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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418738 | Vertical adjustment mechanism for helmet mount for night vision device A helmet mount includes a helmet block, a chassis attached to the helmet block, the chassis adapted to receive the night vision device, and a vertical adjustment assembly for vertically adjusting a night vision device relative to a user's eyes while the helmet mount... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418739 | Multipurpose garment The present invention relates to an article of clothing which has multi purpose and function. The present invention is in one form a reversible pocketed apron that converts into a general carry bag and a storage bag. The apron can be worn in several ways. The pocket... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418740 | Head and face protector A versatile upper body garment formed of a stretchable fabric is configured to provide a variety of modes of wear with respect to head covering. A coat, jacket, shirt or vest has an integral hood which covers the wearer's head. Within the hood is an integral face sh... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418741 | Patient garment A patient garment for wearing during treatment or examination involving insertion of tubing at a body site which is suitable for street wear. A plurality of openable flaps allow access to particular body sites and loops attached to the garment adjacent each opening ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418742 | Pants The present invention relates to pants capable of lifting sagging buttocks when a user wears them, thereby giving a sense of comfort as well as a good appearance to the user. The pants include elastic first wings, wherein each one side of the first wings is seamed w... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418743 | Groin protector for combat sports It is an object of the present invention to provide a convenient groin protector for combat sports capable of reliably preventing the position of the plate-like rigid body of the groin protector body from being deviated during a match, and capable of wearing and tak... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418744 | Noise reducing float for toilet bowl A float with a mesh over it floats on the surface of the water in a toilet bowl. The float is preferably toroidal and the mesh is held by the toroid by a distance above the water in the toilet. The toroidal float is preferably circular or tear drop shaped in cross s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418745 | Playyard with bassinet A juvenile playyard including a bassinet assembly mountable on a frame of the playyard and including a bassinet couplable to the frame in a use position across a portion of a top opening of the playyard. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418746 | Playard A collapsible frame structure for a playard. The collapsible frame structure includes a plurality of legs, and a plurality of cross members arranged so that at least one cross member extends between, and is pivotally connected to, respective adjacent legs to form a ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418747 | Furniture A furniture member adapted to act as a versatile headboard is disclosed. The furniture member has a substantially vertical back member, two side members, a substantially vertical, lower front member and an angled front member collectively defining an interior space ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418748 | Sleeping bag with replaceable air mattress A sleeping structure includes a sleeping bag having a top layer having a top layer opening edge and a top layer sealed edge, and a bottom layer having a bottom layer opening edge and a bottom layer sealed edge. A first fastener releasably fastens the top layer openi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418749 | Patient care equipment support lock An equipment support includes an equipment supporting portion to support patient care equipment, a downwardly extending coupler coupled to the equipment supporting portion, an upper lock and a lower lock. The coupler has upper and lower portions configured for recei... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418750 | Patient support and method for studies of lumbar vertebra rotation A patient support and software evaluate spinal instability by controlled isocentric rotation of the spine and measurement of rotation among vertebra to detect damaged vertebra having disproportionately large rotations. The patient support comprises a first support, ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418751 | Positional feedback system for medical mattress systems An apparatus adjusts the pressures of a therapeutic mattress surface in accordance with the angular position of that surface. The apparatus comprises an angular position sensor and a rotation sensor which are housed together in an enclosure having a top surface in t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418752 | Mattress insert A mattress insert including a substantially flat bottom surface configured to rest on a mattress and a concave portion formed in a support base opposite the flat bottom surface. The concave portion includes a recessed area between a head rest area and a leg rest are... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418753 | One-sided mattress A one-sided mattress construction includes a spring assembly with asymmetric spring coils. Only the bottom portion of each spring coil is attached, either to adjacent spring coils or to a bottom surface of the mattress. The top portion of each spring may have a narr... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418754 | Apparatus for controlling door of drum type washing machine and method thereof A system for controlling a door of a drum type washing machine is provided. This system allows the door to be opened only if there is no water in the washing tub, or if the water level in the tub is very low, so as to prevent water in the tub from cascading out of t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418755 | Walking boot for diabetic and other patients An orthopedic walking boot promotes rapid healing of diabetic foot ulcerations by lowering the maximum peak pressure imposed upon the foot. The walker has a hard unyielding shell which is designed for walking. The shell closely and rigidly supports a mid-sole in a f... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418756 | Fastener thread cleaning apparatus A fastener thread cleaning apparatus includes a first arm and a second arm each having a first end and a second end. The first and second arms are pivotally coupled together adjacent to the first ends to define a pair of jaws. An abutting side of each of the of the ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418757 | Musical toothbrush A toothbrush assembly comprises a toothbrush, a storage unit comprising an input, a memory for storing audio signals received via the input, and an output for transmitting or playing the stored audio signals. A variety of different embodiments of storage unit and to... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418758 | Baseboard cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning a baseboard of a wall generally comprises an extendable handle to which a friction decreasing device such as a wheel, an adsorbent/desorbent pad and a pad compression device are assembled in a manner such that the lower end of said apparatu... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418759 | Toothbrush and process for producing the same The invention relates to a toothbrush with a neck piece and a brush body, comprising a head piece connected thereto, conventional bristles and at least one soft elastic cleaning element. According to the invention, the conventional bristles are mounted on a support ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418760 | Multi-functional hand-held tool A multi-functional tool for use on flat or curved surfaces, comprising a flexible hand-held member characterized by a plurality of undulations formed in the member and having a plurality of edges and surfaces. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418761 | Grille cleaning sponge A sponge for cleaning a vehicular grille has a multilayered polyester polyol-based polyurethane wherein the upper and lower layers are each a flexible polyester polyurethane foam and the central or medial layer is a reticulated polyurethane foam. The layers are bond... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418762 | Self-propelled cleaning device and charger using the same A self-propelled cleaning device having a cylindrical side cover has a suction body capable of moving transversely to the forward direction. The side cover is held by a base via a suspension. When cleaning corners of a room, the suction body moves by a wall and as t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418763 | Hand vacuum with filter indicator A hand-held portable vacuum having a filter indicator that is coupled to an outlet housing and in fluid communication with a portion of the outlet housing between a fan inlet and an intake. The filter indicator includes a pressure differential indicator that is conf... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418764 | Mode control arrangement for a floor care appliance An upright vacuum cleaner is provided having a suction nozzle height adjustment arrangement controlled by a rotary mode control member located on the upper housing. The rotary mode control member controls a suction nozzle height adjustment motor and a rotary agitato... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418765 | Grommet A grommet includes a first grommet, having a first insertion hole through which a wire harness passes, an inner cover, having a second insertion hole communicated to the first insertion hole, the inner cover being mounted into the first grommet and a second grommet,... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418766 | Hinge with tandem pivot structure motion lock and override An upper piggybacked unit of a tandem unit is provided with a hinge unit and at least one motion lock to prevent the upper unit from falling away from the lower unit when it is tandemly coupled to the lower unit and the lower unit is pivoted to a non-horizontal posi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418767 | Automatic fiber processing system including method and apparatus for producing end-aligned fiber samples The apparatus for the preparation of an end-aligned fiber sample comprises an array of fiber combs, a first drive unit, a fiber collection device connected to the first drive unit, a suction device, a detection device and a control unit to control each of the forego... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418768 | Set, comprising a plurality of needles having an angular front tip With a set, in particular for fixed combs or round combs on textile combing machines, comprising a plurality of needles which are arranged adjacent to each other, whereby each needle comprises a foot section and a tip section, and whereby between the tip sections of... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418769 | Down branch fiber fabric and the fabricating method thereof This invention relates to a kind of down branch fiber fabric, its fabricating method and device. The fabric is composed of 10-100% down branch fiber and 0-90% textile fiber by weight. The processing steps include material choosing, silver feeding, twisting, winding ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418770 | Apparatus for securing a coupling or a fitting to a spiral bead hose The present invention relates to an apparatus for securing couplings or fittings to the ends of hose of the type that has a smooth cylindrical interior and a spiral-reinforcing bead in conjunction with a more flexible hose body. The present invention relates to a se... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418771 | Clip for clamping cloth for use with embroidery frame A clip for clamping a cloth according to the invention is mounted on an embroidery frame including an outer frame, and an inner frame which is internally engaged with the outer frame thereby to hold a cloth to be worked between the outer frame and the inner frame. T... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418772 | Method for manufacturing a surface acoustic wave In a manufacturing method for a SAW apparatus a first insulating layer is formed on the entire surface of a piezoelectric LiTaO3 substrate. By using a resist pattern used for forming an IDT electrode, the first insulating layer in which the IDT electrode ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418773 | Punch and drill machine for a structural angle A machine is provided for making holes in the legs of a structural angle oriented lengthwise along the X-axis of a mutually orthogonal X, Y, and Z-axis coordinate system. The machine includes a first or main frame, a second frame moveable along the Y-axis relative t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418774 | Method of using an automatic rivet loading module An automatic rivet loading module which includes a pusher mechanism, a gripper mechanism, a mandrel receptacle, mechanisms for moving mandrels in the mandrel receptacle, and a tool activation device. The gripper mechanism receives a rivet, and a mandrel is moved thr... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418775 | Machined manifold and method of making same A manifold for conveying injection molding material into a mold from a molding material supply and method for making same includes a main flow member having a central flow passage extending through the main flow member along a longitudinal axis of the main flow memb... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418776 | Method of manufacturing an antenna The present invention relates to a method for producing an antenna comprising a conductive wire, formed by a wire, made of a conductive material, whose path has a helical shape. In accordance with the invention, such a method is characterized in that a print is form... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418777 | Method on manufacturing spin valve film A method of manufacturing a spin valve film, produces a large read out signal. After a completion of a film making process for forming a previous film of two films to be formed successively, but before an initiation of a film making process for forming a succeeding ... | 09/02/2008 |
