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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6073268 | Expandable jacket An expandable jacket that both (1) can protect a bag or knapsack worn by a user as well as the user and (2) can simulate a conventional jacket when the user is not wearing a knapsack, comprises a conventional racket and extra material affixed to the conve... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073269 | Golf club grip aiding device A golf club aiding device comprising an elastic strap, hook-and-loop strap fasteners permanently attached to opposite ends of the elastic strap and hook-and-loop fasteners attachable to the outer surface of a golf glove over the three outside knuckles and... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073270 | Pants garment A pants garment has a generally tubular body member made of flexible web material. The tubular body member has an elongate waist or yoke edge at an upper side and a crotch area at a lower side. The tubular body member is provided with a flap section overl... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073271 | Football helmet with inflatable liner A protective helmet incorporates an inflatable liner that has front, crown, rear, left and right side portions. To ensure uniform inflation, the inflatable liner is comprised of a plurality of inflatable cells interconnected by a series of air passageways... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073272 | Helmet with ear protection and a hearing enhancement feature A helmet designed for use in winter sports, particularly the sport of snowboarding, having a flexible ear protection member including a hearing enhancement feature disposed therein is disclosed. The hearing enhancement feature may preferably be formed as ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073273 | Venting apparatus for flush toilets A toilet venting apparatus includes an upper insert mountable between a toilet tank and a toilet bowl, and a lower insert mountable between the bowl and a floor sewer pipe. The upper insert has a first aperture therethrough cooperating between a flush val... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073274 | Sanitary toilet seat cover A sanitary toilet seat cover 10 for preventing direct contact between a person's skin and the top surface of a toilet seat 101. The toilet seat cover 10 includes a top layer 20 of waterproof material whose underside is affixed to a layer of porous materia... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073275 | Multifunction toilet A multifunction toilet is shown with a conventional flushing system and auxiliary components which include an odor exhaust system which withdraws gases from the toilet bowl and delivers them to the sewage drain downstream of the toilet water trap. Other a... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073276 | Adjustable wall-mounted shampoo bowl The forward portion of a shampoo bowl is formed with a neck rest for receiving and supporting the back of the neck of an individual seated in a chair located forwardly of the bowl. The shampoo bowl is wall-mounted and pivotally connected for selective til... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073277 | Hydrotherapy chair with aerating pad An economical hydrotherapy apparatus is provided for domestic use in conventional bathtubs. The apparatus includes a hydrotherapy chair and a relatively movable aerating pad, molded from plastic, that are placed in a bathtub for use with the seat of the c... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073278 | Snap on fluid overflow plate for bathtubs An overflow plate assembly for tubs has an outlet port associated with a drain pipe. A mounting plate is secured to the port. A fluid overflow plate has an inner and outer surface. A pair of prongs are secured to the inner surface and extend into suitable... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073279 | Bed patient positioning arrangement A turn strap of surgical grade elastic material having Velcro hooks and loops on opposing ends thereof is positioned under the patient on a hospital bed. One end of the strap is arranged around the side rail on one side of the bed and the other end of the... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073280 | Rescue and invalid support belt A support belt and a strap portion includes a strap portion and a pad portion. The pad portion comprising an elongate member having a length sufficient to encircle the body of an individual and a width sufficient to extend from the waist area to the breas... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073281 | Slatted bedframe A slatted bedframe (2) consists of an upper and a lower layer of transverse slats (3) arranged one beside the other with a distance, and of longitudinal, rubber-elastic supporting members (4) inserted between the layers of slats, which at the upper and lo... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073282 | Adjustable length sleeping bag An adjustable length sleeping bag suitable for use by persons of different height. The bag includes an elongate insulated shell having a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, a foot end and a head end. A fastening system on the outer surface of the shell c... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073283 | Collapsible assembly A blanket or mat assembly includes a panel having a foldable frame member that has a folded and an unfolded orientation, and a sheet material substantially covering the frame member when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation, with the sheet mate... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073284 | Surgical table A surgical table includes a base, a vertical support member extending vertically upwardly from the base, a frame extending outwardly from the support member, and a mattress supported by the frame and positioned to lie above the frame. The mattress is conf... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073285 | Mobile support unit and attachment mechanism for patient transport device A mobile support unit such as an IV stand or the like coupled to a mobile hospital bed, gurney or wheelchair by a latch mechanism which provides hands free operation thereby avoiding the need for a nurse or care provider to manually manipulate the latch t... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073286 | Adjustable foldable bed An adjustable foldable bed is disclosed. The adjustable foldable bed has a front frame assembly and a rear frame assembly pivotal with respect to the front frame assembly. The foldable bed has a motor securely mounted thereunder, a driving rod driven by t... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073287 | Rescue device The rescue device comprises a first sheet member and two second sheet members that are disposed on each side of the first sheet member. The second sheet members are angled relative to the first sheet member to define an angle alpha. The rescue device has ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073288 | Training pillow A training pillow to assist in teaching a person not to sleep face-down has base a portion for supporting the back of the head when lying face-up on a sleeping surface and two side portions which project substantially diagonally from the base portion and ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073289 | Air fluidized bed A diffuser assembly is configured to support a fluidizable medium on a fluidized bed. The diffuser assembly includes a diffuser board which is permeable to air and impermeable to the fluidizable medium, and a metal plate coupled to the diffuser board. The... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073290 | Air mattress and method of making same A one piece air mattress suitable for use in health care settings to aid in prevention of bed sores has air cells permanently attached to a common base sheet along a base perimeter of each cell. The air cells and base sheet are of flexible radio frequency... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073291 | Inflatable medical patient transfer apparatus An improved inflatable medical patient transfer apparatus has a combination of transverse partition members and a raised perimeter section to reduce deleterious ballooning and uneven inflation as well as quick emergency deflation and provide additional se... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073292 | Fluid based cleaning method and system A method for cleaning or sterilizing objects in a liquid fluid cleaning system comprising a high-pressure storing/working vessel, a cleaning chamber, and a low-pressure supply vessel, the method comprising the steps of loading the cleaning chamber with ob... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073293 | Curb and safety rail system for a bridge deck A light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck is formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. Each of the deck panels is shop-fabricated by longitudinally welding flanges of adjacently placed multi-void extruded alumin... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073294 | Cleaning brush using the pyroelectric effect Apparatus for removing residual charged toner particles from a charge retentive surface characterized by a self-biasing pyroelectric cleaner brush and a detoning member for removing the charged particles from the self-biasing pyroelectric cleaner brush. T... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073295 | Sweeping machine with movable recirculation flap A sweeping machine has a chassis, wheels for supporting the chassis and a brush mounted on the chassis for rotation to throw debris over the brush and into a debris hopper mounted on the chassis behind the brush. There is a control lever on the chassis fo... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073296 | Optical protective screen with improved visibility An optical protective screen for improved visibility is provided including an electric motor for moving a transparent sheet or film in a transport direction, which sheet or film is disposed in a field of vision of an optical apparatus or human observer. A... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073297 | Automatic erasing device for erasing chalk marks on a writing board An automatic erasing device is used for erasing chalk marks on a writing board, and includes an erasing mechanism having an elongate housing adapted to be disposed frontwardly of and slidable relative to the writing board between left and right end portio... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073298 | Grout cleaning brush A grout cleaning brush comprising a long narrow brush assembly, an elongate handle and a structure for pivotally attaching a lower end of the elongate handle centrally to the long narrow brush assembly. The elongate handle can rotate on the brush assembly... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073299 | Contouring toothbrush head A toothbrush having two head sections, the sections being normally biased to assume an angle with respect to each other, to thereby define a generally concave bristle tip configuration. The two sections of the head have facing ends joined by a thin bridge... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073300 | Valve assembly for carpet extractor A carpet extractor valve assembly (340,522) alternately directs cleaning solution to a base-mounted spray bar (74,526) or to a remote distributor (438,614) of an accessory tool (16,524). The valve assembly includes an inlet port (344), which receives clea... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073301 | User-carried vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a backpack enclosure that removably encloses an impeller/motor unit. The backpack enclosure has a substantially block-shaped outer configuration and is made from a pliable cloth material, preferably composed of woven NYLON fibers... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073302 | Detection means for filter means in vacuum cleaners A detection means for filter means in vacuum cleaners, into which in addition to a vacuum cleaner bag at least one additional filter is able to be inserted. It comprises a sensor means responsive to the filter means inserted into said vacuum cleaner and s... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073303 | Double action vacuum cleaner A double action vacuum cleaner is provided including a frame with a pair of wheels and a pair of brushes rotatably mounted to the frame. A motor assembly is included for rotating the brushes upon the actuation thereof. Also included is a handle portion ha... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073304 | Squeegee adjustment method and apparatus Squeegee adjustment in connection with a floor maintenance mechanism is provided. A single adjustment such as a laterally movable camming bar, permits rapid and reproducible squeegee height adjustment without the need for tools. A spring-urged squeegee pi... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073305 | Debris blower A debris blower for use in dispersing and collecting grass clippings, leaves, and other debris from sidewalks, driveways, lawns, golf courses and other ground surfaces. The debris blower is designed to be connected underneath a chassis of a tractor or law... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073306 | Safety device The invention relates to a safety device, and in particular to a safety device for a sliding panel, such as a patio door. The safety device includes an abutment, a carrier member for the abutment, a mounting arm for the carrier member, a pivot for the mounting... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073307 | Handgrip having an adjustable length A handgrip having an adjustable length having a handle terminating in a first end and a second end and a first restraining element attached to the first end of the handle and a second restraining element engaged with the second end of the handle, the seco... | 06/13/2000 |
