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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5845333 | Knee pads for work pants A resilient, flat closed-cell knee pad is rolled and inserted through a gap in a seam attaching edges of a patch to the knee area of a work pant. The knee pad then unrolls and fills a space between the work pant and the patch thereby protecting a wearer's... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845334 | Kit wear combination sports apparel Sportswear design that would allow the individual to interchange an array of decorative patches having hook and loop fastener material similar to the material sold under the trademark VELCRO onto garments. Patches could be changed daily. Combination sport... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845335 | Noise making garment A new noise making garment for producing sounds when noise pads are compressed as well as providing reinforced areas where wear is likely to occur. The inventive device includes a garment with a plurality of noise pads coupled to the garment. Each noise p... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845336 | Versatile all-weather ventilated and protective garment A versatile weather-resistant, ventilated, and protective garment particularly for wear by operators, occupants, and passengers of motor-sports vehicles, such as motorcycles, other vehicles, and some open aircraft, includes a water-proof garment shell pro... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845337 | Bow Hunter's camouflage release mitten A bow hunter's mitten comprising a pair of side portions which define an upper edge, lower edge, forward end, and a rearward end. The mitten is designed to permit the bow hunter to insert his or her shooting hand into the mitten while the mechanical relea... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845338 | Multi use head cover A multi use head cover comprising an adjustable size visor portion and a detachable fabric head covering portion. The visor portion includes a visor band with a divided after section joined by a pair of interlocking plastic strips. A bill is attached to a... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845339 | Collapsible visor or cap Headwear, such as visor or cap, which has a bill for shielding the wearer's face, which bill extends from the headband that encircles the wearer's head. The bill is attached to the headband along its inner edge and has a wire-like, flexible member which e... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845340 | Face and head garment An article of clothing designed to protect a wearers face, head and neck area from inclement weather, includes a hood portion member structurally arranged to cover and engage the head and neck area of the wearer and a face portion member secured to the ho... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845341 | Combination head and eye-protective apparatus and goggles Combination head and eye protective apparatus including a head-protective helmet having a nape device for fitting the helmet to the head of a wearer of the helmet, and goggles including a mounting member for mounting the goggles to the nape device. Goggle... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845342 | Face shield for helmet A face shield for a helmet. The face shield having a weather lens and a face lens spaced from the weather lens so as to form an air gap, is characterized in that an electroconductive film is attached to the air gap side of the weather lens, in that upper ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845343 | Track assembly for flexible enclosure covers A track assembly for allowing movement of a flexible enclosure cover over an area to be enclosed as, for example, a body of water in a swimming pool. The assembly comprises a pair of spaced apart tracks mounted on opposite sides of the area to be enclosed... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845344 | Bath and shower combinations The invention provides that a bath has one or more shoulders which receives or receive the lower edges of one or more shower screen panels which forms or form a means preventing water from passing over the side of the bath. The shoulder or shoulders is or... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845345 | Wall-mounted tap having removeable shower head spout A wall-mounted tap has a single removable shower head spout., and more particularly the tap is equipped with a check valve and a vacuum breaker so as to avoid filthy water from being reversely sucked into the running water supply system by way of the show... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845346 | Water recycling system An apparatus for utilizing gray water for flushing a toilet is provided including a holding tank with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween thus defining an interior space. The holding tank has an inlet pipe connected to a source ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845347 | Method of manufacturing shower foundation A method of manufacturing a shower foundation is disclosed. A base including a curb portion is formed by injection molding. A waterproof membrane is sprayed over the base. The membrane includes three vertical extensions which are contiguous with a flat po... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845348 | Invalid hoist An invalid hoist comprises a telescopic mast (11) having a lower part (18) and an upper part (19), power operated device for raising and lowering the upper part relative to the lower part, a lifting arm (12) pivotably connected to the upper part of the ma... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845349 | Multiple purpose convertible playpen A first playpen enclosure that converts easily to a bassinet, a changing table or a bed-side crib (hereinafter referred to as a "co-sleeper") that attaches securely to the parents' bed. A described second enclosure support system maintains a padded enclos... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845350 | Cradle mattress An infant environmental transition system provides an infant with controlled simulated movements encountered by an infant in an intrauterine environment. The system includes a suspension system having a plurality of flexures coupled between a base plate a... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845351 | Stretcher table assembly which is mounted over an ambulance stretcher A stretcher table assembly is provided for attachment over an ambulance stretcher. The stretcher table assembly includes a tray for securing medical equipment used during an emergency. A pair of legs extend away from the tray and include attachment member... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845352 | Foam-air hybrid cushion and method of making same A composite foam base air cell module cushion having a water resistant skin, a contoured foam base designed to relieve pressure on the trochanters and the ischia and an air cell module having two sets of air cells, each partially filled, positioned inside... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845353 | Water bed with internal air filled tubes An improvement for a water bed includes a pair of water bed mattresses housed in a bed cover. There is a heat insulating foam or air bag sandwiched between the two water bed mattresses. Each water bed mattress has a plurality of transverse partitions to r... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845354 | Multipurpose house and shop tool A multipurpose tool useable to open container caps, to hammer nails, to pull nails, to act as a screw driver, to loosen and tighten a nut, to open bottle caps, to pry off lids, to act as s vice grip tool and to act as a C clamp.... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845355 | Method and device for fibrillating cellulose fibers that permit easy fibrillation, in particular tencel fibers A method and a device for fibrillating cellulose fibers contained in a fabric web (3) comprise the fabric web (3) being withdrawn from a fabric storage chamber (6), accelerated through a guide slot by means of liquid flowing at high speed and then flung a... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845356 | Loading ramp and handling apparatus A combined loading ramp and handling apparatus use on a loading dock comprises a ramp with rollers mounted on its side edges and a pair of parallel rails mounted on the loading lock. The rails have convex plates over which the rollers ride to lift the fro... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845357 | Nozzle cleaning device A nozzle cleaning device is provided comprising a support structure capable of releasably receiving a hollow nozzle body having an inner surface and an open end or terminal edge portion, and a scraper apparatus coupled to the support structure and includi... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845358 | Combination toothbrush and tongue scraper A toothbrush provided with a flexible tongue scraper movably received in separable halves of a hollow toothbrush handle. Separation of the toothbrush handle reveals the tongue scraper. The tongue scraper has enlarged ends which are retained in reduced pas... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845359 | Paint and coatings applicator An applicator for paint and coatings includes a housing, roller, brush, spreader, and handle. The roller, brush, and spreader are positioned on the housing so that they can each be used independently of one another and so that any combination of them can ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845360 | Door closer hold-open clip A hold-open door clip can be disengaged with simple outward pressure on the door. A counterweight body section causes the clip to assume a position substantially perpendicular to the piston rod when in its free hanging position. The end of the piston hous... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845361 | Sweeper device A sweeper device includes a rectangular head, a stick mounted on an upper surface of the head and a sweeping sheet detachably attached to cover a lower surface of the head. The head is provided along at least a pair of side walls extending transversely th... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845363 | Adjustable roller assembly An adjustable roller assembly for sliding doors including a housing adapted to be snap-fit into a recess provided in the upper or lower surface of a door frame, the housing defining a cavity which is open at the lower end. A roller carrier is mounted in t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845364 | Shock absorbent handle assembly for a hand tool A hand tool handle with shock absorbent airbag comprising mainly an airbag element within a handle which is designed to fit various hand tools, with the inner hollow space of the handle being designed for embedding of the airbag elements so that an airbag... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845365 | Method for manufacturing an indicator knob and a knob A method of making a composite plastic knob including the steps of forming a plastic core having a front wall of a generally uniform thickness with an integral discernible window portion formed in a fin projecting outwardly of the front wall and with the ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845366 | Hinge structure for portable type electronic equipment A hinge structure for a portable type electronic equipment connects a protection cover which protects a tablet type display and a substantially rectangular parallelepiped case which serves as an equipment main body with each other. This hinge structure in... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845367 | Double-cylinder opener and relative process for opening and cleaning staple fiber by progressive action A double-cylinder opener for staple fiber being pneumatically transported in an air stream, the two cylinders being parallel and mutually offset, the fibers passing firstly about the first cylinder and then about the second cylinder with spiral motion, th... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845368 | Setting device for a carding engine A carding engine having a main toothed cylinder, a taker-in, a doffer, and a revolving flats assembly positioned above the outer periphery of the cylinder in the region between the taker-in and the doffer, in which a fixed bend and a flexible bend are adj... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845369 | Eye glass holder An eye glass holder is provided which is attachable to an article of fabric, for supporting and securing a pair of eye glasses. The eye glass holder comprises a pin assembly engageable to the fabric. The pin assembly includes a substantially planar member... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845370 | Self-positioning tie down strap A self-tensioning tie down strap that includes first and second attachment clips, a buckle assembly, and a self-tensioning strap assembly wherein the buckle assembly is connected to the self-tensioning strap assembly; the buckle assembly and the self-tens... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845371 | Securing device for footwear A securing device for footwear includes a toothed band fixedly connected a first end thereof to an item of footwear and a second end thereof inserted into a frame pivotally connected to a lever member which is pivotally connected to a base member fixedly ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845372 | Seat belt gripping device for use with child safety seats Improved seat belt gripping devices are provided for clamping and locking the shoulder portion and lap portion of a seat belt together in order to adequately secure a child safety seat in place on a car seat. The devices disclosed herein are tamper-resist... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845373 | Jewelry latch A latch for an article of jewelry, which comprises two magnetically attractable latch members, each latch member comprising a hollow body defining a cavity and open on one side, the hollow body having a circumferentially extending edge at the open side, a... | 12/08/1998 |
