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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5875488 | Headgear with ponytail pull-through A visor or cap with an elastic ponytail pull-through. A pair of parallel elastic bands are utilized which exert pressure to hold the visor on the user's head. The bands are simply separated when used as a ponytail pull-through to encircle and grasp the po... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875489 | Device for adjusting medical devices A device for use in the medical community to facilitate changing the height of adjustable medical devices such as, canes, crutches, walkers and the like, adapted to fit the finger for depressing a retractable spring loaded pin located within adjustable me... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875490 | Portable disposable bib A package which provides the user with a disposable bib. The package is especially suited for transportation as it is hand-held and preferably sized to fit into an automobile's glove-box. In some embodiments of the invention, multiple bibs are dispensed f... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875491 | Energy expenditure garment An energy expenditure garment incorporates various techniques for providing resistance to the bending movements of the wearer. Such techniques include having unbalanced resistance elements and having non-elastic resistance elements such as friction pads t... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875492 | Water-resistant combination blanket and coat A water-resistant combination blanket and coat is disclosed comprising a fabric sheet having a water-resistant outer surface. The fabric sheet may be spread on the ground as a blanket with the water-resistant outer surface down, thereby providing a place ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875493 | Modular head covering system The Modular Head Covering System includes a temperature regulation module, an insect-excluding module and a rain cover module. The temperature regulation module can include the following components: a head-encircling member such as a headband, to which a ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875494 | Headwear with closable hair opening The invention is a baseball-type cap with a closable opening that extends down the crown seam at the back of the cap. The opening is held closed by means of snaps attached to the overlapping portions of material at the seam edges, and is opened by separat... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875495 | Male undergarment A male undergarment formed from a tubular body portion having a scrotum-underlying section with an oval opening defined therein and an outer genitalia-concealing panel connected to a crotch section of the tubular body portion and extending along the leg o... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875496 | Toilet duct ventilation system The ventilation system comprises a manifold having an open bottom with two members adapted to be coupled to either of the two lower ends of the manifold for plugging one of the ends and for allowing the other lower end to be coupled to an exhaust conduit.... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875497 | Toilet ventilation system A bathroom deodorizer is included with a plenum having an annular configuration. The plenum includes a planar circular bottom face, a planar circular top face and a thin inner and outer periphery formed therebetween to define an interior space and a size ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875498 | Toilet seat lifting device A toilet seat lifting device for selectively raising and lowering the seat of a toilet includes a base disposed on a floor surface, a stanchion secured to the front of the base, and a foot pedal pivotably mounted to the stanchion. A plurality of link arms... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875499 | Recreational vehicle toilet with flush nozzle deflector shield The toilet with a deflector shield covering the flush nozzle to deflect a portion of the flush water. The deflected water flows downward to wet the bowl in the area beneath the flush water nozzle. The undeflected water flows onto a ledge at the upper end ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875500 | Above ground swimming pool An above-ground pool is made up of a plurality of posts, wherein each post is a blow-molded unit having a base portion and a top portion with a coping seat. A plurality of coping members also blow-molded are each telescopically received one end to the oth... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875501 | Patient lift A patient lift includes a frame attached to a vertical surface. The frame includes first and second vertical guide posts with a parallel screw shaft rotatably mounted therebetween. A hub engages the screw shaft and travels up and down the screw shaft acco... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875502 | Space saving institutional bed A space saving institutional bed that is pivoted from a horizontal use position to a vertical non-use position, such that the bed lies flat against the wall upon which it is mounted. The bed includes a body supporting member, two wall mounted brackets, an... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875503 | Combination staple remover and letter opener A staple remover is provided with first and second jaws pivotally connected for rotation about a single axis having wedging elements for prying a staple away from a stapled article. The remover may include gripping elements for grasping a partially diseng... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875504 | Device for enlarging a region of a boot or shoe The present invention is a device used in conjunction with a heat source to locally enlarge an area of a ski boot. The devices comprise a spreader and an extender. The spreader mechanically forces apart a pair of curved elements or "shoes" that apply pres... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875505 | Apparatus for cleaning and drying hard disk substrates A substrate cleaning station includes a first index table supporting thereon at least three circumferentially spaced first substrate carriers on which hard disk substrates are mounted respectively. A substrate drying station includes a second index table ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875506 | Drive disk for the tool of a machine for conditioning and/or maintaining floors and machine provided with a disk of this kind A drive disk for the rotary tool of a machine for conditioning and/or maintaining floors includes a rigid circular plate and a circular diaphragm. In accordance with the invention, the drive disk includes a sealed axial passage passing through it and disc... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875507 | Wafer cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning a wafer oriented vertically is provided. The apparatus includes a first brush and a second brush located horizontally from the first brush. During use, a wafer is orientated vertically between the first and second brushes. The br... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875508 | Hydrostatic sewer cleaning machine A hydrostatic sewer cleaning machine for driving a cable and cleaning tool in from 6 inch to 30 inch diameter sewer lines. The sewer cleaning machine comprises a wheeled base having a baffled hydraulic fluid reservoir therebeneath and an inverted U-shaped... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875509 | Self-wringing mop A self-wringing mop is disclosed comprising an elongate handle with distal and proximal ends, a sleeve slidingly and rotatably disposed on the handle, and a swab both connected to the sleeve and removably threadingly connected to the distal end of the han... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875510 | Replaceable head toothbrush A replaceable head toothbrush is described having a handle, a brushhead and a collar. The handle is formed with a cavity within which the collar is insertable. The brushhead at an end thereof is formed with a neck having a coupling anchor for engaging a c... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875511 | Disposable head bath and back brush The invention comprises a disposable brush for scrubbing a human torso, including the back, while bathing. The brush comprises a handle having a hook at a first end, a receptacle at a second end and an elongated hand hold connecting the hook and the recep... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875512 | Personal hygiene device A personal hygiene device 10 for cleaning waste material from the anal/rectum area of a person. The device 10 comprises a curved handle member 20 having a push button operated detent member 35 for releasably engaging a sanitary wiping member 43 relative t... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875513 | Finger-mounted toothbrush A finger-mounted toothbrush, including a fingerstall-type elastic cap part with a slanted insertion opening that is mountable on a finger and has an inner side and a finger tip region with an action surface with substantially bristle-type cleaning element... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875514 | Padded basket roller A paint roller includes a handle rotatably supporting an inner clamping roller, an outer covering roller disposed about and spaced from the inner clamping roller, and a covering material carried by the outer covering roller. A padded layer is disposed bet... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875515 | Can scraper having flexbile characteristics A scraper for removing residual material from a container having a curved wall. The scraper includes a spatula component and a rigid handle component. The spatula component is made of a substantially flexible material having formed thereon rigid top and s... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875516 | Accessory for a toothbrush A splashguard and support accessary for a toothbrush available in six shapes being constructed as one piece of injected molded flexable plastic with a central aperture passing therethrough. A support collar is molded into the guard surrounding the apertur... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875517 | Vacuum cleaner and suction head for use with the vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner having a suction head is provided with means which are capable of vibrating the suction head contact surface with respect to the surface to be cleaned. This vibration activates the existing contact surface of the suction head and integrat... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875518 | Castor A castor comprises a fork (10) carrying an axle (11) which extends through an aperture in both limbs (12 and 13) and by which a single wheel comprising two discs (14 and 15) is mounted on the fork (10). A roller bearing (22) is mounted on the axle (11). E... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875519 | Universal angle wheel assembly A universal angle wheel assembly has a wheel holder plate, a main seat disposed on the wheel holder plate, a cover plate disposed on the main seat, a shaft extending from a top portion of the wheel holder plate, and a pivot pin fastening a wheel in the wh... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875520 | Extensible handle device An extensible handle device has a wheel support seat, a positioning seat, two outer pipes inserted in the wheel support seat and the positioning seat, two inner pipes inserted in the outer pipes, two base seats inserted in the inner pipes, two U-shaped sl... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875521 | Apparatus for operating a front door of a VCR An apparatus for operating a front door of a VCR to enable the front door to pivot inward and outward with respect to the VCR. The apparatus has a door supporting member integrally formed at ends thereof with a first pivot shaft and a second pivot shaft r... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875522 | Grommet and adjustable strap fastener assembly A grommet and adjustable strap fastener assembly including an elongate strap member having a head portion at a first end in combination with at least one body member having a first strap aperture for receiving the elongate strap member. A retention member... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875523 | Belt and buckle arrangement A belt and buckle arrangement which includes a buckle unit having a frame and tongue unit and a mounting strip fastened to one end of the frame and tongue unit, a belt detachably connected to a coupling portion at one end of the mounting strip, a connecti... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875525 | Zipper head A zipper head is composed of a head, a pull tab connected with the head, and an elastic piece. The pull tab is provided with an insertion slot, a hooked portion and a cross beam. The elastic piece of a U-shaped construction has a first arm, a second arm, ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875526 | Female member of a hook-and-loop fastener A female member of a Hook-and-Loop fastener made of double knit goods, in which a pile is provided at least in a portion on one side A of the double knit goods. The pile contains a crimped yarn, the percentage crimp (K1) of which is not more th... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875527 | Fastener element arrangement A hook-type fastener product for engaging loop elements is disclosed, having parallel rows of hooks having differently constructed first and second sides. The hooks are arranged such that, when engaged with loops, they resist disengagement from the loops ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875528 | Cremation urn A cremation urn comprises a first mass and a second mass contained within the first mass. The second mass includes an opening communicating with a cavity within the second mass for receiving cremated remains. At least a portion of the first mass is transp... | 03/02/1999 |