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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6324696 | Souvenir baseball mitt The invention is a souvenir baseball mitt made of laminated foam which is utilized to display team logo and also includes a cavity in the back portion of the mitt to accommodate a spectator's hand to catch a baseball in the event a baseball is hit or thro... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324697 | Student's book carrying device A student's book carrying vest used for carrying larger text and reference books in concealed well-balanced fashion. The vest includes inner and outer flexible generally coextensive sheets having common front, neck and hem edge margins sewn together to de... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324698 | Split sock An improved sock or slipper sock comprising a toe portion for covering the toes of a foot, a continuous calf portion for surrounding a calf, and a slit, slot or opening located between the toe portion and the calf portion is disclosed. The slot terminates... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324699 | Pantyhose undergarment with crotch flap A pantyhose undergarment having a crotch flap to facilitate urination without lowering the undergarment. A crotch area of the undergarment has an opening which is removably closed with a crotch flap permanently secured to a front of the undergarment and r... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324700 | Adjustable protective helmet An adjustable protective helmet for sporting activities comprising a first shell and second shell, having respective cooperating inner and outer overlapping portions extending transversely across the top portion of the wearer's head for connecting togethe... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324701 | Chin strap system A chin strap system a pair of elongate straps and a substantially rigid cup anatomically configured for receiving a chin of a user. Four apertures extend between an inner and outer surface of the cup for receiving the straps. The straps are adjustably pos... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324702 | Looking glass for ski goggles The description relates to a double lens (1) for skiing goggles with a curved outer lens (2) and an equally curved inner lens (3) made of a cellulose propionate foil, arranged at a distance from the outer lens (2), which is connected with the outer lens (... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324703 | Strong, soft, tear resistant insulating compositions and composites for extreme cold weather use Novel gels and gel composites for direct contact with the body and capable of substantially preventing the generation moisture from said body in extreme cold weather use.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324704 | Flexible container for retaining fluid waste A container for receiving and retaining human fluid waste is provided. The container is comprised of a flexible bag having a containment chamber and a passage chamber, with resealable sealing elements for closing off each chamber. The bag has handle membe... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324705 | Commode chair with enhanced user support A commode chair with enhanced user support for reducing pressure concentration points on the body of the user while providing enhanced support of the body of the user. The commode chair includes a commode chair for enhancing sitting comfort on a commode, ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324706 | Automatic pool cover box An automatic pool cover box includes a front wall having a plurality of elongated extrusions, each extrusion having a first side wall, an opposite second side wall, a first coupler on the first side wall and a second coupler on the second side wall. Adjac... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324707 | Personal Spa A portable spa having three sides and including two seats disposed at an acute angle to one another and sharing a common footwell. Two of the sides of the spa meet at a right angle and one of the seats is disposed parallel to one of these two sides.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324708 | Spa/hot tub cover holder A freestanding spa cover holder for storing a cover when not in place on the spa. The cover holder includes a horizontally-disposed base having first and second horizontally-oriented and spaced apart major base rails. First and second horizontally-oriente... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324709 | Mattress apparatus and bed apparatus The present invention provides a bed apparatus allowing a worker to easily move a user's body at the time of consultation and nursing of the user lying on his back on a floor plate. The bed apparatus comprises a bed frame. A floor plate is provided on the... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324710 | Prone support apparatus for spinal procedures The present invention relates to a patient support device specifically designed to facilitate punctures and injections into the cervical (neck) or lumbar spine (lower back). The cushion support device provided by this invention has a raised V-shaped suppo... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324711 | Low density spring assembly and method of making low density spring assemblies A method of making low density spring interior assemblies having rectangular arrays of spring positions, some of which are occupied by individual coil springs and some of which are empty, is provided. Preferably, the array is formed of rows of alternating... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324712 | Plier jaws having a wire cutting structure A hand-operated wire cutting tool comprises a pair of jaw members interconnected and movable with respect to each other about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position. A wire cutter portion is formed in each of the jaw members, each wir... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324713 | Hand-held motorized utility brush A hand-held motorized utility brush for grooming animals and collecting hair from furniture. The hand-held motorized utility brush includes a support member having a handle portion, an angled intermediate portion, and an end portion and a bore extending t... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324714 | Sweeping machine In order to simplify the construction of the mounting arrangement in a sweeping machine including a rotatably driven brushing roller which is rotatably mounted at each end in a frame and is driven at one end by a gear wheel which forms the mounting for th... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324715 | Apparatus for cleaning semiconductor substrates A cleaning method and apparatus using very dilute Standard Clean 1 (SC1) for cleaning semiconductor substrates, including silicon wafers. The SC1 is delivered to the core of a brush where the solution is absorbed by the brush and then applied by the brush... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324716 | Brush A multi-purpose brush incorporating structure which permits the selective performance of a plurality of cleaning operations with a single brush is disclosed. The brush includes a body which has a first series of relatively soft flexible bristles thereon a... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324717 | Paint roller with finished edge and method for making same The present invention relates to a paint roller having an open end which can be inserted into an applicator handle and a surface area adapted for use in painting. The core of the roller is made from a core material and the core has an inner surface and an... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324718 | Side mounted retrofit wiper assembly A side rear-view mirror retrofit wiper assembly including a housing member that is sized to be positioning about the one side rear-view mirror assembly to allow the one side rear-view mirror to be seated within. A wiper shield projecting outwardly from a ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324719 | Auxiliary vehicle windshield wiper apparatus A auxiliary vehicle windshield wiper apparatus for acting as a back-up windshield wiper system during times of windshield wiper failure. The auxiliary vehicle windshield wiper apparatus includes a housing. A reciprocating motion assembly is mounted in the... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324720 | Portable blower tube noise reduction The present invention provides for noise reduction during operation of a portable blower by reducing the noise or acoustic energy escaping from the housing outlet and blower tube. The noise reduction is achieved by placing sound absorbing material in the ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324721 | Leaf blower A portable leaf blower having a fan unit (10) with a fan (11) and a combustion engine (12) for driving the fan. The fan unit (10) is arranged in a shell (16,17) provided with a lower inlet opening (23) through which air, during operation, flows to the fan... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324722 | Vacuum-cleaner with recirculation of exhaust air In a vacuum cleaner, a suction side of an electric fan contained in a cleaner main body is connected to a suction port body via a suction air passage and an exhaust side of the electric fan is connected to the suction port body via an exhaust air passage.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324723 | Wet pickup attachment for vacuum cleaners A wet pickup attachment for vacuum cleaners has a pair of independent float operated valves to close primary and secondary exhaust openings responsive to different water levels in a collection tank and thereby prevent aspiration of water into a vacuum cle... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324724 | Caster wheel assembly with flexing plate The caster wheel assembly includes a top plate with downwardly extending walls which terminate in bottom flanges to support the frame of a heavy cabinet. The caster wheel assembly further includes side flanges with eyelets through which screws or bolts pa... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324725 | Furniture glide A furniture glide including a stippled bottom surface. A replacement furniture glide may be formed as a cap to be snapped over the existing glide and having a stippled bottom surface. The stipples allow debris on a floor to pass under the glide without be... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324726 | Guide runner for door drive mechanism The invention relates to a guide skid for a gate drive which is accommodated sliding in a C-profile, with two lateral openings extending over its length to accommodate a drive cord, a locking element for the coupling and disconnecting from the drive cord ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324727 | Track spacer for twin sliding door installations A system for installing a pair of separate door guiding tracks in a predetermined parallel relation below and to an overhead structure of a door opening comprising applying a series of track spacing members to a pair of separate tracks while the tracks ar... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324728 | Ergonomic attachment for inline power tools An ergonomic attachment for inline power tools reduces the forces, stresses, and tensions experienced by operators of inline power tools. The ergonomic attachment includes a removable attachment mechanism, which attaches to the base of the inline power to... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324729 | Sliding element for a wrist band The invention concerns a sliding element (110) for a wrist band, in particular a wrist-watch band, the sliding element extending along the front face of the wrist band and at least in sections along the rear face of the wrist band. The sliding element com... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324730 | Webbing insertion member A webbing insertion member is formed of a body having a through opening for allowing a webbing to pass therethrough, and a slide portion formed on at least one side of the through opening. The slide portion has a rough portion substantially contacting the... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324731 | Isolator fan fastener An isolator fan fastener for securing a cooling fan housing to the interior chassis of a computer is described. The fastener is comprised of a pin made of a hard impact resistant plastic and an isolator grommet made of a soft resiliently flexible plastic.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324732 | Fastening structure for fixing an article on board VIA through-hole, and holder with fastening structure A fastener for fixing an article on a board via a through-hole formed thereon has a base that has a top face, side faces opposed to each other, and a rear end. An opening having at least two opposing edges is formed in the base. A pair of first elastic st... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324733 | Adjustable, quick release clasp A clasp includes a keeper assembly to one end of a belt or strap or the like and an engaging member attached to the other end of the belt or strap. The keeper includes a pair of arms having at least two retaining members mounted thereon. At least one of t... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324734 | Safety pin attachment A safety pin attachment has a contoured longitudinal center channel and at least three retainer members. The contour of the center channel allows for insertion of a wide range of safety pins therein. Once positioned within the center channel, the retainer... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324735 | Buckle device for skate boots A buckle device for skate boots includes a U-shaped lock member pivotably connected to a frame on the boot and a head of a toothed belt is pivotably connected to the lock member. A slot is defined in a distal end of the lock member and two recesses define... | 12/04/2001 |