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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7062786 | Garment with releasable water-tight seal for neck and limbs A diver's suit, survival suit, or a suit worn to protect a worker from hazardous materials is provided with releasable water-tight seals around the wrists, ankles and/or neck. Each releasable water-tight seal includes first and second complementary shaped annular in... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062787 | Kneepad assembly A knee pad assembly for protecting a knee of a worker installing tile, wood floors, etc. The knee pad assembly includes an outer knee pad structure and a resilient foam inner knee and shin pad structure. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062788 | Thin, stretchable chemical vapor protective garment worn next-to-skin A thin, stretchable chemical vapor protective garment worn next-to-skin is disclosed. The protective undergarment is made of material that stretches and is capable of efficient elimination of air spaces between the undergarment and the user's body, thus enabling the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062789 | Outdoors sports apparel Outdoors sports apparel for protecting the body while participating in winter sports. In particular, a pant including pads for protecting the buttocks and hips from falls incurred while snowboarding. To attain buttock protection, a protective pad arranged from the l... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062790 | Diving vest A new buoyancy compensator with a unique bladder design is provided. The new buoyancy compensator has a unique air bladder system that are positioned directly below the integrated weight system when considering a plane parallel to the length of a diver. The new buoy... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062791 | Pre-curved gunn cut gloves A gunn cut glove construction in which a pre-curvature at selected locations, preferably around the joints, in the fingers is achieved by sewing wedges of material into cut portions of the gunn section so that the shortened fingers and larger back sections easily me... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062792 | Ambidextrous protective glove The invention concerns a protective glove consisting of a chain mail main part (2) designed to cover the user's hand and wrist, comprising a mounted cinching strap (5) located in a sheath (6) or in loops provided on the terminal edge (4),... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062793 | Hat having foldable flap A hat includes a crown having an outer peripheral surface, and one or more flaps each having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface, and each having an edge portion attached to the outer peripheral surface of the crown with an attaching line. Th... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062794 | Combination waist belt and musical instrument strap A device for serving interchangeably as a waist belt and a strap for a musical instrument composed of a flexible elongated member of sufficient length to support a musical instrument on the shoulder of a musician and yet adaptable and wearable as a waist belt with e... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062795 | Lightweight impact resistant helmet system A strong, lightweight, impact resistant helmet system protects the wearer from impact injury and minimizes bodily injury to other players brought into contact therewith during blocking and tackling events. Weight reduction is achieved by reinforcing inner and outer ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062796 | Periscope swim goggles Periscope Swim Goggles are swimmer's goggles with a periscope situated above the water line that projects the view that is ahead of the swimmer through a fiber optic cable to a viewer located on the goggle's eyepiece. Generally, an open-water swimmer using the free ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062797 | Multi-purpose goggle A multi-purpose goggle for protecting the eyes of the wearer in industrial and sporting environments and against glare when the wearer is viewing a computer screen for extended periods of time, for housing a virtual reality display and for use by pilots engaged in t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062798 | Glasses having a protective module A pair of glasses include a rim having two opposite sides each formed with a receiving hole having a periphery formed with an urging face directed outward in an oblique manner, and a protective module selectively mounted on the rim and including a protective frame m... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062799 | Piston type drain clearing apparatus An apparatus for clearing a clog in a pipe that includes a hollow, rigid cylindrical body, the body having a closed end and an open end; a piston disposed in the body for reciprocation therein; a rod attached to the piston and extending through an opening in the clo... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062800 | Plunger A plunger for forcing a blockage through a trap of a toilet. The plunger includes a handle member being designed for being gripped by a hand of a user, a plunger portion is coupled to the handle member. The plunger portion is designed for being positioned in the bow... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062801 | Two-staged toiled tank bowl control system A two stage toilet tank bowl control system includes a tank ball selectively positioned on the valve seat in the water tank. The tank ball is linked to a lifting lever so as to raise the tank ball from the seat when the lifting lever is rotated in its flushing direc... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062802 | Multipurpose sanitary installation The invention concerns a rectangular, in particular square, multipurpose sanitary installation, comprising essentially two separate units, namely a dry toilet unit (A) including essentially a wash basin and a toilet and a rectangular washroom (B). the washroom is de... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062803 | Furniture headboards and footboards Disclosed is a bedstead board having at least one recess near a first or a second side. The at least one recess is configured to removably receive a roller of a patient transport system. In use, two bedstead boards are connected to a bed frame. Each of the two bedst... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062804 | Patient movement system, method, and apparatus A patient movement system comprises a rotatable section coupled to a frame that moves in a horizontal plane. A hoist assembly is coupled to the rotatable section and spins relative to the rotatable section. The hoist assembly may be positioned by the rotatable secti... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062805 | Pedal control of brake and auxiliary wheel deployment via side and end articulation A wheeled carriage for supporting a patient includes a patient support with head and foot ends and a wheeled base supported by castered wheels. Auxiliary wheels secured to an auxiliary wheel support structure are suspendedly mounted to the wheeled base. A control ap... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062806 | Bedding structure with improved door/tracking system The present invention provides a flexible door for use in enclosing a protected area, thus limiting ingress or egress. The invention includes a tracking system for accommodating the door from above and below and has both top and bottom portions. Also a bendable port... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062807 | Infant mat An automatically-opening infant mat that is movable between an open position and a closed position includes a water-resistant flexible material sized to have an infant, at least from the infant's head to the infant's buttocks, placed on the material while the mat is... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062808 | Systems and methods for encasing mattresses Zipper-less encasing systems for a mattress are disclosed. One such system includes a bottom encasing configured to fit snugly over a bottom portion of the mattress and a top encasing configured to fit snugly over a top portion of a mattress and overlap with a porti... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062809 | Magnetic roofing hatchet A roofing hatchet having a magnetic striking face is hereby disclosed. A unique shouldered cap housing the magnet dampens the forces transferred from the striking by transferring the force directly to the hatchet head, bypassing the magnet, thereby preventing demagn... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062810 | Method for washing varying clothes loads in automatic washer using common water level A method to wash varying clothes load sizes with the same level of water is provided for a washer having a controller. A clothes load size setting signal is received in the controller. A mechanical duty cycle is set through the controller as a function of the clothe... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062811 | Collapsible bridge and method of making and using same A collapsible bridge has two track girders constructed as truss girders with a triangular cross-section. A chord profile is provided at each triangulation point and two corners of the triangular cross-section are situated at the same level with the third corner situ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062812 | Arch bridge A bridge, comprising a set of arches, each extending longitudinally along the bridge, including at least one central arch and at least two side arches, symmetrically disposed about the central arch. The side arches are slanted transversely inwardly so that they are ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062813 | Support leg system and method for supporting a dock leveler An apparatus for supporting a dock leveler in a manner to reduce the effects of free fall and stump-out. The apparatus includes the use of a retractable support leg. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062814 | Inflatable column assembly for a dock leveler A dock leveler for a truck loading dock includes a pivotal deck that is actuated by an inflatable column assembly. The inflatable column assembly includes a pliable tube that when inflated has a generally vertical cylindrical shape that can provide a heavy deck with... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062815 | Back scrubber A back scrubber includes a substantially U-shaped bracket including an elongated vertical base plate with an upper arm and a lower arm perpendicularly extending therefrom. Removably positioned between the upper and lower arms is a tubular brush member that is automa... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062816 | Surface cleaner with power drive A portable surface cleaning apparatus comprises a fluid dispensing system including at least one fluid supply tank, a dispensing nozzle connected to the fluid supply tank through a fluid supply conduit for applying a cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned, a flui... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062817 | Hinge assembly structure for opening and closing of door of storage facility A hinge assembly structure for opening and closing a door in a storage facility is provided. The hinge assembly structure includes a main body provided with a storage room, a door opening and closing the storage room on the upper portion of the main body, a hinge as... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062818 | D-ring handle The present invention relates to a handle member having a tab which, when pushed, allows the handle to be hingedly rotated from a resting position to a position substantially perpendicular to a faceplate member. In particular, the present invention relates to a D-ri... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062819 | System for guiding and drawing along mobile flats in a flat card A cogged-belt drive device for drawing along mobile flats of flat cards, in which the cogged belts are equipped, in their development facing the flat guides, with scraping or cleaning elements that eliminate the accumulation of foreign bodies from the guides on whic... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062820 | Hand removable tote box lid retainer A tote box retainer made from a cable tie having a tear tab that is attached to the main strap of the tie on one side near a strap-teeth, engaging-pawl enclosure and extending alongside the enclosure in a direction inline with the strap, there being at least one cha... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062821 | Clamping collar A clamping collar having a hook (22) suitable for being clipped onto a lug (12) in the clamped state. The collar has a tongue (14) secured to the end that carries the hook (22). The lug (12) has a free edge (12A) which, when... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062822 | Tube clip A clip comprising a pair of jaws each having an axially extending pressure surface, and resilient hinge arms hinged together from which the jaws are cantilevered for movement between a closed position in which the pressure surfaces are in facing opposition and an op... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062823 | Theft deterrent device A theft deterrent device adapted to be connected to an item of merchandise to discourage shoplifting includes a flexible lanyard. In one embodiment, the first end of the lanyard is removably anchored to the holder with the second end of the lanyard being lockable to... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062824 | Method and device for producing composite nonwovens by means of hydrodynamic needing Method of producing a composite nonwoven for receiving and storing liquids or the like, comprising a carded nonwoven, which is treated in order to consolidate it, and a pulp layer, such as a wood pulp fiber layer, applied to the consolidated carded nonwoven and brou... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062825 | Method of manufacturing a ceramic stack A method of producing a ceramic stack is provided, including the steps of providing at least a first ceramic green sheet to be formed into a long ceramic plate and having a principal surface, providing at least a second ceramic green sheet to be formed into a short ... | 06/20/2006 |
