Abstract: A hand protector comprises two basic elements, one element attached to the user's body and a second element being a relatively rigid hand guard ergonomically shaped to fit across the palm and fingers of the user's hand. The guard preferably includes a valley region aligned between a palm-covering portion of the guard and an upturned portion at its end so that the grasped elements in hand are maintained in proper position on the guard. The body-securing element is preferably attached to the top of the hand guard at a point adjacent to, or slightly below, the user's wrist. In one embodiment, the body-securing element is a wristband that also contains a snap for releasable attachment to the hand guard element.

Abstract: This is a utility patent application for an Energy Diffusing Glove Insert (EDGI) that protects the users hand from pressure and shock. It decreases the pressure on the Median and Ulnar Neurovascular bundles on the palm of the hand decreasing both temporary and permanent injury coming from overuse. Originally designed for bicycle riding gloves they can also be utilized in other high impact, pressure, or vibration situations to improve performance and decrease injury, when inserted into those gloves either as a temporary addition or by a permanent fixation. The exact specifications will vary with the use and materials utilized for each purpose. They will always be designed to protect while allowing a good grip and adequate protection from the use involved. This patent should allow the incorporation of new cushioning material or combinations to be used. The insert shall be sized to fit inside the standard glove sizes.

Abstract: Double reversible clothing is provided which includes four-sided double reversible pants, coveralls, a hooded sweatshirt, and a jacket. The garments are adorned in various identifying indicia, including sports team logos and camouflage patterns typically associated with the seasons of spring, summer, winter, and fall.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus to reduce blood pressure mechanically and to provide proper hand position for walking to reduce stress on the heart and blood pressure in the hands.

Abstract: A dishwashing glove includes a sponge material secured to the palm region of the glove and an abrasive material secured to the upper ends of the fingers of the glove.

Abstract: Glove or condom formers of Mn+1AXn, wherein M is scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, zirconium, niobium, hafnium, and tantalum or a mixture thereof, A is aluminium (Al), silicon (Si), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), lead (Pb) or indium (In) or a mixture thereof, X is carbon or nitrogen, and n is 1, 2 or 3, are provided. Methods for producing latex and synthetic polymer gloves and condoms with these formers are also provided.

Abstract: A glove structure that incorporates a palm piece having a portion that rolls over the fingertips and is sewn to the top portion of the back piece thus eliminating the conventional thick seam lines on the fingertips and resulting in a smooth seam of material over the entire fingertip and a substantial increase in finger tactility. The palm material narrows as it rolls over the fingertip and preferably has the shape of an hourglass.

Abstract: A stretchable band capable of retaining its shape, and headwear using the same are disclosed. The stretchable band has a plurality of warp yarns and weft yarns. Some warp yarns are stretchable polyurethane yarns, while at least a part of the weft yarns are monofilament yarns having shape-restoring properties. A plurality of ventilated openings are formed on the band to provide passage of air and moisture. The ventilated openings are formed along the lengthwise direction such that a part of the first yarns are omitted when weaving.

Abstract: A hat configured and patterned to be associated with a helmet of selected sports team is provided with a facemask configured to regain its initial shape upon removing an external force sufficient to deform the portion.

Abstract: An effective yet highly comfortable combination of removable hip/gluteal and sacral pads constructed of dense yet flexible closed-cell EVA polyethelene foam integrated into a breathable undergarment by means of sewn in pockets that is designed to protect both the hip and sacrum against injury, including fracture, resulting from mechanisms of falls common to the elderly.

Abstract: A helmet for protecting the head of a wearer during sporting activities, comprising a protective shell, vents formed in the protective shell, and a shutter plate positioned within the protective shell. The shutter plate has apertures conforming in dimension and position to the vent openings so that that the apertures are in substantial alignment with the vents when the shutter plate is in a first position. The shutter plate is selectively moveable so that the vents are opened or closed.

Abstract: Protective headguard comprising overlapped inner and outer layers attached so as to permit frictional sliding of at least one area of the outer layer over the inner layer.

Abstract: A protective head gear includes a protective portion for covering at least part of the back of a user's head. A headband strap is included for extending from the protective portion at the back of the user's head to the user's forehead to hold the protective portion in place at the back of the user's head.

Abstract: A fluid-impervious sheet has two expansive surfaces, to one of which an elastomeric grommet adheres. The elastomeric grommet, which is annular when unstressed, outlines a region on the fluid-impervious sheet. The elastic grommet is adapted to provide a fluid-impervious seal around an object penetrating the region outlined by the elastomeric grommet and fitting tightly through the elastomeric grommet. A protective garment for a hazardous environment is made from the fluid-impervious sheet and has a breathing apparatus, which comprises elements inside the protective garment, elements outside the protective garment, and a tube connecting the inside and outside elements. The tube penetrates the region outlined by the elastomeric grommet and fits tightly through the elastomeric grommet, which provides a fluid-impervious seal around the tube.

Abstract: A manual and automatic flusher includes an infrared sensor added to a conventional manual flusher, and the infrared sensor consists of an electronic eye and an electromagnetic valve. The electro-magnetic valve has an iron core moved in and out for controlling opening and shutting of a block, and a communicating tube connected between a flow hole of the block and the upper end of a valve body to enable a hand rod and the infrared sensor separately operated by means of the flexibility of the communicating tube, not interfering with each other. Then the flusher can be used by a manual operation or by automatic operation, with a simple structure for manufacturing.

Abstract: An inventive suction cover for a whirlpool bath includes a rearwardly extending disinfectant chamber. The disinfectant chamber is filled with a supply of a disinfectant. As the whirlpool is operated, water is drawn into the disinfectant chamber and mixes with the disinfectant. This water then passes through an outlet hole and into the suction passage along with the greater volume flow of water having passed through the suction cover. The invention allows the retrofitting of a disinfectant chamber into existing whirlpool bath designs, and further ensures a greater likelihood of presence of disinfectant in the suction line at shutdown for draining of the whirlpool.

Abstract: A double-basin sink with an integral colander is provided. The sink includes an first basin and a second basin and a foraminous surface between the first basin and the second basin. The foraminous surface may be the wall that separates the basins or the bottom surface of the first basin. Liquid from the first basin is able to flow into the second basin through the openings in the foraminous surface. The sink may also include an attachment for covering the openings or changing the size or shape of the openings.

Abstract: An anti-slip, multi-layer exercise mat is provided having an upper fabric layer, a lower pliable foam layer, and an intermediate adhesive such that during use the mat provides the athlete with safety and comfort and during transport or storage the rolled mat provides convenience.

Abstract: A safety bed rail for preventing an individual from falling out of a bed including a frame of sufficient width to span a width of the bed and having left and right portions adjustably connected by a releasable latch defining a plurality of discrete frame widths corresponding to standard bed sizes. A bed rail panel is attached to one side of the frame and extends up from the frame a sufficient height to extend above a mattress placed over the frame. The frame includes side flanges that engage sides of one of the mattress and an underlying mattress support of similar width to the mattress with frame disposed between the mattress and the support. The flanges are widthwise adjustable to adjust the width of the frame over a limited distance with the latch connecting the left and right frame portions in a selected position.

Abstract: A paper-thin disposable covering that is absorbent, moisture resistant, and portable, comprised of two or more layers of paper, cotton, or synthetic sheeting having air pockets and being coated with a bottom fluid-impervious surface, being particularly designed for attractive comfort, near imperceptibility, and discreet transport and disposal.

Abstract: An articulated bed convertible to a chair position is described. The bed comprises a mattress formed by a backrest section, a seat rest section and a leg rest section. The mattress backrest section and seat rest section are secured to a support frame. Articulating linkages are secured to the frame to articulate the sections. The support frame is elevated from a floor surface by a frame assembly having legs or casters to engage with a floor surface. The leg rest section of the mattress is secured to a retractable support frame. The mattress has at least a compressible section formed of compressible material. Compressible interconnecting members compress the compressible material to shorten the length of the compressible section. The compressible material is restrained as it is compressed and decompressed when the support frames are displaced from a horizontal position to an articulated chair position.

Abstract: A therapeutic devise consisting of a wedge shaped base with sloping quadrilateral elevation contacting the sacrum and overlapping the iliac bones at the sacroiliac joint. The top surface of the base is concave bilaterally to comfortably accommodate the buttocks of the user. A sacral attachment is placed on top of the central quadrilateral elevation of the base, itself consisting of four smaller rhomboid elevations that contact each inferior lateral angle of the sacrum and overlapping each sacroiliac joint near the sacral base. The overlapping of the sacroiliac joint acts to bias the sacrum to remain square within the pelvis. The overall slope of the base is maintained in the sacral attachment and acts to simultaneously reduce lumbar lordosis.

Abstract: A device for stabilizing the position of an infant while sleeping including a substantially rigid basin assembly having three sides and a base and defining an open end. A basin cover conforms generally to the basin and defines a sleep space, sized and configured for holding an infant, the cover includes a fabric outer surface and at least one of the sides of the basin assembly comprises a plurality of standoffs extending into the basin assembly and defining recesses therebetween. The cover can have an air-permeable section overlaying the recesses to enable pneumatic communication between the sleep space and the recesses.

Abstract: A multi-functional pen structure includes an upper cover and a pen shaft. When the rotatable upper cover is turned, a refill therein is pushed out of or withdrawn into the pen. The characteristics of the invention are that, the upper cover is disposed with an accommodation chamber for pivotally disposing a pair of scissors, a blade, and a nail clipper having a screwdriver at an outer end thereof. The aforesaid tools are stored within the accommodation chamber when not in use and extracted out of the accommodation chamber when in need.

Abstract: A process for preparing a solution of sulfone-containing tanning materials comprises

Abstract: A process for the soil release treatment of surfaces of textile and nontextile materials, in which cationically modified hydrophilic nanoparticles based on uncrosslinked polymers of

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of colouring keratin-containing fibres, especially human hair, in which method a compound of formula (I), wherein R is hydroxy or NHR1, R1 being hydrogen or C1-C4alkyl, and B is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring, is diazotised, and the resulting diazonium salt is applied at a pH of from 2 to 5 to the material being coloured and then, by means of increasing the pH to from 7 to 12, is fixed on the material in the form of an oligomeric or polymeric colorant.

Abstract: The subject of the present application is a dyeing composition for dyeing keratinous fibres, in particular human keratinous fibres such as hair, comprising, in an appropriate dyeing medium, at least one cationic tertiary para-phenylenediamine containing a pyrrolidine ring, and at least one particular pearlescent or opacifying agent.

Abstract: An inventive blue colorant comprising a chromophore having at least one hydroxy group-terminated polyester chain attached, through a suitable alkylamino linking group (or groups), to the 1-position, the 4-position, or both, of an anthraquinone backbone is provided. Such colorants exhibit excellent amine/base stability and thermal stability, effective colorations, excellent low extraction rates, and high lightfastness levels, particularly when incorporated within certain media and/or on the surface of certain polyurethane substrates. The polyester chain or chains can be conveniently tailored to increase the solubility or compatibility in different types of polyurethane resin precursors thereby permitting the introduction of such excellent coloring chromophores within diverse polyurethane media and/or or diverse polyurethane substrates as well as provides a liquid colorant which facilitates handling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the trichromatic dyeing or printing of hydroxy-group-containing or nitrogen-containing organic substrates with dye mixtures and also to such dye mixtures and hydroxy-group-containing or nitrogen-containing organic substrates dyed or printed therewith.

Abstract: A device and method for fitting shoes especially suited for mail order consumers. The device comprises container filled with a foam material for creating an impression of the foot, wherein the container includes a base, a lid, and a cutout portion forming an opening for the ankle. The consumer inserts his foot into the base of the container and closes the lid about the foot to form the impression in the foam. The impression is analyzed to determine a proper fitting shoe for the foot.

Abstract: A portable unloading dock for trucks including a frame structure, including a pair of trusses and lateral members supporting a ramp having elevated end and a ground engaging end. The dock includes a plurality of wheels supporting the dock for manual movement, which are positioned inwardly from both ends of the ramp. A pair of linear actuators attached to the elevated end of the ramp having a contact foot for engaging the ground and lifting the elevated end of the ramp off its wheels and a plurality of adjustable length stabilizing legs mounted on the frame structure for ground engaging support when the dock is lifted off its wheels.

Abstract: A roller assembly for a machine that rotates a tire disposed on a vehicle and a method of making a roller assembly. The roller assembly includes a roller having an outer surface and a roller cover removably attached to the outer surface. The roller cover has a first surface that is removably adhered to the outer surface of the roller. Contaminants on a tire may be captured on a second surface of the roller cover that is opposite the first surface and disposed of when the roller cover is periodically removed from the roller.

Abstract: A hand-held fruit and vegetable surface cleaner/remover (10) includes a handle (11), a motor (14) housed within the handle, an output shaft (15) extending from the motor, and a surface cleaning or removing utensil (20) attached to the output shaft and surrounding a portion of the output shaft.

Abstract: A laminated and stacked cleaning kit consists of a plurality of cleaning elements stacking together. Each of the cleaning elements contains cleaning material for bonding the cleaning elements together in a laminated fashion. When in use for cleaning, the cleaning elements can generate fine foams and bubbles to achieve deep layer cleaning effect for the cleaning object. When the cleaning material on the cleaning element at the outmost layer is consumed, the outmost cleaning element peels off naturally and may be discarded. When use at the next time, the clean cleaning element at the next layer may be used.

Abstract: A raker bit for a masonry tool for taking mortar from between courses of brick includes two longitudinally extending arm sections, each of which is adapted to extend in the rear to front direction relative to the tool during use of same. A raker tooth is attached to front ends of these arm sections and projects in a transverse direction relative to the length of the arm sections. A connecting section is attached to a rear end of at least one of the arm sections and is adapted for detachable connection to the masonry tool in such a manner that the two arm sections extend in the rear to front direction. The masonry tool can have an elongate handle and a carriage portion attached to the front end of the handle. This carriage portion has a pair of wheels spaced from one another in a transverse direction. There is a hole in the carriage portion into which fits the connecting section of the raker bit.

Abstract: A tool for removing ice, snow and other debris from a vehicle or other surface has an extension handle with telescoping ends. On one end of the handle there is an oblong head carrying a broom on one surface and a squeegee on the opposite surface. The head is rotatably mounted on the handle to provide both a linear cleaning motion and an arcuate motion.

Abstract: The invention relates to the wholesome toothbrush where the brush part can be spread out by partial improvement on the brush structure previously patented with Korea Utility Model Patent No. 2000-8396 by present inventor in order to facilitate brush washing and drying by spreading plies out after using the tooth brush in the ply status of shrunken and concentrated. In accordance with the invention, this wholesome toothbrush is featured providing the brush piece mounted on front-end of the brush part with protruded part slanted upward on the top surface and the first and second mounting grooves formed systematically for having the mounting protrusion snapped therein on inner front wall of the guide sphere.

Abstract: A cleaning tool apparatus comprises an elongate handle having a proximal end for gripping, and a terminal end. A support arm is pivotally engaged at one of its ends with the terminal end of the elongate handle. The support arm is positionable over a range of angles with respect to the elongate handle. A rigid brace joins the support arm with the elongate handle, for setting an angle between them. A wiper is engaged medially in a transverse position on the support arm. The apparatus is used for reaching high places for removing snow and slush and is particularly useful for cleaning the top surfaces of aircraft.

Abstract: A wiper system for wiping a movable window (2), in particular of a motor vehicle, having a rotationally drivable first coupling part (10) for connection to a rotationally drivable drive shaft (9) disposed downstream of a stationary motor-gear unit (6), a second coupling part (15), which is connected to a wiper shaft (14) for driving a wiper (5), is movable in common with the window (2), and can be brought in centering fashion, relative to the drive shaft (9), with the first coupling part (10) in a torque-transmitting way along with the wiper shaft (14), and an overload-prevention means for limiting the torque that can be transmitted between the first coupling part (10) and the second coupling part (15), which prevention means is embodied in one piece with the first coupling part (10) and/or the second coupling part (15).

Abstract: A connecting arrangement of a lever is rotatably connected to a wiper arm. Arms of the lever are located on longitudinal sides, respectively, of the connecting arrangement and extend in the longitudinal direction of a wiper strip. Each arm of the lever includes a holding portion, which is provided in a longitudinal distal end of the arm to hold the wiper strip together with backing plates. The holding portion of each arm of the lever is positioned in an intermediate location between the connecting arrangement and a corresponding longitudinal end of the wiper strip.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for cleaning the air-intake system of an EGR-valve-equipped diesel engine. The EGR valve is removed and replaced with a vessel in which a pressure drop is created. The pressure drop creates sufficient vacuum so that cleaner may be administered into the air-intake duct of the vehicle. The vessel uses sizeable vanes to control the vacuum. The vanes also create turbulence which make the cleaner more effectively contacted with contaminants existing within the air intake system. An auger is also disclosed for cleaning out the inside surfaces of the air-intake duct so that contaminants are not allowed to crumble into the air intake system. Also disclosed is a cleaner which is particularly useful in cleaning diesel engines and may be used with the devices and methods described above.

Abstract: An in-wall central vacuuming system has a central receptacle and a vacuum pump for drawing dirt and dust into a network of piping and into the receptacle. The system includes a series of ports strategically located around an interior environment of a residential or commercial building. The series of ports permit a flexible tubular hose to be connected thereto. Each port includes an interior wall mounting plate positioned behind the port and has axially aligned circular openings for receiving the flexible tubular hose. An elbow positioned within the wall attaches to a rearwardly extending tubular portion of the mounting frame and attaches to an odd sized first pipe section. A coupler member attaches the odd sized first pipe section to a universally available second pipe section which is used to create a network of piping for the system.

Abstract: A valve plate (54) is slidably moved on a frame (52) by an actuator (62) between open and closed positions to control the supply of air sucked into the inlet (44) of a blower system (40) that supplies pressurized air through an outlet (46) to a plenum (12) for distribution to said nozzle (16, 18). By disposing the valve plate (54) at the inlet, the blower motor (49) may run continuously without a load as the impeller is not pumping air when there is no demand to blow the water from a vehicle.

Abstract: In a vacuum cleaner, by including a casing having a certain internal space; a suction force generating unit installed in the casing to generate a suction force and discharge sucked air; a head unit combined with the casing to suck impurities on the bottom with air by a suction force of the suction force generating unit or discharge air sucked from the outside; a filter unit for filtering off impurities in air sucked through the head unit or ambient air received from the outside; a flow channel switch means connected with the head unit, the filter unit and the suction force generating unit so as to selectively switch a flow channel in order to guide air including impurities sucked through the head unit by the suction force of the suction force generating unit or make ambient air introduced in the flow channel switch means flow to the head unit; and plural pipes for providing passages of air flowing in the head unit, the filter unit, the suction force generating unit and the flow channel switch means, it is pos

Abstract: A double cyclone dust collector for a vacuum cleaner includes a lower cyclone body having an air suction port and an air discharge port for separately collecting dust entrained in air which is drawn in through the air suction port, an upper cyclone body having a main body for sequential secondary separation of fine dust particles after the primary dust separation of the air flowing from the lower cyclone body, and an upper casing providing a fine dust collecting chamber by covering the surface of the main body, and an air path for guiding the air which is cleaned in the upper cyclone body by the secondary dust separation step into the upper and lower cyclone bodies, and discharging the air through the air discharge port. The dust particles entrained in the air can be separately and sequentially collected according to the size of the dust particles.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a top cover and a seat that together form a main body of the apparatus, and a wheel adjusting mechanism mounted between the top cover and the seat. The wheel adjusting mechanism includes a lifting gear, a braking gear, and a pair of wheels connected to two ends of an axle. When the lifting gear is downward pushed to press against the axle and a catch provided on the lifting gear is engaged with a hooking portion on the braking gear, the cleaning apparatus is lifted by a predetermined distance. When the braking gear is forward pushed and the hooking portion is disengaged from the catch on the lifting gear, the cleaning apparatus is lowered to an initial position thereof.

Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle assembly 5 including: a base member 6; a movable member 7 inversely rotatably attached to the base member 6 and having one surface formed with a suction opening 20; and a covering member 8 movably attached to the base member 6. Holding members 22 for holding a cleaning sheet 21 are formed on the other surface of the movable member 7. When the one surface of the movable member 7 faces a floor surface and the other surface thereof is covered by the covering member 8, the electric vacuum cleaner can pick up filths through the suction opening 20. When the movable member 7 is rotated inversely so that the cleaning sheet 21 faces the floor surface, the electric vacuum cleaner can catch the filth by the cleaning sheet 21 and pick up the relatively large filth via a communicating path 34 formed in between the movable member 7 and the covering member 8, and the suction opening 20 connected to the communicating path 34.

Abstract: A multipurpose hinge apparatus having an automatic return function is provided in which the apparatus is installed between the door and a main body. The apparatus includes a driving mechanism for ascending and descending a piston rod according to opening and closing of the door which is installed in the upper portion of a cylindrical housing. A piston is connected with the piston rod, in which a one-direction check valve is installed in the piston. The piston partitions an upper chamber and a lower chamber and ascends and descends in association with the piston rod. A first oil path communicates with the upper and lower chambers via the lower portion of the piston rod in the central portion of the piston. A compression spring which makes the piston ascend is inserted into the lower chamber. Oil is filled in the chamber.

Abstract: A handle which is sized for gripping and for holding a drive tool wherein the drive-tool handle can be alternately positioned in the body of the handle for achieving varying amounts of torque. As assembly involving the handle and the drive tool.