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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5930914 | Method and device for drying a moving web material A method and device for drying a moving web including a first infrared radiator arranged on a first side of the web and a second infrared radiator arranged on a second side of the web at least partially opposite to the first infrared radiator and proximat... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930915 | Bag with air distributor and method for removing moisture and odors from within the bag A portable sport equipment bag having an air distributor is connected with a hose to blower operable to move air under pressure into the air distributor. The air distributor has one or more manifolds located within the bag. The manifolds have a plurality ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930916 | Insoles liners and footwear incorporating loofah material Disclosed are footwear products incorporating the use of natural materials therein, and more particularly, disclosed are insoles, liners, and footwear incorporating loofah material. The loofah material is arranged so as to provide direct contact with a us... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930917 | Waterproof shoe A shoe structure includes an upper, including at least an outer layer and a lining, an insole, and a sole. The lining lines the inside of the outer layer and includes a waterproof and water-vapor permeable functional layer. The insole is connected to a lo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930918 | Shoe with dual cushioning component A shoe of the present invention comprises a sole, a flexible bladder, and a cushioning material. The sole has a recess configured to receive the flexible bladder. The flexible bladder has interior surface portions defining at least one chamber. The chambe... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930919 | Shoe sole A shoe sole construction which provides a complete separation of upper and lower soles with a cushion of air filling in the space between the upper and lower soles. The sole has five layers, namely, a bottom sole, a chamber rim, a chamber cover, an insole... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930920 | Wiping device for a golf club face A golf club wiping and cleaning device is positioned by clipping it onto the upper side wall of a golf shoe in a position for wiping the club's face. The device provides a base portion and a replaceable cartridge with sliding engagement into the base. The... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930921 | Illuminated shoe A shoe in the side of its upper or along its outsole has a transparent diffusing element with a convex front face and a multitude of facets in its back face. A pocket opens out of the back face and contains a light emitting diode which is connected to a e... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930922 | Vehicle mounted snowplow The snowplow of the present invention is adapted to mount to the bed of a pickup truck. The snowplow includes a mounting base and a frame which is rotatably coupled to the base. The snowplow blade is coupled to the frame so that it moves with the frame. B... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930923 | Method for operation to excavate underdrain in the field ground and a device for operation to excavate underdrain A method of operation to effectively excavate an underdrain in the field ground having a long service life and ensuring that the underdrain will not be closed after a long period of time and a device for such operation. The method includes attaching a plu... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930924 | Perpetual calendar A perpetual calendar that simultaneously and individually displays all twelve months of any predetermined year. The perpetual calendar includes an outer housing sleeve having twelve month-windows, a middle panel movably disposed inside the sleeve, and a n... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930925 | Display apparatus A display apparatus for an object to be displayed, e.g., a brush, in which the object includes a slot on its external surface. A display card is sized to be inserted into the slot and is removably retained within the slot. Adhesive, or a friction fit, is ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930926 | Display sign system A display sign and system having a plurality of support strips removably attached to a back panel where the support strips have channels in opposite sides thereof, where the channels and sign members disposed in the channels overlap one another, and where... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930927 | Apparatus for changeable display for louvered shutter A display arrangement for sheet-type materials including a fastening system having a malleable metal hook set which supports an adhesive/magnetic sandwich for suspending a metal backing plate that magnetically retains an image affixed to a display sheet, ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930928 | Front-loading poster frame device A front-loading poster display device with a plurality of poster frame sections positioned around and connected to a backing member. Each of the frame sections have a base member affixed to the backing member and a spring-biased cover member rotatably att... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930929 | Handgun with a trigger-securing device A handgun comprises a grip (1), a slide (2), a trigger device (3) having a trigger (10) and a trigger safety lock. In order to provide a simple, ergonomically correct trigger safety lock, this safety lock is formed by a safety locking element (8) which mo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930930 | Gun locking mechanism A gun locking security device is provided including a combination assembly with a plurality of dials having a central extent with a plurality of numbers formed on a periphery thereof. The dials are rotatably coupled in coaxial relationship within an inter... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930931 | Adjustable gun rest A portable gun rest is provided, comprising a thigh support member adapted to fit over a user's thigh; a telescoping support assembly pivotally connected to the thigh support member, wherein the telescoping support assembly includes a longitudinal axis; a... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930932 | Shooting rest A shooting rest comprising a pair of elongated rods having a preselected cross section and a multi-function clamp means comprising a special elastic yoke for receiving the rods and holding the rods with the longitudinal axes thereof in a plurality of pres... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930933 | Rifle support stand The present invention reveals a portable, collapsible and adjustable rifle support stand which supports a rifle at each end--under the barrel and under the stock. The support stand is made of two vertical supports for the rifle. The rear or stock support ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930934 | Variable power telescopic sight A variable magnification telescopic rifle sighting means includes an externally-located zoom adjusting ring rotatable about sighting means axis and modified to provide a digitally-activated zooming feature, permitting an essentially instantaneous switchin... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930935 | Method and apparatus for attaching a supplemental device to an unaltered host firearm An interbar assembly (34) for reversibly attaching a supplemental device, e.g., grenade launcher (32), to a host weapon, e.g., rifle (10). A preferred interbar assembly attaches at its forward end to the bayonet lug (54) of rifle (10), and at its rearward... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930936 | Wildfowl decoy A decoy, for simulating a wildfowl in feeding position, has a body within a keel located beneath the body. The body houses a motor and motor controller, for intermittently rotating an axle with outer ends, located outside the body, having paddle members t... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930937 | Apparatus for injecting objects into artificial fishing lures A hand-held device for injecting an object, such as a rattling device or weight, into an artificial fishing lure. The device comprises a grasping means for ease of manipulation, a tip for holding an object, said tip having a sharpened end for piercing an ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930938 | Hook setting and fish playing apparatus A fish hook setting apparatus which has a main support, a rod holding arm pivotally attached to the main support, a spring between the main support and an end of the rod holding arm, a horizontal extension attached to the top end of the main support and a... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930939 | Tapered fishing rod A fishing apparatus includes a reel, a reel butt, an elongated member, and a hook guard. The reel butt has a reel seat for holding the reel. The elongated member has an open distal end and is connected to the reel seat opposite the open distal end. Also, ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930940 | Line introduction guide for pass-through fishing rod A line introduction guide adapted to be mounted on a pass-through fishing rod having an internal passage through which the fishing line passed, and which is used to guide the fishing line from a reel into a line introduction port of the internal passage, ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930941 | Fishing lure having three points of support A fishing lure to be drawn through a body of water by a fishing line has a body with the shank of a hook extending from the body rearward end, the hook having a curved portion terminating in a pointed end with the curved portion being substantially parall... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930942 | Fish catcher fishing lure A fishing lure made of a single piece of rigid brass or other type of metal which channels water by means of a bend in the lure's surface through substantially half-circle and notch shaped channels. This gives the lure a unique oscillation and tumbling mo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930943 | Trap stand improvements This invention for trap stands having a pair of supporting legs spaced apart by cross-members for body grip traps provides an improvement by providing extensions which project beyond the legs to provide height adjustment. Sleeves attached to the extension... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930944 | Apparatus and method for trapping and monitoring mice and insects A combined mouse and insect trap is formed from a container having side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall forming an enclosed compartment. A glue board is placed within the compartment and is capable of gripping and holding a mouse or an insect wheneve... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930945 | Method and apparatus for protection against flies in poultry and livestock manure An affordable means of protecting a barn against fly infestation by trapping in a novel trap design predatory arthropods such as Carcinops pumilio and Macrocheles muscaedomesticae from another barn having a mature predator population, and transferring the... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930946 | Method to reduce pest by changing the property of electrical current and by production of ultrasonic sound The invention relates to a pest control device for generating ultra-sonic sound and for creating an electromagnetic field or altering an existing household electromagnetic field to which pests such as cockroaches, mice, rats and otehr rodents react advers... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930947 | Landscape system apparatus An apparatus for forming a landscape system comprising a plurality of system members which edge and retain fill material and facilitate landscaping. Each system member includes a base plate, a front portion, a connecting member and an accepting member. Th... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930948 | Device for protecting shrubbery and other plants from deer and other animals A plant protection device for protecting plants from being eaten or otherwise damaged by animals includes a center support for supporting an umbrella like top frame having a plurality of radially outwardly extending arms or rods angularly spaced from one ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930949 | Hydration of seeds with partially hydrated super absorbent polymer particles The germination of seeds is improved by treating the seeds with a solid-form super absorbent polymer that has absorbed water. Super absorbent polymer particles that contain an amount of water such as about 5 to 7 times their weight that is significantly l... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930950 | Method of inhibiting the formation of crystalline mineral deposits in soil The present invention provides an improved method for growing a plant in soil while irrigating the soil with water which contains deposit forming minerals. According to the present invention, an effective amount of 1-hydroxyethane 1,1-diphosphonic acid (H... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930951 | Sectional planting pot A modular, threaded container for growing plants and subsequently increasing size of the container. Modules are arranged to be stacked on one another to increase overall height of the modular assembly. Individual modules include a top module having bottom... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930952 | Shutter frame member with adjustable component parts A shutter frame member is comprised of an elongated plastic extruded body element having opposed parallel longitudinal side edges in which is formed a connector for removable connection thereto of an elongated edge adaptor. The connecting cavity is provid... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930953 | Drive device for the movable and positionable wall members of a separating wall Wall members (1) of a partition wall which can be assembled by roller cross-heads (1a, 1b), along a main guide rail (3-3a) and branch rails (3b, 3c) of displaceable wall members (1) are displaced (A, B, C) by self-propelling trolleys (2, 2a, 2b) which mov... | 08/03/1999 |
