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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426753 | Protective garment An upper body garment suitable for wearing by a person made of a base fabric and having openings for the person's arms and head, and a breast portion. The garment includes a protective panel attached to the breast portion for protecting the upper body of the person ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426754 | Functional clothing article The functional clothing article includes a body for receiving and supporting a femoral region, a hip region, an abdominal region and a waist region of a user. An abdominal support unit is provided at a front portion of the body to support the abdominal region. A hip... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426755 | Protective garment having outer shell, intermediate and inner liners, and liner-indicating means In a protective garment comprising an outer shell, an intermediate liner, and an inner liner, a visual indication whether each liner is being worn, is provided to a person observing the outer shell, while the protective garment is being worn, via a tab extending fro... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426756 | Adjustable toilet bowl The subject of the invention concerns an adjustable toilet bowl for public usage,which enables the free regulation of the height of the bowl with respect to the floor. The toilet bowl is composed of two elements, lower (1) and upper (2). These e... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426757 | Bath apparatus with handle and auxiliary features The present invention discloses a bath apparatus having auxiliary features. The auxiliary features include a handle for providing ergonomic manual transportation of the bath apparatus. Additionally, improvements to conventional therapeutic effects are provided for e... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426758 | Crib assembly A crib assembly for permitting access to an infant in a crib without lifting the infant over the top of the crib includes a base panel supporting an infant when the infant is placed on the base panel. Each of a pair of opposing ends of the base panel has one of a fi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426759 | Adjustable bed and methods thereof An adjustable bed comprises a stationary bed frame and a movable bed frame. A portion of the stationary bed frame is coupled to a portion of a plurality of actuator devices and a portion of the movable bed frame is coupled to a portion of the actuator devices. A pow... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426760 | Bariatric bed apparatus and methods A bariatric hospital bed with full feature capability to enhance the care and treatment of bariatric patients. Among the features are fully adjustable and retractable siderails, bed raise-and-lower features, head-up and leg-down features for converting to a seated p... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426761 | Patient immobilization device A patient immobilization device comprises a backboard having a front side and a back side, and a pair of opposing paddles slidably mounted on the backboard. The paddles are configured to move between a storage position and a support position, to support the head of ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426762 | Pillow suitable for women's body Pillow (1) suitable for women's body, allowing an easy resting an easy resting to women's chest, keeping breasts separated therebetween and raised, unflattened by the body. The pillow has a donut shape additionally allowing an effective body side support, and... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426763 | Table engageable support for head cushion supporting anesthetized patient A support for the head of a patient lying in a generally prone position. The support features a tray adapted for support on an underlying operating table surface. A plurality of pins projecting from an engagement with the tray are positioned to engage and suspend ei... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426764 | Circulation enhancing sleeve pillow or cushion A tubular-shaped, circulation-enhancing pillow or cushion device worn on any part of upper or lower extremities as a rest and/or sleep aid. The device may include a semi ridged, yet flexible and resilient tubular core, a soft fabric elastic liner and an outer cushio... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426765 | Baby diaper changing station A diaper changing station for mounting on a wall surface above a floor surface includes a platform to receive a child. The platform includes a child-receiving portion and a protective covering portion. The child-receiving portion and protective covering portion are ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426766 | Tufted air mattress and method of making same A tufted air mattress including a first printed sheet and a second sheet. The first printed sheet is printed over a selected area with an ink containing a fluoropolymer. The portion of the printed sheet with the ink defines a coated area. The first printed sheet att... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426767 | Waffle-cut foam mattress or cushion pad A resilient foam or fiber cushion or mattress pad having wave-shaped top and bottom surfaces with the two surfaces angled relative to one another and the valleys of the wave-shaped patterns intersecting to create ventilation holes or apertures through the pad. The p... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426768 | Air duct cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning ducts of a heating/ventilation/air conditioning (HVAC) system is provided. In one embodiment, a pod has a vacuum chamber therein, a drive motor located within the pod and configured to receive a removable drive shaft therein, and a conduit ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426769 | Stall and manure vacuum truck A vacuum truck includes a self-propelled vehicle, a storage tank, a vacuum source, a laterally-shiftable scraper, and a pullback scraper. Suction lines connect a collection area of the scrapers to the storage tank and to the vacuum source. The exhaust from the vacuu... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426770 | Rotating brush driving control apparatus for vacuum cleaner The present disclosure relates to a rotating brush driving control apparatus. The rotating brush driving control apparatus includes a supporting bracket disposed in a suction brush assembly; a moving member slidably and elastically disposed in the supporting bracket... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426771 | Child resistant assembly for child vehicle seat A child restraint assembly for a child vehicle seat includes a buckle assembly including a buckle and a pair of latches, a harness coupled to the buckle assembly, and a harness adjuster to adjust the harness. The child restraint assembly also can include a chest cli... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426772 | Fastener element and concealed slide fastener A fastener element for a concealed type slide fastener having a substantially U shaped section including a side edge portion mounting groove for a fastener tape, comprising: a C shaped base portion; flat first and second tape nipping portions extended substantially ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426773 | Post attachment device A post attachment device for connecting a helmet to a head and neck support. The device includes a post anchor having a base, a button, a resilient member, a post, a retainer and a catch having a slot with a larger first section connected by a channel to a smaller s... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426774 | Buckle device A buckle device including a lock bar pushed by a release button for moving to a second position allowing rotation in a direction to release the engagement of a hook member, and a lock member rotated by a release button toward an unlock position at the time of releas... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426775 | Polymeric structures comprising a hydrophile/lipophile system Polymer melt compositions, especially polymer melt compositions that can be processed into polymeric structures, especially polymeric structures in the form of fibers are provided. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426776 | Nonwoven towel with microsponges The invention relates to a process of forming a nonwoven fabric with microsponges comprising obtaining a nonwoven base comprising fibers having a first side and a second side and having a weight of greater than about 2 oz/yd2, stitching the nonwoven base ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426777 | Method of producing member having face-geared surface A method of producing a member with a face-geared surface. An example of the method includes an initial process preparing a work piece and a hob, and a geared surface forming process forming a geared surface on a part of the area. In addition, at least one of the ho... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426778 | Tool for disassembling a shock absorber The disassembling tool (30) is constructed such that the grip 55b of the arm 55 is inclined relative to the fixed portion 55a and the bottom portion 53 downward to the base 31 at an angle θ1 (about 45°... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426779 | Method of fabricating wire member A wire member adapted to be used in a detection coil of an NMR spectrometer's probe. The wire member has a sleeve made of a copper tube having a high electrical conductivity, strands made of platinum, and a thin film of gold or rhodium formed on the surface of the s... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426780 | Method of manufacturing a power module A method of manufacturing a power module on a substrate. In one embodiment, the method includes providing power conversion circuitry including providing a magnetic device having a magnetic core and at least one switch on the substrate. The method also includes placi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426781 | Placement unit for mounting electric components onto substrates A placement unit for mounting electric components onto substrates has means for moving perpendicularly to the substrate, a housing, a built-in, rotatable holder for the components, and a rotary drive for the holder mounted within the housing. The holder is connected... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426782 | Methods and apparatus for connecting conductors using a wedge connector A method for connecting first and second elongate conductors using a wedge connector includes: providing a wedge connector including a sleeve member, a wedge member, and a lubricant coating disposed on at least one of the sleeve member and the wedge member, the slee... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426783 | Method of manufacturing an ink jet head In order to avoid any positional misalignment between an ink passage hole formed on a manifold plate and a nozzle formed on a nozzle plate, the nozzle plate on which no nozzle has been formed, is stacked on and bonded to the manifold plate having the ink passage hol... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426784 | Compact fire sprinkler attachment insert The invention satisfies this need. The invention is an internally threaded insert for use with a polymetric pipe fitting in a fire sprinkler system. The insert comprises an outer side surface, an outer rearward surface and an outer forward surface. The outer forward... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426785 | Multi type head moving shaver A multi type head moving shaver is disclosed. The multi type head moving shaver includes a housing provided with an ON/OFF switch and an inserting portion formed at a top of the housing, a connecting rod mounted inside the housing, the connecting rod being driven by... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426786 | Keyless shoe lock for reciprocating saw The present invention is directed to a keyless shoe lock assembly for a reciprocating saw. The keyless shoe lock assembly is capable of engaging and releasing a shoe bracket for the positional adjustment of a shoe relative to a blade clamp of the reciprocating saw. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426787 | Retractor for circular saw lower safety-guard Provided is an apparatus for lifting a retractable lower safety-guard on a circular saw. In one representative implementation, an actuator is attached to the circular saw and an elongated arm is coupled to the actuator such that operating the actuator causes the elo... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426788 | Tilt angle sensor layout structure for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same In a saddle-type vehicle having at least three wheels, a tilt angle sensor layout structure is provided which ensures that a tilt angle sensor is minimally influenced by a centrifugal force or vibration of a vehicle body while the vehicle is turned, and the tilt ang... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426789 | Universal measuring apparatus and associated methods A measuring apparatus for measuring an object includes a base member including a portion having a medial cavity and an extendible member that slidably engages the medial cavity of the base member. The extendible member includes a medial member having a mid point ind... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426790 | Method for initializing a position-measuring system A method is for initializing a position-measuring system for an object movable in at least two degrees of freedom relative to a measuring frame. The position-measuring system includes one position-measuring device per degree of freedom, including a scale having an i... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426791 | Energy saving device for clothes dryer and clothes dryer system comprising same An energy savings apparatus configured for use with a clothes dryer comprising an air duct and a damper assembly. The air duct has a first end and a second end. The damper assembly includes an air duct portion and a damper device mounting on the duct portion. The ai... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426792 | Footwear sole component with an insert A sole component for footwear combining the desirable response characteristics of a fluid filled chamber and an elastomeric material is disclosed. The chamber can be formed as a single bladder chamber in contact with an elastomeric midsole or as a single chamber by ... | 09/23/2008 |
