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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389543 | Optically decentered face shield A face protector includes a one piece shield in which an optical center is displaced away from the normal straight ahead line of sight toward an activity specific line of sight to minimize image shift that occurs when a direction of gaze passes across the edge of th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389544 | Arm shade An apparatus for protecting the exposed top portion of human arms, one or both, from the sun's rays. A two piece fabric, which may have a SPF of at least 15, covers at most the top half of the arm is supported by spaced first and second elastic bands or straps, one ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389545 | Baseball glove having a palm section provides with a cushion sheet A baseball glove includes a palm side ply that has an inner face and a palm section, and a back side ply facing the inner face and connected to the palm side ply. A cushion sheet is attached to the inner face of the palm side ply, and has a palm portion substantiall... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389546 | Apparatus for putting a loading object in mouth by motion of jaw A loading object putting apparatus (a, b, c, d, and e) puts a loading object (e) in mouth by movement of jaw. The loading object putting apparatus (a, b, c, d, e) includes a headgear (a), an arm connecting means (b), an arm (c), a lever apparatus (d) rocked by a jaw... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389547 | Athletic garment with adjustable leg shields An athletic underpants having a body and legs with protective shields attached to the legs with releasable hook and loop fastener that allow the positions of the shields on the legs to be adjusted and the shields to be selectively removed from and attached to the le... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389548 | Swimming goggles Swimming goggles have a lens frame, lens received in the lens frame, and a strap adjusting means for adjusting a head strap. The lens frame includes a soft first frame enveloping a hard second frame. The second frame forms enhanced structure on a center of an upper ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389549 | Quick release toilet seat hinge assembly Disclosed is a hinge assembly for connecting a toilet seat and cover to a rearward extension behind a toilet bowl. Two base members are permanently affixed to the extension in spaced fashion. Two hinge support members are provided to snap connect to the base members... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389550 | Sanitary seat cover assembly for toilet bowl A sanitary seat cover assembly to cover the surface of a seat with a clean sanitary seat cover at every use, the sanitary seat cover assembly including sanitary seat covers having a body part that covers the upper surface of the seat with a predetermined area range ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389551 | Lash for a spa A lash for a spa having a lid, wherein the lash includes an elongate flexible member having opposite first and second ends and at least two layers of webbing having a flexible metal cable interleaved between the layers of webbing. A releasably lockable latch is moun... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389552 | Ambulance cot system The present invention relates to ambulance cots, cot systems and methods of using the same. In particular, the present invention provides an ambulance cot comprising a hydraulic system and a tip angle monitoring, recording and alert system, and methods of using the ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389553 | Carrying apparatus for rescuing persons A carrying apparatus for rescuing persons, for example from a space with a small access opening. The carrying apparatus accommodates a person in an elongated transport position, a middle part that is substantially curved in cross section and is open at the top, whic... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389554 | Air sleep system with dual elevating air posturizing sleep surfaces A high-profile air sleep system having a pair of air posturizing sleep surfaces which may be individually inclined and air adjusted comprises an air posturing module having an outer module mattress case. A first case section extends medially along a length of said m... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389555 | Large resisting distortion comb-type bridge expansion joint A large resisting distortion combo-type bridge expansion device, comprises fixed comb plate 2 and moveable comb plate 1 which are respectively disposed on the girder 10 where at the two sides of the bridge expansion device, the moveable comb pla... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389556 | Golf ball cleaning machine A golf ball cleaning machine is provided that is either a fixed mount or portable design and which includes a housing of two hinged halves that open and close. The upper housing includes a feeder tube with a ball inlet and the lower housing including a ball scrubbin... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389557 | Toothbrush An electrically driven toothbrush has a brush holder that is arranged to rotationally vibrate and carry a number of bristles interspaced with arcuate membranes. The membranes serve to aid cleaning of the teeth and to polish the teeth surfaces during use of the tooth... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389558 | Brush head for one time use A brush head for one-time use is equipped with a bundle of bristles (11) that is fashioned from flat strip of material (1). ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389559 | Mop head including contoured tubular fluid retaining strand elements An edgeless mop utilizing a relatively narrow diameter, knit tubular material to form the strands of a mop head wherein the tubular material incorporates an arrangement of elongate depressed channels and raised profile segments extending along its surface in the len... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389560 | Remotely actuated paint roller cover dispensing frame The invention disclosed herein provides a system, apparatus and method for removing a paint roller cover from a paint roller frame. The paint roller frame includes a handle having a movable button, a hollow support shaft, a roller support pivotally attached to the h... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389561 | Tandem windshield wiper system with direct drive motor A tandem windshield wiper system that includes at least one brushless DC motor to provide drive torque through an output that is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the motor. A first windshield wiper assembly having a first lever arm is driven by the motor abo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389562 | Windshield wiper assembly with tubular frame member A windshield wiper structural assembly and a method of forming the same is disclosed. The structural member is generally comprised of an elongate tubular component, which is bent to the desired configuration. The pivot mechanisms (8, 10) are designed for appl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389563 | Cleaning device with pivoting tank The disclosed cleaning device has a suction unit that can be used to take in liquid, a tank that can be used to hold the liquid, a mouth that can be used to pour liquid from the tank, and wheels that form a base. It also has a pivot that can be used to rotate the ta... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389564 | Arrangement for fixing furniture fittings to frame profiles of plate-type or board type furniture elements A furniture fitting including frame sections which are preferably extruded and are intended to enclose furniture parts in the form of plates or panels, wherein the flame sections have an open groove extending in the longitudinal direction receive and retain a retain... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389565 | Handle assembly for cordless roman shades A handle assembly for cordless roman shades to be installed on the bottom of a roman shade. It includes a handle, an anchor device and an extension plate. The handle has an ornamental plate and an anchor plate that are coupled together to form a clipping space betwe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389566 | Apparatus at a spinning preparation machine for changing silver cans In an apparatus at a spinning preparation machine for changing sliver cans, a sliver is delivered by a rotary plate 25 and deposited in a sliver can 15. Means are provided for moving a full sliver can 15, away from the region of the rotary plate... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389567 | Removable hat accessory A removable hat accessory, having a display object and an attaching device. The display object has an opening extending axially and upwardly from a bottom thereof. The attaching device has a fastener for holding the attaching device to the display object, and a spri... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389568 | Compression hose clamp A hose clamp 100 including a band 120 with an integrated wave-form 110 formed in the band 120 for spring compensation during thermal cycling and material aging, and notches 122 formed in the band 120; a housing 150; a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389569 | Method for manfacturing an acoustic matching member A method for manufacturing an acoustic matching member, the acoustic matching member being incorporated into an ultrasonic transducer for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, and including: at least two layers including a first layer and a second layer that ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389570 | Surface acoustic wave device manufacturing method, surface acoustic wave device, and communications equipment After electrode patterning on an electrode forming surface of a piezoelectric substrate 2 (FIG. 1(b)), a conductor layer is formed on an electrode non-forming surface of the piezoelectric substrate 2 (FIG. 1(c)). After formi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389571 | Retaining ring attaching device and data storage Embodiments of the invention provide a retaining ring attaching device capable of improving assembling efficiency and a data storage device fabricating method. In one embodiment, a C ring attaching device included in a hard disk drive assembling apparatus expands a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389572 | Method of retrofitting a probe station A method of retrofitting a probe station having a head plate (12), so that the probe station (10) is adapted to mate with a predetermined probe card dish (16) and any tester (18) out of a set of testers. A depression is then machined into... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389573 | Method of retrofit installation of a portable swimming pool barrier fence The installation and removal of a portable but sturdy pool barrier fence uses the hardware installed for attaching a safety pool cover during the pool use season. Multiple rectangular panel frames support a mesh fabric. Each panel has a lower horizontal frame member... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389574 | Method of enabling the stacking of electrowon metal units The invention teaches the nesting and spacing of electrowon metal units via an electrowon metal sheet having thereon a spacing feature. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389575 | Method of manufacturing permanently magnetized elements There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a plurality of removable permanently magnetized elements from a substrate comprising ferrite material. The method prints symbol images on the substrate with an offset, automatic sheet-fed press, and die cuts the symbol im... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389576 | Method of manufacturing micro flux gate sensor A method of manufacturing a micro flux gate sensor that has a good electrical connection and can be easily manufactured includes operations of forming a metal pattern, forming a first insulation layer to cover the metal pattern and forming viaholes to expose a certa... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389577 | Method to fabricate an ESD resistant tunneling magnetoresistive read transducer A method to fabricate a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) read transducer is disclosed. An insulative layer is deposited on a wafer substrate, and a bottom lead is deposited over the insulative layer. A laminated TMR layer, having a plurality of laminates, is deposit... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389578 | Manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods wherein when a main pole is processed by using an ion milling technique, a re-adhesion layer created on the side face of the resist mask is removed with certainty. In one embodiment, an inorganic... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389579 | Apparatus for providing a load on a bearing, the bearing having an inner race mounted to a shaft and the bearing retained by a nut Methods and apparatus for preloading a bearing are provided. These methods and apparatus include preload monitoring devices whereby the mechanic can accurately monitor and regulate the preload on a bearing or bearing assembly. Aspects of the invention may also be us... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389580 | Method and apparatus for thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389581 | Method of forming compliant contact structures A compliant contact structure and contactor card for operably coupling with a semiconductor device to be tested includes a substantially planar substrate with a compliant contact formed therein. The compliant contact structure includes a portion fixed within the sub... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389582 | Compressor mounting bracket and method of making A mounting bracket for a compressor. The mounting bracket includes a mounting member and an elongate bracing member. The mounting member is secured to the housing of the compressor has a central support section in substantial registry with the housing. The mounting ... | 06/24/2008 |
