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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6295648 | Personal cooling apparatus and method A portable lightweight cooling apparatus for cooling a human body is disclosed, having a channeled sheet which absorbs sweat and/or evaporative liquid, a layer of highly conductive fibers adjacent the channeled sheet; and, an air-moving device for moving ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295649 | Headgear for advertisements, public relations and cheering as well as shading Headgear for advertisements, public relations and cheering as well as shading is disclosed. A head insertion hole and a sign part are defined on the center portion of a plate by a circumferential cut line and a front folding line. A plurality of linear cu... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295650 | Upland pack vest An upland pack vest for hunting has a rear game pouch and an adjustable belting/strapping system designed to evenly distribute the weight of game loaded in the game pouch. The pack vest includes a pair of shoulder staps connected to the top of the game po... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295651 | Underpants having protective structure Underpants having a protective structure are provided with a front piece and a corresponding rear piece which are joined and form underpants. The underpants are further provided with a pocket piece attached to the rear piece so that a pocket space is form... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295652 | Helmet sock A helmet sock for protecting a helmet wearer from cold weather conditions while snowmobiling, motorcycling, skiing and other like activies. The helmet sock attaches to the outside lower perimeter of a helmet by a strip of hook and loop material such as Ve... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295653 | Helmet providing improved frontal and peripheral view The helmet of the present invention comprises an outer and inner shell having a top, a front, a rear, and left and right sides corresponding to wearer's crown, face, rear and left and right sides, respectively. The front of the helmet has an enlarged view... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295654 | Protective sports garment A continuous protective garment provides a matrix of cells each containing a cube-like protective element. Continuous layers of fabric bonded along intersecting lines provides an individual cell for each of plural protective elements sandwiched between th... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295655 | Shoulder protection guard A protective guard worn to protect the surface of the shoulders from the pressure caused by straps and load of a bag. The protective guard has a shell made of a durable rigid material, shaped and configured for attaching to the upper and rear surfaces of ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295656 | 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 cooperates with the toilet bowl for removal of gases in the bowl ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295657 | Adjustable additive injection unit for a marine toilet system A unit for injecting a disinfectant, deodorant or the like into the inlet stream of flushing water as it is pumped into the bowl of a tankless marine toilet. The injection unit is preferably constructed of commercially-available plastic plumbing component... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295658 | Floor-mat system The system comprises a disposable pad having a plurality of layers, and means for retaining the disposable pad either upon the upper surface of a permanent base or directly onto the floor. The permanent base is positioned upon the floor and the base has a... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295659 | Apparatus for cleaning out drain pipe obstructions An assembly useful in directing a narrow water stream against an obstruction inside drain plumbing includes an exteriortubular housing within which a spray wand may be telescopically received. A resilient seal is engaged to the free end of the wand, for c... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295660 | Toilet tank with sediment removal assembly A toilet tank with a sediment removal assembly comprises a flexible tube connected to the upper discharge spout of the intake standpipe in the toilet tank cavity, and a configured length of copper tubing connected to the flexible tube for water to flow th... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295661 | Automatic shut-off valve An automatic shut-off valve for installation on a sing pool or spa main drain. The automatic shut-off valve has a soft gasket, ball, and ball spring between a grate and a housing. The grate is free to reciprocate up and down relative to the housing. Downw... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295662 | Porous solenoid structure A spa water delivery system comprising a reciprocating pumping structure to pump water for reception in a spa zone; and driver structure, including a solenoid body element and a solenoid plunger element, the elements being relatively movable; at least one... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295663 | Pressurized solar heated shower Pressurized portable solar heated shower having a flexible shower bag with first and second closed chambers on opposite sides of a flexible membrane enclosed within a flexible outer bag. Water is introduced into the first chamber, and a foot operated pump... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295664 | 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. The reta... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295665 | Sink drain extension A sink drain extension for allowing the use of the drain or for a connected disposal to disperse water or other liquids and solid waste material when the sink within which the disposal and drain are disposed is filled with a usable quantity of water or ot... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295666 | Method of changing the posture of a patient on a nursing bed The posture of a patient on a nursing bed can be changed by separating a bed tray that is in a base of the nursing bed from leg-side lifts and hand-side lifts. Leg-side and head-side nets are fully stretched, and the body of the patient is supported on th... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295667 | Lower frame structure of a foldable playyard A lower frame structure of a foldable playyard comprises a hub being operable to lock the lower frame structure at an erected state and to unlock the lower frame structure to allow it to collapse to a collapsed state; four hub legs, one end portion of eac... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295668 | Maternity beach chair A beach chair has a frame, a plurality of leg assemblies, a main frame cover, an auxiliary cover, fasteners for the main frame cover and the auxiliary cover, and two openings within the main frame cover (one for receiving a person's face, the other for re... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295669 | Folding, dismountable and telescopic structure The present invention is a folding and telescopic structure that consists of two parallelograms (1) (2), which can be flattened in opposite directions, located on the same plane and joined articulately by two springs (17) from its front (3) and back (4) j... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295670 | Bed covering retention apparatus A bed covering retention apparatus comprising a planar anchor plate having a proximal portion and a distal portion, an upper surface and a lower surface, a first and a second anchor point at the proximal end of the anchor plate to which first and second e... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295671 | Medical surgical table including interchangeable orthopedic attachment and scanning table An articulated surgical table configured to alternatively receive an orthopedic attachment and a scanning table attachment. The orthopedic attachment is provided with a frame having a plurality of mounting points for mounting two detachable spar members. ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295672 | Removable spine board foot support A removable foot support provides vertical stability for trauma victims carried on spine boards. The foot support is a unitary L-shaped structure having a vertical section, and a horizontal section at right angles to the vertical section. The vertical sec... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295673 | Reinforced pocketed spring assembly A method of assembling strings of pocketed coil springs into an innerspring core which may be used as the core of a mattress, cushion or similar body support foundation uses a reinforcing material, preferably having an adhesive component, between rows of ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295674 | Foldable sleeper sofa mattress and method of manufacturing A foldable springless mattress for a sleeper sofa has a hard but bendable bottom insulator pad, a first flexible foam layer adhered on top of the insulator pad, an all-natural latex rubber layer adhered on top of the first flexible foam layer, and a compo... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295675 | Mattress assembly A mattress is provided that is configured to be located on a bed frame. The mattress includes a support surface having a head end, a foot end, and spaced apart first and second side portions. The mattress further includes an air bladder coupled to and ext... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295676 | Mattress construction A mattress has a main sleep area surrounded by a perimeter trim. Both the main sleep area and the perimeter trim are formed from wire springs contained within pockets of soft material. The wire springs in the sleep area are arranged in honeycomb nested ro... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295677 | Method for inspecting liquid filled pipes using magnetostrictive sensors An improved method for defect detectability for the inspection of liquid filled pipes using magnetostrictive sensors. The improved method comprises first recognizing the liquid-induced changes in the dispersion properties of the second longitudinal wave m... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295678 | Method for pre-balancing a rotating drum having a temporarily shifting unbalance The process for making an automatic balancing unit outbalance an unbalance condition in a rotating system, particularly a clothes washing machine with an outer casing an a suspended oscillating washing assembly comprising a wash tub, a cylindrically-shape... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295679 | Method of making footwear A method of making footwear. The method is suited generally to making skate boots and, more specifically, to making ice skates and in-line roller skates. The method comprises the steps of: (a) positioning a skin assembly over a structural inner shell comp... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295680 | Method for detecting early atherosclerosis and vascular damage using radioactive tracers and intravascular radiation detection devices A method and apparatus for detecting and optionally treating metabolically unstable or active atherosclerotic plaque is provided. The patient is given an I.V. solution containing a radioactive tracer which specifically accumulates in these plaques. A mini... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295681 | Rotary brush cleaning device A rotary brush cleaning device with interchangeable brush attachments including a power unit adapted for being held in a hand of a user. The power unit comprises a housing adapted for being gripped in the hand of a user, and the housing has an interior. A... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295682 | Rideable cleaning appliance A rideable carpet cleaning system in which the assembly that is ridden is releasably attached to a power bonnet assembly to facilitate storage cleaning and repair. The system is battery operated and includes a forward mounted steering assembly. The bonnet... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295683 | Equipment for brushing the underside of a semiconductor wafer The present invention provides equipment for brushing the underside of a semiconductorwafer that is placed on a rotary wafer chuck. The equipment comprises a brush rod, a brush with a channel in it mounted at an end point of the brush rod, a nozzle for sp... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295684 | Apparatus for cleaning laminated sheets An apparatus is disclosed for the cleaning of solubly marked laminated sheets. A laminated sheet is fed over a cleaning surface along which are disposed a plurality of solvent-carrying wipers. The solvent-carrying wipers will wipe the markings from the sh... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295685 | Internal ferrule for paint brush with bristle clamping panel and removable bristle pack This invention pertains to a novel internal ferrule which is used in a paint brush that has a removable bristle pack and one or more moveable bristle clamping panels which, when in a closed position, grip the bristle pack and prevent paint from migrating ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295686 | Flexible toothbrush A toothbrush, comprising a body having a head portion, a neck portion connected to the head portion, and a handle portion connected to the neck portion, and further comprising a plurality of bristles attached to the head portion. The body comprises a ther... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295687 | Buff section assembly and method of making An assembly of buff or brush wheels with or without spacers is stacked, compressed, and held together as an integrated unit to form an assembly of such wheels having a specified face width which then may be mounted as a unit on a machine arbor or drive sh... | 10/02/2001 |
