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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7607178 | Goalkeeper's glove with protective fingertip extension A goalkeeper's glove with a glove body portion and glove fingers attached to and in communication with the body portion for enveloping a wearer's hand includes an open arch extension with attachment legs on at least one glove finger to protect the finger from jammin... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607179 | Shock-absorbing helmet A shock-absorbing helmet is disclosed to include a helmet body, which has a receiving space for receiving the user's head and a front open side, a facemask provided at the front open side of the helmet body, and a plurality shock absorbers affixed to the helmet body... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607180 | Convertible seating furniture A seating furniture assembly that is convertible from a first position to a second position has a seat member and a back member pivotably connected to the seat member. The back member is pivotable from a first position in which the back member extends upwardly from ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607181 | Mattress retainer blocks A mattress retainer bar attachment system is provided that includes a mattress retainer bar adapted to preserve a position of a mattress disposed on top of a mattress support. The mattress retainer bar includes a mattress retaining portion that engages the mattress ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607182 | Beach blanket assembly The present invention may be used as a beach blanket. A blanket may be generally rectangular in shape with a tab attached at each corner. There may also be an interior tab attached on a bottom surface approximately on a corner diagonal axis adjacent each of the tabs... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607183 | Braking system for a positioner in a medical imaging apparatus In one embodiment, a braking system for a positioner unit in a medical imaging apparatus includes a first brake coupled to a drive unit that is configured to drive the positioner unit along an axis susceptible to influence of gravity. A second brake is coupled to th... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607184 | Personal field expedient stretcher A collapsible, fully functional, personal field stretcher is disclosed. The field stretcher is incorporated into, and deployed from, the equipment or clothing worn by critical incident personnel and is designed to be used to carry such personnel when such personnel ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607185 | Inflatable incline mattress The invention is an inflatable, wedge-shaped incline mattress that is inexpensive, portable, easily inflated or deflated, and effectively relieves Gastric Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in adults and infants by elevating the head while lowering the feet relative t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607186 | Modular wheelchair ramp A modular wheelchair ramp includes multiple, variously configurable ramp sections that are adapted to be assembled together to form or define a ramp surface upon which a wheelchair may traverse. The ramp sections may be held in an elevated orientation by support str... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607187 | One step copper pipe fitting abrasion preparation A method for abrading or polishing and reaming the terminal ends of tubing or fittings using a hand-held electrically powered device having a rotating member capable of accepting a standard shaft which has attached to it a male and female abrasive member which will ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607188 | Integrated apparatus for teeth cleaning This invention embodies six different teeth cleaning aspects in one teeth cleaning apparatus. These aspects are: (i) use of an abrasive surface supported by a pad that is rubbed for cleaning exposed and easily reachable part of the teeth, (ii) use of bristles for re... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607189 | Oral care implement An oral care implement including a handle and a head with a tongue cleanser. The tongue cleanser has at least one ridge which is at least as wide as it is high. In one preferred construction, the ridges are shaped so as to define a concave surface facing generally t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607190 | Toothbrush A toothbrush comprises a handle and a head. The head includes a first section having cleaning elements extending outwardly from its outer surface. A ball joint is mounted to the head adjacent to the first section. The ball joint also includes cleaning elements exten... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607191 | Adjustable-size mop head and selectable-size cleaning substrate An adjustable-size mop head assembly that may be used with a handle and a disposable cleaning substrate is disclosed. The mop head assembly includes a central frame section with a central portion and a lower substrate support surface configured to hold a disposable ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607192 | Cleaning implement, cleaning system comprising a cleaning implement, and method for cleaning hard surfaces The present invention relates a cleaning implement for cleaning hard surfaces, comprising a handle connected to a mop head which is at least partially deformable, the mop head having a leading edge connected to a trailing edge, wherein the mop head comprises a first... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607193 | Combination ticket scratching device and money clip An inventive device for removing the concealing coating on a gaming ticket is disclosed. The device is comprised of a top member and a bottom member, which join at an arcuate end, forming a flexible jaw-like structure. The top member joins to a downward-depending me... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607194 | Device for detachably linking a wiper blade with a wiper arm A device is proposed which is used to detachably connect a wiper blade (12) to clean windows, particularly of motor vehicles, to a driven wiper arm (10) featuring a wiper blade holder (50 or 150), whereby the wiper blade (12) that ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607195 | Cleaning unit of roads and the like A cleaning unit is disclosed, comprising: a containment chamber (2) defining an accumulation base (10), a suction apparatus (3) including a suction inlet (6) positioned close to the ground, and a filtering apparatus (12), the sucti... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607196 | Vacuum cleaner with suction head with locking means of pivotal movement about axis of rotation A vacuum cleaner includes a head for contacting the ground and a body which is pivotable relative to the head about a first axis of rotation and about a second axis of rotation. The body has a locking mechanism and the head has a reciprocal locking mechanism which a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607197 | Vacuum cleaner with operating elements that control power A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, inside of which is a suction chamber with a suction device and control electronics therein. A structural unit on the housing includes operating elements to operate the vacuum cleaner. There is an opening in the housing to the suc... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607198 | Hinge mechanism for air cleaner A hinge mechanism which makes detachably engage a casing with a cover including: an insertion portion formed in the casing or cover and protrudes outward from an outer face of the one; and a holding portion extendi... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607199 | Frameless glass door hinge A pivot door hinge assembly includes a clamp housing, wedge, and base plate. The clamp housing is preferably generally U-shaped and has an interior channel. The interior channel is tapered such that one end of the interior channel is wider than a second end. The wed... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607200 | Hinge having auto-return auto-turning functions A hinge formed of a shaft member, a spring member, a slide, a locating member, a mounting frame, and an end cap. When turning the mounting frame with the locating member relative to the slide and the shaft member within a predetermined angle, the mounting frame is r... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607201 | Multi-section hinge mechanism A multi-section hinge mechanism includes a shaft (10), a rotary member (20), and an elastic member (30). The rotary member defines a through hole (26) running through the disk. The shaft is rotatably received in the through hole. The rota... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607202 | Hinge with multiple strength-enhanced resilient flat washers A hinge has a stationary leaf, multiple resilient flat washers and a pintle. The stationary leaf has a sleeve. The resilient flat washers are mounted in the sleeve and each resilient flat washer has a ring and a key wing. The ring has a receiving recess formed in a ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607203 | Clip ornament for a barrel, clip with an ornament and method for attaching an ornament to a clip A problem of damage, breakage or dirtying of parts, resulting from attachment of the parts is solved by eliminating press-fitting and bonding for attachment of a clip ornament to a clip piece. A clip ornament includes an ornament main body to be inserted into an att... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607204 | Belt end connection for fastening the end of a supporting belt in an elevator system and method for fastening the end of a supporting belt in an elevator system A belt end connection and method for fastening a belt end in an elevator installation includes a housing having a wedge pocket for holding the support belt end and a wedge. At least one wedge pocket surface facing the wedge is provided with a roughness that is diffe... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607205 | Magnetic closure particularly for bags, rucksacks and the like A magnetic closure, particularly for bags and rucksacks, comprising a male element and a female element, which are coupled respectively to a first flap and a second flap of the bag and rucksack, at least one the male element and the female element comprising a magne... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607206 | Method for forming layered heating element for glow plug A monolithic, multi-layer heating element forms the high temperature tip of a glow plug assembly. The heating element includes a conductive core which is surrounded by an insulator layer, which in turn supports a resistive layer. An optional conductive jacket can su... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607207 | Method for positioning a tool A method for positioning a tool (24) on a tool chuck (20) employs a tool holding device (22, 50, 58), which includes a tool-accommodating area (32, 52, 66) for at least partly receiving the tool (24), a connecting area (26, 54 6... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607208 | Method of making a medicated stent A stent has surface sculpturing, preferably on its outer surface only, having, for example, microspheres, having the function of increasing the actual geometric surface area of the stent, of creating undercuts and roughness to encourage the application of coatings o... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607209 | Surface roughening methods using cutting tools The disclosure relates to surface roughening methods in which a cutting tool having a radial cutting blade with first and second cutting edges is fed along a longitudinal axis of an article while rotating the cutting tool about the axis. The first cutting edge forms... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607210 | Method and machine for the production of reinforcement and dowel side frames for concrete reinforcement from wire or rod or other material of prismatic cross section According to the method, the transversal wire or rebar to be formed (1) and the longitudinal wires or rebars or other material of prismatic cross section (2), (3) are fed to the main forming and welding machine subsystem, in a stepwise manner, a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607211 | Device for producing plates designed for a fast prototyping process, method for machining and assembling said plates and resulting plates and prototype workpieces A device for producing plates made of metal, plastic or a metallo-plastic composite material, including thermofusible, thermoplastic and thermosettable materials, by machining with a machining tool in a fast prototyping process, includes a plate mold integrated in t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607212 | Locating unit for work having a locating bore and an embossed portion formed about the locating bore A machine and a method for assembling a vehicle body is disclosed as including a locating pin (26) formed with a seating flange portion (35) having a work seating surface (35a) and a clamp arm (39) contained in the locating pin to ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607213 | Method of making a device for measuring deformation A method of making a device for measuring deformation includes a step of depositing a silicon adhesion underlayer on a silicon carbide surface by chemical vapor spraying, and a step of depositing a coating on the silicon adhesion underlayer by atmospheric thermal sp... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607214 | Method of manufacturing a silicon slider by an alkaline etch A slider for use in a magnetic data recording system that is constructed from a Si wafer by a method that saves valuable wafer real estate by minimizing kerf related to the cutting of the wafer into slider rows. The sliders are produced from a (110) oriented Si wafe... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607215 | Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider To provide a method of manufacturing magnetic head slider which is capable of improving the product quality, simplifying the manufacturing process, and reducing the manufacturing time. This method of manufacturing a magnetic head slider, formed by cutting out from a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607216 | Method for manufacturing monolithic ceramic electronic component A multilayer composite including a core made of a magnetic ceramic sintered compact disposed therein, and shrinkage restraining layers including an inorganic powder that is not substantially sintered at the sintering temperature of the green ceramic layers are sinte... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607217 | Device for processing a wire A wire processing unit has a crimp head moved in a “z” direction by an eccentric drive and a crimping tool arranged on the crimp head moves with it. The crimp head also moves a pin connected to a lowering unit that has a C-shaped bracket on which the gripper uni... | 10/27/2009 |
