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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6860674 | Speed bumps formed from tire tread strip laminations Speed bumps for mounting across roadway lanes to encourage vehicle drivers to slow down are formed of laminated layers of elongated flexible rubber strips secured together to form a speed bump unit. Typical bump heights of three inches are obtained from six laminate... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6692047 | Add-on automobile bumper and sidewall protective strips made from reclaimed tire treads A flexible impact energy absorption resilient and flexible rubber strip accessory has an adhesive layer for affixing it to an exterior curved automobile body surface. An inexpensive preferred embodiment is formed using tire tread strips cut from the carca... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6085687 | Flag mount for vehicle luggage rack An accessory is provided for mounting flags, typically favorite team pennants or insignia, on the rooftops of vehicles provided upwardly extending bars such as luggage racks by means of a clamping mechanism that orients a flagstaff vertically a predetermi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082432 | Screen door accessory A roll-up screen door appliance for drawing a screen panel horizontally across the span of a door frame, which advantageously may be stably positioned in a partly open position for permitting persons to pass through with a minimum opening, thereby reducin... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081049 | Electrical service disconnect boxes for conveying power to adjacent electrical appliances such as air conditioners This invention provides a device which facilitates electrical wiring and equipment costs for electricians installing disconnect boxes, typically in the vicinity of an outside air conditioner unit. Thus, an improved disconnect box for protection of an elec... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6057509 | Modularized electrical box systems A modularized electric box system provides a minimum of modular elements, typically two or three from which a basic anchor box may be formed with protruding members for support by a building body, and from which gangable extensions thereto may be fashione... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6053222 | Dunnage bag deflation tool This invention solves the problem of removing undamaged inflated dunnage bags from a cargo space by using a high pressure air source to both open the dunnage bag inflation valve and to suck air out of the bag by discharging the high pressure air through a... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6036393 | Soap saver and dispenser novelty A multipurpose two piece soap dispenser is provided with an ornamental water impervious hollow reservoir body portion with a coin-type slot therethrough for inserting and retaining soap chips. The reservoir body portion has a lowermost opening covered by ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6029773 | Tubular emergency exit for buildings The present invention refers to a tubular escape system for buildings consisting of a combination of a platform, multiple uprights located around the perimeter of the platform to support the railings, a door connecting the building interior on that floor ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6027281 | Articulated tractor-paint striper system for two-layer striping This invention provides for painting a second coat upon a set of parallel striped lines in exact registration in one pass of a motorized painting vehicle for such applications as painting aircraft taxi stripes at airports. Beads are also registered on one... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6020737 | Shaft position detectors with stray magnetic field compensation A rotary resolver having a stator housing with electromagnetic coils and a permanent magnetic rotor rotatable therein is improved to provide a resolver system with more precise angular rotor position readings. Interacting system features include a ring of... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016451 | Neurological stabilizer device This invention relates to a Neurological Stabilizer Device and is directed particularly to provide to the human organism a flux of electric current with the purpose of regulating, in certain cases and circumstances, the natural electric impulses of the hu... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6003625 | Rear-drive, ride-on tractor propulsion unit for articulation with manually steerable utility vehicles A rear-drive, ride-on tractor propulsion unit is provided for articulation with manually steerable utility vehicles wherein a hydrostatic trans-axle transmission couples a gasoline motor to individual ones of two drive wheels about which the propulsion un... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6003253 | Method of mounting a fabric cloth to be painted in a stretched manner and apparatus for practicing such method The mounting and stretching of a fabric cloth at a distance from a base proceeds by utilization of mounting bodies made of cardboard mounted adhesively onto the base. The cloth is stretched over the upper edges of the mounting bodies and is temporarily mo... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5988401 | Display rack with alphabetic characters cradling a ball A decorative ball display rack is formed of alphabetic characters, shaped and assembled in a self supporting array visibly displaying an abbreviated indicia identifying an institution sponsoring an athletic team, or the like, to present at least three upp... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5988269 | Plate heat exchanger A plate heat exchanger for two or more flowing media may according to the invention be designed so that the front and rear cover plates (1, 8) of the exchanger act as channel defining walls for a flowing heat exchanging medium, and so that the tube connec... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983674 | Method for the manufacture of objects of glass or crystal Method for the application of colored or uncolored decorations of transparent, opaque or opal glass or crystal glass to objects of preferably blown, press-casted, injection molded or centrifugally casted glass or crystal, according to which the object aft... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5975254 | Sealing arrangement for a rail vehicle slack adjuster In a sealing arrangement between a tubular housing (2) and a rod (1) in a rail vehicle slack adjuster, a cup (3) is movable with the rod and extends along the rod over the free end of the housing. A sealing arrangement (6-9) is in sealing engagement with ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5966830 | Washing and drying appliance for salads and delicate fruits A centrifugal force salad green spinning system is improved for use with delicate fruits and vegetables such as strawberries and delicate herbs by inserting a secondary receptacle basket with reduced diameter sidewalls into the primary rotary spinning rec... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5951895 | Cooking process In a method and a cooking machine for continuously heat treating a food product the heat transfer to the food product is accomplished on a conveyor (5) in a processing chamber (2) from above by means of convection from a heat transfer medium and from belo... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5950501 | Pinion drive The low-loss pinion drive has a housing (2) in which the gear wheels are fitted in radial bearings (3) and preferably also an additional inner housing (4) enclosing the pinions (1) as closely as possible. At least the air and preferably also the lubricati... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5947637 | Automatic tracking around curved patterns for paint stripers A superior performance highway striping system is provided with various features including single person operation for different kinds of striping requirements and simplified automatic tracking around curved striping patterns provided by articulation at a... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5931335 | Liquid propane gas tanks and, in particular to cylindrical tanks for vehicles Liquid propane gas tanks for vehicles, and cylindrical tanks in particular, wherein end (1) of cylinder (2) is provided with a cavity (3) housing the valve group ring (4), or the valve rings in the case of the embodiment designed for the foreign market, s... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5932939 | Electrical service disconnect boxes for conveying power to adjacent electrical appliances such as air conditioners This invention provides a device which facilitates electrical wiring and equipment costs for electricians installing disconnect boxes, typically in the vicinity of an outside air conditioner unit. Thus, an improved disconnect box for protection of an elec... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5924527 | Tread brake unit A tread brake unit for applying a brake block (3) against the tread of a rail vehicle wheel comprises a pneumatic cylinder (1) having a piston (9) with a piston rod (11). A block holder (2) for the brake block is pivotably connected to the piston rod by a... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5910648 | Sound generator In a sound generator of the type having a motor powered piston (7-9) limiting a chamber (18) connected to a resonance tube (16) and which is adapted to generate sound waves for cleaning heat exchange surfaces, the piston (7-9) is according the invention p... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5909220 | Interactive computerized image coloring systems and methods for processing combinations of color with automated subroutines and color standardization for diverse color systems This invention provides improved automated methods and systems for color processing on personal computers whereby an interactive user may intervene to introduce creative and selective choices. Various automatic coloring procedures process coloring. Visual... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5904241 | Shuttle plugs for retaining headless pivot rods in conveyor belts A modular link of a conveyor belt is provided with belt edge structure for retaining in the belt so that it may not escape or protrude from a belt edge a headless pivot rod journalled in apertures in interdigitated link ends interconnecting adjacent links... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5901589 | Quick opening hand gun safe A storage safe is especially adapted for storage of hand guns having a substantially parallelepiped shaped exterior body and internal compartment for holding a hand gun in position for grasping ready to fire. Fast access to the gun under emergency conditi... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5894029 | Method of making pet snack food A dried, puffed pat food composed of farinaceous and proteinaceous materials and flavoring ingredients,, such as seasonings, smoke flavoring, and spices; and additives; such as, cyclodextrin, emulsifiers, preservatives, trace minerals, vitamins, and optio... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5890965 | Dry coupling The dry coupling includes a typical shaft to shaft coupling, conformed to body the invention by inclusion of two hub parts (4) with hub flanges (5,5') bonded thereunto and also an intermediate tube (6) interconnecting the flanges with respective flanges (... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890314 | Self-setting hook configuration for weedless fishing lures A novel hook assembly forms two hooks at the end of a single elastic length of wire which spreads the hooks elastically apart in a fish hooking posture. This hook forms the active mechanism of a weedless, self setting fishing lure, where the hooks are com... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5874692 | Laterally expandable modular electrical box and method of reducing wiring time and mounting wall disfiguration One embodiment permits retrofitting one or more laterally extending electrical boxes for extra switches, outlets or accessories such as rheostatic controls in existing walls without tearing out a portion of the wall, removing the box, rewiring a new gange... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5870888 | Lawn grooming and rolling accessories for lawn mowers This invention provides improved lawn rolling equipment for grooming lawns. To resolve the "Lazarus" effect of recovery of bent over grass stems that make a freshly mowed lawn look unkempt and ragged, a lawn mower accessory is provided with a roller that ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5855155 | Apparatus for producing mounts for pictures or documents An apparatus for producing mounts for pictures or documents comprises a cutting head which is movable over a mount blank in a longitudinal axis and in a transverse axis. A controller is provided which is so designed that the cutting head is automatically ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5850662 | Elastic plastic scrubbers for bathing the back and the method of manufacture This invention refers to improvements to an elastic plastic scrubber for the bath, which has one or more sections, each one being a tubular element, into which strings or pulls are inserted so that it is possible to rub one's entire back with little effor... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5839972 | Golf ball and tee positioning and retrieval device A golfer's pocket sized accessory is provided to permit a standing golfer to tee up golf balls, recover the tees after use, and to retrieve golf balls out of the cup. This accessory is made to clamp on the grip handle portion of a golf club in use. In a p... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839488 | Hands-off low-air-loss quick-connect quick-disconnect fast-fill dunnage bag filling valve-nozzle assembly & system Problems of filling dunnage bags for cushioning loads in transit in trailers, railroad cars, and the like, with air are resolved by this improved air filling bag valve and nozzle. In several respects the valves are superior in operation, wasting less air ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5836034 | Combined soft/abrasive cleaning sponge width projecting peaks with rounded tips This invention relates to a soft/abrasive sponge, and more specifically to a sponge of the type that is used for cleaning any class of articles such as dishes, bathrooms, tiles etc., which combines in one body of any geometric shape one section of a soft ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833035 | Disc brake caliper A disc brake caliper comprises a housing (1) to be arranged to straddle a vehicule brake disc, a cover (2) attached to the housing, two thrust sleeves (8), which are connected to a brake pad (5) and which are axially movable in the housing, a cross bar (9... | 11/10/1998 |
