Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5918309 | Blunt force resistant structure for a protective garment A protective garment of multi-component construction for covering and protecting vital portions of a body of a wearer. The protective garment has a layer of body armor material which has at least one of ballistic resistant and puncture resistant capabilit... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918310 | Body protective garment A body protective garment is adapted for covering a hip region of a wearer to protect the wearer against femoral fracture resulting from a sudden impact. The body protective garment includes an elastic girdle having a waist opening and a pair of leg openi... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918311 | Bib having improved pocket opening The present invention provides a bib having improved pocket opening. The pocket is formed by a pocket panel disposed adjacent a body panel. A pocket opening mechanism in combination with a predetermined hinge line sustain pocket opening. The pocket openin... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918312 | Garment with detachable drop cloth A vest/jacket for painters. It includes detachable sleeves, pockets and loops to hold various types of tools and supplies used by painters. It also includes a detachable drop cloth attached to the inside of the vest/jacket.... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918313 | Sled suit A sled suit for sliding comprises a torso portion having a head opening, a pair of sleeves coupled to the torso portion, a leg portion coupled to the torso portion. The torso portion, the pair of sleeves and the leg portion are made of durable waterproof ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918314 | Waterproof insulative garment A body suit liner is removably attachable to an outer body suit. Glove liners are removably attachable to outer gloves. Foot cover liners are removably attachable to outer foot covers. A hood liner is removably attachable to an outer hood. The outer glove... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918315 | Utilitarian fashion sleeve A fashion sleeve to be worn by a person, the fashion sleeve comprising a hollow tubular cloth or woven member having a wider upper opening and a narrower wrist opening, with the sleeve being tapered from the upper arm opening to the wrist opening and the ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918316 | Promotional clip-on accessory for adjustable caps A promotional clip-on accessory which is adapted to fold around a cap strap to carry a display panel thereon for displaying promotional material. The clip-on accessory is die cut from a vinyl plastic or cardstock sheet and is pre-scored to include two bi-... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918317 | Garment and method for preventing contact sores with the human body A device and method for reducing the creation of contact sores on the body caused by the body's contact with an external object. The present invention includes a garment having an internal surface and an external surface. The garment is preferably fabrica... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918318 | Attachment device for clothing items An attachment device for releasably securing first and second clothing items comprises a first tab and a second tab each including mating hook and loop fastening elements which are mounted to respective clothing items in an orientation wherein the hook an... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918319 | Protective garment incorporating an abrasion-resistant fabric A protective garment includes an abrasion-resistant fabric attached to an inside of the garment, and having a face side residing adjacent the garment and a back side for residing nearest the wearer. The fabric includes a body yarn, and an elastic yarn inc... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918320 | Housing for a toilet sanitizing disk A housing for a conventional sanitizing disk for attachment in series between a toilet's fill tube and an overflow tube. The housing generally includes a body portion (or container) having a planar, bottom wall, a contiguous sidewall extending upwardly th... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918321 | Device for fastening a cover and a seat to a toilet bowl A device for fastening a toilet seat and cover to the rim of a toilet bowl, including a plate having a slot extending laterally across the plate and a screw passing through the slot. The plate is selectively adjustable along the length of the slot with re... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918322 | Support structure for a toilet cover unit A toilet seat 40 and a toilet lid 50 are pivotably attached to an attachment base 20 of a western-style toilet bowl 10 with a hinge mechanism 30. The hinge mechanism 30 includes first and second rotational resistance mechanisms 60R and 60L which are respe... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918323 | Hospital liquid sanitation cart Mobile hospital liquid sanitation cart for convenient and safe collection and ready transport and disposal of liquid waste from patients. A cuplike receptor on flexible tubing is extended to receive waste liquid and convey it to temporary storage in the c... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918324 | Water saving two-stage toilet A two-stage toilet is composed of a handle switching device, a locating and fastening device, a water adjusting device, and a water stopping valve device. The handle switching device consists of a camshaft on which the locating and fastening device and th... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918325 | Flush toilet bowl A flush toilet bowl comprises a bowl part (1) and a discharge trap (2) formed continuously at the bottom of the bowl part. The discharge trap (2) further comprises a rising channel (22) extending in the obliquely upward direction from the bottom of the bo... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918326 | Water jet massaging system A water jet massaging system is capable of applying water jet massage while a bather is taking a bath by producing a water jet at an appropriate pressure, and having enhanced operability by preventing sticking of a water intake and a nozzle to the body of... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918327 | Bathtub enclosure A bathtub enclosure for providing a leak proof enclosure for bathtubs. The enclosure includes an outer frame having a generally open rectangular configuration with spaced apart elongate top and bottom bars, and a pair of spaced apart elongate side bars ex... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918328 | Bed attached swivel socket crane lift assembly A bedside swivel device is presently disclosed for assisting individuals with physical impairments to maneuver themselves in and out of bed. The bedside swivel device is a swivel socket attached to the side of the bed and is constructed to accommodate var... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918329 | Foldable bed detachably mounted onto a crib A foldable bed which can be detachably mounted onto a crib has a foldable main frame and a foldable secondary frame pivotally connected with the main frame. The main frame is able to be detachably mounted onto the crib and the secondary frame is able to b... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918330 | Ratchet mechanism for booted surgical stirrup An improved ratchet mechanism for a surgical boot is not susceptible to spontaneous rotation when the center of gravity of the weight of the patient's leg, the boot, and the support arm for the boot passes the axis of rotation of the ratchet mechanism. Th... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918331 | Portable intensive care unit with medical equipment A stretcher style mobile intensive care unit including an elongated hollow housing having an upper patient support table. The housing being adapted to hold at a location below the support table, a range of medical equipment. The range of medical equipment... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918332 | Portable head rest with storage chamber A recreation pillow includes a resilient foam rubber pillow having an elliptical shape. A slit is formed in the pillow, and the slit extends inwardly from the surface. The slit defines opposed walls that are normally juxtaposed, with the pillow being defo... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918333 | Pillow with pockets containing deodorizer A deodorizing pillow has a core covered by a cover which has pockets formed both on its upper and lower sides. The pockets on one of the sides of the cover can removably contain charcoal or active carbon granule deodorizers, while the pockets on the other... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918334 | Cushion with gel sac and gel overlay A cushion, generally indicated, comprises a foam portion and a gel portion. The foam portion has a rear section defining a cavity, while the front section is shaped to support the users' thighs. The gel portion comprise a gel sac, which substantially fill... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918335 | Baby pillow A baby pillow includes a base plate and two frames connected to two sides of the base plate. A cotton body surrounds each frame, and a layer of cotton cloth is made to cover the base plate and the two side cotton bodies. A soft cushion layer is formed wit... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918336 | Structure of alternately inflated/deflated air bed An alternately inflated/deflated air bed being made by an arrangement of many air bag sets, each of them provided therein with a first air bag which is further provided therein with a second air bag. The first air bag thus is divided into two air chambers... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918337 | Fish hook screwdriver A multi-purpose tool comprising a fish hook screwdriver is provided to quickly and accurately trace electrical wires. The user-friendly fish hook screwdriver has a screwdriver blade to move, separate or spread a bundle or harness of wires and has a hook w... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918338 | Sports footwear with a sole unit comprising at least one composite material layer partly involving the sole unit itself Footwear, in particular sports footwear, which includes a vamp associated with a substantially flat foot-supporting lower part or sole unit. This latter includes at least one portion formed of woven composite material having a part positioned in correspon... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918339 | Antiseismic energy dissipator for structures such as viaducts and the like An energy dissipator for interposition between parts of a structure, for example, between a support structure and a deck of a viaduct, protecting the structure in the event of an earthquake in an effective and consistent manner which conforms to expectati... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918340 | Mopheads A holder for releasibly clamping a mophead to a mop handle includes an elongate clamping member which is hinged at one end and snap fits at the other. The clamping member extends about a mop strand bundle. The clamping member has a brush or scrub pad fitt... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918341 | Hand-sized, controlled-fold, cleaning sleeve This invention is a foldable material having a surface appropriate for manual, contact maintenance, such as a cloth, of such size as to enable the folding of the cloth into parallel panels, each of which is approximately hand-sized. Each of the panels can... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918342 | Method of and apparatus for sanitizing MRI machines The bore of an MRI machine is sanitized by using a pair of sponge elements attached to an elongated handle. The first sponge element has an arcuate surface which is a segment of a sphere having a radius substantially equal to the radius of the bore, the a... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918343 | Combination bucket and wringer A combination mop bucket and wringer unit uses a thin walled plastic mop bucket with a cap-like wringer body which fits securely over the top of the bucket to form a unitary structure. The wringer body adds rigidity to the thin walled mop bucket so that i... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918344 | Self-evacuating vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner has an electric motor driving an air impeller for creating suction and a pump impeller which is located in the tank and draws liquid material from the bottom of the tank and expels it from the tank. The vacuum cleaner may have an electric... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918345 | Cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning a surface is described. The apparatus has a frame and a cleaning member with a brush that rotates on the frame to clean a floor. The apparatus also has main support wheels drive unit, and an auxiliary drive unit with an auxiliary... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918346 | Squeegee assembly for floor surface cleaning machine A squeegee assembly to be used in a floor surface cleaning machine having an elongated squeegee body, a pair of flexible front and rear blades forwardly/backwardly spacedly arranged in parallel relation on the squeegee body, and a blower for applying a su... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918347 | Motor vehicle door lock for use with motor vehicle door hinge A motor vehicle door lock for use with a motor vehicle door hinge having two hinge halves connectable, respectively, with two parts of a door assembly, a door and a door pillar, and pivotally connected with each other by a hinge pin, the door lock includi... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5918348 | Friction hinge with detent capability The present invention provides a small, cylindrical hinge, or pivoting pin, which can be configured to produce various profiles of torque versus angle. The desired profile of torque versus angle is achieved by the shapes of the hinge shaft and the spring ... | 07/06/1999 |
