Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6343381 | Body garment Garments and methods for making those garments by cutting a woven fabric along a bias (6) and then seaming (9) the fabric parallel to the actual grain (5) of the fabric thus forming a tubular or conical shaped garment. This method can be used in a variety... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343382 | Hat A hat constructed of woven fabric capable of reflecting radiant energy from the exterior thereof and of releasing thermal energy from the interior thereof, the hat comprising a side band having a top panel and a double ply outer brim attached to the upper... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343383 | Pants for crawling infant A pair of pants, for use by an infant to facilitate crawling by the infant, the pants having a front, a rear, a main portion, and a pair of leg portions extending from the main portion. The main portion has a waistband, a crotch, and a rear seam connectin... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343384 | Waist adjusting device An object of the invention is to provide a waist adjusting device, in which the number of components is reduced, an assembly thereof is not necessary because of its simple structure so as to achieve reduction of production cost and the adjustment operatio... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343385 | Impact absorbing protective apparatus for the frontal, temporal and occipital basilar skull A helmet for protection against non-motorized injuries comprises a number of arched segments with ventilation spaces between them, the arched segments being shaped to extend about and engage the skull. The helmet is constructed to cover the apical as well... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343386 | Padding member for a pair of swimming goggles A padding member is made from soft material and comprises a main ring portion, a connecting portion extending from an outer side of the main ring portion for engaging with a main frame of a pair of swimming goggles, and an annular contact flange extending... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343387 | Volume control for a water closet A removable volume control apparatus 140 for a pressurized water closet 10 comprises a generally right circular cylindrical 150 insert open at both ends having a plurality of slots 154 in the bottom edge 152 thereof. A flange 142 depending from an annular... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343388 | Showering device A new showering device for enabling a user to shower for extended periods of time without using a substantial volume of water. The inventive device includes a housing unit having a hollow interior, a pump having an inlet and outlet, the pump being dispose... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343389 | Water outlets for an ablutionary device or appliance A water outlet (10) for an ablutionary device has a member which is moved to open and close a vent into the body of the outlet (10). In one embodiment, the outlet (10) is a shower head (10A) having a discharge opening (26) which serves as the vent. A perf... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343390 | Foldable playyard The present invention relates to a foldable playyard for an infant, which is capable of expanding for play use and folding up for downsizing and benefiting storage. The present invention introduce a safety pin located at the joint element of lower frame o... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343391 | Towel-mat with a frame member and removably attached membranes A towel-mat includes a frame member being formed from a flexible twistable material, a first membrane and a second membrane. The first membrane has a perimeter portion to which a frame member is attached. The second membrane has a perimeter portion. The s... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343392 | Adjusting device for a seat, couch or a bed An adjusting device for a seat, couch or a bed utilizes a rotatably mounted eccentric in a round disc connected to the motor via a gearing. The round disc has an external tooth system that meshes with an internal tooth system a ring. A rod is connected to... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343393 | Waterbed structure An improved waterbed having a waterbed mattress and a bed protecting cover with airbag protecting sides. The waterbed mattress has a plurality of internal, transverse partitions welded by high-frequency heat sealing, arranged at intervals in single or dou... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343394 | Mattress with interactive elastic elements A mattress (10) with interactive elastic elements, comprising a number of hollow polyhedrons (11) with an octagonal base, made of an elastic and/or yielding material, arranged in longitudinal rows (12), interconnected and held in position within each row ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343395 | Apparatus and process for wet-processing of textile material The present invention relates to apparatus for the wet-processing of textile material, essentially comprising a vessel (1) comprising a fabric inlet (2), at least one nozzle (3) for applying a treatment liquor, an intensive zone (4) and a fabric outlet (5... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343396 | Rotary tooth cleaning device A tooth cleaning device having (a) a tooth cleaning head, including: (i) a housing with sides that straddle the tooth along both long faces and defining a longitudinal axis extending between the sides thereof and along the long faces; (ii) gears affixed a... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343397 | Winding adhesive cleaner A winding adhesive cleaner according to the invention comprises a body (shown in FIG. 2) equipped with a gear box (2) and an attachable cylinder (shown in FIG. 1) equipped a rolled strip of adhesive paper. Adhesive face on the cleaner is continuously chan... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343398 | Drain cleaning apparatus with feed control A drain cleaning apparatus which feeds a drain cleaning snake from a rotating drum through a flexible guide tube and a manually operable cable feed device is provided at the outer end of the guide tube for selectively axially advancing or retracting the s... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343399 | Contact lens treatment apparatus A self-contained single-use apparatus for cleaning and hydrating a pair of contact lenses comprises a housing including a pair of hollow snap-lock lens containers in which opposed layers of a deformable relatively hydrophobic reactive material having surf... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343400 | Cleaning system using ultraviolet radiation and photoactivatable semiconductor material A cleaning system for cleaning a surface is proposed, the cleaning system having: a cleaning tool (2) with a working region (A) and with a UV-light source (7), the UV-radiation of which emerges from the tool (2) in the working region (A), and a cleaning a... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343401 | Wiper blade with wind deflector A wiper blade 10 for use in motor vehicles includes a wind deflector 22 which is provided in an air stream and supported in position on a main yoke through a support of reduced width. The wiper blade includes the wind deflector which has been formed to ha... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343402 | Mirror wiper assembly An exterior rearview mirror assembly is provided for use on a vehicle which includes a rearview mirror and a wiper assembly. The wiper assembly includes a wiper arm base located behind the mirror assembly extending over the top of the mirror to attach to ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343403 | Wiper device, and method of manufacturing hollow frame for wiper device A wiper device is a frame-integrated type device in which a pair of pivot holders are formed integrally with a hollow frame. The hollow frame can be formed from a pair of split frames or from a single piece tubular component. Each split frame has a mounti... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343404 | Multi-step positioning device of trunk pull rod A multi-step positioning device of a trunk pull rod has a pair of pull rods at two sides thereof. Each pull rod has an inner upper rod and an outer lower rod therein. The rod body has two sides of round arc shapes. After engaging, the round arc portions o... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343405 | Door closure mechanism A door closure mechanism is described including a base and a resilient element wherein the base includes surfaces which converge toward each other and wherein the resilient element, such as a torque rod, engages the converging surfaces so that the torque ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343406 | Hinge on ladder A hinge on a ladder comprises outer casing pair, inner casing pair, a fixing plate with a shaft and three lock pins, a central rivet pin, and a button knob. The outer casing pair and the inner casing pair are pivotally engaged to each other in such a way ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343407 | Hose clip A hose clip for clamping a hose includes a clamping body formed by bending a band-shaped spring plate into a circular form. A frame-shaped first grip is formed at one end of the body so as to protrude radially outward, and a second grip is formed at the o... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343408 | Fluidtight zip fastener The fluidtight zip fastener comprises a pair of fluidtight zip fastener carrying tapes carrying the zip fastener coupling member rows and which are in each case formed by a base tape with a soft, synthetic rubber or similar covering layer. They engage on ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343409 | Flexible clip assembly A two-piece clip assembly for affixing a pliable bag to a container. One piece is comprised of a grabbing device capable of an open position and a closed position. The second piece is comprised of a locking device that configures the grabbing device betwe... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343410 | Fabric hydroenhancement method & equipment for improved efficiency Improvements in hydroenhancement efficiency are obtained by operating a manifold in relative movement to fabric transported under the manifold so as to deliver a low energy to the fabric per pass in multiple passes on the fabric. This results in greater e... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343411 | Apparatus for removing and installing plumbing flanges An extractor tool for removing and replacing a plumbing fixture, such as a leaking, rusted tub shoe flange with or without cross hairs, includes a shaft having left-handed threads over most of its length and a frusto-conical wedge near one end terminating... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343412 | Sealing a clearance between a host pipe and a linear pipe An apparatus for sealing a clearance between a host pipe and a liner pipe. The liner pipe is fed into the host pipe and includes a tubular element forming a leading end of the liner pipe. It also includes a compressible seal which is adapted when compress... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343413 | Method of manufacturing a chip inductor A chip inductor is made up of a coiled conducting wire and a magnetic member which is formed by sintering and in which the coiled conducting wire is embedded. Both end portions of the coiled conducting wire are exposed to both end surfaces of the magnetic... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343414 | Snap-disk formation process and machine A snap-disk formation assembly and method provides feedback control of a snap-disk form station in communication with an exercise station and coupled to a feedback station. A disk blank is inserted into a pocket and loaded into a dial fixture which travel... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343415 | Part holding head, part mounting device and part holding method A voice coil motor is attached to a shaft, that is installed in a component holding head, to drive the shaft in an axial direction. Also, a detecting device is arranged to detect movement of the shaft. The supply of power to the voice coil motor is contro... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343416 | Method of preparing surfaces of a heat exchanger A method of preparing a heat exchanger provides a first surface(s) for contacting a first fluid and a second surface(s) for contacting a second fluid in order to exchange heat between the first and second fluids. At least one of the first and second surfa... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343417 | Process of manufacturing an air-gap-insulating exhaust elbow of a vehicle exhaust system A process for manufacturing an air-gap-insulated exhaust elbow of a motor vehicle exhaust system achieves in a simple manner a manufacturing of space-saving air-gap-insulating exhaust elbows which is reliable with respect to the process and can be precise... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343418 | Spinning reel face gear manufacturing method A spinning reel face gear is manufactured by a method of molding tooth-ring bearing, obverse-facing gear teeth onto a separately formed gear disk after the gear disk is made. The gear disk is specially configured with circumferentially spaced peripheral i... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343419 | Method of manufacturing magnet assembly with inserts A method for manufacturing a magnetic roll for use in an electrophotographic printing machine of the type having an electrostatic latent image recorded on a photoconductive member is provided. The method includes the steps of placing a shaft in a mold cav... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343420 | Method of mounting a bearing onto a shaft The method includes sliding a first shim onto the support shaft until it abuts a shoulder. The first shim has a predetermined thickness. A bearing is then slid onto the tapered surface and a lock nut is tightened onto the threaded portion of the shaft. As... | 02/05/2002 |
