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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7484248 | Batting pad for protecting a batter's hand A batting pad comprising a body made from a cushioning material and having a ring portion adapted to fit over a batter's thumb and an appendage to cushion the palm area between a batter's thumb and index finger. The appendage has a thickness T at its thickest point ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484249 | Apron with beverage holder This invention provides an apron having at least one beverage pocket specifically designed for holding beverage containers at a convenient location for easy access by the user. The pocket includes a reinforced outer rim, formed from a durable polymer ring or gusset ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484250 | Protective hip pad A protective hip pad includes a shield, a shock absorbing assembly and a cushioned connector. The shield is substantially elliptical and has an outer shield surface having an inner surface and a central through hole. The shock absorbing assembly abuts the inner surf... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484251 | Lavatory jet assembly A lavatory jet assembly for a lavatory having an upper rim and defining a top opening therewithin, comprising a mounting base, jet unit and jet adjusting arrangement, such that the lavatory jet assembly allows a user to choose, after urination or defecation, from th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484252 | Automatic patient transfer system An automatic patient transfer system includes a transporting cart, a supporting frame mounted on the transporting cart in vertically movable manner to adjust a height of the supporting frame, and an endless conveyer platform. The supporting frame includes two spaced... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484253 | Patient support element for radiation therapy that reduces skin radiation burn A multi-layer patient support element comprising at least one structural member, wherein the structural member has a top surface and a bottom surface and wherein the top surface comprises a low radiation absorbing separation member. The support element of the presen... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484254 | Articulated bed A bed arrangement (10) has an articulated mattress support (30), a support frame (40) for the articulated mattress support, and a power assembly (50) for raising and lowering flexible sections (30b, 30c, 30 | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484255 | Multifunctional pillow A multifunctional pillow, comprises a cover including an upper cover, a lower cover and a top cover; a sliding track assembly installed between the upper cover and the lower cover; tile sliding track assembly including an upper frame and a lower frame; the upper fra... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484256 | Fire retardant cover for mattresses A retrofit cover for fully or partially enclosing a mattress, wherein the cover is formed of a unitary, integrally formed fabric having a fire barrier element. The cover is capable of rendering mattresses, mattress foundations, upholstered furniture article and othe... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484257 | Electromechanical furniture drive mechanism Electromotive furniture drive for displacing parts of a piece of furniture relative to one another. The drive includes a drive element that can linearly move along a linear motion axis. This drive is provided for pivoting a pivotal element, which can pivot about a p... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484258 | Method and apparatus for detecting laundry weight of washing machine A method and an apparatus for detecting a laundry weight of a washing machine can correctly detect a laundry weight of a washing machine. To this end, a motor of a washing machine is driven at a first speed and then at a second speed, and a laundry weight is detecte... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484259 | Large resisting distortion and modularized comb-type bridge expansion joint A large resisting distortion and modularized comb-type bridge expansion joint, comprises at least two modules located parallel in the direction of a bridge's width, and each module includes a fixed comb plate (2) and a movable comb plate (1), which are... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484260 | Liquid dispensing cleaning implement A manually operated liquid dispensing cleaning implement uses batteries to drive a motor, through gearing to rotate a flexible cleaning head with cleaning elements. A cleaning fluid reservoir container is supported within the implement for dispensing cleaning fluid ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484261 | Spot cleaner The present invention relates to a spot cleaner that includes a first absorbent pad and a second absorbent pad. The first absorbent pad includes a cleaner. The spot cleaner further includes a moisture proof barrier that is between the first absorbent pad and the sec... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484262 | Device for cleaning golf club heads and golf balls A device for cleaning golf balls and golf club heads, said device able to be releasably attached to a golf cart or worn or carried by a person playing golf. The device includes a generally rectangular sack having first and second opposed shorter edges and first and ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484263 | Grout joint clean out and leveling tool A tile adhesive removal system having a handle, or tool, and one or more removable tips. When applying ceramic tiles, one should remove any excess adhesive in the channel between an existing tile and a tile currently under application. A properly-sized tip is select... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484264 | Automobile windshield wiper blade A wiper blade that cleans panes, in particular of motor vehicles. The wiper blade (10) comprises a strip-shaped, elongated, elastically resilient support element (12), the lower strip surface of which faces the pane (14) and is provided with an ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484265 | Protectant application A hand-held nozzle is attached to the end of a vacuum and fluid delivery hose of an upright deep cleaner. The nozzle includes a reservoir to contain a solution to be applied to a surface. When a solution delivery system of the deep cleaner is pressurized, water from... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484266 | Hinge apparatus A hinge apparatus includes a hinge and a damper. The damper includes a damping shell having a shell body. A cover board is formed on an end of the shell body, an axial hole is opened in the center of the cover board. A damping body received in the damping shell has ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484267 | Device which can prevent a pull rod of suitcase from being automatically ejected out A device which can prevent a pull rod of suitcase from being automatically ejected out includes a counter weight which is installed in an inner lining of the pull rod. The counter weight is emplaced in a middle section of a frame slot of sliding rod. If the suitcase... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484268 | Hinge device and portable terminal having the same A portable terminal has a first side hinge arm positioned on a side of one of its housings and a second side hinge arm positioned on the other side of the other housing. A hinge device rotatably couples the housings and generates a rotational force to fold or unfold... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484269 | Portable device capable of standing and hanging by handle assembly thereof A portable device capable of standing and hanging by a handle assembly thereof. The portable device includes a main body and a handle assembly. The handle assembly is connected to the main body, allowing the main body to stand on a surface when the handle assembly i... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484270 | Disappearing hinging device for windows and doors with wing and swivel wing opening A hinging device for windows and doors includes a fixed frame and a movable frame, a first support element, a second support element, a main lever, a secondary lever, and a connecting arm. The first support element is fastened to the fixed frame bearing a main axis ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484271 | Device case opening/closing device, and 2-axis hinge device A first abutment surface 24 for restricting an initial position of a hinge main body 5, and a second abutment surface 25 for restricting a terminal position of the hinge main body 5 are formed on the transmission case 2. A third ab... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484272 | Attachable latch/lift eye An attachable handle for a rope including a rope attachment portion with a duct passing through the attachment portion. The duct holds the handle to the rope and the duct includes a first end having a first diameter to permit passage of a length of rope and a collar... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484273 | Coupling device The exemplary embodiments of the coupling device described and illustrated herein are suitable for use as a secondary or redundant system for retaining attachment between a user's arm and a closed handled device in the event the user looses her grip of the device ha... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484274 | Free end band and seal A pre-cut and preformed free end band and seal of a predetermined length, and method of making and using the same is disclosed. The band is preformed with a substantially closed loop of band material to capture a seal to provide a preassembled band and seal wherein ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484275 | Transportable contaminated remains pouch A gas-tight, liquid-impervious, transportable contaminated remains pouch designed and configured for storage and/or movement of remains or other items such as evidence in forensic applications that have been or are suspected to have been contaminated. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484276 | Process for manufacturing a composite nonwoven and installation for carrying out the process A manufacturing process of a composite nonwoven composed of two webs, respectively, a lower web comprising long artificial and/or synthetic fibres, the size of which is between 15 and 80 mm, and an upper web comprising short natural fibres, the size of which is betw... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484277 | Nonwoven fabric for artificial leather and process for producing artificial leather substrate To provide a method of producing a nonwoven fabric for artificial leather and substrate for artificial leather which is capable of providing the substrate for artificial leather having a sufficient shape stability by producing the nonwoven fabric for artificial leat... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484278 | Method of manufacturing a multi-layered piezoelectric A multi-layered piezoelectric device includes a plurality of piezoelectric portions and a plurality of electrodes electrically connected to the piezoelectric portions that are formed in layers on a ceramic substrate. A first piezoelectric portion is made of a piezoe... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484279 | Method of forming a conductive through hole for a piezoelectric substrate In a method of forming a part of a through-hole for a piezoelectric substrate having an excitation electrode and a leading electrode which are formed on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate and are made of a thin metal film in order to establish a conducti... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484280 | Method for manufacturing a surface acoustic wave element having an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode A method for manufacturing a surface acoustic wave element having an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate includes a) forming an insulation layer on a surface of an active side of the semiconductor substrate, b) forming a base ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484281 | Tool system for replacing a glow plug of a diesel engine A tool system for replacing a glow plug (31) of a diesel engine includes a plurality of tools (55), by means of which a defective glow plug (31), which is screwed tightly into an internal thread (33) of a mounting hole (32) of a cy... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484282 | Method of making mattresses A pillow top mattress is made by first folding a mattress core border strip lengthwise to form at least one integral pillow top border, cutting diamond-shaped notches out of the folded edge, and sewing the free edges of the notches together to form mitered corners. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484283 | Circular workpiece separation device When a separating plate 9 is lowered by the actuation of a cylinder unit 11 from the condition in which the far right C-shaped clip W of a group of C-shaped clips W touches a step section 15 of the separating plate 9 and stops, a wedge se... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484284 | High pressure water blasting device This device will allow a worker to safely, cleanly and most efficiently clean out a pipe or piping system, using high pressure fluid, probably water, that is directed through an opening and into the pipe. This device can be used on any piping system and may be adjus... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484285 | System for mating and demating multiple connectors mounted on board of semiconductor test apparatus A system for mating and demating a plurality of connectors mounted on a socket board with and from a plurality of corresponding connectors mounted on a motherboard includes: an adapter that is arranged above a surface opposite to the socket board surface on which th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484286 | Garage door having removable vent or glass covers A removable cover for a garage door vent or window, and preferably a cover for vents and windows in a garage door having embossed raised decorative panels incorporated into the door sections for decorative and aesthetic purposes, wherein the cover is slidingly recei... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484287 | Apparatus for assembling flexible molding main body part and cover part as molding A molding, such as a belt-line window molding for a motor vehicle, is produced by assembling or mating a cover part to at least a flexible portion of a functional main body part. A flexible portion of the functional main body part of the molding is compressed and fo... | 02/03/2009 |
