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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6349411 | Body garment A cape comprising a rear panel made of flexible material, two front panels made of flexible materials and secured along one side to one side of the rear panel. An elastic drawstring is extended through an elongated opening at the top ends of the rear pane... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349412 | Medical cooling vest and system employing the same Leakage problems in a cooling system for use by medical personnel during surgery are avoided in a vest that includes a sealed, coolant receiving space through which coolant may pass. A source of liquid coolant at ambient pressure is connected to the space... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349413 | Garment with removable appendage portion A garment for providing a user with multiple looks and comfort levels from a single pair of pants and a shirt. The garment includes a main portion designed for covering a portion of the body of the user. A pair of appendage portions each is designed for r... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349414 | Powder dispensing wrist band device A powder dispensing device for dispensing moisture absorbing powder to a person during the play of a sport or other physical activity is claimed. The device includes a wrist band that is worn around the wrist. The wrist band supports a pocket, wherein the... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349415 | Collapsible baseball cap A baseball cap designed to be collapsible in order to be compact enough to conveniently fit in a shirt pocket or a pair of pants. A retractable element of the membrane in the frame of the cap allows the cap to return to its recognizable baseball shape, wh... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349416 | Headguard-protective sports headband Protective headguard to be worn by an athlete having (i) a protective central pad, (ii) a rear pad, (iii) an adjustable strap system interconnecting the rear pad and the central pad, and (iv) one or more of (a) a lack of any protective padding which would... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349417 | Swimming goggles with step-less adjustment A type of swimming goggles, comprising: two lens frame units, each lens frame unit accommodating a lens, and, at its two opposite ends are a first joining unit and a second joining unit, on each joining unit are two accommodating holes with clasp openings... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349418 | Innovated type of swimming goggles The invention relates to an innovated type of swimming goggles, including: a monobloc formation of lens frame main units, nose bridge and protective pad that are made of a flexible material, and two lenses made of a rigid material that are joined by a joi... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349419 | Swimming goggles This invention relates to a type of swimming goggles, comprising: a lens frame main unit, a protective pad, lenses and a headband device, characterized in that: the lens and the protective pad of the swimming goggles are assembled as one unit by compressi... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349420 | Swimming goggle The present invention discloses a swimming goggle comprising a lens frame, a padding member, a lens and a head strap, characterized in that the lens and the padding member are fixed as a whole piece with tight pressing engagement with the lens frame of su... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349421 | Swimming goggles Swimming goggles includes a fastener part provided at a rear end of each lens frame of the swimming goggles for holding an end of a head strap firmly in position. The fastener part includes a guide member around which the head strap can be passed and a pr... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349422 | Facial shield, particularly for protection from the sun Facial protective wear including a facial shield member having a substantially transparent portion for allowing visible light to pass to the wearer's eyes and a support coupled to the facial shield for supporting the facial shield on the wearer's head. Th... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349423 | Toilet grab rail support A toilet bowl (2) having a seat (7) held by bolts passing through a rear portion (4) of toilet bowl (2) is provided with a grab rail support comprising a mounting portion (3) secured by the bolts and side rails (8) rigidly connected to mounting portion (3... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349424 | Rinse fluid valve for a vacuum toilet A rinse fluid valve for use in a vacuum toilet system is disclosed. The vacuum toilet system includes a waste receptacle with a rinse fluid dispenser associated therewith and a source of rinse fluid. The rinse fluid valve has a housing with an inlet in fl... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349425 | Valve set for a vacuum toilet An integrated valve set for use in a vacuum toilet system is disclosed. The vacuum toilet system includes a waste receptacle defining an outlet and having a rinse fluid nozzle, a source of rinse fluid, and a sewer line placeable under partial vacuum press... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349426 | Portable outdoor toilet with advertising indicia A portable outdoor toilet with advertising indicia including a platform having a generally circular configuration. A base is positioned atop the platform. The base has a generally circular configuration. A cylindrical tube is positioned atop the base. The... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349427 | Portable spa construction A spa construction wherein a spa shell is supported and reinforced by a matrix of interlocking horizontal and vertical members attached to a base grid. The matrix supports the spa shell through contact with only two regions of the spa--namely the bar top ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349428 | Pullout hand-held shower A shower assembly for use as a stationary shower or a hand-held shower includes a housing, a hose and a shower head. The housing includes a plurality of sides, an inlet, and an at least one outlet where said housing is concealed behind a shower wall adjac... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349429 | Apertured countertop mounting unit An apertured mounting unit comprises a deck sheet with a top and a bottom surface, the deck sheet has a cross-sectional edge defining an aperture. A non-porous seal member abuts the edge, the seal member has top and bottom surfaces. A sink with an upper c... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349430 | Automatic public toilet An automatic public toilet for outdoor use has a public part confined by a roof, four walls and a floor, and comprises a lavatory unit including a toilet seat and bowl, the lavatory unit being supported on a wall of the toilet, wherein the floor is movabl... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349431 | Convertible furniture frame A furniture frame convertible from a seat to a bed is disclosed. The furniture frame includes side frame members spaced-apart by a supporting rail and a body-supporting member including two sections pivotally connected together and connected to the side f... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349432 | Method and apparatus for patient transfer This invention provides methods and apparatus for moving or transferring a prone person or other body between two platforms, permitting a single caregiver of less than average strength to perform such transfer between an unmodified bed and a second surfac... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349433 | Assembly of a bed and an apparatus for movement support for a person when moving into or out of a bed Assembly of a bed or similar support and an apparatus for movement support for a person moving into or out of the bed/support. The apparatus has a base part and at least one swivelling arm that is pivotable relative to the base pad about an axis of rotati... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349434 | Folding frame device for playpen A folding frame device for a playpen includes four leg posts, four bottom rods each pivotally mounted on a respective leg post and each pivotally mounted on a support base which is located at a central position of the bottom rods, four upright rods each s... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349435 | Bedrail attachments for engineered wood bedrail A hook and fastener assembly for hooking engineered wood bed rails to the bedpost of headboards and footboards. Includes a bed rail hook configured to slide into the end of a bed rail made of engineered wood. Engineered wood may include any type of man ma... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349436 | Operating apparatus comprising an operating support post with a detachable operating table top An operating apparatus comprises an operating table with an operating support post, an operating table top and means for detachably fastening said operating table top to said operating support post, an anesthesis station and an examining station located a... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349437 | Body support A body support for posturing the torso of a user lying in a fetal position to derive a therapeutic benefit while resting or sleeping. The device is arranged to engage the chin and the legs of the user so that the user's spine is held in an erect position.... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349438 | Hydraulically actuated variable height leg pillow support apparatus A remote controlled variable height leg pillow support apparatus (10) including a support unit (11) comprising a pair of independently movable contoured foot support members (20), (20') each having a molded foam foot rest (22) which is suspended above a b... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349439 | Alternating pad The present invention is directed to an alternating pressure pad comprising at least two sets of inflatable cells, each set being alternately inflated and deflated, wherein at least one cell in each cell set has further means, such as, for example, circum... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349440 | Independent dosing control system for washing machines The invention relates to a method for controlling the dosing of detergent in multiple stage washing machines having at least one separate detergent tank per washing stage. The entry of water into a detergent tank of the washing machine releases, without i... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349441 | Mobile bridge for accessing aircraft A mobile access bridge provides access to the doors and the exterior surface of an aircraft fuselage in the final stages of construction, assembly, and outfitting. The access bridge includes catwalks preferably arranged at several levels, in pairs on oppo... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349442 | Brush tip for a motorized toothbrush A brush tip for a motorized toothbrush has a first brush head and a second brush head. The second brush head encircles the first brush head. Means are provided for differently accelerating the first and second brush heads in response to motion produced by... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349443 | Bottle/nipple cleaning device A cleaning device has a handle. The handle has a wall with a distal end with a recess extending axially into the handle, and an elongated nipple brush secured in the recess, such that the distal end of the brush extends axially beyond the distal end of th... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349444 | Shaft mounted manual cleaning implement A connector for multi-directionally mounting and securing a manual cleaning implement, such as a broom head, to a shaft, includes a main body portion having a collar for receiving the shaft. The main body portion has an upper mounting flange for mounting ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349445 | Suspendable toothbrush A toothbrush which has a brush head to which is mounted an elongated handle. At the free end of the handle is mounted a suction cup mounting device. The handle is integrally attached to the suction cup at the peripheral edge of the suction cup so that whe... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349446 | Quick release buffing pad assembly A buffing pad assembly having a right pad, a left pad, a disk securing the two pads together, and an elongated member for releasably attaching the buffing pad to the drive shaft of a buffing motor is disclosed. Each pad has a central aperture. The disk ha... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349447 | Wiper blade The wiper blade (10) for a windshield has a wind scoop (20, 22, 24) elastically fastened to it. The wiper blade (10) includes a rubber wiping element (16), which is adapted to contact the windshield (12) with its wiper lip (18). The wind scoop (20, 22, 24... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349448 | Vehicle door check An infinite door check mechanism for enabling a door to be moved from a closed position in a door frame to any one of a plurality of different open positions including a clevis adapted to be mounted to the frame, an elongate strip member mounted to the cl... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349449 | Hinge for accommodating a pivoting component In order to achieve the situation where a pivotably mounted structural part, under the action of an adjusting force, is made to move indeed automatically but merely with braking and damping action, and thus at a reduced speed and with reduced kinetic ener... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349450 | Vehicle door handle A door handle for a door of a vehicle includes a handle portion and a housing or base portion. Preferably, the handle portion is assembled to the base portion by a snap fit of a pair of snap clasps onto a corresponding pair of axles or cross members attac... | 02/26/2002 |