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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D656319 | Lint roller | 03/27/2012 |
| 7832108 | Pencil sharpener cap A pencil sharpener includes a housing having an inner cavity for receiving at least a portion of a pencil therein. The pencil includes a center portion and an outer portion generally coaxial with the center portion. A sharpener is longitudinally slidable within the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| D617398 | Toy water gun | 06/08/2010 |
| D615146 | Gopher exterminator device | 05/04/2010 |
| 7404904 | Method and apparatus to clean particulate matter from a toxic fluid There is a method of capturing, removing or collecting the particulate matter from a fluid containing a toxic liquid reaction and particulate matter produced from the reaction. The method includes partly or completely disposing a screen into the toxic fluid. Mixing ... | 07/29/2008 |
| D563154 | Blender with a dispenser | 03/04/2008 |
| D561983 | Cloth shoe | 02/19/2008 |
| 7296679 | Multi-purpose fixing insert for toy containers and method of packaging A multi-purpose insert designed to be used in conjunction with a conventional toy container or box for packaging, shipping and displaying a toy item. The insert includes a base piece, a cover piece and a holding piece, as well as a locking mechanism. The base piece ... | 11/20/2007 |
| D550562 | Toy bubble bottle | 09/11/2007 |
| 7175045 | Article-dispensing or vending machine The present invention provides an article-dispensing machine or a vending machine, which includes a main body, one or more tracks for holding articles, one or more selection elements for selecting at least one article and one or more dispenser-controlling assemblies... | 02/13/2007 |
| D530377 | Gumball and candy machine | 10/17/2006 |
| D528844 | Chocolate fondue fountain | 09/26/2006 |
| D507735 | Shower curtain rod finial | 07/26/2005 |
| 5451227 | Thin foot plate multi bite rongeur An improved bone biting rongeur with a thin foot plate, a replaceable hollow cutting slide storage member, capable of storing the cut bone, and a protective mechanism for protecting the foot plate is disclosed. The rongeur is capable of repeated and unint... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5398521 | Commercial freezer A refrigerator having coaxial, but oppositely directed, fans pulls air over refrigeration coils and perpendicularly across articles to be refrigerated supported by an endless conveyor belt. The endless conveyor belt is supported and impelled by a carousel... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398706 | Cosmetic case A compact case has a circular bottom cosmetic holding compartment consisting of a tray having a series of pre-shaped depressed segments, and an upper cover that has an opening corresponding to the pre-shape of the depressed segments. The upper cover is ro... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5339354 | Shared line telephone answering device For a single telephone line having plural telephone answering devices (TADs) connected to it, a system of TADs is disclosed where only one TAD answers the telephone but all other TADs connected to the telephone line are accessible and activated by means o... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5314393 | Water jump rope A jump rope, capable of being connected to a source of water, consists of a hollow tube connected from the source of water to a jump rope handle. The outlet of the jump rope handle is connected to a hollow tube that has a series of small holes. The other ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5280314 | Film streamer cuing system and projection system A projection system for visual motion picture cues. To assist the engineer in the process of audio dubbing and the like by allowing the engineer to anticipate the precise moment that a cue point will occur, a cue is visually presented on the motion pictur... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5269337 | Water control apparatus A water control apparatus having a main valve, a main valve control, and a step-wise valve. A moisture sensor is connected to the valve control. In response to the moisture sensor, the valve control opens or closes the main valve. When the main valve open... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5261661 | Training football A training football having a weighted bar weighing at least 1/2 pound inside the football, located along the long axis of the football, is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a solid cylindrical element, in the shape of a bar, is inse... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5255088 | System and process for video monitoring a welding operation A configuration or system of lenses for use in an arc welding environment variably filters light so that the dramatic contrasts of light present in the welding area are reduced for better remote viewing. A photochromic lens forms a negative image of the w... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5251326 | Two way communication system for water sports A system for two way communication under shallow water or between a swimmer and observer comprising a transceiver, a wire for conducting electrical signals connected to the transceiver, a watertight transducer housing that curvedly conforms to human heads... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5250061 | Ring currette An improved ring currette for the removal of pathological body tissues is disclosed.... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5244251 | Pneumatic seat for bicycle and method of manufacture A air filled hollow seat has a relatively flexible top portion and a relatively rigid bottom support portion. The bottom support portion is integrally formed to the seat. An air inlet permits the injection of air, under pressure, into the interior of the ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5215090 | Fetal electrode A fetal monitoring scalp electrode apparatus has a relatively rigid form sustaining curved outer guide tube and a flexible inner driver tube movable within the outer guide tube for driving an electrode holder holding an electrode which is screwed into the... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5199636 | Gift mailing box A mailing box made of corrugated cardboard is formed from a single scored piece of corrugated cardboard that when folded provides multiple layers of support at the corners of the box providing extra strength for protection against crushing. The box is con... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5195526 | Spinal marker needle A radiographically opaque spinal marker needle having a lower portion consisting of a small bore hollow needle and an upper portion having a larger outside diameter. An intermediate penetration restriction member fixed to and surrounding the marker needle... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5197093 | Enviromental adaptive mechanism for channel utilization in cordless telephones A cordless telephone has an improved mechanism for scanning and selecting channels by adapting to the channel usage patterns of the local environment in which it is placed. This results in a prioritized list of channels that have the highest probability o... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5189739 | Toilet seat for an invalid A movable toilet seat, the seat portion of which remains horizontal while raising and lowering. An upper frame capable of having a common toilet seat attached raises and lowers with respect to a lower frame. The lower frame provides support for the upper ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5163082 | Memory management methods and apparatus for digital telephone answering devices A digital memory used by a digital telephone answering device to record messages, a method by which vacant memory space created by the deletion of a message interlying two saved messages is recovered for future message recording use. Available vacated mem... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5140632 | Telephone having voice capability adaptor An adaptor unit is designed to fit over the touch tone telephone pad of a cellular car phone. The adaptor unit has an electronic voice quality chip module in it so that when push buttons having numbers on them on the adaptor unit corresponding to the numb... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5136741 | Multiple component mattress with removable cover A mattress intended for use in hospital facilities, and having replaceable parts is disclosed. The mattress is made up of an upper layer of one foam material and a lower thicker layer, itself having two layers. The first lower layer is constructed to give... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5135210 | Surgical armboard attachment device An improved surgical armboard attachment device permitting enhanced adjustability of a conventional surgical armboard is disclosed. The attachment device permits adjustment of the armboard in three planes, and can be used as an adaptor to an existing armb... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5125704 | Car grill attachment A padded, elastic car grill band or detachably self-attaching strip snugly fits around the exposed, lower portion of a car grill to prevent injury when the lower portion of a car grill becomes exposed and a hazard when the car grill raises up with the car... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5126534 | Toaster with cool exterior A toaster having double-wall construction controls the flow of air within its interior so that its exterior is kept cool. Air intake occurs near the edge of the top toaster slot where bread or the like is inserted for toasting. Intake air then travels dow... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5111500 | Handset or speaker message retrieval system A telephone answering machine with a built in telephone that incorporates a mechanism for retrieving messages under a variety of operating conditions has the ability to access messages through the telephone handset to ensure privacy, while not interfering... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5101426 | Telephone answering device with improved end signal detection A telephone answering device (TAD) detects termination signals (Calling Party Control or CPC signals) on a telephone line by determining which signal is most probably a CPC signal, then comparing suspect signals to the determined signal. A series of memor... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5073932 | Secured data transmission and error recovery mechanism in cordless telephones A novel method is disclosed that facilitates secured transmission of data between the transmitting and receiving ends of a cordless telephone by encapsulating the desired command in a message code. This message code includes synchronization, security, and... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5070888 | External uterine contraction monitoring device An improved monitoring device for externally monitoring labor contractions preceding childbirth which does not require the use of a belt is disclosed consisting of a transducer assembly removably fixed to a base adhesively attached to the abdomen of the w... | 12/10/1991 |
