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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5893170 | Method of reversing a reversible visor A convertible visor has a bill including a first bill covering attached to a second bill covering with a bill stiffener therebetween. The bill stiffener permits the reversing of the bill to display either the first bill covering or the second bill coverin... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893171 | Nursing cover-up This device, a nursing cover-up (10), allows a nursing mother to breast feed her child in public without fear of exposing herself to others, but allows herself to view the child during the feeding (19). The nursing cover-up is a piece of fabric attached t... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893172 | Golf gloves having flexible knuckles A glove, preferably for use by a golfer, including a front section, a back section, and a flexible knuckle section. The front section comprises a substantially inelastic material having good gripping qualities that substantially covers the palm, the front... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893173 | Method and apparatus for securing an article of clothing to an animal An animal hat and a method for securing an animal hat to an animal is disclosed. The animal hat includes an outer shell, an inner band secured to the outer shell, a plurality of apertures extending through the inner band, and a harness joined to the inner... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893174 | Non-discard protective facemask/helmet assembly A protective helmet and facemask assembly for use by baseball catchers, umpires, etc. The helmet is configured to cover a person's head, leaving a face area open. A facemask having a frame to fit around a person's face and a protective grid covering the f... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893175 | Pneumatic torso armor and helmet A new pneumatic torso armor and helmet for creating a visual display on a wearer for use at sporting events. The inventive device includes an inflatable body portion comprised of a front panel, a back panel, and a pair of shoulder panels. The front panel ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893176 | Female urine device A female urine device to direct the discharge of urine while standing. The female urine device incorporates an inner sealing ring, an outer sealing ring and a funnel. The inner sealing ring is adapted to surround and sealingly engage the exterior of the l... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893177 | Personal hygienic device A cabinet in a bathroom wall is mounted for use by a user sitting on a toilet. A mixing valve in the cabinet receives a flow of water from hot and cold water inlets and provides flow regulation and control. A flexible conduit is coupled to the valve and i... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893178 | Musical potty trainer A musical potty seat is provided including a potty for containing waste fluid from a child situated thereover. Next provided is a sound mechanism having a heat sensing mechanism in communication with the potty when in use for generating an activation sign... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893179 | Sheet style waterfall fixture A waterfall fixture for expelling water in sheet form comprises a housing having a cavity divided into chambers by apertured plates extending across the cavity. The plates are apertured and spaced from each other and from the inlet and outlet of the fixtu... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893180 | Method and apparatus for providing a pulsed water massage A pulsing valve for routing water flow from an inlet line to outlet lines connected to water jets arranged in an array to massage an occupant of a whirlpool spa or bathtub is provided. The pulsing valve includes a water turbine driving a selector disk thr... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893181 | Bathing enclosure An enclosure for the entrance to a bathing facility, such as a bathtub/shower combination, or other area that can be completely closed, completely opened, or partially closed or opened. The preferred embodiment includes a column mounted in the plane of an... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893182 | Combination item of furniture and foldable sleeper bed A combination ottoman, table or desk and a foldable sleeper bed comprises upper and lower wooden frame sections, the lower frame section being configured as an open top box, atop which the upper frame section is located. The two frame sections are interco... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893183 | Dual cushion body support system A dual cushion body support system includes a relatively thin, elongate, substantially flat, top cushion and a relatively shorter base cushion that is configured to underlie and elevate a central part of the top cushion to provide upwardly arched support ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893184 | Pressure reducing backrest cushion with selective pressure point relief A pressure reducing backrest cushion with selective pressure point relief features at least two air bladders, and a foam outer layer covering the air bladders. Each air bladder consists of an impervious to air sheet material which surrounds an open celled... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893185 | Multipurpose electricians hand tool A multi-purpose hand tool comprises first and second body members pivotally connected for movement between an open and a closed position. The body members include handle portions, and define first and second opposed cutting sections positioned between the... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893186 | Method for construction of footwear A method for construction of footwear includes providing an upper defining a volume for receiving a wearer's foot, the upper having a peripheral lasting edge; sewing an inner liner to an inner surface of the upper; sewing a front bottom lining to a periph... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893187 | Reinforcing structure for hinge section of gerber bridge A reinforcing structure for a hinge section of a Gerber bridge including first and second girders (10, 11) which are connected with each other through the hinge section, comprises reinforcing steels (13a, 14a) continuously established on at least one of u... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893188 | Automatic swimming pool cleaner An improved swimming pool cleaner of the type for submerged random travel generally along the floor and sidewalls of a swimming pool to dislodge and collect debris. The pool cleaner comprises a frame and associated housing through which a suction mast ext... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893189 | Sweeping machine with hopper shelf A sweeping machine has a body, wheels supporting the body, and a sweeping brush which is carried by the body and driven by a motor mounted on the sweeping machine. There is a debris hopper positioned adjacent the brush to receive debris moved by the brush... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893190 | Multi-use and multi-function golf equipment cleaning apparatus A detachable golf equipment and supply cleaning apparatus includes a substantially flat, flexible, moisture retaining wiping element. The wiping element is comprised of a flexible fabric with sufficient nap to loosen and remove any debris or unwanted matt... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893191 | Backing support for surface finishing pad A supporting base material for a tufted rotary finishing pad utilizes a three-layer laminate including an outer face layer of a crosslinked ionomer resin of ethylene and methacrylic acid copolymers reacted with a metal salt, an intermediate layer of an op... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893192 | Windshield wiper for automobiles A windshield wiper for automobiles is disclosed. The wiper allows the wind to smoothly pass through the wiper frame while reducing wind resistance, thereby being stably kept on the windshield. The wiper has a spoiler part and a vent opening at both side p... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893193 | Motor-vehicle windscreen wiper blade A wiper blade for windshields of motor vehicles, has an elongated wiper strip having a constant diameter, which is held by a support frame and loaded toward the windshield to be wiped is movable over the windshield transversely to its longitudinal extensi... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893194 | Vacuum system A vacuum system for a building, in particular, a building with multiple dwellings. There is a fan to develop suction mounted in a compartment having a dust inlet and a dust outlet. A motor drives the fan. The motor has a drive shaft to extend into the fan... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893195 | Safety device for a brush of a vacuum cleaner Disclosed is a safety device for a power brush of a vacuum cleaner which has a simple structure and can automatically cut off an electric source supplied to the driving motor of the power brush. A cylindrical air duct is vertically provided on the brush. ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893196 | Retractable luggage handle assembly A handle includes two pipes slidably engaged in two tubes which are slidably engaged in two ducts. The pipes and the ducts each includes a lower portion having an actuator and a latch. The latches may secure the pipes to the tubes and may secure the tubes... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893197 | Method for the shaping of fibres with assistance of electric charge A method for manufacturing an absorbent structure in an absorbent product such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or similar product, which is manufactured by air-permeable forming elements. In the present method, the constituent fibres or similar ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893198 | Eyeglass-holder necklace assembly A necklace assembly for holding a pair of eyeglasses includes an elongated flexible necklace for wearing about the neck of a wearer and an eyeglass-holder assembly connected between first and second ends of the necklace. The eyeglass-holder assembly inclu... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893199 | Buckle with webbing gripping device A buckle having a device for gripping a length of webbing, comprising a buckle body formed from two side arms connected by an end arm. A locking device is connected to the ends of the side arms. A first transverse bar is mounted between the two side arms.... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893200 | Device for needling a prebonded web A device for needling a prebonded web (1), comprises at least one needle board (3) reciprocatingly movable in a stitching direction, a stitch base (2) between a feed roller (6) and a discharge roller (7), which stitch base is located directly opposite the... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893201 | Installation tool for irrigation emitter barbs A tool is provided for use in installing irrigation barb emitters in irrigation tubing. The tool comprises a cradle member having a cradle handle and a cradle jaw on opposing ends and a barb holder member having a barb holder handle and a barb holder jaw ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893202 | Tool and method for installing the inner oil seal in the hub of a wheel assembly A tool and method by which an inner oil seal may be installed in the hub of a wheel assembly which is in a normal upright position. The tool comprises a shaft with a tool mounting plate affixable to the outer end of a hub with the tool shaft extending axi... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893203 | Seating interference fit fasteners A process for seating a tight-fitting headed fastener in a hole in a workpiece so that the head of the fastener contacts the surface of the workpiece. The process includes inserting a distal end of the fastener, opposite its headed end, into the hole so t... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893204 | Production process for casting steel-bodied bits Steel bit bodies are manufactured in a production process that employs polystyrene patterns in a lost foam casting process. The patterns are machined to permit the formation of complex shapes that cannot be reproduced in simple patterns that are extractab... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893205 | Rotor for a reluctance machine, and method of making A reluctance motor rotor is formed by sandwiching a stack of thin ferromagnetic laminations between two end caps. Each lamination has a series of slots formed in it, with the ferromagnetic material between these slots providing a flux guide. A rib is form... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893206 | Method for the formation and polarization of micromagnets A method for making micromagnets and magnets with a micro-polarization pattern on at least one surface thereof. The method includes the steps of molding a ceramic mold form including a cavity therein having a predetermined shape and a serpentine conduit p... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893207 | Method of forming a thin-profile battery A method of forming a thin-profile battery includes: a) masking an electrically conductive sheet with a material to which elemental lithium will not appreciably adhere to define a masked portion and an unmasked portion, the unmasked portion being in the s... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893208 | Assembly line system In an assembly line system, a self-propelled carrier 51 carrying thereon assembly workpieces is brought to a halt at an assembly station 11. When the assembly of the assembly workpieces is completed at the assembly station 11, the carrier 51 is driven out... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5893209 | Apparatus for effecting boiler tube removal A gap-cutter tool assembly for machining a longitudinal gap in an installed boiler tube is provided with clamp elements that engage the interior surface of the installed boiler tube, a cutter head track that provides a straight line cutting path within th... | 04/13/1999 |
