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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7487553 | Glove A glove has a glove body including a front portion defining a palm area and a rear portion. A plurality of independent tubular members extends from the palm area and inter-dispersed apertures are dispersed on the front portion, including the palm area and the plural... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487554 | Garment borne dispenser for volatile insect repelling materials A system and method of dispensing volatile material near the edge of a garment, such as a hat or shirt. A dispensing element is provided that contains volatile material and slowly releases the volatile material into a surrounding environment. The dispensing element ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487555 | Socks A sock that has a bulge portion (11) extending vertically of the toes that, in the intermediate portion of a toe portion (10) covering the toes, is disposed in the instep (10b) and/or sole (10a) of the foot, whereby when the... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487556 | Protective athletic equipment with improved ventilation A upper body protective garment for cushioning blows imparted upon the wearer's body includes a chest protector portion, a back protector portion, and a pair of telescopic shoulder protector portions. These protector portions preferably form a single integral unit. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487557 | Attachment of protective pads for protection of joint surfaces A single or plurality of fasteners attached spaced along dynamic center and general periphery of a protective pad, such as a hip or coccyx pad, to releaseably secure the pad, through a small hole or holes in ordinary clothing, at the bodily joint to be protected. Th... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487558 | Headboard for a pull-up-in-bed system An end panel for a patient support apparatus such as a hospital bed has a frame, a housing covering the frame, a roller mounted on the frame which rotates relative to the frame. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487559 | Patient transfer device Methods and apparatus for transferring patients are provided. A patient transfer device may have a wheeled base and a lateral transfer structure. A patient may lie supine on a patient support structure on top of a transfer sheet. Airbags may be adjusted beneath the ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487560 | Easily changeable absorbent panel for bed clothing The securing layer such as a fitted sheet is modified to provide one half of a fastener, such as a zipper, and a separable, absorbent panel as adapted to overlay the top surface of a mattress and to underlay and be in direct contact of the occupant on the mattress. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487561 | Flat sheet and fitted sheet assembly A bedding assembly including at least a first sheet, preferably one fitted sheet having a head end and a foot, at least a second sheet, preferably one flat sheet having a head end and a foot end to be placed atop the said second sheet, an elastomeric component eithe... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487562 | Hospital bed having head angle alarm A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a head section coupled to the frame and movable relative to the frame between first and second angular positions, and a sensor operable to determine an angular position of the head section. The apparatus also has an alar... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487563 | Device for supporting at least one arm of an operating person during a surgical or medical operation A device for supporting at least one arm of an operating person during a surgical or medical operation comprises at least one supporting element for supporting the at least one arm of the operating person, the supporting element being arranged at a carrying structur... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487564 | Articulatable spring mechanisms for items of furniture A quiet, non-binding articulatable spring mechanism for resiliently supporting a mattress includes a system of articulatable, sinuous springs, each having hooked ends for silencing the mechanism during use or collapse, as well as central offset portions for enabling... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487565 | Hunting multi-tool A hunting multi-tool is provided with a base frame having a handle and a drag bar. A first blade is coupled with the base frame and may be moved between skinning and gutting positions. A drag line depends from the drag bar and may be secured to a cleat coupled with ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487566 | Adhesive roller An adhesive roller for detritus removal having an elongated strip where the strip has both a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying and covering a first side of the backing layer. The strip also has a first end, a second end and two spaced apart sides. The st... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487567 | Flat mop cover for a mopping device, in particular for floor cleaning The invention relates to a flat mop cover for a flat mopping device, comprising a large area backing textile (1) having longitudinal edges and transversal edges and having a mopping side (4), which is active in cleaning, and a top side (7), whic... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487568 | Multiple station machine for cleaning a container by scouring with a compressed gas peripheral jet A machine for cleaning the inner walls (66, 75) of a receptacle (12), includes several cleaning stations of which one is fitted with an insufflation tube (36) that is connected to a source of pressurized gas and that is provided with a nozzle ( | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487569 | Vacuum cleaner with drive assist A base has wheels, including a drive wheel, for wheeling the base over a floor. A handle, including a handgrip, is connected to the base for propelling the base by manually applying a force to the handgrip. A motor has an output shaft coupled to the drive wheel. A c... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487570 | Apparatus for protecting motor of a vacuum cleaner A motor protection apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes: a motor chamber adapted to mount a motor; a penetration hole formed on a partition surrounding the motor chamber; a valve member configured to move between a first position closing the penetration hole and ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487571 | Control adjustable device configurations to induce parameter variations to control parameter skews A method is used for configuring an electronic device to reduce a skew of a parameter. The method includes a step of incorporating a plurality of controllable built-in parameter variation adjusting circuits for effecting a small step-change in the parameter at diffe... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487572 | Hinge motion check friction device, methods incorporating the device, and uses thereof Hinge motion check friction device for incorporating into a hinge assembly useful for holding a hinge open at an selected position. The hinge motion check friction device is useful for incorporating into vehicle door hinges, particularly when the vehicle is being pa... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487573 | Device for dry forming a web of fibers A device for dry forming a web of fibers. The device includes; a fiber distribution head (1); a forming wire (3) movable under the head; a suction means (5) located on the opposite side of the forming wire from the head; within the head, a chamb... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487574 | Eyeglass and other personal items holder A holder for securing eyeglasses, sunglasses or other personal items that may be securely incorporated into an article of clothing at the time the article is manufactured. The holder includes a base member that can be inserted into an article of clothing. The base m... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487575 | System for attaching trim covers to a flexible substrate This invention provides a system and method for attaching a trim cover to a flexible/resilient substrate, typically constructed from foam, which includes a plurality of clips that each has a base molded into the substrate. The bases each include a central “key-hol... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487576 | Composite track, column and other supports, including for machinery A drill assembly, for example for drilling or coring concrete, has a drill column formed from a composite material. A track for a wall saw or for supporting other structures for movement along the track is formed from a composite material. A composite column, rail o... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487577 | Recycle method and system thereof A recycling method which comprises constructing a membership computer system comprising appending to products identification displays showing that the products satisfy the standards for products scarcely giving loads to environments, easily recyclable products, high... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487578 | Method for forming belts with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment A method is provided for forming a contact toaster having a flexible belt. The method includes forming a flexible belt by applying at least one of a silicone rubber, a urethane rubber, and a fluoropolymer to a fabric reinforcement material having a first face and a ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487579 | Methods of making medical devices A method of manufacturing a medical device, such as an endoprosthesis, includes reducing the size of the medical device, and vibrating the device. In embodiments, the device is vibrated ultrasonically. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487580 | Method of forming a self dissipating snow abatement system A snow fence system made of snow itself, intended for use around construction sites, like raised pads, commonly used in oil, mining and construction. The snow fence is built in stages. After the first significant snowfall, the pad is cleared by pushing the snow to t... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487581 | Method of manufacturing an inverter device By providing a plurality of semiconductor chips that are connected in parallel and constitute one arm of an inverter; a first conductor to which a face on one side of said plurality of semiconductor chips is connected; a wide conductor to which a face on the other s... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487582 | Shipping comb for assembling a disk drive In certain example embodiments, a shipping comb for assembling a disk drive is provided. The shipping comb has a comb block which includes a locking portion having a comb pin hole formed therein, at least one spacer, and a connecting beam to connect the locking port... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487583 | Fastener supply apparatus Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487584 | Gun type continuous clip ejecting apparatus Disclosed is a gun type continuous clip ejecting apparatus. The gun type continuous clip ejecting apparatus includes a body including bodies symmetrically combined by each other with a curved shape and a clip guide groove therein; a cover inserted into the upper fro... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487585 | Method of manufacturing a metal-ceramic circuit board A metal-ceramic circuit board is characterized by being constituted by bonding on a base plate of aluminum or aluminum alloy at least one of ceramic substrate boards having a conductive metal member for an electronic circuit. A method of manufacturing a metal-cerami... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487586 | Process for producing semiconductor device A process for semiconductor device production by which the reliability of connection with bumps can be easily heightened with higher certainty. The process for producing a semiconductor device comprising a substrate having bumps formed thereon, comprises covering th... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487587 | Methods of producing a composite substrate Methods of producing a composite substrate and devices made by the methods are disclosed. One of the methods comprises providing a flexible sacrificial layer, producing one or more patterned conducting layers on the flexible sacrificial layer, bending the sacrificia... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487588 | Process for producing leaves for leaf seal In a process for producing leaves (20, 20′) for a leaf seal, in particular as a seal for a gas turbine, which leaves (20, 20′) are laterally delimited by a peripheral edge contour and have regions of different thicknesses (d1, d2), a ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487589 | Automotive heat exchanger assemblies having internal fins and methods of making the same The present invention relates to automotive heat exchanger assemblies that can withstand high environmental temperature and pressures conditions. By providing a tube strengthener inserted into the tubes at the areas of highest stress, the heat exchanger assembly is ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487590 | Method for manufacturing monolithic ink-jet printhead having heater disposed between dual ink chambers A monolithic ink-jet printhead includes a substrate having a lower ink chamber formed on an upper surface thereof, a manifold for supplying ink to the lower ink chamber formed on a bottom surface thereof, and an ink channel providing communication therebetween; a no... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487591 | Method of constructing a fire-resistant frame assembly Fire resistant door, glazing, and mullion frames include intumescent material at least partially embedded in the frame adjacent the door or glazing. Trim materials are positioned over the intumescent material to prevent tampering with and damage to the intumescent m... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487592 | Electric rotary shaver An electric shaver including an outer cutter holder (30) that holds the outer cutters (24), an inner cutter holder (42) which has a plurality of projections (50) that pass through the outer cutter holder (30) and press the outer ci... | 02/10/2009 |
