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A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7463124 | Circuit interrupting device with reverse wiring protection Resettable circuit interrupting devices, such as GFCI devices, that include reverse wiring protection, and optionally an independent trip portions and/or a reset lockout portion are provided. The reverse wiring protection operates at both the line and load sides of ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456360 | Electrical receptacle assembly having a clip There is disclosed a wall plate for a wiring device. The wall plate has a single opening for receiving one or a gang of two or more wiring devices within the single opening. The wall plate has along its vertical axis, a surface of positive first differential and zer... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456358 | Opening adapter An adapter having a front face with a flange portion and a centrally located opening. The opening has an inner dimension sized to accept at least a front face of a wiring device and the flange has an outer dimension sized to fit at least within an opening of a front... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455538 | Electrical wiring devices with a protective shutter Electrical wiring devices with user accessible connections and a shutter system for preventing unwanted objects from being inserted into the devices to the user accessible connections is provided. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7440246 | Circuit interrupting apparatus with remote test and reset activation The present disclosure relates to resettable circuit interrupting devices and apparatus capable of being tested and reset from remote locations, and in particular to portable circuit interrupting devices and apparatus capable of being tested and reset from remote lo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435903 | Wall plate with one opening for one of more wiring devices The instant invention discloses a receptacle having a shape along the width of its face that is flat in one plane and along its length that has a constant radius. The shape of the face of the receptacle allows for the proper seating of an inserted plug. The shape of... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431610 | Cable slack manager system and method A cable slack management system is used in conjunction with a conventional component rack to secure cables of excess length to minimize disturbance, interference, and general clutter that the excess cable length would otherwise cause. In one implementation, the cabl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431594 | Telescoping weather resistant box A weather resistant telescoping enclosure for enclosing a receptacle or other device is provided that comprises a telescoping cover over an enclosed base portion and an irregularly shaped cutout on its mounting surface that permits positioning of the base portion ov... | 10/07/2008 |
| D576565 | Dimmer switch | 09/09/2008 |
| D576566 | Dimmer switch | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417188 | Cable management system A raceway assembly according to the present invention is used in conjunction with a conventional equipment rack to route cables between and otherwise to or from equipment stored in the rack. Guide members project from a trough portion of the raceway and position cab... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414499 | Circuit interrupting device with a single test-reset button A ground fault circuit interrupter device having a single actuator for sequentially activating a circuit interrupting portion when the device is in a reset condition and a reset portion when the device is in a tripped condition. The circuit interrupting portion brea... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7400479 | Reset lockout for circuit interrupting device Resettable circuit interrupting devices, such as GFCI devices, that include a reset lock-out mechanism are provided. The reset lock-out mechanism prevents the resetting of electrical connections between input and output conductors if the circuit interrupting mechani... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400477 | Method of distribution of a circuit interrupting device with reset lockout and reverse wiring protection Resettable circuit interrupting devices, such as GFCI devices, that include reverse wiring protection, and optionally an independent trip portions and/or a reset lockout portion are provided. The reverse wiring protection operates at both the line and load sides of ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7378927 | Circuit breaker with independent trip and reset lockout Resettable circuit breakers having an independent trip mechanism and a reset lockout are provided. The trip mechanism operates independently of the fault protection operations, and the reset lockout prevents the resetting of the circuit breaker if the fault protecti... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375298 | Indexing mechanism An indexing mechanism with positive ON and OFF positions for a motor starter switch mounted in an NEMA 3R enclosure. The indexing mechanism includes a shaft having longitudinally extending projections coupled in fixed relationship to a handle, an index element coupl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375935 | Ground fault circuit interrupter with enhanced radio frequency interference suppression A ground fault circuit interrupter device having a feedthrough capacitor for substantially reducing interference from radio frequency signals such as those emitted from cell phones and 2-way radios. The ground fault circuit interrupter device includes a printed circ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375871 | Electrochromic glass control device A light control system having a full range of dimming for smart-glass by providing an interface between an off-the-shelf dimmer and a electrochromic glass device is disclosed herein. The light control system or electrochromic glass control device acts as an interfac... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372678 | Circuit interrupting device with automatic test Resettable circuit interrupting devices having self-test and non-resettable or limited resettable power interrupting systems are provided. The permanent power interrupting system activates when a circuit interrupting device is no longer capable of operating in accor... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365621 | Pivot point reset lockout mechanism for a ground fault circuit interrupter Resettable circuit interrupting devices, such as GFCI devices that include a reset lockout mechanism are provided. The GFCI comprises a reset button which is selectively blocked from resetting the GFCI. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355117 | Tamper-resistant electrical wiring device system A tamper-resistant electrical receptacle disclosed herein includes a cover assembly having at least one pair of apertures, a cover, and at least one slider that rests in the cover behind one pair of the apertures. The slider is held in a first position where it cove... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355497 | Reset lockout and trip for circuit interrupting device This invention relates to a circuit interrupting device having a trip button for disconnecting a load from a source of electrical power and a reset button for resetting the device after it has tripped. When the device is operating in its reset state, a source of ele... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352947 | Cable management support system A cable management support for a conventional equipment rack provides various bars and members to support, order, direct and otherwise manage cables coupled to equipment secured in the rack. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| D564129 | Ceiling lampholder to accept a fluorescent lamp | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339129 | Spring to actuator bearing mechanism A plastic actuator for a toggle switch has a metal rod embedded therein, with the metal surface partially exposed. This surface of the metal rod functions as a bearing surface for a positioning spring as the actuator is flipped back and forth to turn the switch on a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333920 | Arc fault detector with circuit interrupter There is here disclosed a method and apparatus for detecting the occurrence of arcing of a conductor by monitoring the current on an AC power line. The signal detected is split and directed along four separate paths to generate four signals having separate character... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332676 | Discontinued cable shield system and method Implementations of a discontinuous cable shield system and method include a shield having a multitude of separated shield segments dispersed along a length of a cable. The separated shield segments can serve as an incomplete, patch-worked, discontinuous, ‘granulat... | 02/19/2008 |
| D561630 | Low voltage occupancy sensor | 02/12/2008 |
| 7300308 | Patch panel An angled patch panel having left and right end panel sections and left and right central panel sections, each section having at least one connector mounting aperture. The left central panel section and left end panel section being attached together at an angle othe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294782 | Receptacle with shaped surface The instant invention discloses a receptacle having a shape along the width of its face that is flat in one plane and along its length that has a constant radius. The shape of the face of the receptacle allows for the proper seating of an inserted plug. The shape of... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291029 | T-8 to T-5 adapter lampholder An adapter for fluorescent lamp fixtures that retrofits a T-8 lamp fixture for a T-5 fluorescent lamp that is simple and inexpensive is disclosed herein. The lampholder adapter includes a rotatable locking disk member set in a base assembly for receiving the end-pro... | 11/06/2007 |
| D554598 | Patch panel | 11/06/2007 |
| D554067 | Connector housing | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285723 | Receptacle with shaped surface The instant invention discloses a receptacle where the surface of the face along its width is flat in one plane and along its length has a constant radius. The shape of the face of the receptacle allows for the proper seating of an inserted plug. The receptacle is a... | 10/23/2007 |
| D553102 | Dimmer and on/off switch | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282642 | Shaped wall plate for wiring device There is disclosed a wall plate for a wiring device. The wall plate has a single opening for receiving one or a gang of two or more wiring devices within the single opening. The wall plate has along its vertical axis, a surface of positive first differential and zer... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279636 | Multifunction clips and ground/mounting strap for wiring device The instant invention overcomes the difficulties encountered with respect to mounting electrical wiring devices to a common box and then positioning the devices relative to each other prior to attaching a wall plate. Some of the difficulties encountered are position... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278879 | Connector isolation station system A connector isolation station system includes ports to receive connectors and includes shield members. The shield members have material properties to substantially shield, attenuate, absorb, diminish, or otherwise hinder or at least partially block wireless signals ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273396 | Connector isolation shielding system and method Implementations of a shielded connector system involve connector isolation shielding using shield enclosures to reduce crosstalk and noise transmitted between adjacent signal cable connectors. These implementations allow for manufacture of new equipment and also ret... | 09/25/2007 |
| D551625 | Surge suppressor | 09/25/2007 |
