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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5839121 | Cap or helmet for cooling the scalp A cooling cap or helmet containing at least one and, ordinarily, several air funnels which ventilate a sportsman's scalp during the sports activity, e.g., running or jogging, cycling, etc. The air funnels have downward flow through apertures or through du... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839122 | Swimwear garment incorporating resistance band A swimwear garment includes an upper body portion and a trunk portion made of a base fabric. At least one resistance band is incorporated in the garment. The resistance band has a direction of strength and memory characteristics to return the band to its ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839123 | Insert for handheld urinals An insert for handheld urinals for eliminating backflow and spillage of urine includes a funnel portion adapted for securement within a standard handheld urinal bottle. The funnel portion has a central cylindrical portion and an upwardly extending tapered... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839124 | Wedge system for bowler's wrist and hand brace A wrist and hand support for bowlers, including an elongated cushioned base supporting an elongated laterally or transversely flexible brace member against the back of the hand and wrist of the bowler. Straps having hook and pile fasteners releasably reta... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839125 | Hat with extensible visor A hat has a main body, a fixed peak disposed on a front portion of the main body, and an extensible visor engaged with the fixed peak. At least an insertion block is disposed on the extensible visor. The insertion block has two opposite lateral teeth. At ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839127 | Odor extractor apparatus An improvement for toilet assemblies wherein an odor extractor device is connected to the overflow tube of the toilet assembly. The water supplied through a conduit to the overflow tube is discharged on a tubular member that is connected to an opening on ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839128 | Antiseptic solution dispenser An antiseptic solution dispenser installed in the tank of a toilet to dispense an antiseptic solution, including a container to hold an antiseptic solution, the container having a clip for fastening to the overflow tube of the tank of the toilet, and a st... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839129 | Cleaning water supply device for a toilet A cleaning water supply device for a toilet, comprising a bracket 14 having a horizontal portion 10 formed with a downward fixing portion 55 and a vertical portion 12; a valve assembly 28 having a valve stem 30 being mounted inside the vertical portion 12... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839130 | Collapsible bed-pan support with sheet An inflatable bed-pan pad-support of the invention has a shape geometry and configuration in its deflated state that is different from that in its inflated state, so that, when the pad is inflated, it assumes a natural, rectilinear-shaped outline, with th... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839131 | Bathtub with chair lift A fluid operated chair lift is provided for use in a bathtub for allowing a person to enter and leave a bathtub. In the preferred embodiment the apparatus uses water from the water lines of the house or building which is injected into the apparatus for li... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839132 | Inflatable bathtub liner An improved disposable bathtub liner includes inflatable sub-compartments which detachably adhere to the interior surface of a bathtub through suction devices on the exterior surface of the liner. The bathtub liner includes opposite sidewalls, endwalls, a... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839133 | Warming blanket having multiple inlets The present invention relates to a blanket for use with forced air convection systems, wherein the blanket includes multiple inlet ports. By providing a blanket with multiple inlets, the user has the choice of positioning the air supply or blower unit and... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839134 | Apparatus for use in connection with a bend to lift or lower bedclothes A pair of poles are provided upright on one side of a bed, and a pair of horizontal bars are attached slidable in a vertical direction. A pair of auxiliary cushions extend lengthwise along both side ends of the bed. The pair of bars are connected to the f... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839135 | Device for washing human body lying on stretcher A device for washing a user sitting in or reclining on a stretcher including an open-bottomed, double-walled housing defining a washing chamber therein and having a top wall opposite the open bottom, opposing side walls, a front wall and a rear opening op... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839136 | Cot mountable arm rest and cot incorporating same A cot incorporating an cot mounted armrest is provided. The cot mounted arm rest includes a cot frame attaching member, an arm board, and a pivot assembly coupling the attaching member and the arm board. The cot frame attaching member is attached to a bac... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839137 | Roll up emergency personnel carrier An emergency evacuation device comprises a tough fabric panel longer than a large human adult and wide enough to be wrapped around such a person. A pouch on the foot end of the device receives the person's feet. A strap adjacent the foot end of the device... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839138 | Cushioned pillow with means for adjusting firmness An adjustable cushioned pillow includes a set of cover panels, preferably circular, forming a closed volume, which is packed with a filler material. A sleeve with a hollow interior is disposed in a loop, also preferably circular, on one of the cover panel... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839139 | Heel elevator for the prevention of heel and foot ulcerations A heel support for supporting an person's extremity includes an inflatable air bag having three panels, a middle panel and two side panels. An upper surface of the middle panel has a smaller radius of curvature than upper surfaces of the side panels. The ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839140 | Inflatable wheelchair cushion and methods of manufacturing and use In a preferred embodiment, an inflatable wheelchair cushion, the cushion including: a base member having a shape complementary to that of a sling-type wheelchair seat; a plurality of fluid-fillable cells rising from the base member, top surfaces of the ce... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839141 | Fisherman's tool A modified pair of needlenose pliers adapted for opening split rings and for forming spinner loops.... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839142 | Stock washer for washing, thickening and classifying solids The apparatus is a washer, thickener and classifier for recovering solids from liquids including a truncated conical screen with walls typically sixty degrees from the horizontal and formed of filter media. Stock sprayer assemblies rotate about a longitud... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839143 | Apparatus for regenerating image support from used image-bearing support In a method of and an apparatus for regenerating an image support from a used image-bearing support which bears thereon hydrophobic images formed of thermofusible or heat-softening ink, a plurality of image releasing members are used for removing the hydr... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839144 | Boot cleaning apparatus An automatic boot cleaning apparatus is provided. The apparatus has at least three brushes and a scraper. The brushes are positioned to apply scrubbing force to the underside of the sole of a boot or shoe, as well as the sides of the boot or shoe. The scr... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839145 | Dustpan broom combination A dustpan with a shovel section is configured in substantially the same shape as the broom head and is adapted, during non-use or storage, to overlay the head. The dustpan consists of a lower, open resilient tubular section which surrounds the handle of t... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839146 | Back cleaning brush A back cleaning brush mainly including two steel wires and a large number of mixed brush hairs, foam rubber strips and/or scouring pads positioned between the two steel wires. The steel wires are spirally twisted together to tightly clamp the brush hairs,... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839147 | Mopping device with replaceable cleaning member A mopping device includes a first part and a second part pivotally connected to the first part from which a handle is pivotally disposed. Two connecting members and a torsion spring are respectively pivotally connected between the first and the second par... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839148 | Toothbrush with both stationary and moving tufts Disclosed is a toothbrush having an elongated handle having a head at one end and tufts of bristles affixed to the head. The head has a stationary section which contains fixed, stationary tufts of bristles, and a movable section with tufts of bristles aff... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839149 | Toothbrush with resilient flexible bristle support A toothbrush is disclosed having a brush head that includes a flexible member formed for resilient flexure between a first shape and a second shape. The flexible member has first and second sides and a central bristle support portion disposed between firs... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839150 | Brush A brush made by twisting a plurality of core elements and tightly holding elongated cloth pieces in gaps between the twisted core elements. In each of the gaps, a plurality of stacked elongated cloth pieces are held together. The elongated cloth pieces ar... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839151 | Ice scraping and snow removal tool An ice scraping and snow removal tool that includes a cap shaped main body, a handle extending from an outwardly facing surface of the main body, a radially extending scraper edge portion that extends radially from an edge portion of the main body rim, an... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839152 | Apparatus for cleaning trowel blades An apparatus for removing adhesive or other contaminants from a hand trowel. Two embodiments are disclosed, each including a body having a slot extending through at least a portion thereof, and through which the trowel blade is drawn for cleaning. A pair ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839153 | Windshield wiper system for vehicles A windshield wiper system for improving the cleaning operation of the windshield wiper. The system includes a wiper motor, a wiper arm, and a link means for converting the rotary power of the motor into wiper arm movement on a windshield. The washer fluid... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839154 | Chewing gum remover A device for removing an adhered foreign substance, such as chewing gum, from surfaces employs a reciprocating scraper that separates the substance from the surface to be cleaned. A liquid, such as cleaning solution or solvent, is optionally discharged in... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839155 | Continuous flow cleaning system with ozone injection A continuous flow recycling cleaning system includes a canister containing a liquid cleaning solution, and a dispensing conduit for conveying the cleaning solution from the canister to a cleaning tool head for direct application to a carpet, upholstery fa... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839156 | Remote controllable automatic moving vacuum cleaner A remote controllable automatic moving vacuum cleaner comprises a body having a separate intake port to intake dust, a powered moving device enabling the body to be moved forward and backward, a powered direction changing device enabling the body to be mo... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839157 | Street sweeper pick-up head A street sweeper is provided including a vacuum pick-up head having a relatively low noise level and high sweeping efficiency resulting from the careful control of the velocity and direction of the air flow. In order to control the air flow, the internal ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839158 | Sweeping brooms A combined vacuum cleaner and broom device includes an elongate hollow handle connected at its lower end to separable housing parts. The housing part contains an electric motor and fan and the housing part contains a dust collecting compartment. Lines of ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839159 | Wet extractor system An upright wet extractor includes a base assembly, a manipulative handle pivotally attached to the base assembly, and a motor driven agitator brush. A cleaning solution dispensing tank is removably attached to the handle assembly by a pivotable latch memb... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839160 | Clutch control mechanical device for the brush axle of a vacuum cleaner A clutch control mechanical device is disclosed for the brush axle of a vacuum cleaner. The clutch control mechanical device is located at the undercarriage of the machine with a pressure control shaft extending out of the inner sides of the undercarriage... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839161 | Suction pipe assembly for a vacuum cleaner A suction pipe assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a suction pipe body and a brush member. The suction pipe body is provided with a distal open end portion. The brush member includes a brush base which has a generally U-shaped cross section, a rear sec... | 11/24/1998 |
