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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7647648 | Advanced isolation gown A medical isolation gown is disclosed. The gown is to be used by medical personnel treating isolated patients with contagious diseases. The gown comprises slots and pouches that can be used to isolate the worker and his or her instruments from contamination when exa... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647649 | Body-worn article functioning as a positioning device allowing patient positioning relative to medical therapy or examination device A positioning device is applied in a reproducible manner to a patient, allows indication of the position of an anatomical area of the patient, allows the patient to be positioned in a reproducible manner in relation to an examination area of a medical examination de... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647650 | Swimming goggles Swimming goggles include a couple of reticulate holding frames connected by a bridge, a couple of frames assembled in the reticulate holding frames, a couple of eyeglasses assembled in the frames, and fasteners. The reticulate holding frames are made of rigid materi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647651 | Shoulder pads Shoulder pads for protecting a sports player having a thorax with left and right front regions and left and right rear regions. The shoulder pads comprising first and second left front separate protective panels and first and second right front separate protective p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647652 | Toilet seat hinge A toilet seat hinge and a toilet seat assembly comprising the toilet seat hinge are disclosed. The disclosed toilet seat hinge is configured to eliminate or reduce the number of gaps, edges, sharp corners and/or exposed surfaces found in and around conventional toil... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647653 | Retrofit soap dispenser for water faucet An exemplary embodiment includes a soap dispenser designed to fit into a water faucet having a stopper-closing lift rod. The rod is removed, and the dispenser tube is inserted into the faucet base hole and down under the counter where the tube is connected to a rese... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647654 | Dish basin and cutting board A basin for installation into an opening defined by a kitchen countertop, the countertop having a substantially uniform planar top surface, where the basin includes a wall defining a reservoir, a ledge disposed along at least a portion of the wall and a cover contac... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647655 | Apparatus for transportation of a disabled person in standing position A support frame assembly for attachment to a support mast of a transport apparatus may include a support frame with a pair of downwardly directed mounting posts. Support arms may be pivotally attached to an end of each mounting post. The support arms may each compri... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647656 | Segmented sleeping bag system A segmented sleeping bag is provided that can be used as a sleeping bag or can be transversely separated into constituent parts for alternative uses. In one alternative, one or more of the constituent parts may be used with a host sleeping bag to provide enhanced pe... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647657 | Domed comforter The comforter includes a core portion which includes upper and lower fabric layers with lines of stitching connecting the upper and lower fabric layers and filling within the volumes of the core portion defined thereby. Border portions are attached to the head and f... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647658 | Baby receiving blanket having pocket for receiving the baby A baby blanket includes a generally rectangular base cloth panel with a front face and an opposite rear face and a front cloth panel defining five edges. The front cloth panel is attached to the base cloth panel along four of the five edges so as to define a pocket ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647659 | Telescopic lifter mainly designed for height adjustment of a hospital bed A telescopic lifter, mainly for height adjustment of a hospital bed, equipped with a drive (4) and including a first extensible part (1) is concentrically arranged. In the first extensible part (1) at least one second extensible part (2) ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647660 | Mattress incorporating a headrest for preventing and correcting non-synostotic cranial deformities in infants A device for correcting the shape of an infant's abnormally-shaped cranium by applying external forces over time with the growth of an infant to achieve normal shaping of the infant's head. The device applies inwardly-directed external forces only to areas of bony p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647661 | Waterbed The invention pertains to a waterbed with at least one water-filled mattress, which forms a substantially flat bed surface when in an unloaded state and which is held inside a frame consisting of beams of foamed plastics. On the inside of the waterbed, at least one ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647662 | Pressure switch applicable for an inflatable body A inflatable product for an inflatable body includes a casing with an airway adapted to communicate with an interior of the inflatable body, and a resilient element movably positioned inside the casing to define with the easing a space therebetween. An on/off switch... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647663 | Combination laundry device and method thereof A combination laundry device and a method thereof are disclosed. The present invention relates to a combination laundry device that can interchange information between two laundry mechanisms, and that can automatically set operation conditions for a washing and a dr... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647664 | 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 means, which particularly avoids constraints and undefined stresses as a result of temperature variations and/or support lowering movements, for example, to the greatest possible ex... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647665 | Apparatus and method for cleaning control rod drive mechanism An apparatus for cleaning a control rod drive mechanism in a nuclear reactor is disclosed. The apparatus may include an inlet opening for inserting the control rod drive mechanism, an outlet opening, a first support ring engaged with a drive mechanism, a second supp... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647666 | Scraper blade interlocking attachment apparatus and method Attachment apparatus and method for interlocking attachment of a scraper blade with a drive shaft of a scraped surface heat exchanger includes a blade having dual attachment beams and a central locking member, and at least one pin having dual fingers each for interl... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647667 | Child's fragrant cleaning implement A disposable child sized cleaning implement is provided. The disposable child sized cleaning implement is releasably carrying a personal care composition which comprises a fragrance composition. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647668 | Drywall tool resulting in flat even joint A method and a drywall tool for making flat and even joints for the construction industry are disclosed. This innovative hand tool for making flat even joints includes a central section that is a cut out notch allowing for an extruded amount of drywall compound that... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647669 | Windshield wiper blade assembly A novel blade assembly for windshield wipers is provided herein. The blade assembly mainly contains a number of tubular segments cascaded in series by a number of connectors. At least a flexible strip is threaded through the series-connected tubular segments to prov... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647670 | Vacuum cleaner with final filtration compartment for reducing noise A vacuum cleaner is provided including a housing having a nozzle assembly with a suction inlet and a canister assembly with a dirt collection vessel receiver. A suction generator is carried on the housing. A dirt collection vessel is received in the receiver. A fina... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647671 | Suction cleaner A suction cleaner that sucks in dust, from a suction mouth of a suction mouth body, with airflow generated through operation of an electric air blower and introduces the sucked airflow into a dust collection device to collect the dust. The suction mouth body is prov... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647672 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner comprises: a body; a suction head arranged at a lower side of the body and sucking dust or filth; a suction fan mounted at the body and generating a suction force; a dust collecting container mounted in the body and collecting dust or filth sucked i... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647673 | Self-orienting caster for pieces of furniture and the like A self-orienting caster for pieces of furniture, comprising a pair of wheels, which are supported so that they can rotate about a horizontal axis by a supporting body, which has a cylindrical recess that has a vertical axis and is open upward and axially offset with... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647674 | Automatically opening hinge assembly for portable electronic devices A hinge assembly (200) includes a shaft (13), a cam (14), a follower (15), a first spring (12), a control member (17), a second spring (16) and a fixing seat (18). The shaft defines an outer screw thread (13... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647675 | Suspension means end connector for an elevator A suspension belt end connector has first and second wrapping elements that are arranged in a housing. The housing may have a back wall, side walls and an open side opposite to the back wall. The side walls taper and form with the back wall and a yoke a suspension u... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647676 | Thumb release mounting apparatus A universal cradle apparatus having a telescoping clamping mechanism formed of a drive frame and a cooperating drive shaft that is movable along a common operating axis with first and second mounting surfaces each positioned on a respective one of the drive frame an... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647677 | Double locking snap hook A double locking snap hook (100, 200, 300) includes a gate (120, 220, 320) reinforced by a lock (160, 260, 360), which enables the double locking snap hook (100, 200, 300) to withstand a tensile load of up to at least 3,600 pounds. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647678 | Contamination resistant buckle An vehicle seat belt includes a buckle system. The buckle system includes a seat belt buckle with a buckle face, a release button, and an opening for receiving a seat belt tongue. The buckle includes a seal positioned on the buckle face to seal the buckle face and p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647679 | Belt-driven indexing tool turret assembly This invention relates to a belt drive system for a tool driving shaft of an indexing tool turret assembly. A plurality of toolholders are radially supported on a top plate assembly, which is rotatably supported on a hub connected to a turret housing. A housing is p... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647680 | Nose assembly A nose assembly for fitting onto a fastener installation tool for installing fasteners of the type in which a part of the fastener is broken off during the installation process, the nose being provided with a housing and a sleeve, the sleeve having a spring, and a c... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647681 | Portable magnetic positioning tool Apparatus and methods for positioning one or more components relative to a work surface are provided. The apparatus can include a frame having a first support member extending therefrom. At least one extendable member can be disposed on the first support member. The... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647682 | Motor mount repair system and methods therefor A motor mount repair system for use in a component assembly comprising a degradable member, a framework and a bolt-housing shaft of the component assembly includes an adhesion and sealing material comprising at least one resin. The degradable member of the component... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647683 | Fitting aligner A system of aligning and connecting a threaded male fastener to a correspondingly threaded female fastener has a nut having a plurality of upturned sides and a central axis aligned with that of one of the male or female fastener. The system includes a guide sleeve h... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647684 | Method and apparatus for flat mail sorting preparation A method of preparing flat articles for sorting includes the steps of: (1) receiving a bundle of flat items to be sorted, the bundle being wrapped with a flexible film such that the film forms an enclosed package of flat items, (2) placing the bundles on a substanti... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647685 | Method of making slip resistant file folders A folder made from a roll of folder material stock. The folder has a front flap having a first top edge and a first width, and a rear flap connected to said front flap by a folder bottom, the rear flap having a second top edge and a second width. A slip-resistant po... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647686 | Method for producing a profile edge on a stock part The present invention relates generally to a tooling system and method for producing a profile edge on a stock part, for example, by casting a profile edge to a stock part, such as a table or the like. The tooling system is adapted to accommodate any stock part and ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647687 | Method of manufacturing a stent A stent, an intermediate article in the manufacture of a stent, and a method of forming a stent from a workpiece are disclosed. A portion of the wall thickness of a workpiece may be removed, demarcating the structural framework of a stent from the remainder of the w... | 01/19/2010 |
