Quotables
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM ; 1943
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6289515 | Ergonomic fielding glove A fielding glove has an outer shell having at least one finger portion, a thumb portion, and a web joining the thumb portion and the nearest finger portion; a mitten compartment that holds all four fingers, positioned and fixed upon or within the outer sh... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289516 | Baseball glove A baseball glove includes a thumb stall to receive a thumb. An incision is provided at the back leather of the thumb stall and the tip portion of the thumb is allowed to stick out from the incision on the back leather and the knuckle of the thumb is cover... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289517 | Padded glove for protecting and positioning the hand of a wearer A padded glove providing improved protection and positioning of the hand of a wearer by anatomically cushioning the pathways of the Ulnar and Median nerves, providing increased thickness of padding in the cushion positioned over the Ulnar and Median nerve... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289518 | Garment belt and method of making the same A garment belt and method of making it. The belt has a first end portion at which a buckle is mounted and a second end portion for engagement with the buckle when the belt is worn. The belt formed of a blank or elongated strap of a first flexible material... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289519 | Throwaway trunks type underpants Pants that comprise a pair of intermediate body sheets, positioned in plane symmetry to each other and respectively contoured by upper, lower, inner and outer edges, and a pair of lateral body sheets also positioned outside the respective intermediate bod... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289521 | Helmet chin cover and helmet attached with chin cover A helmet chin cover includes a shape retaining member having an attached portion which can be attached to a helmet, and a wind shield portion capable of preventing a driving wind from abutting against a portion near a chin of a helmet wearer when the atta... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289522 | Wrestling headgear A wrestling headgear is disclosed. In an embodiment for a wrestling headgear ear protector of the present invention, the ear protector includes an ear protection member and a variably adjustable support member disposed on an inner portion of the ear prote... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289523 | Swimming goggles The subject invention relates to the presentation of structural improvement of swimming goggles. This comprises of two frames, two tenses contained on the two frames, a nose bridge joining the two frames, and a headset fitted to the outside of the two fra... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289525 | Dosing apparatus The invention relates to an apparatus for releasing a predetermined amount of a free-flowing medium into a fluid container, in particular the flushing cistern of a water closet. The apparatus comprises a pump, in particular diaphragm pump, which comprises... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289526 | Automatic cleaner for a toilet seat The present invention relates to an automatic cleaner for a toilet seat which includes a cleaner and a toilet seat. The cleaner contains a washing device, a flushing device, a drier and a transmission unit while the toilet seat consists of a turning seat ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289527 | Toilet sanitary device A sanitary device for use with toilet seats is used to prevent urine from squirting out from the gap between a toilet seat and the toilet bowl. The sanitary device includes an arcuate portion extending downward from the toilet seat to bridge the gap betwe... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289529 | Shower seat and basket combination A shower seat and basket combination. The combination includes a basket which includes a horizontal bottom surface having four vertical sides forming an enclosure to hold shower supplies such as shampoo and soap. The basket also includes two overhanging e... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289530 | Jetted laundry/utility/kitchen sink A jetted laundry/utility/kitchen sink provided with a plurality of water/air jets that introduce a pressurized flow of water/air into the interior of the sink. A motor/pump unit takes water from the interior of the sink, pressurizes the water, and returns... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289531 | Faucet valve fixture A plumbing fixture has a hollow housing formed with a first tubular collar extending along a first axis and a second tubular collar extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis. The housing is secured to a deck with the first collar engaging... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289532 | Tub overflow waste assembly A tub waste overflow assembly that is attachable to a tub wall by means of a threaded retaining body insertable through an overflow drain aperture in a tub wall to engage a cooperatively threaded pipe fitting on the opposite side of the tub wall. A chamfe... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289533 | Patient transport system A patient transport system for transporting a patient from a bed to a stretcher or vice versa, using a bed sheet and a conveyor attached to the bed or the stretcher. A first end of the sheet is removably attached to the conveyor and a second end of the sh... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289534 | Patient lift An assembly for lifting, supporting and transporting a person which includes a base, a frame extending upwardly from the base, a lifting arm pivotally coupled to an upper end of the frame, an actuator coupled to the lifting arm for moving the lifting arm ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289535 | Mattress support and method X and v-shaped mattress supports comprise a pair of pivotal longitudinal members for replacing conventional wooden slats. Each terminal end of each longitudinal member includes a flange for attachment to the side rails of a conventional bed frame. An exte... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289536 | Apparatus for handling incapacitated patients An apparatus for handling incapacitated patients is disclosed in one presently preferred embodiment of the present invention as including a bed (1) having a base frame (2) which supports a central panel (5) for supporting the patient's bottom, a second pa... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289537 | Patient support A patient support having a frame supporting a patient supporting surface as well as supporting a pair of foot rest mechanisms thereon. The pair of foot rest mechanisms are each selectively movable from stowed positions beneath the patient supporting surfa... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289538 | Variable contour head support A support for the head and neck comprises a cushion that extends upwardly from at least one of the user's shoulders to at least a portion of one of the user's ears. The support can include means for varying both the size and shape of the cushion so that i... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289539 | Handrail attachments for beds A handrail attachment for beds comprises an upstanding side member connected to a base member adapted to fit under a bed mattress. The side member is in the form of an inverted U-shaped tubular member with cross-members mounted between the depending arms ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289540 | Firefighting tools A set of firefighting tools for use in fighting forest fires and the like in different types of terrain and vegetation. An elongate handle is equipped with a releasably latching connector, and several different tool heads are attachable to the handle to p... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289541 | Tool bit drive adaptor An adaptor to mate with a hand tool such as a folding multipurpose tool to make use of the multipurpose tool as a handle to turn tool bits of various sizes, such as screwdrivers or small socket wrenches. The adaptor includes a drive plate which mates with... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289542 | Combined remote controller and bottle opening device An electronic device controlling and bottle opening device, having a handle portion for grasping; a top portion of the handle portion having a keypad; a rear portion behind the top portion and having an aperture; and a bottle opening device fixedly displa... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289543 | Process and system for processing cherry pits A processing system for cleaning, washing, drying, and sorting cherry pits. Once the pits are removed from the cherries, they are washed, scrubbed, and cleaned. Any excess water is removed from them and the pits are then thoroughly dried. Any partial or b... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289544 | Vehicle washing apparatus A vehicle washing apparatus for mounting on a rotatable shaft which includes a substantially cylindrical surface having an inner face and an outer face, said substantially cylindrical surface having a plurality of spaced apart slots disposed therethrough;... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289545 | Device for cleaning within the oral cavity The device for cleaning the inside of an oral cavity includes a cleaning member having bristles on an upper surface for brushing purposes and a scraping edge extending along a rear edge of a lower surface for scraping the tongue and/or interior surfaces o... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289546 | Toothbrush and method of fabricating same A toothbrush that facilitates brushing even by individuals with limited manipulative dexterity includes a handle, a head mechanically coupled to the handle, and an array of bristles secured to the head and extending outwardly therefrom in a plurality of d... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289547 | Surgical scrub device The present invention is a surgical scrub device that includes a semi-rigid body, at least one row of bristles projecting from the body, and a sponge attached to the body. The design and dimensions of the scrub device are such that the user can wash the p... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289548 | Synthetic torn patterned roller and its method of production A patterned synthetic sponge mimics a natural sea sponge when creating faux paint finishes. Such synthetic sponge is formed from an open cell elastomeric material that bears a pattern that has been created by a rotating grinding wheel that removes sponge ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289549 | Mirror wiper with washer A mirror wiper with washer for cleaning debris from a vehicle's side mirrors thereby maintaining an unobstructed view for the driver. The inventive device includes a motor attached to the rear of a mirror frame with the drive shaft extending through an ap... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289550 | Jet cleaning device for developing station A jet-cleaning device for a developing station is proposed, which jet-cleaning device is capable of removing chemical solution from the back surface of a silicon wafer without the need to perform time-consuming adjustment of knife ring position. The jet-c... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289551 | Steam cleaning apparatus Steam cleaning apparatus for plane surfaces, comprising a closed case containing structure (11) with a lower face (11b) substantially flat suitable to cooperate with the plane surface to be cleaned and an upper face (11a) suitable to cooperate with moveme... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289552 | Vacuum cleaner with dual agitator windows A vacuum cleaner includes a housing having a nozzle that incorporates an agitator cavity. A rotary agitator is received in the agitator cavity. A light source is held in an illumination compartment carried on the housing. A first window divides the illumi... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289553 | Vacuum cleaner The invention provides a vacuum cleaner comprising an airflow path having a dirty air inlet (14) and a clean air outlet (44e), a fan (48) for drawing an airflow along the airflow path from the dirty air inlet (14) to the clean air outlet (44e), a motor (5... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289554 | Retractable wheel device for suitcase A wheel device is secured to a suitcase and has one or more oblong holes for slidably receiving a rod, a bracket pivotally secured to the casing for supporting a wheel, and a link pivotally coupling the bracket to the rod. A lever is coupled to the casing... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289555 | Adjustable hinge assembly An adjustable hinge assembly is provided for use on a ventilator apparatus, wherein the ventilator apparatus includes a curb, a removable curb cap covering the curb and presenting side and rear edges, and a ventilator supported on the curb cap. The assemb... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289556 | Furniture hinge A hinge, preferably a furniture hinge, is provided which comprises a hinge arm (1) pivoted on a hinge axle (3) held with a cup-shaped hinge part (4) and provided with a tongue extending over the hinge axle (3) or a cam eccentric to the hinge axle (3) or a... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289557 | Sanitary door handle assembly A sanitary door handle assembly which can be readily engaged by the inner curvature of a person's wrist or forearm so as to permit hands-free inward opening of a door for sanitary passage, followed by passive, easy release. A mounting arm supports an arcu... | 09/18/2001 |
