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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6804829 | Advanced combat helmet system A military or police helmet system 20 has a flexible plastic liner 24 mounted to the wearer's head 26 by a strap assembly 28 . A ballistic shell 30 with a shallow front wall is fastened to the liner 24 and an eye shield asse... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804830 | Full body harness for fall arrest The present invention provides a full body harness which can include curved webbing, a spreading back pad and/or leg buckles which improve the comfort, use and performance of the harness. Preferably, the harness uses five pieces of webbing, namely, two curved webbin... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804831 | Collapsible headgear Headgear which can be formed into a compact unit such as a carrying case comprising a headband portion and a bill portion, the bill portion being comprised of at least two bill sections which are hingedly connected to one another, the bill sections being made of a s... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804832 | Hockey pants having an interchangeable protective unit A hockey pant assembly having an outer pant portion and an inner protective padding comprising a protective girdle and a pair of front thigh padding protectors. The inner protective padding is releasably connected as a unit to the outer pant such that it can be remo... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804833 | Disposable garment of the “single use” type A disposable garment of the “single use” type, obtained by cutting and sewing a tubular woven fabric, consisting of at least two tubular woven fabrics for seamless stockings, cut and open along one side (20), superposed to one another and sewn along the e... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804834 | Suspender set This invention pertains to a suspender set intended to be worn with a belt and worn under a person's shirt where it can not be seen that the person is wearing suspenders. The suspender set is particularly useful for a uniformed officer who carries heavy equipment on... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804835 | Lens/frame assembly for swimming goggles A lens/frame assembly for swimming goggles comprises a frame made of rigid material with slight flexibility, two lens received in a lens-holding compartment of the frame, and a connecting block. The lens-holding compartment has a bridge portion in a middle thereof. ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804836 | Sheet with grommet to provide fluid-impervious seal around object penetrating sheet A fluid-impervious sheet has two expansive surfaces, to one of which an elastomeric grommet adheres. The elastomeric grommet, which is annular when unstressed, outlines a region on the fluid-impervious sheet. The elastic grommet is adapted to provide a fluid-impervi... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804837 | Odor transporter system for a toilet bowl The odor transporter system for a toilet bowl comprises a box container hung on the rear wall of and inside the flush tank having an air/water valve hole in its front wall, and containing a tee connector. One horizontal tube exits from the tee connector to accept wa... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804838 | Flexible diaphragm for clearing obstruction in a plumbing fixture A method and apparatus for freeing an obstruction from a plumbing fixture using a flexible diaphragm. The diaphragm is constructed of flexible membrane and is adhered to a top ring of the plumbing fixture. The diaphragm is operated by allowing air into the space bet... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804839 | Combination toilet brush/plunger apparatus A combination toilet brush/plunger apparatus for providing both a plunger and a toilet cleaning brush in one convenient unit. The combination toilet brush/plunger apparatus includes a brush assembly including a brush support member, and also including a brush member... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804840 | Positive pressure waste transfer system A waste transfer system includes a toilet bowl, a discharge pipe, and a hopper. The hopper is positioned between the toilet bowl and the discharge pipe. A first valve is disposed between the toilet bowl and the hopper. A second valve is disposed between the hopper a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804841 | Array of water jets for in-ground spas An array of water jets that does not utilize hoses between the water supply inlet and each individual jet and provides a multiple-jet experience for in-ground spa users. The array of jets include a water-containing structure having at least a front and back panel th... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804842 | Waterproof portable bathing chair A waterproof portable bathing chair and footrest for use by a mobility-impaired person while taking a bath. The bathing chair is used to balance and support the user, and prevent the user from slipping while getting into and out of a bathtub, and also to cushion the... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804843 | Flush tank capable of receiving waste water A flush tank includes a water entrance to receive water from a water reservoir, a water outlet for discharging the water and controlled by a valve member, and a water inlet disposed in the upper portion to receive waste water from waste water suppliers. A valve devi... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804844 | Mattress sheet A crib sheet that form fits on a mattress. The sheet comprises generally rectangular top and bottom portions that are spaced apart generally parallel when form fitted on the mattress. A sidewall portion extends around the periphery of the top and bottom portions to ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804845 | Adjustable body support cushions An adjustable body support device for applying supportive pressure to spaced areas of the human body comprising two elongated resilient foam-like cushions adjustably joined for adjusting the spacing between them. The cushions may be provided with covers having pocke... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804846 | Shoulder arthroscopy chair An adjustable position shoulder arthroscopy chair for surgical operating tables consisting of a back supporting platform pivotally attachable to the end of the table and an externally powered position actuator mounted at the base of the platform nearest the table an... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804847 | Pocketed spring core A pocketed spring core includes a plurality of springs which are arranged sequentially in rows to form parallel adjoining spring strands, wherein each of the springs is supported in a pocket made of flexible material. A first cover sheet is placed over and connected... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804848 | High-profile mattress having an upper low-profile module with an air posturizing sleep surface A high-profile air sleep system is disclosed having an air posturizing sleep surface wherein the system comprises a base fabric cover layer, a plurality of resilient blocks overlying the base fabric cover layer, and a middle fabric cover layer overlying resilient bl... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804849 | Quilted mattress cover with inverted seam A mattress having an inverted top panel/border seam, with an optional appended decorative rope welting on the border is described. An inverted seam secures the top panel to the border portion of a mattress cover to eliminate bumps and creases found in conventional w... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804850 | Loading dock with lip protecting bumpers A dock leveler and installation thereof having a bumper assembly to protect the deck and the lip of the leveler. In one embodiment the dock leveler comprises a pivotable deck and a lip attached to the deck at one end thereof. A bumper is operably connected to the de... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804851 | Holder for semiconductor wafers in a brush-cleaning installation A holder in a brush-cleaning installation, preferably for combined use in the brush-cleaning and centrifugal-drying process, contains a carrier part from which there extend, in a spider-shaped manner, a plurality of carrying arms. On the carrying arms there is mount... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804852 | Brush A brush for cleaning purposes comprises an elongate block (8), a spigot (10) extending laterally from the block (8), a handle (2) secured to the spigot (10), a plurality of outwardly-extending bristles (6) secured to the blo... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804853 | Cleaning device A cleaning device includes a first cleaning member attached to a lower end of an elongated rod, and a second cleaning member mounted slidably on the first cleaning member. The second cleaning member is slidable in a transverse direction relative to the rod between a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804854 | Windshield wiper device mounting washer nozzle and hose An arm head of a windshield wiper device is provided on a backside thereof with an undulated groove formed by sidewalls. The sidewalls have plural hill portions protruding in opposite directions alternately in a width direction of the arm head so as to be opposed to... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804855 | Windshield wiper including variable pressure tension arm An elongated tension arm is provided on a wiper of a windshield wiper assembly. The tension arm biases a wiper arm of the wiper about a wiper head of the wiper. The tension arm has a tension arm head with a tension arm leg extending longitudinally therefrom. The ten... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804856 | Cleaning of surfaces Apparatus for cleaning a surface, comprising brush means including a body (16) which carries bristles (17) engageable with the surface; means for effecting movement of the bristles relative to the surface, to provide an agitating cleaning action thereo... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804857 | Apparatus for dampening the noise of a vacuum cleaner An improved vacuum cleaner has an acoustic dampening mechanism to substantially reduce the noise level generated from a suction unit of the vacuum cleaner while it is sufficiently cooled. Noise that radiates from the motor is continually sucked back into the motor a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804858 | Opening and closing mechanism of hinged pair of bodies A device comprising a pair of lower and upper bodies respectively accommodating an image scanner and a printer. The upper body is hinged at one end thereof to the lower body so that the other end thereof is allowed to move between open and close positions. A biasing... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804859 | Securing device for a laptop computer hinge to avoid damping of a screen when the screen is away from mainframe of the laptop computer A securing device includes a body adapted to securely connect to the primary plate and two arms vertically extending out from two opposite ends of the body. Each of the arms has an assembly hole to adapt to align with opposite ends of a tubular connector of the prim... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804860 | Wide angled hinge for container A container includes a container body which includes a base and a plurality of side walls peripherally and upwardly extended from the base to define a storage cavity, a container cover adapted to selectively cover the storage cavity, and one or more wide angled hing... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804861 | Rotation shaft mechanism of display portion of portable computer A rotation shaft mechanism is proposed, whereby a display portion of a portable computer is upheld when the display portion is lifted, so that turning of the display portion will not rub against the surface of base portion of the portable computer. The rotation shaf... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804862 | Hinge system The hinge system has a hinge pin having a plurality of cylinders. Each of the cylinders has at least one section having a predetermined diameter, a first cylinder of the plurality of cylinders having a first diameter with every succeeding cylinder having one of a di... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804863 | Mounting for a combing cylinder In porcupine clothing for textile machines, in particular combing machines, comprising a plurality of combing segments disposed one after the other in the direction of rotation of the porcupine, each combing segment being formed by successive serrated punched cut-ou... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804864 | Fastener for pre-assembling work pieces A fastener for securing a first object such as a headliner to a second object such as the interior of an aircraft or automobile which is also capable of being pre-assembled with the first object in a predetermined orientation is disclosed. A fastener constructed and... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804865 | Magnetic closure with mutual interlocking system for bags, rucksacks, items of clothing A magnetic closure for bags, rucksacks and items of clothing, comprising a first element and a second element that are suitable to couple to each other, each one of the first and second elements accommodating internally at least one permanent magnet; each one of the... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804866 | Cannula clip and associated method of use A clip for holding cannula so as to alleviate ear discomfort by reducing the weight and tension created by the cannula. The present invention includes a clip and a cannula holder. The clip can comprise stiff arms that are opened by applying pressure to the arms. Thi... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804867 | Pull of slider for slide fastener A pull attachment portion is provided on a slider body integrally and a pull connecting ring has attachment plates integrally. A slit is formed in a center of the pull connecting ring and the attachment plates and provided with engaging portions on both sides of the... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804868 | Swivel locking clasp A locking clasp (1) has a planar clasp body (3) an aperture (13), a swivel cover (12) rivetably mounted on a top surface and an interconnecting link having a plate (8) of the same size and shape as the aperture. When the plate on t... | 10/19/2004 |
