feces and urine reception means located beneath a seat opening, a urine receptacle debouching into the front part of the seat opening and a feces receptacle debouching i... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778463 | Multi-piece tub/shower unit and method of installation A multi-piece tub/shower unit having a trackless shower door and a method of assembly and installation of the same wherein the multi-piece tub/shower unit is comprised of a first sidewall, having a sidewall nailing flange and a front flanged surface, and ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778464 | Shower and/or bath apparatus An enclosure for one of a tray and bathroom tub where a spacer is attached to an upstanding flange provided on the enclosure. The upstanding flange abuts a room wall such that a wall liner overlaps the upstanding flange and is spaced from the flange there... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778465 | Bassinet for attachment to a child's playard A bassinet for an infant having a foldable floor and flexible side walls that are suspended above a playard floor with extruded plastic hooks engaged to the playard for a safe and secure connection. The hooks are shaped to easily be installed and removed ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778466 | Box spring assembly with cross slats of different heights An improved box spring assembly is selectively reinforced to reduce sagging. The box spring assembly includes a bottom frame with end rails and side rails and a series of cross slats lying across the frame. The box spring assembly incorporates a combinati... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778467 | Patient treatment apparatus Treatment apparatus supporting a patient lying in a generally prone or supine position for manipulation includes a base and a table supported thereabove for movement between selected different horizontal positions or working levels for treatment of the pa... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778468 | Pillow-tote-angelic companion Base unit of child's Pillow-Tote-Angelic Companion is a fabric-made embodiment of a billowy, white cloud upon which a golden star and crescent moon have been attached. Configuration is such that: there is created, in the concave behind the moon, a hammock... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778469 | Therapeutic cervical pillow A new therapeutic cervical pillow for aiding individuals with cervical spine aliments. The inventive device includes a concave pillow member having a back portion having an arcuate surface, and a pair laterally opposing arcuate side portions extending fro... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778470 | Partitioned therapeutic pillow with bead filling A pillow structure formed with an outer cover or casing in which a foam shell is enclosed, where in a horizontally disposed partition being mounted in the shell along the horizontal central axis of the pillow structure, wherein the partition controls the ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778471 | Emergency water storage device A device for storing a supply of emergency potable water includes a tank member which is especially configured to store unobtrusively in the home. The tank member is configured to connect into the domestic fresh cold water supply to an automatic clothes w... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778472 | Container lid cutter and opener A tool for removing lids from containers is formed from a single piece of planar rigid material by stamping or cutting therefrom a pattern and thereafter bending portions of the pattern into operative elements including a handle portion and a head portion... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778473 | Method of forming a boot A method of making a boot having an upper, a lower and a sole is disclosed. The method includes the step of connecting the lower to the sole in a water-tight relationship only after the lower is connected to the upper.... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778474 | Mechanically driven toothbrush A toothbrush has a thin, metal cam shaft rotatably driven about a central longitudinal axis. Tuft blocks are mounted in a head member and constrained to pivot about an axis of a support shaft. Upper sides of the tuft blocks each have a slot which fits som... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778475 | Tongue debridement aid A tongue debridement aid includes an elongated handle with tongue debridement structure disposed at one end. The tongue debridement structure has a cupped region having an endwall and first and second sidewalls contiguous with the endwall which is dispose... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778476 | Interdental brushes having roughened, tapered and rounded bristle ends and method of making the same An interdental twisted wire brush having roughened, tapered and rounded bristle ends prepared by rotating the interdental brush both transversely to the axis of the brush and axially along its longitudinal axis, while flexing the bristles and grinding the... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778477 | Toothbrush The present invention relates to a toothbrush having two brush head surfaces in angular relationship to each other, the second brush head surface angled in relationship to the first brush head surface to accommodate the inner curvature of the jaw and to p... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778478 | Toothbrush with flexible handle A toothbrush includes a brush head having a pattern of bristles and a handle that consists of a soft, plastic, flexible, preferably transparent, tube with the brush head being fixedly mounted to the tube through insertion of a neck portion of the brush he... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778479 | Modular, multiple paint brush system A modular paint brush which comprises two or more brush units which are comprised of a upper section and a bottom brush section, each upper section having a top, a front, a back parallel to said front and two parallel sides with dovetail connections attac... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778480 | Dental hygienist's device A dental hygienist's device for removing debris from dental tools wherein a cleaning head is disposed atop a saucer member such that debris is wiped onto the cleaning head and fallen debris collects in the saucer member. The device is adapted to be attach... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778481 | Silicon wafer cleaning and polishing pads Disc shaped cleaning/polishing pads are disclosed for use on a cleaning/polishing apparatus wherein the surface of the cleaning/polishing pad comprises resilient members arranged in patterns which will facilitate the movement of fluids (deoinized water, c... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778482 | Spreader for cold-coat roofing tar A device for spreading cold-coat tar for securing roofing paper, comprising a hard rubber blade with serration, which, when pushed over the surface to be roofed, spreads the desired coat of tar over a predetermined width of the surface to be roofed.... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778483 | Windshield wiper blade assembly with sponge and tension mechanism A new windshield wiper blade assembly with sponge and tension mechanism for removing stubborn insect deposits and other debris from the exterior of a front windshield of a vehicle. The inventive device includes a wiper blade support assembly having a plur... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778484 | Windscreen wiper for a motor vehicle having improved elastic return means The invention concerns a windscreen wiper for a motor vehicle, having a windscreen-wiper arm, articulated on a drive head, and of the type in which elastic return means, having a spring attached to the drive head and to a lever mounted pivotally on the dr... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778485 | Probe card cleaning apparatus, probe apparatus with the cleaning apparatus, and probe card cleaning method A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a probe card having a contact element to be brought into electrical contact with a pad of a circuit to be inspected, comprises a conductive brush to be brought into contact at least with the contact element to clean the p... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778486 | Indicator device for a vacuum cleaner dust container which has an additional pressure controller Disclosed is an indicator device for visually in detail denoting the amount of filled dust in a dust container of a vacuum cleaner with time. The indicator device operates based on a vacuum pressure difference created between an air suction port and an ou... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778487 | Vacuum cleaning machine A vacuum cleaner machine includes a housing having an open upper end and a partition member therein which defines first and second vacuum chambers, a bag holder in said housing and a dome covering the open end of the housing. The bag holder is positioned ... | 07/14/1998 |
