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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6681399 | Protective garment There are known proposals for protective garments comprising ballistic and stab resistant body armour and inflatable bags or bladders to give buoyancy. The improved garment of this invention has body armour and a gas inflatable bladder between the armour ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681400 | Dual use body armor There is provided dual use body armor that can be alternately used either as a hand held shield which can be concealed in a standard bag (such as an attache case) or worn as an armor vest, and which can be quickly converted from one use to the other. For ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681401 | Ball glove apparatus A ball glove such as a baseball or softball glove is provided. The ball glove includes digit stalls extending outwardly from a palm portion of the ball glove. The digit stalls include linkages therein which are adapted to couple with the digits of the hum... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681402 | Ball glove with a matrix structure A ball glove is disclosed having an open area on a dorsal side of the glove, the open area including a matrix that enhances the flexibility of the glove. The matrix may be formed of an elastomeric material having a plurality of interconnected segments tha... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681403 | Shin-guard, helmet, and articles of protective equipment including light cure material The present invention teaches novel articles of apparel and protective equipment including light-cure materials having a permanent memory capability. Accordingly, the present invention can be used to make shin-guards, knee pads, thigh pads, hip pads, rib ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681404 | Garment with pouch for medical monitor Patients are sometimes required to carry various medical appliances such as cardiac, gastric, or sleep apnea monitors, or medication injectors (either infusion pumps or other intravenous injectors). To carry these devices comfortably, a garment is worn ha... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681405 | Method and apparatus for positioning a garment while breastfeeding A method and apparatus for positioning a garment while breastfeeding. A first step involves providing a strap with means for securing the strap to itself. A second step involves raising a garment of a mother to a raised position with a breast of the mothe... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681406 | Extendible belt A garment belt including an extendible insert. The insert may flex or stretch while the belt is being worn so that the belt adapts to variations in a wearer's waist size and shape.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681407 | Waistless underwear alternative secret pants shield A women's waistless and seamless clothing adherable underwear includes an oval pad made of a soft absorbent material, wherein the pad has double sided strips of adhesive tape with removable peel-off cover strips to attach to the inside crotch area of low ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681408 | Impact resistant structure of safety helmet A safety helmet comprises an impact-resistant structure which is fastened to the inner surface of a shell of the safety helmet and is formed of an impermeable fabric, a plurality of foam bodies enclosed by the impermeable fabric, and an air valve fastened... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681409 | Helmet liner suspension structure A unitary helmet liner suspension structure which is designed for easy and quick and correct fitment into differently sized helmet shells whose specific sizes reside within a known and defined range of such sizes.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681410 | Toilet footrest with bar A toilet footrest to enable a toilet user to raise his or her feet to an elevation above floor level to facilitate defecation. The footrest comprises a vertical member and horizontal members placed at horizontally opposed locations along the vertical memb... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681411 | Bacteria removing cleaner A bacteria removing cleaner comprises a water-stopping control unit and a nozzle means. A plurality of conduits are used for transferring water. The water-stopping control unit has a rotary switch, a main body and a water-stop control valve for controllin... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681412 | PTFE membrane filter for exhaust air of vacuum toilet system A filter arrangement for a vacuum toilet system includes a filter element arranged in a filter housing connected to a waste water tank of the vacuum toilet system. The filter element includes a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) filter membrane on the inlet s... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681413 | Portable restroom having a removable waste storage container and method therefor A portable restroom facility has a housing. The housing has a door opening for entering and exiting the housing. A removable waste storage container is stored within the housing for holding bodily waste. When the removable waste storage container is full ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681414 | Jet flow control for hydrotherapy spa A spa comprised of a fluid enclosure having a floor and an upstanding sidewall includes a plurality of therapy stations within the enclosure. Each therapy station includes a hydrotherapy assembly and each such assembly includes a plurality of fluid jets i... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681415 | Transfer seat apparatus A transfer seat apparatus structured for simultaneous dependent slidable translation during manual rotation, through preferably about 90° of rotation, of a seat section of the apparatus with a person seated atop the seat section. The apparatus is particu... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681416 | Soft bathroom mat and a method for producing the soft bathroom mat A method for producing a soft bathroom mat comprising the acts of obtaining a base layer (10), obtaining an upper layer mold (20), applying a surface membrane (24) to the mold (20), pouring gel (26) into fillisters (22) in the mold (20) and applying a bot... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681417 | Therapeutic shower enclosure A therapeutic shower enclosure is comprised of a bottom wall, sidewalls a top wall and a door assembly in the sidewalls for access to the enclosure. An air blower is mounted above the top wall in communication with one or more air return orifices in the t... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681418 | Water flow control device A water flow control valve (10) designed to be installed externally on a toilet tank (108) or as an integral element of a toilet ballcock (110). The valve (10) incorporates a diaphragm (46), a spring (62), a poppet assembly (70), and an inlet port (38) th... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681419 | Forehead support apparatus A forehead support apparatus for resting a standing users forehead against a wall above a bathroom commode or urinal or beneath a showerhead. The apparatus includes a mounting member adapted for attachment to an upright bathroom wall either above the comm... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681420 | Method and apparatus for installing a bathtub assembly An apparatus and method for installing a bathtub assembly where an overflow assembly secured to an overflow port of a bathtub and a drain assembly secured to a drain port of a bathtub are adhesively secured to a T-section by use of an overflow hub and dra... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681421 | Apparatus and method of using a picture displaying crib bumper The present invention is a photodisplaying crib bumper which is positioned in the interior walls of a crib and allows such things, as, photographs and drawings to be removably displayed therein.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681422 | Crib safety sheet/blanket A crib safety sacklike device is provided, having one open end adapted to removably contain a mattress or the like. A blanket is sewn along its midline to the center of the sacklike device, defining two blanket halves. Mating strips of hook and loop faste... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681423 | Surgical table with displacement arrangement A surgical table (1) comprises a longitudinal, at least partly radiolucent table top (2), a support structure (3) for the table top, said support structure including a lateral tilting mechanism (4) for providing lateral tilting movement to the table top (... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681424 | Tilt-top mortuary cot A cot for assisting in the transfer of a body from a removable support bed of the cot to another surface. The cot includes a trolley which serves as a transporter for the removable support bed. The cot also includes a tilting device which is designed to t... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681425 | Adjustable bedrests positioned under a mattress to raise and lower the mattress at either the head location, a foot location or any other location There is provided a bedrest including an inflatable bladder, which is in general a triangular shaped structure when inflated and a microprocessor based hand controller for inflating and deflating the bladder. The bladder contains an interior baffle which ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681426 | Mattress for surgery stretcher A mattress for a stretcher comprises a mattress back portion supported on the stretcher back frame, a mattress shoulder portion supported on the stretcher head frame and a mattress head portion supported on the stretcher head rest. The thickness of the ma... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681427 | Apparatus for imparting continuous motion to a mattress The apparatus includes an elastic layer for supporting a person. A plurality of rows of expandable and retractable tubes are embedded in the elastic layer. A source of compressed air and a control system are provided for sequentially injecting and releasi... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681428 | Method of making pocketed coil spring unit with combination of scrim sheets and inter-row bonding A pocketed coil spring unit and associated method of assembly combines top and bottom sheets with bonding of the sidewalls of adjacent rows of pocketed coil springs. With this combination, a posturized spring unit is produced in a commercially efficient m... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681429 | Method for the wet treatment of laundry items A method to treat laundry items in the last treatment zone of a tunnel washing machine with a liquid that has a higher temperature than the liquid of the preceding zone, resulting in the liquid of the bound liquor having a higher temperature and making it... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681430 | Method and system for mechanizing simultaneous multi-actuator actions applied to dynamic balancing A method and system for dynamically balancing a rotating system based on a plurality of simultaneous and discrete control actions that place mass at predetermined locations within the rotating system so as to achieve balance is disclosed. A balance contro... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681431 | Adjustable anchor bearing a civil engineering structure An adjustable anchor for a cable bearing a civil engineering structure, comprising two anchoring parts designed to be fixed to a cable and to the civil engineering structure. These anchoring parts are coupled by a linking part including two threaded ends ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681432 | Gangway A gangway and method for producing a gangway for use at variable angles of inclination. The gangway has a plurality of trapezoidal steps flexibly secured to a plurality of sides. A plurality of railing posts are rigidly secured to the trapezoidal steps an... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681433 | Sweeping unit A sweeping unit has a supporting frame and at least one motor-driven rotary brush which is rotationally mounted about an longitudinal axis thereof The supporting frame is provided with supporting wheels, and a distance of the wheels from the axis of the r... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681434 | Dual sided disposable cleaning cloth A disposable dual sided cleaning cloth is in the form of a laminate having outer layers which are preferably made of non-woven material. The outer layers are secured together by an intermediate hydrophilic polyurethane absorbent foam coating which contain... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681435 | Hairbrush head A hairbrush head is connected to a front end of a handle and includes a solid cylindrical body having a bristle holder made of metal sheet attached to a circumferential surface thereof. The hairbrush head is so shaped that a space is provided between the ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681436 | Toothbrush including retainer and detachable brush The invention depicts a detachable brush comprising a brush portion (60) and a fastening portion (50) that extends along a first axis (C). The fastening portion (50), in order to be retained by a handle, comprises a first surface (52a) being angled in a f... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681437 | Cleaning tool for optical fiber connectors The cleaning tool for optical fiber connectors has cleaning sheet laminated to the bottom surface of a front plate. A plurality of rows of slit shaped windows are opened through the front plate. Peel-off sheet is attached to the front plate to close off t... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681438 | Paint roller frame with shiftable arm A frame for holding a paint roller including a body, a shiftable arm coupled to the body, and a biasing mechanism operable to automatically shift the shiftable arm relative to the body when actuated.... | 01/27/2004 |
