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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6056349 | Vehicle door having improved side crash resistance and associated method A vehicle door has a door body which includes an outer door panel, an inner door panel, and a recess disposed therebetween. A metal mat has a plurality of elongated first elements and a plurality of second elements interwoven with respect to the first ele... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056350 | Vehicle with a rollable built-in sun-blind A vehicle with a rollable, built-in sun-blind, provided in a recess. The vehicle has a roof portion, a side wall portion and a transition portion which extends between the roof and side wall portions. The recess for the rollable sun-blind is provided in t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056351 | Body structure for a motor vehicle In known motor vehicle body structures, jamming of side doors, which hinders attempts to rescue of vehicle occupants, may occur after a vehicle impact. According to the present invention, the outer shell of the movable vehicle body part is designed to be ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056352 | Sunroof assembly for an automotive vehicle and control system for operating a sunroof assembly A sunroof assembly (20) of an automotive vehicle employs dual sunroof panes, a pair of movable sunshades and a control system for operating the function thereof. In one aspect of the present invention, a sunroof assembly provides a substantially transpare... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056353 | Folding adjustable chair to accommodate joint dysfunction A lightweight, portable, adjustable folding chair accommodated specifically for persons with a joint disability which causes sitting or rising from a seated position to be difficult including partial or total hip replacement patients. The chair has adjust... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056354 | Foldable chair frame A foldable chair frame includes a seat frame formed with an elongated groove which extends from a front end portion to a rear end portion of the seat frame, a first leg frame pivoted to the seat frame, and a second leg frame pivoted to the first leg frame... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056355 | Infant car seat cover The present disclosure pertains to a cover 10 for an infant car seat 12 having an elasticized opening 28 on its bottom which has an elastic hem 16 for being slipped over and secured around the infant car seat 12 without disengaging the safety belts of the... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056356 | Cycle seat A bicycle (32) includes a seat (20) having a support stem (22), a roller bearing support member (24), a flexible support arm (26), a pair of pivot joints (28), and a pair of seat members (30). The pivot joints (28) comprise ball and socket joints which al... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056357 | Apparatus for vibrating seats An apparatus for vibrating a seat for effectively preventing a driver from dozing off during driving is provided which includes a seat fixed on a sliding mechanism mounted on a floor surface of an automobile, a direct current motor placed within a seat bo... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056358 | Head-rest for a car seat A head-rest for a car seat including a body of expanded plastics material and a covering layer applied to the body. The covering layer covers only a front portion of the body and is fixed thereto by forcible insertion of at least one perimetral edge direc... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056359 | Two-position latch system A power boat helmsman's station chair having a two-section seat bottom articulated by a pivotal hinge framework so that the front section of the seat can be folded up from its normal position as a horizontal extension of the rear section of the seat botto... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056360 | Adjustable lumbar seat support An adjustable lumbar support device for installation within seats, and particularly vehicular seats, to enable a seat occupant to adjust a seat back to provide a desired amount of support for the lumbar region of the back. The adjustable lumbar seat suppo... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056361 | Articulated support chair An articulated support chair has a frame, a seat cantilevered from the frame, and a back hanging from the frame, with a lower end of the back hinged to an underside of the seat. A lumbar support extends from the seat and pivots to maintain supporting cont... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056362 | Chair assembly, in particular a chair assembly for use in virtual reality devices Chair assembly, in particular a chair assembly for use in virtual reality devices, comprising a substructure which comprises a stationary bottom frame and situated above it a top frame bearing a chair, movement means being present between the bottom frame... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056363 | Reclining computer chair apparatus An apparatus which will largely prevent irritated ligaments, and sore necks and backs arising from spending long hours at a computer terminal by allowing the user to position themselves in multiple comfortable positions is disclosed. The apparatus for use... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056364 | Headrest for motor-vehicle seats A headrest for motor-vehicle seats comprising a yielding body and a pair of support rods having positioning notches cooperating with respective resilient locking members which can normally be released to enable height adjustment of the headrest. An inerti... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056365 | Center armrest with resettable overload protection A center armrest with resettable overload protection. The center armrest is attached so as to be capable of pivoting via a bearing into the substantially horizontal position, protruding in the region of the backrest. A supporting frame is provided includi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056366 | Composite back frame for a vehicle seat and method for distributing seat belt loads A vehicle set back frame that is lightweight and sufficiently rigid to be incorporated in an all-belts-to-seat seat belt mechanism. A seat back shaped back frame is C-shaped in cross-section and wrapped with a load-transfer panel and a lumbar panel to for... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056367 | Chair structure A chair includes a seat frame with four legs and a backrest frame. Each of the seat frame and the backrest frame has a plurality of connecting members connected to two sides thereof and a plurality of flexible strips connected between the connecting membe... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056368 | Side dump body having an increased carrying capacity A side dump body having an increased carrying capacity when compared to conventional side dump bodies with the side dump body being pivotally movable between transport, loading and dumping positions. The side dump body has an open upper end which is direc... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056369 | Wheel shaft mounting arrangement for a golf cart A wheel shaft mounting arrangement, which includes a shaft holder securely mounted, on the framework of a golf cart to hold a shaft and a wheel on the shaft, wherein the shaft has an axial coupling hole and two transverse locating holes at a rectangular f... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056370 | Brake pressure controller A compact brake pressure controller that can be produced at relatively low cost and which is capable of pressurizing a wheel cylinder quickly through use of a hydraulic pump includes shut-off valves provided between a master cylinder and pressure increasi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056371 | Feed-forward active brake control An improved active brake control in which differential braking is used in a feed-forward control to develop vehicle yaw in response to a desired yaw value determined as a function of steering wheel position and vehicle speed. The desired yaw rate value is... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056372 | Vehicle braking system adapted to duty-control solenoid valve device to control wheel brake cylinder pressure A braking device of diagonal type having two sub-systems each including a front wheel brake cylinder and a rear wheel brake cylinder which are connected to master cylinder through respective front and rear passages in which are first and second solenoid-o... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056373 | System for controlling the braking action in a motor vehicle The invention is based on a system for controlling the braking action in a motor vehicle by means for adjusting the braking action independently of the driver's actuation. Upon recognition of a preselectable operating mode, for which at least the longitud... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056374 | Automatic brake control system An automatic brake control system of a vehicle for automatically applying brake when said vehicle comes near to an obstacle ahead comprises an own vehicle speed detector for detecting a speed of the vehicle, a distance detector for detecting a distance be... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056375 | Storage mantel A storage mantel for storing video and audio media. The storage mantel includes a mantel that is adapted for mounting over an open face of a fireplace. The mantel has a top side, a bottom side, and first and second lateral sides. The top and bottom sides ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056376 | Display case A security cabinet having a pair of bifold doors that can be extended into end to end engagement with each other and held there by a closure strip to cover an opening in a cabinet with a locking mechanism for securing the bifold doors therein to prevent a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056377 | Dual-slant file holder A dual-slant file holder for angularly directing file folders in two directions. The dual-slant file holder has a front face, a base for carrying a slanted support surface and a pair of parallel side panels, wherein the angle between the slanted support s... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056378 | Add-on drawer and method of mounting An add-on drawer is provided for mounting onto a structure having a horizontal member with a lower surface. The drawer comprises a tray with a storage space, and at least two rails slidably supporting the tray. Each rail has a top surface including an upw... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056379 | Sliding track assembly A sliding track assembly, which includes an outer track having two inner flanges bilaterally and longitudinally provided on the inside, an intermediate track moved in and out of the outer track, an inner track moved in and out of the intermediate track, t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056380 | Simplified assembly document drawer structure A simplified assembly document drawer structure comprised of a bottom panel, two side panels, and a rear panel all formed on a single pattern board. A creased section having numerous perforations is disposed along the conjoining line between the bottom pa... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056381 | Vibration isolation platform A vibration isolation platform comprises a shelf member (15) supported by two beam members (25). An acoustic isolation member (20) is located between the shelf member and each beam member. Support members (11) engage and support each beam member (25) at t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056382 | Furniture piece with wavy vertical supports A piece of furniture includes two vertical members each formed from a wavy sheet of material having alternating parallel horizontal crests and depressions on opposing surfaces thereof. A shelf is supported at opposite ends by bearing gaskets secured to op... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056383 | Refrigerator cabinet breaker assembly A refrigerator cabinet construction is disclosed where a breaker strip interconnects an exterior cabinet shell with an interior liner. The exterior cabinet shell has an open side and a shell edge flange. The interior liner is to fit within the exterior ca... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056384 | Failure diagnosing circuit and method To provide a failure diagnosing circuit capable of carrying out failure diagnosis of respective switching elements of a bridge circuit without rotating a motor. Pull up/down terminals and as well as monitor terminals are respectively connected to both inp... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056385 | Method of operating and an apparatus using an ink jet recording head having serially connected energy generating means An ink jet recording head has an energy generating device line constituted by electrically connecting N (N>1) energy generating devices in series. The energy generating devices are disposed to correspond to a plurality of discharge ports for discharging i... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056386 | Testing for normal print discharge Printer performs accurate ink-discharge status detection, dependent upon the type of a printhead attached to the printer, the print mode and the color of ink change, and a facsimile apparatus using the printer. Each time printing based on received facsimi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056387 | Cleaning of ink jet printhead surface responsive to an optically sensed condition thereof A cleaning method for an ink jet recording apparatus includes a first cleaning step and a second cleaning step. In the first cleaning step, an ink discharge port surface of the apparatus is cleaned in accordance with a degree of reflection of the surface,... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056388 | Method of ink-jet printing and an ink-jet printing head for carrying out the method A method of ink-jet printing is carried out by focusing a light beam from a quantum generator onto an expendable liquid printing material in a jet from the direction of the open end of the jet, with an information carrier placed in front of the open end, ... | 05/02/2000 |
