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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5943694 | Specially shaped multilayer armor Armor, in particular body armor for female wearers is made of multiple layers (30) of penetration-resistant material for example made of polyaramid fibers, specially shaped to fit over a shaped area to be protected, e.g. the bust of a female wearer. The a... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943695 | Limb guard having a one-piece shock absorbing member with different thickness sections A limb guard serves to protect a part of a limb from an external impact force and includes an elongate pad member, an elongate sheet layer mounted on the pad member to form an accommodation space between the elongate sheet layer and the elongate pad membe... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943696 | Painter's garment A painter's garment for supporting on a wearer a prescribed paint supply container of the type having a handle and a prescribed paint application tool of the type having an opening. The garment includes a belt for mounting the garment on the wearer. An ap... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943697 | Children's clothing with removable adhesively attached stickers An adaptable garment that permits a child complete flexibility in placing educational or entertainment articles thereon is disclosed. The adaptable garment includes one or more removable adhesively attachable stickers, which preferably include a pressure-... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943698 | Articles having interchangeable and/or reversible images and containers therefor An article, such as an apparel, bears a laminated image in a transparent window. The article has, for instance, a transparent window on the outside and an opening inside for inserting an image-bearing panel into a pouch for displaying the image through th... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943699 | Firefighter protective turnout pant The firefighter's turnout pants according to the invention are designed so that each pant leg comprises a front panel and a back panel above the knee region, the panels being joined by an outseam and an inseam, and cylindrical panels below the knee region... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943700 | Weighted garment A vest or garment is made of two independent halves which are removably connectable to each other. Each half has a body portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a shoulder loop extending up from the body to position the body portion of ea... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943701 | Combined hand glove and aerosal repellant device A combined hand glove and aerosol repellent device. A small cylindrical canister of an aerosol repellent is held unobtrusively and securely in a glove and worn by a person for protection against sudden assaults from humans and animals. The repellent canis... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943702 | Headwear piece with changeable appearance A headwear piece having a body with an opening to accept the head of a wearer. The body has an exposed external surface. An element defines at least a part of the exposed external surface of the body. Frangible structure connects the element to the body s... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943703 | Detachable ear-protector for use with eyeglasses and sunglasses An ear-protector is provided as a flexible element preferably made of PVC, having a first enlarged section used for covering over an ear, and a second, forwardly-extending, reduced mounting section extending from the first enlarged section. Each section h... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943704 | Visor cap An airfoil-shaped attachment to a visor is described which makes unlikely the unintentional removal of the cap to which the visor is attached by wind. The visor attachment, in accordance with the invention, has a cross-section from its front edge to its r... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943705 | Athletic equipment attachment strap An athletic equipment attachment strap for holding athletic equipment in place against a user's body includes elastic and non-elastic portions for providing a comfortable and flexible fit. The preferred embodiment provides a loop attached to an elastic po... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943706 | Helmet The present invention concerns a helmet including a shell formed from a thermoplastic resin, for example, by blow molding or injection molding, and a shock absorbing liner disposed on the inside of the shell. The shock absorbing liner is formed of polyvin... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943707 | Shower device A shower device for a toilet seat includes a shower head, a water supply conduit leading thereto, and a carrier on which the shower head and at least a portion of the conduit are arranged and which is moveably arranged in relation to a support constructio... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943708 | Adjustable tank ball assembly for a two-step flushing control type ballfloat toilet An adjustable tank ball assembly mounted in the water tank of a ballfloat toilet controlled by two trip handles to close/open the water discharging outlet of the valve seat of the water tank of the ballfloat toilet between a full-discharge flushing mode a... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943709 | Swimming pool assembly A swimming pool assembly includes a plurality of connectors, a plurality of struts, and a plurality of horizontal poles of a rhombic cross-section. After connecting the horizontal poles to engagement slots of the connectors, the structural strength of the... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943710 | Water jet generating system in bathroom The invention provides a water jet generating a system capable of applying water jet massage while a bather takes a bath by generating water jet at an appropriate pressure. More specifically, water is sucked in from a water source or a bathtub by a pump, ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943711 | Gatling jet A jet for use in spas and hydrotherapeutic reservoirs having a first set of nozzles aligned in a plane at the water entrance side of the jet and a second set of nozzles aligned one-to-one with the first set of nozzles at the water exit side of the jet. A ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943712 | Method for controlling the operation of a water valve A method for controlling the operation of a water valve in response to the presence of a human body part by providing a passive detecting apparatus to produce a human-presence-indicating signal in response to variation in radiation by the body part, detec... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943713 | Sensor assembly having flexibly mounted sensor and adjustable mounting means A sensor assembly for use with a sink having a faucet hydraulically connected to an electrically operated on/off mechanism for controlling the flow of water from the faucet into the sink. The sensor assembly includes a short focus optical sensor mounted a... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943714 | Suspended sleeping platform assembly A vertically-displaceable bed platform suspended from a ceiling having a platform with two forward and two rearward engagement regions, and four pulley members each disposed an equal vertical distance from the engagement regions such that two correspond w... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943715 | System including associated equipment used in combination with a bed for a sick or wounded patient A system including associated equipment used in combination with a bed for a sick or wounded patient is provided. A separable frame of the bed is adapted to be placed on associated equipment with a patient on it. Said associated equipment includes a wheel... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943716 | Air-conditioned bed hood for a baby An air-conditioned bed hood for a baby, which is connected with an air cleaner having a heater and a humidifier for inputting clean air of constant temperature and moisture, and has the function of air-pressure sealing to provide the lying baby with a com... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943717 | Bed blanket for bed A bed blanket for bed is provided including a pair of blankets of fabric each having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a periphery formed therebetween. The periphery of each blanket is defined by a linear first side edge of a predetermined length, a li... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943718 | Leg fitting for a wall folding bed A leg fitting, preferably for a wall folding bed, includes an angle-shaped member with first and second arms, wherein the first arm is mounted in a support member such that the angle-shaped member can be pulled out and turned, and wherein the second free ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943719 | Method and device for precise invasive procedures A method for inserting an invasive tool, including: attaching a frame to a human body adjacent to a portion of the body; acquiring an image of the body; determining a trajectory of the tool on the image; calculating points of intersection between the traj... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943720 | Zero emission dry cleaning machine and process An improved dry cleaning machine and process which eliminates solvent emissions while simultaneously providing cost and quality benefits. The solvent filtration apparatus and process currently used in typical dry cleaning operations is eliminated and the ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943721 | Liquified gas dry cleaning system A system and method for cleaning an article with cleaning fluid comprising a liquified gas, preferably carbon dioxide, maintained at a pressure elevated above atmospheric pressure in the wash chamber of a pressure vessel. A basket holding the article is r... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943722 | Surface treatment device A contact cleaning machine for removing particulates and other undesirable debris from the surfaces of articles moving along a curved path under the cleaning machine, without disturbing the orientation of the articles which cannot be clamped against movem... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943723 | Electric toothbrush The invention is directed to an electric toothbrush (1) in which a timing element (13) is provided whose purpose it is to indicate to a user the end of at least one cleaning period when the electric toothbrush (1) is activated. Still further, means (12) c... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943724 | Electro-hydraulic brush down force control A floor cleaning machine of the type having a fluid driven scrub brush utilizes fluid pressure for applying down force on the scrub brush to a floor surface being cleaned. The fluid pressure applied is controlled by a fluid pressure regulator which has a ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943725 | Apparatus for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning strand An apparatus (1) serves for cleaning surfaces on boards, for instance, and has a cleaning device (2) which is circumferentially continuous and has an upper strand (2) and a lower strand (4) and two guide pulleys (5, 6) in between. The one strand is the cl... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943726 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus adapted to properly perform a substrate scrubbing process with the use of a scrubbing member. The apparatus includes a retention member for retaining a scrubbing member for scrubbing a substrate and a vertical drive mechan... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943727 | Foldable cleaning implement A foldable cleaning implement is foldable into a compact form for ease in transporting and storing. The cleaning implement has a handle and a head. The handle may be formed from a plurality of segments coupled together by foldable elements. The head is at... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943728 | Screen wiper blade having improved means for fastening an accessory, and a screen wiper having such a blade A motor vehicle screen wiper blade comprises an articulated structure which carries, by means of a set of grips, a wiping strip of flexible material which it applies against the glass surface to be swept, so that the wiping strip follows the curvature of ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943729 | Apparatus and method for removing material from an elongated member An apparatus and method for removing material from an elongated member having known dimensions and traveling through known air densities, in which applied compressed air removes the material from the elongated member in a chamber configured to optimize th... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943730 | Scrubber vac-fan seal A surface maintenance machine has a body, wheels for supporting the body, a source of cleaning solution on the body and a conduit for applying the cleaning solution to a surface to be cleaned. There are scrub brushes on the body and there is a squeegee ca... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943731 | Accessory holder for vacuum cleaner An accessory holder for a vacuum cleaner having a base member for supporting a plurality of vacuum accessories. The base member has a pair of arms for attaching the holder to a support structure on the vacuum cleaner. The arms include a tapered wedge proj... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943732 | Door valve for utility vacuum cleaners A unique valve door mechanism is disclosed for use in a dual chambered utility type vacuum cleaner having two suction inlets whereby the inactive suction inlet may be selectively closed and sealed off from the atmosphere. The valve door is slidingly suspe... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943733 | Sucking and filtering vehicle for dust and trash collecting A sucking and filtering vehicle for dust and trash collecting is provided which comprises wheels (3), driving and steering means (4), dust and trash collecting and transporting means (5) comprising a tank (6), and suction device (7) adapted to form an air... | 08/31/1999 |
