Abstract: A religious article with at least one reinforced edge, said reinforced edge comprising a strip of material which is capable of being stitched to the fabric from which the religious article is produced, said strip of material having a sufficiently high tensile strength such that said at least one reinforced edge is not able to be torn with two hands.

Abstract: A protective sports glove comprises a body and a cuff. The body has a palm portion, typically four fingers, a thumb, and a back portion. The glove is preferably suitably padded to offer the player an adequate level of protection from impact type injuries during game play. One or more attachable protectors are selectively attachable to the glove. The arrangement of the attachable protector on the glove can be customized by the user. As such, the padding characteristics of the glove and attachable protector can be customized by selectively attaching the attachable protector as desired.

Abstract: Ventilation system (10) for conventional flush toilet (100) generally comprises battery (20); air sweetener (30) in water tank (140) for deodorizing or scenting air(90D); air flow device (40) positioned within tank (140) including duct (50) with fan (60) therein, and electrical circuit (70) powering fan (60) when circuit (70) is activated.

Abstract: The nature of the technical disclosure of my invention embodies an entirely new methodology to ensure a body cleanliness after toilet use here-to fore unattainable with the previous state of the art via the pressure controlled, directionally adjustable solid beam of a clean ¼″ dia.water jet which only touches the targeted area and which by its thorough action eliminates any use of customary toilet paper.It is not like having a bidet in the toilet bowl but more like upgrading the toilet with a new water-pick-like feature with numerous beneficial hygenic benefits.

Abstract: A warm/cold double-circulation water filter system and swimming pool arrangement comprises, a swimming pool, a double-circulation water filter system, a water pipe system, a heater. The present invention concentrated the valves in order to convenient management and control, to reduce valves amount and to offer a multiform elevated temperature manner.

Abstract: An insert for a bath tub is provided which holds an adult or child while bathing. A wedge-shaped design fits into a standard tub and allows the user to lie back in a reclined position in comfort. Grab handles located in a natural position at the users sides to assist the user in lying down or getting up. A padded collar, located around the neck area, cushions and holds the users head. The upper part of the user's head is cantilevered over the padded collar, allowing the hair to be washed without raising the head off of the invention.

Abstract: A portable and rapidly deployable shower station is provided particularly for emergency wash-down use, such as flush-flow decontamination of a person exposed to hazardous materials such as hazardous chemical agents or the like. The shower station includes a plurality of tubular frame components adapted for quick and easy assembly to define an interior shower stall. The frame components incorporate a plurality of upright telescopic tubular posts having their upper ends interconnected by a flexible hose, wherein these telescopic posts are extensible upon connection to a supply of water under pressure to raise the flexible hose to an elevated position at the top of the shower stall. The tubular posts and the flexible hose carry a plurality of spray nozzles for delivering a substantial water flow projected from multiple locations and in multiple directions into the shower stall.

Abstract: A support arrangement for a sink comprises a leg support under the sink including an internal space and a bottom hole in communication with the space; and a fastening assembly including a plurality of branches each having an open end fixed to a wall, a first fastener at an interconnected portion of the branches, and a threaded rod driven through the fastener and a second fastener to secure at the hole. This can secure the leg support and the fastening assembly together.

Abstract: The CLEAR VIEW DRAIN is an improvement upon existing sink traps used primarily in residential sinks. Specifically, the CLEAR VIEW DRAIN is clear—to permit easy identification and location of clogs—and includes an easily accessible and manipulated clean out mechanism to permit removal of the clog without chemicals or disassembly of the entire drain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable covering sheet which is moisture vapour permeable and liquid impermeable and contains active agent or agents. The disposable covering sheet comprises at least a moisture vapour permeable layer and a liquid impermeable but moisture vapour permeable film layer of thermoplastic compositions. The disposable covering sheet such as, for example, a mattress cover or a pillow cover gives a better comfort to the user by providing active agent releasing properties. The disposable covering sheet of the present invention can find a variety of applications wherein moisture vapour permeability and liquid imperviousness combined with long lasting active agent releasing properties are desirable.

Abstract: A frame structure is configured for use with a patient support to support equipment and accessories above a patient on the patient support. The frame structure comprises a head end frame portion and a side frame portion to extend upwardly from the patient support. A coupler is configured to be attached to the frame structure.

Abstract: A light bed frame with a receiving frame serves for installing rehabilitation devices. A foldable light bed frame having an outer frame with a through hole thereon. Thereby, a positioning sleeve is capable of being inserted into the through hole. The receiving frame includes an oblong frame body; cambered rings at two long sides of the frame body, respectively; an extending tube; one end of the extending tube having a handle and another end being reduced to have a connecting section which can be inserted into a tube hole at one side of the frame body; a positioning sleeve for adjusting the extending tube. A post protruded from the plate is inserted into the through hole at the lateral frame of the light bed frame. An inner threaded hole is formed on the post so that a stud is threaded into the threaded hole of the post.

Abstract: In one embodiment the invention provides an impact-absorbing unit comprising an outer wear-resistant casing (10) and one or a plurality of inner stress resistant envelopes (20) containing impact absorbing material. The outer envelope is provided with a plurality of interconnection means (65, 70) on at least one surface thereof, whereby a plurality of such units can be connected together in a closely adjacent relationship to define a substantially continuous surface. In another embodimentthe compressible elements are directly enclosed within the casing (10).In another embodiment the loose fill of compressible elements is replaced by at least one open cell foam element and valve means are provided for evacuating air from the foam, whereby to compress the foam and allow subsequent expansion thereof by exposure to ambient air pressure.

Abstract: An inflatable mattress topper including an inflatable chamber which may be formed out of polyvinyl chloride with or without lamination or flocking. The inflatable chamber is designed to rest upon a support system, namely a bed without additional securing devices or may be integrated within a conventional mattress. The inflatable chamber being inflated by air to an adjustable level to provide the desired support for its user through plastic tubing connected between a pump and an air inlet sealed to the polyvinyl chloride chamber. The inflatable mattress topper is easily set-up for continual use or removed for occasional use.

Abstract: A process for patterning textile materials is described. The process involves applying a water soluble chemical substance designed to mechanically inhibit the wetting of underlying regions of the fabric to a textile fabric in a predetermined pattern, then dyeing the fabric in a manner conventionally used to uniformly dye fabrics, such as by a continuous or semi-continuous dye process. The chemical substance which has been applied to the fabric functions to temporarily mechanically inhibit wetting of the underlying regions of the fabric, so that the underlying portions are dyed to a lesser extent than the surrounding regions. The resulting fabrics have good print characteristics without the physical strength degradation of irregular hand associated with patterned fabrics produced by conventional fabric patterning methods.

Abstract: Dyeing compositions for the dyeing of keratin fibres comprising at least one oxidation base chosen from formula (I), as defined herein and addition salts thereof. The use of the compositions for the dyeing of keratin fibres. Dyeing processes employing the compositions. Novel 2,5-diaminopyridine compounds and addition salts thereof and their use as oxidation bases.

Abstract: A rinse off colouring composition comprises:

Abstract: Colouring composition, method for obtaining and using same for colouring skin and/or keratin matters.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dye mixture including two or more compounds of the formula I

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a shoe structure including an exterior upper sewn at a lower end of the exterior upper lower end to an insole and an interior upper including a waterproof, water-vapour permeable functional layer and a lining, the interior upper having in the region of the sole, an inwardly folded end portion which is connected in a waterproof manner to the insole and has a perimetral edge enclosing an opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothbrush head for an electric toothbrush with a brush head holder on which a bristle holder having a bristle cluster is movably arranged. It is provided that locking means are provided on the attachment section of the brush head holder, which, when the brush head holder is pushed onto the handpiece of the toothbrush with a linear, axial motion engage with the engaging means provided thereon. In order to achieve more efficient cleaning, it is further provided that several groups of bristle tufts are fixed on the motorized drivable bristle holder, and are inclined in different directions, and have different cross-sections, preferably also varying from the circular cross-sections, in order to better penetrate the gaps between teeth and effectively remove plaque.

Abstract: An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush includes a handle having an electric motor, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. The head has first end disposed adjacent to the neck and a second end opposite the first end. The head has a first bristle holder with a plurality of bristles disposed therein and a second bristle holder having a plurality of bristles disposed therein. The first bristle holder is located at the second end of said head. A rotating shaft is operatively connected to the electric motor and to the first moving bristle holder to reciprocate the first moving bristle holder in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the head.

Abstract: A dental cleaning implement such as a toothbrush, having longitudinally disposed first and second parts flexibly joined together. Between the first and second parts is a rotatable member such that when the implement bends the first parts adjacent to the member bear upon the member. The rotatable member has circumferentially disposed relatively softer and harder regions, so that as the member is rotated the parts can be caused to bear compressibly upon selected softer or harder regions.

Abstract: Brush ware comprising at least one carrier and bristles made from a moldable plastic material disposed thereon, is produced by providing the carrier with through holes acting like spinning nozzles, to which bristle-shaped molding channels join and a plastic melt for the bristles is injected from at least one side of the carrier—the feed side of the melt—through the holes into the channels thereby forming the bristles, wherein the through holes have a minimal width along at least a portion of their length which is ≦3 mm and the ratio between this width and the flow path of the melt resulting from the depth of the through holes plus the length of the channels is ≦1:5. A device for carrying out the method and brush ware produced in accordance with the method is also described.

Abstract: A wiper system is proposed, which is used to clean windows, in particular of motor vehicles. The wiper system has a driven wiper arm (12), guided on the motor vehicle and movable between two turning points, on whose free end (14), a pivot bolt (36) retained thereon is disposed, whose pivot axis (38) extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the wiper arm, essentially in the direction of motion (double arrow 22) of the wiper arm (12), on which pivot bolt a wiper blade (16) is supported that can be pivoted about the pivot axis (38) and pressed against the window (28), and the wiper system has means for securing the wiper blade to the pivot bolt, which means have stop faces (78), (86) disposed on the wiper blade transversely to the pivot axis and spaced apart from one another and pointing away from one another, which fittingly engage between securing faces (80, 81), facing one another, of the wiper arm (12).

Abstract: An extraction machine for cleaning a floor surface has a front and a rear and is movable by an operator relative to the floor surface in a forward direction of travel to clean the floor surface. The extraction machine also has a cleaning solution dispenser capable of dispensing a cleaning solution onto the floor surface and a recovery system for extracting a dirty solution from the floor surface. A towline is connected at one end to the extraction machine and is configured for being supported by the operator at an opposite end thereof such that movement of the operator in the forward direction of travel causes tensioning of the towline. The tension in the towline applies a pulling force to the extraction machine to move the extraction machine in the forward direction of travel.

Abstract: A cyclonic vacuum cleaner having a simple structure with low airflow leakage and excellent maintainability despite its long suction passage. A dust-collecting portion 11 includes a cyclonic portion 14 which is approximately cylinder-shaped, having a bottom and an introducing portion 15 for introducing dust-laden airflow to the cyclonic portion 14. The cyclonic portion 14 and the introducing portion 15 are integrally formed and then a vortex flow generating member 21 is provided in the dust-collecting portion 11. Thus, the structure of the dust-collecting portion can be simplified and thus the dusts can be dumped by detaching the dust-collecting portion 11 together with the introducing portion 15. Consequently, maintenance can be easily performed. Further, as the number of joints can be reduced, possibility of airflow leakage within the suction passage is reduced, so that dust-collecting performance can be enhanced.

Abstract: A suction brush assembly of a vacuum cleaner has a housing having a suction duct to provide a suction passage for dust, a rotation roller having a plurality of ribs formed at an outer circumference, a wheel disposed at the housing, and a power transmission unit to rotate the rotation member by exerting a rotation force of the wheel to the rotation member when the wheel is rotated. The wheel and the rotation member are rotated in directions opposite to each other by the power transmission unit. When a user wants to clean fabrics such as bedclothes or a carpet, the effect of hitting of the ribs can be firmly secured due to the rotation of the rotation rollers. Therefore, the effect of removing dust remarkably increases.

Abstract: A floor tool (50) for use in vacuum cleaning floor surfaces comprises a sole plate (55) having a suction channel (61, 62). The suction channel is bounded on at least one side by a working edge (80, 82) for engaging with the floor surface. Lint pickers (70, 72) are positioned alongside the suction channel (61, 62) and are separated from the suction channel (61, 62) by the working edge (80, 82). The lint pickers are mounted on a surface (65, 66) of the floor tool which is inclined with respect to the plane in which the working edges (80, 82) lie. The sole plate (55) is pivotally mounted with respect to a suction outlet such that movement of the floor tool (0) in a forward and backwards direction alternately brings one of the working edges (80, 82) in closer contact with the floor surface.

Abstract: This invention is a compressed air vaccum that attaches to an air hose and forces air down the handle. The air is then is forced through a venture, which causes vacuum to occur. It has a baffle deflection piece that stops the liquid and debris from coming up into the venture thus allowing the debris and liquid material to be dropped back into the canister of the vacuum. The handle, venture, and baffle are all one piece. The canister with the pick up tube for sucking is a separate piece and then they snap together. The canister is removable from the handle peice for easy clean up.

Abstract: A nozzle unit for an electric vacuum cleaner has a body case 32 with a nozzle 34a open toward a surface to be cleaned, a first pipe 35 coupled to the body case 32 so as to be rotatable in the direction J1, and a second pipe 36 coupled to the first pipe 35 so as to be rotatable in the direction J2. A first and a second air flow passage, formed inside the first and second pipes 35 and 36 respectively, are arranged substantially in a straight line as seen in a side view. The first pipe 35 has a sliding portion 35a that has an arc-shaped cross section and that slides along the inner surface of the body case 32, and this sliding portion 35a is arranged inside the body case 32, which is substantially rectangular, as seen in a plan view.

Abstract: The invention relates to a caster, for example, a bed caster, appliance caster, heavy-load caster or the like, which have versatile uses in the private and commercial sectors. The inventive caster has a braking device that acts upon the lateral faces of the wheel.

Abstract: A carpet slide for securement to ones foot as a recreational entertainment device. The slide includes a sheet of material having an upturn perimeter edge and a two piece strap is secured to opposite perimeter edges for securing ones foot to the upper surface of the slide. This securing strap is constructed of hook and loop strapping for securement to the slide and about to the upper portion of ones foot using two straps of such material.

Abstract: A self-leveling glide assembly for use with a furniture leg includes a glide housing attached to a furniture leg, a recess formed in a bottom portion of the glide housing, and a pad member snap attached to the glide housing and positioned to engage a floor surface. The glide housing is self-leveling to accommodate uneven floor surfaces. The pad member and glide housing can be easily removed and replaced independently without having to replace the other. The pad member is repositionable between two opposing sides each having a wear surface that contacts the floor. The two opposing sides can either be made of the same material or of two different materials. In one embodiment the first side is made of a relatively hard material and the second side is made of a softer material than the first side.

Abstract: A door check device includes a first link member engaging structure including a first link member engaging member mounted to a first carrier, a second link member engaging structure including a second link member engaging member mounted to a second carrier, a housing, and an elongated link member. The first engaging structure and the second engaging structure are each constructed and arranged such that, when the link member is caused to undergo a yaw movement relative to the housing generally along a yaw plane that extends in both the transverse direction and the longitudinal extent of the link member, the first and second carriers and the first and second engaging members mounted thereto, respectively, are allowed to rotate relative to the housing along with the link member such that the first and second engaging members remain in transverse relation to the link member.

Abstract: A magnet to provide magnetic flux therapeutic pain-easing and healing effects built into a resilient grip or wrap for the handle of a hand held device. The therapeutic magnetic hand grip or wrap can be used on the handles of golf clubs, tennis racquets, baseball bats, bicycle handlebars, vehicle steering wheels, crutches, cane, and into bandages.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved modular handle (1), particularly for brooms and like, characterised in that it is comprised of a plurality of handle parts or segments (2, 3, 4), and particularly at least a initial part (2) or grasping segment and at a support part (3) or segment for the tool to be handled, said handle parts or segments (2, 3, 4) being provided with a male end (5) and/or a female end (13), coupling each other by a forced introduction, said male end (5) providing at least a reduced diameter zone (6) with a undulate section, the perimeter of which is equal to the circumference of the handle, said section being obtained by deformation of the end of the part or segment of the same handle, and said female end (13) having an inner diameter to receive, by a forced coupling, said undulate section male end (5).

Abstract: A hinge rotates a cover pivotably connected to a device housing from a closed position to an open position. A shaft is connected to the cover. The shaft and cover have a common axis of rotation. A spring having a top end and a bottom end is affixed at its bottom end to the device housing. A line has a first end connected to the top end of the spring and a second end wound onto the shaft. When the cover is in the closed position, the spring is in an extended state. Upon release of the cover from the closed position, the spring force returns the spring toward a neutral state, thereby unwinding the line from the shaft and causing rotation of the cover to the open position.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for pivotally connecting a flip onto a housing includes a bush, a compression spring, and a release button. The bush has a sidewall, a receiving space defined by the sidewall, and a protrusion. The protrusion is protruded from the sidewall. The release button has a shaped notch, which includes a concave portion, a stop portion, and a convex portion formed between the concave portion and the stop portion. The stop portion extends substantially parallel to the pivoting axis. The protrusion is slidably received within the shaped notch. The compression spring is disposed within the receiving space and pressed by the release button and the bush. When closing the flip, the bush rotates synchronously with the flip and the protrusion moves in the shaped notch. When pushing the release button, the flip opens automatically.

Abstract: A friction hinge system for a laptop computer is provided. The system allows the computer display to move easily from a closed condition toward various operating angular positions while providing a greater torque for maintaining selected angular orientation. The system includes two or more bands wrapped in the same direction about a common shaft as well as a stop features for limiting the angle of rotation of each band relative to the shaft.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for pivotally connecting a flip onto a housing includes a bush, a spring, and a camshaft. The bush is connected to the flip and has a sidewall, a receiving space defined by the sidewall, and a protrusion. The protrusion is protruded from the sidewall. The camshaft has a first end, a second end, and a shaped notch. The shaped notch includes a first concave portion and a second concave portion, and the protrusion is slidably received within the shaped notch. The first end of the camshaft is slidably coupled to the bush, and the second end of the camshaft is restrictedly coupled to the housing. When the flip is pivoted on the housing, the bush simultaneously rotates around the pivoting axis of the hinge mechanism so that the protrusion slides within the shaped notch from the first concave portion to the second concave portion.

Abstract: A carpet slide for securement to ones foot as a recreational entertainment device. The slide includes a sheet of material having an upturn perimeter edge and it is secured to the sole of an athletic shoe or a two piece strap is secured to opposite perimeter edges for securing ones foot to the upper surface of the slide. This securing strap is constructed of hook and loop strapping for securement to the slide and about to the upper portion of ones foot using two straps of such material.

Abstract: A collapsible control knob assembly includes a knob having a tunnel therein for receiving a shaft. Stops in the tunnel are configured and arranged to cooperatively stop the insertion of the shaft during assembly. The stops are configured and arranged to shear from the tunnel when a pre-established collapsing force is exceeded.

Abstract: A cable tie having stepped down strap body teeth is disclosed. The cable tie includes a strap body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a locking head secured to the first end of the strap body, and a plurality of walls on the locking head forming a strap body accepting channel. The strap body includes a first group of teeth having a first predetermined depth and a second group of teeth having a second predetermined depth. The first depth is greater than the second depth. A method of making a cable tie is also disclosed.

Abstract: A clip fastener includes a base and a clip head that is distant from the base. The clip head includes a barb having a rounded outer surface including a ramp that increases in diameter towards the base. An elongate clip neck connects the base with the clip head. The clip neck has sufficient resilience under compressive forces exerted on the rounded outer surface of the barb to permit movement of the barb. The clip may be formed as an individual unit for use in fastening operations, or it may be molded into component structures, such as fan carriers for computer fans.

Abstract: An extruded plastic sign clip is mounted on the top edge of a shelf-mounted label holder. The sign clip is employed optionally to mount a special offer or construction prominently on the front of the label holder. The clip has front and back walls, with resilient, flap-like retention ribs extending rearwardly from the front wall and a relatively smaller, soft friction rib being provided on the forwardly facing surface of the back wall. In order to insure that the sign clip is not mounted on the label holder in an improper (reverse) orientation, the front wall of the clip is joined to the back wall by downwardly and forwarding extending, preferably arcuate, wall. This both imparts an improved appearance to the clip, as well as making the accidental reverse orientation of the clip very unlikely. The clip is especially advantageous when used in connection with extruded plastic label holders formed of front and back panels joined along bottom edges and forming an upwardly opening label-holding pocket.

Abstract: A pile product, wherein shrinkable staple fibers and non-shrinkable staple fibers are mixed to prepare a sliver, and the sliver is subjected to pile-processing to constitute a pile portion. The sliver contains 20 to 98% by weight of the shrinkable staple fiber having a shrinkage percentage of 15% or more, 0.300 or less of statical friction coefficient between fiber-fiber after shrinkage, an average fiber length of 15 to 25 mm, and larger waves, including primary crimps, of 1 to 3/inch, and has a sliver strength of 3 g/g/m or more. The shrinkable staple fiber preferably has an organopolysiloxane deposited on the surface thereof. The sliver is subjected to pile-processing to constitute a pile portion. Operating property is good in spinning fibers which constitute a pile portion, and fiber loss in pile-processing is less. The pile product is excellent in a drape property, and has an appearance- and a feeling, very similar to those of a natural fur.

Abstract: A method for making a monolithic piezoelectric ceramic element having high mechanical strength, excellent piezoelectricity, and high reliability is disclosed. The method includes the steps of applying a conductive paste including a conductor containing Ag as a principal ingredient to ceramic green sheets comprising a piezoelectric ceramic material containing a Pb compound, stacking the ceramic green sheets to form a laminate, and firing the laminate in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of about 90% by volume or more during the heating period and with an oxygen concentration of about 5% to 15% by volume during the isothermal period and during the cooling period.

Abstract: A vehicle dash panel removing tool is formed by a rigid single strand wire-like rod having an end portion defining an open loop handle and a relatively short length of the other end portion turned at right angle and provided with a sharpened tip for manual insertion of the tip under an edge of a vehicle panel to be removed.

Abstract: There are disclosed a method and a machine for applying a strippable paint to a large-sized product finished with a sprayed coating, such as an automobile, to form a protective film on the surface of the coating. The product is kept in stock and will be shipped. Contaminations such as dust are washed away from the surface of the product. Then, the strippable paint is applied, preliminarily dried, and non-preliminarily dried to form the protective film out of the strippable paint on the surface of the coating. This protective film is formed easily, appropriately, and certainly. The obtained protective film has a uniform and sufficient thickness. Even if the surface contains unapplied regions to which the paint should not be applied, the paint can be applied to the whole surface of the coating while avoiding the unapplied regions. The application can be performed easily and certainly without leaving unapplied portions around the unapplied regions.