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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6205583 | Adjustable elbow pad An adjustable elbow pad for playing hockey and other similar sporting activities adapted to cover the gap between a protective glove and a shoulder pad and more particularly adapted for use by children in their years of growth. The elbow pad is adjustable... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205584 | Coat incorporating a drag harness A fireman's coat and drag harness therefore are provided. The drag harness includes first and second work portions received within the coat adjacent the corresponding arm portions thereof. The loop portions extend about corresponding arms of the wearer of... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205585 | Adjustable garment A garment that replaces a full shirt or blouse which is comprised of a frontal portion piece of material that attaches to an undergarment by the engagement of male and female snaps around the undergarment. The garment is fastened around the torso of the w... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205586 | Necktie assembly The present invention is directed towards a necktie assembly having a separate simulated knot assembly and necktie blade. The simulated knot assembly includes a frustum that has a necktie passageway therethrough. The necktie blade has a front apron with a... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205587 | Necktie A reversible dual necktie and method of constructing the same wherein, in one preferred embodiment, complete single four-in-hand type first and second neckties are provided with releasable and cooperable first and second fasteners attached to tie posterio... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205588 | Golfing glove with improved tee holder An improved golf glove tee holder holds tees in an orientation that is lateral relative to the major axis of the glove, i.e. through the finger tips and the cuff. This lateral orientation, along with strategic location on the back of the golf glove betwee... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205589 | Meditation enhancing article A meditation enhancing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is a head covering which is made of a highly conductive metal such as copper. The head covering or helmet has several ports which are adapted to hold crystals, the ports being connected to condui... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205590 | Headband The present invention provides a headband that is constructed of a combination of elements. The interior portion of the headband is made of a terrycloth material which has a high absorption and wicking capacity. The terrycloth portion of the headband is f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205591 | Tailored garment with integral support unit A garment comprises an outer shell and a support unit integrally secured thereto by an adjustable securement to allow an upper band of the support unit to expand and contract about a wearer of the garment relatively freely of the waistband of the outer sh... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205592 | Item of clothing The invention relates to running shorts which is made up of a front material panel and a rear material panel stitched together along their side edges. The combined operative top edge of the panels is elasticated whereas the respective bottom edges of the ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205593 | Leg protector A legging adapted for protecting a wearer's leg from flying debris. The legging is defined by a substantially tubular body having an first end and a second end. The substantially tubular body is made of a flexible fabric for enabling the tubular body to f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205594 | Water pressure toilet plunger A toilet clearing device that produces a stream of pressurized water to break up and/or dislodge obstructions in the outlet duct of a toilet. The toilet clearing device is a conduit comprised of an inlet, a flexible section, a rigid handle section, a disl... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205595 | Supplemental tank for use with low flow volume toilet A supplemental tank for use with a low flow volume toilet, with this supplemental tank being configured to rest atop the integral tank of the toilet and to provide additional water for the flushing of the toilet. Communication is provided between the supp... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205596 | Automatic hair washer An automatic hair washer having a basin including nozzles for spouting wash water, a hot water storing tank, a pump for pumping wash water at a predetermined hydraulic pressure from the hot water storing tank to the nozzles, a delivery pipe for delivering... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205597 | Automatic hair washer A method of operating an automatic hair washer from initiation of a washing cycle to termination of the washing cycle including the step of pumping water from a hot water storing tank to a flow diversion control mechanism. At the initiation of a hair wash... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205598 | Protective cover water fixtures A protective cover for water fixtures for covering knobs and spout of bathtub and shower water fixtures. The protective cover for water fixtures includes a valve cover portion. The valve cover portion has a front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first s... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205599 | Covered eyewash fountain A push plate for moving a flow control valve in a covered eye wash fountain is interconnected with a cover whereby opening the flow control valve also opens the cover while simultaneously providing independent opening and closure of the cover without movi... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205600 | Child restraint car bed A child restraint car bed is disclosed comprising a shell body (12) including a chamber (5) sized to receive an infant; and first and second through-slots (44, 46) extending through the shell body and communicating with the chamber. A lower surface portio... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205601 | Device for transportation of patients A patient's transportation device has a support provided with handles and wheels on which the support is supported, the wheels being vertically adjustable.... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205602 | Multi-purpose tool A multi-purpose tool includes a weighted driver that can carry either of a pair of rods having different widths for driving different sized fasteners or can carry various other attachments to provide six different tool configurations. Each rod slides with... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205603 | Front water injection for front loading washing machine An improved front loading washing machine and method of wetting clothes in a front loading machine is provided. The balance ring of the machine has a plurality of holes extending 360° around the ring through which water is flowable. A water supply line d... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205604 | Precemented welt A precemented welt for shoe construction, and methods of making such a welt. The welt comprises a body section, and a solid adhesive surface layer which can be activated to form a bond. The adhesive does not activate at typical truck trailer temperatures,... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205605 | Method of construction of a vault, bearing piece and half-shell for construction of the vault Method of construction of a vault, in which at least two half-shells (1-8; 60) are brought to bear against one another by means of at least two bearing pieces (30, 50; 70) which are mated and, each half-shell (1-8; 60) comprising an upper edge (21; 61) an... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205606 | Vertically stored dock leveler A vertically storable dock leveler apparatus includes a generally planar ramp member mounted on a frame by a hinge connection which includes spaced apart hinge plates secured to the frame, each having hinge pin receiving bores formed therein. An elongated... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205607 | Water driven cleaning device with double cleaning action A water driven cleaning device which comprises a housing with a water inlet, a nozzle, a turbine wheel which drives two concentric brushes in co-axial rotation simultaneously but in opposite directions via a gear transmission.... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205608 | Deck crevice cleaning tool A tool for removing debris from the space between adjacent planks of a deck. The tool has a blade attached to a handle, the blade having a thickness less than the space between the deck planks. A pair of wheels for contacting the upper planar surfaces of ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205609 | Brush ring A brush ring, intended to be used particularly with several corresponding brush rings as a brush that rotates around a longitudinal axis in a brushing machine is provided. The brush ring consists of a brush part and a ring shaped frame part, that connects... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205610 | Adhesive trowel A tool (1) for spreading adhesive over a substrate has a blade edge (4) with a set of spaced large indentations (5) and at least one set of spaced smaller indentations (6) extending into the blade edge. The smaller indentations extend into the blade less ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205611 | Tooth and gum cleaning tool A tooth and gum cleaning tool for cleaning teeth and gums. The tooth and gum cleaning tool includes an elongate handle portion having first and second ends. A sponge portion is coupled to said first end of said handle portion. The sponge portion has an en... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205612 | Window wiper system for an automotive vehicle A window wiper system for an automotive vehicle has an electromagnetic device, a rotatable member and a window wiper oscillating mechanism. In another aspect of the present invention, the electromagnetic device is an electric motor which operates in a uni... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205613 | Wiper apparatus with rise-up mechanism A wiper with rise-up mechanism includes a crank and a rod that is rotatably connected to the crank through a shift mechanism. The crank supports an eccentric rotor. The rod is coupled to the eccentric rotor to rotate about the axis of the eccentric rotor.... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205615 | Door closer A door closer and mounting bracket for attaching the door closer to either the door or the door frame. The door closer includes a lip at one end for engaging a corresponding hook on the mounting bracket and a screw passageway at the other end for engaging... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205616 | Pivotal bearing for door frames The present invention is about an improved pivot bearing for door frames with a spring installed within, such that a protruding pivotal portion is made elastic, facilitating easy assembly of shelves and cabinets. In assembling shelves and cabinets, variou... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205617 | Hinge A hinge with an adjusting device for adjusting the position of an elongated hinge arm which is mounted on a base plate and is connected to a hinge cup by means of articulated hinge links. The base plate has a mounting plane for abutting a furniture side w... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205618 | Hinge The invention relates to a hinge for connecting any two separate apparatuses that rotates around a common axis. Advantages of the proposed hinge comprise simple combination process, secured structure and no assistant tool is required. The proposed hinge c... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205619 | Hydraulic automatic-shock-absorbing hinge device In a hinge device, right-hand spiral cams formed on a lower portion of a rotational shaft are engaged with right-hand spiral guides grooves, and left-hand inclinated guide protrusions are engaged with left-hand spiral guide grooves formed on an outer circ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205620 | Fibre processing apparatus A method of producing apparatus for use in fiber processing, and in particular blades for pre-carding flats in a cotton card. The method comprises the steps of providing a body (32) defining a multiplicity of bores (34) extending between rear and front fa... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205621 | Device and method for collecting the web, and drawing of the latter into the form of a strip, at the output of a carder Method and device for collection of the web at the output of a carder, and concentration of the web into a strip, in which the drawing is carried out simultaneously with the concentration of the web into a strip, between the compactor unit for the web and... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205622 | Method and apparatus for holding paper currency and credit cards A method for holding money and money clip or band designed to efficiently accommodate and hold all amounts and quantities of paper currency. The money clip uses a continuous row of outer members and a continuous row of inner members that are interconnecte... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205623 | Composite hook and loop fasteners, and products containing them A composite hook and loop fastener in the form of an elongated strip has an elongated loop component, a hook component permanently affixed to the loop component, and a backing layer disposed on a face of the wrap tie in a discrete region. The backing laye... | 03/27/2001 |
