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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6865748 | Guard for protecting painter's thumb The present invention comprises a thumb guard and method of protecting tissues of the thumb and hand from injury. A preferred thumb guard according to the present invention comprises a tubular tapered body made from a strap of flexible, resilient material in which t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865749 | Hang line towel A towel (1) has a hang line (2) attached predeterminedly to a top edge of a towel that is articulated to hang from an individual's neck (7) or waist (8) with the towel extending predeterminedly down and around the individual. Advertisemen... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865750 | Perspiration band for headgear A perspiration band for a headgear formed from a moisture-absorbing material for protecting forehead and temples of the user from contact with the non-absorbent headband. The perspiration band has an irregularly-shaped unitary body defined by a first straight edge a... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865751 | Method and apparatus for temporarily and decoratively altering clothing A garment assembly includes a garment and a temporary hemming element. The garment comprises at least one fold wherein a portion of the garment is folded back upon itself. The temporary hemming element comprises a pin having a distal end extending from a second side... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865752 | Adjustable sports helmet An adjustable sports helmet configured for protecting a user's head. The helmet includes a shell, a padding assembly and an adjustment assembly. The shell has an inner surface and an outer surface. The padding assembly is coupled to the inner surface of the shell. T... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865753 | Goggles Goggles have a goggle body and a headband which are attached together on both of respective end portions thereof through respective connecting members. Each end portion of the goggle body has fitting apertures open upwardly and downwardly, and an insertion path conn... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865754 | Clarifier cover In the present invention, there is provided a removable cover for retaining off-gases inside a clarifier. The cover comprises trusses extending across the clarifier and a flexible sheet laid across the trusses. Structural angles enclose the clarifier and constitute ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865755 | Interlocked drain cover Missing drain covers used in connection with swimming pools, spas and/or other applications expose humans and animals to discharge ports in the drains that can develop near vacuums which eviscerate, entrap the body and entangle hair. A drain cover is disclosed that ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865756 | Playard A collapsible frame structure for a playard. The collapsible frame structure includes a plurality of legs, and a plurality of cross members arranged so that at least one cross member extends between, and is pivotally connected to, respective adjacent legs to form a ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865757 | Asymmetrical hammock shelter A hammock includes a bed made of a piece of flexible material gathered by folding at opposite ends. Ropes are attached to the gathered ends whereby the bed can be suspended from trees. The edges of the bed are drawn apart along a tension axis which is diagonal to th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865758 | Bed base with corner connector, corner connector and kit A bed base includes four side members oriented to stand upright on their lower edges. The side members are connected to form a rectangular support structure by corner connectors. Each corner connector comprises a top plate, a bottom plate, and a post. The plates ove... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865759 | Cushions with non-intersecting-columnar elastomeric members exhibiting compression instability Cushions and cushion elements with non-intersecting-columnar elastomeric members exhibiting compression instability are disclosed. The cushions and cushion elements may be made from gelatinous elastomer materials. The cushions and cushion elements have application i... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865760 | Tool holder and cord locking means A tool holder containing at least one service tool for servicing a power-operated device. The tool holder is permanently attached to a retractable pull cord incorporated into a manual starter of a power-operated device. The service tool or tools are pivotally mounte... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865761 | Apparatus and method for opening a container and mixing and cleaning a container An apparatus for opening a container, mixing the contents contained in the container, and cleaning the container by removing its contents using a single tool. In removing the contents, the tool has a sharpened edge with a radial curvature for scraping the sides of t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865762 | Method for cleaning carpet and other surfaces A method for cleaning a soiled textile product by using a heated cleaning composition. The method includes providing a hand-holdable single vessel with a hand-operable dispenser and a single aqueous non-effervescent cleaning composition within the vessel. The vessel... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865763 | Clutch for washing machine and method for using same A clutch for washing machine includes a rotating hub driven by a motor. The hub engages a rotatable intermediate plate which is mounted in spaced relationship inside an annular hub. As the rotational speed of the intermediate plate increases it expands radially outw... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865764 | Fixture for assembling a post-CMP cleaning brush A fixture for assembling a post-CMP cleaning brush. The post-CMP cleaning brush is provided with a brush core and an outer brush, and the outer brush is provided with a hollow portion. The fixture comprises a base, a plurality of posts and a guiding member. The base... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865765 | Contaminant removal tape assembly, a roll of contaminant removal tape, and methods of removing contaminants from a surface A contaminant removal tape assembly. The contaminant removal tape assembly includes an applicator and a roll of contaminant removal tape mounted on the applicator, where the roll of contaminant removal tape includes a backing having a first side and a second side op... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865766 | Process tapping point clearing apparatus An apparatus for clearing a process tapping point including a clearing head 3 adapted to pass through the process tapping point to remove scale and/or debris material therefrom, actuation means 7 for driving the clearing head in a reciprocal motion thr... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865767 | Device with multi-structural contact elements A contact device with resilient contact elements is disclosed. The resilient contact elements have primary structures and secondary structures. The primary structures and secondary structures have contact surfaces for engaging a working surface. The primary structur... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865768 | Sponge mop assembly A sponge mop assembly includes a handle and a head mounted on a bottom end of the handle. The head has a mount clamping a sponge, two front and two rear coupling arms bilaterally extending downward from front and rear sides of the mount such that a space is defined ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865769 | Paint edger with improved pad and precision positioning adjustment Various paint applicator pads are disclosed. These include a pad with a tapered edge for applying paint, and those having a generally convex body with a stiff backing portion. These pads include those with two layers of different porosity foams. Preferably, these pa... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865770 | Fiber optic component cleaning device A device for cleaning fiber optic components includes a container having an opening with a soft, large work surface formed in a side thereof. The device includes a plurality of cleaning wipes located within the container, allowing the wipes to be fed from the inside... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865771 | Apparatus for remotely cleaning interior walls of tanks from the tank exterior An apparatus for cleaning liquid-filled tanks, e.g., aquariums, includes an inner cleaning assembly which moves across the interior wall of the tank and an outer cleaning assembly which moves across the exterior wall of the tank. The inner and outer cleaning assembl... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865772 | Tire dressing kit An applicator used to evenly apply liquid tire dressing to the entire outer sidewall of a tire. The applicator includes a pad that includes an elongated, concave, curved lower surface that is complementary in shape with a portion of the sidewall. The pad includes at... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865773 | Steam cleaning device with a built-in storage for power cord and brushes and conversion connectors A steam cleaning device with a built-in storage for a power cord, brushes and conversion connectors can change steam output devices by switching a first conversion connector with a second conversion connector to achieve multiple function with the same device. The de... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865774 | Caster device A caster device for attachment to a first and a second member of a frame is disclosed, the members being disposed angularly relative to each other to define a corner of the frame. The members define apertures and attachment slots. The device includes a caster for su... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865775 | Hospital bed caster apparatus A caster apparatus is provided for a patient support. The caster apparatus includes a braking system. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865776 | Modular handle, particularly for brooms and like An improved modular handle for a tool having a plurality of handle segments, at least a grasping segment and a support segment for the tool, the segments being provided with either a male end or a female end for coupling to each other by a forced introduction. The m... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865777 | Universally rotating pivotal integral luggage handle A universally rotatable pivotal integral luggage handle for use with a piece of luggage having a retractable handle frame is provided. The handle includes a grasping portion and a luggage attachment portion. The grasping portion has a hand contacting portion and a b... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865778 | Hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism for pivotally connecting a flip onto a housing includes a bush, a spring, and a camshaft. The bush is connected to the flip and has a sidewall, a receiving space defined by the sidewall, and a protrusion. The protrusion is protruded from the sidewa... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865779 | Ergonomic brace for inline power tool An ergonomic brace attachment for a pneumatic inline power tool. The attachment is designed to reduce the forces transmitted from the power tool to the operator. The device attaches non-destructively to a wide variety of inline power tools using the threaded air inl... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865780 | Method of and apparatus for controlling the suction in a thread-breakage suction unit of a textile machine A method and a device for controlling the suction, by speed alteration of a blower motor, in a unit for suctioning away thread breakage in a textile machine. A standard speed of the blower motor without speed control is established to achieve the suction, after whic... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865781 | Method and apparatus at a spinning preparation machine for cleaning fiber material In a method at a spinning preparation machine, for example a cleaner, opener, carding machine or the like, for cleaning fiber material, especially cotton, an examination of the nature of the trash is carried out, which examination is used for adjustment of at least ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865782 | Slide fastener with separable bottom stop assembly and method of manufacturing the same A slide fastener in which an insert pin and a box pin of a separable bottom stop assembly made of synthetic resin are molded integrally along side edges of fastener tapes. The insert pin and the box pin have peripheral shapes allowing themselves to be inserted into ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865783 | Stentering machine A stentering machine having a drying zone and a pretreatment zone for coating a web of material on both sides and drying it is described. One aim consists of deflecting a web of material coated in the vertical position and stretched out in width, in order to introdu... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865784 | Machine for producing a patterned textile product and nonwoven product thus obtained Machine for producing a patterned textile product, comprising a drum with a perforated lateral surface rotated about its axis, a sleeve with holes which is slipped over the drum, and having a ration of the sum of the surface area of the holes to the surface area of ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865785 | Method for producing a piezoelectric speaker A piezoelectric speaker is manufactured by processing a plate to form a frame, a plurality of vibrating plates and a plurality of dampers. The plurality of dampers are connected to the frame and the plurality of vibrating plates so that each of the plurality of vibr... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865786 | Method for manufacturing a surface acoustic wave device using a shear horizontal type surface acoustic wave In a method of manufacturing a surface acoustic wave device using a Shear Horizontal type surface acoustic wave, at least one interdigital transducer (IDT) is made of a material having a larger mass-load effect than that of aluminum. The metallization ratio of the I... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6865787 | Numerical control (NC) processor with onboard grinding unit A numerical control (NC) processor with an onboard grinding unit is disclosed in which a workpiece is first cut in a preselected contour with a Y-axis cutting tool, and then subjected to honing operation intact whereby both the cutting and honing operations can be p... | 03/15/2005 |
