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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D564732 | Adjustable tie hat | 03/25/2008 |
| 7308773 | Fishing lure A flexible artificial fishing lure comprising a lure body and a pair of legs extending from the lure body, wherein each leg has an upper leg portion attached to the lure body and a lower leg portion extending rearward of the upper leg portion. Each lower leg portion... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7270507 | Coil sling A safety coil sling for securing an industrial metal coil on a flatbed trailer having a round or elliptical primary cable attached at one end to a first anchoring chain and at an opposite end to a second anchoring chain, and a plurality of connecting cables for conn... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264600 | Belt for body weight control A belt for weight reduction having a buckle that fits over the abdomen and stomach, the buckle having one or more air bladders with pressure sensors, an air pump, and a massager. The air bladders are maintained at a constant pressure as signals from the pressure sen... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258078 | Animal tail or limb grooming brush A brush for grooming, brushing, cleaning, fluffing, and combing the tail, limb, or paw of an animal. The grooming brush has a pair of opposing semi-circular brushes on a scissors-like hand operated device. The semicircular brushes are placed around the base of the t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246731 | Transport rack The present invention provides a transport rack for use in securing cargo in a transport vehicle. The transport rack preferably comprises a frame assembly mounted to a support surface at a lower end of a pair of telescoping legs, and to opposing sidewalls at the dis... | 07/24/2007 |
| D546453 | X-ray film cassette holder | 07/10/2007 |
| D545382 | Abdominal muscle standing exerciser | 06/26/2007 |
| D542124 | Wheeled, barbed wire safety dispenser | 05/08/2007 |
| D542352 | Tableted candy vending machine | 05/08/2007 |
| D537948 | Tri-lobe planar heel wound dressing | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163402 | Game for stimulating reading interest A game for stimulating interest in reading has a game board with coded spaces arranged in a circular path and a written story with consecutive portions. Players are given a fixed number of points and read a first portion of the story. They roll dice to determine the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7143557 | Structural vent assembly for a roof perimeter A structural vent assembly comprising a back member having a forward surface and a rear surface; a mount member adapted to be secured to the support structure between the roof deck and the support structure, the mount member having a proximal end fixedly attached to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128125 | Durable sealing curtain A durable sealing curtain assembly preferably comprising a pair of tracks slidably attached to opposite sides of an opening such as a door or window, a curtain having its lateral edges engaged by the tracks, and spring systems attached to each track, whereby the spr... | 10/31/2006 |
| D529654 | Solar powered light angel | 10/03/2006 |
| D529069 | Electric guitar body and headstock | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100903 | Impact barrier system An impact barrier system comprising a plurality of bow-shaped panels attached to a retaining wall in overlapping side-by-side relationship that, together with the configuration of the panels, provides a plurality of impact absorbing features that work together to ab... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086433 | Tree felling assembly An assembly for felling a segment of a tree trunk in a safe and controlled manner and method of using the same. The assembly comprises a vertical support structure having an elongated base portion, an elongated mast portion connected to the base portion or integrall... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7049478 | Tri-lobe planar heel wound dressing A planar wound dressing for the heel of the foot, having an adhesive layer with a backing layer, and three slits which can be reversibly closed and joined to form a non-planar wound dressing that conforms to and adheres to the heel of the foot. The wound dressing is... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7000659 | Adzer mount assembly An adzer mount assembly having a slider box with a vertical slider and horizontal sliders. The vertical slider has an adzer which can be precisely positioned over a crosstie by hydraulic transverse movement of the slider box and vertical movement of the vertical sli... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6942001 | Magnetic sealing apparatus for portal covering An apparatus comprising a magnetic sealing system for urging opposing sides of a cover toward the lateral margins of a portal to promote sealing of the sides of the cover to the lateral margins of the portal. The magnetic sealing system biases the opposing ends of a... | 09/13/2005 |
| D508580 | Solar powered light cross | 08/16/2005 |
| 6832621 | Transmitter isolation ball valve A ball valve assembly of the quarter-turn type for use in isolating an electronic level transmitter comprising a valve body having an inner chamber, an inlet or tank-side port, an outlet or transmitter side port, a valve body axis defined by the inlet and outlet por... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6766592 | Chicken manure processing apparatus A manure processing apparatus which has a circular processing bin and a plurality of augers, with the augers arranged vertically and adapted to move in a circular path within the processing bin, and to raise and mix the manure continuously. The apparatus further com... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6763537 | Prayer pillow A portable prayer pillow designed to be kneeled upon by an individual during prayer and worship, wherein the pillow includes items necessary for keeping a prayer journal. In a preferred embodiment, the pillow comprises a first pocket having a plurality of blank pape... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6736455 | Dual air bag and crossbar child safety seat A child safety car-seat having an upper and a lower safety crossbar, with each crossbar having an air bag. The air bags deploy outward from the crossbars when activated in order to avoid injury to the child in the car-seat when the air bags fill with gas. The positi... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6688941 | Whirling streamer snake toy The streamer toy of the present invention has a weight insertable into a pocket at the head end of the streamer so that the weight is hidden and not noticeable during use. The hidden weight allows a user to whirl the streamer in numerous snake-like attrac... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6674025 | Motivational apparatus for controlling use of electronic devices and method of use A motivational apparatus for controlling use of an electronic device, wherein the apparatus is interconnected between a source of transmission (e.g. power) and the electronic device to control transfer of transmissions from the transmission source to the ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6651275 | Portable foldable crib A foldable portable crib comprises a pair of opposing side assemblies and a pair of opposing end assemblies supporting a mattress therebetween to form a crib frame. A mattress support platform is pivotally mounted to a pair of first corner posts, and move... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6623267 | Industrial burner An industrial burner assembly comprising a manifold with a fuel inlet and a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of elongated burners positioned radially about the longitudinal axis having fuel ports in communication with the manifold and fuel inlet, wherei... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619510 | Bulk dispenser apparatus A bulk dispensing apparatus uses a number of storage units for dispensing granular food products, i.e. candy, coffee, sugar, food supplements, etc. Each storage unit has a discharge hole with a valve operatively connected to the hole. The valve is attache... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6616838 | No-spill oil filter The present invention relates to a replaceable oil filter and method of using a replaceable oil filter that allows the oil filter to be disengaged from an engine without the spillage of residual used oil. The present invention relates to a replaceable oil... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6584692 | Easy release fork A food handling fork having a plurality of elongated tines having an upper surface, a lower surface, a base end, and a point and a release plate forming a plurality of tine openings through which said tines extend. The release plate has a proximal end pos... | 07/01/2003 |
