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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6351851 | Personal shelter device A personal shelter device including a foldable outer structure convertible between a poncho configuration and a tent configuration, wherein when the structure is in the poncho configuration, the structure has a poncho front and a poncho rear so as to form... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351852 | Head-cleansing cap and method A head-cleansing cap having an outer fluid-impervious layer and an inner fluid-holding layer that is equal to or greater than the size of the outer layer. The outer fluid-impervious layer has a peripheral edge defining an opening for receiving a person's ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351853 | Helmet fitting system A fit system positionable adjacent interior portions of a helmet and cranial surfaces of a cranium of a wearer of the helmet proximate the interior portions of the helmet for improving the fit of the helmet to the cranium. The system includes an elongate ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351854 | Personal protection device A load absorbing apparatus for use in protective equipment in which a resilient bag containing fluid under pressure is disposed in a position subject to loads and a reservoir of elastomeric material which is expandable from an initial position with a mini... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351855 | Bathroom odor withdrawal system A commode deodorizing filtering device for use in a commode water tank having an overflow tube operably disposed therein and communicating with a toilet bowl, and having refill device with refill tube and float operably disposed in the water tank, the dev... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351856 | Toilet seat lifting assembly A toilet seat lifting assembly for providing a more sanitary and easier way of raising and lifting a toilet seat. The toilet seat lifting assembly includes a lift member being adapted to be securely attached upon a toilet stool and being securely attached... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351857 | Stool specimen collector An apparatus for obtaining a stool specimen. The apparatus comprises a housing, a collection bag, a slider to close the collection bag and a draw string to move the slider. A user places the apparatus on a toilet, deposits a first stool into the collectio... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351858 | Process for disposing of human wastes, a disposable container for collecting human wastes and a container-grinding machine A process for disposing of human wastes in an efficient and environmentally or pathologically safe manner, a grindable container for collecting human wastes and a crushing machine for said containers. The container is made of a grindable, biodegradable ma... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351859 | Hydrotherapy tub coplanar flow Hydrotherapy-tub coplanar-flow device includes slotted nozzle on a body for discharge of fluids from the nozzle in a substantially coplanar flow. The body is adapted for mounting on an inner surface of a hydrotherapy tub and attachable to first and second... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351860 | Bathtub chair lift The chair lift is formed by a hollow outer stationary cylinder secured to the bathtub and an inner cylinder having a closed upper end secured to the bathtub located inside and spaced from the outer cylinder. A hollow movable cylinder having a closed upper... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351861 | Bed frame A bed frame includes a base frame, an articulated support deck, an intermediate frame positioned between the base frame and the articulated support deck, and an auto-contour mechanism. The articulated support deck includes head, seat and foot deck portion... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351862 | Mattress replacement having air fluidized sections A mattress (10) includes an outer cover (12, 18) formed from an air impermeable material. The outer cover (12, 18) is configured to define an interior region and having a top support surface (20). The mattress (10) also includes at least one air fluidized... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351863 | Heel pressure management apparatus and method A sleep support surface includes a mattress having at least two bladders located adjacent a foot end. The bladders each have a predetermined, adjustable internal pressure. The pressure in at least one of the bladders is selectively and independently reduc... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351864 | Institutional bedding with integral pillow and mattress A bedding arrangement is provided having a compressible foam mattress pad and compressible foam pillow pad integrated as a single bedding unit within a fluid resistant or impermeable cover whose seams are heat sealed together. Air ventilation through the ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351865 | Combination wire cutter, wire stripper, and punch-down tool The present invention is a hand tool incorporating a wire stripper, a wire cutter, and a punch-down tool all in a single unit. The punch-down tool is retractable and is located at one extremity of the body of the tool. The wire cutting apparatus, using a ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351866 | Arm scrubbing system An arm scrubbing system comprises a housing. The housing has upper, lower, distal, proximal and side walls. The walls define a chamber. Two circular rear apertures are formed in the distal wall and two circular proximal apertures are formed in the proxima... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351867 | Body squeegee A hand wearable body squeegee comprising a glove portion, a concave squeegee band, and a linear squeegee band. The concave squeegee band is formed to contour along the surface area between the forefinger sleeve and the thumb sleeve of the glove portion. T... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351868 | Bristle sub-assemblies having parallel pairs of bristles; and methods An apparatus for forming bristle sub-assemblies includes a vertically oriented slot, which is formed by two endless belts. A wheel disposed above the slot pushes a bristle string into the slot. The bristle string has a plurality of bristles connected to a... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351869 | System for supporting a towel A towel has a towel-supporting aperture and a soft reinforcing device for reinforcing the towel-supporting aperture. The towel can be placed over a hook through the aperture. Thus, the towel will not slide off the hook. The aperture can include a hole in ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351870 | Combined high pressure cleaning and suction appliance In order to keep the dimensions of the drive motor as small as possible in a combined high pressure cleaning and suction appliance incorporating a drive motor whose drive shaft drives both a high pressure pump and a suction fan, it is proposed that the dr... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351871 | Aqueous quaternary ammonium hydroxide as a screening mask cleaner This invention relates to the cleaning of objects that relate to semiconductor printing, such as, for example, screening masks. This invention is basically directed to removing, for example, an organic polymer-metal composite paste from screening masks us... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351872 | Agitator motor projection system for vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a housing incorporating a handle assembly and a nozzle assembly, a suction fan and cooperating suction fan drive motor carried on the housing, a rotary agitator held in the nozzle assembly, an agitator drive motor carried on the ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351873 | Decorative equipment piece used as a handle A component for a domestic or furnishing fitting, which comprises a mollusc shell (1) which is generally strengthened, at least locally, by means of a curable material (3), and a mount (5) secured to the said shell (1). This mount (5) is provided with mea... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351874 | Clasp for securing a strap end The clasp for use with an adjustable length strap of the type used on a golf bags, back packs and the similar articles includes a housing having a open passage and a blind compartment in stacked relationship with respect to each other and a hinged lid ove... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351875 | Apparatus for securing a level and a structural component to one another An apparatus is used to mount a spirit level on an elongate support such as a pipe, length of wood or the like so that the effective "levelling line" is greatly lengthened. The apparatus includes an elastic band having first and second ends and a body mem... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351876 | Side release buckle A first hooking face and a second hooking face which are hooking end faces of an engaging portion of a plug member releasably engage a first engaging face which is a top wall end face of an opening of a socket member and a second engaging face which is a ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351877 | Synthetic fiber crimper, method of crimping and crimped fiber produced therefrom The crimper has a pair of feed rollers to supply fiber traveling therebetween. The feed rollers rotate at a first speed. A pair of outlet rollers receive fiber from the feed rollers and rotate at a second speed slower than the first speed. A pair of side ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351878 | Method for making positive grids and lead-acid cells and batteries using such grids A method for making positive grids for lead-acid batteries from calcium-tin-silver lead-based alloys comprises casting an alloy strip and then rolling the strip at a temperature between about the solvus temperature and the peritectic temperature of the al... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351879 | Method of making a printing apparatus A method of making a printing apparatus configured for drawing fluid from a fluid reservoir and then ejecting droplets of fluid onto a receiver to form an image include the steps of providing an orifice manifold having a plurality of orifices each one of ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351880 | Method of forming multi-chip module having an integral capacitor element A multi-chip module has an integral capacitor element embedded within the substrate and comprises a plurality of substrate layers forming a multi-chip module substrate. The substrate has a cut edge and forms at the cut edge a bondable edge. A via is forme... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351881 | Hinge pin remover and starter A hinge pin removal and starter device is disclosed, comprising a bar portion having a first and second end portion. The first end portion of said bar tapers to a flattened tip having a concave edge. A cylindrical projection adjacent the opposite butt end... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351882 | Method of constructing a door A new and improved door construction and method of manufacturing same are advantageously provided. The door includes first and second formed door panels, each having an identical or substantially similar L-shaped profile defined by an elongated back porti... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351883 | Self align leadframe having resilient carrier positioning means The present invention relates to an improved leadframe and method of attaching leads of a leadframe to contact pads on a carrier. The leadframe includes resilient engaging means or fingers for engaging the carrier and for exerting forces on the carrier to... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351884 | Process for manufacturing printed circuit boards and process for connecting wires thereto A printed circuit board with at least one component part as a measuring resistor, heat resistor or measuring electrode arrangement has at least two contact pads connected with conductor paths for electrical and mechanically fast connection with lead ends ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351885 | Method of making conductive bump on wiring board A wiring board structure has an insulating base having at least one projection located thereon, wherein the insulating base and the at least one projection are integrally formed from a same piece of insulating material. The wiring board structure also has... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351886 | Method of manufacturing a speed gear Speed gear are manufactured by integrally molding, by either hot or warm forging, a speed gear section and a clutch spline section. Teeth of the speed gear in the speed gear section and an involute spline parallel to an axial line of the gear in the clutc... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351887 | Grill knife and scraper A grill knife and scraper for cutting food items and scraping clean the surface of a grill having a handle and a blade connected to the handle. The handle is heat resistant to prevent it from becoming too hot when placed on or near the hot grill or other ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351888 | Window paint scraper A window paint scraper for scraping paint from a window while protecting the window frame from the blade. The window paint scraper includes a head portion, a distal end, a proximal end, and a pair of sides. The distal end has a slot therein adapted for re... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351889 | Adjustable-height can opening appliance A can opening appliance is provided herein. The appliance includes a primary housing having a front surface including a can opening mechanism and a rearwardly facing locking surface. A base includes at least one upwardly extending projection for slidable ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6351890 | Laser light referencing tool A laser light referencing tool comprises laser means for emitting a visible laser beam, portable power means for powering the laser means, and gravity-responsive directional means for establishing a datum direction for the laser means, the gravity-respons... | 03/05/2002 |