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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7978342 | Method and apparatus for measuring expansion of materials Methods for measuring expansion of a test sample. One method includes establishing a diffraction slit between two blades, with the position of at least one of the blades being dependent upon the length of a test sample of material. As the temperature of the sample c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7800043 | Night vision goggles with detachable or reattachable modular components A night vision goggle system is shown, including optical modules, a heads-up display (HUD) module, and a camera module. Each module may be added to and removed from the system without structural, electrical, or optical damage to itself or the remaining modules. Each... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7755831 | Night vision glasses Image-intensifying glasses 100 that are suitable for certain commercial and entertainment applications by virtue of their light weight, small size, and economical production, compared to certain other night vision products. In one disclosed embodiment, input ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7694848 | Assembly for dispensing pre-moistened towelettes A novel towelette dispensing assembly is presented comprising a housing and a frame wherein the housing is attached the frame, which in turn is releasably secured between the mounting brackets of a conventional toilet tissue roll holder. The frame includes parallel-... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7265671 | Safety alarm system for seatbelts An alarm system for use with a motor vehicle to sound an alert whenever child passengers are left unattended and belted in a parked motor vehicle, including a transmitter for generating a radio signal characterized by a predetermined frequency, a receiver for receiv... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7503265 | Cooler table tray for installation around an umbrella pole A tray-cooler combination for positioning upon a surface, such as a patio table, about an upwardly extending projection, such as an umbrella pole. The tray-cooler combination includes upper and lower tray members, each having a central aperture, an outer peripheral ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7275621 | Skew horn for a loudspeaker A horn including a substantially flat coupling flange defining a coupling flange plane, a substantially planar mouth defining a mouth plane, an elongated throat extending between the coupling flange and the mouth, a transducer for generating a sonic output operation... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7170057 | Image enhancement system and method for night goggles A dichroic type narrow-band-pass filter is used as a beamsplitter inside a night vision goggle eyepiece. The filter is combined with appropriately aligned polarizers and liquid crystal type shutter rotators movable between a “P” orientation and an “S” orient... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7072107 | Modular panoramic night vision goggles A modular binocular-like vision assembly (300) has individual interconnecting inner (320, 330) and outer (310, 340) optical modules. Each module is separately sealed and self-contained and includes image intensifier means for converting incoming... | 07/04/2006 |
| D519382 | Bottle | 04/25/2006 |
| 6941889 | Apparatus and method for boarding animals into a boat An assembly for boarding swimming animals into a boat having a boat ladder, and having an elongated ramp with a sidewall. A plurality of apertures is formed through the sidewall, and a connection assembly is connected to the ramp. The connection assembly includes a ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6913551 | Basketball training aid An improved basketball training aid comprising a barrier over which a basketball shot must be lofted in order to pass through the basketball goal. The basketball training aid is intended for attachment to a basketball backboard and basketball goal. The basketball tr... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6874447 | Hunting dog training collar A method and apparatus for tracking and controlling a hunting dog, including a remote assembly to be carried by the hunting dog and a handset assembly to be carried by a hunter. The remote assembly includes a power source, an electronic controller electrically conne... | 04/05/2005 |
| D502818 | Chair | 03/15/2005 |
| 6754940 | Custom casket having removable keepsakes A combination of a casket and reattachably removable hardware for lifting the casket, including an aperture formed through a casket sidewall, a generally circular plate defined between a first radius and a second radius, an elongated lifting member having a first en... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6726451 | Ceiling fan and fan blade mounting arrangement for generating center or rotational gravity outside vertical axis A mounting arrangement for a ceiling fan has one or more blades located in the same semicircle of rotation so as to produce a center of rotational gravity that lies outside the vertical axis of the rotating fan. A ceiling fan has a counter balancing stabilizing memb... | 04/27/2004 |
| D488222 | Fan blade for a ceiling fan | 04/06/2004 |
| D488223 | Fan blade for a ceiling fan | 04/06/2004 |
| D488224 | Fan blade for a ceiling fan | 04/06/2004 |
| 6634263 | Unibody lathe spindle liner The present invention provides a method and article involving a one-piece, unibody spindle liner having a tubular shape with an outside diameter and inside diameter that may be sized to fit virtually any spindle of a turning machine and to readily allow f... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6612726 | Illuminated automobile wheels An assembly for providing illumination to an automobile wheel having an at least partially transparent wheel covering. The assembly includes a bracket for securing to the a non-rotating portion of an automobile wheel and a light emitting diode or diode ar... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6254555 | Instrument for diagnosing and treating soft tissue abnormalities through augmented soft tissue mobilization Presented are novel instruments intended for use in the diagnosis and treatment of fibrotic soft tissue through soft tissue mobilization therapies performed on, particularly, a human patient. Three such instruments are provided by the invention including ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6234532 | Lateral toe pick for ice skate blade A lateral toe pick for an ice skate blade is provided for enhancing the ice-gripping ability of the forward toe end of a skate blade and reducing slippage at the blade-to-ice interface in the interest of generating more lift and acceleration for the skate... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6201641 | Panoramic night vision goggles A binocular-like vision system (50) for enabling an observer to view an object. The system includes an input end (72,90) that receives light from the object and an optical transfer system (62,64,86,88) that receives the light received from the input end a... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6075644 | Panoramic night vision goggles A binocular-like vision system for enabling an observer to view an object. The system includes an input end that receives light from the object and an optical transfer system that receives the light received from the input end and transfers the received l... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5888232 | Ultralight modular quick-adjusting connector A prosthetic system including a novel connector is provided comprising a first prosthetic member such as a pylon tube having a first male end, an extending member such as a prosthetic bolt having a proximal end and a distal end, the male end of the first ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5755184 | Pet exerciser and toy device A Pet Exerciser and Toy Device consisting of an Attractor made of brightly colored silicone rubber strips attached to a high tensile strength steel Wire Member which is in turn embedded into a Handle Member that is manipulated by a human hand to entice th... | 05/26/1998 |
