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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6237147 | Lateral sun shields conformed for selective attachment to a baseball cap visor or brim An eye shield assembly useful for selective attachment to the visor of a baseball cap for providing lateral shielding from direct or reflected glare includes, in its first preferred implementation, an elongate planar shielding surface defined by a forward... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237148 | Thumb shielding device A thumb shielding device for protecting a user's thumbs from nicks and cuts when the user is preparing foods with sharp kitchen utensils. The thumb shielding device includes a substantially cut-proof planar member. The planar member has a ridged central p... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237149 | Lower leg protection means A lower leg protection means for preventing injury to a person's lower leg. The lower leg protection means includes a pair of thin, laterally curved rigid members which are enclosed with foam material such as polyfoam and which are essentially made of car... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237150 | Disposable bib A disposable bib for catching food and liquids while feeding an infant or toddler. The disposable bib includes a panel. The panel has a bottom edge, a top edge, and a pair of side edges. The panel has a top layer, a middle layer and a bottom layer. The to... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237151 | Warm-up garment with torso wrap A warm-up garment for maintaining warmth in a single arm and shoulder area of a wearer, comprising a single sleeve having an upper end with an opening for receiving the wearer's hand and arm therethrough, and a lower end having a lower opening for receivi... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237152 | Pocketed waterproof garment and a method for providing same A garment is provided having at least one pocket that is attached to the garment and accessible via a zipper or other fastener that provides access to an interior compartment formed by the pocket as well as a method for providing a garment with a waterpro... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237153 | Hospital garment A garment primarily for use as a hospital gown having three adjacent panels with the central panel being sandwiched between the outer panels. Two of the panels are unitary, while the third panel is split into two sections along a more or less vertical lin... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237154 | Compartmental heatable hair cap A compartmental hair cap for providing heat or cold to a user's head. The compartmental hair cap includes a cap member comprising an interior layer and an exterior layer. The interior layer of the cap member forming a head cavity. The cap member comprises... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237155 | Hat with front and rear light reflective strips A light reflective hat includes a crown contoured for covering a part of a user's head when the hat is worn and having a rear side with an interior edge of a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration defining a gap allowing the crown to be expanded an... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237156 | Visor for a baseball cap An adjustable visor (40) having the means for adjustment built into the visor (40) enabling the wearer of the cap (44) to change the angle of the visor (40) to a multitude of positions by means of a hinge (20) without requiring detaching the visor (40) fr... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237157 | Ear protection cap The present invention involves two heat resistant ear caps attached to a continuous flat woven cord. The caps are designed to protect the ears from burns during the treatment of hair with heated cosmetology curling irons, hot rollers, and dryers. The heat... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237158 | Sock clip assembly A clip assembly for joining two matching socks to prevent the matching socks from being separated when laundered or stored includes a pair of panels each of which are attached to the exterior surface of a sock. The panels include mating tongues and groove... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237159 | Hats for glasses A baseball cap having mounting structure formed on its crown for securely supporting eye wear thereby preventing loss of the eye wear and rendering the eye wear easily accessible. In the preferred embodiment, the mounting structure takes on the form of pa... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237160 | Trousers belt for a cook Trousers belt (20) for a cook who works near heat sources, comprising one or several materials that make it stretchy and capable of absorbing the user's sweat for several hours. It is made up of either a stretchy and absorbent material, or a first stretch... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237161 | Compound protective helmet A compound protective helmet, allowing firm and stable restriction when a restriction hook provided in the restriction lever is hooked into the restriction trough of the bubble, which is comprised of a bubble, a chin protector, and a visor which is pivote... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237162 | Helmet cover with positive attachment A cover for a helmet includes a covering portion having side portions, a top portion, a lower elastic edge, and means for attaching the covering portion to the helmet. A covered helmet assembly includes a beanie-type motorcycle helmet with a removable, ma... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237163 | Ventilated toilet seat system An improved system for ventilating air around a toilet where air is drawn through holes in a covered groove in the toilet seat and pulled by suction through a channel and hose to an output end of the fan housing. Alternatively, the air may be filtered and... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237164 | Toilet tank assembly A toilet supply tank assembly having high performance flush characteristics is designed to maximize water pressure over the flush valve and to minimize fluid turbulence within the tank during a flush cycle. The tank includes a bottom interior surface whic... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237165 | Electromagnetic control device for flush tank An electromagnetic control device for controlling a flush valve of a flush tank includes a housing, a lever pivotally coupled to the housing to actuate the flush valve. A casing is secured in the housing for slidably receiving an armature which is coupled... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237166 | Submersible life saving platform Submersible life saving platforms are disclosed having a central platform, two support legs disengageably connected to the each bottom front side of the central platform, and two rear support legs connected to the bottom side of the central platform. The ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237167 | Height-adjustable shower arc The shower apparatus of the present invention has an arcuate pipe dimensioned to substantially encircle a person taking a shower. The arcuate pipe has perforations that allow water supplied to the pipe to be discharged onto the body of the person taking a... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237168 | Sink drain assembly including sink seal cap removal tool A sink drain assembly includes a waste plug, a drain cap and a sink seal cap. The sink seal cap is formed and adapted to be attached to a sink drain conduit and to be mounted thereon in a sink drain opening. The waste plug and drain cap are detachably sec... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237169 | Foldable trampoline A foldable trampoline having a jump cloth, a plurality of pull rods secured to cloth ears extending around the jump cloth, a frame having a plurality of hook holes formed on a top surface thereof, a plurality of spring elements engaged with the pull rods ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237170 | Adjustable slat mounting device A device for attaching a slat of a slatted base to the edge of a slatted base, the device including a first member (6, 8) to be attached inside an edge of the slatted base, recesses and grooves (9, 11) to detachably connect the first member with a second ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237171 | Bedsheet and blanket combination for accomadating differing sleeper preferences A bedsheet and blanket combination includes a generally planar undersheet sized to be rested upon an otherwise conventional mattress together with a pocket cover sized to cover approximately half of the undersheet. The pocket cover is joined along three s... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237172 | Patient support table A tabletop has sections that are relatively movable to positions in which the tabletop is configured to support a patient in a generally kneeling prone position suitable for lumbar examination. An angular section of the tabletop has a torso support surfac... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237173 | Articulated foam futon mattress An articulated foam mattress including a back section and a seat section joined to each other by a hinge section. Both the back section and the seat section are formed from polyurethane foam. The hinge section is formed from visco-elastic foam, commonly r... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237174 | Cloth slipper A method of making a slipper from a rectangular blank of terry cloth, a strip of rectangular lace and an elastic strip.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237175 | Friction support device for swimming pool cleaner A swimming pool cleaner is operable through a vibratory movement of its housing through a flow of water past a vibratory element carried within the housing. A friction support is carried by the housing and engages a surface to be cleaned. The friction sup... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237176 | Substrate or sheet surface cleaning apparatus A substrate or sheet surface cleaning apparatus is provided with at least one tacky rubber roller and at least one adhesive tape roll which is brought into close contact with the tacky rubber roller. The roller and roll are rotatably supported at opposite... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237177 | Vehicular storm drain cleaning apparatus The apparatus includes a water tight vehicular body of a low profile. A user controls the vehicle from a forward cockpit. The cleaning apparatus further includes both forward and rearward booms. The forward boom has a slurry trap interconnected to its for... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237178 | Toothbrush comprising a brush member having bristles of different lengths, and brush member having bristles of different lengths for a tooth brush Toothbrush comprising a brush member having bristles of different lengths, and brush member having bristles of different lengths for a tooth brush. In a toothbrush (1) comprising a grip member (2) and a brush member (36) connected to the grip member (2), ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237179 | Brush attachment for a reciprocating saw A brush attachment for a reciprocating saw comprising a number of brushes including wire brushes, hard bristle brushes, etc. that are provided with an attachment shank that fits into the blade receiving chuck of a conventional reciprocating saw.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237180 | Device for extending the effectiveness and life of electric toothbrush heads A dental oral hygiene device for extending the useful lifetime of replaceable electric or battery operated toothbrush heads having a stem attached to a handle on one end and to a rotating disk at the other end, whose center of rotation is perpendicular to... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237181 | Comb for removing debris on carpet The present invention "A Comb for Removing Debris on Carpet" is a hand held tool that will comb debris such as pine needles or other debris left lying on carpet or embedded in carpet into a pile for easy pick-up. This tool consists of a body, a handle, an... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237182 | Flexible elastomer floor dust mop attachment A unitary molded flexible elastomer floor dust mop attachment in which the flexible member is affixed at a location between the floor dust mop handle and the floor dust mop head. Through the use of the elastomeric controlled flexible member being rectangu... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237183 | Toothbrush and brush head for said toothbrush A toothbrush and replaceable brush head wherein the brush head is easily and positively inserted and removed by axial motion along the axis of the handle. The handle and head have cooperating tongue and groove configurations providing parallel guides to r... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237184 | Duster for pianos and the like A duster which is flexible in all directions has the ability to dust hard to reach and inaccessible surface areas. One application of the duster is to clean the sound board beneath the strings of a grand or baby grand piano. The core of the duster has an ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237185 | Wiper device for vehicle A wiper device for a vehicle disclosed herein is provided with a wiper motor, a wiper pivot connected to the wiper motor, and a load absorption portion for absorbing a load by moving the wiper pivot to an inner side of a vehicle body when a load having a ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237186 | Built-in wet/dry vacuum system A built-in wet/dry vacuum system includes a canister having an inlet port, an air outlet port, and a liquid outlet port. The canister bounds a chamber configured to hold a liquid. A transfer conduit couples with the canister though the inlet port. The fir... | 05/29/2001 |
