US Applications Published on 04-Mar-2010

Cut resistant yarn the yarn containing filaments and/or staple fibers, the filaments and/or staple fibers containing a hard component to improve cut resistance of the yarn, wherein the hard component is a plurality of hard fibers having an average...

A glove includes a waterproof film, an inner substrate layer mounted on a first face of the waterproof film, and an outer substrate layer mounted on a second face of the waterproof film. Thus, the waterproof film has a waterproof function, and each...

Garments that provide a stimulant to maintain desirable proper posture and poise of a person wearing the garments. The garment, which can take the form of a shirt or blouse, provides a stimulant to elevate the wearer's thoracic cavity and retract the...

An improved hospital garment is disclosed for use by a patient. The garment may be a shirt-like portion having a placket to permit the shirt-like portion to be donned and doffed in the manner of a robe, and defining a neck opening through which the...

A glove comprises a hand portion and a wrist portion extending from the hand portion and terminates in a hand insertion opening. The wrist portion includes anti-roll down/anti-rucking means in the form of a band of friction enhancing material...

An object of the present invention is to provide a glove having a fiber glove coated and impregnated with a polyurethane resin that is superior in wearing/removing efficiency and grip property between the glove and thumb and fingers and also in...

The embodiments include a sock that is able to keep the toe box of a shoe from creasing through the utilization of an enlarged toe section of the sock. The toe section may be enlarged by the addition of more material in the toe box area. The material...

Hockey helmet for receiving a head of a wearer, the helmet comprising: (a) a front shell for facing the crown region of the head; (b) a rear shell for facing the left and right side regions, the back region and the occipital region of the head, the...

A structure for adjusting inside circumference of a helmet is implemented as a strap assembly coupled to a rear side of a safety helmet or bicycle helmet and includes a casing and a cover fitted therein. The cover is sequentially connected with a...

To enable a front portion of a chest protector to be easily undone to allow cooling down while maintaining the protection performance for the chest protector fitted to a garment. A chest protector detachably fitted to an interior surface of a body...

The Toilet Seat lifter is designed for health and safety prevention, by preventing physical contacts with the seat of a toilet, while being utilize by a male of female particularly in public places. It is also designed for males who don't want to...

A system and method is provided for flushing a toilet wherein the duration of the flush, and thus the amount of water used, is selectable by a user. In an embodiment, the system includes a controller and a non-buoyant flush valve that are coupled...

The portable toddler potty seat is a lightweight potty seat/chair on wheels with a retractable handle. The seat also includes a removable case pivotally attached to the back of the potty seat in which to store items necessary for a complete bathroom...

The invention relates to a cover and sump assembly for a main drain of a pool or spa that prevents suction entrapment, and specifically, to an assembly having a frame with openings, plates with openings positioned on the frame, and a sump for...

A pop-up drain stopper linkage assembly includes a lift rod, a connecting bar, a pivot rod and a drain stopper. The bottom end of the lift rod forms an engagement part. The upper end of the connecting bar has an engagement groove for the engagement...

A mattress buckle for securing the position of a mattress (22) on the base (16) of an adjustable bed (10). The mattress comprises one of a pair of male and female elements of the buckle (12) secured to an upper surface of the bed base (16) and the...

A duvet cover (10) including an envelope portion (20) substantially closable for enveloping a duvet to shield the duvet from soiling. The envelope portion (120) is removable from the duvet for laundering. The duvet cover further includes a sheet...

A patient-support apparatus includes frame and a lift arm. The frame includes a base frame and an upper frame. The lift arm has a first end coupled to the upper frame and a second end spaced apart from the first end and coupled to the base frame. In...

A control method of a laundry machine comprising a water supply, washing and rinsing cycle, the control method includes first determination step performed prior to the rinsing cycle and determining a kind of detergent, second determination step...

An inkjet dyeing apparatus for dyeing a belt-shape textile includes a feeding section for feeding the textile, a front surface printing section for dyeing a front surface of the textile by ink ejected thereon, a front surface drying section for...

The invention provides a cleaning apparatus for removing particles attached to the fine roughness on the surface of an insulating body coated on the metal surface of a vacuum processing apparatus. The present cleaning apparatus comprises an adhesive...

An apparatus for sterilizing a tubular medical line port, having a cap with an open distal end and a cavity therein which is dimensioned to receive an outer scrubbing member and the medical line port. Outer disinfected-impregnated scrubbing member is...

In a preferred embodiment, this invention provides an easy-to-use, adjustable-head toothbrush that provides two or more locking angles for brushing.

A baster has an elongated handle and a rotary brush applicator mounted at an end of the elongated handle. The rotary brush applicator has a pivotally mounted horizontal spindle, and a plurality of flexible bristles are affixed to the horizontal...

The invention provides a toothbrush having a handle portion defining a longitudinal axis, a head portion coupled to the handle portion having a plurality of bristles extending therefrom, a light source disposed within at least one of the handle...

A pocket pendent from a rectangular fabric such as a towel provides means for storage of small objects, such as soap. The rectangle with the pendent pocket may also have side closure means on the rectangle so placed that a carrier can be formed from...

A windshield wiper connecting device for connecting a windshield wiper to a wiper driving arm includes: a first connecting element having a bottom plate, a plurality of first buckling pieces and two abutting portions, the first buckling pieces being...

A combination of a mop bucket and a wringer unit (10) is disclosed in which the bucket (12) has a bottom surface (16), and a peripheral wall (18) which upstands from the bottom surface (16), the wringer unit (14) being supportable on an upper edge...

A substrate fixture pallet includes a body part configured to receive a substrate to be processed and a lid part attached movably to the body part so as to fix the substrate when closed relative to the body part. The lid part is configured to form a...

The present invention relates to a steam cleaner that is light-weight and is prepared for operation quickly and easily and comprises handle assembly, a pivoting connector, a reservoir, a reservoir socket, a steam head and an electric wire. The handle...

A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device may include a handle, an activation mechanism moveable between a first position and a second position by a user of the device, a hollow member having a suction opening at an end of the hollow member,...

A multi-purpose ground sweeping machine includes a housing unit for receiving an impeller and defining an air blowing route and a guiding path between the air blowing route and an outlet. The housing unit has a first intake port disposed forwardly...

A suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner has a housing, a vacuum mouth disposed on the floor side in the housing, a cleaning roller mounted to rotate in the housing and driven by an electric motor, and a rechargeable battery unit for the energy supply...

In the copper-alloy-based sliding material, alloy steel particles containing fine carbides are dispersed in a range of 1 to 20 wt % of the total weight into a Cu-based matrix containing 5 to 15 wt % of Sn, and the copper-alloy-based sliding material...

A door check device to be mounted to a door for selectively maintaining a gap when door closing is attempted. This prevents injuries to children's fingers and the like. The door check includes a base with a journal having action arm pivoted at its...

Disclosed are apparatus for a block and tackle window balance to be incorporated in single and double hung window assemblies. In one embodiment the block and tackle window balance includes a roller secured within a bottom guide to increase range of...

A hinge includes a rack, a shaft, and an interfering assembly. The interfering assembly includes a first interfering member fixed to the rack, and a second interfering member capable of rotating with the shaft. The first interfering member includes a...

An electronic device includes a frame having a protrusion, a support, and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly rotatably connects the frame and the support. The hinge assembly includes an elastic member providing a force pulling the frame and the...

A hinge assembly (100) includes a cam (13), a follower (14), a first spring (12), a press rod (17), a control member (18) and a second spring (16). The cam has a cam surface. The follower has a latching cam surface engaging with the cam surface. The...

An interference assembly comprises a first element defining a first side and a through hole, and a second element rotatably relative to the first element, with defining a first surface facing and corresponding to the first side. Two staggered first...

A furniture slide assembly and its method of use are disclosed for positioning the furniture slide between an object to be moved and the floor upon which the object is moved. The furniture slide comprises a main body having an inner portion and outer...

A knob is formed of a relatively brittle material, and has a bore to receive an insert. The insert is received in the bore, and includes an internal bore to receive a fastener member to secure the knob to an underlying structure. The insert is formed...

This invention relates to an apparatus and a method of use for an inert gas rebreather used in furnace operations, such as melting and/or casting high purity silicon for solar cells and solar modules. The apparatus includes a process chamber, a...

A stationery clip has a body, an insert and an arm. The body has a chamber and a back. The back has two insertion holes, two grooves and two shoulders. The insertion holes are formed in the back. The grooves are transversely defined in the back...

The invention relates to a connecting means (1) for two crossing cable strands (2.1, 2.2) of cable play systems having a cloverleaf-shaped inner cable guide opening (5) in which, in a wraparound region (6), cable strands deflected by a wraparound...

Active material based clamping apparatuses for securing objects and methods of making the same are provided. In an embodiment, a clamping apparatus for securing an object comprises: a clamp comprising an engaging surface for securing an object,...

A connecting structure for connecting a first component to a second component may include a clip and a hollow seat portion. The clip is capable of engaging the second component and has a hollow main body. The main body has a support shaft and at...

A rotary tensioning device that is low profile when not being used to apply or reduce tension and that provides an easily manipulated tightening and loosening control mechanism. A control mechanism in the form of a flip up handle is pivotally...

The disclosure relates to a device for precision machining or micromachining workpieces, with a feed mechanism for transporting at least one workpiece, with a storage device, which includes a magazine for storing at least one workpiece, and with a...

A method for repairing a damaged or corroded tong jaw having a jaw root and an original seating component. The method includes the steps of: (a) machining away corroded or damaged portions of the original seating component; (b) machining into a...