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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6446264 | Articles of clothing A close-fitting garment, especially a swimsuit, has panels of elastic stretch fabric joined at seams and shaped to conform with muscle groups of the body, in particular in the abdominal region and at the glutel region.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446265 | Hat tether apparatus and method A hat retaining mechanism has a flexible tether, a clip mechanism attached to one end of the flexible tether to be located on the outside of a hat, and a slidable retraction component on the flexible tether located on the inside of the hat between the oth... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446266 | Advertising adjustment strap for a cap An advertising size adjustment strap for a baseball-style cap having a crown body, a visor and a sweat absorbent band attached to the inside periphery of the crown. The size adjustment strap, which is attached to the back portion of the lower periphery of... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446267 | Protective sock and shoe lining A sock for a human foot including an outer layer having a shape generally conforming to a shape of the human foot, a resilient member layer positioned adjacent to the outer layer and extending around an interior of the outer layer, a packing layer positio... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446268 | Garment support device A device for supporting a garment having a slip-resistant material impregnated into a support material, wherein selective placement of the device onto a garment increases the friction between garment and the wearer's skin without deforming the contact sur... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446269 | Concealed lower body garment support belt A concealed lower body garment support belt worn under a lower body garment includes a raised lip on which the lower body garment is supported. The lip is formed from a loop in a length of fabric and is filled by filler material that is adequately flexibl... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446270 | Sports helmet An improved helmet constructed with a rigid shell having a soft outer covering which absorbs impacts and disperses energy thereby protecting the wearer of the helmet, as well as protecting the impacting object. When used for contact sports such as footbal... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446271 | Auxiliary buffer envelope device for inner pad of safety helmet Auxiliary buffer envelope device for inner pad of safety helmet, including at least one attachable buffer envelope disposed on a section of the inner pad near the rear bottom edge thereof. The buffer envelope is filled in the gap between the rear side of ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446272 | Buckle assembly for adjusting straps for headgear The disclosure relates to a buckle assembly suitable for headgear such as swimming goggles of a type provided in combination with an elastic strap having a set of equally spaced teeth, projections, transverse ridges, arranged along the strap at least on t... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446273 | Protective body vest A protective body vest for protecting against impact upon torso when worn by an athlete during sporting activities. The invention comprises a multi-section, one-piece garment comprising of a vest sized and shaped to be worn on the torso of an athlete with... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446274 | Urine pot A urine pot capable of reducing accidental leakage of urine once received therein and avoiding emission of noise of urine injection, which comprises a combination of a urine pot body, in which urine is received and which has a neck, with an insertion funn... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446275 | Surface protection system mat A surface protection system consisting of three pieces, (1) cartridge-top, (2) absorbent core, and (3) base unit. The cartridge-top, made of semi-flexible material with a waffle grid design of drainage holes, traps and directs liquid spills into the absor... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446276 | Walk-on tray for concealing a pool cover operation system A walk-on tray for concealing a pool cover operation system. The system includes a plurality of brackets each having a load-bearing upper portion. The brackets are attached to a sidewall of an elongate recess formed at one end of a pool, such that the loa... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446277 | High-capacity method and system of chemical and/or radiological decontamination A high-capacity chemical and/or radiological decontamination system including: a shower unit (1) designed to shower persons individually with a regeneratable active product for a predetermined time ranging between 5 and 20 seconds; a collecting device (14... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446278 | Adjustable holder device for shower nozzle or the like An adjustable holder device for holding and attaching an object to a supporting wall member includes a holder member for supporting the object, and a sucker member for movably securing the holder member to the wall member. The sucker member may be moved o... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446279 | Stainless steel drainage surface having separated corrugated arrays A drainage surface is provided on a conventional stamped metal sink and drain board unit. Multiple separate arrays of surface ridges are cold metal stamped in each of the drain boards. The upper ridge surfaces form a resting plane for dishware and cooking... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446280 | Sink attachment A sink attachment having a basin, a drain tube, and a sealing member is disclosed. The sink attachment provides for simultaneously draining tap water or other liquids and sealing the sink. The attachment may be relocated without having to remove the seali... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446281 | Water supply operated by a foot Disclosed is a water supply operated by a foot, in which the type or water such as warm or cold water is selected and the flow rate of water is regulated by operation of a foot. The water supply (53) has a ceramic cartridge inserted at the inside of the w... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446282 | Furniture with inflatable cushion A piece of furniture includes an inflatable cushion body, a leg assembly and a coupling unit. The cushion body confines an air inflatable space therein, is provided with a valve member for inflating and deflating the cushion body, and has a bottom surface... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446283 | Convertible stretcher A hospital stretcher includes a patient support deck having an upwardly-facing patient support surface, and at least one sideframe adjacent to a first side of the stretcher, and movable between (i) a first raised position where the top of the at least one... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446284 | Structure for 4-in-1 comforter assembly An improved structure for a 4-in-1 comforter assembly comprises a top cover, a comforter, a frame cover, a bottom cover and fastening means that connect the top cover, the comforter, the frame cover and the bottom cover together. The structure allows one ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446285 | Tiltable stretcher table assembly A stretcher table assembly is provided for attachment over an ambulance stretcher. The stretcher table assembly includes a tiltable support surface for securing emergency medical equipment used during an emergency thereon. The tiltable support surface may... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446286 | Patient support table for medical imaging having regions for reduced radiation attenuation The present invention describes an apparatus for an improved patient support table for use in nuclear medical studies. The table provides regions, such as a slot or hole, where there is lowered radiation attenuation for particular regions of the body. By ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446287 | Surgical table apparatus A surgical table apparatus includes a base and an upper support frame coupled to the base to support a person. The surgical table apparatus also includes a pair of foot support portions coupled to the upper support frame to support the person's feet.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446288 | Medical support pillow for facilitating endotrachael intubation A medical support pillow for facilitating endotrachael intubation comprising a base member having a pair of oppositely positioned sidewalls, a bottom portion having a bottom surface, and an upper portion. The upper portion has a first inclined surface for... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446289 | Inflattable mattress An inflatable mattress capable of being folded or rolled into a small compact unit and unfolded or unrolled to a relatively flat or partially contoured body supporting condition. The mattress is comprised of an inner foam core of the type capable of being... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446290 | Device for ventilation of baby cot, cradle or bag for baby carriage An arrangement for ventilation of a cot, cradle, carrycot or perambulator carrycot, comprising a substantially flat bottom, closed side walls extending vertically upwards from the bottom, and a substantially open top, and also a head end and a foot end. A... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446291 | Control system and process for automatically controlling water level in a washing machine A process for automatically controlling water level in a washing machine having a motor drive coupled to energize a motor that drives the agitator is provided. The process allows for selecting a target water level based on one or more water-level selectio... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446292 | Mobile bridge and method of making same A lightweight mobile bridge has upper belts and/or lower belts made of composite fiber materials. The belts provide for longitudinal tensile support for vertically extending side walls formed with shear ribs made of metal.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446293 | Vacuum cleaner that charges a duster with static electricity A device for a vacuum cleaner that has a vacuum source (12) connected to an inlet channel, and an outlet channel for air flowing through the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a device for electrostatically charging a feather-duster (20) or a mic... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446294 | Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush is provided which includes an elongate body having an interior cavity, a power source mounted within the cavity, an elongate drive shaft driven rotatably by the power source, a camwheel mounted on the drive shaft, a yoke with projec... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446295 | Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush comprises a handle and a head, characterised in that the head has a rubbery cleaning element.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446296 | Substrate cleaning apparatus with brush force control and method A substrate cleaning apparatus with a vertically extending spindle having a substrate supported on its upper end. A brush extends generally horizontally over the substrate, and a force measuring gage is mounted with respect to the spindle for detecting fo... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446297 | Connecting apparatus for attaching a sweeping implement to a traction vehicle A rotary brush assembly that is mounted to a traction vehicle, such as a skid steer type vehicle. The brush assembly is allowed to move relative to the traction vehicle within three degrees of freedom including yaw, roll, and up and down linear motion. Th... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446298 | Scraper for animal stalls A scraper for removing debris from the floor of an animal stall includes a central frame member oriented generally parallel to the direction of movement of the scraper assembly and a cross frame member integral with the central frame member, the cross fra... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446299 | Wringable mop with pivoting scrubber head A hand held cleaning device that has a self wringing mechanism for extracting liquids from a sponge mounted at the end of an elongated handle. A sleeve is mounted on the handle and slides from a first position to a second position. When moved to the secon... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446300 | Foot mounted floor drying device A foot mountable floor drying device is disclosed as including a generally rectangular rigid plate that is secured to the foot of the user. The plate is larger than the foot so that the former does not contact the floor during use. The device includes a p... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446301 | Interior windshield wiper A laterally movable wiper arm assembly cleans curved interior surfaces of automobile and truck windshields. The wiper blade is movable on two curved tracks; one at the top of the windshield and one at the bottom of the windshield, with a vertically orient... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446302 | Extraction cleaning machine with cleaning control The invention relates to an extraction cleaning machine including condition sensors for generating condition signals representative of a condition of the surface being cleaned, a controller, and variable-control cleaning systems, wherein the controller se... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446303 | Bag assembly for a vacuum cleaner An outer bag assembly for an upright vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The outer bag assembly comprises a flexible, air permeable enclosure having an internal volume adapted to contain a disposable inner bag. The outer bag assembly is further comprised of an u... | 09/10/2002 |
