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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060248743 | Coiled tubing counter A tubing counter for counting coiled tubing inserted into a well includes an outer housing having a through passage for receiving the coiled tubing therethrough. In some embodiments, pressure rated connectors at both of the ends of the outer housing sealably connect the... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248744 | Hair dryer attachment with axial and radial flow A hair dryer attachment is provided for use with a hand held hair dryer having a barrel with an outlet. The attachment has a substantially tubular body with a perforated sidewall having a generally uniform diameter. A first end of the attachment is configured for receiv... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248745 | Fixed air knife assembly An air knife apparatus for removing moisture from a moving web has a top tube, a bottom tube spaced parallel and at a fixed distance below the top tube to define a web path between the tubes, a connector permanently attached to a first end of the top tube and a first en... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248746 | Device for determining the conductance of laundry, dryers and method for preventing deposits on electrodes A device for determining the conductance of laundry in a drier. The device comprises at least two electrodes (2) and means for dissipating heat from at least one part of at least one of said electrodes (2). The invention further relates to a drier comprisi... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248747 | Heater for active wear boots An overshoe adapted to be worn over an active wear boot or shoe, such as a ski boot, hiking boot, climbing boot, ice skates and generally any outdoor shoe desired to be protected against the cold environment having a resistance heating element connected to an electrical... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248748 | Footwear combination A footwear combination includes a releasably attached sock and shoe. The sock is adapted for covering a foot of a wearer, and has integrally-formed toe, top foot, heel, and sole portions. The shoe covers at least a portion of the sock, and has a shoe upper and attached ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248749 | Devices with internal flexibility sipes, including siped chambers for footwear The present invention attempts to replicate in footwear, orthotics, and other products the naturally effective anatomical structures like a bare foot that provide superior flexibility, cushioning, and stable support compared to existing products. More specifically, the ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248750 | Variable support footwear using electrorheological or magnetorheological fluids A variable footwear support system includes at least one rheological body within a sole of an article of footwear, control electronics within the article of footwear, and at least one E/M field generator coupled to the control electronics and arranged operably proximate... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248751 | Watertight footwear comprising an elastic connecting strip Shoe upper having a lower end of the upper, an outer material with a lower end (19) of the outer material, a waterproof functional layer (16), which has a lower end region of the functional layer with a functional layer zone (20) not covered by oute... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248752 | Pressure dissipating heel counter and method of making same A heel counter for a shoe and method of making the same is shown and described. The heel counter includes a pair of sidewalls and a deformation member between the sidewalls. ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248753 | Shoe with attachable upper Footwear has been provided that has the option of being worn alone with its permanent upper or a reversible attachable upper can be added securely for two additional and completely different looks. The footwear has a permanent upper that has a suitable appearance to be ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248754 | Excavator stump shearing device An excavator stump shearing device which is characterized by a blade assembly carried by various mount devices for attachment to an excavator bucket or to an excavator boom or bucket arm. In a first preferred embodiment the blade assembly is fixed to a blade mount drum ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248755 | Ironing board An ironing board, includes a plate (2) which may be driven in rotation about an axis. The plate (2), mounted on a fixed base (4) housed directly below the plate (2) has an essentially circular form with at least one part essentially angular i... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248756 | Vivid three-dimensional illustrated card and method to fabricate the vivid three-dimensional illustrated card A vivid three-dimensional (3D) illustrated card has a base, a printed ink layer and multiple 3D decorations. The printed ink layer is applied to the base and has at least one colored pattern and character. The 3D decorations are attached to the front surface of the prin... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248757 | Greeting card integrating currency and conversational balloons A greeting card for holding currency includes (a) a print medium having a first and second side, wherein the print medium includes a first fold line; (b) means for securing the currency to the first side of the print medium to allow a visual indicia depicted on the curr... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248758 | Large external LCD monitor sign for street-side display of gas station prices A large external LCD Monitor Sign for street-side display of gas station prices and any number of images, and prices, with audio, on products the manager of the gas station wishes to offer for sale that day. ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248759 | Method and apparatus for concealing and/or improving the appearance of televisions and other displays Methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving the appearance of a visual display, such as a television receiver or computer monitor, when not in use. A decorative surface is provided that is capable of displacement between a first condition in which it covers at lea... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248760 | Picture display with sliding mechanism In yet another aspect of the present invention, a kit for constructing an article to display multiple photographs is provided and includes a frame member having a first window formed therein to permit viewing of a first photograph under a first condition and a second ph... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248761 | Multi-color illuminated sign The multi-color illuminated sign displays an indicia or house address number in changing sequence of colors. The back lighting is provided by three groups of plurality of light emitting diodes. One group of the light emitting diodes is operative to generate a primary bl... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248762 | Tactile guidance means A tactile guidance means (1) capable of being provided as part of or affixed to a supporting medium, said means provided with a first type of distinctive raised or indented tactile feature, said tactile features being capable of tactile interrogation when contact... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248763 | Beverage delivery truck with signage device for selectively displayed messages A beverage delivery vehicle with a plurality of lateral side-accessible bays for transport of beverages and having a back wall to which a signage device attaches and having a plurality of discrete signage messages for selective display during travel of the beverage deli... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248764 | Craft kit According to one aspect of the present invention, a kit and a method for the modification, customization and/or personalization of scrapbooks, picture frames, boxes and the like is provided. The kit may comprise instructions, at least one cutting pattern, a main article... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248765 | Magnetic card display apparatus A magnetic display apparatus includes a magnetic board unit which includes a non-magnetic board base and a magnet attracting layer attached to the non-magnetic board base. The magnet attracting layer can be either magnetic or ferro-magnetic material. Magnetic clamp unit... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248766 | Maternity alert A kit for alerting emergency personnel that a person involved in an accident or in a medical emergency is an expectant mother. The kit comprises at least one of a medical alert bracelet to be worn on such expectant mother's wrist; an identification card to be carried by... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248767 | Antimicrobial coating for identification devices An identification device that combines an antimicrobial coating with a printable substrate. For example, the invention includes a wristband with a face stock supporting indicia which are applied on (such as through thermal transfer printing) or through (such as through ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248768 | Systems and methods for providing public space advertising The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing illuminated signage in a public space. The system may have at least one window, each window having an exterior surface and an interior surface; at least one coat of a non-transparent coating in communica... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248769 | Sports memorabilia display frame A display device provides for the displaying of collectible cards on two side. The device includes a generally planar card support mat, a mat having a pair of opposed planar surfaces with apertures extending therethrough. The apertures are sized to support a collectible... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248770 | Monolithic extractor system for a shotgun A two piece ejection system for a shotgun includes a chamber portion having a first, second and third section of varying outside diameters and an extractor formed from a hollow cylindrical tube having a first and second end, the second end including a plurality of slots... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248771 | Muzzleloader having a lugged breech plug installable via axial rotation of 90 degrees or less A muzzleloader firearm has a barrel with at least one lug retaining structure that includes an internal annular groove and an internal annular shoulder that is both adjacent the annular groove and positioned between the annular groove and the breech end of the barrel. E... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248772 | Fire control mechanism for a firearm A firearm includes a frame and a slide. A firing mechanism for the firearm includes a striker-type firing pin, a trigger, and a trigger bar. A sear inside the frame is pivotally balanced about a central fulcrum, and is biased in a first pivotal direction by a spring. In... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248773 | Firearm and munitions kit The firearm and munitions kit is a cartridge and a barrel insert for a firearm adapted to fire munitions comprising a 223 round. The cartridge has an axis, a neck, a shoulder, a body, an extraction groove, and a slight frustoconical shape extending axially from the wide... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248774 | Stabilization device An apparatus and a system for a stabilization device are disclosed herein. ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248775 | Vehicle mounted collapsible firearm rest Disclosed are vehicle-mounted, collapsible systems for securing, supporting or resting a firearm. A representative embodiment includes a firearm rest, a vertical member and a horizontal member. The horizontal member is connectable to a vehicle hitch. The vertical member... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248776 | ACOUSTICALLY TUNED CARTRIDGE CASING CATCHER A catcher, in combination with a firearm having an ejection port, for receiving and retaining expended magnetically attracted shell casings through the ejection port as the firearm is discharged. The catcher includes a hollow housing having a plurality of rigid walls, a... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248777 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAFE OPERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC FIREARM SIGHT A weapon sight can be mounted on a weapon. According to one aspect of the invention, the sight only presents certain information on a display if the orientation of the sight satisfies an orientation ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248778 | Apparatus for jigging fishing pole The invention is an apparatus for automated jigging of a fishing pole. The apparatus includes: a base connecting to a support surface, an arm pivotally connected to the base at a first connection area, a fishing pole engaging element pivotally connected to the arm at a ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248779 | In-line fishing weight holder An in-line fishing weight holder is disclosed, which has a first free end coupled with a line engaging curvature. The fishing weight holder carries a weight of desired amount. In use, the angler attaches the in-line fishing weight holder to the fishing line by means of ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248780 | Adjustable fishing float The present invention relates to an adjustable fishing float and a method of manufacturing an adjustable fishing float. The adjustable fishing float includes a float, a cap containing a collet, wherein the cap is rotatably connected to a base, and rotating the cap urges... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248781 | Float, method for attaching the same to a line and method for using the same A float attaches to a line to be used with a rod to fish. A first end of the float has a slot for attaching the float to the line. The first end and the slot of the float have a pliable substance. The slot may be filled and/or may be covered with the pliable substance w... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060248782 | Mosquito breeding trap and method for eliminating mosquitoes An apparatus is disclosed for mosquitoes and other “biting” insects to lay eggs which become trapped before maturing into adults. The trap comprises a reservoir filled with water and divided into two chambers 24 & 26. One chamber 24 is open to t... | 11/09/2006 |
