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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6167569 | Convertible hat and pack apparatus A combination hat and pack apparatus that can be used as a cap or fanny pack. In a cap configuration, the apparatus is defined by a concave portion forming a hat and a brim portion forming a brim of a cap. An elastic belt enables the apparatus to be secur... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167570 | Multifunction cap structure An improved structure multifunction cap comprised of cap having a placement section on the front surface with incisions on two sides and capable of accommodating the insertion and mounting of a luminescent picture as well as isolating the forehead of the ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167571 | Waders for fishing or hunting An outerwear for a fisherman or hunter is formed of two leg portions and a hip-waist portion extending upward from the leg portions to the waist. The leg portions are made of a foam material having waterproof, nonbreathable, and thermal effects. The hip-w... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167572 | Reinforced garment with looped grasping handles The present invention 10 discloses a pants garment 16 for use by both men 12 and women 14 having a pair of grasping handles 18 attached to the sides of the garment 16 in the area of sides of the hips of the user. The handles 18 are reinforceably attached ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167573 | Suspenders A pair of suspenders comprises two comparatively long straps of a given width. Each of the comparatively long straps has a front portion terminating at a front end and a back portion terminating at a back end. The back portions cross each other. Moreover,... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167574 | Motorcycle helmet with fragrance device A motorcycle helmet with a shield is provided with a fragrance device, wherein, a fragrance material case is installed inside of the shell or ear cover of the helmet, and, by way of the air flow inhaled during riding through the air inhaler which is insta... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167575 | Bathroom ventilator inlet A bathroom ventilation air inlet is mounted in conjunction with a toilet paper dispenser. Activation of a suction source connected by conduit to the inlet draws air from the bathroom, removing odour and moisture. The system also operates using a central v... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167576 | Ventilated toilet seat A ventilated toilet seat assembly for evacuating noxious odors from within a toilet bowl. The ventilated toilet seat defines an external channel on the lower surface thereof between a pair of concentric risers, including an innermost riser and an outermos... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167577 | Personal hygiene device, toilet bidet A bidet is device that clamps to the side of the toilet bowl and connects to existing hot and cold water lines. A mixing valve is provided to adjust the temperature of the output water. A bracket fastens the bidet to the rim of the toilet bowl. A spray wa... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167578 | Device for washing crotch region of patient A device for washing the crotch region of a patient, including an air chargeable, double-walled soft cover bag capable of forming a washing chamber for accommodating the crotch region of the patient when air is charged into a space between the double wall... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167579 | Furniture system A furniture system includes a bed section and a work and storage section, each of which includes spaced end frame assemblies defined by corner posts and cross-members. The corner posts of each section can be stacked using a connector member to provide a l... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167580 | Crib dropside assembly and method of installation A crib is provided which includes a dropside mounted to endboards of the crib. The dropside is secured to opposing pairs of tracks. Each lower track includes a pair of generally parallel grooves, one of which extends substantially below the other. The dro... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167581 | Pliers-based, combination tool The pliers have an elongated slot for the purpose of locking the shanks apart in order to permit the other tools on the pliers based combination tool to be used or an enhanced wire cutting slot.... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167582 | Floating bridge A floating bridge includes at least two pontoons adjoining one another in a longitudinal direction of the bridge. Each pontoon includes two outside floats and at least two inside floats hinged together in a transverse direction of the bridge. Each float i... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167583 | Double side cleaning apparatus for semiconductor substrate A double side cleaning apparatus includes a pair of roll-like brushes and at least one cleaning brush. The roll-like brushes are driven to rotate in opposite directions, and a semiconductor wafer is arranged between them in a non-contact manner. The clean... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167584 | Cleaning tool A cleaning tool (1) intended primarily for cleaning ends of ribbon fibers (17) is designed as a pair of tweezers. At the free ends of the tweezer legs (3) opposite plush pads (13) and opposite cotton or paper pads (15) are provided. The plush pads (13) ca... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167585 | Serrated hand tool for plaster application A novel plaster application method includes the first step of applying the plaster in a plurality of parallel and spaced apart lines using a novel hand tool so that the upper edges of each plaster line define the plane of the final plaster surface. After ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167586 | Upright water extraction cleaning machine with improved tank structure A portable surface cleaning apparatus has a base for movement along a surface to be cleaned and an upright handle pivotally attached to a rearward portion of the base. A fluid dispensing nozzle for applying fluid to the surface and a suction nozzle for pi... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167587 | Upright extraction cleaning machine A portable surface cleaning apparatus including a base module for movement along a surface, an upright handle pivotally attached to the base module, a liquid dispensing system including a flexible bladder defining a fluid supply chamber for holding a supp... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167588 | Vacuum cleaner with filter clogging indicating means The invention provides a vacuum cleaner having an airflow path, dust separating apparatus (16) arranged in the airflow path and a motor (24) arranged in the airflow path downstream of the dust separating apparatus (16), a pre-motor filter (20) located imm... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167589 | Control mechanism including a permanent magnet system A control mechanism includes a set of permanent magnets located within a cylindrical housing, the magnets being carried on a shaft which extends within the housing and is movable axially relative to the housing. The magnets are arranged in repulsion confi... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167590 | Furniture hinge mounting plate A mounting plate for a furniture hinge includes a hinge plate which is adapted to be pivotably connected to a hinge component, such as a hinge cup, a flange depending from one of the opposing edges of the hinge plate, and at least one, and preferably two ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167591 | Hinge providing an electrical connection A hinge which includes a first leaf member, a second leaf member, and a pin rotatably connecting the first leaf member to the second leaf member. The hinge also includes a first contact member connected to the first leaf member and a second contact member... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167592 | Handle having a covering A handle has a body which is formed of two shell members such that the body is provided therein with a receiving space, and in the surface of a grip portion thereof with two slits opposite to each other and extending along the direction of the longitudina... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167593 | Apparatus for varying the depth of a chute in a fiber feeder A fiber processing machine for forming a fiber lap from fiber tufts includes a generally vertically oriented reserve chute, a generally vertically oriented feed chute having an inlet adjoining the outlet of the reserve chute, and a fiber feeding assembly ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167594 | Shifting device for establishing contact between a flat bar and a cleaner in a carding machine A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder, a travelling flats assembly having a plurality of flat bars provided with a clothing cooperating with the clothing of the main carding cylinder; an endless flat bar driving element trained about end spro... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167595 | Method and device for automatically replacing the lap, preparing and joining its edges and restarting it in a combing machine A method and device substitutes, prepares and joins laps in a combing machine, in which the preparation of an edge of a new lap package is made by holding fast the package in an unwinding position, while handling its clamped and crimped edge in a tearing ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167596 | Secured pen and holder A pen and pen holder arrangement provides security for retaining the pen and in which no tools are required to replace a used up pen. A pen with a flexible tether that terminates in a ball is employed together with a holder that receives the ball. The hol... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167597 | High compression zipper A zipper strip for a reclosable package having a transverse zipper is provided. The zipper strip comprises a male profile and a female profile. Each profile includes at least one interlocking member extending from a base towards the opposite profile inter... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167598 | Closure device An apparatus for providing easy tightening and loosening of laces. A molded unit having a top, two ends, and two sides is formed. Each end may be molded or tooled to define a first bore and a portion of a guide channel. The top is molded or tooled to defi... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167599 | Light reflecting tag attached to ends of a shoelace A light reflecting tag for use on ends of a shoelace is made up of a transparent plastic plate, a light reflecting plate and a thin transparent film. The light reflecting plate has one side provided with faceful bead protrusions and the other side with ad... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167600 | Columbarium system A columbarium system for the storage of human remains that includes a plurality of similarly configured storage containers is disclosed. The storage container has walls that define an enclosure having an opening at one end with a mounting plate attached t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167601 | Method for manufacturing ventilated sheet-metal floor members A method of manufacturing interlocking sheet metal floor members for use in a grain storage bin or like application requiring passage of fluid through the floor members without permitting passage of granular material therethrough. The method comprises the... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167602 | Lamp removal tool The present invention provides a novel lamp removal tool which can be used to advantageously remove a hot lamp from a lamp module that has limited access space by not requiring the cool-down of the system such that a burned-out lamp can be quickly removed... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167603 | Chair seat frame system Apparatus to semi-automatically cover the opening in a chair with a two-way stretch fabric which does not require extensive manual operation by an operator. The fabric is automatically clamped and stretched over the chair opening prior to the clamping the... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167604 | Curb valve replacement and installation tool An installation tool for replacing inoperable residential city water service curb valves. The tool has a body (20), preferably formed of steel plate in channel shape with a first leg (22) and a second leg (24). A clearance notch (26) is located in the fir... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167605 | Collet type crimping tool A sterile tool for crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter is disclosed. The stent crimping tool includes two major components, a cylindrical body having external threads and a rotating collar with internal threads engaging the external threads. The coll... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167606 | Method for tightening a screw connection by means of an impact screwdriver having a variable speed electric drive motor The screwdriving device (9) according to the invention has a control device (22) which uses a sensor system (18) to determine a characteristic variable (K) which characterizes a screwdriving moment (Mv) of the screw connection (10) and/or an em... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167607 | Vision target based assembly Methods and apparatuses for assemblying, handling, and fabrication are disclosed in which targets are used on objects. The targets can be specifically applied to the object, or can be an otherwise normal feature of the object. Conveniently, the targets ar... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167608 | Tank upgrading method and tank assembly The present invention relates to a method of upgrading a tank or a method which involves the assembly of an inner tank within an existing outer tank. In the method of the present invention, rolled panel sections are inserted through a hole of an existing ... | 01/02/2001 |
