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Self Containing Enclosure for Protection from Killer Bees

A self contained protective enclosure with an opening for entry and egress and a screen for ventilation and viewing.

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Patents Published on 12/14/2004


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6829784Firefighting hood with dual bib
A firefighting hood for protecting an individual from elements associated with a firefighting site. The firefighting hood includes a head portion, an inner bib portion, and an outer bib portion. The head portion is shaped to cover the individual's head, the inner bi...
12/14/2004
6829785Grooved adjustment strap for a cap
A grooved size adjustment strap for a baseball-style cap having a crown body and a visor. The size adjustment strap, which is attached to the back portion of the lower periphery of the crown, is formed by an inner strap and an outer strap, each strap attached to a r...
12/14/2004
6829786Belt concealing device
Disclosed is a device for use in concealing a belt used to secure the pants. The device includes a liner fastened to the pants waist and cooperatively defining a continuous channel with the pants waist. One end of the liner overlaps the other end of the liner and is...
12/14/2004
6829787Water saving dual flush system of valving
A water saving dual flush system of valving assembly for toilet water-closets of the gravity flow type. This system of valving is designed to fit existing hardware in typical water-closets and convert single flush designs to dual flush water saving systems. Comprise...
12/14/2004
6829788Toilet training assembly
A toilet training assembly includes a stool comprising a panel and a plurality of legs that are attached to and extend downwardly from the panel. The panel has a centrally disposed aperture therein. A receptacle is removably mountable in the aperture. A back member ...
12/14/2004
6829789Massaging tub having automatic washing function
A massaging tub includes a tub body, a spraying pipe, a water outlet pipe, a water pump, a circulation pipe, and a washing device. The washing device includes a connecting pipe, and a switch valve. Thus, the clean water can flow into the spraying pipe by operation o...
12/14/2004
6829790Add-on multi-head body spray shower
A multiple head shower system particularly designed for retrofit installation on an existing shower system, and having a head member with a primary outlet and at least one secondary outlet, a primary shower head, at least one elongated water conduit, and at least on...
12/14/2004
6829791System and method for retractable furniture unit
A retractable bed is disclosed which can be automatically raised and lowered in a vertical fashion. The retractable bed includes a frame for holding a mattress; and means for raising and lowering said bed through vertical displacement, such as one or more motors. Wh...
12/14/2004
6829792Sun visor for hammocks
A sun visor is described for mounting on the front spreader bar of a hammock, so that it extends up from and over the front spreader bar. It includes a stabilizer spar operatively connected to the front spreader bar and extending outward therefrom through and under ...
12/14/2004
6829793Bed siderail extender apparatus
A patient support comprising a primary barrier that defines an effective blocking area, and a rigid auxiliary barrier that cooperates with the primary barrier to increase the length and height of the effective blocking area. ...
12/14/2004
6829794Infant and child back head curve support pad
The infant head pad is designed to support and cradle the outer circumference of the head with little or no pressure on the back of the head to flatten it causing a deformity. The pad has different size cutouts with a ledge to closely fit and support the head. The c...
12/14/2004
6829795Covered foam article
A foam article comprising: a foam element; and a trim cover comprising a finished outer layer and an inner layer in contact with the foam element, the inner layer comprising a material having a kinetic coefficient of friction with respect to the foam element of less...
12/14/2004
6829796Integrated barrier and fluid supply for a hospital bed
A patient support apparatus including a barrier coupled to a frame. The barrier includes an interior region containing a fluid supply. A related method is provided for converting a patient support apparatus to include a fluid filled patient support surface. ...
12/14/2004
6829797Contour and topography adjusting massaging mattress
The contour and topography adjusting mattress distributes the weight equally over the entire contact surface, thus prevents morning sore spot formation and prevents decubitus wound formation in the prolonged bed-ridden patients. The massaging action of the mattress ...
12/14/2004
6829798Low density pocketed spring assembly and method of manufacture
A bedding or seating product comprises a pocketed spring assembly having a plurality of parallel strings of springs joined to each other. Each of said strings of springs comprises a row of interconnected pockets, each of the pockets containing at least one spring en...
12/14/2004
6829799Ischial tuberosity pressure relief cushion
A seat cushion including a first and second pillar positioned specifically for receiving the ischial tuberosities of a user. The pillars relieve the pressure of the ischial tuberosity areas, but are easy and inexpensive to manufacture. In addition, the position of t...
12/14/2004
6829800Bucket grasp for spin resistant mixing
A bucket grasp tool keeps a bucket from spinning while mixing viscous fluid, such as drywall compound, in the bucket with a mechanical mixer and can also open bucket lids. The bucket grasp for spin resistant mixing is an assembly made up of two parts: a grasp part a...
12/14/2004
6829801Electronic toothbrush
An electric toothbrush having a cam disc mounted at the free end of a toothbrush shaft and which engages between two follower pins of a bristle carrier disc. The form of the cam disc is approximately elliptical. This causes it to impart a reciprocating motion to the...
12/14/2004
6829802Fitted dusting-cleaning glove with built-in crevice cleaning tuft
A multi-task, ambidexterous, fitted dusting-cleaning glove featuring intentional, protrusive exterior side seams 12, palm seams 14, and finger seams 16 terminating in tufts 20 extending beyond the fingertips; each tuft functioning as an i...
12/14/2004
6829803Devices, methods and systems for handling and cleaning roller paint brush covers
Devices, systems and methods for removing a roller paint brush cover from a handle framework and cleaning the roller paint brush cover, having a gripping device for gripping the roller paint brush cover, a holding device for receiving the roller paint brush cover fr...
12/14/2004
6829804Filtration arrangement of a vacuum cleaner
A filtration arrangement of a vacuum cleaner includes a floor-engaging base unit, a body portion pivotally mounted on the base unit and a suction motor/fan assembly located in either the base unit or body portion. A dustcup is mounted on the body portion and is in f...
12/14/2004
6829805Locking device for exhaust filter of vacuum cleaner
The present invention relates to a locking device for mounting an exhaust filter of a vacuum cleaner on an exhaust filter cover. According to the present invention, there is provided a locking device for an exhaust filter of a vacuum cleaner, comprising a locking de...
12/14/2004
6829806Anchor device for a beach towel having a towel attachment mechanism and method therefor
A device for securing a towel to the ground so the towel will not be blown away by the wind is comprises a first anchor devices coupled to a first end of the towel and a second anchor device coupled to a second end of the towel. The first anchor device and the secon...
12/14/2004
6829807Damper hinge
Disclosed is a damper hinge for smoothly opening a cover from a main body in a small-sized portable article, thereby preventing a breakdown and damage of its hinge portion and assuring simplicity in its use. A spring supporting cap formed to have a hollow cylindrica...
12/14/2004
6829808Door hinge for a covered arrangement between door post and door
A hidden hinge system for furniture and doors has recessed mountings in the fixed frame and movable frame and linked by two interlocking hinge brackets to operate as a lift off hinge. One hinge bracket has a forked shape while the second hinge bracket has a central ...
12/14/2004
6829809Equipment with a pivoting handle, in particular to be suspended in an aircraft console
An equipment with pivoting handles. The equipment includes a support and a pivoting handle that are assembled by at least one pivot pin, the pivoting handle being able to rest on at least one surface of the support. The handle includes at least one bearing surface a...
12/14/2004
6829810Support for a combing means for an opening roller and method of making and using same
A support for a combing means for an opening roller comprises an opening roller combing means, which is designed as a saw-toothed helix having multiple thread grooves. The number of threads amounts to approximately between one twentieth and one thirthieth (expressed...
12/14/2004
6829811Apparatus at a draw frame having a drawing mechanism for the doubling and drafting of fibre slivers, having an adjusting device
A drawing mechanism for the doubling and drafting of fiber slivers has a drawing mechanism frame for accommodating the drawing mechanism, which has at least two pairs of rollers each comprising an upper roller and a lower roller and has means for adjusting the spaci...
12/14/2004
6829812Grab handle assembly system and method
A headliner system configured to mount to a vehicle roof structure comprises a retainer clip coupled to a substrate, and a handle movable between a first position and a second position. The handle is retained by a retaining system such as a biasing element captured ...
12/14/2004
6829813Method of installing an electrical signal filter
An electrical signal filter housing of the type including a threaded female connector adapted to mate with a hexagonal cable connector having a span X, the filter housing including a cylindrical body having a span Y, which is substantially greater than X, a threaded...
12/14/2004
6829814Process of making an all-silicon microphone
A process of forming a capacitive audio transducer, preferably having an all-silicon monolithic construction that includes capacitive plates defined by doped single-crystal silicon layers. The capacitive plates are defined by etching the single-crystal silicon layer...
12/14/2004
6829815Method for producing a rotor or stator of an electrical machine from sheet-metal blanks
Sheet-metal blanks for rotors or stators of electrical machines are cut from rolled sheet-metal strips with a magnetic preferential direction and layered to form a laminated rotor core or laminated stator core. To compensate largely for a magnetic anisotropy of the ...
12/14/2004
6829816Method of manufacturing nonreciprocal circuit device
A compact and highly reliable nonreciprocal circuit device can be manufactured at low cost. Marking is clearly performed on a surface of the nonreciprocal circuit device. In a method of manufacturing the nonreciprocal circuit device, after components constituting th...
12/14/2004
6829817Apparatus and method for the manufacture of large transformers having laminated cores, particularly cores of annealed amorphous metal alloys
The invention provides an apparatus and manufacturing methods useful in the manufacture of large transformer cores, particularly, in the manufacture of large transformer cores made of a ferromagnetic material, especially of annealed amorphous metal alloys. The inven...
12/14/2004
6829818Manufacturing method of a head gimbal assembly
A magnetic head slider with at least one thin-film magnetic head element on a suspension is mounted. This mounting includes electrically connecting the magnetic head slider with the suspension with ball bonding connections. Electrical property of the thin-film magne...
12/14/2004
6829819Method of forming a magnetoresistive device
A magnetoresistive device having a first pole, a second pole, and a first tapered pole pedestal therebetween and magnetically connected to the second pole. The first tapered pole has a width that increases with increasing distance away from the air bearing surface, ...
12/14/2004
6829820Method of manufacturing temperature sensor and temperature sensor manufactured thereby
A temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of, for example, an exhaust gas of a vehicle is manufactured by inserting a thermistor element into a bottomed metal tube while filling an inside of the metal tube with a filler material, preferably of silicone oil, t...
12/14/2004
6829821Crimping unit and method of crimping flat cables
A unit for automatically crimping ribbons of flexible flat cable has a guide surface on which a ribbon of flat cable travels. A number of crimping stations are arranged vertically offset plumb with the plane of the guide surface and designed to crimp a connector ont...
12/14/2004
6829822Pallet board removal assembly
A pallet board removal assembly for providing mechanical assistance to remove any board of a pallet for replacement includes a frame having rollers forming a bed. A pair of jaws are pivoted with staggered distal ends to clamp and subsequently remove a selected board...
12/14/2004
6829823Method of making a multi-layered interconnect structure
A method of making a multi-layered interconnect structure. First and second electrically conductive members are formed on the first and second dielectric layers, respectively. The dielectric layer are formed on opposing surfaces of a thermally conductive layer. A fi...
12/14/2004
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