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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7454798 | Medical garment and related method A medical garment is configured to be worn by a patient requiring medical attention. The medical garment includes a blouse portion including fabric material configured to cover an upper torso and arms of the patient when worn. The medical garment further includes a ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454799 | Hat for accommodating hair and method A method of wearing a hat is accomplished by providing a hat with a crown and a brim projecting from the crown. A hole is provided in a sidewall of the crown and a hole in the brim. The hat is positioned on a wearer's head and the hair of the wearer is passed throug... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454800 | Anatomically fitted respiratory component belt An anatomically fitted belt is used for carrying one or more waist-mounted respiratory protection components. The belt includes a main belt portion and a belt buckle portion. The main belt portion includes a back section, a left side section, a right side section, a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454801 | Commodes with user's upper-body support A commode chair with user's upper-body support is provided. The seat assembly of the commode, including bowl, seat, and lid, is formed to support a user to sit on a commode facing the upper-body support. The seating assembly has a narrow width to the direction of th... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454802 | Drain system for tub An air massage bathtub is disclosed. The air massage bathtub includes a bath well defined by side walls and a bottom portion. The bottom portion includes a recessed area with a drain located within to the recessed area. The bathtub further includes a channel located... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454803 | Mist delivery system A mist delivery system includes an enclosure having at least one misting nozzle coupled thereto. The enclosure includes a primary wall and a secondary wall, whereby an air channel is defined between the primary wall and the secondary wall. A controller directs miste... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454804 | Bed guard assembly A bed guard assembly includes a one or more end panels, a spanner, connectors and an extension. The spanner is placed against the top or bottom surface a mattress. The connectors connect the spanner to the end panels such that one end panel opposes another end panel... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454805 | Hospital bed A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck including a seat section and a foot section movable relative to the seat section. The bed further including a mechanism that control movement of the foot section relative to the seat section. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454806 | Leg support arrangement for operating tables The invention relates to a leg support arrangement for operating tables comprising two leg supports, connected to a base element of an operating table such that, the above are adjustable between a base position, lying adjacent to each other parallel to the longitudi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454807 | Massaging fluid filled bed A massaging fluid filled bed. The massaging fluid filled bed comprises a bed having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a compartment disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface. A plurality of grippers is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454808 | Method and apparatus supporting babies being fed A ridged base with a ridge above/adjacent to a platform zone providing surface(s) for a baby. The system preferably includes ridged base positioned over support base. Support base provides layer of flexibly firm material of depth. The ridged base may approximate any... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454809 | Method for using inflatable cushion cell with diagonal seal structure An inflatable cushion cell has first and second inflatable compartments. Each inflatable compartment is defined by at least one diagonal seal structure. In addition, each inflatable compartment also has at least one fluid opening. In one embodiment the diagonal seal... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454810 | Divided support mattress A divided mattress is disclosed having multiple sections separated by an expansible divider such that movement atop one section of the mattress is isolated and not felt from the adjacent section. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454811 | Cross-dock system An apparatus for the loading and unloading of railroad boxcars includes a first platform assembly that abuts the boxcar and a second platform assembly that abuts the first platform assembly and is secured thereto. The height of the first platform assembly is adjusta... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454812 | Tube cleaning tool A cleaning device, or projectile, cleans the inside surface of a tube as it is propelled by a liquid through the tube by mechanically scraping and cleaning soft and hard deposits, such as sludge and manganese, from the inner surface of the tube, such as those found ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454813 | Cleaning device and method A cleaning device includes a soft sponge layer, having at least one rib or bead on its surface; an intermediate layer, which is harder than the sponge layer, a cloth layer, that is bonded to the intermediate layer, opposite to the sponge layer. The layers may be bon... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454815 | Coupling device The invention relates to a coupling device for creating a hinged connection between adjacent panels of a sectional door leaf, comprising a connecting element that is fixed to the adjacent panels and a support element holding a guiding element which interacts with a ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454816 | Stretch break method, apparatus and product A method for stretch breaking fibers to produce a staple yarn and operating a staple fiber spinning machine, and an apparatus for performing such method, that enables the production of a plurality of products of lot size smaller than a large denier tow product. The ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454817 | Heat and flame shield A heat and fire resistant planar unitary shield formed of heat and flame resistant fibers and voluminous bulking fibers. The shield material has a heat and flame resistant zone with a majority of the heat and flame resistant fibers, and a voluminous bulking zone wit... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454818 | Elastic tie down A tie down for connecting two objects. The tie down has an elastic tube having an unstretched state and a stretched state, a braided line extending through the tube, with the line having a compressed state and an uncompressed state, and a securement at each tube end... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454819 | Zipper tab assembly A zipper tab assembly has a connecting member, a clamping member and a decorative tab. The connecting member has a through hole, an engaging channel and two engaging holes. The clamping member is detachably attached to the connecting member and has a resilient loop ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454820 | Method of manufacturing a plurality of laminated structures A laminated structure with less breakage of an insulative layer due to stress and easy interconnection. The laminated structure includes at least a first electrode layer, a dielectric layer and a second electrode layer stacked in this order. The first electrode laye... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454821 | Wall scrubber for blown insulation An insulation system comprising: a supply of material having discrete elements; an applicator assembly for installation of the material having discrete elements to a surface; and a scrubber for finishing the face of the material. In one embodiment, the scrubber incl... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454822 | Method of making bristle arrangement for brush seal A method of making a bristle arrangement for a brush seal, which includes providing a bristle arrangement; severing the bristle arrangement, the bristle arrangement now having free ends; and joining the free ends. A method of reworking a bristle arrangement for a br... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454823 | Method and apparatus for assembling slider members onto interlocking fastening strips Several embodiments of resilient slider members and methods of assembling such slider members onto interlocking fastening strips are disclosed herein. The slider member (200) comprises a pair of spaced-apart side walls (210, 230) and an intermediate bo... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454824 | Apparatus for inserting a slide unit onto a clamping head of a plastic zipper bag An installed structure of a slide unit of a clamping head on a zipper bag has a vibration device, a track and an installation device. The installation device is installed with a removing unit, an input unit and a press unit so that a clamping portion is delivered to... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454825 | Method of manufacturing thin-walled structures A method of manufacturing a thin wall structure involves reinforcing the thin wall structure with a meltable matrix to resist the stresses induced in the structure during machining. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454826 | Method of manufacturing multiple engagement joint tethered fastener A fastener first member connects to a second member by a flexible tether. A third member having multiple deflectable wings slides onto the second member. A first member male pin extends through a third member aperture to engage second member biasing elements, joinin... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454827 | Threaded pedestal cup A method for forming a threaded pedestal cup including providing a pedestal with an interior cavity having an inner surface, and a top portion that has a larger diameter than a bottom portion; inserting a non-threaded arbor into the interior cavity to engage the inn... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454828 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic write head A method for measuring recession in a wafer undergoing an asymmetrical ion mill process. The method includes the formation of first and second reference features and possibly a dummy feature. The reference features are constructed such that the location of the midpo... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454829 | Cable sorting threader and labeling tool A structured cabling tool includes a lower frame base that supports cable axles, the tool being extended in a ready for use condition and compacted in a ready for transport condition; frame arms supported by the lower frame base, the frame arms fixable upright ortho... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454830 | Apparatus with twisting tool having cavities and associated retaining parts for manufacturing electrical harnesses The present invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing a harness of electrically conductive wire segments, the apparatus comprising a twisting tool (20) having at least two cavities (31 to 38), each cavity being associated with retaining m... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454831 | Method for mounting an electronic element on a wiring board An electronic element (a semiconductor chip) is joining on a wiring board with the active surface thereof facing up (die-bonding step). A slope linked from the surface of the wiring board to the active surface of the electronic element is formed at the periphery of ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454832 | Method of forming metal plate pattern and circuit board A method of forming a high aspect ratio metal plate pattern or circuit board by multi-stage etching with a metal mask is disclosed. A resist (12) is coated on one or two surfaces of a copper plate (10) and patterned into a resist pattern. A tin plating... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454833 | High performance chip carrier substrate A multilayer chip carrier with increased space for power distribution PTHs and reduced power-related noise. In a multilayer chip carrier with two signal redistribution fanout layers, in addition to signal escape from near-edge signal pads at the first fanout layer, ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454834 | Method of fabricating semiconductor chip assemblies A method of making a microelectronic package includes providing a first microelectronic element having electrically conductive parts and including first and second surfaces and providing a compliant element including a releasable adhesive over the first surface of t... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454835 | Method of manufacturing heat transfer device A method for manufacturing a heat transfer device is described. The method includes: mortising a porous core into a first hollow tube; mortising a second hollow tube on the first hollow tube; covering a heat conductor on the first hollow tube; and connecting a conne... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454836 | Method for manufacturing inkjet head, and inkjet head A method for manufacturing an inkjet head having a pressure chamber that stores ink, a nozzle that is provided at the pressure chamber and ejects the ink, and an actuator that changes an internal pressure of the pressure chamber to eject the ink in the pressure cham... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454837 | Effort-saving gardening shears A pair of effort-saving shears primarily comprises: a first shear element having a combining portion with a pivot hole and a shear element combining hole thereon, and a first handle further attached to the first shear element; a second shear element having combining... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454838 | Scissors with improved riveted closing system Scissors (1) having a first lever (2) and a second lever (2′) provided with respective coaxial holes (25, 25′) in their central portions (20, 20′) and a rivet (4) disposed in the holes (25, 25′) of the levers ... | 11/25/2008 |
