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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7520003 | Safety bath and shower mat A safety mat for use in bathtubs or shower stalls provides comfortable and safe conditions for users during a bath or shower. The safety mat can be optionally used with a seating aid placed directly on a floor of a bathtub or shower stall, and restrains substantial ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520004 | Combined cushion and protective cover and methods of forming A combined cushion and protective covering for a patient support having a patient-supporting surface comprises a central section having length and width dimensions corresponding substantially to corresponding dimensions of the support surface. Flaps which are unitar... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520005 | Rotating, sitting-up bed comprising a thigh-raising device A rotating and sitting-up bed includes a height-adjustable base and a support frame, which is connected to the base by means of a rotating articulated element. The support frame can be rotated by 90 degrees relative to the vertical axis with the help of the rotating... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520006 | Hospital bed including moveable foot portion A patient support including a frame and a mattress supported by the frame. The frame includes a deck support and a deck supporting the mattress. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520007 | Accessory rail clamp with latch and lock mechanisms A clamp is provided for securing an accessory to a rail of a patient support apparatus. The clamp comprises a first jaw adapted to be placed on the rail, a second jaw coupled to the first jaw for movement between an open position and a closed position, a resilient m... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520008 | Surgical table extension A surgical table extension features a patient support structure, a large area base, and a support leg. A first joint having at least two degrees of freedom is located between the patient support structure and the support leg. A second joint also having at least two ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520009 | Patient transportation device with retractable, extendible handles to facilitate lifting of a patient A patient transportation device includes a rigid backboard with means for securing a patient thereon. At least one handle is extendibly coupled to the backboard, and at least one connector is coupled between the backboard and the at least one handle to suspend the b... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520010 | Foldable circular baby changing pad having annular storage area and perimeter handles with ends at fold lines A diaper changing article comprising a flat circular body preferably having a plurality of fold lines therein, wherein the body is adapted to be folded about the fold lines to open and close the changing article; preferably, a storage area radially arranged about a ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520011 | Patient bedding system with dense matrix or individually suspended directly body supporting pins A support pin matrix features a number of support pins densely two dimensionally arrayed and individually springily suspended such that a patient's body or body portions may be bedded directly on the support pins. The pins are preferably pressurized by a fluid press... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520012 | Mattress A mattress. ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520013 | Process for enhanced liquid extraction from fabrics A process of extracting liquid from a fabric having a first content of liquid includes the steps of creating a surfactant surface layer including at least one surfactant at an air-liquid interface of the liquid on the fabric, wherein the surface layer has a first su... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520014 | Method and apparatus for bridge construction The present invention is directed to an apparatus for use in constructing a bridge comprised of a superstructure and a substructure that supports the superstructure and is comprised of foundations and piers. In one embodiment, the apparatus is comprised of a truss s... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520015 | Portable submersible cleaning device A portable submersible cleaning device includes a housing that has axillary opposed top and bottom apertures. The housing has a frusto-conical shape, and includes a handle and an access door removably attached thereto. A cleaning head is pivotally and removably atta... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520016 | Electric toothbrush and toothbrush head A toothbrush head of an electric toothbrush, the toothbrush extending longitudinally and having a hand part, the toothbrush head including a drive rocker, a brush-head carrier coupled to the drive rocker, a main bristle carrier and an additional bristle carrier, bot... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520017 | Street sweeper recirculation flap A street sweeper system is used typically in a motorized vehicle. The sweeper utilizes a cylindrical brush rotating about an axis generally perpendicular to the vehicle's direction of motion. A conveyor belt catches debris thrown forwards and upward by the brush and... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520018 | Mop with attached wringer A mop with an attached wringer cup has a set of perforations near the outwardly tapering lower end of the wringer cup. The wringer cup includes a rib. Along a side portion of the rib a plurality of perforations may be provided. In an embodiment the perforations may ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520019 | Pleated fabric washer/buffer element, method of manufacture and method of attachment A car wash brush is constructed using elements of pleated synthetic material. In one form, radially-pleated fabric discs are stacked on a shaft. In another form, a single length of material is laterally pleated and punched to form a continuous pattern of holes along... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520020 | Apparatus for cleaning a beverage can's top A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a top of a beverage can. The top of the beverage can to be cleaned is inserted into a can-receiving cavity in the body of the cleaning apparatus, and the top of the can contactingly engages an actuator that opens a valve to a source... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520021 | Wheel assembly A wheel assembly has a support unit, a rotating unit and an arresting unit. The support unit includes a sleeve, a stop hole and a recess. Brackets respectively extend from opposing sides of the sleeve. A rotating shaft pivots the wheel between the brackets. The rota... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520022 | Spring and hinge assembly for installing a door on toilet partitions A hinge assembly comprises a first hinge half, a second hinge half, a spring, and a pin passing through the spring joining the first hinge half and the second hinge half. The spring in turn comprises a coil body, a first spring arm extending from the coil body havin... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520023 | Hinge A hinge for connecting a first folding element to a second folding element. The hinge includes a fixing element which comprises a first fixing face by means of which the fixing element is contactingly fixable to the second folding element; a first arm connected to t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520024 | Hinge assembly A hinge assembly could be installed between a panel and a base of an LCD and has a body, an active leaf and two mounting leaves. The body has two sides and two protrusions formed on the two sides respectively. The active leaf has two mounting portions mounted pivota... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520025 | Hinge for a notebook extension pad A hinge for a notebook extension pad is mounted in an expansion pad of a notebook and has a pivoting assembly, a positioning disk, a limiting stationary leaf, a limiting disk, a pressing assembly and a locking assembly. The expansion pad has a mounting segment and a... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520026 | Hinge assembly A hinge assembly includes a pintle supporting a first coupling member and a second coupling member. The second coupling member includes two protrusions formed on two opposing faces. Two position limiting members simultaneously abut against the protrusions respective... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520027 | Friction enhanced hinge to provide positioning force to hold a display at a position as required A hinge includes a shank, a rotation bracket adapted to securely connect to a display of a laptop computer, a fixed bracket adapted to securely connect to a base of the laptop computer and at least one friction bracket securely connected to the fixed bracket and hav... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520028 | Hinge device In the case of a hinge device with an arm and with two head pieces mounted to pivot/swivel on the ends of the arm around respectively one axis, the head pieces are respectively joined to revolve with one of the two belt pulleys, which are circumscribed by a common t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520029 | Device for attaching a tool to harness Device for a portable engine powered tool that is carried by a hook secured to a harness or a strap in order to reduce the loads on the operator. The tool is attached to the hook by a loop (19) placed close to the centre of gravity for the tool to facilitate ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520030 | Cable tie having detachable tail A one-piece cable tie includes a tail which is configured with a plurality of slits or notches therein. These slits are in alignment with the recesses in the tail and extend no deeper than the depth of the recesses. Such slits are designed to aid the use in removing... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520031 | Connector for detachably interconnecting a number of strips A connector for detachably interconnecting a number of strips (3), each of which has at least one perforation (4) and which in at least one mutual connection position is flush with the perforations (4) in the other strips (3). The connect... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520032 | Linear slide fastener The invention provides a linear slide fastener wherein a concave portion accommodating a fixing thread for fixing a fastener tape is provided on a top face of an upper leg portion of a coil-like/zigzag-like linear fastener element, when dimensions from a bottom face... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520033 | Multiple-crook male touch fastener elements A plastic male touch fastener component has a sheet-form base and an array of male fastener elements, each including a stem extending outwardly from and integrally with the sheet-form base, and two heads extending in essentially opposite directions in an engagement ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520034 | Seat belt device A seat belt system capable of reliably preventing inadvertent engagement even on occurrence of erroneous insertion of a tongue plate. The seat belt system includes first and second buckle units respectively including tongue plates and buckle bodies. The buckle bodie... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520035 | Seatbelt apparatus A seatbelt apparatus that is capable of improving seatbelt wearing operability may comprise a webbing, a tongue plate moveably attached to the webbing, which are provided with a grip portion to be gripped by an occupant and an engagement portion extending from the g... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520036 | Multi-point buckle for restraint system The present invention provides a buckle and tongue combination for restraining an occupant in a seat, the buckle and tongue combination. The combination includes a housing, a frame located within the housing, two pawls disposed upon the frame, each pawl having a dis... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520037 | Method of producing a fibrous preform Method for producing a fibrous preform, especially by needling a fiber material (e.g., discontinuous pitch-based or PAN-based fiber). A needle-penetrable mold plate (10) having at least one mold cavity (12) therein for receiving the fiber material is p... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520038 | Piezoelectric element, method of manufacturing the same, liquid-jet head, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid-jet apparatus Disclosed are a piezoelectric element, which has a high withstand voltage and a longer durability life, a manufacturing method of the piezoelectric element, a liquid-jet head, a manufacturing method of the liquid-jet head, and a liquid-jet apparatus. The manufacturi... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520039 | Method for the post-treatment of deformed high-grade steel blanks A method for post-treatment of single high-grade steel blanks produced from deep-drawable circles or sections of high-grade steel by deep-drawing, pressing, rolling and deformation. According to this invention, the completed blanks are post-treated directly after be... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520040 | Clip feeder The invention concerns a clip feed arrangement comprising a magazine bar having an entry and an exit for guiding a line of clips from a clip supply to a separating device of a closure apparatus, and a clip drive arranged in the region of the magazine bar. The clip d... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520041 | Quill shaft extractor for the 700 series aircraft An extractor tool used to remove the quill shaft unique to the General Electric T-700 series turboshaft engine when used as the powerplant for the AH-64A & D model Apache Helicopters. The extractor incorporates an alignment housing coupled with an extractor unit. Th... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520042 | Flexible connectors and methods of manufacturing same An end piece for a flexible connector comprises a sleeve defining the proximal end thereof. A length of corrugated tubing is extended into the sleeve and the sleeve is crimped thereby joining the length of corrugated tubing to the end piece. For high pressure applic... | 04/21/2009 |
