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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7543338 | Garments with stretch fabrics The present invention relates to various types of garments to be worn by outdoors people such as hunters and fishermen. The garments include stretch fabric portions in strategic locations to provide mobility as well as comfort and thereby allow the wearer to engage ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543339 | Modular bidet, cartridge based liquid dispenser and blow-dryer system A modular system consisting of a hand-held bidet, a cartridge based liquid dispenser and a blow-dryer that are concealed inside a single cabinet. Separate cabinets can also be utilized for each of the subassemblies, thus allowing them to be used together in any comb... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543340 | Dual berth invertible bunk A dual berth bunk (20) for a sleeper cab (10) or other confined space includes a bunk frame (22) mounted for pivoting or rotating inversion. Berths (25a, 25b), or sleeping surfaces, are provided on the opposite sides ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543341 | Patient transfer device A patient transfer device for facilitating the movement of physically impaired patients from one location to an adjacent location. The device includes a base plate and a patient support plate. The patient support plate rotates with respect to the base plate to enabl... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543342 | Playard In a playard, the bassinet has adjustors with one ends connecting to a first side of the bassinet body and the other ends to a second side of the bassinet body. The adjustors extend from the first side toward and cross a first side rail of the frame body, reaching t... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543343 | Sleeping bag An article of bedding, such as a sleeping bag, is constructed so as to allow a user to selectively and alternatively control the insulating properties of the covering structure over the user's feet. Specifically, the lower portion of a main cover layer of a blanket ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543344 | Cover for a heating blanket A cover includes an enclosure for a heating blanket which is formed between an upper sheet bonded to a lower sheet of the cover. An opening for the enclosure is formed by a panel of the upper sheet which is separable from the lower sheet. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543345 | Face cradle insert device A face cradle insert device for providing extra support to the neck and head area of a person during a massage and/or when lying down. The face cradle insert device includes a pad and a receiver opening, wherein the pad is removably attached to a face cradle of a ma... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543346 | Drum washing machine and method of controlling the same A drum washing machine and a method of controlling the same. The locked state of a door is released for a predetermined period of time without interrupting water supply or water drainage for a user to open the door, during supplying or draining of water, when a wash... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543347 | Mobile bridge system Mobile bridge system with at least one bridge section comprising two articulatedly interconnected parts, and a bridge laying vehicle provided with a lifting frame hydraulically pivotable from the horizontal transportation position into a vertical laying position, ca... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543348 | Bottle cleaning device and methods of operation Implementations described and claimed herein include bottle cleaning devices and methods. An exemplary bottle cleaning device comprises a drive system. A shaft is releasably connected to the drive system. The shaft rotates in response to operation of the drive syste... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543349 | Trowel An invention that uses a convex shaped tool in the application and smoothing of concrete, but also can be used in other fields where needed where there is a concave surface. This trowel will be a big help in many variety of fields that has to deal with different deg... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543350 | Apparatus for applying drywall compound to a surface A lightweight tool for applying compound to drywall and like surfaces is achieved by using closed-cell foam to form an application layer secured to a stiff plate. A handle secures to the stiff plate to facilitate use. An application layer made of closed cell foam of... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543351 | Cleanroom mopping system A mop system for cleanroom use incorporating an autoclavable mop head adapted for snap-on, pressure fit attachment to a frame member having a pair of substantially planar free end portions. The mop head incorporates raised profile insert elements engaging free end p... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543352 | Cleaning apparatus and related methods A cleaning apparatus for a contoured cooking surface is disclosed. Methods of cleaning a cooking system with the cleaning apparatus are also disclosed. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543353 | Blade for windshield wiper of automobile This invention pertains to a windshield wiper blade apparatus for a motor vehicle that more effectively and perfectly completely clears away rainwater or and foreign objects, which stick to on the car windshield, with more definite contact force and without shaking.... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543354 | Brush head for automatic dissolution vessel cleaner Brush head for cleaning a vessel and use in an automatic dissolution vessel cleaning apparatus which includes a rotatable shaft defining a through passage, an upper end of which is operatively connected to a vacuum source, an inflow housing having at least one chann... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543355 | Door closer housing A door closer housing includes a mounting bracket having a L-shaped cross section, a first leg mountable on a supporting surface, and a second leg connected to the first leg and extending perpendicularly therefrom. The door closer also includes a cover mountable on ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543356 | Snap hinge for supporting closure elements A snap hinge for supporting closure elements, comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral, which share a first lever and a second lever and have, as their base element, respectively a plate for coupling to a component designed... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543357 | Folding device and method of mounting the same A folding device is constructed with a holding member mounted rotatably on an end portion of a movable case, which is formed on its periphery with a convex wall portion or a concave groove portion, and which houses a fixed member and a movable member. A holding memb... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543358 | Multi-stage hinge assembly and electrical device A multi-stage hinge assembly connected between first and second shell portions includes a first component, a second component and a connecting portion. At least one part of the first component is fixed to the first shell portion. A pivot extends from one side of the... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543359 | Tying device A system is shown for differentiating two or more cables of two or more respective appliances. The system comprises respective means in the form of tag devices for positioning on and labelling each cable, wherein each tag device is provided in a differentiated form ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543360 | Flex accommodating cable terminations Cable terminations having features which reduce stress in the transition between the potted region and the freely flexing region of a cable when the cable flexes laterally with respect to the anchor. Several favorable geometries are disclosed. The use of a supplemen... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543361 | Closure device providing visual confirmation of occlusion A closure device providing a visual confirmation of occlusion. The closure device includes a first and a second interlocking fastening strips which are arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined length, at least one of the fastening strips having a surface alte... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543362 | Method for preventing slider clip release The present disclosure relates to a zipper for a reclosable package or bag and a method of forming thereof, wherein aligned apertures are cut into the zipper flanges proximate to the slider position when the package or bag is open. Portions of the front and rear wal... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543363 | Seat belt buckle for use with pretensioner A seat belt buckle for use with a tongue of a seat belt, the seat belt buckle comprising: a frame portion; a latch being movably mounted to the frame portion for movement between a first position and a second position, the latch being configured to engage a portion ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543364 | Border flanging and attachment gusset forming system A process and apparatus for forming a mattress. A border material is fed through a sewing station to form a hem. The same material is fed through the sewing station again, at a different elevation to form a second hem and an attachment gusset. The hemmed gusset and ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543365 | Method of flexible connection A flexible connector may include a tube having an open end and a lower end distal from the open end, an inner surface of the open end comprising a plurality of apices forming a substantially polygonal lower cross-section, an upper shaft having an insert end disposed... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543366 | Method for producing wrench socket A method for producing a wrench socket includes forging a metal blank to form a socket. An end of the socket includes an engaging hole for coupling with a wrench and an outer periphery surrounding the engaging hole. A support rod is inserted into the engaging hole o... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543367 | Method of assembling a temperature controlled railway car A manufacturing facility and method for assembling a railway car having a composite box structure mounted on a railway car underframe are provided. The composite box structure may be defined in part by exterior metal sheets, side stakes attached to the exterior meta... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543368 | Flexible connectors and methods of manufacturing same A flexible connector comprises a length of corrugated tubing having a distal end and an end piece having a proximal end. The proximal end of the end piece is engaged with the distal end of the length of corrugated tubing and a length of polymeric tubing is utilized ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543369 | Guardrail support members A support member for supporting a guardrail with respect to a support post is provided. The support member comprises a body including a first portion adapted to engage a mounting area of a support post and a second portion adapted to engage a mounting area of a guar... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543370 | Method for production of a superconducting magnetic coil In a method for production of a superconducting magnetic coil, winding of superconducting wires of the superconducting magnetic coil is implemented with at least one UV-curable plastic, and the UV-curable plastic is at least partially cured with UV light during the ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543371 | Apparatus for a disk drive actuator pivot set height tooling with an active servo compensation An automated system for setting the linear distance from a mounting surface of a pivot cartridge to critical features on actuator arms is disclosed. This distance is set to eliminate the tolerance incurred via normal manufacturing of these components. The system adj... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543372 | Method of electrically connecting conductive railroad attachment Disclosed is a method for forming electrical interconnections between railroad track components and signal conductors/lines. In one arrangement, an electrically conductive adhesive is utilized to electrically interconnect a signal conductor to a railroad track compo... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543373 | Gel package structural enhancement of compression system board connections A MCM system board uses a stiffener arrangement to enhance mechanical, thermo and electrical properties by incorporating an LGA compression connector in a computer system. The present designs of large scale computing systems (LSCS) in IBM use a MCM that is attached ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543374 | Method of manufacturing wiring substrate In a method of manufacturing a wiring substrate according to the present invention, a metal foil is tentatively fixed onto a temporary substrate, which is made of a nonwoven fabric impregnated with resin, by selectively attaching a peripheral side of the metal foil ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543375 | Process for filling via hole in a substrate A process for producing an electronic component The electronic component includes a base material equipped with a core material and having a conductor layer on at least one surface thereof; a via hole formed through laser irradiation from the other surface side of t... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543376 | Manufacturing method of flexible printed wiring board Provided is an FPC, which comprises an insulating layer 2, wiring layers 3 and 4 laminated above and under the insulating layer 2, and a layer connection for connecting the wiring layers 3 and 4 electrically. The layer conne... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543377 | Perimeter matrix ball grid array circuit package with a populated center A ball grid array (BGA) integrated circuit package which has an outer two-dimensional array of solder balls and a center two-dimensional array of solder balls located on a bottom surface of a package substrate. The solder balls are typically reflowed to mount the pa... | 06/09/2009 |
