Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5826271 | Eyewear in combination with a visor A sun visor with attached sunglasses rotatable incrementally between an up position, a down position and several intermediate positions. The frame of the sunglasses is equipped with a pair of circular shoulders from which a pair of posts extend perpendicu... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826272 | Visored golf cap A visored golf cap with a measuring means is disclosed. In the cap, a front visor is attached to the front part of a size-adjustable head band. The regularly-spaced visor holders are radially attached to all the opposite side parts of the band except for ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826273 | Body conforming article of clothing having multiple heat pockets An article of clothing for use with a thermal packet for effecting a heat transfer between the packet and the body of a user of the article of clothing that includes a torso enveloping portion conforming to the body of the user. The torso enveloping porti... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826274 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the application and removal of a wet suit A method and article for facilitating the application of a wet suit to a human body having a torso portion with a first arm member and a second arm member extend outwardly from opposite sides of the torso portion. The first and second leg members extend d... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826275 | Neckwear construction The present invention provides a one-piece multidimensional lining carried within an outer fabric casing and lying substantially coextensively along the length thereof. The lining is formed of a double cloth fabric having a first fabric layer and a second... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826276 | Ergonomic hand covering and grip enhancer An ergonomic hand covering and grip enhancer (1) adapted to be worn by a person to provide protection, support and enhanced gripping capabilities is described herein. In an alternative embodiment (100), the construction is formed to fit the wearer in a co... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826277 | Sweat band An improved sweat band. The sweat band includes an elastic band adapted to fit around a user's head and a length of sponge cloth intermittently attached along spaced apart locations to the elastic band. Only the ends and spaced apart segments of the strip... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826278 | Thin-walled plastic hat 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 ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826279 | Liner for protective headgear A reusable liner for lining the support harness of a safety helmet comprising a body fabricated of an absorbent material which is longitudinally elongated and terminates in enlarged opposite ends which extend generally transverse to the longitudinal axis ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826280 | Dual size belt A belt adjustment assembly is provided having a belt body and a removable buckle including a latch. The belt body comprises a tongue end having a plurality of openings, and a buckle end having two longitudinally spaced slots, and fastening snaps. By movin... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826281 | Inflatable chin strap for a helmet A protective chin strap for headwear such as an athletic helmet is provided with a chin portion including an inflatable pouch and a manually operated valve pump so that the wearer can inflate the pouch to adjust the tension of the strap to adjust the forc... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826282 | Sanitary cleaning apparatus A sanitary cleaning apparatus includes a plurality of cleaning water jetting openings on a nozzle, and the axes of those jetting openings intersect with each other between a jetting surface of the nozzles and a region to be cleaned. The sanitary cleaning ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826283 | Life safety device A life safety device is provided including a pool having an upper exterior edge. A cover is provided having a continuous sleeve formed about a periphery thereof. Also included is a belt situated within the continuous sleeve of the cover for precluding the... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826284 | Shower curtain with skirt A shower curtain for use with a bathtub comprises a main curtain suspendable from a curtain rod and a skirt attached to the main curtain along a horizontal seam at a level at least approximately five inches above the top of the front wall of the bathtub. ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826285 | Play yard A play yard having a collapsible top assembly and a collapsible bottom assembly, each assembly connected to at least three spaced vertical posts. The bottom assembly includes a collapsible subassembly. Pairs of post connecting members pivotally connect ea... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826286 | Veterinary surgical table A veterinary surgical table is provided which includes a top animal-supporting surface mounted for inclining and supported by at least one extensible rod which provides counterbalancing support for the weight of the top surface and an animal placed thereo... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826287 | Infant support and positioning system There is provided a modular device for use as a supporting and positioning unit for infants. Three releasably attachable cushions are provided which define a central flat section and flexible rounded side sections. One of the cushions has a harness associ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826288 | Highly premeable infant mattress and pad An infant supporting mattress or pad, comprising in combination a liquid permeable fibrous pad core, and a high permeability cover extending about the pad core, and in contact therewith, to wick liquid passing through the cover away from the cover, the co... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826289 | Wet processing system for treating wetted roped knitted fabric tubes This invention is directed to a wet processing system wherein a wet roped knitted fabric is treated to achieve a finished product that is flat and open and accomplished by moving the fabric so that it is transported through the various processing steps in... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826290 | Reusable composite bridge structure and method of constructing and attaching the same A reusable composite bridge structure permits composite strength action of steel girders and concrete deck panels in a bridge structure that is removable and reusable. The bridge comprises precast concrete deck panels, each of the panels having a pluralit... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826291 | Electrically actuated dock leveler A dock leveler having a frame adapted to be fixedly mounted at a dock with a deck, pivotally mounted to the frame at one end thereof, and having a pivotable lip at the other end. A spring is mounted to the deck and the frame and supports the deck. An elec... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826292 | Disk cleaning and drying apparatus A disk cleaning and drying apparatus is capable of cleaning and drying a great number of disks per unit time to a substantially complete or satisfactory extent without increasing the overall size thereof. A cleaning unit has a first index table with a plu... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826293 | Heated wiper blade The present invention is a heated wiper blade comprising an elongated blade and a heating element connected to the electrical system of a vehicle. The heating element utilizes a material with a positive temperature coefficient of resistance placed between... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826294 | Compact depressed park wiper system with clutch lock mechanism A vehicle window wiper system has wipers 12 with a range of motion between an in-wipe position I and an out-wipe position O when the wiper system is in a run mode, and a variable park range for the wipers between the in-wipe position I and a depressed par... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826295 | Windscreen wipers A straight line wiper of the kind where a belt or chain drive (1) on two pulleys or gear wheels (2, 3) and driven by a motor (10), drives a wiper (4, 5) along a straight line path driven by movement of the upper flight of the belt (1) in one direction and... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826296 | Roll cleaning assembly In a roll cleaning assembly devised to remove liquid material continuously from the cylindrical surface of a rotating roll, for example from a compression roll (3) in a coating machine, a blade holder (5) which releasably retains a doctor blade (7) is mou... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826297 | Dustpan A dustpan includes a pan with a lip at one edge of the perimeter of the pan floor and a wall surrounding the perimeter of the pan floor from one end of the lip to the other. A grip and a generally U-shaped footplate are attached to the pan opposite the li... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826298 | Surface cleaner, sprayer and retrieval unit A cyclonic power wash system including a roving sprayer and retrieval unit that uses high pressure, high temperature water for selectively cleaning large, flat, concrete or asphalt surfaces and can retrieve a substantial portion of the dispensed water alo... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826299 | Brush assembly for a vacuum cleaner A brush assembly for a vacuum cleaner which can be simply manufactured by a molding working. The brush assembly has a body formed at an upper surface thereof with a recess, an air duct integrally formed with the body, and ribs for clamping the auxiliary b... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826300 | Vacuum cleaner accessory A multi-purpose vacuum cleaner accessory is provided for use in grooming multiple types of animals and for cleaning fabric and flooring substrates. The accessory comprises a body and a brush attachable thereto. The brush is configured for creating an airf... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826301 | Multipurpose auxiliary brush for a vacuum cleaner Disclosed is a multipurpose auxiliary brush for complementing a cleaning function of a main brush and for enabling a vacuum cleaner to perform various cleaning jobs, regardless of an object and place to be cleaned. A knife-type brush of the multipurpose a... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826302 | Roller-holding fitting for holding the roller of a roller pull-out guide at a drawer A fitting for holding rollers of roller pull-out guides, for the rear wall of drawers, below the bottom and next to a side wall of the drawer, and protruding beyond the underside of the bottom. The longitudinal edges of the bottom of the drawer are held i... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826303 | Flexible cable and dipnet A flexible shaft having increased buoyancy and resistance to kinking is disclosed. Further disclosed is a dip net utilizing the flexible shaft whereby the dip net is adapted to be used as an emergency life preserver.... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826304 | Composite flexure unit A composite flexure unit 10, 10', 120 includes a flexure member (12, 12', 12", 100) comprising a low modulus of elasticity material. The flexure unit (10, 10', 120) includes a first portion (22, 122) for mounting the flexure (12, 12', 12", 100), a second ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826305 | Furniture hinge A hinge for mounting a door on a frame of a furniture articles includes a first hinge member such as a hinge cup to be mounted to the door, a hinge arm connected at one end of the hinge arm to the hinge cup on a pivot pin fixed in the hinge cup, and a sec... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826306 | Sliding door center adjustable hinge A sliding door center adjustable hinge includes a first hinge member having a pair of spaced walls with aligned hinge pin receiving apertures and a second hinge member including a bracket received between the spaced walls with predetermined clearance for ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826307 | Rotating spindle mechanism The subject invention relates to a rotating spindle mechanism comprising a first fixed plate, a second fixed plate, a first washer, a second washer, a screw and a sleeve; said screw penetrating the first washer, the spindle hole on the second fixed plate ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826308 | Bundling strap assembly A bundling strap assembly includes a strap for surrounding articles to be packed and a buckle for securing the strap. The strap has two rows of through holes defined along a longitudinal direction of the strap, a reinforcement rib formed between the two r... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826309 | Jewelry safety clasp A jewelry safety claps includes a hook member with a hook disposed thereon. A housing member includes a hole formed thereon for receiving the hook and to be selectively disengageable from the hook. At least one foot is disposed in the housing member and i... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5826310 | Bar clamp apparatus A bar clamp apparatus having a pair of opposing clamp jaws, with one of the clamp jaws slidably joined to a handle member. The handle member and attached clamp jaw are slidably mounted on a bar. The clamp jaw attached to the handle member includes a pin w... | 10/27/1998 |
