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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168065 | Swimming pool skimmer basket and chlorinator A swimming pool skimmer basket and chlorinator includes a basket and a removable divider that partitions the basket into a chlorine tablet compartment below and a debris compartment above. The basket is cylindrical with a flat base and has a plurality of apertures f... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8094782 | X-ray backscatter system for imaging soft tissue regions An x-ray source emits a cone beam a rapidly rotating, x-ray-opaque disc with four narrow radial slots. The slots break the cone beam into fan beams that are emitted to an x-ray-opaque plate with a narrow slit. As each fan beam moves across the plate, the slit produc... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087853 | Adjustable pocket hole apparatus In the pocket hole apparatus of the present invention, a table reciprocates linearly relative to a base. An anvil is fixed relative to the base and holds the workpiece on a sloped top surface at the desired angle for the pocket hole. A drill spindle with a drill bit... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8057261 | Flag terminal insulator An insulator adapted to receive a flag terminal. The insulator has a housing and a rear cover. The housing has an L shape with a base and a riser. The housing has a rectangular terminal opening at the base and a cavity that receives the flag terminal through the ter... | 11/15/2011 |
| D644947 | Laser level | 09/13/2011 |
| D644946 | Bubble level | 09/13/2011 |
| D644945 | Bubble level | 09/13/2011 |
| 7980935 | Method of playing a poker-type game A method of playing a succession of poker-type games that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, starter hands and five unrevealed community cards. The starter hands remain the same for all games of the succession of game. In each game a player wagers on one or more... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7913447 | Smart and multiple mouse trap The Smart and Multiple Mouse Trap uses two ascendant walls that lead to the top of the mouse trap. On the top of the trap, there is a cylinder shaped wheel that will contain food. In order for the mouse to get the food, it must maneuver upward from one of the two as... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7866071 | Vehicle lock box with license plate holder A vehicle lock box with a weather-proof compartment and a license plate holder that mounts to the license plate bracket. An outer frame is comprised of a pair of hinged, rigid panels that is secured closed by the locking mechanism. Each panel has a raised lip that f... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860211 | Method of producing a laminography image with a rotating object, fixed x-ray source, and fixed detector columns A method of producing a laminography image of an object. The object is rotated on a platform in an object space between a fixed x-ray source and multiple columns of detector elements. Two samples of each voxel are taken at each detector column, one for each of the t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7802372 | Removable laser base attachment for bubble levels A removable laser base for a bubble level that includes a body, a laser beam generator, and a removable securement. The body has a flat top surface that the level is secured to and a bottom surface that is flat and parallel to the top surface. A laser diode mounted ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7793360 | High-visibility turnout coat assemblage A high-visibility covering is removably attached to a firefighter turnout coat at the shoulders and front closure by easily separable fasteners so that the assemblage can be donned as a single coat and the high-visibility covering can be easily ripped off. In one em... | 09/14/2010 |
| RE41663 | Compliant electrical contact assembly A compliant electrical contact assembly for temporarily interfacing two electrical devices. The assembly includes a contact having loops with axes forming with a closed coil with opposed contact points. The axes is angled from the direction of the compression force ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7703151 | Cuff closure for reversible garments A cuff closure comprising a flap having one end attached to the cuff and a free end, a longitudinal slit in the cuff adjacent to the attached end of the flap, a flap fastener component on the flap, a first surface fastener component on the first surface of the cuff ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699670 | Ignition wire spark plug terminal assembly An ignition wire spark plug terminal comprising a connector and a wire attachment. The wire attachment is adapted to attach to a wire. The connector is comprised of a ferrule and a spring clip. The ferrule is generally at least semi-cylindrical and the spring clip i... | 04/20/2010 |
| D613194 | Laser level | 04/06/2010 |
| 7669249 | Concealable/deployable reflective band for garments A band that extends around a garment appendage, such as a sleeve or trouser leg. The band has a concealed position that hides a reflective tape and a deployed position where the reflective tape is visible. The band includes a strip that encircles and is attached to ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7654532 | Method of playing a poker-type bonus A method of playing a poker-type bonus to another game that is triggered by an event in the game. After being triggered, a plurality of revealed, two-card starter hands and five unrevealed community cards are displayed. The unrevealed cards are then revealed. Each s... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7620150 | X-ray backscatter system for imaging at shallow depths The apparatus has an x-ray source that emits an x-ray cone beam through a tubular, x-ray-blocking guide to a planar template with a small pinhole to produce a pencil beam. The template is movable so the pencil beam can scan the target region to be imaged. Between th... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7581732 | Method of playing a poker-type game A method of playing a succession of poker-type games where two cards are revealed in each of a plurality of hands. The cards in the hands remain the same for all of the games in the succession of games. After a player sees the hands, the player wagers on at least on... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7571521 | Elastic tie down A tie down for connecting two objects. The tie down has an elastic tube having an unstretched state and a stretched state, a braided line extending through the tube, with the line having a compressed state and an uncompressed state, and a mechanical securement at ea... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7561666 | Personnel x-ray inspection system A dual-energy x-ray source located a distance of one half of the maximum width of the subject from the subject emits a cone beam to a horizontal slit in an x-ray-blocking sheet, producing a fan beam that is chopped into a pencil beam by a rotating disk with radial s... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556503 | Compliant electrical contact and assembly A compliant electrical contact and an assembly employing a plurality of the contacts that provides an interface between two electrical devices. The contact has a convoluted spring with convolutions and a contact point at each end. In one contact embodiment, the conv... | 07/07/2009 |
| D595165 | Bubble level | 06/30/2009 |
| 7536798 | Multiple angle compact spirit level The level with a generally u-shaped or round, rigid frame. The outer surface is comprised of a number of planar reference faces that are at different fixed angles to a spirit vial mounted in the frame. Optionally, magnets are embedded in the reference faces. Optiona... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7481432 | Method of playing a poker-type scratch ticket game A method of playing a poker-type scratch ticket game where a scratch ticket has a plurality of two-card, known, starter hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player reveals the community cards. Each starter hand is combined with the community cards to form co... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481434 | Method of playing a pai-gow-type game A pai gow-type game in which a player wagers on one or more of a group of player hands, and where the chances of winning are not enhanced by the skills of the player and no discretion in the arrangement of hands is vested in either the player or dealer. A number of ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7464936 | Method of playing a video poker game A method of playing a video poker game that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, partial hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player wagers on one or more partial hands, after which some of the community cards are revealed. The player then either raises or... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7454818 | Elastic tie down A tie down for connecting two objects. The tie down has an elastic tube having an unstretched state and a stretched state, a braided line extending through the tube, with the line having a compressed state and an uncompressed state, and a securement at each tube end... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451987 | Method of playing a bonus wager A method of playing a game with at least one deck of cards where the game comprises the steps of affording a player the opportunity to place a bonus wager, dealing out the cards to each of a plurality of hands, forming a bonus hand from at least one card from each o... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7427067 | Method of playing a poker-type keno game A method of playing a poker-type keno game that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, starter hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player wagers on one or more starter hands, after which the community cards are revealed. Each starter hand is combined with a... | 09/23/2008 |
| D576063 | Bubble level | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409913 | Single-axis programmable positioning device A single-axis programmable positioning device for positioning a work piece in a work area comprising. The device includes a rail with a pair of parallel channels, a trolley with bearing that ride in the rails, a work piece stop mounted to the trolley, a motor assemb... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410417 | Method of playing a poker-type keno game A method of playing a poker-type keno game where a player wagers on a game that has two cards revealed in each of a plurality of hands. The player wagers on one or more of the hands. Five community cards are revealed and are part of each hand. The winning hand is de... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396015 | Method of playing a poker-type game A method of playing a poker-type game where two cards are revealed in each of a plurality of hands followed by a player wagering on at least one of the hands. Three community cards are revealed followed by a second round of wagering where the player must either rais... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7353545 | Concealable/deployable reflective band for garments A band that extends around a garment appendage, such as a sleeve or trouser leg. The band has a concealed position that hides a reflective tape and a deployed position where the reflective tape is visible. The band includes a cylindrical strip that fully encircles a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325806 | Method of playing a bonus wager A method of playing a game with at least one deck of cards where the game comprises the steps of affording a player the opportunity to place a bonus wager, dealing out the cards to each of a plurality of hands, forming a bonus hand from one card from each of more th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7288714 | Electrical arc flash protection blanket An electrical arc flash protection blanket for protecting workers from electrical arc flashes. The blanket is composed of two or more layers where the layer closest to the electrical arc source is of a fiberglass material and the remainder of the layers are of fiber... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270331 | Method of playing a bonus A method of playing a game bonus triggered by the rank of the player hand. A plurality of bonus hands is provided and a value is assigned to each one. The player chooses one of the bonus hands, after which the value is revealed and the player is paid the correspondi... | 09/18/2007 |
