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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6920642 | Necktie knot simulator A necktie knot simulator closely resembling the shape of a necktie knot. Generally consisting of a one piece body with three properly dimensioned, fully enclosed circular apertures, one at the upper right, one at the upper left, and one at the base to provide both a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920643 | Vulcanization of dip-molded rubber articles with molten media baths Pore-free rubber articles are prepared by dip-molding in a dipping medium that includes a vulcanizing agent, then by immersing the dip former in a heated liquid bath that is chemically inert. A particularly effective liquid bath is molten inorganic salt. In addition... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920644 | Cap with stretchable band A peak cap (1) having a crown (2) with an inner elastically stretchable band (13) positioned to extend at least partway along a lower encircling edge (10) and a liner of stretchable fabric (12) secured to be on an inner side of the... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920645 | Apparatus and method for making an ear warmer and an ear warmer frame An ear warmer comprises a set of membranes and a frame. The set of membranes collectively defines an outer perimeter. The set of membranes is attached along the outer perimeter to define an attachment portion. The attachment portion is entirely disposed within an in... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920646 | Human waste management suit A chemical/biological hazard protection suit has two pants legs which extend to a midsection below waist level. An opening in the midsection defines an outlet from the suit interior. A waste collector has an upper segment which is fixed to the midsection and which a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920647 | Hip protector A hip protecting device for minimizing risk of hip breakage upon a fall having a belt from which one or two gas inflatable pockets are suspended substantially over the hip joint or hip joints of a wearer. The hip protecting device further has a means for detecting r... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920648 | Urine dispersing urinal insert device A disposable, deodorant and splash proof urine dispersing device for placement in a urinal including a framework made of scented plastic material with a horizontal segmented supporting base and a central raised housing. The supporting base includes a plurality of pe... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920649 | Flushing mechanism for toilet tank A flushing mechanism for toilet tank comprises an overflow tube (1) provided with a sealing valve (3, 4) co-operating with a discharge orifice (5′) including a first floater (30) mounted on a height-adjusting screw (31) and a sec... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920650 | Portable outdoor toilet with advertising indicia A portable outdoor toilet (10) with advertising indicia including a platform (12) having a generally circular configuration. A base (18) is positioned atop the platform (12). The base (18) has a generally circular configuration. A ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920651 | Surfing ring wave pool for generating multiple simultaneous endless traveling waves looping around a center island A circular ring wave pool having an island in the center, the pool water depth becomes deeper the farther away from the island to the outside pool wall. A plurality of wave generators encompass the entire outer wall deep side of the pool. All wave generators point d... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920652 | Top for starting platform for swimming pool A top for a starting platform at one end of a swimming pool has an upper surface, which is adapted to support both feet of a swimmer in a starting position, and a lower surface, at which the top is mountable so that the upper surface slants downwardly and frontwardl... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920653 | Disinfectant delivery chamber for use in whirlpool bath An inventive suction cover for a whirlpool bath includes a rearwardly extending disinfectant chamber. The disinfectant chamber is filled with a supply of a disinfectant. As the whirlpool is operated, water is drawn into the disinfectant chamber and mixes with the di... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920654 | Water shower apparatus The water shower apparatus according to the present invention is constructed in a way to produce cold air intercepting screen having warming effects around the bather. In this water shower apparatus, the shower sprayed from the wide-angle spray nozzle of the shower ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920655 | Multi-purpose mat A multi-purpose mat has open and folded configurations. The mat includes a base and a plurality of sidewalls disposed about a periphery of the base. A first resilient flexible slat is disposed within one of the sidewalls and a second resilient flexible slat is dispo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920656 | Height adjustable bed and automatic leg stabilizer system therefor A vertically adjustable bed includes a bed frame attached to movable legs powered by a motor. Operation of the motor causes the legs to move longitudinally along a guide rod, collapsing the legs beneath the bed and moving the bed frame vertically. Collapsing the bed... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920657 | Elevation device for positioning an extremity An elevation device for resiliently supporting an extremity of a patient that utilizes the packaging for the device to form the finished product. The elevation device includes a support cushion and a planar surface for supporting the support cushion at a desired ele... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920658 | Racetrack bridge A bridge for use over a racetrack surface is provided. The racetrack surface has a cross-track width. The bridge includes a bridge structure supported over the cross-track width of the racetrack at a height sufficient to provide clearance for use of the racetrack. T... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920659 | Toothbrush A power toothbrush including a handle and a brush head with bristles. In one embodiment, the toothbrush includes vibratory means for causing the brush head and the bristles to vibrate, and vibration isolation means for reducing the transfer of vibrations from the vi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920660 | Electric toothbrush reduction gearbox An electric toothbrush includes a handle, a bristle head and a neck extending from the handle to the bristle head. A drive shaft extends through the neck to the bristle head. A motor is situated within the handle and has a pair of spaced recesses and an output shaft... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920661 | Extruded vehicle mounted broom A vehicle mounted broom that has a modular construction, improved sweeping action and versatile mounting capabilities. The broom has brush strips and integral channels formed in a bottom side of the housings that reduce greatly or eliminate rocking of the brush stri... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920662 | Cleaning brush for medical devices A brush for in situ cleaning of one or more passageways defined by a medical device. The brush includes a NiTiNOL shaft attached to a fill section by way of a proximal connector sleeve that is resistance welded to the fill section and the shaft. The fill section is ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920663 | Tool for removing hair from a basin drain A tool for removing hair and other debris from a basin drain is disclosed. The tool comprises a shaft having a first end and a second end and a mid-section. The first shaft end forms a handle and the second shaft end forms a hook. A method of using the tool is also ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920664 | Mop with attached wringer cup A mop with an attached wringer cup has a set of perforations near the outwardly tapering lower end of the wringer cup. The perforations have a width that is equal to about one-third the diameter of the handle, and less than the width of the flat mop strips that form... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920665 | Pivoting valve arrangement The invention is a floor care appliance such as vacuum cleaner having a pivoting valve arrangement for maintaining suction from the appliance housing to the suction nozzle. A valve is provided for sealing off suction to the suction nozzle when the housing is in the ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920666 | Control mechanism of a pull rod A pull rod structure includes a pull rod and a handle fastened to a top end of the pull rod. The handle is formed of a hand grip and two control arms, each being provided therein with a control mechanism having a first activation button or a second activation button... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920667 | Handle extender This invention is directed to assist users of hand-carried, wheeled luggage in maintaining extraordinary lateral and obstruction-free use of the wheeled object without the problems associated with conventional wheeled luggage handle assemblies. The intent of the att... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920668 | Hinge unit and electronic apparatus unit According to the present invention, a hinge device which may be mounted with one action without fixing and mounting the hinge device with any other discrete part and is superior in mounting work, in which a cam portion 4 is provided within a mounting case bod... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920669 | Catch between two assemblies moveable in relation to one another A catch for two objects moveable in relation to one another, in particular a door catch, includes a cylinder, which is operatively connected to a first object, a friction surface carrier, which is operatively connected to a second object, a friction element for crea... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920670 | Hinge structure A hinge structure includes a pivot shaft, a bracket, a fastening member, and at least one external tooth washer located between the bracket and the fastening member. The bracket and the external tooth washer are sequentially mounted on the pivot shaft and the fasten... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920671 | Sawtooth wire A sawtooth wire for producing all-steel sawtooth clothing for the doffer and/or doffing cylinder of a carding machine with a plurality of teeth successively arranged in the longitudinal direction of the wire. Each tooth has a tooth breast beginning at the tooth bott... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920672 | Picture belt buckle A belt buckle having a photograph mounted in a recessed central area which is filled with a cured epoxy resin or ultraviolet radiation curable coating that extends over and adheres to the peripheral edges of the central area and the side surfaces thereof. Methods of... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920673 | Installation of filter capacitors into feedthroughs for implantable medical devices A feedthrough device and brazing process for joining the constituent parts of the feedthrough while allowing a lead to pass therethrough in a nonconductive manner is described. The feedthrough comprises at least one lead, a ferrule defining a capacitor recess and an... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920674 | Bare stent ship and crimp device A stent container has a first wall at the proximal end and a second wall at the distal end. The first wall has an opening therethrough sized for receiving an uncrimped stent therethrough. The opening opens into a chamber which is reducible in size from a first enlar... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920675 | Process for attachment and/or disengagement of components Processes for providing rapid release of a hook and loop type releasable fastener system comprise preconditioning the releasable fastener system to effect rapid release. In this manner, minimal energy and time is required for disengagement of the releasable fastener... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920676 | Method of manufacturing a laundry appliance The invention provides a method of manufacturing a laundry appliance (10) which comprises the steps of: a) manufacturing and assembling, in a first location, a laundry appliance (10) comprising an outer casing (12) in which is mounted a means fo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920677 | Method for manufacturing an endovascular support device A method for manufacturing an endovascular support device comprises positioning a generally tubular member made of an implantable metal and having a generally cylindrical wall in a working relationship with a laser beam. A desired pattern is cut in the generally cyl... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920678 | Machining cell in automatic machining system and automatic honing system This is a processing cell of an automatic machining system having a small, lightweight and simple structure, easy to determine or change the number of process, easy in design, and low in apparatus cost. A processing cell (A) has a unit structure comprising a conveyi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920679 | Machine tool A machine tool in which the workpiece is transported by a pair of longitudinal carriages with transverse and vertical carriages supporting the workpiece holders to a machining region from a workpiece replacement region. In the machining region the workpiece is displ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920680 | Method of making vacuum microelectronic device A method of forming a vacuum microelectronic device including steps of forming at least one electron emitter on a substrate, applying a first electric field to move a portion of the at least one electron emitter in a direction toward the first electric field, and ma... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920681 | Method of preparing an electromagnetic actuator using a substrate An electromagnetic actuator includes a stationary member, a movable member magnetically coupled with the stationary member with a gap therebetween, and a support member for displaceably supporting the movable member relative to the stationary member. Both the statio... | 07/26/2005 |
