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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7028341 | Article of clothing with buoyant material An article of clothing such as a vest incorporating buoyant material is configured to reduce pocket bulging when carried items that are placed in pockets and to allow the wearer to move freely. The article of clothing includes a main clothing unit having one or more... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028342 | Garment having multiple layers A garment system includes a torso covering member and an upper back and shoulder covering member secured to the torso covering member by a fastener. The garment may include a plurality of torso covering members, each having a configuration different from each of the... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028343 | Ear cover and method An ear protector and ear cover for and method covering, protecting and holding the folded ear on a person's head while the hair of the person is being treated. The cover includes a flexible, water impervious strip shield for covering and holding the ear in a forward... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028344 | Systems and methods for providing a headgear cooling liner Systems and methods for providing an article associated with headgear that keeps the wearer's head both cool and cushioned from the interior harness of the headgear. The article is a system, liner or pad that is inserted into the headgear or coupled to the headgear ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028345 | Garment with neck and head covering A garment comprises a neck member including a body having two ends, a zipper attached to the body near the ends, and may include a head covering (or hood) member. Other embodiments include vest, jacket or pullover configurations. The zipper, installed in the convent... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028346 | Self-sanitizing toilet seat A toilet seat having a generally ring-like shape, with an upper surface, that comes into contact with the user's skin, defined between an external perimeter edge and an internal perimeter edge, the seat comprising, or being associated with, a plurality of spray nozz... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028347 | Digital electronic volume/flow control sensor toilet A digital electronic volume/flow control sensor toilet includes a bowl, a water storage tank interconnected with the bowl, and a digital electronic volume/flow control sensor flushing mechanism. The flushing mechanism has components including a volume sensor, a shut... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028348 | Hair dressing device equipped with hood In order to dress a subject's hair using the two first and second kinds of medicine solutions, a hood must be once taken off. Therefore, in order to apply the second medicine solution, the position of the hood must be adjusted so that the head is centrally located a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028349 | Shower surround structure A molded shower surround includes a base portion which receives wall portions and a corner portion therebetween. The corner portion includes an upper lock tab and a lower lock tab adjacent an outer edge. An upper lock slot and a lower lock slot are located adjacent ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028350 | Lifting cushion and method for transferring a patient from a chair An inflatable lifting cushion for an articulated chair including a five-sided polygon capable that is longitudinally aligned on the seat and back of the chair. The cushion includes triangular side walls and at least one interior plenum having an air inlet port enabl... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028351 | Modular patient support system A modular patient support system adapted to be quickly mounted to utility vehicles such as trucks, buses, vans or trailers, to permit emergency medical workers to rapidly transform standard utility vehicles into specialized ambulances. When not in use, the modular p... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028352 | Apparatus and method for closing hospital bed gaps A patient support is provided. The patient support includes a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and a set of siderails configured to block egress of a patient from the patient support. The siderails are configured to reduce gaps defined between the siderails... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028353 | Adjustable bed rail An adjustable bed rail capable of gripping a mattress either alone or together with a bedspring to hold the protective side rail in place. A locking assembly is adjustable to adjust for the height of the mattress either alone or together with the bedspring. Friction... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028354 | Bed rail and clamp A bed rail is disclosed for use with a bed. The bed rail includes a support portion joined to a rail portion. The support portion being adjustable to grip a member such as a mattress member. A fold controller controls foldable movement of the bed rail and adjustment... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028355 | Medical sanitary multifunctional system bed A medical sanitary multifunctional system bed is provided for nursing, having necessary functions that can be added optionally according to clinical conditions of users. The optional addition of functions allows the medical sanitary multifunctional system bed to per... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028356 | Multiconfiguration braking system Certain embodiments include a system and method for braking in a patient positioning system. The system includes a patient positioning surface for supporting a patient, a first brake for affecting motion of the patient positioning surface, and a second brake for aff... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028357 | Patient immobilization and transportation system A board has an upper section, with an upper surface for supporting a patient, and a lower section, having two spars separated by a concave surface. The lower section is smaller than the upper section, forming longitudinal flanges through which hand passages are prov... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028358 | Width-adjustable alternating air inflation mattress A width-adjustable alternating air inflation mattress has a body. At least one lateral side of the body is added with tubular air cells for increasing the width of the bed body. The inflation of the tubular air cell is controlled by air valves. When the tubular air ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028359 | Container opener A multifunctional container opener for opening a plurality of different containers, including a body that supports a template defining one or more pockets and a pill splitting tool and one or more compartments or pockets for capturing pieces of the split pill or tab... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028360 | Multi-functional hand tool for punching holes and inserting fittings in irrigation pipes A multi-functional hand tool for punching holes into plastic piping and for inserting fittings, primarily intended for use in making holes in irrigation pipes of all sizes, with holes of 2–5 mm in diameter, and for inserting drips and sprinklers into the pipes. Th... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028361 | Cleaning assembly A cleaning assembly for a pipe. The assembly comprises a sleeve, at least one magnet, and at least one moveable hollow member. The sleeve is moveably disposed on the outer wall of the pipe. The at least one magnet is disposed on the inner surface of the sleeve. The ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028362 | Toes and callus cleaner Disclosed is an improved sanitary foot washing device that is designed for washing feet in both private and public locations. This device has been created for the purposes of reducing the occurrences of foot mediated transmutable diseases that are prevalent in publi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028363 | Swivel pad painter A painting tool capable of swiveling through 360 degrees comprising a base having a pad mounted thereto and upwardly projecting threaded portion on the base having a recess or socket and a handle having a ball at one end to engage the socket. A threaded nut joins th... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028364 | Cleaning pads The present invention provides a cleaning pad which can be used with various cleaning implement. The cleaning pad has an absorbent layer, attachment wings which can be attached to grippers located on the top surface of the mop head of a first cleaning implement and ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028365 | Paint roller support Embodiments of a paint roller support for rotatably supporting a conventional paint roller cover are disclosed. In one embodiment, a paint roller support comprises a frame having an elongated shaft and at least one hub rotatably coupled to the shaft for supporting a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028366 | Angular notched trowel An angular notched trowel applies a bonding material uniformly to a substrate. The angular notched trowel contains: (a) a top plate; (b) a notched plate connected along and descending from the trailing edge of the top plate; (c) a handle connected to the upper surfa... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028367 | Windshield wiper having reduced friction characteristics A wiper blade made of a compound having a methyl vinyl silicone polymer, a filler, and a friction-reducing additive is provided. The friction-reducing additive is present in an amount from between about 5–42 weight percent, preferably 11 percent. The average parti... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028368 | Wiper blade assembly for motor vehicle The present invention relates to a wiper blade for wiping a windshield of a motor vehicle, and more particularly, to a so-called flat blade wiper which can be connected to a wiper arm without a primary and a secondary yokes. The wiper blade assembly comprises a flex... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028369 | Combination wet and dry type vacuum cleaner A wet/dry type vacuum cleaner has a suction generator, a cleaner body including the suction generator at one side of a lower portion, an intake port being connected with a nozzle that is movable along a surface to be cleaned, and a discharge port through which a cle... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028370 | Retracting apparatus, drawer apparatus and sliding door apparatus The invention provides a retracting apparatus of a sliding rail in which a self locking state is not cancelled without intention, a structure and an adjustment are simple, and a cost is inexpensive. In the retracting apparatus of the sliding rail, a guiding member (... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028371 | Safety brake for block and tackle window balance The present invention relates to inertial braking system for spring-loaded devices, such as block and tackle window balances incorporated in single and double hung window assemblies. In one embodiment, a block and tackle window balance includes a translatable block ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028372 | Door hinge mounting device for microwave oven A door hinge mounting device is provided for a microwave oven, which is constructed such that when a hinge plate provided in a main body of the microwave oven and a hinge shaft provided in a door of the microwave oven are hingedly connected to each other, a supporti... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028373 | Spring biased hinges and methods therefor A hinged housing portion (110) coupled to a second housing portion (120), for example in a wireless communications device, including a compression spring (134) coupled to one of the housing portions, a cam (142) coupled to the body member... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028374 | Coupling device for detachable handles for pots and pans A coupling device (4) for detachable handles of the type that are fitted to pots, pans, utensils of various kinds or the like, comprising a support (5) having two coupling parts opposite to each other, of which a first part (6) comprises means f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028375 | Attachment of metal and plastic parts of an implement handle A hollow, cylindrical, handle is substantially permanently connected to a end piece by insertion into the distal end of the handle of a first axial section of the end piece and inwardly deforming portions of the handle wall inwardly into indentations formed in the o... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028376 | Device for loading merchandise onto pegboard display The present invention relates to a device for holding and facilitating the unloading therefrom of packaged merchandise onto a display peg. The device includes a gathering mechanism for gathering together a group of packages such that hanging holes provided in indivi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028377 | Method of producing an ink jet recording head A method of producing an ink jet recording head, which includes (1) fixing a passage unit in which a nozzle pate having a nozzle opening, a spacer forming a common ink chamber, and an elastic plate having a thick portion abutting against an end of a piezoelec... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028378 | Method of shot blasting and a machine for implementing such a method A part to be shot peened includes at least one thin wall (12″) defining two opposite main faces, the square root of the area of each face being greater than the mean distance between the two faces by a factor of at least five, and preferably by a factor of ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028379 | Hood latch assembling device of front end module for vehicle The present invention relates to a hood latch assembling device for assembling a hood latch to a position of a carrier which is the same as a hood latch part of the vehicle. The hood latch assembling device includes: a carrier assembling stand for fixing the carrier... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028380 | Rivet removal tool and method A device and method of removing a rivet which has been installed on a work piece. The method includes clamping a hand held device having springs onto the work piece, engaging a drill with a drill bit of the hand held device, the springs applying a pre-load force to ... | 04/18/2006 |
