Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5901369 | Headgear having an articulated mounting mechanism for a visor Disclosed is protective headgear for an aviator. The headgear includes a helmet adapted to be worn by the aviator, a visor and a mechanism for mounting the visor to the helmet. The mounting mechanism is defined by a pair of gear train assemblies, one of w... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901370 | Segmented cap assembly A segmented cap assembly comprising a crown component, a visored headband component and at least one ornamental badge. Ornamental badge is selectively attachable to either the crown component or the headband component.... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901371 | Cap with adjustable side visors A cap with adjustable side visors is disclosed having a main body portion conforming to one's head, a rear adjustable strap and a forward extending curved main visor. A pair of spaced side visors are disposed on opposite sides of the main visor extending ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901372 | Toy animal and habitat clothing A toy animal, such as a soft sculpture, is integrated with a design imprinted or depicted on an article of clothing, wherein the design depicts a habitat for the toy animal. Preferably, the design is related to a pocket, so that the animal enters the habi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901373 | Multilayer energy expenditure garment made from hydrophobic/hydrophilic materials An energy expenditure garment includes at least a portion of the garment made from multilayer construction which has an inner layer of hydrophobic material to direct moisture away from the skin with an intermediate layer of hydrophilic material to store t... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901374 | Flexible knee wader A garment which eliminates the need for additional inseam material by using a panel of stretch material such as spandex, rubber or rubber compounds, or synthetic rubber, such as neoprene or neoprene sponge in the knee area where bending takes place to all... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901375 | Multi-use convertible garment A multi-purpose garment has an elongated, rectangular first sheet. The first sheet has an inside surface, an outside surface, a pair of short sides and a pair of long sides. A hood has a bottom edge attached at a central position along one of the long sid... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901376 | Surgical gown A gown of the type having an opening to enable enrobement and at least one gown closure means for substantially closing the opening of the gown, comprising a flap adapted, in use, to substantially cover the gown closure means. A flap closure means operabl... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901377 | Necktie personalization kit A necktie personalization kit includes a fabric necktie, a two-sided disposable necktie-shaped blank to test designs, a plurality of paint containers, each containing a quantity of individually colored fabric paint for painting the disposable necktie blan... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901378 | Glove with fingernail protectors A new glove with fingernail protectors for protecting the fingernails of a wearer from accidental breaking or chipping. The inventive device includes a palm portion with a plurality of digit portions extending therefrom. The back of each of the digit port... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901379 | Health bands Disclosed is a health band contributing to promotion or maintenance of health without causing metal contact allergy, consisting of a soft and flexible band body having at least a three-layer structure consisting of a front surface layer, an intermediate l... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901380 | Cap with view occluding drape An Instrument Meteorological Conditions Simulation Device including a headpiece and a drape having a viewing aperture laterally translated from the centerline of the headpiece. The off-center viewing aperture provides a pilot wearing the IFR training hood... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901381 | Interchangeable headband A decorative headband is provided including an elastic and flexible band having a top edge, a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The band may be fitted about a forehead of a user. Next provided is a coupling mechanism mounted on the elas... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901382 | Swimming goggles A pair of swimming goggles include two lens frames, two lens units, a nose bridge, two gasket units and a head strap. Each of the lens frames has an inner periphery that defines a lens retaining space, and an outer periphery that has bridge and strap conn... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901383 | Support structure for a toilet cover unit The slide support base 62 protrudes from the supporting wall 56 of the support recess 52 in the casing main body 14 and the tube-shaped support part 122 on the side of the toilet lid 100 is supported by and capable of sliding over its cylindrical surface ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901384 | Toilet assembly having automatic flushing system A toilet assembly having an automatic flushing system comprising a toilet bowl having a toilet cover, the toilet cover containing a window disposed therein, a water holding tank operatively associated with the toilet bowl, the holding tank containing stru... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901385 | Dry type toilet system A dry type toilet system which includes a toilet bowl, the toilet bowl having a hinged clamping ring adapted for clamping on a rim thereof to hold a poly bag therein in an open status for collecting waste matter discharged from a person sitting on the toi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901386 | Signage platform for a swimming pool A swimming pool has a plurality of substantially vertical side walls, with each side wall having a top. A coping is attached to the top of a side wall of the pool and has a curved facia. A signage platform is attached to the facia of the coping. The signa... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901387 | Switch of a water tap A switch of a water tap includes a pipe. The pipe includes a cylindrical wall defining a longitudinal bore, and a baffle plate integrally formed with the cylindrical wall and dividing the longitudinal bore into a first section and a second section. The fi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901388 | Mono-pull drawsheet An apparatus which enables one person to move a patient lying in a bed up towards the head of the bed comprised of a horizontal beam placed behind the head board with a winch affixed thereto with cables running through pulleys positioned on the beam trans... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901389 | Bed sheet An improved bed sheet including a bottom form-fitted sheet for covering a mattress and a top sheet joined to the bottom sheet. The sheets are joined together by joining bottom and side edges of the top sheet to respective bottom and side edges of the bott... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901390 | System for inserting and removing a bed pan A system for inserting and removing a bed pan in conjunction with a bed, utilizing a vessel which is capable of holding human waste products. A track is supported by the bed and extends along and beneath the top surface of the bed. The track includes a gu... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901391 | Bed A bed includes a bag filled with a transparent fluid and formed with a transparent portion at least at an upper surface portion thereof, and a light source for emitting light. The light emitted from the light source passes through the fluid and propagates... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901392 | Constant-pressure waterbed structure A constant-pressure waterbed is provided, which can provide a constant air pressure to a sole air-pressure frame that surrounds a water-filled mattress so as to allow the water in the water-filled mattress to be always suitably compressed to provide the d... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901393 | Alternating pressure support pad An inflatable support pad wherein a first group of inflatable cells are in flow communication with each other, a second group of inflatable cells are in flow communication with each other, and the cells of the first group of cells are interleaved with the... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901394 | Custom-made footwear A custom-made shoe of a sandal-type having a sole, an orthotic unit prescribed specially for the foot of the wearer adhered to the sole a vamp unit secured forwardly to the sole, and a counter secured to and projecting upwardly from the rear periphery of ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901395 | Modular threshold ramp A low pitched, wedge-shaped ramp has flanges on two sides and to provide easy access for a wheeled device such as a wheelchair, the ramp has a flattened frontal edge. An upwardly angled top surface has indented tread squares across a major portion for whe... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901396 | Modular bridge deck system including hollow extruded aluminum elements A light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck is formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. Each of the deck panels is shop-fabricated by longitudinally welding flanges of adjacently placed multi-void extruded alumin... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901397 | Toothbrush having a brush holder movable against spring force In a toothbrush (1) comprising a stationary part (10) and a brush holder (24) which is movable with respect to the stationary part (10), and comprising a spring (48) which acts between the stationary part (10) and the brush holder (24), a link-motion devi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901398 | Car washing machine According to a conventional continuous car washing machine in which one of the right and left side brushes is stationary, a roller conveyor which transports a vehicle to be washed is provided with wheel guides to maintain a spacing between a lateral surfa... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901399 | Flexible-leaf substrate edge cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning edges and/or bevel areas of substrates is described. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a core having a plurality of flexible leaves spaced along an external surface of the core. A motor is coupled to the core for ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901400 | Brushing apparatus An apparatus for brushing an elongated workpiece as the workpiece moves through the apparatus is particularly useful in removing scale from a rod. The apparatus includes a plurality of brushes which are engageable with the rod. Motors are provided to rota... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901401 | Feed control device for plumbing tools A feed control device particularly suited for mounting on a hand held, power driven drain cleaning apparatus having an elongate rotatable snake comprises a tubular housing having a transverse wall therein provided with a passage for the snake, a pair of d... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901402 | Mop handle connector A mop handle connector which is removably attached to the end of a mop handle and is typically fitted with a clamp to facilitate removable attachment of a dust mop frame to the mop handle. In a preferred embodiment the mop handle connector is characterize... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901403 | Scrubber brush A brush comprises a sleeve, a cap member, a brushing member, and at least one elastic member. The sleeve has a first end and a second end. The brushing member is movably received in the sleeve at the first end, while the cap member is firmly coupled to th... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901404 | Brush and container assembly Brushes held in a container includes a plurality of brushes, and a container storing the brushes in its interior. A spring for pushing up brushes to let one of them positioned in an upper end of the interior half pushed out of an outlet. Each brush has br... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901405 | Device for cleaning screen plate used in screen printing A cleaning device for cleaning a screen plate used in a screen printing is disclosed. The cleaning device comprises a base structure which can be placed just below the screen plate. A press member, such as a cleaning blade or cleaning roller is carried on... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901406 | Liquid recovery tank for a carpet extractor The present invention teaches a combined air/liquid separator and recovery tank for use on a hot water carpet extractor. The combined tank and separator are particularly suited for an upright style of carpet extractor and features easy removal for emptyin... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901407 | Scrubbing machine with means for continuously cleaning a filter A surface scrubbing machine includes a body, wheels for supporting the body am& cylindrical scrub brushes mounted on the body for cleaning an adjacent surface. There is a clean water solution tank on the body for supplying a cleaning solution to the surfa... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5901408 | Tank carry handle and securement latch An open top solution supply or recovery tank that is removably mounted on a carpet extractor or wet pickup vacuum cleaner and has a lid that is removably mounted to and seals the top of the tank. A generally U-shaped carry handle is pivotally attached to ... | 05/11/1999 |
