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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110042479 | DRINKING STRAW INCLUDING AN ICE TRAPPING NET The invention includes a drinking straw with an inverted funnel-shaped net retained near a lower end of the straw. The net traps ice at the lower end of the straw to cool liquid drawn into the lower end of the straw.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110000609 | Removable and customizable traction decks for miniature skateboards and method of making This invention relates to the general field of fingerboards, or miniature skateboards, and more specifically, to a textured deck application for miniature skateboards. The textured deck is created by cutting a piece of grip tape into a shape approximating the surface of... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100328068 | Hand-Held Pocket-Sized Barrier Penetrating Motion Detector A motion detector utilizing a low microwave frequency that penetrates dry, non-metallic barriers and detects motion by sensing a Doppler shift in the received signal that has been reflected off of aqueous or metallic objects is disclosed. It is a battery powered hand-he... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100310794 | Decorative Removable Ornaments With Permanently Installed Magnets A removable decorative and/or advertising ornament with an enclosed magnet, potentially with a protective covering, that allows the ornament to be securely yet removably attached to a metal object, such as the hood, trunk or top of a vehicle. A preferred embodiment of t... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100288715 | Display and demonstration stand for removable traction decks for miniature skateboards This invention is directed toward a display rack for the sale of removable textured deck applications for miniature skateboards which can also serve as a miniature test course for a prospective purchaser to sample the merchandise before making the decision whether to bu... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100287965 | Cooling Garment A new method of sandwiching evaporative cooling materials such as Polyacrylamide crystals in between two or more outer layers of thin membrane is disclosed. The Polyacrylamide crystals are retained through the heat welding—as opposed to the traditional stitching—of ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100258435 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING, CONTROL, AND MANAGEMENT OF A PLANT WHERE HYDROMETALLURGICAL ELECTROWINNING AND ELECTROREFINING PROCESSES FOR NON FERROUS METALS. A system to monitor, control and management of a plant where hydrometallurgical processes of electrowinning or electrorefining of non ferrous metals which enables measuring the process variables which comprises: at least one group of electrolytic cells, said cells havin... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100252793 | FENCE RAIL WITH CONCEALED FASTENER A fence rail includes a detachable fastener cover that covers and conceals a fastener chamber. Through the use of a knuckle and a catch fastening system, moisture is prevented from entering the fastener chamber. The fastener chamber allows for securing pickets to the ra... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100218406 | Shaped LED Light Bulb An LED light bulb where the LED light bulb itself is molded into various shapes. The plastic lens used to surround the diode is shaped when manufactured to resemble various items, such as stars, crosses, hearts, trees, pinecones, bulbs, flat panels with designs, or any ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100217085 | Laryngoscope Blade A laryngoscope blade in accordance with one embodiment includes a blade portion including a tab extension, the tab extension including a tab extension slot for receiving a portion of a laryngoscope handle; and a heel coupled to the tab extension by means of a fastener, ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100199991 | VENTILATORY SUPPORT AND RESUSCITATION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD A ventilatory support and resuscitation device for providing short-term ventilatory support, as well as constant flow, pressure cycled ventilatory support for breathing and non-breathing patients is disclosed. The device includes a chamber and at least one port in flow ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100197465 | Ambulatory Therapy Device An ambulatory therapy device for the training or retraining of persons in developing walking skills and/or balance skills after suffering a serious illness, injury, or other infirmity, which limits their walking skills. The present invention is particularly useful for c... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100190587 | METHOD FOR PIVOTALLY SWINGING AND HITTING AN OBJECT A process for more accurately delivering a hitting device to a ball, including positioning a stiff and straight leading or front leg at the start of and during the process (with no step forward of the front foot or leg) until after contact with the ball, pointing and pl... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100178638 | Method for teaching grammar through a series of steps A method for teaching grammar where each lesson focuses on a different element of grammar id disclosed. These lessons are preferably arranged not by parts of speech, but rather are grouped such that subsequent lessons build on previously learned lessons. Identifying an ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100170151 | Aquaculture Harvesting, Gas Exchange, and Media Circulation Device and Method of Use An aquaculture harvesting, gas exchange, and media circulation device and method of use for the cultivation and collection of microalgae is disclosed. The current invention couples water motion, gas exchange, and harvesting into one comprehensive system. A modified airl... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100164138 | Method for Making Shaped LED Light Bulb A method for making an LED light bulb where the LED light bulb itself is molded into various shapes. The plastic lens used to surround the diode is shaped when manufactured to resemble various items, such as stars, crosses, hearts, trees, pinecones, bulbs, flat panels w... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100141931 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR QUANTITATIVELY DETERMINING THE SURFACE OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A REFERENCE OBJECT COMPRISED BY A PLURALITY OF OPTICALLY DIFFERENTIABLE LAYERS A method and device to determine quantitatively the surface optical characteristics of an object of reference made up of a plurality of optically differentiable layers. The device includes lighting and image capture means, connected to analysing means which execute the ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100124999 | Asymmetrically shaped golf ball, method of manufacture, and method of use An asymmetrically shaped golf ball that can be used to practice putting is disclosed. By way of a brief summary, the asymmetrically shaped golf ball has a “long axis” and a “short axis”, such that when placed with its “long axis” in a horizontal position, it... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100121662 | System and Method of Booking Transportation A system and method for booking transportation that enables passengers to equally share the cost of the transportation by consolidating their itineraries. Passengers select or create a flight listing that defines the requested air travel, where others can view and join ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100096847 | Pre-Printed Sticky Notes and Methods of Use to Send Messages or Expressions, Decorate, Provide Interactive Learning or Playing Environments, and for Scrapbook and Calendar Uses This invention is directed toward packs, pads, sheets or rolls of repositionable and reusable sticky notes that are pre-printed with one or more themes, thereby enabling a user of the invention to decorate a home, office, or other structure with the sticky notes to conv... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100096194 | Wheelchair for stairs and obstacles The wheelchair for stairs and obstacles consists of a power supply assembly (FIG. 1, item 8), i.e., internal combustion motor serving as battery charger, a battery, a drive wheel-belt pulley (FIGS. 1 and 4, item 1), a tyre (or a full-r... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100095569 | Pre-Printed Sticky Notes and Methods of Use to Send Messages or Expressions, Decorate, Provide Interactive Learning or Playing Environments, and for Scrapbook and Calendar Uses. This invention is directed toward packs, pads, sheets or rolls of repositionable and reusable sticky notes that are pre-printed with one or more themes, thereby enabling a user of the invention to decorate a home, office, or other structure with the sticky notes to conv... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100085742 | Solar powered garden light with rotatable direction indicating lights A solar powered garden light that can be used to indicate a direction is disclosed. LEDs are situated in a pattern, such as an arrow, on a platform which can be rotated. A user can adjust the direction that the solar powered garden light indicates by rotating the platfo... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100071166 | NOVELTY GLIDERS FOR WALKERS A glider that attaches to the bottom of the legs of a walker is disclosed. The glider, preferably a ball made from wood, provides the walker with additional stability and mobility. The glider includes a hole with a rubber stopper that secures the glider to the leg of a ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100065433 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING CONVECTION IN ELECTROLYTES TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED ELECTRODEPOSITION OF COPPER AND OTHER NON FERROUS METALS IN INDUSTRIAL ELECTROLYTIC CELLS A system and apparatus for enhancing convection in electrolytes for improved electrodeposition of copper and other non ferrous metals in industrial electrolytic cells at given a current density providing exact geometric locations of the electrolyte jet infeed supply sys... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064976 | Bottle with hose for dispensing liquids for animal and human consumption A bottle with a hose for dispensing liquid for animal or human consumption in a sanitized and convenient manner is disclosed. The bottle includes a hose that has one end connected to the bottom of the bottle with a length sufficient to wrap around the circumference of t... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100039036 | INITIATION METHOD FOR ABNORMAL GLOW PLASMA DISCHARGE IN A LIQUID-PHASE MEDIUM AND APPARATUS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION A method and apparatus for initiating and maintaining an abnormal glow volumetric sonoplasma discharge (VSPD). With certain parameters of the electrical discharge and of the intensity of elastic vibrations, it is possible to initiate VSPD within a cavitating liquid medi... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100030872 | System for remote processing, printing, and uploading of digital images to a remote server via wireless connections A system that includes a digital camera, a digital image processing unit, a printer, and a remote server. The digital camera wirelessly transmits a digital image to the digital image processing unit. The digital image processing unit, once it receives the digital image,... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100029798 | Polyurethane Elastic Memory Material that Emits Nano-negative Ion Far Infrared Rays and a Method for Preparing the Same A polyurethane elastic memory material that emits nano-negative ion far infrared rays and a method for preparing the same is disclosed. A nano-negative ion far infrared ray emitting additive that belongs to the Lianfuya Established Series is added to polyester and/or po... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090320380 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY PRESSURIZING AND VENTILATING AN AIR-SUPPORTED STRUCTURE A set of methods and apparatus for efficiently pressurizing and ventilating an air-supported greenhouse or other structure requiring pressurization and ventilation. A method for efficiently pressurizing and ventilating an air-supported stru... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090308528 | Multilayered Bamboo Article A multilayered bamboo article and a method for making the same is disclosed. Strips of bamboo with roughly square cross sections are secured together into layers in which the layer has parallel grain orientations. These layers are then combined together in perpendicular... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090284069 | Pocket Protecting Retainable Cutter Bit Pocket protecting retainable cutter bits used on various mining, excavating, and foundation drilling tools and equipment are disclosed. The invention includes a combination of one or more free spinning wear rings axially mounted in recessed portions of the cutter bit sh... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090273922 | Street light utilizing combination low-pressure sodium and metal halide light sources A street light that uses both a low-pressure sodium vapor bulb and a metal halide bulb is disclosed. The combination of these two light bulbs creates an efficient light source that is highly effective in bad weather conditions as well as able to provide good color diffe... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090272009 | Roll-Up Shoe A flexible shoe that can be rolled up for easy carrying is disclosed. The preferred embodiment of this invention are dancing shoes and can, optionally, be made to resemble an expensive, formal shoe a woman might wear to a wedding or other event in which she might dance,... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090265837 | Ball Marker Patch with Magnetic Accessory Attachment Optimized for Advertising Purposes. A ball marker patch is described which contains a magnet embedded within two layers of material in a magnet pocket, where the external layer has advertising space on both the patch portion and the magnet pocket portion, which combined with possible advertising space of ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090261605 | PET WASTE COLLECTION TOOL WITH INTEGRATED LEASH A pet waste collection tool includes a body portion, a retractable trigger, a scoop portion, a chain, a leash attachment member, and a leash. The body portion may include a first end, a second end, and a handle portion. The retractable trigger may be coupled on one end ... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090261604 | Pet Waste Collection Tool with Integrated Leash A pet waste collection tool having an integrated leash is disclosed. The tool includes a retractable grasping device that can be retracted within the body portion of the tool. The retractable grasping device includes a grasping portion that has a means of attaching a ba... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090252366 | DECORATIVE AND REMOVABLE EARBUD COVER A decorative and removable earbud cover is disclosed that can attach to earbuds, earpieces, headphones, or the like. The earbud cover includes two major components: an attachment portion and a decorative portion. The attachment portion snaps over a cylindrical earbud po... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090242485 | PURIFIED WATER DISPENSING MACHINE A unique water purification system for use in vending machine applications. The invention can be configured several different ways, with the goal of purifying the water through the reverse osmosis component, and optionally sanitizing it with UV light, then re-mineralizi... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090236811 | Skateboard Riser with Integrated LED Light A riser for a skateboard with an integrated LED light is disclosed. The riser is made of clear acrylic and attaches between the deck and the truck of the skateboard. The riser is battery powered and rechargeable. The LED emits light that travels through the riser and ex... | 09/24/2009 |
