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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7409723 | Multifunctional protection rack for safety helmet A multifunctional protection rack for a safety helmet having interchangeability, which is connected to the safety helmet to install a welding mask for performing a welding operation, a shade for preventing a direct ray of light from passing therethrough, or a protec... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409724 | Baseball glove The present invention provides a baseball glove to absorb the impact force received by the thumb from the ball when catching, and the force received by the thumb from a runner when a touch playing, in a state in which the user experiences no strange sensation. A bas... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409725 | Knee protecting apparatus A knee protecting apparatus includes a top plate that is rigid and has a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. A panel for receiving a person's knee is attached to and selectively positioned on the top pl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409726 | Methods for securing bibs to garments and related clothing articles Methods for securing bibs to garments and related articles of clothing. Various schemes are disclosed for securing a bib to a mating garment using one or more points of attachment employing a respective mating pair of fastener halves at each point of attachment. The... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409727 | Nursing cover A nursing cover is described, including a sheet having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a first side edge and a second side edge, and a strap coupled to the top edge of the sheet and a plurality of D-rings are coupled using another strap to the top edge of the sheet, ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409728 | Adjustable suitmate mock blouse A “SuiteMate” mock blouse comprising a panel of decorative fabric that spans the chest area and which attaches at its upper corners to a user's bra straps by hook and loop fastener® attachments or fabric clamps, or to the skin by self-adhesive skin attachments.... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409729 | Method for securing bib to garment and related clothing articles Methods for securing bibs to garments and related articles of clothing. Various schemes are disclosed for securing a bib to a mating garment using one or more points of attachment employing a respective mating pair of fastener halves at each point of attachment. The... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409730 | Method and apparatus for keeping a shirt collar aligned and fastened, magnetically A method and apparatus for holding a shirt collar in a desired position and orientation, magnetically, against a shirt front. The apparatus includes a collar stay insertable into a conventional collar stay pocket or attachable to an inside surface of a collar, and a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409731 | Disposable waste liner assembly A potty training assembly includes a flexible disposable and water-insoluble body that is adaptable between a bowl and a folded shape. The body includes a top fluid-absorbent layer and a bottom fluid-impermeable layer, which are coextensively shaped and lay contiguo... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409732 | Providing unidirectional hinge, increased buoyancy and passive tensioning for buoyant-slat automatic pool cover systems Invented techniques and associated mechanisms are described for eliminating bi-directional flexure properties of coupled buoyant-slats forming a pool cover while simultaneously increasing the buoyancy of a leading or front portion of the cover and for assuring that ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409733 | Toy storage cover for portable play yards, cribs and containers A toy storage cover for a portable play yard includes four outer panels shaped to surround the outer walls of the play yard attached at their top edges to four inner panels shaped to line the play yard. A floor panel joins the inner panels and is secured to the floo... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409734 | Pneumatically powered lift ambulance cot A collapsible pneumatically operated ambulance cot having a support frame, a wheeled base, a support mechanism disposed therebetween, and a lift mechanism for pneumatically moving the upper frame relative to the lower frame is disclosed. The lift mechanism permits a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409735 | Dynamic cellular person support surface A person support surface comprises a multitude of inflatable cells. The cells are inflated and deflated to adjust an interface pressure between the person support surface and a person supported by the surface. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409736 | Wire stripper with strip length scale A strip length scale for a wire stripper has a receiving portion, a channel aligned with the receiving portion and gradation markings along the length of the channel. Numerical markings next to the gradation marking correspond with the length of the channel. The cha... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409737 | Apparatus and method for detecting malfunction of a clutch of washing machine Device and method for detecting malfunction of a clutch in a washing machine, the device including a clutch including a coupling for transmission of a power from a motor to a washing shaft or a spinning shaft, a clutch motor (60) for providing a power to the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409738 | System and method for predicting rotational imbalance A system and method is provided for predicting an imbalance condition in a rotating device. The rotational imbalance prediction system (100) includes an accelerometer assembly (104), including at least one accelerometer (304), and a processor ( | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409739 | Dock leveler support frame and method of installation A dock leveler support frame includes an upper frame member and a substantially vertical frame member connected thereto. The substantially vertical frame member includes both a structural member and a height-adjusting leg assembly. The leg assembly is adjustable via... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409740 | Pool mop An apparatus for assisting individuals in cleaning their pools. The apparatus comprises a cleaning head that is capable of being attached to a shaft or handle. The cleaning head comprises a base and a replaceable mop head that slides into the base. The replaceable m... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409741 | Toothbrush with tuned vibrating head A toothbrush provides a head with bristles, a neck and a handle. An eccentrically rotational weight is engaged for rotation with a motor, the weight disposed within the head. The motor is disposed within the handle. The head and neck are integrally formed with a nat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409742 | Suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner A suction nozzle of a vacuum cleaner includes jet units for jetting air into positions where air streams collide with each other as air is drawn into a suction port of the nozzle from both side portions thereof, so as to prevent substantially the collision of air st... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409743 | Apparatus for cleaning air discharge from agricultural harvester An apparatus for cleaning the air discharged from an agricultural harvester. A separation housing has inlet and outlet ends. The inlet end includes an upper chute, a lower chute, and a separation wall therebetween. The lower chute extends from the inlet end to a cle... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409744 | Dust collecting unit of vacuum cleaner A dust collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collecting unit includes a dust separating chamber with an air inlet formed on an outer surface thereof and an air outlet formed on one side thereof, a main dust collecting chamber formed in the dust ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409745 | Cleaning pad for vacuum cleaner The claimed invention provides an apparatus for use with a vacuum cleaner nozzle having an intake opening with a flow area that receives a flow of working air. The apparatus comprises a cleaning pad with a structure that permits the working air to pass through the p... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409746 | Swivel hinge A swivel hinge has a base plate, a first loop, a first rotating board, a second loop, a mounting member, a second rotating board, a pivot member, a third loop, a third rotating board, and a locking ring. When the display panel rotates relative to the main board in a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409747 | Pliable handle The present invention is aimed to provide a pliable handle, which is cost-effective, speedily assemble, to improve the stability of the central pole and to prevent the gel from leaking out. It is characteristic of a plastic cover placed over a central pole partly de... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409748 | Method of making high loft nonwoven The present invention relates to a process for making high loft, nonwoven material by providing either natural and/or synthetic fibers, providing a low melt binder fiber, mixing the low melt binder fiber and the natural and/or synthetic fibers to form a web, cross-l... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409749 | Coated stainless steel cable tie A metal cable tie is provided with a locking head attached to a strap. The strap comprises a coated portion and an uncoated tip for insertion into the locking head. According to one embodiment, the locking head is coated. A strap may be comprised of stainless steel,... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409750 | Plastic zipper with end stops and method for manufacturing same A method for producing a zipper for use in the production of reclosable plastic bags of the type having the zipper extending across a top end of the bag. The zipper has a first profile member and a second profile member that is interengageable with the first profile... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409751 | Clip for heat sink A clip includes a body having a first end and a second end. A connecting member extends through the first end of the body. A hook plate is attached to a bottom of the connecting member and an actuating member is pivotally coupled to an upper end of the connecting me... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409752 | Structure of holding mechanism with rotatable knob for radiator A structure of a holding mechanism with a rotatable bidirectional knob suitable for securing a radiator is disclosed. The holding mechanism comprises a pressure-bearing unit, a buckling element and an operation assembly. The buckling element and the pressure-bearing... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409753 | Method for producing spunlace non-woven cloth, method for producing spunlace non-woven cloth with X-ray detectable element, spunlace non-woven cloth with X-ray detectable element produced thereby A method for producing spunlace non-woven cloth includes the following steps: clearing cotton—carding—spreading the web—water jetting—bleaching—drying—rolling the finished products. This method improves the good ratio of the finished products of the whol... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409754 | Apparatus for closing fluid passages of engines An apparatus for closing fluid passages of engines is disclosed. Preferred apparatus of the invention are able to automatically recognize inlets of several fluid passages, which exist in each engine at different positions depending on the engine model, and rapidly a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409755 | Push rod removal tool A tool useful for engaging and pivoting the rocker arm of an internal combustion engine in order to enable removal of a push rod from the engine by virtue of positioning the rocker arm in a manner that disengages the rocker arm from the push rod includes a pair of b... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409756 | Method of locating and removing a fastener from a workpiece A system for locating and determining the orientation of fasteners in hard disk drive spindle assemblies utilizes a sensor system that facilitates an automated rework process for the spindle assemblies. The screw locating system identifies the locations of the screw... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409757 | Automated Z-pin insertion technique using universal insertion parameters In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of inserting at least one Z-pin into a composite laminate for providing Z direction reinforcement thereto. The method comprises the initial step of positioning at least one Z-pin upon the composite... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409758 | Vibration damper systems for drilling with casing Apparatus and methods are provided for reducing drilling vibration during drilling with casing. In one embodiment, an apparatus for reducing vibration of a rotating casing includes a tubular body disposed concentrically around the casing, wherein tubular body is mov... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409759 | Method for making a computer hard drive platen using a nano-plate Provided is a method and system for manufacturing a hard drive platen. The method includes depositing two or more types of film around a central core to form a plurality of film layers, each film layer being of a different type than its adjacent layers. Next, the de... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409760 | Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present invention employs an electronic control unit and one or more sensors to dete... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409761 | Electronic component mounting apparatus and method of mounting electronic components In an electronic component mounting process for mounting electronic components (6) to a substrate, each of the electronic components having an adhesive layer on a surface to be bonded to the substrate is picked up with suction nozzle provided with individual ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409762 | Method for fabricating an interconnect for semiconductor components A method for fabricating an interconnect for testing a semiconductor component includes the steps of providing a substrate, and forming interconnect contacts on the substrate configured to electrically engage component contacts on the component. The interconnect con... | 08/12/2008 |
