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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172264 | Automotive knee bolster installation and method of construction A knee bolster installation for an automotive vehicle includes a bridge plate extending across a space receiving a steering column in front of the driver's knee or a glove box in front of a passenger's knees and having a knee impact absorber structure attached behin... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162246 | Multiple safety element torque limiter A displaceable drive ball safety element type torque limiter is installed in a variable speed AC motor drive crusher mill drive which can include a selective operable locking brake to hold the crusher components stationary during maintenance operations. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8127392 | Convertible broom A convertible broom having a broom head able to be selectively latched in either of two pivoted angular positions with respect to a broom handle. A latch mechanism includes a sleeve grip slidable on the handle to move a locking feature into and out of engagement wit... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8104804 | Automobile safety bumper assembly A safety automobile bumper assembly includes energy absorbers interposed between a fascia and bumper beam comprised of a strip of deformable material formed with a loop with opposite curved ends deformed by relative movement of the fascia and bumper beam in an impac... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087716 | Cap for pickup truck bed A cap for the cargo bed of a pickup truck assembled on the truck including a base support frame comprised of a pair of parallel side by side slotted side guide rails and a hoop support frame pivotally mounted to each of the opposite ends of the side guide rails so a... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651697 | Rain gutter inside corner piece | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082701 | Combined guide-nail shield and process A formed metal piece is U-shaped to be fit to an outer edge of a framing stud, with a pair of side walls, at least one formed with a guide hole for accurately locating drilled holes for routing cables, etc. The front wall is sufficiently strong to provide nail shiel... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075816 | Form station platen drive for a thermoforming machine and a method of leveling platens A platen drive system and method of leveling platens in a forming station of a twin sheet thermoforming machine in which each platen is driven vertically by four independently operated drive units, each having an electric servo motor, the drive units arranged in two... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065834 | Two piece plant container with water reservoir A two part plant container includes an outer tub part having a series of step indentations around its perimeter forming horizontal rest surfaces within the outer part which are located above a lower region forming a water reservoir space. The inner part has a bottom... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8001729 | Gutter cover installation A gutter cover installation for covering a roof eave gutter to prevent debris from entering the gutter includes a main portion of the gutter cover formed with a pattern of openings and an outer edge of the outer side of the gutter cover projecting out and down past ... | 08/23/2011 |
| D642957 | Two piece plant container | 08/09/2011 |
| 7959372 | Molded sectional curb constructions in combination with paved roadways and method A gutter curb for paved roadways is constructed of an assembled series of elongated sections of gutter curbs connected together end to end, which are assembled along at least one side of a road bed. The gutter curb sections are molded from rubber from recycled tires... | 06/14/2011 |
| D638343 | Collapsible cap for a pickup truck | 05/24/2011 |
| D636563 | Bill for a cap or visor | 04/26/2011 |
| 7919036 | Process for producing a preweakened automotive interior trim piece for covering an air bag installation in an automotive vehicle A process for preweakening the inside of an automotive trim piece cover layer of various constructions by use of a laser beam so as to enable formation of an air bag deployment opening in the trim piece formed at the time the air bag deploys. The laser beam impinges... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918006 | Method for joining ends of sections of pipe A method for making pipe joints on successive pipe sections introduced into an oil well as assembled into a pipeline in which the joints are substantially of the same dimensions as the pipe sections to allow for subsequent plastic expansion of the sections. In each ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913854 | Filter apparatus and method with simplified filter belt indexing and sealing A filter apparatus includes a endless filter belt loop disposed in an interior space within a tank which receives liquid to be filtered. The filter belt has a series of closely spaced parallel guide-flight bars attached which are successively engaged by an extendibl... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7896573 | Clamping assembly for making connections to elongated members A connection assembly includes a base structure having a U-shaped piece with turned end walls at each end of a connecting portion with a cut out in each end wall, and a U-shaped cover piece having end walls each with a cut out, the cut outs, of each piece aligned to... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895995 | Launcher and chase toy combination and method The combination of a toy and launcher member for use in providing chase activities for pets, the toy being toroidally shaped and propelled by a whipping stroke of an elongated launch member having a gripper at one end which is engaged with a segment of the perimeter... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891904 | Manhole cover stop mechanism A stop mechanism advantageously combined with a manhole cover includes a holder body having a passage which slidably receives a stop member able to be cammed in and out upon advance or retraction of a threaded drive member having an enlarged tip engaged with a down ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891632 | Book holder stand A book holder stand has two shallow box like parts hinged together along one side to be openable to extend the parts from each other in opposite directions and define a generally planar support. A pivoted shelf is mounted at the bottom of each part able to be flippe... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7848775 | Cell phone with selective transmission of a slam or other sound A cell phone is equipped to selectively send a prerecorded sound such as a telephone handset being slammed down on its cradle to a connected cell phone by an activation key, and thereafter disconnect the call. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878463 | Shaft seal mounting and method A shaft seal mounting assembly and method including a pair of semicircular ring segments assembled onto a shaft with a seal held therein engaging the shaft. A flat surface on the base structure holding the ring segments is held against a wall surface extending aroun... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877918 | Multi-shot firearm using separate chamber tubes A firearm includes a magazine cavity in a handle defined by a frame. A stack of chamber tubes each holding a cartridge is loaded into the magazine cavity. A firing recess just to the rear of a bore defined in a firearm barrel receives the topmost chamber tube and ca... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7857249 | Tire chopping apparatus and method Used tires are chopped up in a punch press which progressively punches out areas of each tire lying flat in the press. The tire fragments are conveyed from the press to a collection container. An elevator mechanism may receive four tires stacked vertically, each use... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856930 | Electric motor driven traversing balancer hoist A balancer hoist has an electric servomotor driving irreversible gearing in turn driving a hoist chain drive. A float mode and a manual mode are provided using two independent load sensors for sensing the load weight and force applied to a control grip. A traversing... | 12/28/2010 |
| D629269 | Canning funnel | 12/21/2010 |
| 7815391 | Structural member joints A connector and method for joining one end of a first wood member such as a wood log or beam to a side of a second wood member involving metal sleeves secured in aligned holes in a respective member with a protruding one of the sleeve slidable into the other sleeve.... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810791 | Hoist controls with compensation for dynamic effects A servo motor driven hoist includes a float mode in which a load is raised lowered in response to manually applied forces on the load exerted by an operator in which forces applied to the load as a result of accelerations of the load generated by hoist movement of s... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809522 | Apparatus and method for determining and numerically displaying a volume dependent characteristic of any unseparated part of an item An apparatus and method for determining and numerically displaying the volume of an item or any part of the item by passing a manually held sensor member freely movable in both vertical and horizontal directions over and along an item lying on a support surface. Sen... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802747 | Line length adjustment device for mooring lines and the like A line length adjustment device includes a strap having a rope loop attached to one end, the other end wound up on a winder core in a housing which has a rope loop at an end opposite a slot receiving the strap. A gripper element normally engages the strap to lock it... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802375 | Clothes dryer lint screen assembly with built in lint scraper blade A lint screen assembly for a clothes dryer has a scraper blade within an open frame which mounts a lint screen panel to enable scraping out accumulated lint therefrom. The scraper blade is pivotable from a stowed position to an on-edge operative position and guided ... | 09/28/2010 |
| D624385 | Contoured sanding block | 09/28/2010 |
| 7793531 | Adjustable corrugating die sets and method of forming corrugations of varying configurations An adjustable die set and method for forming corrugations in a sheet in which pairs of elongated forming bars are detachably mounted parallel to each other in respective holders driven by upper and lower press members. One pair is more closely spaced than the other ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7788870 | Method and roofing strip for retarding moss, fungi, and algae growth on roofs A method for inhibiting growths on shingled roofs, one or more of the strips installed along shingle courses. The strips are preferably formed of copper and have an upper portion formed with a pattern of through holes along the length of the strip and pattern of dim... | 09/07/2010 |
| D623279 | Cover for eaves trough | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775384 | Electric motor driven traversing balancer hoist A balancer hoist has an electric servomotor driving irreversible gearing in turn driving a hoist chain drive. A float mode and a manual mode are provided using two independent load sensors for sensing the load weight and force applied to a control grip. A traversing... | 08/17/2010 |
| D621227 | Storage box for measuring spoons | 08/10/2010 |
| 7747410 | Door measurement system and method A measurement system and method to determine the operating characteristics of a door closure sensor technology and others. The objective of the device is to obtain in a simple manipulation, accurate, high speed data. Among the identified metrics are elements such as... | 06/29/2010 |
| D617438 | Praying hands air freshener | 06/08/2010 |
