"That’s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?"
President Rutherford B. Hayes ; Said in 1876, after Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone to him at the White House
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6922847 | Multipurpose thin and lightweight stab and ballistic resistant body armor and method A multipurpose ballistic and stab resistant garment is provided having a ballistic and stab resistant pad. The pad has puncture resistant sheets of woven aramid fibers that are formed from a weave of at least sixty warp fibers per inch and 60 weft fibers per inch. T... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922848 | Costume A costume is provided and includes a main body portion having a neck opening and a hood extending from the main body portion adjacent the neck opening. Main body portion includes a front panel and a back panel. Secured on the front panel is a head, such as the head ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922849 | Man's trouser A man's trouser comprises a pelvic section having a pair of leg portions depending therefrom. The pelvic section includes a waist section having an upper circumferential edge with a lower continuous elastomeric band secured thereto. An upper, elastomeric waistband i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922850 | Visor assembly Visor assembly (1, 21) consisting of an inner shield (6, 26) and an outer shield (2, 22). In the use position these shields are some distance apart. With this arrangement the inner shield (6, 26) is located within the peripheral confines ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922851 | Long-term urine collection system A long-term urine-collection kit has a large-capacity can having a wide mouth, a small-capacity cup having a rim dimensioned to sit in the mouth, and a removable cover fittable over the mouth of the can when the cup is sitting in the mouth. The capacity of the can i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922852 | Disposable female urinal A plastic film bag serves as disposable urine collection device especially suitable for female use. The bag has a resealable top opening. Adjacent the top opening along opposed long sides are two tubular members with an end aperture dimensioned for insertion of a fi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922853 | Toilet seat adjustment In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a device to enable a user to move a toilet seat from an up position to a down position. The device includes a connection mechanism to connect the device to the toilet seat, a handle, and a pivoting assembly, couple... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922854 | Air-burst drain plunger An affordable plumbing device that uses a compressed gas and a burst disk having a relatively even surface of substantially uniform thickness to produce a sudden discharge of energy to forcibly act against any obstruction that may interfere with the proper function ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922855 | Self-storing pool cleaning apparatus and associated methods A self-storing apparatus and method for cleaning a swimming pool include a water pump; a self-propelled pool vacuum cleaner; a flexible hose fluidly connecting the water pump with the pool vacuum cleaner; a housing positioned along a submerged surface of the swimmin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922856 | Safety bathtub A safety bathtub including at least one upstanding wall; and a built-in thermometer in the wall, the thermometer including a measuring portion and a scale portion, and the thermometer being mounted such that the measuring portion is immersed in water when the bathtu... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922857 | Shower body support A system and method for providing support in the shower, such as a toroidal support which can open and can be secured around a bather's chest. In some embodiments, the support can be coupled to a vertical spine which is coupled to the wall. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922858 | Hardware system for a crib A crib includes a pair of lower guides which are mounted on lower portions of the headboards. When it is desired to lower the side rail of the crib, the side rail must first be raised to allow a steel pin to leave a locking slot and the side rail must then be pushed... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922859 | Table for positioning a patient for a medical procedure on a breast There is provided a table for positioning a patient for a medical procedure on a breast, the table comprising: a solid frame surrounding a perimeter of the table; and a membrane-like contour surface for a surrounding breast area, wherein the surface comprises an ape... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922860 | Head cradle with body support An apparatus for supporting the head of user while the user is lying in a face-down position, a face-up position or a side position. The apparatus includes a head cradle with ventilation and a pair of elongated dependent arms that can be manipulated to serve as a ch... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922861 | Child lounge Disclosed is a device for holding and supporting an infant, which consists of a base including a proximal extremity, an opposing distal extremity, and an edge therebetween. The base has an inclined surface extends from the proximal extremity to the edge, and a gener... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922862 | Mattress topper In accordance with the instant invention, there is provided a mattress topper which is designed to be placed atop a mattress and/or box spring combination. In the preferred arrangement, the topper consists of a sandwich of three layers. The outer layers are preferab... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922863 | Adjustable foam mattress The invention modulates the air volume in foam cores of cushioning support devices and any other support apparatus using foam or similar materials. The foam core can be incrementally modulated to realize an infinite number of comfort levels as to softness and suppor... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922864 | Multiple purpose tool A multi purpose hand tool includes an elongate generally cylindrical handle having opposite first and second ends. The handle is adapted for grasping by a user and has a hole through the handle located substantially mid-way along the length of the handle. The hole e... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922865 | Toilet scrubber A cleaning tool comprises a scrubber head having an upper arm, a lower arm, and a connecting member coupling the upper and lower arms. A scrubbing material is secured to an inner surface of the scrubber head. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922866 | Paint roller A paint roller (10) has a paint applicator (12), two holder mounts an applicator holder (14). The paint applicator (12) has a cylindrical outer surface and two opposite ends (18a,18b). The two holder mounts, re... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922867 | Two position robot design for FOUP purge This invention is an apparatus for purging unwanted gasses from the Front Opening Unified Pod (FOUP). It consists of a purging wand which is inserted into the chamber for an optimal purge. The purging wand moves back and forth along a simple axis activated by a link... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922868 | Union device for dust-box in cyclone type vacuum cleaner Device for fastening a dust box to a cyclone vacuum cleaner, including an accommodating part having a space in a body of the cyclone vacuum cleaner, a dust box mounted in the accommodating part selectively, for collecting various foreign matters separated from air, ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922869 | Damper apparatus A damper apparatus is disclosed for damping movement between a first and a second element. The apparatus includes an elongate housing secured to the first element, the housing having a first and a second end. The housing defines a bore which extends between the ends... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922870 | Torque magnifying handle for driving tool A handle which is sized for gripping and for holding a drive tool wherein the drive-tool handle can be alternately positioned in the body of the handle for achieving varying amounts of torque. As assembly involving the handle and the drive tool. ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922871 | Articulating glide mechanism for asymmetric door operation The present invention includes an apparatus for guiding movement of an object along a track. The apparatus includes an attachment member defining an opening. A bushing is positioned in the opening and the bushing is laterally moveable within the opening. A plunger i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922872 | Automotive door hinge with structurally integrated pivot An automotive hinge comprises: a door component adapted to be mounted to a vehicular closing panel, the door component comprising a conical pivot axis aperture; a body component adapted to be mounted to a vehicular body structure, said body component comprising a pi... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922873 | Sprung hinge for closing compartment elements and the like A sprung hinge for elements for closing compartments and the like, comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral that are respectively associable with an element for closing a compartment or the like and with a structure that is... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922874 | Housing cover for electronic microdevices A system for covering and closing off a housing of an electronic microdevice with a cover plate that extends over a mostly level surface of a faceplate of the housing. Rotary or pivoting hinges are provided to allow the cover plate to be lifted off of the surface of... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922875 | Buckle device A buckle apparatus includes an insertion control subassembly press-operating an ejector when a pair of tongue parts are simultaneously inserted into a buckle body for allowing insertion up to an engaging position between the respective tongue parts and an engaging m... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922876 | Seat belt cover A seat belt cover comprising a flat tubular member through which a seat belt of a motor vehicle is passed to be covered therewith, wherein, the flat tubular member has i) a slit-shaped opening provided at its lower end and having a width larger than the width of a t... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922877 | Casket lid and method of making same A method of making a one-piece, unitary lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material, preferably a mixture of wood chips and binder, from which to mold the lid,... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922878 | Method and device for rolling a foil of varying thicknesses A method and a device for rolling a metal strip (1) in a rolling train, the rolling train having at least two rolling stands, the metal strip (1) having at least two partial areas (3, 4) of different thicknesses, which are connected to one anoth... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922879 | Method of manufacturing an acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor includes a piezoelectric element and support frames for supporting the ends of the piezoelectric element in the longitudinal direction. The piezoelectric element is formed by stacking an even number of piezoelectric layers greater than or equa... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922880 | Hinge pin-removing tool A hand tool is adapted to remove a hinge pin from a hinge on a door or the like. The hinge pin is pushed out of the hinge by application of force to one end of the hinge pin in a direction that is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the hinge pin. The hand tool in... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922881 | Method for installing and removing a continuous track drive unit The present invention is a system and method to install and remove continuous track drive units on vehicles, wherein the system contains two forcing discs connected hydraulically which mimic the shape of the vehicle end idlers. A hydraulically actuated telescopic se... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922882 | Method of joining tubular members A method of joining tubular members together includes the steps of providing an internal tubular member, providing an external tubular member, and heating the external tubular member and/or cooling the internal tubular member. The method also includes the steps of j... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922883 | Method for making a non-linear inductor Non-linear inductor(s) are used to reduce the percent total harmonic distortion of the harmonics in the line currents in the input side rectifier system of an ac drive system. Several constructions for the non-linear inductor(s) are described. The non-linear inducto... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922884 | Method for preventing magnetic damage to a GMR head during back-end processing A method is provided for preserving the transverse biasing of a GMR (or MR) read head during back-end processing. In a first preferred embodiment, the method comprises magnetizing the longitudinal biasing layers of the read head in a transverse direction, so that th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922885 | High temperature superconducting racetrack coil A racetrack shaped high temperature superconducting (HTS) coil is fabricated by layer winding HTS tape under tension on a precision coil form with a binder such as pre-preg filament-ply interlayer insulation. The coil form includes a racetrack shaped bobbin, two sid... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922886 | APT-1 (anode placement tool-model 1) An apparatus designed for installing anode bracelets upon pipes used in cathodic protection systems. The apparatus includes a pair of grasp booms which hold the anode bracelet during installation of the bracelet around the pipe to be cathodically protected. The gras... | 08/02/2005 |