US Applications Published on 28-Jan-2010

A bath towel bib including a collar adapted to form a releasably securable loop around a user's neck, an actuatable means for releasing the loop from around the user's neck, and an absorbent cloth fixedly attached to the collar and operatively...

An exercise and training device for swimmers in the form of a shirt, top, or singlet that, due to the material of manufacture, increases the resistance to the swimmer's movement through the water.

A concern for medical patients and caregivers is suitable apparel that provides comfort, dignity, easy dressing and access to the body without unnecessary body exposure. Critically ill patients' fragile skin is easily damaged when handled and...

An attached capelet that does not necessitate the removal of the attached capelet from the wearer's body in order to access an under layer garment for breast feeding. The capelet (10) covers the shoulder strap and releasable fastener means of the...

The Impervagown and Impervashoe are made of material/fabric that is impervious to all fluids and liquids. The Impervawear prevents and protects against cross-contamination of harmful or negative fluids. This protection allows employees to work...

A levered sealing tab for a glove includes a relatively thin and flexible sheet material including a rectangular shape having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is folded over the first portion. A first area of the first portion...

A combined headwear and cooling system preferably includes a headwear, a mechanism for introducing and circulating external ambient air, and a mechanism for selectively discharging the external ambient air from the inner surface area in such a manner...

A tactical pair of pants for police, military or other weapon-carrying personnel has a cargo pocket system that functions to store items in several pocket compartments in a normal cargo pocket configuration, or to carry a thigh rig holster for a...

The invention refers to a pair of female pants intended to be used preferably by sportsmen and by other active persons and comprising a waist portion (2) connected to back and front portions (3,4), which at the crotch (5) of the wearer are...

A support device for stabilizing toilet seats. The device is provided to add additional vertical and lateral support to toilet seats and related devices. It is a combination of existing and new materials configured with unique features that provide...

A toilet apparatus includes a bowl cleaning unit for mixing a detergent that removes dirt on the inner walls of the bowl with cleaning water which is to be flushed into the bowl. The detergent is stored in a detergent tank which is provided inside a...

Wave-generating apparatus (1) that is installed in an aquatic environment (3) and which comprises, as its main elements, at least one elongated profile (5) that moves tangentially in relation in relation to a uniformly-deep floor (4) by the action of...

Systems and methods are provided for controlling infrared radiation (IR) sources of a sauna including tuning IR wavelength-ranges and radiated power-levels of IR sources, and directing IR to locations on a user's body. In one illustrative embodiment,...

A retainer assembly for a shower surround includes a first frame arm, a second frame arm, an arcuate frame section, a stop and a retainer. The arcuate frame section interconnects the first frame arm and the second frame arm. The stop extends from the...

A gasket intended for top-down, press fit installation of a sink in a counter. The gasket includes a body having a flange adapted to engage a portion of the sink. The body further includes a receiver and at least one projection extending from the...

[PROBLEMS] Knockdown furniture for an infant, having enhanced folding workability and safety for an infant. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The knockdown furniture (1) for an infant has a frame (11) which forms a space for receiving an infant, and the...

A thermoregulating apparatus (20) for exchanging thermal energy with and supporting a patient (24) and method of exchanging thermal energy is provided. The apparatus includes a heat exchange fluid circuit (30, 95, 102) located below a patient support...

Two side mounted panels (30) slide along the slots provided in side rails (20) so that a main board can be positioned at a convenient distance from bed. The main board tilt can be adjusted to a particular angle and locked in that angle with the tilt...

A hospital bed having longitudinal rails, between which levers are supported. The levers are fixed on an axle tube that extends between the two longitudinal rails. The longitudinal rails are locally reinforced with respect to their wall thickness on...

A mattress, mattress foundation, upholstered furniture article, filled furnishing article or other similar composite article for use in institutional (non-residential) occupancies made with a fluid proof outer cover, a fire barrier material and a...

Formulations of sulfo-estolides, sulfo-estolide derivatives and salts of sulfo-estolides that contain magnesium ions are described. Methods of manufacture and the various applications and/or processes of utilizing magnesium ion containing...

An oil-in-water type one-part hair dye composition containing components (A), (B), (C) and (D); (A) a direct dye; (B) a hydrocarbon oil; (C) a polyoxyalkylene-modified dimethylpolysiloxane with an HLB of 7 or higher; and (D) an aromatic alcohol;...

The invention relates to the use of hydrophobically modified polyalkylenimines as dye transfer inhibitors.

A mine ventilation and bridge structure incorporating a bridge feature enabling a mine vehicle to cross over the structure. The structure comprises a pair of generally parallel and spaced-apart side walls defining opposing side walls and a plurality...

A walk-up, user accessible cleaning workstation having a sensor and ionization nozzle arranged on a frame. The frame mounts the sensor in a fixed position to the nozzle in operative proximity to a cleaning area. The frame partially encloses the...

A vehicle washing apparatus includes a frame extending over a path of a vehicle to be washed and having a front arch, a first arch, a second arch and a rear arch connected by side members. A first pair of wrap around rotary brushes is pivotally...

A drain cleaning tool includes a wear indicator for providing a visual indication to a user of the tool of an amount of wear in the tool. Various forms of the wear indicator and tool include a flexible plumbers cable with one or more wear detector...

A combination-type golf club cleaner is provided. A combination-type golf club cleaner includes a body, and a panel attached to the body to remove extraneous substances remaining on a head of a golf club, the panel made of a material capable of...

The present disclosure relates to a cleaning apparatus providing a user with the ability to perform two cleaning functions with the same apparatus. According to one aspect of the present disclosure the cleaning apparatus includes an elongated body...

A guided pool brush and pool cleaning method are described. A guided pool brush may comprise a guiding member and a brush. The guiding member may comprise at least one of a front concave downforce portion, a rear concave downforce portion, a rear...

A toothbrush head having a bristle carrier, and bristles held in bristle holders, the bristle holders being connected to the bristle carrier by resilient connectors which cause the holders to move resiliently as brushing pressure is applied to the...

A hair brush is shown and disclosed. The hair brush has a row of loops on the first side running from near the handle to the top mounted in a retention material. Next to the row of loops, is located a row of bundles of boar bristles. These groupings...

A rotational remover including a body assembly and a tip drive assembly. The body assembly includes a body front containing a convoluted bearing race, a body back which fastens to the body front and a main spring housed within. The tip drive assembly...

Wiper lever (10) with a driven wiper arm (12) and a wiper blade (14) linked to it for cleaning the windows of motor vehicles in particular, which is provided with a band-like, long-stretched-out, elastic supporting element (22) that is curved in the...

The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner of a type comprising an elongated support body (1) including a handle (3) in an upper end of the support body, a nozzle device attached to a lower end of the support body by means of a rotatable joint, and a...

An upright vacuum cleaner comprises a floor-engaging head portion 11 having a dirty air inlet 12, an upright body portion 10 pivotably mounted to the floor-engaging head portion 11 for movement between parked and in-use positions, an agitator 13...

A suction hose for vacuum cleaner includes a tubular inner part, a jacket part and a locking device. The inner part is variable in length and includes a hose wall having a coil spring integrated therein, the coil spring being configured to...

The present invention provides a door stop assembly that includes a retention mechanism that is releasably secured to a portion of a structure, and a decorative head piece that is one of selectively coupled to and permanently affixed to the retention...

A furniture glide is provided that is mountable on the terminal end of a furniture leg having an outer surface. The furniture glide includes a cup having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cavity for receiving the furniture leg. Matted...

An ergonomic handle comprises a handle central body coupled with a shaped portion extending from the central body to the rear of the handle with reference to a running direction, the shaped portion defining a top bearing surface thereon a hand of a...

Manufacturing of solar concentrators require the placement of primary optical components, a parabolic mirror for example, on a relatively fiat front panel in a predetermined alignment within a certain tolerance limit. Clips, in accordance with...

A securing element (30) made of bent wire for a tubular heater (2) of a washing machine (1), which comprises a first mounting portion (31) for connecting the securing element for the tubular heater to a mounting base (11) of a washing machine, and a...

A clip has an opposed jaw end, a bridged back end and defines a slot extending across the bridged back end. It is connected to an article, for example, another clip or a float, which has an enlarged spherical head extending longitudinally therefrom....

A tether for electronic devices employing a plug having a first end adapted for engagement to a tether and a second end formed of non conductive compressible material having an exterior surface defining an exterior circumference adapted for...

An automatic binding device for coupling at least two containers includes a latch being twisted during insertion/disengagement into/from a coupling hole of corner castings; a pair of housings for covering a circumferential surface of a rotating shaft...

A drapery clip ring for hanging drapery on a drapery rod, the drapery clip ring including a ring arranged to receive the drapery rod therethrough, a gripping means connected to and extending away from the ring, and a pleat endoskeleton connected to...

A MEMS hysteretic thermal device may be formed having two passive beam segments driven by a current-carrying loop coupled to the surface of a substrate. The first beam segment is configured to move in a direction having a component perpendicular to...

A set of bolt holes through which bolts are inserted are formed in left and right sides of a large end section. The bolt holes are substantially parallel to the axis of a rod section and are located such that the centers of the bolt holes are each...

A composite of a magnesium part or a magnesium alloy part and a resin composition, improved to have high corrosion resistance, is manufactured by: a step of shaping a magnesium alloy part 1 from a casting or an intermediate material; a step of...

A method of joining a multiple member work-piece includes stacking the members of the work-piece on a die such that a first of the members rests on the die. Next, a rivet is driven into the second member until the rivet penetrates the members and...