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Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus
This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6055666 | Face shield A face shield to be placed in front of the face of a wearer includes at least one light transparent part and a holding device for holding on to the face shield, the face shield includes at least one air deflecting device which is arranged, with the help o... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055667 | Baby bottle and sip cup bib support This application discloses a bib 10 having a strap 24 for being worn around the neck of an infant 12. The bib 10 has a compartment 18 within it which houses an irregular shaped wedge 20 made of foam-like material. The wedge 20 can be placed in different p... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055668 | Post-surgical garment The present invention discloses a post-surgical garment for use following breast or chest surgery wherein the garment 10 has straps 16 having a length of hook and loop material attached at overlapping ends 18 whereby an individual user 12 drapes the garme... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055669 | Bowling ball glove The control-enhancing material of the present invention includes a plurality of recesses, such as suction cups, positioned on the palm portion of the bowling glove. The areas covered by the control-enhancing material include the underside of the index fin... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055670 | Breath-heated insulated glove and associated method An insulted glove includes a bladder having an air chamber defined therein. The insulated glove also includes an inlet valve which is in fluid communication with the air chamber. The insulted glove further includes an outlet valve which is in fluid commun... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055671 | Filling type patternized glove A personal article, in particular a filling type patternized glove, includes an outer layer, a lining inner layer, a filling medium layer disposed intermediate of the outer and inner layer, and a filling medium filling and discharging controller. The oute... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055672 | Ear held earmuff Protective ear covering and method of producing the same, comprising enclosing a flexible, cupshaped insert which may be turned against a biasing force to bulge from a position wherein an ear is insertable through an opening of the insert to a position wh... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055673 | Garments with adjustable sizing feature A pants having frayable leg bottoms is provided by provision of at least one circumferential thread stitching proximate each leg bottom. The circumferential thread stitching provides a defined boundary for fraying and cutting the leg bottom to a selected ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055674 | Panty pantyhose combination garment and method for forming same A circularly knit hosiery member and garment formed therefrom and a method for producing both. The member has a first tubular portion with a lateral portion having a plurality of courses with short lengths. The garment is formed from a pair of the members... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055675 | Protective bicycle helmet having a ventilated rear support structure The invention relates to a protective bicycling helmet with a rear support structure having at least two generally vertical columns mounted in the rear portion of the helmet body for providing improved ventilation while retaining or improving the rigid st... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055676 | Protective padding for sports gear Protective padding primarily intended for use in sports gear. The outer casing is made of an elastic material that is overfilled to its elastic limit to act in the manner of the preferred embodiments. In a second set of preferred embodiments, the outer ca... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055677 | Vented commode A hollow toilet seat having a plurality of inlets in its bottom surface is pivotably secured to a hollow attachment device mounted on a commode. Slots in the toilet seat are in positional correspondence with slots in the attachment device to provide fluid... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055678 | Dispenser system in a water tank A dispenser system for dispensing a variety of soluble agents in the cistern of a sanitary device including toilet and the like. The system comprises members supporting a dispenser container removably attachable to a wall member of the cistern and partial... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055679 | Passive lavatory cleanser dispensing system This invention relates to dispensing systems, such as lavatory cleansing systems, particularly dispensers suitable for placement into a liquid containing vessel whose level of liquid is capable of changing from an upper level to a lower level and vice ver... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055680 | Collapsible toilet plunger A collapsible plunger includes an elongated tubular handle having a plunger member at an end thereof. The tubular handle is comprised of a plurality of telescoping sections each of which may be locked in an extended or retracted position relative to the a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055681 | Urinal anti-splash-back apparatus and associated methods A urinal anti-splash-back apparatus and associated methods are provided which preferably include a frame, a urine anti-splash-back filtering device mounted to the frame for filtering urine so that major portions of urine being deposited against an outer s... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055682 | Swimming pool lane line protection device A portable lane line protection device, or "line-saver", is positioned on the edge of a swimming pool and bypasses the sharp edge of the pool by creating a smooth surface over the pool's edge. A lane line is placed over the smooth surface of the line-save... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055683 | Swimming pool lane marker for the visually impaired A swimming pool lane marker for the visually impaired generally includes a perforated tube that extends the length of a swimming pool. The perforated tube is in fluid communication with a source of compressed gas, such as an air compressor. The air compre... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055684 | Sauna apparatus A sauna having (i) a sauna chamber of a size to accommodate a person therein, and two side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a ceiling, (ii) a ventilation opening in a wall of the sauna chamber, the opening being at a height corresponding to the locat... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055685 | Apparatus for bathing a disabled patient Apparatus for bathing a disabled patient, comprising (a) a bathtub, (b) a flexible membrane positioned above the tub for lowering the patient into and lifting the patient from the tub, (c) membrane engaging members for engaging opposite ends of the membra... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055686 | Baby bunting for use in an infant carrier A baby bunting which enables a shoulder harness to be fit snug against the infant's clothing to thereby hold the infant securely in the infant carrier, without having to remove the infant from the bunting, wherein the bunting has a contoured shape which e... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055687 | Support pillow with head member A support pillow comprises a resilient cushion body having a medial region and first and second opposing cantilever arms extending from the medial region. The cantilever arms are curved about a vertical axis to define a substantially toroidal configuratio... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055688 | Baby diaper changing station with hidden hinge structure A wall-mounted station for changing the diapers of a baby comprises a base configured for being vertically mounted to a wall and defining a base plane and a baby platform hingedly mounted to the base and defining a platform plane. The baby platform is ope... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055689 | Modular mattress and innerspring A modular mattress having a plurality of innerspring modules with a peripheral border strip extending around the outer periphery of the mattress between top and bottom mattress covers through a releasable connecting means.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055690 | Sleeping pad, beddings and bumpers to improve respiratory efficiency and environmental temperature of an infant and reduce the risks of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and asphyxiation Rebreathing carbon dioxide and overheating of the infant are contributing causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and asphyxiation. The characteristics of conventional crib mattresses, beddings and bumper pads contribute to rebreathing of carbon dio... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055691 | Method of mounting and tensioning a freely tensioned tension member and device for carrying out the method A method of mounting and tensioning a freely tensioned tension member, particularly a stay cable for a cable-stayed bridge, and a device for carrying out the method, wherein the polyethylene casing of each individual strand is removed during the tensionin... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055692 | Boarding bridge for commuter type aircraft or the like A telescopic boarding bridge mounted at ground level for bridging the space between a small aircraft and a terminal gate doorway. The bridge includes a terminal bridge section supported in a fixed position adjacent the terminal gate doorway and at least o... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055693 | Railway short span trestle bridge A railway short span trestle is designed for quick erection at an installation site by assembly of a minimum number of parts. Those parts include a pair of spaced apart girders and whatever number of modular floor assemblies are required to span the lengt... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055694 | Wafer scrubbing machine A wafer scrubbing machine is provided with a network of wafer holders which can be moved from a retracted position adjacent each other at a wafer receiving station to an expanded position spaced apart from each within a scrubbing station. The wafers are p... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055695 | Lint roller assembly A lint roller assembly is disclosed for rotatably supporting a tubular and cylindrical adhesive lint remover roller. The assembly includes a pair of elongated housing parts which are substantially identical to each other. Each housing part includes an elo... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055696 | Squeezing structure for water-absorbent swab A squeezing structure for water-absorbent swab, comprising a stem, a fixing seat, a roller shaft, a locating bar, a link, a pull handle and a foam rubber. The center of the roller shaft is disposed with an axially extending shaft rod. Multiple rollers are... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055697 | Windshield wiper blade A windshield wiper blade (10) is proposed for the cleaning of windshields of motor vehicles. The windshield wiper blade has an elongated, flexible support element (12), and is provided with devices for connecting a powered wiper arm (14). An elongated wip... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055698 | Wringer, web support and web An adjustable wringer can wring a variety of different types and sizes of mops, wipes, sponges and other wringable items for use in cleaning clean rooms. The wringer has two side plates situated in a spaced relationship relative to one another, each of th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055699 | Cleaning tool head with multi-filament seal An adapter plate, removably mounted with respect to the cleaning tool head of a continuous flow recycling cleaning device, supports a fluid flow barrier. The barrier is formed of multiple resilient filaments parallel to one another and packed closely toge... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055700 | Wet/dry vacuum with snap-action powerhead latch A vacuum appliance is disclosed, comprising a collection canister having a lid and a powerhead housing a motor and impeller assembly for establishing vacuum pressure within said canister. The powerhead is removably secured to the lid of the collection can... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055701 | Liquid pick-up appliances for use in surface cleaning or drying An appliance for using suction to pick up liquid includes a collection container (10) with an air/liquid separator (30) arranged at a corner between two adjacent walls (13, 14) of the container and extending obliquely relative to both side walls. The sepa... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055702 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes an optical dust sensor for detecting a quantity of dust which sensor is provided at a predetermined position of a suction path for sucking air by a suction force of the vacuum cleaner, whereby an output signal is supplied to a di... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055703 | Upright vacuum cleaner having improved steering apparatus with a lock out feature An upright steerable vacuum cleaner comprised of a handle, body, nozzle base and air duct therein further having a swivel joint at the junction of the nozzle base and body. The swivel joint or steering mechanism comprises a trunnion pivotably connected to... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055704 | Caster with built-in adjustment A caster for rollably supporting a device with respect to a surface is disclosed. The caster includes a body and a rotatable member operably connected to the body. The member is rollably cooperable with the surface. The caster further includes a connector... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055705 | Opening/closing hinge construction for a housing The present invention relates to an opening/closing hinge construction for an electronic and electrical equipment housing. By improving the hinge construction so that the hinge construction between a body case and body cover is contained within the housin... | 05/02/2000 |
