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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7610721 | Rain gutter drainage and debris removal system In summary, this invention is a rain gutter debris removal system, including a rain gutter and a debris removal device operable within the gutter. The gutter includes a back wall and a bottom channel member. The debris removal device includes an upright scavenging b... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7527483 | Expansible chamber pneumatic system An expansible chamber pneumatic system, for example a fluid pump system, includes two or more double-acting diaphragm pumps, each with symmetrical left and right pump housings, each housing including an air chamber and a fluid chamber separated by a movable diaphrag... | 05/05/2009 |
| D583280 | Flag with embedded portraiture | 12/23/2008 |
| 7428799 | Gutter drainage and debris removal system A rain gutter includes a back wall, bottom member, and front wall, forming an elongated channel. The front wall is pivotally connected along the bottom member for forward movement between an upstanding position and a downward open position. An upright scavenger blad... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7347014 | Snowplow improvement A snowplow includes a blade and bottom plate with a mounting plate bolted to an end portion of the bottom plate. A channel bracket is fixed to the mounting plate with its flanges extending forward and its web thereby spaced forward of the mounting plate to form a pa... | 03/25/2008 |
| D545083 | Table | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223618 | Fabrication of laser diode array A process of making a laser diode device includes these steps: applying a bonding layer such as molybdenum manganese to surfaces of first and second bodies of dielectric material such as beryllium oxide; joining the first and second bodies together to form a cavity;... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7043765 | Shirt with cooling collar and cooling pockets A shirt includes a collar with inner and outer layers forming ice pockets spaced around the collar. The pockets are for ice to cool the main blood vessels and spinal nerves in the neck of the wearer. In use, the collar is either in an upstanding closed position arou... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6962130 | Garden pond shelter reef An artificial pond reef is formed from sheet material into the shape of an inverted tub. It includes a peripheral base portion, upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. The base portion includes a horizontal flange extending out from the sidewalls. The sidewalls extend up ... | 11/08/2005 |
| D509695 | Combination pillow and baby bottle holder | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941876 | Adjustable reading table A reading table includes a tabletop is connected to a frame for pivotal movement up and down among selected inclined positions. The frame is supported on front and back legs, the front legs being connected for pivotal movement between “normal” forward positions ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920834 | Tubular table height adjuster A table includes a tabletop and adjustable legs. Each table leg includes an inner tube attached to the tabletop, and an outer tube slidable on the inner tube. The inner tube includes a lengthwise keyway and a snap locking device in the bottom end of the tube. The lo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6832744 | Visual signalling device for service A visual signalling device, by which to signal for service, includes an elongated cradle with upper and lower ends, the upper end standing on legs to thereby incline the cradle at a tilt angle. The cradle includes a bottom, sidewalls, and a lower endwall. The legs a... | 12/21/2004 |
| D498412 | Table height adjusters | 11/16/2004 |
| 6739017 | Combination paint roller and shield A shield for a paint roller of the type having a roller support member with a roller on one end and a handle on the other end, includes a bottom, sidewalls, backwall, and a handle extending rearward, all in a dust pan configuration. The handle is a cylinder forming ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739582 | Flexible cable leader A cable leader includes an elongated cylindrical body with a pointed leading end and a hollow tubular end. The tubular end cavity includes an axially tapered inner wall. In one embodiment, the inner wall includes a plurality of axially spaced circumferential bites o... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6647037 | Laser diode array A process of making a laser diode device includes these steps: applying a bonding layer such as molybdenum manganese to surfaces of first and second bodies of dielectric material such as beryllium oxide; joining the first and second bodies together to for... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6640809 | Computer user posture device A keyboard posture device includes a lateral support shaft, left and right L-shaped tubular frame members, and left and right arm restraints. The lateral branch of each frame member is adjustably movable along the support shaft. Left and right arm restrai... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6511114 | Handle for carrying plastic bags A handle for carrying plastic bags includes a flat plate with a top horizontal hand grip, a vertical member depending from each end of the hand grip, and a horizontal bottom portion, all surrounding a hand grip aperture. A number of bag hooks depend from ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6502809 | Workpiece holding fixture A fixture for holding workpieces on a machine tool table includes: a base plate for placement upon table rails and slidable along such rails; a locking plate under the base plate for rotation between a locking position to secure the base plate to the tabl... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6461258 | Net system for volleyball or the like A net system for volleyball, badminton, and the like includes first and second piers and a net with top and bottom supporting cables extending between the piers. The piers each include a base, net pole, and net tensioning spring. The bases each include lo... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6346051 | Stand for golf clubs and accessories A golf club stand is a single rod member which includes the following segments in series: a point at the lower end of the rod; a leg extending up from the point, a 180° bend; an arm depending from the bend; a first lateral member extending from the depen... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6321432 | Tool for automotive engine valve removal and replacement A tool for removal of an automotive engine valve from a cylinder head, the valve including a valve stem, valve spring, and keepers locking the spring in engagement with the valve stem. The tool compresses the valve spring to remove the keepers from the va... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6311472 | Method and means of fluid supply for combustion systems A combustion system includes a combustor and a hydrokinetic amplifier to supply it with fluids. The hydrokinetic amplifier includes first and second primary fluid inlet ports to receive first and second primary fluids into the hydrokinetic amplifier at a ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6233938 | Rankine cycle and working fluid therefor Thermal decomposition studies have been performed on methylene chloride at temperatures of 450, 480, 550, 650, 750, and 850° F. After the 550, 650, 750, and 850° F. studies, samples were taken and analyzed for acidic decomposition products of methylene ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6202846 | Decorative enhancement for handbag or carrying case A carrying case includes a panels forming an enclosure, with welting along seams between adjoining panels and along the panel free edges. The welting includes a tube of light-transmissive material. A wire is removably inserted into the tube, the wire havi... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6188707 | Mounting structure for laser diode bars A laser diode bar mounting structure includes a dielectric substrate with an overlying conductor, and diode bar spaces through the conductor layer to support laser diode bars within them. The bar spaces are configured with parallel upper sidewalls and fla... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6135980 | Mucus suction device A mucus suction device includes a pump housing, collection vessel connected to the pump housing, and a fluid conduit connected to the vessel and adapted for placement in a nostril. The pump housing, vessel, and conduit together define an air path. The pum... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6103969 | Solar energy collector A solar energy collector includes a base supporting a modular unit, a flexible mounting pad, and a solar panel turret extending upward from the mounting pad. A water receptacle surrounds the mounting pad. The solar panel turret is generally hemiellipsoida... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6088975 | Hurricane protection for mobile homes and small buildings One system of mobile home (or other structure) wind protection includes a channel below ground level around the structure, the channel including a lid around its perimeter adapted to open and close. Tie-down anchor bolts are spaced along the channel aroun... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6073861 | Pressurized fluid cleaning system A pressurized fluid cleaning system includes a fluid source, a discharge line leading to a spray discharge element, and a motor driven cleaner such as a cleaning brush to clean the spray discharge element. A sensor in the discharge line responds to fluid ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6050567 | Board game A method of playing a sledrace game board which includes a starting point, a finish line, numerous interconnecting trails, pick card spaces, marker pieces and die to determine a random number which a player must move a marker. Cards are used to give a pla... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6041604 | Rankine cycle and working fluid therefor A thermodynamic cycle for converting thermal energy of a working fluid to mechanical energy in a cycle of evaporation, expansion, condensation, and compression, includes methylene chloride as the working fluid. A system for performing the cycle includes a... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5953802 | Windshield removal jack A windshield jack includes a linear actuator operable between retracted and extended conditions. The actuator includes telescoping inner and outer tubes. A reversible drive motor connected to the outer tube includes a threaded drive shaft which engages a ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5950071 | Detachment and removal of microscopic surface contaminants using a pulsed detach light A process for detachment and removal of microscopic contaminant particles from a surface includes a pulsed detach light directed at the surface to excite a contaminant particle thereon at or near its resonant frequency, to thereby detach the particle from... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5909909 | System for installing O-ring A system for inserting O-rings into axially spaced annular grooves in a cylindrical cavity includes a cylinder for insertion to a limited extent into the cavity from one end, with a rod extending from the cylinder through the cavity; a sleeve for insertio... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5899278 | Stove top fire extinguisher system A stove-hood fire extinguisher system includes a reservoir for fire extinguishing agent, and a distributor arm which in turn includes a fluid tube and an actuator tube. An extinguisher valve connects the reservoir to the fluid tube, and includes a valve s... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5850587 | Electrostatic toner conditioning and controlling means II A system for delivering electrostatic toner to an image receiving member includes a traveling electrostatic wave toner conveyor with a delivery segment adjacent to the image receiving member. The delivery segment includes parallel traveling wave conveyor ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5836495 | Automative vehicle lift mechanism adapted for two-wheeled vehicles An automotive wheel lift is adapted to carry a motorcycle by wheel pads removably mounted on the wheel lift crossbar. Each wheel pad includes an inverted crossbar channel for placement over the crossbar, an upright wheel channel parallel with the crossbar... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5836043 | Versatile paint tray A paint tray includes a bottom, front wall, back wall, sidewalls, and a mounting bracket connected to the side walls. The mounting bracket has parallel legs, each leg including a foot at one end and a hook at the other end. The feet extend outward of the ... | 11/17/1998 |
