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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7555788 | Integral helmet The invention relates to an integral helmet comprising a shock resistant helmet shell (1) which covers the top part of the head to the neck and the ear area of a user, defines a visor opening (3) at lower and top edges and is complimented by the chin a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555789 | Protection system A protection system for the neck, chest, and torso on down to the mid-thigh area as it shields the wearer from a variety of messy situations. One embodiment employs sleeves that cover both arms of a user entirely and end with thin, elastic cuffs or bands at the wris... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555790 | Nursing cover A cover for shielding the upper front portion of a mother and nursing infant can include a panel of fabric and at least one fastening mechanism. The panel of fabric can have a height and width sufficient to substantially cover at least a region from the mother's upp... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555791 | Baby bouncer A device for rocking or bouncing a baby chair. The device has a seat into which a baby can be placed. The seat is attached to a stand that provides a springy action to the baby seat. The stand has an adjustment mechanism so the stand can be adjusted to compensate fo... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555792 | Patient cooling enclosure An apparatus to provide thermal control to a patient comprises a neck member having a surface defining at least one opening, the surface configured to be spaced apart from a neck area of the patient. The neck member includes an air inlet to receive cooled air from a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555793 | Emergency evacuation apparatus for a bed-ridden person The invention provides an emergency evacuation apparatus for removing a bed-ridden person from a bed in an emergency situation. The apparatus includes a base tray having at least one transverse fold line to allow the base tray to bend as two or more panels. This app... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555794 | Methods and apparatus for ergonomic arm and head support Methods and systems for medical imaging using an ergonomic patient head an arm support are provided. A support for medical imaging is provided that includes a lower body configured to engage a portion of a medical imaging system and an upper surface having a plurali... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555795 | Toe rest in bed and blanket support What is claimed is a toe-rest bed bolster that simultaneously serves as a blanket-support. In the supine position, toes gently rest on the curved edge. Comfort is achieved in supporting behind the toes to prevent gravity's downward pull while relieving the weight of... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555796 | Pressure relieving mattress This invention relates to mattresses, such as a pressure relieving mattress, comprising a base portion and an upper portion overlying the base portion and having an interface between the portions which has a coefficient of friction low enough such that the portions ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555797 | Inflatable bed adapted for use with a sofa An inflatable bed is adapted for use with a sofa, and includes an upper inflatable pad unit disposed on and connected to a lower inflatable pad body, and having a bridging unit that is misaligned from the lower inflatable pad body in a vertical direction and that ha... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555798 | Washer and washing cycle control method thereof The present invention provides a washer and washing cycle control method thereof, by which a laundry amount of a laundry can be measured prior to a water supply despite a dry state of the laundry and by which the waste of power consumption and unnecessary use of wat... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555799 | Mobile bridge of great length as a support construction for at least one transport means and method for operating same A mobile bridge of great length is a support construction for at least one transport, which particularly avoids constraints and undefined stresses as a result of temperature variations and/or support lowering movements, for example, to the greatest possible extent. ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555800 | Composite deck system A composite a deck system having a deck component and a concrete component. The deck component of the present invention includes deck sections, each having a longitudinally-extending rib with spaced apart sidewalls connected to a top wall. At the opposing ends of th... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555801 | Floor cleaning machine A floor-cleaning machine which can be driven over the floor, includes a driven brush for sweeping the floor to be cleaned. The brush picks up dirt and debris from the floor and carries it, assisted by forced air flow, in an overhead motion and through a transfer duc... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555802 | Cleaning device for golf equipment A device for cleaning golf equipment includes a handle, a removable brush assembly attached to an end of the handle, and a removable groove cleaner assembly attached to the handle directly above the brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a plurality of metal br... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555803 | Sponge mop construction A squeeze mop head construction includes a squeeze housing with a separate and separable sponge assembly that includes catch members positioned in a manner which ensures retention of the sponge assembly by the squeeze housing, and which further ensures that lateral ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555804 | Cleaning head for sweeping and wringing apparatus A cleaning head for a sweeping and wringing apparatus is mounted on a lower end of a connecting rod thereof and comprises a cleaning element, having a sweeping part and a held part, a base plate, holding the held part of said cleaning element and having two fixing e... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555805 | Holding assembly for sweeping and wringing apparatus A holding assembly for a sweeping and wringing apparatus comprises a fastening assembly, fastened to a lower end of a holding rod of the sweeping and wringing apparatus, having a chamber which is enclosed by a left wall and a right wall into which insertion holes ar... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555806 | Water-diverting windshield wiper blades A wiper (22, 960) has a length (L) which is divided into a distal segment (D), a middle segment (M) and a proximal segment (P). Wiper (22) has first and second wiper blades (26, 28), defining therebetween a channel (30); wiper (960... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555807 | Windshield blowing device This is a windshield-blowing device, which can retract through an existing device placed on the hood of the vehicle. It will direct air from an air supply towards a series of tubes, which telescope, and eventually through a series of holes in a manifold that can piv... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555808 | Vacuum cleaner having a cyclone dust collecting apparatus A vacuum cleaner is provided that includes a cleaner body; a cyclone body rotatably mounted in the cleaner body; a dust receptacle detachably mounted in the cleaner body and disposed below the cyclone body; and a locking unit locking and releasing the cyclone body a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555809 | Wall hanging vacuum cleaner A new vacuum cleaner/bracket combination has a bracket that mates with an indented side on a vacuum cleaner or blower. The indented side has a downwardly-facing upper lip portion and a laterally-facing side lip portion. There is an upper groove portion behind the do... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555810 | Vacuum cleaner with wand activated conversion valve A floor care apparatus includes a housing having a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly. A suction inlet is provided on the nozzle assembly. A dirt collection vessel, a suction generator and a wand receiver are carried on the housing. A first air flow pathway con... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555811 | Floor cleaning apparatus equipped with removable half-plenum A floor cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle assembly having a suction inlet and a canister assembly having a housing including a dirt vessel receiver, a wall and a compartment. The wall includes an airpath opening. A dirt collection vessel is held in the receiver a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555812 | Brushless vacuum cleaner The brushless vacuum cleaner is an electrical cleaning device that would feature conventional components from traditional upright vacuum cleaners but would use forced air to agitate debris from the surface to be cleaned. The brushless vacuum cleaner would consist of... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555813 | Vacuum cleaner and dust collection unit thereof Provided is a dust collection unit of a vacuum cleaner, including a dust collection container and a coupling portion formed at a concaved inside of the dust collection container, for allowing a lower cover to be selectively coupled to the dust collection container. ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555814 | Cleaner having cloth holder A cleaner is disclosed, by which a floorcloth is attached to a correct position on a bottom of the cleaner, and by which a floorcloth can be attached to a correct position without turning a cleaner body upside down, thereby preventing a hazardous condition. The pres... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555815 | Door hinge arrangement A door hinge arrangement for a door is provided including a hinge bearing and a hinge pin adapted to be received in the hinge bearing and being rotatable in the hinge bearing about a vertical axis of the hinge pin. The hinge pin has a protruding cam portion extendin... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555816 | Toolbox latch and hinge apparatus and method A toolbox has a novel reverse deadbolt for a latch and hinge. The latch engaging mechanism has attached deadbolts or latching rods which are linearly opposed to each other. Each latch rod mechanism has a hook on the end. This hook effectively reverses the direction ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555817 | Hinge with less abrasion A hinge with less abrasion has a central bracket, a first tilt hinge assembly, a second tilt hinge assembly and a rotating hinge assembly. The central bracket has a main arm, a first arm and a second arm. The main arm has annular recess formed on an inner surface of... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555818 | Releasable fastener assembly affixable through a panel A releasable fastener assembly is affixable through a panel having a front side and a back side and a mounting hole therethrough. The releasable fastener assembly includes a mounting button attachable to the panel back side, the mounting button having a button shaft... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555819 | Coffin A coffin comprises a frame and a cover layer formed from a plurality of strands of a first material interlaced with a plurality of strands of a second material. The cover layer is attached to the frame by the second material to form a recess for receiving a cadaver.... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555820 | Methods for removing blind fasteners Various methods and apparatuses for removing blind fasteners, portions of blind fasteners, and/or other fasteners from structural assemblies are described herein. In one embodiment, a blind fastener can have a core bolt extending through a passage in a body. One met... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555821 | Method for configuring a handle used on a machine tool A plunger with interchangeable handle system for machine tools. The plunger includes a shank adapted to engage a machine tool and having a retractable plunger and a threaded adapter, the interchangeable handle system includes a plurality of knobs, each having a disc... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555822 | Laser generation of thermal insulation blanket A themial insulation method for an internal surface of an injection molding casting die includes forming a thermal insulation blanket on the internal surface using laser cladding. One or more layers of a metal material having suitable thermal emittance and melting p... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555823 | Production line A production line comprises production devices arranged in a line for machining a workpiece by conveyance of the workpiece successively to the production devices. Each of the production devices has a machine for machining the workpiece, an individual base for suppor... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555824 | Method for large scale integration of quartz-based devices Methods for integrating quartz-based resonators with electronics on a large area wafer through direct pick-and-place and flip-chip bonding or wafer-to-wafer boding using handle wafers are described. The resulting combination of quartz-based resonators and large area... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555825 | Systems, devices, and/or methods for balancing a rotating electric device Certain exemplary embodiments provide a rotating machine assembly comprising a rotor machine assembly including a shaft, a plurality of laminations shrink fit around the circumference of the shaft, and weights affixed therebetween the laminations for balancing the r... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555826 | Method of manufacturing RFID devices A method of making RFID devices includes feeding in an interposer web or sheet at a variable (non-constant) speed, cutting single interposers from the interposer web or sheet, and using a rotary transport device to transport the singulated (cut) interposers to an an... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555827 | Manufacturing coded antenna A method of producing a whip antenna by tapering a length of aluminium tube and applying high velocity plasma to the aluminium tube. A ribbon conductor is also wound with a plurality of selected number of turns along the aluminium tube. A polymer coating is also app... | 07/07/2009 |
