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Patent No. 5996568

Process For Propelling Foodstuffs or the Like into a Crowd

A method of launching foodstuffs into a crowd for promotional and entertainment purposes.

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Patents Published on 05/18/1999


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5903920Garment for personal protection
A garment for personal protection against both shots from firearms and stabs from stabbing weapons, wherein the garment comprises an outer covering, an inner covering, and a shot-absorbing unit located between the outer covering and the inner covering. Th...
05/18/1999
5903921Foldable headgear and method of displaying and storing the headgear
A high quality, ultra-lightweight headgear and method of displaying and storing the headgear in a rolled up format. The headgear is adapted for folding and rolling into a tight compact unit for ease in packaging, product display, travel and storage. The h...
05/18/1999
5903922Removable undergarment for use beneath standard clothing
A undergarment for allowing quick wearing thereof. The device includes a panel having a body portion and elongate first and second leg portions. The body portion has a pair of ends and first and second sides extending between the ends of the body portion....
05/18/1999
5903923Baseball cap with distorted graphics
A baseball cap having distorted graphics applied to the upwardly facing surface of the cap's visor, wherein the graphics are distorted in such a manner as to compensate for perspective and become more easily readable when viewed from a particular viewing ...
05/18/1999
5903924Ball-scarf
The ball scarf is a scarf having a first end and a second end. At least one of the ends has an inflatable ball pocket. The inflatable ball pocket can either have an inflatable bladder inserted therein or an inflatable ball inserted therein. Once the pocke...
05/18/1999
5903925Ornamental horns and the like with mechanism for selective attachment to headgear
A pair of ornamental horns representing a team mascot are secured to a baseball cap or other wearable base supporting structure through the use of a spring fastener permitting selective attachment and detachment of the horns....
05/18/1999
5903926Fan novelty device
A hat having a strip of fabric with an accordion folding which can be made closed or open to a fan-like structure on the top of the hat to attract attention and has entertaining and marketing values....
05/18/1999
5903927Cap with sound generating novelty attachment
The invention is directed to a combination of a baseball cap, a sound generator and a three dimensional image of an object having a distinctive sound. A lower case is fastened to the baseball hat with snap fasteners and an upper case is formed in the shap...
05/18/1999
5903928Device for hanging spectacles on garment
A device for hanging a pair of spectacles on a garment is disclosed. The device has a specifically designed hanging means, which is formed on a garment and is used for allowing a user to easily, conveniently and safely hang spectacles on the garment when ...
05/18/1999
5903929Swimming goggles with nose protection arrangement
A pair of swimming goggles includes two frames interconnected by a bridge member. The bridge member includes two receptacles respectively defined in two ends thereof adjacent to the frames. The bridge member further includes two first slots respectively d...
05/18/1999
5903930Toilet cleansing agent dispenser
A toilet cleansing agent dispenser is composed of a cylindrical housing, an inner cylinder, a receiving body, a bolt rod, a base, a coil spring and a float piece. The bolt rod and the float piece are connected. The cylindrical housing is provided with a c...
05/18/1999
5903931Toilet with dual volume flush
A double flush toilet assembly is provided including a toilet water basin defining an interior space and an open top. A bottom face of the basin has an exit for communicating with a toilet bowl. A dual flush tube has a first open end at a first elevation ...
05/18/1999
5903932Portable toilet with disposable liner
A portable toilet seat, especially--but not exclusively for a child, has a cup shape and is arranged to receive a liner. The liner is a film of hydrophobic material with a drainage pad attached to the center thereof. The seat is preferably a closed contai...
05/18/1999
5903933Method of installing perimeter lighting about a liner type swimming pool
A method of securing elongated lengths of lighting track in the aggregate coping face of a liner type swimming pool. The method includes applying double sided adhesive tape to a shelf face of a form board utilized to define the cross-sectional contour of ...
05/18/1999
5903934Sanitary fixtures for use with a mobile patient lift
A bathtub of integral construction especially adapted for installation in a private residence has a sump bottom spaced a sufficient distance above the floor and an opening in the apron leading to the space beneath the sump. The sump bottom spacing and apr...
05/18/1999
5903935Bathing transfer trolley
A bathing transfer trolley for transferring a person from a loading region to a bathing region. The bathing transfer trolley has a frame including a rail assembly supported in a generally horizontal position by at least two legs. The rail assembly include...
05/18/1999
5903936Fitting for an appliance such as a sink
The present invention pertains to a fitting for an appliance such as a sink. A first anchor is clipped onto a hanger of a sink rim by a nib. A second L-shaped anchor engages the underside of the worktop and is pulled towards the first anchor by a strap of...
05/18/1999
5903937Bathroom module accessible to wheeled assemblies
A prefabricated bathroom module for receiving a wheeled assembly such as a wheelchair, a walker, a piece of wheeled cleaning equipment, or the like. In a preferred embodiment, the bathroom module includes two floor surfaces, a first one of which is adapte...
05/18/1999
5903938Cover for the underside of the top bed of a bunk bed
A furnishing to cover and substantially conceal the underside of a top bunk bed comprises a generally rectangular frame and a sheet affixed to the frame. The interchangeable sheet has sleeved borders with slits in the corners for the insertion of side-sup...
05/18/1999
5903939Raised frame support for sofa-sleeper
A sofa sleeper foldable sofa bed assembly having pivotally interconnected head, body, intermediate and foot frame sections each including a pair of opposed side rails. The frame sections are extendable to form a bed and foldable to form a sofa seat. The f...
05/18/1999
5903940Adjustable motor-driven hospital bed having a housing for part of the bed superstructure
A bed, more particularly a hospital bed comprises a bedstead (1), preferably with casters (12) and a bed superstructure (2) mounted in the bedstead (1) in a vertically adjustable manner, with a preferably adjustable bed frame. In order to ensure that such...
05/18/1999
5903941Air control system for an air bed
An automatic control system for controlling the firmness of a fluid supported mattress of a bed assembly. The control system includes a motorized fluid pump, a control unit for operating the pump to adjust the firmness of the air mattress, a hand held rem...
05/18/1999
5903942Seat belt cutter and method for attaching the same
A seat belt cutter for automotive vehicles includes a blade and a hammer which are provided on a grip member. The blade member has an arcuate end portion and a serrated edge portion and is pivotally mounted to the grip member. The hammer can include a pai...
05/18/1999
5903943Modular dockboard
The dockboard in one embodiment includes three upper members and two lower members which can be stored and shipped unassembled and readily assembled in the field for use. Each of the members includes a plurality of spaced apart locking members extending f...
05/18/1999
5903944Baby bottle cleaner
A baby bottle cleaner is provided including a base and a plurality of bottle cleaning assemblies situated on the base and adapted to emit water therefrom. Such assemblies are adapted to accept the baby bottle thereon for cleaning purposes. Further provide...
05/18/1999
5903945Pipeline pig
A pipeline pig has a body with two symmetrical, flexible end portions which give the pig a generally ovate appearance. The end portions are separated by and contain a flexible core. The end portions have a rounded exterior surface and an internal cylindri...
05/18/1999
5903946Pipe cleaning device
A pipe cleaning device comprises a central body and articulated scraper elements. The articulated shape of the scraper elements serves to enhance the cleaning performance of the device....
05/18/1999
5903947Restaurant sink cleaning tool
A restaurant and residential tool for cleaning debris from kitchen sinks and table tops by scraping and straining. The tool includes a rectangular or square shape with more than a thousand holes. On one side is formed a handle, perpendicular to the handle...
05/18/1999
5903948Mopping and brushing apparatus
An apparatus for scrubbing and mopping a surface, comprising in combination, a scrub brush, including a supporting block and bristles carried by the block, to project toward the surface for scrubbing that surface; the first structure for attaching an elon...
05/18/1999
5903949Toothbrush
According to this invention, a toothbrush is provided having a head and a handle having a grip portion, disposed along a longitudinal axis, the head having britstles exending from a face thereof ("the bristle face") in a general bristle direction, between...
05/18/1999
5903950Brushing of surfaces
Apparatus for facilitating the brushing of surfaces wherein an elongated support member has a longitudinally-extending channel in one surface and a aperture therethrough; a transverse channel intersects the longitudinally-extending channel and extends acr...
05/18/1999
5903951Molded brush segment
A molded brush segment having a plurality of integrally molded bristles extending from a generally planar center portion. The brush segment is molded from a moldable polymer such a thermoset polymer, thermoplastic polymer, or thermoplastic elastomer. The ...
05/18/1999
5903952Indexable paint roller frame
A paint roller frame includes a handle having a radial bore and a wire shank having an outer end for rotatably supporting a paint roller cover and an inner end rotatably received in the bore. The outer end of the wire shank extends at an angle relative to...
05/18/1999
5903953Screen wiper arm having a spray device for spraying the glass to be wiped
A screen wiper element of generally elongate form, which is typically a screen wiper arm, comprises a body defining a longitudinal housing or recess, which is open in the lower face of the wiper element facing towards the swept surface such as a windshiel...
05/18/1999
5903954Method and apparatus for cleaning tier sheets
An apparatus and method for washing, drying, and/or otherwise cleaning or processing flexible, substantially planar sheets is provided. The apparatus includes a guiding means for receiving at least one sheet and guiding the sheet through the apparatus; a ...
05/18/1999
5903955Upright vacuum cleaner
An upright vacuum cleaner is provided and includes an upper section with a handle (15) and a lower cleaning nozzle section (14, 14') having a main suction opening (18) formed in the underside (16) thereof. A suction source (M) is provided and an edge clea...
05/18/1999
5903956Three-wheel pivot-caster assembly
A three-wheel pivot-caster assembly that provides mobility for a power tool is described. The pivot-caster assembly includes a first frame assembly with two wheels and a second frame assembly that has a caster assembly which includes a swivel wheel. The f...
05/18/1999
5903957Window curtain hanging device
A window curtain hanging device constituted by a plastics material strip whose two ends are for fixing to the top of a curtain and whose central portion (3, 3a) matches the shape of a curtain rod, the strip serving as a support for a decorative tab....
05/18/1999
5903958Spur eyelet
A ring binder (10) includes a ring metal (18) securable to a spine portion (16) of the binder. A spur eyelet (30) used for this purpose includes a post (32) one end (34) of which attaches to the ring metal. A plate (40) is formed at the other end of the p...
05/18/1999
5903959Fastener for retaining shoe laces and drawstrings
A shoe lace fastener is set forth which includes a base member and a clamp member. The base member has an opening defining a pair of bearing surfaces and the clamp member has legs adapted to be received in the opening to trap and secure lace ends threaded...
05/18/1999
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