Patents Issued in August 5, 2003
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Patent number: H2075Abstract: The present invention provides a local access network, having a switching node, a passive remote node connected to an optical network unit, a first optical fiber that provides a dedicated connection between the switching node and the passive remote node, and a second optical fiber that provides a dedicated connection between the switching node and the passive remote node. A first portion of a first fiber-optic cable containing the first optical fiber does not contain any part of the second optical fiber, such that there are independent paths from the switching node to the passive remote node.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1998Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Alan H. Gnauck, Adel Abdel Moneim Saleh, Sheryl Leigh Woodward
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Patent number: H2076Abstract: An analog video processor is disclosed for coupling a CCD target acquisition and tracking seeker to a microcomputer via a video preprocessor, having a CCD automatic light control circuit, a video automatic gain control circuit, and a TV monitor/display circuit, and via a video processor, having a target acquisition mode gradient processor circuit, to detect target edge sharpness, a target tracking mode contrast processor circuit to detect targets via video amplitude, and an output control circuit, to convert analog and asynchronous target signatures to synchronous target edges for input to the microcomputer.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1986Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Greg A. Watson, Richard C. St. Clair, Steven C. Tenbrink
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Patent number: H2077Abstract: Dispersions in water of “poly{vinyl alcohol}” (“PVA”), preferably those types resulting from about 90 mole % hydrolysis and/or ester interchange of polymers of vinyl carboxylates and having a molecular weight of about 155,000, are particularly effective for modifying the surfaces of plastic materials to cause water and/or other specified liquids to spread more readily over the treated surfaces than over the untreated surfaces. A biocide to repress the growth of micro-organisms in the dispersions is preferred.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventor: Walter N. Opdycke
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Patent number: PP14040Abstract: A mutation selection of Hosta ‘Fortunei Auereomarginata’ with a wide gold margin and heavy substance.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventors: Gerrit van Eijk-Bos, Dirk van Erven
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Patent number: PP14041Abstract: A new variety of shrub rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of buff white coloration.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc.Inventor: Thomas F. Carruth
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Patent number: PP14042Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Duelira’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely basal branching habit; freely and early flowering habit; and light red purple-colored double flowers.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Dümmen Jungpflanzen GbRInventor: Marga Dümmen
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Patent number: PP14043Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kipapalia’, characterized by its rounded, upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers held above and beyond the foliage; and red purple-colored flowers with lighter red purple-colored centers.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Innovaplant GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Ludwig Kientzler
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Patent number: PP14044Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kiilia’, characterized by its rounded, upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; bushy appearance; variegated foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers held above and beyond the foliage; and orange-colored flowers.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Innovaplant GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Ludwig Kientzler
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Patent number: PP14045Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus named ‘Valda Louise’ that is characterized by double, carmine-pink flowers, a compact habit and gray-green foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Valda Louise’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dianthus known to the inventor.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: John Whetman
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Patent number: PP14046Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kipaqui’, characterized by its rounded, upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; and red purple-colored flowers with darker red purple-colored centers.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Innovaplant GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ludwig Kientzler
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Patent number: PP14047Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kitamb’, characterized by its rounded, upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; and red-colored flowers.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Innovaplant GmbH + KGInventor: Ludwig Kientzler
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Patent number: PP14048Abstract: A floribunda rose plant producing attractive pink, orange, yellow bi-color flowers and vigorous compact plant with dark green and burgundy foliage.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Timm R. Kralovetz
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Patent number: PP14049Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Duevicoral’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and orange red-colored flowers.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Dümmen Jungpflanzen GbRInventor: Marga Dümmen
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Patent number: PP14050Abstract: A new and distinct Verbena plant named ‘Baltublue’, characterized by its violet flowers, spreading and trailing habit, and sharply lobed, dark green leaves.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural CompanyInventor: Scott C. Trees
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Patent number: PP14051Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Cayenne’, characterized by its daisy inflorescence form with dark red-colored ray florets; dark green foliage; strong flowering stems; freely flowering habit; short response time; and excellent postproduction longevity.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Deliflor Royalty B.V.Inventor: Arie Gerard Post
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Patent number: PP14052Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zembla’, characterized by its decorative inflorescence form with white-colored ray florets; dark green foliage; strong flowering stems; freely flowering habit; short response time; and excellent postproduction longevity.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Deliflor Royalty B.V.Inventor: Arie Gerard Post
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Patent number: PP14053Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Managua’, characterized by its daisy inflorescence form with dark orange-colored ray florets; dark green foliage; strong flowering stems; freely flowering habit; short response time; and excellent postproduction longevity.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Deliflor Royalty B.V.Inventor: Arie Gerard Post
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Patent number: RE38207Abstract: A valve (1), particularly for an aerosol container, includes, inside a valve body (2), an inlet passage (4) communicating with the container and an outlet passage (10), a first elastic return (16) for urging the valve (1) into the closed position, and a regulator for regulating the product outlet flow rate, which includes a second elastic return (14) for supplying a set-point pressure for the regulator. The second elastic return (14) is arranged in a compartment (12) of the valve body (2) isolated from the product, the pressure inside the compartment (12) being equal to atmospheric pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: L'OrealInventor: Jean-Francois Benoist
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Patent number: RE38208Abstract: An assembly or system for effecting control of an electronic device having an infrared sensor for receiving an infrared control signal from a manually actuated remote control comprises, in accordance with the present invention, an infrared sensor for receiving and converting the infrared control signal from the remote control to an electrical signal, the sensor being attached to an audio speaker assembly of an audio reproduction system. A signal generator also attached to the speaker assembly is operatively connected to the sensor for generating an RF carrier signal modulated by control information encoded in the infrared control signal and the electrical signal. A transmission link is provided for transmitting the modulated RF carrier signal from the speaker assembly to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Neil D. Terk
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Patent number: RE38209Abstract: A diagnostic ultrasound system is provided for displaying a color image of a motion of a tissue scans an ultrasonic pulse signal along a tomographic plane to acquire an electrical echo signal, extracts a Doppler signal from the echo signal, calculates velocity data concerning the motion of the tissue for respective sample points on the tomographic plane on the basis of the Doppler signal, and forms data of a B-mode tomographic image on the basis of the echo signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1998Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Nobuo Yamazaki, Fumiyasu Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 6601239Abstract: A protective garment comprises a porous, breathable body portion and sleeves made of a nonwoven synthetic fabric. The sleeves and a front part of the body portion are covered at their outer surfaces by outer layers of plastic film. In one embodiment, a protective skirt of plastic film extends down below a lower edge of the body portion for covering parts of the wearer that extend below the body portion. The protective skirt can include perforations facilitating adjustment of a vertical extent of the skirt.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Precise Systems LLCInventor: Rogers Drake
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Patent number: 6601240Abstract: Goggles include a goggle frame, a goggle lens to be detachably fitted in a groove formed on the inner peripheral portion of the goggle frame. The goggles are provided with a plurality of vent holes in an upper area in the goggle lens. The vent holes located on the both sides are made larger than those in the center.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toru Tsubooka
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Patent number: 6601241Abstract: A toilet seat lifter includes a seat lifter, a foot pedal actuator, and an actuation cable. The seat lifter includes a lifter base and at least one lifter arm. The lifter base is retained between a toilet a toilet seat assembly on one end thereof. The at least one lifter arm is rotatably retained by the lifter base on the other end thereof. The at least one lifter arm is placed under the toilet seat. The foot pedal actuator includes a base, a foot pedal, and a spring loaded disc. The spring loaded disc is rotatably retained by the base. One end of the foot pedal is pivotally attached to the base and other end rotates the spring loaded disc. One end of the cable is attached to the spring loaded disc and the other end is attached to the at least one lifter arm. When a user pushes the foot pedal down the cable rotates the at least one lifter arm to raise the toilet seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: David L. Skotzke
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Patent number: 6601242Abstract: A combination flexible strainer and plug for use in conjunction with a drain opening of a plumbing fixture. The strainer comprising a substantially cylindrical portion constructed and arranged to extendingly engage the drain opening. The strainer having a bottom portion engaged to a lowermost portion of the substantially cylindrical portion, the bottom portion having a plurality of openings therethrough. The strainer having an annular ring engaged to an uppermost portion of the substantially cylindrical portion and outwardly extending therefrom, the annular ring constructed and arranged to form a seal with a portion of the plumbing fixture immediately adjacent to the drain opening. The plug comprising an upper surface, the upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface having at least one projection, the at least one projection providing a grasping surface by which the plug may inserted into and removed from within the substantially cylindrically shaped portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Gary H. Rebischke
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Patent number: 6601243Abstract: The invention relates to a composting toilet installation comprising: a toilet seat placed over a gravity outlet opening; receiver means for receiving liquid effluent, fecal matter, and other waste; recovery means for receiving the liquid effluent; and displacement means for moving the fecal matter and other waste from the reception zone towards a storage zone. The installation further comprises in the storage zone: a composting medium constituted in particular by the fecal matter and other waste brought in by the displacement means and containing worms of a variety suitable for transforming the fecal matter and other waste into compost; and dampening means for keeping the composting medium damp other than by means of urine.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Ecosphere TechnologiesInventor: Pierre Colombot
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Patent number: 6601244Abstract: A removable retainer for holding a nozzle stem in a body has opposed indentations for receiving the tines of a forded tool. The periphery of the retainer and the inner edge of the body are relieved to receive and guide the tool tines to the indentations.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Paramount Leisure Industries, Inc.Inventor: John M. Goettl
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Patent number: 6601245Abstract: A handrail is defined by a main tubular body formed of a non-corrosive, rigid vinyl material. The handrail includes a first open end, a second open end and a mid-section extending therebetween, with at least one curved portion formed along the mid-section. One or more rigid inserts are fitted within a hollow interior of the handrail for providing rigidity and strength and for reducing bending and flexing of the handrail when a load is applied thereto. The opposite first and second open ends of the handrail are covered with caps to provide a watertight seal which prevents moisture from entering the hollow interior. The rigid inserts may also be capped at opposite ends to protect against corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Robert Weiss
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Patent number: 6601246Abstract: There is provided a soft bubbling bath mat having a mat body of molded flexible material that houses a soft flexible foam pad adapted to fit between an outer edge of the mat body an interior air passageway. The air passageway is adapted at one end to form an inlet port. The inlet port is adapted to receive air to be fed from a compressed air source to the passageway and forced through the passageway and out through a plurality of small apertures in a top surface of the passageway creating a therapeutic bubbling massage effect.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Anthony Kit Lun Leung, Chung Shun Tse, Kam Fai Fung
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Patent number: 6601247Abstract: According to the present invention, on a back surface side of a peripheral wall of a bathtub vessel formed of material having light transmittance by molding, a strip-like optical fiber which is formed into a strip shape by weaving a plurality of optical fibers in a meshy form which have end portions thereof directed to a light source of a light source device for illumination and perform the side surface illumination upon receiving an illumination light from the light source is circumferentially mounted.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Hideo Shimizu
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Patent number: 6601248Abstract: A drain connector includes a fixed unit (2) having a first drain conduit for permanent attachment to a drain pipe and a detachable unit (6) having a second drain conduit for attachment to a removable appliance (8). The fixed unit (2) includes a first drain connector element (36) and the detachable unit includes a second drain connector element (18) for detachable connection with the first drain connector element. The fixed unit (2) further includes a closure member (44) that is adjustable between an opened condition and a closed condition in which it substantially closes the first drain conduit, to prevent the passage of rodents through the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Mechline Developments LimitedInventor: Peter Sage-Passant
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Patent number: 6601249Abstract: The invention relates to a spring pre-assembly for a mattress foundation unit having a wooden base, a plurality of spring units and a mattress supporting wire grid that is supported above the wooden base by the spring units. The spring pre-assembly comprises a plurality of spring units connected to a wire grid consisting of a plurality of grid wire pairs arranged orthogonally to one another. The spring units include a base portion, a pair of divergently extending leg portions and a pair of engagement portions extending in opposite directions from the distal ends of the leg portions. The engagement portions can be engaged with adjacent grid wire pairs, the resulting arrangement being such that the spring units are pre-stressed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: International Wire Converters (Pty) LtdInventors: Wayne Arnold, Graham Colman, Gianni Nosenzo
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Patent number: 6601250Abstract: A bed sheet with pockets for storing a wide variety of objects and items for greater organization in a bedroom. The bed sheet with pockets includes a sheet of material having a top side and also having top and side edges; and also includes pocket members being securely attached to the sheet of material near the side and top edges thereof and being adapted to be disposed along sides of a mattress upon the sheet of material being placed upon the mattress; and further includes fastening members being attached to the sheet of material and to the pocket members for closing the pocket members.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Larry L. Taylor
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Patent number: 6601251Abstract: A medical bed including a frame supported on pivoted support members wherein pivoting of the support members results in vertical movement of a patient support surface of the bed. The pivoting of the support members is accomplished by motors which are actuated by a control circuit operating in response to operator actuated switches. The bed is movable between uppermost and lowermost positions wherein a lower intermediate position is provided adjacent to and vertically spaced from the lowermost position, and an upper intermediate position is provided adjacent to and vertically spaced from the uppermost position. The controller operates to automatically stop vertical movement of the bed when it reaches either the lower intermediate position or the upper intermediate position.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Gerald S. Paul
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Patent number: 6601252Abstract: A double pillowcase assembly comprising a pair of fabric envelopes connected together along a central seam line, the envelopes being capable of holding pillows therein and an anchor pad extending outwardly from the double pillowcase and being connected thereto along the central seam line.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Jamie S. Leach
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Patent number: 6601253Abstract: A mattress provides side support that reduces the likelihood that a person will accidentally roll off and also provides increased comfort to a person sitting on the side of the mattress. The mattress includes a top layer, a bottom layer and a buffer layer between the top and bottom layers. A pair of support members are placed in corresponding cavities near the opposite sides of the top layer. The support members are firmer than the top layer and are arranged to support the top layer and provide reduced compression of the mattress when a weight is placed on the upper surface of the top layer near the support members.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Peter Tarquinio
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Patent number: 6601254Abstract: A combination includes a foldable hand tool, an adapter, and an implement. The foldable hand tool provides a pair of handles that are connected with a pin to a pair of pivotally engaged gripping jaws. The implement includes a tool head, such as a ratchet wrench or screw driver, and a male adapter engagement portion. The adapter includes a female tool engagement chamber for receiving the implement; and the adapter includes a pair of spaced apart sidewalls extending from the female tool engagement chamber. An interior surface of each of the sidewalls has a generally U-shaped depression on the interior surface of each of the sidewalls, each of the depressions being shaped to firmly engage one of the pins in the foldable hand tool. Once it has been assembled, the foldable hand tool is connected to the implement through the adapter. The foldable hand tool thereby provides leverage through the handle to manipulate the tool head of the implement.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Matthias Walz
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Patent number: 6601255Abstract: A push side pool cleaner (1) has a spheroidal overall shape, within this shape two outer segments (9, 10) serve as wheels and a central zone (8) carries a suction passage (33) and a debris collector (32) also located entirely within the overall shape. The wheels are driven directly by water jets (44, 45) without any gears or other transmission. A flow splitter is provided in the cleaner (1) to divide push side water flow between the jets (44, 45) which drive the wheels and jets (43) which provide impulsion to the suction passage (33).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Zodiac Pool Care, Inc.Inventors: Hendrikus Johannes van der Meyden, Alexis Adrian Felipe Wadman, Michael Edward Moore
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Patent number: 6601256Abstract: The device capable of automatically cleansing an outer wall or window-pane of a building is characterized by the construction that support dies bent and folded by a cylinder are cross-formed, a brush rotating by a driving motor is installed on one side support die, and a weight plumb is set on another side support die, to whereby get an effective cleansing with only more simplified construction. In addition, in case that a boundary jaw or a projection appears, the cleansing work can be progressed moderately by unfolding and bending/folding the support die through a use of the cylinder so as to move the centroid, so by smoothly passing through the projection.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Sang Woo Lee
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Patent number: 6601257Abstract: A jewelry brush that exhibits improved jewelry cleaning and includes a plurality of bristles divided into at least two zones. Each zone has characteristics including a surface profile directed to cleaning a particular jewelry profile. The characteristics include modified bristle length, material characteristics, angle, grouping and grouping shape. Additional embodiments of the invention may further include additional zones of bristles trimmed with additional surface profiles. In addition, the brush can be constructed to include a bottle cap in the handle portion, allowing the jewelry brush to be include and retained in a bottle that itself may contain cleaning fluids.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1999Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Connoisseur Products Corp.Inventors: Cheryl Felix-Flender, Karl William Kaltenbach, Ward A. Fritz
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Patent number: 6601259Abstract: A method for making a bath brush involves the fitting of a tubular net main body with two support rods which are separated from each other by a predetermined distance. The tubular net main body is then laterally stretched before a brush handle is disposed in the middle portion of one side of the two support rods. A tightening member is used to wrap the tubular net main body which is then tightened to locate on the brush handle. The stretched main body is gradually pulled out of the two support rods such that the main body is fastened with one side of the brush handle, and that the main body expands at the tightening point serving as a center to form a loose bath ball.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Che-Yuan Chang
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Patent number: 6601260Abstract: A duster which is flexible in all directions has the ability to dust hard to reach and inaccessible surface areas. One application of the duster is to clean the sound board beneath the strings of a grand or baby grand piano. The core of the duster has an elongated rod which is made from a resilient material and is covered by a close fitting cleaning or dusting sleeve made from napped material, cloth or other well known cleaning or dusting fabric or material.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Arlene Lenaghan
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Patent number: 6601261Abstract: A cleaning implement comprising a handle and a removable cleaning pad. The removable cleaning pad is capable of absorbing at least 10 g deionized water per g of cleaning pad in 20 minutes, under a confining pressure of 0.09 psi. These implements provide the convenience of disposable cleaning implements and the cleaning ability of conventional mops.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1999Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Steven Allen Holt, Alan Edward Sherry, Vernon Sanford Ping, III
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Patent number: 6601262Abstract: A decorative painting kit including multiple-color paint applicators and a method of decoratively painting a surface though in situ surface blending of two or more paints of different colors by using a multiple-color paint applicator which is stroked over the same surface a sufficient number of time to at least partially blend the different paint colors. The partial in situ surface blending of two or more paints produces a decorative pattern on the painted surface that is color characterized by having areas with some of the original paint colors and other areas with various blends of the original paint colors thereon to produce a decoratively painted surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Padco, INCInventor: Robert Ives Janssen
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Patent number: 6601263Abstract: A tool for scraping and cleaning articles having varied surface characteristics wherein the tool includes a cleaning head defined by upper and lower oppositely oriented concavely arcuate edges which intersect at opposite sides of the tool head in converging pointed tips. Notches of different sizes are provided centrally of the upper and lower edges and the head is reinforced by a rearwardly extending neck which, in a preferred embodiment, includes a pair of spaced notches oriented rearwardly of a rear face of the head and toward a handle of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2000Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Lucilo Lam
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Patent number: 6601264Abstract: A cleaning device having a sponge on one end of flat, one-piece, elongated, resilient handle, and a transverse hand grip on the opposite end of the handle, for cleaning the facing surfaces of closely spaced motor vehicle parts such as the truck cab and truck cap of a pickup truck.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventor: Mark A. Hendricks
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Patent number: 6601265Abstract: The invention provides a vacuum cleaner (10) having a chassis (12), supporting wheels (14) mounted on the chassis (12), drive means (15) connected to the supporting wheels (14) for driving the supporting wheels (14) and a control mechanism for controlling the drive means (15) so as to guide the vacuum cleaner (10) across a surface to be cleaned. A cleaner head (22) having a dirty air inlet (24) facing the surface to be cleaned is mounted on the chassis (12) and separating apparatus (52) is supported by the chassis (12) and communicates with the cleaner head (22) for separating dirt and dust from an airflow entering the vacuum cleaner (10) by way of the dirty air inlet (24). The separating apparatus (52) comprises at least one cyclone(54,56). This type of separating apparatus is not prone to clogging and therefore the pick-up capability of the cleaner (10) is maintained at a high standard.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Dyson LimitedInventor: Geoffrey Michael Burlington
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Patent number: 6601266Abstract: A vacuum device for scraping and cleaning a ceiling is disclosed which is a ceiling scraper and a vacuum accessory. The ceiling scraper has a handle extending rearwardly from a blade with the blade having a scraping edge adapted to scrape materials from a ceiling at the forward edge thereof. The vacuum accessory has a rearward facing vacuum tube which is adapted to engage a vacuum hose from a vacuum device. Further, the vacuum accessory has a covered tray extending forwardly from the vacuum tube with the covered tray having a vacuum slot opposite the vacuum tube. The vacuum slot, the interior of the covered tray and the vacuum tube are all in gaseous communication. Lastly, the vacuum accessory is adapted to releasably hold the ceiling scraper whereby the scraping edge is positioned directly over the vacuum slot.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Inventors: Clifford C. Faraci, Rustom A. Khan, Daniel Winterstein
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Patent number: 6601267Abstract: A hinge, in particular for pieces of furniture, piece of furniture, with an arm fixable to the body of the connected to a portion of hinge that oscillates through two equalizers housed on transversal pins, of which—in the portion of one of its oscillation axes'—one equalizer has a projecting part forming a lever arm, and with an elastic member that stresses, the projecting part of the equalizer so as to cause a thrust in the closing direction on the oscillating hinge portion. In order to obtain the slowed closing of the door, one of the equalizers is provided with a second projecting part on which a second elastic member acts so as to exert a thrust that, for an oscillation portion close to the closed position of the oscillating hinge portion counteracts the thrust exerted by the first elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Arturo Salice S.p.A.Inventor: Luciano Salice
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Patent number: 6601268Abstract: A door hinge cum door checker of vehicles, wherein a stopper and a hinge pin are integrally formed at a fixation arm mounted to a body while a rotary arm mounted to the door is disposed with a rotary arm mounted to the door is disposed with a roller insertedly accommodated into first/second hole and of the hinge pin by resilient member and a hitching jaw where the stopper is hitched, such that the present invention performs the function of door hinge with the rotary arm rotating about the hinge pin and performs the function of door checker in as much as the roller is received by the first groove or the second grove in response to opened degree of the door while the stopper is hitched by the hitching jaw when the door is fully opened, thereby eliminating the necessity of separate door checker to achieve an effect of reduced number of assembling processes and decreased manufacturing cost.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jeong-Min Seo
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Patent number: 6601269Abstract: A shaft part (3A) of a second hinge member (3) is press-fitted into a support hole (23) of a first hinge member (2). By this, frictional resistance is generated between an inner peripheral surface of the support hole (23) and an outer peripheral surface of the shaft part (3A). A coiled spring (4) is disposed between the first hinge member (2) and the second hinge member (3). The coiled spring (4) biases the first and second hinge members (2, 3) such that when the first and second hinge members (2, 3) are turned in normal and reverse directions from a predetermined neutral position, the first and second hinge members (2, 3) are returned towards the neutral position side.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Oshima, Kenji Tomizawa