US Patents Published on 24-Nov-2009

Reversible sweatshirt has a pair of contiguous configurations, each of which may have distinct coloration and distinct embroidery and a secure pocket slot, the application of such embroidery is facilitated through a secure pocket slot having a secure...

A headgear apparatus in the design of a baseball style cap is provided having an attachment means adapted to removably hold a toy miniature car atop the brim thereof. The apparatus includes a light source for directing narrow beams of light forwardly...

A method and system are disclosed for controlling, draining, removing, and disposing of liquids and light solids. The present invention enables liquids and/or light solids to be drained centrally, such as underneath a toilet through the sewer pipe,...

The invention relates to a suspension device for bed-base slats which is formed by an end-piece which has an upper portion which comprises at least one receptacle to receive the end of a slat, a lower portion which is provided with means for...

A bedding accessory for storing shoes at least partially in the space beneath a bed frame includes a sheet portion, side portions appended to an edge of the sheet portion, and storage compartments formed on the side portions. The sheet portion is...

The bed is equipped with a back lift mechanism and comprises a thigh support mechanism for supporting only the thighs of a user. The bed further comprises cooperative means for performing a thigh lifting action of said the thigh support mechanism in...

A dental chair overlay is used for opening a patient's airway. The dental chair overlay has a body support and a head support. The body support has a superior end and dorsal and ventral surfaces. The distance between the dorsal and ventral surfaces...

The present invention relates to a controller effectively controlling the power for a washing machine and a drier, and a method of doing the same. More particularly, it relates to a controller for a washing machine or a dryer, and a method for...

An apparatus and method is provided for removing undesired twists and loops in a power supply cable attached to a robotic swimming pool cleaner during the cleaner's pre-programmed movement over the bottom and/or side walls of the pool. An on-board...

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...

A road/pavement sweeper is provided with a pickup head or debris-intake hood that operates in a conventional manner to entrain or aspirate particles and/or debris from the pavement surface. The air-inlet structure of the debris-intake hood is...

A pivotal-axis changing hinge has a stationary leaf, a pivoting leaf, a pintle assembly and a cam. The pivoting leaf and stationary leaf are respectively connected securely to a cover having a rear edge and a keyway and a base having an elongated...

A top hinge is provided for a refrigerator cabinet door. A hinge body is formed of plastic having a top surface and a bottom surface. A hinge pin extends substantially perpendicularly from the bottom surface of the hinge body. One or more points of...

A window operation assistance handle having a base, at lease one finger grip with two legs, multiple offset orifice fixation ports for receiving multiple securing devices such as setscrews or thumbscrews, and a base hollow groove. To temporarily...

A web for use in applying a functional material is provided. The web includes a layer that has a plurality of elevated regions. The layer defines a plurality of cavities such that the cavities are located between adjacent elevated regions. A...

A method for manufacturing an acoustical stack for use within an ultrasound transducer comprises using a user defined center operating frequency of an ultrasound transducer that is at least about 2.9 MHz. A piezoelectric material and a dematching...

A multi-spindle machining center for the chip forming processing of workpieces comprises a spindle group having at least two spindles arranged in a spindle row to mount a chip forming tool, and a workpiece support, on which at least two workpiece...

A method and an apparatus for controlling the rate of pressure applied to an air controlled device. The apparatus includes a flow restrictor, a regulator, and a dome loaded regulator. The regulator is configured to be operatively connected to a...

A tubular joint including a conical male thread and a conical female thread. An annular housing is disposed close to a free end of the female element and is used to house a deformable sealing ring. The sealing ring is in sealed contact with the...

A method of manufacturing a sensor for in vivo applications includes the steps of providing two wafers of an electrically insulating material. A recess is formed in the first wafer, and a capacitor plate is formed in the recess of the first wafer. A...

A method for fabricating a three terminal magnetic (TTM) sensor of a magnetic head according to one embodiment includes fabricating a P-type semiconductor material; fabricating an N-type semiconductor material at an upper surface of a portion of said...

An user-friendly impact tool for wire end termination in which the pre-set compression of a main drive spring is adjusted by hand with an adjustment screw having a knurled knob that is both visible and hand-accessible through an opening in the...

A film substrate in a mounting structure of electronic components has positioning holes capable of positioning the electronic components passing therethrough. One surface of each of the electronic components which are inserted and positioned in the...

Resilient spring contact structures are manufactured by plating the contact structures on a reusable mandrel, as opposed to forming the contact structures on sacrificial layers that are later etched away. In one embodiment, the mandrel includes a...

A molding process of composite material including high-thermal-conductor and room-temperature magnetic refrigerant comprises the steps of nesting magnetic refrigerant with high-thermal-conductor and connecting them mutually, especially making the...

This invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a wheel cover and a vehicle wheel including such a wheel cover. The method for producing the vehicle wheel cover comprises the steps of: (a) providing a tooling fixture including at least...

An inner cutter of a reciprocating electric shaver having a plurality of arched shaped cutter blades that are integrally formed on a side edge part of the inner cutter and, while making reciprocating motion, makes sliding contact with an inside...

A bolt cutter. An illustrative embodiment of the bolt cutter includes a first jaw having a first jaw cutting edge, a second jaw pivotal with respect to the first jaw and having a second jaw cutting edge, a first handle pivotally carried by the first...

An apparatus for determining alignment of a wheel mounted to a vehicle includes a plate, a housing and a light source. The plate has a top surface, a bottom surface, and an outer perimeter. The bottom surface is substantially planar and the outer...

A ruler in which one pair of parallel cuts are put in one raw material plate, a supporting point part is formed by narrowing both ends of the parallel cuts or making the both ends like a fork, a bent cut or a linear cut reaching to an end part of the...

Sole with stretchable structure, a footwear article provided with such a sole and its assembly method. The invention relates to a footwear sole where the forepart is associated with a stretchable material making it possible to fit differing foot...

A table-top advertising support with illuminated magnifier includes a taller section containing a fresnel lens and a lamp-switch-battery assembly in a lower portion and an upper portion having vertically aligned elongated slots formed by cooperation...

An identification and tracking device (110b) for use in combination with a firearm bullet (100) comprising a means for detaching the device (110b) from the bullet (100) during penetration of the target. In this manner, the tracking device (110b)...

A muzzle loading firearm has a barrel with a bore on a bore axis, and has a muzzle end and a breech end. A frame is connected to the barrel, and has a breech face. The frame moves between an open position in which the breech face is away from the...

A fishing rod supporting device includes a frame assembly adapted to be worn like a vest. The assembly includes a pair of rigid frame members with curvilinear upper regions that overly the shoulders, and linear lower regions that overly the chest...

A fishers lure comprising a plug that is weightable with internal weighting, and a trapezoidal shaped blade with an upturned nose and rounded front corners.

A line shield has a tube that can be secured with respect to a sinker to guide the sinker over submerged obstructions. The tube has a tube passage, through which a line attached to the sinker passes, and terminates at a tube leading end and a tube...

A number of stackable weights can be bundled together and secured with a lashing to form a modular sinker of a desired weight. Each stackable weight has an elongated bar bounded by four side surfaces and having a fixed eye. A link member is movably...

A novel tackle box is disclosed which employs hook attaching means comprising a vertical slot adapted to receive the hooks of artificial fishing bait. The hook attaching means are secured to the top inside of the tackle box or to one or more...

The invention comprises a compact barber shop structure having the exterior shape of a barber pole of sufficient height and size allow adults to enter and move about standing up and has a barber chair in its interior with barbering accessories to...

A telescoping mast for supporting and raising a load may be telescopically extended by a zipper-action chain extension system further comprising a system for the management of one or more cables, such as power or communication cables traversing the...

A post has a rectangular cross-sectional shape and mounted on one end of the post is a protective sleeve. The sleeve provides a cylindrical sidewall within which one end of the post is engaged. A bottom cap closes the end of the sidewall sealing the...

A rectangular outer sash frame has extruded plastic frame members with inwardly projecting flange portions overlapping a peripheral edge portion of an outer glass panel of an insulated glass unit. A removable inner sub-sash frame interconnects with...

A system for mounting wall panels to an existing wall structure, includes a plurality of wall panels, each wall panel having a main panel section and hook walls at edges of the main panel section, with the main panel section and each hook wall having...

An assembly of glass blocks is held in a structural frame and comprises a plurality of glass blocks each having two rectangular display faces and four edge faces; a rectangular structural perimeter frame having four sides; and a plurality of primary...

Building frame shear-wall structure and associated methodology wherein the resulting structure includes (a) plural, elongate, spaced, interconnected columns and beams including elongate stretches which define and perimeter nominally open panes, and...

A ceiling system which includes a plurality of grid elements which form a grid framework and a plurality of downwardly accessible ceiling panels. The ceiling panels include a substrate and at least two mounting members. Each mounting member...

A device for locking two building boards comprises a tongue element inserted into a groove a first building board. The tongue element comprises a spring having a plurality of wave arches. A groove is provided in a core of a second building board and...

Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are...

A bracket for use with metal construction framing which is a generally planar construct having a first outer flange and a second outer flange, configured to form a recess between such flanges suitable to engage at least one face of a metal...