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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6698024 | Modular front opening body armor Modular front opening body armor protects the user from edged weapons, sharp objects, and ballistic threats. Additionally, the modular front opening body armor can be fitted with various pieces of protective gear based on the user's expected environment, ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698025 | Multi-garment outfit with nontraditional access A clothing outfit particularly adapted for infants in which normally separate, distinct garments of a type ordinarily considered more grown-up or adult are combined to form a one-piece outfit that can be put on and taken off in one piece, but that retains... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698026 | Safety garment having safety harness The safety garment for industrial and construction workers, and hunters incorporates a safety harness into the body of a jacket, coat, or other apparel. The garment has a safety harness with a central attachment ring receiving a safety line, anchoring a w... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698027 | Golf gloves A left golf glove includes a left pressure part formed on a selected portion of at least one of the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky finger; a left holding part formed on a selected portion of the palm part; a first left indication part forme... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698028 | Headphone earmuffs The present invention relates in general to ear muffs and in particular to an earmuff that are to be used in conjunction with headphones for portable radios, cassette players and the like. The outer surface of the earmuff is a solid shape resembling a sta... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698029 | Pants convertible into hammock Pants convertible into a hammock comprise a pair of pant legs separable by unfastening front and back fasteners extending from the waist to crotch of the pant legs, each pant leg openable to a flat formation by unfastening an inseam fastener, the opened p... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698030 | Neck pressure relief pad A neck protector for a taut ligature such as a bra or bathing suit strap. The neck protector is a perforated, generally elongate closed-cell foam body having unitary construction. The foam body is preferably a flat sheet having a length, a flat upper surf... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698031 | Clothing combination, as for firefighter, with pants and with suspenders attached in improved way A combination of protective clothing, as for a firefighter, utilizes a pair of pants having a waist portion and a pair of suspenders having straps, which are attachable detachably to the waist portion. The waist portion has a plurality of horizontally ext... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698032 | Cleaning assembly for motorcycle helmet face shield A motorcycle helmet face shield is cleaned by a unit that is mounted on a visor that can be releasably attached to the helmet. The unit includes rollers that are slidably mounted on the visor in a groove defined in the visor.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698033 | Face mask for diving A diving face mask 1 has a skirt 3 of which a part forms a nose cover 9. The nose cover 9 has a bottom wall 12 configured so that the inner surface of the bottom wall 12 facing nares of a wearer of the mask curves along transversely middle portion 13 of t... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698034 | Toilet rim dispenser for colored liquid A liquid rim dispenser intended for suspension from a rim of a toilet bowl adjacent a wall thereof, in the path of flushing water during a flushing operation, comprises a basin with a basin wall and a basin bottom having a bottom opening and a cup with a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698035 | Urinal anti-splashback screen A protective screen which fits over the opening of a urinal to prevent splashback that commonly occurs when a stream of urine contacts the inside wall of the urinal. The screen functions to allow a stream of urine to pass therethrough but prevents the occ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698036 | Potty training device A potty training device having a seat with an opening for receiving bodily waste, a sensor for sensing bodily waste, and a sensory output generator. The seat includes a retaining member configured and located so as to retain the seat in place with respect... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698037 | Shower structure and method for assembling the same The shower structure comprises a base for containing water, two panels and a two-part elongated joint. The base comprises a doorstep, a base edge and a bottom. The base edge has an inner portion lower than upper surface of the doorstep. Each panel has a f... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698038 | Waterfall foot massager A foot massager adapted to hold a fluid that may be deposited from above onto a user's feet including a housing having a foot supporting floor and walls extending upwardly therefrom to form a basin and adapted to hold a fluid. There may be a fluid transpo... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698039 | Footcare whirlpool massage instrument equipped with an ozone generator The present invention relates to a footcare whirlpool massage instrument equipped with an ozone generator which can massage entire feet with jets of high-pressure water and simultaneously sterilize minute germs on the feet with ozone jets. In a footcare w... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698040 | Retractable bed A retractable bed for mounting in a ceiling of a room. The retractable bed includes a cap member for mounting on mounting rafters of a framed section in a ceiling and has a cap cavity. The cap member comprises a top wall, and a pair of cap side walls and ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698041 | Patient transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus for moving a patient from a first support to a second support includes an upper platform, a lower conveyor and an actuator configured to be coupled to the lower conveyor to drive the lower conveyor. The lower conveyor is movable such ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698042 | Base of a foldable baby bed A base of a foldable baby bed has two axles each trunally passed through a pair of receiving holes of a main body. The axles are each pivoted to two connecting rods form two ends; the connecting rods are pivoted to the frame of the bed. The main body has ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698043 | Split sheet/bedspread/comforter A split bed covering is provided for more than one user which is capable of providing different warmth characteristics to each of the users. The covering comprises a first sheet having a top portion, a bottom portion, and an inner edge portion. The coveri... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698044 | Pediatric stirrup device and method A medical stirrup device includes a base adapted for fixed securement to an associated support member. The device further includes a gooseneck shaft member having a proximal end connected to the base and a distal end spaced from the base. The gooseneck sh... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698045 | Angling head immobilization device A portable, adjustable and angling head immobilization device for accurately and repeatably positioning a patient's head.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698046 | Air mattress control unit The system of the present invention is a system for supplying air and controlling the flow of air into and out of the chambers of a patient supporting air mattress. It includes an electric motor powered variable speed blower, a two position rotary valve, ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698047 | Hinged mattress and cover combination A hingeable mattress and cover combination. The hingeable mattress having a base section with a footer, a pivotable section with a header, and straps connected at one end to the pivotable section such that an operator can pull on the straps and thereby ro... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698048 | Motorized device for cutting and cleaning a piece of pipe A motorized device for cutting and cleaning a piece of pipe for more quickly and efficiently working with piping. The motorized device for cutting and cleaning a piece of pipe includes a housing that has a pair of opposite ends and at least one pair of pr... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698049 | Multi-functional hand tool A multi-functional tool configured to enable a user to manipulate articles of clothing, the multi-functional tool including a first handle, a second handle, a pivot pin, and a plurality of tools rotatably disposed about the pivot pin. Wherein each tool is... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698050 | Shoe and last A footwear exercising device for use by a wearer in improving various aspects of the wearer's physical condition, health and overall appearance. The footwear exercising device of the present invention includes a reverse wedge for wear below the sole of a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698051 | Automatically retracting passenger loading bridge A system for automatically retracting a passenger loading bridge from an engaged position relative to an aircraft having a door, the aircraft being releasably connectable to a service provider is disclosed. The system comprising at least a sensor for dete... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698052 | Hydraulically assisted restraint device A device for restraining the upward movement of a dock comprising a hydraulic cylinder having a fixed end; a piston slideably disposed in the cylinder so as to define opposed first and second chambers; a rod having one end connected to the slideable pisto... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698053 | Method for seismically reinforcing a reinforced concrete frame A reinforced concrete frame is seismically reinforced by cutting a main reinforcement bar of a reinforced concrete member so as to shift a failure property of the reinforced concrete member from a shear failure preceding type to a bending failure precedin... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698054 | Method for fabricating high-purity silica glass using sol-gel processing Disclosed is a method for fabricating high-purity silica glass using a sol-gel processing that includes the steps of: (a) mixing a deionized water with a fluorine compound and a dispersion agent to prepare an aqueous premix solution; (b) mixing the aqueou... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698055 | Sweeping machine and sweeping lip A sweeping machine of the type having two rotating brushes which in operation sweep material into a sweeping lip assembly is provided. In order to prevent damages to the sweeping lip, the forward area which in use contacts the ground during sweeping opera... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698056 | Butterfly sponge mop with angle-adjustable handle A butterfly sponge mop (1) which has a mop handle (2) which can be set at a desired angle with respect to the wings (12,14) of the mop. The handle is attached to a swivel housing (34) which is provided between the wings, by a swivel connector (32) provide... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698057 | Scrub brush with integral handle A cleaning/scrub brush has an adapter integrally molded into the body of the brush. The distal end of the adapter is totally enclosed within the plastic body of the brush and has a structure to increase the surface area of the adapter within the brush to ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698058 | Stand up dustpan An improved dustpan includes an elongated receptacle with a lip at one edge of the perimeter of the receptacle and a handle or grip attached to the opposite edge. The handle extends away from the perimeter edge of the receptacle opening in a direction per... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698059 | Intake system for central vacuum cleaner A system for adapting the intake configuration of a central vacuum cleaning system is disclosed. The canister of the central vacuum cleaning system is provided with at least two vacuum intake openings from which an installer can choose to insert an intake... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698060 | Caster structure A caster structure comprises a small wheel, a mounting plate, a roller bearing, a wheel frame, and a locating member. The wheel is fastened pivotally with the wheel frame which is fastened with the underside of the mounting plate by the locating member in... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698061 | Fastening device for a shower curtain Claimed and disclosed is a fastening device that can fasten itself to a sheet material and at the same time couples itself to an object, comprising a coupling means for slidably coupling the device to a substantially fixed object and an attachment means f... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698062 | Hinge with height adjustment screw The invention concerns a hinge, in particular a cabinet hinge with a baseplate that fastens to the cabinet body and a baseplate with a supporting adjusting plate than can be connected to the cabinet hinge, so that a secure fastening of the catch connectio... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698063 | Hinge assembly for a flat display monitor A hinge assembly for a flat display monitor is enclosed. The hinge assembly according to the present invention includes a support plate fastened to a rear side of a flat display monitor; first and second mount brackets, each having a base side fastened to... | 03/02/2004 |