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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6889387 | Collar protector A collar protector for preventing the collar on a shirt or other garment from being crushed, distorted or wrinkled during handling when the shirt or garment is stored, stacked or displayed. The collar protector is constructed as a shaped, unitary body made of a resi... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889388 | Garment with liquid crystal thermometer An outdoor sports garment such as fisherman's waders (10) has an encased liquid crystal thermometer (20) adhered to the outer surface of the garment for viewing by the wearer. ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889389 | Glove with padding for back of hand A glove, includes a shock absorbing pad to overlie the back of a human hand. The shock absorbing pad is positioned to overlie the dorsal side of the hand including the metacarpals. The inner surface of the shock absorbing pad is contoured to fit the curvature of the... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889390 | Face mask retaining system A retaining system for the hood, face seal, and mounting band(s) of facemasks that have a hood and/or a face seal that are sealed and securely mounted to the mask using a band type of clamping method, is provided. The retaining system may include a redundant system ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889391 | Safety visor An elastic visor for detachable mounting on headwear is of sheet neoprene having a reinforcing layer of nylon, with a crown aperture that is stretched around, and grips the surface of a headwear to which it is mounted. The neoprene, of about five millimeter thicknes... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889392 | Bariatric toilet seat support apparatus A bariatric toilet seat support apparatus for a conventional toilet is disclosed herein. The bariatric toilet seat support apparatus is designed to be placed under a toilet seat such that when an individual uses the toilet seat the weight of the individual is transf... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889393 | Combined portable stool and toilet A combined portable stool and toilet includes a frame selectively positionable between folded and unfolded positions. The combined stool and toilet further includes a seat member removably connectable to the frame for allowing a user to sit thereon. The seat member ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889394 | Faucet handle safety device A device for covering a water faucet handle, and thereby denying access to the handle by small children and others lacking the mental discernment to appreciate and consider the consequences of their actions. The device comprises a generally L-shaped mounting member ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889395 | Flush reservoir A rainwater collection system for supplying water to a toilet includes a gutter, water reservoir tank, excess water output conduit, toilet, and water bypass assembly for diverting water out through the water output conduit when the water reservoir tank is sufficient... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889396 | Adjustable bed mattress clip A mattress clip is provided which, when used in pairs, secures a mattress to an adjustable bed to prevent the mattress from sliding off leg, thigh, hip and back supports of the adjustable bed. Two clips are secured to the thigh support in cantilever fashion with opp... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889397 | Diaper changing apparatus Apparatus for changing a baby including a disposable changing pad component, a changing platform component and a combination of a changing pad component and platform component. The disposable changing pad component includes a water impermeable layer and a fabric lay... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889398 | Coil spring containing mattress and method A coil spring containing mattress comprises a coil spring encased in a sealed container or casing. One or more compressible pads may be included within the casing. Desirably, these pads are of an open-celled foam material which may be compressed in response to appli... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889399 | Textile cleaning processes and apparatus Processes and apparatuses for commercial and home-use cleaning of textile. Home-use embodiments replace the home laundry clothes dryer, except for embodiments using a novel manual kit. Home-use embodiments have an integrated spotting station. Soiled/stained textile ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889400 | Cleaning member for medical tubes, porous member for cleaning treatment appliance insertion lumen of endoscope, and cleaning apparatus for cleaning treatment appliance insertion lumen of endoscope The cleaning member for a medical tube is shaped like a spherical body having a porous fibrous structure formed of a large number of superfine fibers aggregated and intertwined three-dimensionally. The spherical body moves along a lumen surface of the medical tube t... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889401 | Powered toothbrush with vibrating section The head of a toothbrush includes a tuft block having bristles wherein the tuft block is moved in a direction parallel to the outer surface of the head. A second tuft block having bristles is a vibrating section which is moved in and out in a direction perpendicular... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889402 | Pull throughs A pull through such as might be used for an endoscope where a thermaplastics monofilament substantially free of spool or coil memory has molded thereon a desirable thermoplastic mass profile in a material of lower melting point than at least part of the filament, su... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889403 | Cyclonic vacuum cleaner A cyclonic vacuum cleaner which suppresses the flow of dust-laden airflow to the outside of a dust collection container, even if fine or comparatively light dust particles ascend together with a vortex flow. Fine dust particles mixed in the vortex flow are captured ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889404 | Height-adjustable hinge for a liquid crystal display A hinge includes a bracket, two fixing seats pivotally connected to the bracket, at least one base, at least one first arm pivotally connected between the at least one base and the at least one fixing seat and at least one second arm pivotally connected between the ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889405 | Dual material tool handle An improved tool handle for a resulting tool is configured to be of an ergonomic cross section, such as a rounded triangle or a teardrop. The improved tool handle may include a core of glass strands within a plastic binder, as well as a coating formed over the core ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889406 | Separating device for a textile processing machine In a device on a spinning preparatory machines, especially a carding machine, cleaning machine or the like for cotton having at least one separating blade for impurities, which is associated with a clothed roller, for example a licker-in or the like, wherein the sep... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889407 | Single finger pull cord lock release A cord lock apparatus (100) is disclosed comprising a base (120) having a converging channel (128), and an elastically flexible locking insert (140) that is retained by the base. The locking insert defines a loop including left and right ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889408 | Buckle apparatus A buckle apparatus in which a permanent magnet and GMR element are provided. The polar axis of the permanent magnet is transverse to the direction a tongue plate is inserted. A shielding member is provided to an ejector of the buckle apparatus via a lever. When an i... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889409 | Tampon, especially for feminine hygiene, and a process and apparatus for producing this A process for forming a tampon having a relatively high density, compressed core and a plurality of lower density longitudinal ribs is disclosed. The longitudinal ribs have a softer fiber structure and a coarser capillary structure and extend radially from the core.... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889410 | Rapid coating process and its application to lead-acid batteries A precursor chemical compound is applied to a surface sought to be coated, and subjected to a rapid thermally activated chemical reaction process (RTACRP) in which the temperature is quickly raised and lowered. The desired coating is formed from the precursor chemic... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889411 | Shape memory metal latch hinge deployment method A conductive hinge is made of a superelastic shape memory alloy such as nitinol (NiTi) having a large elastic strain limit for enabling the hinge to bend to a small radius during stowage and flexible return to a trained rigid hinge position by training the shape mem... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889412 | Method for producing eyewear frame support arms without welding A new method of producing central bridge and support arms for spectacles where no welding is required, and no screws were needed to secure lenses to frame. Protruding members on end portion of central bridge are formed, together with the bridge itself, when cut out ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889413 | Apparatus for restraining a side impact beam during a gauging or assembly operation A restraining apparatus for securing a position of a side impact beam having U-shaped or trapezoidal cross section and formed with at least partially flattened ends, for execution of a subsequent, includes two support blocks for supporting the ends. Associated to th... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889414 | Reusable retainer and assembly A retainer for positioning and retaining flanged nuts relative to a member for installation on studs of a larger assembly. The retainer includes a body and nut retaining tabs extending from the body. Each tab loosely carries a flanged nut. The member has a body with... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889415 | Bull nose clincher A bull nose clincher for putting a rounded edge on a corner bead. The device comprises an elongate position registration member that has a first and second linear front faces forming substantially a right angle, and an arcuate center front face located therebetween.... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889416 | Process for making laminating preformed muntin bars An exemplary embodiment of the invention concerns a process for forming two tone muntin bars. Method and apparatus of the invention uses an elongated preformed muntin bar member that has a treated portion of an exposed surface of the muntin bar member. An elongated ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889417 | Truck bed toolbox lid method of manufacture An improved truck bed toolbox lid and a method of producing the same. The truck bed toolbox lid includes an outer metallic sheet layer comprising a generally rectangular top sheet member, a longitudinal front edge member, two lateral edge members and a longitudinal ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889418 | Method of processing magnetic head The method of the present invention is capable of processing a work piece with higher accuracy and providing highly reliable magnetic heads. The method of processing the magnetic head comprises the steps of: providing adhesive wax on a surface of a supporting jig; p... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889419 | Method of making a composite electric machine component of a desired magnetic pattern A method of making composite electric machine components. Magnetic segments and non-magnetic segments are separately formed to green strength, and then arranged adjacent to each other in a desired magnetic pattern. A small amount of powder material is added in-betwe... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889420 | Method for making a stator for an electric machine An electric machine such as a direct current motor or generator in which a stator is formed using a set of electrically conductive blade structures disposed about an inner axis of a stator core. Electrical interconnections between the conductive blades are provided ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889421 | Antenna system installation and tuning method Methods for aligning a satellite reflector with an antenna that has a feed/LNBF assembly. The feed/LNBF assembly is electronically coupled to a set top box which is electronically coupled to a television that has a television speaker. A transmitter is placed adjacen... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889422 | Method of assembling magnetic circuitry for use in MRI system Assembling magnetic circuitry for an MRI system is disclosed. The MRI system comprises two permanent magnets provided within a yoke structure such as to face each other for generating magnetic field in the space defined therebetween, and two pole pieces respectively... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889423 | Method for manufacturing laminated electronic component A laminated electronic component comprising: a plurality of parallel first conductive patterns, which are laminated via a magnetic layer to a plurality of parallel second conductive patterns, the first and second conductive patterns being alternately connected to ea... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889424 | Head stack assembly installation system for a disc drive A head stack assembly installation system with a frame supporting a head stack installation tool including a robotic assembly supporting a measurement assembly communicating with a computer hosting an installation software program. The robotic assembly picks and pla... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889425 | Method for producing a resistive heating element Method for producing a resistive heating element by coating a substrate with an electrically insulating material from the gaseous phase, depositing an electrically conducting material from the gaseous phase onto the layer of insulating material deposited onto the su... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889426 | Method for manufacturing wired circuit board A method for manufacturing wired circuit board that enables a wired circuit board of high quality to be manufactured without changing in dimension of the wired circuit board substantially. In this method, the wired circuit board is wound in layers in the winding pro... | 05/10/2005 |
