Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5870772 | Flexible tracking assembly for a sports cap having a rotatable visor or the like A sports cap is constructed from a plurality of pie-shaped pieces of fabric that are sewn together at a plurality of seams to form a crown or hat portion. The sports cap also includes a relatively stiff removable and rotatable visor so that the visor can ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870773 | Snowboarding wrist protection device The snowboarding wrist protection device described contains a grip having a generally cylindrical body around which a snowboarder's hand clenches to make a fist. The forward edge of the grip may contain ridges and the back edge of the grip may be convex t... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870774 | Rolling knee pad A roller knee pad having a hard shell supported by a plurality of swiveling casters. The inside of the hard shell is lined with a cushioning material to absorb shock when kneeling and to cushion against minor shape disparities between the wearers knees an... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870775 | Outerwear garment having compartmented seat section An outerwear garment including a pair of pants or trousers having a waist section, a seat section, and leg section; a pair of storage compartments in the seat section of the pants; a cushion stored in one of the storage compartments in the seat section of... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870776 | Fused neckties and method The present invention provides an improved, more efficient method of constructing neckties, as well as the resulting neckties, by laminating one or more of the components. The invention thus reduces the number of steps or components necessary to construct... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870777 | Athletic pants with back pocket A single layer pocket 82 is provided in which left edge portion 88 and right edge portion 89 of the single layer 86 are spaced apart from the left edge portion and right edge portion of the back panel 14. The pocket 82 is equipped with a flexibly rigid cu... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870778 | Disposable undergarment waistband and method of forming same A disposable undergarment waistband and method of forming a waistband are provided which preferably include providing a first elongate layer of non-woven material having a first predetermined width and upper and lower surfaces. A plurality of elongate ela... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870779 | Undergarment with a testicle pouch and genital space An undergarment for separating the testicles from the penis when worn. The inventive device includes a main garment member having a top waist opening, and a pair of spaced apart leg openings. The main garment member has a genital opening located at the fr... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870780 | Collapsible steam cabin for personal body care A collapsible steam cabin for personal body care includes a bottom panel, having a front edge, rounded back edge and upstanding side edges, a rear panel which has a rounded lower edge which is slidingly connected to the rounded back edge, the back edge an... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870781 | Adjustable shower track system An adjustable shower track system which allows an user to movably position a shower head at varying locations along a longitudinal slot within a housing front wall is provided. The adjustable shower track system has a hose which has: a hose first connecto... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870782 | Fitness-brush shower installation A fitness-brush shower installation has a head rod (5) including a drive head (6). The head rod is pivotable in a horizontal plane and can be secured at a selected position. A vertical, rotatable brush roller (7) is interchangeably suspended on a drive he... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870783 | Kitchen sink A kitchen sink with a frame and at least one basin are prefabricated as separate parts. For the connection between frame and basin(s), one of the two parts has undercut zones and the connection takes place through pressing the other part into an undercut ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870784 | Adjustable articulated bed An adjustable bed having a bed frame, an assembly supported by the frame and including base and back portions, and a mattress foundation supported on the base and back portions. A motor when operated moves the back portion from a generally flat orientatio... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870785 | Mat, more specifically a mat for lying on A mat for a person to lie on has an air-permeable top layer (1), a bottom layer (2), and a middle layer (3) which includes an open three-dimensional knitted structure with mesh openings (5) in the top layer, which is of an open-mesh, air-permeable fabric.... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870786 | Utility tool The present disclosure is directed to a multipurpose tool for painters and/or the like. The tool allows for individual use of several basic tools while remaining versatile and compact. The tool comprises a blade, with a scraper edge, a pointed end, a squa... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870787 | Door driving control apparatus and method for a washing machine There is disclosed door driving control equipment for a washing machine, which washing machine includes an outer casing, a door formed on a top portion of the outer casing, a door motor for generating force used for opening and closing the door, and a lam... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870788 | Portable ramp device A portable ramp for use in allowing access for the disabled, in a wheelchair, to enter an automobile, elevated area and the like or for similar entry use by a pet. The ramp is comprised of a platform member having folding legs and a ramp hingedly attached... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870789 | Precast bridges Bearing shoes that run under the abutment's axis with cradles whose precast walls are placed over the bearing shoe assembly, so that when the concrete is poured over these bearing shoes, an integral unit of the bearing shoe integrated with the cradle is f... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870790 | Powered water submersible scrubbing device A submersible scrubbing device using a direct current electric motor powered by rechargeable batteries. The device has a longitudinal body, with the rotating brush tool positioned in line with the body, to allow the tool and the device to be inserted into... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870791 | Air cooled floor polishing machine A light-weight, high-speed, electrically powered manually directed floor polisher for cleaning and polishing a floor, the polisher having a carriage on which is mounted wheels, a motor, an electronic motor controller means for providing the current and vo... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870792 | Apparatus for cleaning wafers and discs An apparatus for cleaning workpieces such as magnetic recording discs, optical discs, and semiconductor wafers includes a sponge-like material surrounded on two sides by substantially rigid plates that serve as an exoskeleton support for the sponge-like m... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870793 | Brush for scrubbing semiconductor wafers A tool for cleaning semiconductor wafers includes a cleaning head with a flat face bounded by an edge. A tubular drive shaft is connected to the cleaning head and provides a conduit through which a cleaning fluid can flow. An opening into the shaft is pro... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870794 | Broom A broom having a broom head with a top surface and a bottom surface. A broom handle projects upwardly and rearwardly from the top surface of the broom head with the bristles extending downwardly from the bottom surface of the head. A tool for use in worki... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870795 | Paint roller with magnet lock An apparatus for applying flowable material to a work surface includes a frame structure having a handle portion and an axle portion; a roller cover mounting structure rotatably mounted on the axle portion; a roller cover having an outer cover surface and... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870796 | Buffer brush for stenciling A buffer brush for stenciling with which the user's hand will not get tired even if it taps the handle for a long time to stencil ink, and the close contact of the ink absorbing part and the stencil will be good. The buffer brush comprises an ink absorbin... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870797 | Vacuum cleaning system The essential cleaning system components for a best mode are as follows. A textile fabric covering of an article has a pile and a backing. A vacuum mat is added below the fabric covering to aid in the flow of dirt and debris from the pile of the covering.... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870798 | Compact carpet and upholstery extractor A portable compact extractor having permanent solution and recovery tanks integrally formed in a single main tank portion, with a removable power head attached to the top of the main tank. A fill port passes through the powerhead into the cleaning solutio... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870799 | Grommet A soft member constituting the main portion, and a rigid member. The soft member has a loop rib integral therewith, and the rigid member has a loop base element almost entirely embedded in the rib. The base element has load pads spaced therealong for lock... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870800 | Steering wheel rotating aid A rotatable steering wheel aid is secured to the wheel by a segmented annular holder which embraces the wheel and to which a rotatable head member is attached by a threaded fastener and bearing assembly.... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870801 | Screwless mounting for a door hinge plate of a refrigerator A refrigerator has a door-coupling structure facilitating the connection or disconnection of a door relative to a main body. The main body forms a food storage chamber which is opened and closed by the door. The door is hingedly mounted to the body by a h... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870802 | Banded paper clip An improved paper clip consisting of a wire clip integrally wrapped within a folded semi rigid banding allowing for the display of printed advertising, promotional, marketing, messaging or decorative indicia, in a multitude of shape and size, as suits the... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870803 | Double-locking clasp for watch band A metal locking clasp for securing the free ends of watch bands, bracelets and the like, having a hook and bar joining mechanism that is held in place with a first pivoting lock plate and depending lock element, is provided with a second locking mechanism... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870804 | Apparatus for clamping a cylindrical workpiece An apparatus for clamping a generally cylindrical workpiece includes a band clamp and a clamp compressor. The band clamp is generally C-shaped and includes first and second ends. A sleeve is attached to the first end and receives a threaded shaft of a bol... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870805 | Disposable tubing set and organizer frame for holding flexible tubing A disposable tubing set having an array of flexible tubing and a method for holding an array of flexible tubing. The disposable tubing set has a frame for holding segments of the tubing. The frame includes at least two sides and a plurality of apertures d... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870806 | Bistable member for ejecting snap fastener and spring latch assemblies A bistable member including a bistable, invertable dish- or dome-shaped base portion and an engaging projection extending therefrom. A male member is engaged with the bistable member by pressing the male member against a central apex of the bistable membe... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870807 | Uniformity and product improvement in lyocell garments with hydraulic fluid treatment A suede-like micro-fibril finish is imparted to fibrillatable cellulosic materials by open width hydraulic treatment. Additional enhancement of the fabric finish is obtained by post hydraulic enzyme and wet processing treatments. Fluid treated fabrics of ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870808 | Draw point control arrangement An apparatus and method for processing a synthetic yarn includes at least a one sensor for generating a signal representative of the actual velocity of the yarn at a point intermediate an upstream and the downstream rolls. The temperature of the upstream ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870809 | Frame structure for buggy, method of manufacturing frame structure, and jig for use in manufacturing frame structure A pair of front and rear arm brackets for supporting swing arms extends between and is integrally joined to a pair of laterally spaced lower frames, and a steering bracket for supporting a steering shaft is disposed between the front and rear arm brackets... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870810 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle which is adapted to releasably engage a latch plate 42 having an aperture 40 therein. The buckle comprises a rigid frame 10 including a base 12 and upstanding side walls 14 adapted to guide the latch plate 42 longitudinally of the frame... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870811 | Chain link locking clip removal tool An elongate, steel rod has a terminal end which defines a wedge, and a handle on the opposite end. Adjacent to the terminal end, there is a barrier provided to prevent excessive travel of the wedge under the limb of a locking clip.... | 02/16/1999 |
