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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6769134 | Support assembly for kneeling A support assembly for kneeling includes a girdle for positioning around a waist of the person. Each of a pair of elongated supports has an upper end and a lower end. Each of a pair of feet is attached to one of the lower ends. Each of a pair of straps is attached t... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769135 | Hair cutting cape with foot covering A hair cutting cape for us in cutting the hair of a patron includes a protective covering for protecting the feet, and thus the shoes, of the patron from falling hair. A main portion of the cape includes a neck opening for the head of the patron. The foot covering p... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769136 | Paint bucket/apron combination A paint bucket is disclosed held within a pocket formed in an apron disposed at the front of a user, such paint bucket having a semicircular front portion and a substantially flat bottom and rear portion with the top of the semicircular front portion curving downwar... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769137 | Cutaway vests A cutaway vest generally includes a rear portion having an internal cummerbund, a front portion, and a pull cord. The cutaway vest includes a cutaway attachment in each shoulder and in the back for cutting away the shoulders, the sides, and the cummerbund upon pulli... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769138 | Safety vest and other clothing articles A safety vest is sized to be worn by a human, wherein the vest has a front and back and left and right sides each having a shoulder portion. An EL strip is provided on each side of the vest extending from the bottom of the vest upwards toward the shoulder portion. A... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769139 | Novelty jeans Novelty play jeans for children which include one or more active play features usable while the jeans are being worn. These various features include, but are not limited to a race course for a toy race car, a concealed pocket extractable to form a flag-like decorati... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769140 | Toilet seat having a cleansing facility A toilet seat (10) having a cleansing facility with an pivotable arm (18) supplied with warm water for cleaning and warm air for drying the anal and genital areas of a user. The arm (18) being automatically controlled to operate along a path sub... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769141 | Automatic pool cover box equipment mounting assembly An equipment mounting assembly for mounting equipment in a pool cover box is provided, including at least one positioning feature configured to engage at least two walls of the pool cover box and at least one mounting plate, the at least one positioning feature adju... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769142 | Positive drive cover system A swimming pool cover fabric has beads attached to its opposite edges. Each bead is positioned to essentially abut the bead in front to form in effect a segmented rod. A drive mechanism has a sprocket to engage each bead and urge it into and out of the race or slot ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769143 | Bedding storage container A bedding storage container includes a pouch, and at least one strap attached to the pouch. The pouch has a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls thereby forming a storage area. The at least one strap adjustably attaches the pouch to a futon frame assembly. A ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769144 | Textile article A generally rectangular shaped textile fabric article having a top surface and a bottom surface with indicia disposed over all or portions of these surfaces. The fabric article is further defined by four sides with a border comprised of a plurality of simulated enlo... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769145 | Bearing surface for a medical examining-table The invention relates to a bearing surface for a medical examining-table for carrying out roentgenolic examinations and surgical interventions during which radiological devices are used, comprising a table-top (16) and a guide unit (18) which can be co... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769146 | Transportation seat with release barrier fabrics A fabric having a unique combination of stain resistance, fluid barrier properties, aesthetic characteristics and drape ability is described, and a method of making such fabrics. The fabric includes a fabric substrate that has been treated with a low surface energy ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769147 | Multi-use broad bladed knife In accordance with the present invention, a multi-use broad bladed knife is provided. The multi-use knife includes a broad blade, such as commonly used to apply spackle to a wall or other surface. The broad blade is attached to a handle, with a striking surface comp... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769148 | Shoe regripper/the grip trip An apparatus for use by individual to repair and replace tread on the bottom of a pair of shoes is disclosed. The apparatus would have a heating grid attached to the top of the base, with the heating grid including a pair of grids for placement of a pair of shoes. T... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769149 | Multi-position releasable lip latch for a dock leveler A dock leveler having a frame and a deck pivotably mounted at one end thereof to the frame. A lip is pivotably mounted to the deck at another end thereof. A lip latch and lip extension mechanism are mounted to the leveler and comprises a lip latch pivotably connecte... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769150 | Method and device for cleaning optical connectors An optical connector cleaning device for cleaning a ferrule end surface of an optical or fiberoptic connector is described. The device includes a cleaning rod, a drive mechanism, and a cleaning media, such as a swab, a brush, a pad, or a foam, connected to an end of... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769151 | Scarifying and deburring tool A scarifying and deburring tool includes a body, a handle mounted to the body, and a scarifying brush. The body has a fixing hole in an outer periphery thereof. A deburring scraper and a fixing block are mounted inside the body. The fixing block has a fixing hole in... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769152 | Launcher for passing a pig into a pipeline An improved pipeline pig launcher method and use thereof for conveying a pig into a pipeline including an upright launch barrel having a lower end in communication with the pipeline, a valve affixed to an upper end of the launch barrel and having a full diameter pas... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769153 | Vehicle window cleaning apparatus and system A cleaning apparatus and system includes at least one handle, at least one paddle, and at least one cleaning element. The handle is a pivotally attachable to each paddle. The cleaning element is one of a plurality of interchangeable bodies, each having one major sur... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769154 | External door handle mainly intended for vehicles The present invention relates to an external door handle that comprises a bracket-shaped handle (10) comprising a cavity (14) which is defined by at least one U-shaped shell (21, 22) and which is intended for receiving electronic components (... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769155 | Tensioning and relaxing element The invention relates to a tensioning/relaxing element that comprises a base (3), at least one rotating shaft (4) mounted on said base, a mobile part (2) and a lashing device (1). Between said base (3) and the at least one shaft ( | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769156 | Zipper hand with puller fixed function A zipper hand with puller fixed function includes a body, a hook element, a connected element, a puller and a buckled means, wherein the hook element is disposed on the body, one end of the hook element has a hook portion inserted into two guiding grooves of the bod... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769157 | Safety guard for seat belt buckle release A seat belt buckle guard device is provided for preventing access to a release button on a seat belt. The device comprises a sleeve structured to fit over a variety of shapes and sizes of seat belt buckles. The sleeve comprises a front face and a top face that are c... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769158 | Method for making a piezo electric actuator A piezo-electric printhead is formed from a first piezo-electric actuator disposed parallel to a second piezo-electric actuator. The first and second piezo-electric actuators have a shared inner electrode disposed between them, a first control electrode disposed on ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769159 | Method for producing a ceramic electronic part A method for producing a ceramic electronic part includes forming a plurality of internal electrodes arranged in a ceramic sintered compact, superimposed via a ceramic layer. The free ends of the internal electrodes are formed to have a wedge-like cross-sectional sh... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769160 | Process for manufacturing electronic part A process for manufacturing an electronic part having a ceramic body and an outer electrode form on the surface of the body, the outer electrode including a plurality of layers and having a Sn plating layer as the outermost layer. The Sn plating layer having an aver... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769161 | Radial stent crimper A stent crimper comprising a plurality of crimping members extending between a first support and a second support. The first and optionally the second supports has an opening therethrough sized to allow a stent therethrough. The first and second supports extend from... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769162 | Railcar maintenance process The present invention relates to a process for repairing, cleaning, painting, or otherwise maintaining railcars within a railcar maintenance facility. Specifically, the present invention relates to a process for maintaining railcars within a facility wherein the fac... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769163 | Method and apparatus for bonding a connecting ring to a flow tube and balance bar having different thermal coefficients of expansion in a Coriolis flowmeter A Coriolis flowmeter having a single flow tube surrounded by connecting rings and a balance bar whose ends are connected by the connecting rings to the flow tube. The balance bar has a thermal coefficient of expansion greater than that of the connecting rings and th... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769164 | Method and an apparatus for can making A method and an apparatus for making cans from three pieces of a sheet metal, namely a bottom part, a body part and a closure, the method and apparatus enabling cost efficient production of cans in small batch sizes. The apparatus has means for forming a tubular can... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769165 | Camstopper The present invention comprises a camshaft holding tool and corresponding method for operating the camshaft holding tool in double overhead camshaft engines. In one embodiment, the holding tool includes a body portion including first and second curved portions, wher... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769166 | Method of making an electrical current sensor A method of making an electrical current sensor having an electrical conducting portion (6; 6a, 6b) of rectangular cross-section being surrounded, on three of its lateral faces, by a magnetic circuit portion (7) which has end porti... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769167 | Method of manufacturing a rotor for a synchronous reluctance motor A rotor for a synchronous reluctance motor of flux barrier type and manufacturing method thereof constructs a rotor for a synchronous reluctance motor by forming a magnetic core steel plate of disc shape on which a shaft hole is formed at center part, and a pluralit... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769168 | Flux ring for an electric motor A flux ring for a motor of a power tool has an annular housing which fits inside the motor can of the motor. At least one magnet is on the ring. The at least one magnet includes a portion formed from an isotropic magnetic material and a portion formed from an anisot... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769169 | Method of fabricating a core for a transformer To provide a technology capable of restraining direct current magnetic deviation in a transformer without providing a gap in a core, an axis of easy magnetization is provided in a second direction intersecting with a first direction along a magnetic circuit of the c... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769170 | Method for stabilizing properties of a ferromagnetic tunnel junction element A method of manufacturing a ferromagnetic tunnel junction element, having an insulating film, a first ferromagnetic film and a second ferromagnetic film, including a step of turning the ferromagnetic tunnel junction element on electricity for a given period before a... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769171 | Bolster assembly jig system for vehicle The bolster assembly jig system is provided that includes a lower support, left and right fixed supports mounted on the lower support, and upper and lower horizontal bars extending between the left and right fixed supports to interconnect the same. Left and right lo... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769172 | Electric-component mounting system An electric-component mounting system including: nozzle holders each carrying suction nozzles and rotatable to bring selected one of the suction nozzles; a turning device to turn the nozzle holders about a common axis of turning, for stopping each nozzle holder at p... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6769173 | Electrical connector crimping die An electrical connector crimping die comprises a first section for removably connecting the die to an electrical connector compression tool. A second section of the die, which is connected to the first section, is provided for crimping a connector. The second sectio... | 08/03/2004 |
