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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6357048 | One-piece diver's garment A rubber diver's garment with a zip-out front panel flap bounding within the zipper track a relatively large opening approximately coincident in size to the size of the front panel of the upper torso of the garment, which opening by its size and the enlar... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357049 | Decorative costume and related method The present invention provides a decorative body costume which covers at least the wearer's entire upper body including the wearer's head and face. The decorative costume includes an inflatable central portion defining a cavity for receiving the head of a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357050 | Apparatus for facilitating the application and removal of waders An apparatus for facilitating the application and removal of wader boots including a torso portion, a first leg member and a second leg member all being formed of a porous spun high-density polyethylene fiber material having a rough interior surface and a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357051 | Cap having a foldable visor According to the present invention, a cap having a foldable visor is provided, the cap comprising a visor core and cloth fixed to a upper surface and a lower surface of the visor core, the visor located in a wearer's forehead portion when the wearer wears... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357052 | Fan novelty head gear A fan novelty device having a removable fan-like structure formed of a strip of pliable material having an accordion folding and a head gear. The fan-like structure is removably attached to a flexible base that conforms to a wearer's head. The base is rem... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357053 | Safety goggles A safety goggles comprises a frame including an attachment member projected above the top center and a slanted coupling surface on the top of the attachment member; a lens fitted in the frame; a protector guide; a shade including a frame, an opening defin... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357054 | Protective padding for sports gear Protective padding primarily intended for use in sports gear. In a first set of preferred embodiments, the pads include flexible, outer casings of porous, breathable, inelastic material overfilled with resilient, discrete beads of elastic material. The be... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357055 | Toilet overspray shield for males A removable urine overspray shield especially suited to young boys which is provided with upstanding semi-elliptical walls which removably engage with the lower portion of the inner rim of a toilet bowl when the toilet seat is upstanding. The rear of the ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357056 | Water saving toilet system A toilet system having a toilet bowl including at a bottom thereof a discharge opening. The discharge opening of the bowl is connected to the intake opening of a treating chamber. A discharge pump in the treating chamber discharges treated effluent theref... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357057 | Cleaning and hygienic device An improved cleaning device which can be used as a personal hygienic unit, as a unit for cleaning a diaper area of an infant, and rinsing soiled diapers, or as a cleaning unit for clearing clogs in a toilet or drain pipe. There is included a flexible hose... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357058 | Pool structure and fountain apparatus A pool structure having a fluid discharge apparatus for conducting water supplied from a pump in a decorative fashion proximate the perimeter of the pool structure.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357059 | Portable spa A spa pool has an enclosing wall that has at least one inflatable chamber, and a plumbing system retained in the interior of the wall. The plumbing system includes a plurality of jet nozzles, and a plurality of hoses that couple the plurality of jet nozzl... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357060 | Method and apparatus for purging water from a whirlpool system An apparatus for disinfecting and removing standing water from the hydraulic plumbing system that circulates water in a whirlpool bath. The apparatus includes a pneumatic pump fluidically coupled to the whirlpool hydraulic plumbing system of a whirlpool b... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357061 | Bath air mattress cushion The inflatable bath air mattress cushion includes an inflatable back cushion portion, an inflatable mat cushion portion connected to the inflatable back cushion portion, a pair of inflatable side cushion portions connected to opposing sides of the inflata... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357062 | Frame convertible into couch or bed A futon frame that has a seat piece and back piece pivotably joined to one another so that they can occupy substantially flat and also angled configurations relative one another. In the flat configuration the pieces serve as a couch or futon, and in the a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357063 | Patient carrier device dolly A wheeled dolly assembly for a patient carrier device has a box frame with a foldable footrest. Interchangeable wheels are mounted to an axle to facilitate rapid and easy movement of the dolly when a patient is strapped onto the patient carrier. The patie... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357064 | Assist device for disabled persons A device for assisting a disabled person to rise from a bed to a standing position is provided by the invention. The device includes a planar base with a plurality of casters attached to its bottom surface to enable rolling movement of the device across a... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357065 | Variable width bariatric modularbed A variable width bariatric bed including a frame having a modular configuration with front end, rear end and middle frame sections that are detachable from one another to facilitate storage, transport and relocation through narrow entrances. A series of e... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357066 | Patient support device A patient support device, and more particularly, a patient support device which provides improved full-body comfort to conscious patients immobilized for one or more hours while undergoing imaging or interventional procedures. The patient support device p... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357067 | Multipurpose snow/ice tool for backcountry travel A multipurpose snow tool for backcountry travel being a modified ice ax having a toothed pick at one end, an adze at the other and a shank therebetween having holes therein large enough to reduce weight without compromising structural integrity. The shank... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357068 | Combination tool with oppositely deploying handles A combination tool includes a tool head having a jaw mechanism with two jaws lying in a tool head plane. A first handle is pivotably attached to the jaw mechanism and rotatable in a first direction about a first pivot axle lying in the tool head plane, be... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357069 | Method and barrier laundry installation and apparatus for sealed transfer of laundry useable in said installation The present invention relates to a barrier laundry including a room (10) through which soiled laundry (16) enters and a clean room (12) separated from room (10) by a sealed barrier (14), an apparatus (19) is provided in barrier (14) for hermetically trans... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357070 | Multi-function, battery-powered, rider cleaning machine A cleaning machine that can simultaneously perform the cleaning operations of sweeping, scrubbing and burnishing is provided. The cleaning machine is battery-operated and is driven by a riding operator. A pivotal door is located at the rear of the cleanin... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357071 | Rotating belt wafer edge cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning edges and/or bevel areas of substrates. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a cleaning mechanism that cleans particles off the edge of the wafer based upon friction at the contact point between the wafer and a rotat... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357072 | Toothbrush assembly for brushing and rinsing A toothbrush assembly for brushing one's teeth and rinsing one's mouth includes a toothbrush having a longitudinal handle with a brush head at one end of the handle and a rinsing attachment including a sloped inner recessed surface area to produce a fount... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357073 | Toothbrush A toothbrush has a push rod, mounted inside a shank, that is operated by a lever. The push rod extends to a remote end of an elongate flexible head attached at a first end to the shank. The push rod can be used to pull the remote end of the head towards s... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357074 | Cleaning brush, especially a toothbrush A cleaning brush, particularly toothbrush, has a handle and an elongated brush head, which comprises a flexible bristle carrier tapering in longitudinal cross-section from the handle to the front end of the brush head and bristles fixed thereto. The brist... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357075 | Hair brush A hairbrush contains bristles formulated with powder formed from the mixture of both extreme infrared radiation material and poly-element minerals, which are then mixed into a plastic material, and attached to a bristle base of the hairbrush.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357076 | Suction nozzle unit for vacuum cleaner A suction nozzle unit for a vacuum cleaner unit includes a casing formed with a suction inlet, a pair of front wheels located at the front of the casing, and a pair of rear wheels located at the rear of the casing. The suction nozzle unit also includes a ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357077 | Spring loaded caster A spring loaded caster includes a support plate adapted to be affixed to the underside of an article to be transported. Two caster legs depend downwardly from the support plate. The caster legs are spaced apart and preferably substantially parallel with e... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357078 | Hold open assembly for movable closure An assembly for releasably holding a movable closure element in a desired position relative to a support. The holding assembly has a first part with a first element and a first actuator and a second part with a second element and a second actuator. The fi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357079 | Slide groove fixing device for use with curtains An improved slide groove fixing device for use of curtains has a single-track slide body, a movable abutting seat, a transversely U-shaped clamping seat, a supporting spiral member, and an adjusting bolt. The movable abutting seat, having elongated slidin... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357080 | Multi-sections retractable handle A retractable handle includes a handgrip, pairs of first tubes, second tubes and third tubes slidably coupled to one another, two first locating devices and two second locating devices adapted to lock the first tubes or the second tubes in the extended po... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357081 | Take apart door hinge with lock-on cam A disjoinable hinge mechanism having a locking cam is provided. The hinge mechanism includes a hinge assembly having a hinge pin which pivotably couples a first hinge structure to a second hinge structure. The hinge mechanism also includes a cam pivotably... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357082 | Restraint mechanism for limiting angular rotation of hinged components A restraint mechanism for limiting the angular rotation of a first and a second component which move about a common hinge comprising a restraining arm adapted to extend along a portion of the first component in the direction of the hinge and having a chan... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357083 | Plant material processing system A system for processing plant material is provided which separates plant fibers from the woody portions of the material to produce a commercially desirable length of fiber and to grind the shorter woody portions that have been separated from the longer fi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357084 | Currency securing and carrying device A device for securing and carrying currency, having a strap having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, a length, a width and a thickness; a fastening mechanism having a first element and a second element, the first element being locate... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357085 | Wedge clamp type termination for elevator tension member A tension member termination device optimized for terminating flat tension members having compressible outer coatings, the device including a wedge and a socket each having cooperating surfaces positioned at a predetermined angle for clamping the tension ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357086 | Zipper lock and extension A first extension member has a head coupled to a first zipper head and a tail having a male connector and an elongated generally flat intermediate portion between the head and the male connector. A second extension member has a head coupled to a second zi... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357087 | Molded surface fastener, and molding apparatus and molding method therefor A molded surface fastener including a flat substrate and a plurality of first engaging elements molded of the same material integrally with each other. Each engaging element is composed of a stem portion standing from a surface of the flat substrate and a... | 03/19/2002 |
