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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7516498 | Garment with enhanced knee support The present invention relates to a garment with enhanced knee support. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516499 | Garment having an adjustable waist A garment with an adjustable waist is disclosed, having an opening intersecting a waist section of the garment, a closure mechanism urging the opening to a narrowed position or a widened position to adjust the girth of the waist section, and a panel bridging across ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516500 | Combined fabric wrap and carry bag A combined fabric wrap and carry bag is disclosed. The combined fabric wrap and carry bag includes a first piece of fabric and a second piece of fabric affixed to the first piece of fabric to form a first pocket. In a first configuration, the second piece of fabric ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516501 | Medical device Medical device with a patient tunnel lined by a lining and a patient couch that can be moved into and out of the tunnel and accommodated in a recess in the lining enclosing the sides of the patient couch, with the patient couch having a clearance from the lining whe... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516502 | Wheeled attachment system for spine boards A wheeled attachment system for efficiently attaching to a spine board to allow the spine board to be easily maneuvered over various surfaces (e.g. flat surfaces, stairs, etc.). The wheeled attachment system generally includes a support structure including a shaft, ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516503 | Wheeled attachment system for spine boards A wheeled attachment system for efficiently attaching to a spine board to allow the spine board to be easily maneuvered over various surfaces (e.g. flat surfaces, stairs, etc.). The wheeled attachment system generally includes an end support, a pair of wheel assembl... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516504 | Osteopathic pillow The pillow (10) comprises a body (12) made of an elastically deformable material provided with a top side (14) upon which the head of a user can be rested, and an underside (16) for being placed upon a pillow support. The top side (14 | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516505 | Dry cleaning method and apparatus therefor The object is to determine a suitable stop timing of dry cleaning operation in a dry cleaning method without an oil-soluble surface-active agent. Contamination level of a pure solvent supplied from a supply tank to an inner drum of a process tank by a supply-side pu... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516506 | Shoe outsole made using composite sheet material Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for making a shoe outsole and to shoe outsoles made using such techniques. In one such technique, a sheet of composite material is produced by extruding a base material together with a sheet of fabric... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516507 | Integrated megasonic cascade scrubber module and process Substrate preparation systems comprising multi-zone cascade brush scrubbers having sonic assemblies disposed between one or more of the scrubber zones for cleaning of disk-shaped substrates, including silicon wafers and disks for data storage devices, such as hard d... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516508 | Motorized cleaning implement A motorized cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The motorized cleaning implement includes a bumper pad that is connected to a motor capable of providing a reciprocating motion to the bumper pad. A cleaning substrate which ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516509 | Pneumatic device for cleaning ventilation ducts The present application relates to a pneumatic device for cleaning ventilation ducts, which includes a guiding air hammer, a turning conduit, an air-supply pipe and a slewing mechanism for the conduit. The guiding air hammer has a hollow spherical or hemispherical s... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516510 | Cleaning sheet Disclosed is a cleaning sheet including a main body which is intended to be placed on a bottom face of a cleaning head and attachment sheets which extend from the main body and are intended to be secured on a top face of the cleaning head. The main body has an attac... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516511 | Windscreen wiper supporting device A windscreen wiper supporting device comprises a hollow body, an interior of the body being installed with a retaining shaft; a lower side of the retaining shaft having a first magnetic unit; a second magnetic unit being at a lower side of the first magnetic unit an... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516512 | Castor having efficiently locking function A castor includes a main body, two rollers each rotatably mounted on the main body, a stop member movable in the main body between a first position where the stop member is located at a height higher than that of each of the two rollers and a second position where t... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516513 | Adjustable engagement glide device and method An adjustable engagement glide is quickly and removably engaged with tubular products to finish the product end and function as a cap, foot, bumper, or scratch protector on products such as furniture, shop and transportation products, and racks and displays. Engagem... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516514 | Door stopper for a motor vehicle door and motor vehicle door for a motor vehicle with a door stopper of this type A door stopper for a motor vehicle door has a piston-cylinder unit arranged basically longitudinally inside the motor vehicle door. The unit is connected in a swiveling manner at a first end with the motor vehicle door and is able to interact at a second end with a ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516515 | Refrigerator with dual swing door A refrigerator incorporates a dual swing door including a dual hinge mechanism. The dual hinge mechanism includes a lock bar having a first end portion and a second end portion joined by an intermediate portion. Each of the first and second end portions includes fir... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516516 | Three-dimension adjustable hidden furniture door hinge A three-dimension adjustable hidden furniture door hinge is designed to include a travel member that can be fixed onto the door, an adjustable member that can be fixed onto the door frame and an arm segment connects these two members, the adjustable member includes ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516517 | Hinge device A hinge device where height adjustment, depth adjustment and side adjustment are permitted, wherein a hinge flap is adjustably supported by a rotatable pin with a polygonal flange, the hinge for side adjustment having an adjustable screw body fastened into the door ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516518 | Assembly comprising a door leaf and hinges, and a shower stall The invention relates to an assembly comprising a door leaf (1), which has at least two undercut blind holes (26), and comprising at least two hinges (3) each consisting of a door-side and a wall-side hinge part (4,5). In order to fasten ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516519 | Door or gate closing hinge The adjustable self-closing hinge (1) comprises a first hinge part (2), a second hinge part (3), a hinge shaft (10), a torsion spring (18) having a first end (19) fixed with respect to the first hinge part (2) and a s... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516520 | Dual member handle system and method of operating the same A dual member handle system and method of operating the same. The system includes a body, a first handle rotably attached to the body, and a second handle rotably attached to the body. The first handle is attached adjacent the second handle. The first handle rotates... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516521 | Footwear lacing system Disclosed is a footwear lacing system comprising a lace attached to a tightening mechanism. The lace extends through a series of guide members positioned along two opposing footwear closure portions. The lace and guides preferably have low friction surfaces to facil... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516522 | Clamping collar A clamping collar comprising an open ring (10), each end of which carries a bearing tab (10A, 10B), and tightening means comprising a tightening bolt (14) whose shank passes through the bores (12A, 12B) in the bearing tabs, ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516523 | Concealed zipper A concealed zipper assembly includes a pair of zipper tapes and a pair of sliders movable along the zipper tapes and defining an opening therebetween. The sliders are configured to close the zipper tapes and the opening as they move toward one another along the zipp... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516524 | Hook fastener components and methods of their manufacture A molded plastic hook fastener component for hook and loop fastening has individual raised bases distributed over a common area, each carrying an individual hook element while a laterally contiguous portion of each raised base raises the lower bound for the loop reg... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516525 | Process for making chemical protective wipes and such wipes A process for making chemical protective wipes is disclosed. A top layer is fully needlepunched (102). A bottom layer is fully needlepunched (104). Then, an adsorption layer is sandwiched between the top layer and the bottom layer (106). Then, t... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516526 | Spun metal form used to manufacture dual alloy turbine wheel A spun metal form used to manufacture a dual alloy turbine wheel. The spun metal form prevents braze alloy contamination of the hub/casting interface by relocating the braze joint away from the interface. The spun metal form allows for the re-working of components a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516527 | Method of repairing a worn skid plate on a circular saw A repair assembly for the skid plate of a circular saw and its associated method of repair. If a circular saw has a skid plate that is worn to a point where it needs replacement, this repair assembly is used to reinforce the worn skid plate so it can again be used. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516528 | Method for the manufacture of an X-ray tube cathode filament A method for the manufacture of a cathode filament of an X-ray tube and an X-ray tube formed by the method wherein the filament has at least two legs and one body, the filament being a single-piece filament. Spraying at least one material on a support by plasma spra... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516529 | Method for producing in situ metallic foam components Disclosed is a method for producing a complex composite metal structure having a metallic foam substrate. A sheet metal structure is provided having a metallic foam precursor formed of metallic particles and foaming agents. The sheet metal structure is formed using ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516530 | Method for picking and placing a clinging part A method for picking and placing a clinging part. Gripper fingers spaced apart from each other by a central spacing on each of first and second gripper jaws are provided. The gripper jaws are moved between a grip position in which the gripper jaws grip the clinging ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516531 | Method of assembling universal trim piece system for a refrigerator A universal trim piece system for a refrigerator door having a decorative panel can be employed with either a front mounted door handle or a side mounted door handle. When employing the front mounted handle, the door is provided with a top trim piece, a bottom trim ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516532 | Pusher bearing and pusher block for magazine feeder A method of urging one or more fasteners toward a nosepiece of a fastening tool generally includes placing one or more fasteners into a magazine and moving a pusher block that is pivotally mounted on a pusher bearing toward the one or more fasteners. The method also... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516533 | Positioning device for staple guns and method of use Apparatus for manufacturing a bedding foundation having a base and a wire grid of support wires comprises at least one vertically moveable staple gun having a staple head and a wire positioner associated with the staple head, the wire positioner being configured to ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516534 | Method for attaching a nut element to a metal structure A method of installing fastening elements, and rivetless fasteners for use with the method. Rivetless nutplate fasteners are installed in metal structures by providing flush fit barrel shaped plug or bushing portions in a hole in the structure as defined by an edge ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516535 | System and method for securing a rotor to a motor drive shaft using a pressure clamp A rotor assembly for mounting a rotor to a motor shaft having a rotor with a main aperture defined by a first half and a second half. A C-shaped collar is disposed into the second half of the main aperture with the motor shaft passing through the first half of the m... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516536 | Method of producing polishing pad A method of manufacturing a grooved polishing pad wherein a large number of grooves, extending parallel to each other, are fabricated at specific intervals on at least one of a front surface and a back surface of a polishing pad substrate through a groove cutting pr... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516537 | Method for converting a standalone network storage system into a disk drive storage enclosure An existing disk drive storage enclosure is converted into a standalone network storage system by removing one or more input/output (I/O) modules from the enclosure and installing in place thereof one or more server modules (“heads”), each implemented on a singl... | 04/14/2009 |
