09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 1 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090049576 | - Continuousness and stability of an effect of preventing hip hemlines from rising in walking or a crouching posture are improved. A clothing has: a front body | 2009-02-26 |
20090049577 | Distribution and recovery of fashion-related products - A method for distributing and recovering fashion-related products includes providing fashion-related products made from a recyclable material, causing the products to be distributed to consumers, accepting return of the products that have been used by consumers, and causing the used products to be recycled. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049578 | - This present invention is for cooling the forehead, face and armpit of a person or imparting cool feeling. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049579 | - A flame-resistant, camouflage knit fabric is disclosed. The fabric can include a first yarn having a first color, and a second yarn having a second color different than the first color. The fabric may optionally include a third yarn having a third color and/or an elastomeric yarn. These yarns can be knitted together to form a flame-resistant fabric having a multi-colored camouflage pattern. A method for making a flame-resistant, camouflage fabric also is disclosed. The method can include providing a first yarn having a first color and a second yarn having a second color different than the first color and knitting the first and second yarns to form a multi-colored camouflage pattern. The yarns can be knitted using a computer-controlled machine, such as a jacquard knitting machine. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049580 | - My invention is an improvement to an existing Hooded Sweatshirt. I will sew waterproof type material, such as Nylon type material or Gortex™ to the back of the Hooded Sweatshirt to create a waterproof barrier to keep the back dry. The waterproof Hooded Sweatshirt will be used for wearing and keeping the individual wearing the Hooded Sweatshirt dry from snow-melt and outdoor elements. The main components are comprised of an existing Hooded Sweatshirt with waterproof type material, such as Nylon or Gortex™ attached by method of sewing to attach to the back of the Hooded Sweatshirt. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049581 | - A garment comprising a reversible shirt and a cape is disclosed. The reversible shirt has at least an interior side and an exterior side. A first attachment means is fixed to a pair of shoulder portion at the interior side of the shirt adjacent to a collar of the shirt. A second attachment means is fixed proximate a top edge of the cape. As such, the first and second attachment means, such as hook-and-loop type fastening material, cooperate to allow the cape to be selectively attached to the shirt. In use, with the second attachment means of the cape fixed to the first attachment means of the shirt, the shirt may be worn with the cape fixed to the internal side of the shirt and hidden from view. When the shirt is placed in a reversed configuration, such that the interior side is exposed outwardly, the cape is visibly suspended from the shoulder portions. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049582 | Keyboard gloves - The present invention relates to a device for keyboarding and more particularly to glove(s) for keyboarding and data entry. Keyboards are used extensively by both non-professional and professional people. The keyboard glove(s) will provide relief from the tension of the tendons in the fingers, palms, wrists and arms, and will also assist people who have arthritic fingers or other medical conditions that hinder their ability to keyboard. The keyboard gloves invention includes finger posts to allow accurate contact to the keys without strain. The resting pad allows the user to experience comfort during keying. The keyboard gloves are made with various self-breathing, various self-adjusting material and adjusting strap to allow the user a high level of comfort while using the gloves. The keyboard gloves allow the user to experience keyboarding in comfort. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049583 | - A clothing system that may include a lower component of an article of clothing and one or more upper components of an article of clothing that may be sized and configured to be selectively and/or interchangeably connected to and disconnected from the lower component. For example, a first upper component may include a generally fixed waistband, and a second upper component may include an expandable maternity waistband. Desirably, a woman may connect the first upper component to the lower component to form an article of clothing that she may wear when not pregnant and/or during her first months of her pregnancy. The woman may later disconnect the first upper component from the lower component and then connect the second upper component to the lower component to form an article of clothing that she may wear during her latter months of her pregnancy and/or during her recovery from pregnancy. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049584 | - A clothing system that may include a lower component of an article of clothing and one or more upper components of an article of clothing that may be sized and configured to be selectively and/or interchangeably connected to and disconnected from the lower component. For example, a first upper component may include a generally fixed waistband, and a second upper component may include an expandable maternity waistband. Desirably, a woman may connect the first upper component to the lower component to form an article of clothing that she may wear when not pregnant and/or during her first months of her pregnancy. The woman may later disconnect the first upper component from the lower component and then connect the second upper component to the lower component to form an article of clothing that she may wear during her latter months of her pregnancy and/or during her recovery from pregnancy. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049585 | Goggle attachment system for helmet - A protective goggle assembly includes a protective goggle having two side straps, each side strap comprising a free end and a first surface attachment region adjacent to the free end on at least one surface of each side strap; and a strap assembly that encircles the user's head, on each side of the strap assembly a second surface attachment region is provided that is configured to engage the first surface attachment region of the side straps. The strap assembly includes a base band with opposite free ends and an elastic ring. The free ends of the base band are connected to the elastic ring to form a complete encircling band. The second surface attachment region is carried on two locations of the base band. The complete encircling band is configured to fit around a soldier's helmet and the elastic ring being configured to fit over and around a night vision goggle mount at a front of the helmet. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049586 | - A safety helmet ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049587 | Toilet Device With Cleanser and Fragrance - Described is a multi-function device for attachment to the tank of a toilet fixture. The multi-function device provides a diffusible air-treatment concentrate for deodorizing or otherwise treating the ambient air surrounding the toilet. At the same time, the multi-function device provides a water-soluble water-treatment concentrate for treating the flush water stored in the toilet tank. The multi-function device has a bellows with a varying cross-sectional area to provide, during a flush cycle, a variable flow of air over the air treatment concentrate and into the air. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049588 | Toilet device with indicator - Described is a multi-function device for attachment to the tank of a toilet fixture. The multi-function device provides a diffusible air-treatment concentrate for deodorizing or otherwise treating the ambient air surrounding the toilet. At the same time, the multi-function device provides a water-soluble water-treatment concentrate for treating the flush water stored in the toilet tank. The multi-function device has an indicator to advise the consumer when replacement of user serviceable parts, such as the water treatment concentrate and the air treatment concentrate, is needed. The multi-function device has a bellows with a varying cross-sectional area to provide, during a flush cycle, a variable flow of air over the air treatment concentrate and into the air. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049589 | Support, particularly for a sanitary fixture - A support, particularly for a sanitary fixture comprising a sitting portion, which is constituted by an open and stackable box-shaped body, which can be arranged detachably so as to straddle only the lateral regions of the sitting portion. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049590 | - A lifting device for a toilet seat allowing the user to raise and lower the toilet seat without having to physically touch the seat. The device consists of a mounting plate, a shield, and a lifting member, with all surface being curved and without crevices. The shield extends horizontally and vertically beyond the edges of the lifting member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049591 | - A protective toilet bowl cover for temporary installation during construction or pending maintenance. The bowl cover element includes a clear viewing window so that toilet operation can be observed with the cover in place. The bowl cover element may be adjustable by breaking off a portion of the cover along a selected score line. Two bowl rim engagement elements are pivotally mounted on the bottom of the bowl cover, and provided with toothed pull elements, so that a rim engagement portion of each engagement element may be rotated into contact with the underneath side of the bowl rim by pulling the pull elements partially through small holes in the cover. The toothed portions of the pull elements engage the holes to hold the pull elements and rim engagement elements in place, and excess exposed length of the toothed pull element may be cut. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049592 | - Drain clean-out assemblies that can be used to drain the contents of a drain line prior to removing a clean-out plug mounted to the assembly or to which the assembly is mounted. The drain clean-out assembly includes clean-out plug and a device for selectively preventing and permitting drainage of a fluid through the assembly. The assembly may include a housing having oppositely-disposed first and second ends and a drain between the first and second ends and in fluidic communication with an interior of the housing, wherein the first end of the housing is configured to attach to a drain line, the preventing and permitting device is within the housing, and the clean-out plug is removably attached to the housing. Alternatively, the preventing and permitting device may be permanently mounted to the clean-out plug. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049593 | - Disclosed is a plunger including, in combination, a handle, a plunger bell with an inner bell surface, and an elongated tubular sheath, wherein the sheath at least substantially encases the handle and plunger bell, and the sheath is at least partially secured to the inner bell surface. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049594 | MAGNETIC SINK STRAINER - The present invention provides a magnetic sink strainer with at least one magnet securely attached to the strainer, to create a magnetic field. The invention also provides a magnetic sink strainer made of a magnetized material to provide a magnetic field. The magnetic sink strainer is firmly placed over a standard sink drain and functions to capture and retain objects that are attracted by a force as a result of being subjected to the magnetic field. This prevents such objects from accidentally being discarded into the sink drain. The magnetic sink strainer also includes at least one slit to enable fluids and other non-magnetic substances to easily and rapidly flow down to the sink drain. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049595 | - The present invention relates to a whirlpool cover, which comprises at least two cover elements and a transmission for pivoting said cover elements, said transmission comprising a pivot in the area of an upper edge of the whirlpool for pivoting the cover elements, said cover elements being adapted to be pivoted about said pivot to a position of rest onto an outer sidewall of the whirlpool. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049596 | - An example tub divider includes a wall moveable between an installed position and an uninstalled position. The wall partitions a tub when in the installed position. A lock pin moves between a first position and a biased position. The lock pin limits movement of the wall when in the first position. An example divided tub assembly includes a plurality of tub sidewalls and a tub at least partially defined by the tub sidewalls. A removable wall is moveable to an installed position for partitioning the tub. A wall extension of the removable wall is receivable within a sidewall aperture defined by one of the tub sidewalls. The wall extension guides movement of the removable wall. A cap has a cap extension for receipt within a cap aperture defined by one the tub sidewalls. The cap limits relative movement between the removable wall and the tub. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049597 | SAUNA APPARATUS - A sauna apparatus includes an air blower, a blow channel and a humidifier. The air blower suctions and blows air. The blow channel conveys the suctioned air and humidified air. The humidifier has a sprayer spraying humidifying water into the air passing through the blow channel for humidification, and a spray-water droplet splitter installed in a direction to which the sprayer sprays the water for humidification. By letting the sprayed water droplet collide with the splitter, the water droplet is split into much finer water droplets. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049598 | - A tub includes a wooden bottom plate having a top surface and a peripheral edge defining a perimeter; and a plurality of wooden side-wall elements connected to the bottom plate at the perimeter. Each of the side-wall elements defines an inner and an outer side, and they are interconnected to form a continuous peripheral wall encompassing the bottom plate. A groove is defined in the inner side of each of the side-wall elements below the top surface of the bottom plate, and a resilient, waterproof member is received in each of the grooves. A first multitude of apertures is defined in the peripheral edge of the bottom plate, and a second multitude of apertures is defined in the side-wall elements at a distance below the groove. A set of the first and second multitudes of apertures are in registration and receive fastening devices. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049599 | Passive sensors for automatic faucets and bathroom flushers - The present invention is directed to novel optical sensors and novel methods for sensing optical radiation. The novel optical sensors and the novel optical sensing methods are used, for example, for controlling the operation of automatic faucets and flushers. The novel sensors and flow controllers (including control electronics and valves) require only small amounts of electrical power for sensing users of bathroom facilities, and thus enable battery operation for many years. A passive optical sensor includes a light detector sensitive to ambient (room) light for controlling the operation of automatic faucets or automatic bathroom flushers. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049600 | - An outlet element ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049601 | - A water drain assembly includes an embedding ring and a seal washer, such that when a force is applied to press onto a water drain body, the deformation of hooks disposed at a lower edge of the embedding ring latches the edge of a drain through hole to abut the water drain body and fix the water drain body in position, and a rubber seal ring and a pressing member are installed into an internal hole of the water drain body, and a jam-on member is pressed into the internal hole of the water drain body, so as to press the pressing member down to a predetermined position to deform the seal ring, and achieve a tight pressing relation with a drainage pipe inserted therein to achieve a seal waterproof relation between the drainage pipe and the water drain body, and complete the overall installation of the water drain. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049602 | - A new and useful system and method of raising and lowering a bed is provided. A bed system comprises a bed, and a balanced movement system for raising and lowering the bed and for maintaining the bed in a stopped position when application of force to the bed is stopped. The balanced movement system is (i) configured to enable the bed to be raised or lowered by application of force to the bed in a selected direction, and (ii) configured such that when application of the force ceases the bed will come to a stopped position and be maintained in the stopped position by the balanced movement system. In order to raise or lower the bed, a relatively modest force is applied (preferably manually) to the bed in a selected direction. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049603 | Examination Table - A wheelchair and an examination table is provided wherein there is provided a connector or connector assembly for connecting the wheelchair to the examination table. Once connected to the examination table, the wheelchair and patient sitting therein can be elevated, after which side frames of the wheelchair can be removed in order to facilitate examination of the patient. In addition, once elevated and the side frames removed, with the aid of a movable back that forms a part of the examination table, the back of the wheelchair can be reclined or positioned in various positions to facilitate examination and procedures. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049604 | PLAYARD HAVING SHADE DEVICE - At least one foldable opaque shade device is disposed adjacent to an upright post of a playard that can block lights from coming into the playard and provide a comfortable environment for a baby/toddler inside. The at least one shade device is capable of selectively setting in a folding status or an unfolding status. When the at least one shade device is set to the folding status, it is folded adjacent to the standing post at one side of the playard via a rotary axle or other type of folding mechanism. The at least one shade device can be unfolded from the standing post(s), and the lateral surface of the playard between the two standing posts is fully covered by the shade device. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049605 | PLAYARD - In a playard, the bassinet has adjustors with one ends connecting to a first side of the bassinet body and the other ends to a second side of the bassinet body. The adjustors extend from the first side toward and cross a first side rail of the frame body, reaching to the bottom panel of the frame body and into the frame body, and connecting to the second side of the bassinet body. The playard includes two retainers, each mounting on the second side rail of the frame body. Pulling the adjustors brings the first side and the second side of the bassinet body to move up or down by the same distance. The bassinet can therefore maintain horizontal and be adjusted to an arbitrary height during height adjusting. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049606 | DIAPER CHANGER - Rotation device is configured at the bottom of the body of a diaper changer so that the diaper changer is capable of rotating horizontally relative to the playard frame via the rotation device when mounting thereon. The rotation device includes a rotator and a supporter where the rotator connects to the body and mounts on the supporter for allowing the body to rotate relative to the supporter. The supporter is further configured at one side of the playard frame. The body can also be rotatably mounted on the playard frame by mounted the rotator directly into a shafting hole on the playard frame. With the rotation device, the diaper changer can be selectively set in a first using status for changing a baby's diaper or a second using status for allowing a babysitter for easy holding the baby up. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049607 | - Ruffled or pleated fabrics have been commonly used as interior design elements many years to accentuate the aesthetic appearance of items such as dust ruffles, bed skirts, draperies, valances, and table skirts. The ruffles or pleats add volume to the design features, increasing their aesthetic appeal. However, due to age and wear, over time the ruffles or pleats lose their volumizing effect. A volumizing slip is provided, composed of a material stiffer than the existing fabric article. Thus, fulfillment of the long felt need for extending the usable life of design elements such as volumized dust ruffles, bed skirts, draperies, valances, and table skirts is provided. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049608 | MATTRESS ENCASEMENT FOR PREVENTING BED BUG ESCAPEMENT VIA A ZIPPER OPENING - A mattress encasement made of bug impervious fabric provides a zipper opening for removal of the mattress. A foam pad is stitched at an end of the zipper closure such that when the zipper is located at or near the end, a channel is provided to prevent or obstruct the escapement of bed bugs via the channel and out from a mattress encased by the mattress encasement. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049609 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OCCLUDE PATIENT ENTRAPMENT ZONES - A system and method for occluding potential entrapment zones in a bed. The system includes a head-end assembly with a head-end cover enclosing a head-end pad and a pair of reinforcing end members. The system also includes a torso assembly, a leg assembly and a foot-end assembly with covers enclosing pads and reinforcing members. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049610 | PROXIMITY ACTIVATION OF VOICE OPERATION OF HOSPITAL BED - A patient-support apparatus comprises a control system, a receiver configured to detect a signal from the badge when the emitter is proximate the patient-support apparatus, and a voice recognition module configured to provide inputs to the control system to control at least one function of the patient-support apparatus. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049611 | PATIENT-SECURING STRAP - The invention relates to a patient-securing strap and to a patient-supporting device with a patient-securing strap. In one illustrative embodiment, the patient-securing strap is made mainly of plastic and has an electrical conductor made of substantially radioparent plastic, an electrical sensor which is connected to the conductor and which is made of a substantially radioparent material, and transmitter which is connected to the conductor and which is designed such that sensor signals output from the sensor to the conductor are sent to a data transmission line. In another illustrative embodiment, a patient-supporting device comprises one such patient-securing strap. The fact that the patient-securing strap is for the most part made of radioparent material means that it does not cause interfering image artefacts during an X-ray examination. It can therefore readily be used for an X-ray examination or CT scan of the patient and at the same time, by means of the electrical sensor, allows measurement values to be recorded. In other words, it is thus made possible to perform an X-ray examination while at the same time recording measurement values. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049612 | LATERALLY ROTATING PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS - A patient support apparatus comprises a lower frame, a lift mechanism, a drive mechanism, and an upper frame. The lower frame includes a lift drive configured to at least one of expand and contract the lift mechanism. The lift mechanism is pivotably coupled with the lower frame to rotate about a rotational axis. A drive mechanism is coupled between the lift mechanism and the lower frame. The drive mechanism is configured to rotate the lift mechanism about the rotational axis. The upper frame is supported on the lift mechanism and responsive to the rotation of the lift mechanism to rotate a patient about the rotational axis. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049613 | Patient Supporting Device - The invention relates to a patient-supporting device for a diagnostic and/or therapeutic appliance, with a bench which is mounted so as to be vertically adjustable, and with a spindle drive which is designed for adjusting the height of the bench. According to the invention, the spindle drive is mounted on a base plate in a ball joint in order to avoid a situation where errors of alignment between spindle nut and spindle can be caused by a patient not being centered on the bench. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049614 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OCCLUDE PATIENT ENTRAPMENT ZONES - A system and method for occluding potential entrapment zones in a bed. The system includes a head-end assembly with a head-end cover enclosing a head-end pad, and a torso assembly with a pair of covers each enclosing a pair of pads. The system also includes a leg assembly with a cover enclosing pads and a foot-end assembly with covers enclosing pads. The system further includes multiple sets of coupling members that couple the covers together. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049615 | - A foam spring for use in pillows, cushions, mattresses or the like, the foam spring having a tubular resilient body made of foam with holes extending inwardly from an outside surface to an inside location, wherein the holes extend at a non-perpendicular angle relative to a line perpendicular to the outside surface of the spring at the position of the hole. The foam spring is manufactured by a method which comprises providing interrupted slits along lines extending in the longitudinal direction of a foam layer; cutting a transverse strip out of this foam layer; bending two opposite ends of the strip towards each other; and fixing the two opposite ends into a tubular shape to form the tubular resilient body, wherein the slits are made in a direction forming an angle with the direction perpendicular to the surface of the foamed layer. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049616 | - The invention relates to a device for covering a surface of a support that is mounted on a frame. Said device comprises a first means for delivering a cover that is embodied in the form of a textile web to the support surface as well as a second means for receiving the cover. A section of the cover extending between the first and the second means is guided over the support surface while the first and the second means are mounted below a level defined by the support surface. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049617 | - A configurable, adjustable inflatable device including one or more inflatable bladders and a shape-defining member that combines with the inflatable bladders such that an overall shape of the configurable inflatable device is at least partially controlled by the shape-defining member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049618 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING CONNECTING RODS - An apparatus and method for installing a piston and connecting rod assembly in a cylinder of an engine block includes a frame, an installation rod and a guide defining a channel complementary to the rod. The frame is disposed about an opening at the bottom of the engine block and the guide is positioned on the frame in alignment with a cylinder. The installation rod is coupled to the connecting rod and the rod and the piston and connecting rod assembly are slid into the cylinder. The installation rod is received within the guide channel and maintains the connecting rod perpendicular to the crankshaft and away from the cylinder wall. As the connecting rod moves toward the crankshaft, the guide and rod move the connecting rod into proper alignment and contact with the crankshaft. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049619 | Composition, Process For Preparation and Method of Use - Depilatory compositions comprising a depilatory agent , fatty alcohol and VP/hexadecene copolymer provide improved resistance to rinsing of the compositions from the skin. The compositions provide for a method of depilation in wet conditions using a tool to apply and remove the compositions. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049620 | Sulfide dyes - Disclosed are compounds of formula. Method of dyeing keratin-containing fibers comprising treating the fiber with at least one sulfide dye of formula (1), their salts, isomers, hydrates and other solvates, wherein R | 2009-02-26 |
20090049621 | USE FOR THE DYEING WITH LIGHTENING EFFECT OF KERATIN SUBSTANCES OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING A FLUORESCENT CYANINE DYE - The present invention relates to the use, for the dyeing with lightening effect of human keratin substances, and in particular of human keratin fibres such as the hair, of a composition comprising at least one fluorescent cyanine dye. The present invention allows human keratin substances to be both dyed and at the same time lightened without detriment to said substances. The fluorescent dyes employed in the context of the invention also have high tinctorial affinity for keratin substances and good properties of resistance towards external agents, and especially towards shampoos. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049622 | HAIR DYE COMPOSITION - Provided is a hair dye composition containing a dissociative direct dye (1): | 2009-02-26 |
20090049623 | Method for Preventing Color Loss in Oxidatively Dyed Hair - A method for preventing color loss from oxidatively dyed hair comprising the steps of: a) contacting said hair with a shampoo composition, said shampoo comprising: from about 5% to about 50% of an anionic surfactant; from about 0.025% to about 5% by weight of a synthetic cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of at least about 3 meq/gm, wherein said synthetic cationic polymer form lyotropic liquid crystals upon combination with said anionic surfactant; and water; and b) rinsing said composition from said hair. An article of manufacture comprises the shampoo composition and is promoted to consumers. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049624 | DYE-CONTAINING CURABLE COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a dye-containing curable composition that has the property of high sensitivity, and that even when formed into a thin film at high dye concentration, excels in patternability, and is free from dye elution and ensures high productivity; and a color filter making use of the dye-containing curable composition and a method for producing the same. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049625 | COLORING COMPOSITION AND COLORING METHOD - The present invention provides a coloring composition which comprises pigment particles whose average particle size is not more than 200 nm and binder polymer particles. The composition permits the formation of a thin and uniform colored and coated layer on the surface of a fibrous structure without forming any color spot and without impairing the aesthetic properties and the flexibility of the fibrous structure and it has a good color-developing ability and excellent fastness of color. The method for coloring a fibrous structure using this composition permits the coloration of even a mixed material using a single coloring composition and at a single coloration step and the method is quite simple, it can ensure a high working efficiency, a high energy efficiency and quite effective use of water resources and it is free of any environmental pollution. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049626 | POWERED TOOTHBRUSH - A powered toothbrush refill head combines a typical round oscillating or primary tuft block which oscillates in a rotational manner with a secondary tuft block. The secondary tuft block may be oscillated in a rotational manner or may oscillate linearly back and forth in the same direction as the handle of the toothbrush. The secondary tuft block could be in the form of a pair of side by side plates mounted on the head adjacent to the round oscillating block. The invention could also be practice where the secondary tuft block is in the form of a plurality of sets of rows of bristles mounted for back and forth movement in a direction perpendicular to the handle. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049627 | - Disposable endoscope cleaning device and method, where the device comprises an elongate member, preferably a monofilament and a wiper, or plurality of wipers, formed from a resiliently deformable elastomeric material integrally moulded with the member. The elongate drives the typically disc shaped wiper axially along the lumen axial direction while the wiper remains oriented in a lumen radial plane from adjacent the axial direction to adjacent the lumen wall. The wiper prior has a diameter greater than said lumen internal diameter but is resiliently deformable, preferably not of uniform stiffness in the radial direction, so that it bends in the trailing direction at or near the lumen wall so that a peripheral margin of the wiper contacts the wall in a band extending through 360 degrees of arc. The device allows for cleaning of multiple lumens of differing diameters in an endoscope. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049628 | Tooth brush - A hygienic article having a first member ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049629 | - A multipurpose multi-surface scraping tool to facilitate removing gum, grease, wax, and other such materials from the surface of carpet, grout, title, concrete and the like. The tool has an ergonomically correct, lightweight handle with a replaceable scraper blade removably attached thereto. The handle may be formed from aluminum, plastic, or another lightweight material. The scraper blade is typically formed from stainless steel or another, wear resistant material and has scrapping teeth disposed on an outer edge thereof. The scraper blade is removable from the handle to allow re-sharpening or replacing. The opposite end of the handle structure is configured as a wrench for loosening and tightening jets on a carpet cleaning wand. The wrench may be an open end or box configuration. The combination of the scraping and wrench functions allows an operator to carry only one tool to perform frequently required operations in the course of cleaning a carpet. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049630 | Paint Brush with Detachable Head - A paint brush has a handle and a paint brush head. The paint brush head is detachable from the paint brush handle. The paint brush head may be rotatable to a number of positions relative to the paint brush handle. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049631 | - A brush having a body with scrubbing means ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049632 | - A disposable toothbrush includes a handle member produced from a pre-selected biodegradable material. The handle member has a predetermined size and a predetermined shape. There are a predetermined number of rows of bristles attached to and extending above a top surface of the handle member closely adjacent one end thereof. Such bristles have a predetermined length. A pouch containing toothpaste is disposed beneath the rows of bristles such that the toothpaste will be in fluid communication with the bristles when the pouch is punctured and compressed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049633 | Cleaning Article - A cleaning article | 2009-02-26 |
20090049634 | - A cleaning/polishing pad for cleaning or polishing stone, terrazzo or concrete floors comprises a flexible, disk-shaped pad body having an upper mounting surface and a lower working surface, the pad body comprising natural wool fibers. A plurality of resin segments spaced apart from one another and affixed adjacent the lower working surface of the disk-shaped pad body, the resin segments including diamond particles embedded therein, wherein each of the plurality of resin segments is affixed to the pad body in such a way that the majority of the resin segment stands proud of the pad body. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049635 | - A hand held cosmetic scraping/scooping tool for use in the recovery and removal of residual amounts of cosmetics (or other products), including, but not limited to, creams, shampoos, ointments, lotions, oils, pastes, powders, gels, liquids, solids, or semi-solids, from tubes, bags, bottles, including tall, narrow-top pump-top bottles, jars, canisters, cups, cans, boxes, or other containers. The scraping tool preferably has both a first scraping portion, and a second scraping portion each of which may be concave. In a preferred version, one end has a wider concave trough scooping portion with a rounded “L” shape at the end of it that is in a continuation trough configuration. The other end is narrower in width and without the “L” shape at the end but with the same concave trough shape. Both ends may be approximately the same length but preferably serve different purposes that work in accordance with the container size and the needs of the user. A middle section between the two scooping trough sections of the tool may be present and preferably has a space for a logo or commercial company name. These tools could be used for personal use as well as for professional use in retrieving creams and lotions from jars and containers to save contamination in hospitals, therapeutic and massage offices, medical centers, commercial sales, counters as well as in the home. The tool may be made of materials that can be sterilized. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049636 | - A squeegee with a swiveling squeegee handle and squeegee head with a detachable squeegee blade container with affixed squeegee blade and spraying device enclosed in the squeegee handle. The squeegee head has an elongated groove or notch on top of the squeegee head allowing squeegee blade in various size and shape to be fasten on to the squeegee head, and clamp like devices attach at the rear of the squeegee head to fasten a wiping material across the front surface of the squeegee head. The squeegee blade container and an enclosed squeegee blade, and wiping material are detachable from the squeegee head. The squeegee handle has an enclosed container for holding liquid and an attached sprayer/pump for dispensing the contained liquid, and threaded squeegee handle to allow extended poles to be attached to provide longer reach. The swivel joints allow extensions, squeegee handle and/or squeegee head, to swivel and locked to an angled position or swivel with specified degree of resistance. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049637 | Windscreen wiping device, particularly for a motor vehicle - A windshield wiper device ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049638 | SUPPORT DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY FOR A WINDSCREEN-WIPER BLADE - The invention relates to a support device for a windscreen-wiper blade comprising a wiping strip ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049639 | - A control system for a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The control system includes a control pad for generating a number of user inputs. The control system further includes a serial controller for reading the state of the number of inputs and generating serial data in response thereto. The control system yet further includes a processor adapted to receive the serial data and generate control signals that controls a number of electric devices on the vacuum cleaner. A method of operating a vacuum cleaner is also disclosed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049640 | Robot cleaner system having robot cleaner and docking station - A robot cleaner system having an improved docking structure to allow a dust discharge port of a robot cleaner to come into close contact with a dust suction port of a docking station without an additional drive device. The robot cleaner system includes a robot cleaner having a dust discharge port, a docking station having a dust suction port to suction dust collected in the robot cleaner, and a docking device to perform a seesaw movement as it comes into contact with the robot cleaner when the robot cleaner docks with the docking station, so as to allow the dust suction port to come into close contact with the dust discharge port. The docking device further includes a link member installed in the docking station in a pivotally rotatable manner. The link member has one end provided with a contact portion to come into contact with the robot cleaner, and the other end provided with a docking portion defining the dust suction port therein. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049641 | VACUUM CLEANER WITH WAND ACTIVATED CONVERSION VALVE - A floor care apparatus includes a housing having a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly. A suction inlet is provided on the nozzle assembly. A dirt collection vessel, a suction generator and a wand receiver are carried on the housing. A first air flow pathway connects the suction inlet to the dirt collection vessel and the suction generator. An air flow control valve includes a valve body received in the first air flow pathway and an actuator having at least a portion thereof extending into the wand receiver. A cleaning wand assembly is displaceable between a first storage position wherein a first end of the cleaning wand assembly is held in the wand receiver engaging the actuator and opening the valve and a second position wherein the cleaning wand assembly is withdrawn from the wand receiver for cleaning with the cleaning wand assembly thereby disengaging the actuator and closing the valve. A second air flow pathway connects the cleaning wand assembly to the first air flow pathway between the valve body and the dirt collection vessel. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049642 | Suction brush for vacuum cleaner - A suction brush for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The suction brush includes an upper casing; a lower casing; an elevating plate installed between the upper casing and the lower casing; a cleaned surface sensing part for sensing; a lever rotatably provided around a rotating shaft that is parallel to the elevating plate; and a solenoid. The solenoid rotates the lever in one direction when the surface to be cleaned is the hard floor and rotates the lever in the other direction when the surface to be cleaned is the carpet. The lower casing contacts the surface to be cleaned as the elevating plate descends, while it comes apart from the surface to be cleaned as the elevating plate ascends. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049643 | Suction brush for vacuum cleaner - A suction brush for a vacuum cleaner includes an upper casing, a lower casing coupled to the upper casing and provided with a suction port through which contaminants are drawn in from a surface to be cleaned, a lift plate disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing to move up and down with respect to the lower casing, a lift plate driving part to allow the lift plate to move up and down, and a lift control unit to control the lift plate driving part so that when the surface to be cleaned changes from a hard floor to a carpet, the lift plate is raised, and when the surface to be cleaned changes from the carpet to the hard floor, the lift plate is lowered. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049644 | - A multi-stage hinge assembly includes a first coupling member adapted to fix with a portable computer and receivable with a second coupling member, a plurality of support members, a first positioning member, a plurality of resilient frictional devices, a second positioning member, a first position limiting member, a second position limiting member and a retainer. The first positioning member and the second positioning member are adapted to provide differential frictional forces. The first position limiting member and the second position limiting member include a plurality of the V-shaped lubricant holes adapted to maintain lubricant therebetween regardless whether the second coupling member is rotated clockwise/anticlockwise with the first coupling member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049645 | - Furniture hinge with damping device which is insertable into the box of the hinge and fixable therein before the box is assembled with the other components of the hinge. In this way the damping device is protected against external actions, such as impact or pressure that can damage or affect the functioning of the device, by the same box made of steel or of another rigid material. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049646 | Electronic Device with Hinge Mechanism - An electronic device is described that has a base and a lid, where device can be opened so that part of the base is exposed and closed so that the same part of the base is hidden. The lid is connected to the base by two bars. The bars allow the lid to slide in a plane parallel to the base. The connection between the base and lid is such that there is little overlap between the base and the lid when the device is open. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049647 | Twin-wheel caster - The invention relates to a twin-wheel caster ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049648 | HINGE FOR AN ENCLOSURE - An enclosure includes a hinge constructed to enable disengagement of a pin receiving member from a pin without substantially damaging the pin receiving member or the pin when the enclosure is opened beyond a fully opened position. The enclosure may include a housing that includes a pin. A pin receiving member may be part of a cover and defines a pin receiving shaft having a lead-in portion. The pin receiving shaft receives and rotatably couples the pin. The lead-in portion is configured to disengage the pin without substantially damaging the pin receiving member when the cover is opened beyond a fully opened position. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049649 | - A hinge assembly is mounted in an electronic appliance such as a notebook and has a stationary leaf, a pintle and a pivoting leaf. The notebook has a base and a cover. The stationary leaf is mounted securely on the base and has a pivoting sleeve having an outer edge, a limiting tab and at least one braking detent. The limiting tab and braking detent adjacently protrude longitudinally from the outer edge of the pivoting sleeve. The pintle is mounted rotatably in the stationary leaf and has an outer end and a limiting rod. The limiting rod is mounted securely in the pintle and selectively limits rotation of the hinge in both directions to leave a small gap when the cover folds toward the base to facilitate opening. The pivoting leaf is mounted securely on the outer end of the pintle and connects to the cover securely. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049650 | HANDLE FOR A STACKABLE CULINARY ARTICLE AND A SET OF SUCH HANDLES AND ARTICLES - This is a system of one or more handles for an item of kitchen equipment for cooking on a cooker or a hob. A number of items can be stacked together. Each handle has at least one stud ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049651 | Vibration Dampening Mechanism For Power Tool - A powered hammer includes a body in which is disposed a motor and a hammer mechanism driven by the motor when the motor is activated. A tool holder is coupled to a front portion of the body and which is capable of holding a cutting tool. The hammer mechanism, when driven by the motor, is capable of imparting impacts to a cutting tool, when held by the tool holder. A handle is moveably coupled to a rear portion of the body for movement toward and away from the body along a tool axis of the tool holder. The handle includes a grip portion and first and second end connection sections coupled to opposite end portions of the grip portion. The first and second end connection sections are slideably mounted on first and second arms that project rearward from the body. A movement control mechanism is mounted inside the handle and coupled to the first and second arms and the handle. The movement control mechanism is configured to ensure that the two end connection sections move toward and away from the body in unison to inhibit angular movement of the grip portion relative to the body. A damping element disposed between the handle and the body to reduce vibration transferred from the body to the rear handle. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049652 | - In a device on a draw frame having a drafting system for textile fibre slivers with weighting of the upper rolls of the drafting system which comprises roll pairs arranged one behind the other, the pairs having lower and upper rolls, the rotating journals at the ends of the upper roll are mounted by means of bearing elements and the bearing elements each have at least one deep-groove ball bearing having an immovable outer housing (outer ring) and an internal rotational body (inner ring). In order to provide a structurally simple way in which the bearing housings can be mounted on or removed from the presser roll in a simple, quick and reliable manner, the bearing elements are in the form of deep-groove ball bearings and there is a coupling between the journal and the rotational body. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049653 | - This invention intends to enable silicon compound to be removed from waste etching solution at a high removal rate and waste etching solution to be recycled without disposing it. The etching solution reproducing apparatus includes: temperature adjusting means for adjusting the temperature of taken out waste etching solution; atomizing means for atomizing waste etching solution adjusted in temperature by the temperature adjusting means; precipitating means for collecting waste etching solution atomized by the atomizing means and precipitating silicon compound in the waste etching solution; and separating means for separating silicon compound precipitated from the waste etching solution by the precipitating means so as to obtain reproduced etching solution. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049654 | - A tie wrap having a rope folded generally in half to define a first half of the rope and a second half of the rope. The tie wrap has a barrel lock fit with the rope so that the first half of the rope and the second half of the rope are thread through the barrel lock to define a loop in the rope. The rope is interlaced to define a first knot that terminates the loop at a first end of the tie wrap and the rope is interlaced to define a second knot at the second end of the tie wrap. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049655 | BOOT BAND - The resistance against the portion of a band body that is riding over engagement claws at the time of fastening the band body is reduced, so that the band body can be fastened by a small amount of fastening force. This boot band consists of: a band body that is fastened by winding in a ring shape an outer overlapping portion and an inner overlapped portion around a member to be fastened; engagement claws and that are formed on the outer overlapping portion; engagement holes that are formed in the inner overlapped portion and that engage with the engagement claws, so as to maintain the band body in a fastened condition; a lip that is formed by separating, along the fastening direction of the band body, the area of the inner overlapped portion where an engagement hole is formed from that area's surrounding area, and with the fastening-direction end of the lip formed as a free end; and a slit, which the lip penetrates through to the opposite side of the slit. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049656 | - Provided is a hose clamp which is capable of reliably fastening and fixing a hose to a pipe without being affected by a layout of the hose to be fastened. The hose clamp ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049657 | - A clamping assembly for securing the canopy of a retractable awning mounted on a recreational vehicle, including one or more clamp members, each having a top section and a bottom section positioned in face opposed relation with each section having a back surface and a front surface. Each back surface includes a protruding member with an opening adapted, when aligned, to receive a means to attach the clamp member to support arms. The front surfaces form a pair of projecting face opposed clamping flanges with a space in between the two to engage the canopy material. Also provided is a pair of spring-loaded lever arms adapted for pivotal movement between a vertical position to enable the flanges to engage the canopy material in a releasable grip and a horizontal position to enable the flanges to separate and release their grip on the canopy. Rotating the lever arms in opposite directions act to adjust the tightness of the grip the flanges have on the canopy material. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049658 | Readily Burstable Slide Fastener - A readily burstable slide fastener | 2009-02-26 |
20090049659 | SLIDER FOR CONCEALED TYPE SLIDE FASTENER WITH SEPARABLE BOTTOM END STOP - The present invention provides a slider for a concealed type slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop capable of restoring a status to a normal one when an insert pin is inserted with an abnormal status, wherein a recess is provided in a shoulder mouth of a lower blade sideways of a diamond erected from a body of the slider and a slope is formed on a side wall sideways of the diamond and a rear mouth side of the recess, and the slope of the side wall restores the fastener tape into a parallel condition quickly and after that, the insert pin can be inserted into a box, thereby attaching the bottom end stop smoothly and easily. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049660 | CLIP - The present invention discloses a clip for attaching an object to a sheet having an aperture spaced apart from a leading edge of the sheet. The clip includes a base with a generally planar lower member, the lower member having a leading edge and a trailing edge. The base also has a generally planar upper member extending across the lower member, the upper member also having a leading edge, a trailing edge and an opening between the upper member leading edge and trailing edge. The trailing edge of the upper member is attached to and extends from the base proximate the trailing edge of the lower member. The upper member also includes a spring located proximate to the trailing edge of the upper member and extending into the opening in a generally leading edge direction. The finger spring is operable to apply a force in a generally leading edge direction onto a sheet edge of a sheet inserted and located between the lower member and the upper member. The upper member can include a catch stem located proximate to the leading edge of the upper member yet oppositely disposed across from the opening from the finger spring. The catch stem extends into the opening in a generally trailing edge direction and is operable to catch a sheet edge of the sheet bounding the aperture spaced apart from the leading edge of the sheet and thereby preventing removal of the clip from the sheet. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049661 | RETAINER FOR OVERMOLDED ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT - A device configured to maintain an electric circuit in a fixed position during an overmolding process comprises a wire retainer configured to hold the electric circuit taut an in a fixed position while being molded within a molded item. The retainer has a first end and an opposite second end, and includes a first bushing defining a mounting hole for the molded item extending along a width axis. The built-in bushing includes front and back surfaces configured to be aligned and substantially co-planar with the front and back surfaces of the molded item. The device also includes a first securing member configured to secure a portion of the electric circuit to the retainer within the molded item, to hold the electric circuit in a fixed position within the molded item during the overmolding process. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049662 | - A safety lock for a clamp closing a therapeutic fluid conduit, the clamp comprising a clamping end and a locking end which wrap around a fluid conduit receiving space wherein, when in a clamped position, the locking end mates with the clamping end to maintain a clamping projection in the fluid conduit receiving space, the lock comprising a first attachment at a first end thereof, the first attachment being sized and shaped to receive therein a portion of the clamping end, the first attachment abutting the clamping projection to define a maximum travel of the lock along the clamping end toward the locking end and a second attachment at a second end thereof preventing the locking end from moving away from the clamping end. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049663 | - A weight-hanging hook includes a hook body, a pivotable safety retainer biased to a close position to close an opening in the hook body, a locking member disposed movably within a slot in the hook body and movable between a first position whereat the locking member engages the safety retainer so as to lock the safety retainer in the close position, and a second position whereat the locking member is removed from the safety retainer. An operating member is disposed pivotally on the hook body, and is biased to a non-driving position whereat the locking member is disposed in the first position. The operating member is operable to move the locking member to the second position so as to allow the safety retainer to be operated to separate from the hook portion, thereby opening the opening in the hook body. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049664 | Self-locking connecting device - The connecting device comprises three elements: a core ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049665 | BUCKLE OF A SEAT BELT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Buckle of a seat belt for a motor vehicle comprising a male part and a female part characterised in that it comprises electric contacts carried by two tongues ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090049666 | Button engaging and attachment apparatus and methods related applications - A button engaging and attachment structure includes a button engaging portion having button engaging tabs, and a button attachment portion adapted to couple to a host carrier. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049667 | BUCKLE FOR BAND AND OBJECT WEARING DEVICE USING THE BUCKLE - A buckle for a pair of band sections connected to an object at a pair of opposite positions for wearing the object on a user's body includes a frame connected to one band section, a length adjustment chain connected to the other band, a chain folding-back shaft for folding back the chain, and a folding-back shaft position adjuster for moving the position of the folding-back shaft adjustably. When the position of the shaft is changed in the length direction of the frame, the position where the chain is folded back by the shaft changes and a distance between both the band sections is adjusted. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049668 | Multi-function drawstring - A multi-function drawstring that may be used on various containers and for various purposes comprising a drawstring that is slidably enclosed in a flexible cover which encloses substantially the entire length of the drawstring. The flexible cover may have perforations or openings at various positions to enable the drawstring to be exposed and pulled. An adhesive means may be applied to one or more sides of the flexible cover to enable the multi-function drawstring to be affixed to various surfaces and at various positions. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049669 | SPINNING, DRAWING AND TEXTURING MACHINE - A spinning, drawing and texturing machine for the production of curled threads includes a spinning unit and multiple machine modules associated with the spinning unit. Each of the machine modules has multiple processing assemblies for drawing and curling one of the threads, and a spooling unit for winding the thread. The machine modules positioned next to one another form a longitudinal side of the machine. The processing assemblies and the spooling unit are arranged among each other at one of the machine modules such that a narrow machine partition (T) in a range of <800 mm occurs on the longitudinal side of the machine. The spinning unit has one or more spinnerets and one spinning duct within the machine partition (T) per machine module. The spinnerets are held in rows parallel to the longitudinal side of the machine. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049670 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A MEMBRANE WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL INTEGRITY - Methods for fabricating robust films across a patterned underlying layer's edges or steps are disclosed. The novel methods diminish the negative effects of electrode steps or edges on the integrity of a membrane. Thus, the methods are particularly applicable to membrane release technology. The height of the step or edge is eliminated or reduced to increase the mechanical integrity of the film. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049671 | APPARATUS TO CONNECT A VALVE STEM TO A VALVE MEMBER - Apparatus to connect a valve stem to a valve member are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a valve stem having a laterally extending opening, a valve member having a laterally extending opening, and a coupling having adjacent one end an extension received in the laterally extending opening of the valve stem and adjacent an opposite end an extension received in the laterally extending opening of the valve member. A resilient member is located between the valve stem and the valve member. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049672 | Method for fabricating transportation pallet - This invention has an object to provide a method for precisely fabricating transportation pallets readily adaptable to model change and other alterations. In the method for fabricating a transportation pallet according to the invention, in which jig mounting plates are fixed on a steel pallet base, projecting pieces having holes to which jigs are attached are provided on one longer side of the jig mounting plates at a predetermined interval, a positioning member is secured on the pallet base, the jig mounting plates are temporarily secured along the positioning member, and the jig mounting plates are welded to be fixed on the pallet base. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049673 | PROCEDURE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A JOINING DEVICE FOR SHUTTERING PANELS AND THE DEVICE PRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PROCEDURE - A joining device for shuttering panels which features a clamp, supported by a hollow tubular body, manually operable by means of a lever which is articulately joined to the tubular body by means of an articulated joint, the device being equipped with a regulating system which allows said articulated joint to be moved longitudinally along the interior of the tubular body, which incorporates a closing cover of said tubular body equipped with a central hole; a regulating nut, equipped with an operating head and an internally threaded hollow rod which is inserted into the tubular body through the hole in the closing cover; and a bracing bush which prevents the removal of the hollow rod from the interior of the tubular body, the regulating nut being joined to the closing cover by the outward splaying of the mouth of the hollow rod. | 2009-02-26 |
20090049674 | HOLLOW BAR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A process for forming a relatively thick-walled hollow bar by hot rolling an elongate member including the steps: | 2009-02-26 |
20090049675 | Method and apparatus for cold loading articles - A method of loading an article, such as a self-expanding stent, into a structures such as a delivery catheter, including the steps of chilling the article to a predetermined temperature, reducing article size a predetermined amount, inserting fluid into the article, whereby the fluid forms a substantially solid plug with respect to the article, and moving the frozen article. Also provided is an apparatus for loading an article into a structure including: an article size reduction element, a chiller connected to the size reduction element, a cold source communicatively connected to the chiller, and a fluid supply communicatively connected to the size reduction element. | 2009-02-26 |