US Applications Published on 03-Dec-2009

A hand protective cooking apparatus, usually referred to an Oven Mitt and/or Pot Holder, including a combination of sound, light and video electric generating devices, including a power source, grouped as an electronic assembly secured into the body...

A body covering, comprising a flexible panel having a first edge margin and a second opposite edge margin, and a strap system secured to the flexible panel. The strap system includes an outer strap portion having a first proximal end portion attached...

A product and process involve providing customized garments. The garment comprises a main body having inner and outer surfaces. At least one pocket having a first inner surface and a first outer surface defines a slot between the outer surface of the...

Outerwear apparel for children consisting of mittens which stay on their hands during use. Each mitten comprises a hand portion joined to a cuff member and an elasticized member mounted externally on a wrist portion. The elasticized member is capable...

The invention relates to a glove, in particular a pilot's glove, having a lining comprising at least one outer layer made up of several material blanks with a glove outer surface, and the outer layer of the lining has no joining point on at least a...

When the improved glove is open, the inner palmer surface of the glove is visible, displaying conspicuous guide lines which help an adult teach a small child how to put on a glove. When provided in a small child's size, the thumb portion of the...

Trouser anti tuck device that will prevent a wearers trousers from tucking between their shoe and their heel. Comprising of, two identical sheets that when inserted into the inside, rear, bottom of trousers, and adhesively applied, will be slippery...

In a protective helmet, especially a bicycle helmet, having a head band made of plastic, which is fastened to the helmet calotte and which is height adjustable for adapting to the head anatomy of the wearer, provision is made that the head band is...

A method for air removal from a water-closet bowl consisting in the directing of the air from the water-closet bowl to a vertical ventilation duct where partial vacuum is generated under any weather conditions A device for air removal from a...

The field of the invention relates generally to a plunging system including, inter alia, a plunger having a handle and a plunger member, the handle having first and second opposed ends with the plunger member being removably coupled to the second end...

A replacement toilet valve apparatus for a toilet includes a rod bracket attachable to the stand pipe at a selected vertical location. A vertical rod channel is defined in the bracket at an adjustable lateral distance from the stand pipe. A valve rod...

A hydrotherapy apparatus used with a pool includes a hydrotherapy jet having an inlet and an outlet through which a pressurized water jet is expelled. A mounting structure immerses the hydrotherapy jet into water in the pool and is adjustable for...

A system for accurately detecting the presence of a person in a shower by combining presence detection technology, such as an infrared sensor in the showerhead, with a mechanical height adjustment of the showerhead, so that the optimal distance...

The present invention comprises an apparatus and system for automatic activation and de-activation of water flow to a sink, bathtub, shower, or similar plumbing fixture. It can be readily installed and operated safely using AC or DC power of varying...

A baby mesh bed includes an upper frame part, which has a foldable mechanism on each side; each foldable mechanism includes a joining component, two connecting rods, and two opposite fixing bars; the connecting rods are pivoted to two ends of the...

A positioning system configured to move a patient or support into position or in a guided manner. The system includes a table that is configured to hold the patient or object and a column that is coupled to the table. The column is configured to...

The covering system includes a plurality of cover members having releasable fasteners disposed on the periphery of the cover members for forming a case or cover for a pillow, cushion, or other article, such as a laptop computer. The releasable...

A tool includes a blade with a working end and a handle end opposite the working end, a handle secured to the handle end and having a blade end and a hammer end, a hammer secured to the hammer end and having a body made of a relatively hard,...

A washing machine with a controllable fresh water intake for at least two detergent chambers which are located inside a housing of a detergent flushing device and which have an outlet for water or the mixture of detergent and water which opens onto a...

Disclosed are a washing machine and a method of controlling the same. The washing machine includes a drum; a washing device to spray water to perform washing of an outer surface of the drum; and a control unit controlling the washing of the outer...

Aqueous laundry detergent compositions useful for providing fabric cleaning and softness, in the form of a liquid or gel, having a pH of from about 6 to about 11 in a 1% solution, containing a non-soap anionic surfactant; optional soap; nonionic...

Disclosed are oligomeric cationic azo dyes of formula (I), wherein their salts, isomers, hydrates and other solvates, wherein R1 is hydrogen; C1-C12alkyl, which may be substituted by one or more C1-C5alkyl, C1-C5-alkoxy, hydroxy or —(CO)—H;...

The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a free fluorescent whitening agent and cationic polymer as a brightening agent for a synthetic single or blended textile, especially polyester textile, and to a corresponding brightening...

An oral care device has a drive shaft with an eccentrically revolving proximal end. A socket or other member constrains an intermediate position of the drive shaft such that both ends of the drive shaft tend to revolve. Depending on the particular...

An apparatus for removing drain clog material from a drain pipe assembly. The assembly has: (a) a container, and (b) a shaft. The container defines a reservoir adapted to receive a drain cleaning composition. The container also has an outlet. The...

A detachable multifunctional cleaner comprises a handle which has an insertion piece downwardly protruded from one end; a cover which has an insertion hole at one side of an upper surface for inserting the insertion piece; and a foreign substance...

A connection member that includes right and left side walls; a shaft support portion that is swingably fitted onto a support shaft that is provided at the blade main body; upper and lower pieces that are formed so as to be continuous from the shaft...

A scraper truck includes a main scraper mounted to a wheeled vehicle and side scrapers pivoted to the main scraper at its ends. The side scrapers are pivotally movable between extended lateral positions where the side scrapers extend outboard of the...

A motor enclosure for a vacuum cleaner includes a body having both a motor receiver for receiving a motor and a filter receiver for receiving a filter.

A dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust separating apparatus includes a cyclone configured to provide a plurality of cyclone airflows therein and a dust container provided separate from the cyclone. The cyclone includes...

A spring-hook wear bushing and actuator linkage assembly including the spring-hook wear bushing is provided. The wear bushing includes a cylindrical body having an annular external surface and including a first end and a second end. A bore is formed...

A door hinge with a checker is provided which has hinge members firmly fixed to a body and a door relatively rotatably coupled with hinge pins and the checker provided between the hinge members, wherein flexibility of a form of the hinge members is...

A hinge structure is provided to include a knuckle, a pivot shaft and a flexible locking assembly. The pivot shaft extends rotatably into the knuckle, and has a peripheral locking section and a peripheral working section having a straight line. A...

In an apparatus on a carding machine having a cylinder and at least one doffer, in which the cylinder and the doffer each have an all-steel clothing having saw teeth, the clothing on the cylinder and the clothing on the doffer each have a point...

A constrictive band includes a band body and a positioning member. The band body has a free end inserted through an insert hole of the positioning member and fixed at any location of the band body relative to said positioning member by means of a...

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a hook and loop tie for securing a bundle of cables. The hook and loop tie comprises a loop component, a hook component, and a non-slip component. The loop component has a first end, a second end...

The present invention provides an article and method for coupling two or more objects together using magnetically attractive forces. Such magnetically attractive forces are generated by corresponding magnet(s) and/or metal piece(s) positioned at or...

The present invention is a method for creating a device suitable for holding a shoelace. The purpose of the invention is to prevent injuries caused due to the presence of excess shoelace length when a user is wearing a shoe. The device consists of a...

A clip for a pin that extends from an outer surface of a member, the clip comprising a pin retaining portion and a clamp portion that surrounds the member outer surface, the clamp portion having a pin receiving opening therein adapted to receive the...

A memorial container for storage of crematory remains is disclosed. A body having an opening and a panel attachable to the opening by fasteners and mounting blocks is provided. A gasket material is affixed to the perimeter of the opening or the panel...

A composite fabric article includes multi-filament, interlaced yams forming a knit construction. The fabric article has an inner surface and an outer surface where the inner surface has at least one region of raised fibers or fleece formed thereupon,...

A tanged insert insertion tool is able to be used with both manually driven systems and automatically driven systems while having a simple structure. This tanged insert insertion tool is comparatively low in cost and is able to reliably prevent pitch...

A universal offset pulling head assembly for exerting an axial pulling force on a fastener allows the same pulling head assembly to be utilized for a variety of different fastener sizes and types by exchanging a front plate assembly, where the front...

A method for retrofitting a piece of equipment having a flexible track assembly is disclosed and may include disassembling an existing idler shaft from an idler gear and from at least one bearing block attached to the piece of equipment. The method...

An integrated wash unit includes a framework. In one example, the framework includes a skid supporting an internal frame. A wash unit that includes a pump is supported on the framework for pumping a fluid, such as water. A water treatment assembly is...

Adjustable fittings for attaching support members to fluid conduits, including aircraft fuel conduits, are disclosed herein. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a fluid conduit carried by an aircraft and a...

An anchor insertion rod is disclosed for use with an anchor insertion tool removable secured therein for the installation and setting of anchors. The anchor insertion rod comprises an outer member and an inner member slidably mounted within the outer...

A conductive winding structure, the fabricating method thereof, and the magnetic device having the same are disclosed. The method for fabricating the conductive winding structure comprises steps of: (a) providing a mold; (b) performing an...

In a bipolar plate for a fuel cell including a metal substrate and a metallic coating formed on at least part of a surface of the metal substrate, the durability or the resilience is elevated by suitably selecting a material or a shape of the metal...

The present invention relates to an apparatus for sealing tube plates of batteries, preferably lead-acid batteries, comprising a base body, on which projections are arranged, and when the apparatus is arranged in the intended manner, the projections...