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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4650002 | Magnetic fire blanket A fire resistant blanket which is tossed or placed over a fire in order to smother the flames comprising a square shaped blanket made of a permanently fire proof material, on the backside of which are attached two handles made of the same clothlike materi... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4645034 | Descent system A descent apparatus to control the descent of people or materials from physical heights, for example, buildings, aircraft, ships, trees or mountains and may be used for business, pleasure, and military purposes, under routine or emergency circumstances. T... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4576089 | Automatic roux maker An automatic roux maker including a pot for heating and agitating (mixing and moving) the roux during the cooking process, in which a motor-driven agitator is included and suspended within the pot for mixing the roux during cooking and for preventing scor... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4533111 | Construction system for cast-in-place concrete barriers for roadways A system for constructing concrete barriers on a roadway with adequate spacing between sections of the barrier for proper drainage and expansion of the concrete during changing atmospheric conditions. The process utilizes a specially designed positioning ... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4501554 | Two tray indirect bonding system for labial and lingual brackets A method for transferring brackets for the teeth from a prepared carrier tray system to the teeth of the patient using an improved two tray system. The brackets are fitted over the teeth of the patient with the intention of using these brackets as a base ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4495880 | Draft assisted delivery system A device, a method, and a system for reducing the draft of large vessels to allow the successful navigation of shallow waterways which could not otherwise be traversed due to the depth of the draft of the vessel. The implementation of this system will eli... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4492713 | Method of automatic roux making An automatic roux maker including a pot for heating and agitating (mixing and moving) the roux during the cooking process, in which a motor-driven agitator is included and suspended within the pot for mixing the roux during cooking and for preventing scor... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4492136 | Cutting assembly system for pipe casings and the like A cutter system for pipe casings and the like, including a generally "C" shaped cutter assembly body having an always open side entry and exit area leading into the centrally located cutter area with an annular trackway extending an exemplary 290° about ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4441693 | Jack accessory support leg for trailer hitch A removeable base plate accessory member for the support jack leg on a trailer hitch providing a flat base stand for a trailer when the trailer is being parked and left in a particular area. The base plate member is easily attachable to or detachable from... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4435903 | Left-handed letterer A lettering device for drawing characters for use in connection with a lettering template having character grooves and a horizontal guide pin groove, the combination of a guide pin, a tracer pin, and a means for holding a writing instrument, each at the v... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4425797 | Strength testing game system using a can A wrist or arm wrestling-type game system wherein the player tests or measures his strength by crushing one, two, or more cans, for example aluminum, beer-type cans within a measured time period. The can (or cans) to be crushed is (are) set upon a platfor... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4391707 | Floating, surface liquids retrieval system A floating retriever for retrieving, for example, spilled oil or other liquid substances on the top of water having a central liquid collection chamber with a vacuum or suction pick-up for delivery of the pollutants to, for example, a mother vessel which ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4382325 | Heavy pipe joining system A light weight, portable, self-contained pipe joining device and system for installing succeeding, very heavy, concrete pipe sections into the end of a preceding pipe section positioned in a trench. The pipe joining device includes a power operated winch ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4375733 | Bleeding monster toy A figure toy or doll with a hollow body cavity fabricated from a durable and resilient material. Fitted to the body is a relatively rigid extension which incorporates a threaded arrangement to receive a relatively rigid head which incorporates a reciproca... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4372553 | Weight lifting device and method of exercising An exercising system for exercising the abdominal muscles in which the abdominal muscles are isolated and placed "on stretch" prior to contracture comprising an exercising device having a seat with a posteriorly curved, firm back in which the user sits an... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4368627 | Mat or rug cleaning system A rug or mat cleaning apparatus is disclosed which is comprised of first a dry lint and dust removing section, then a water or like liquid containing vessel having an initial wash section and then a rinse section and then finally a wringer section. A mat ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4353691 | Orthodontic headgear traction appliance system An orthodontic traction appliance system including headgear with straps for the wearer, a face plate on either side connected to the headgear, and a resiliently biased "J"-hook tube assembly on each face plate. The "J"-hook tube assembly comprises a "J"-h... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4327541 | Universal lawn spreader attachment for lawn mowers A universal spreader comprising a hopper; a cable by which the speading of fertilizer/chemical/seed/pesticide/etc., in the hopper may be inititated or terminated; a rotatable, driven agitator which distributes and controls the amount of the fertilizer; an... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4317562 | Miter board accessory for table saws and the like A slotted material holder which is used in combination with a conventional circular table saw or the like to allow specified angular cuts to be made safely in boards as they are guided pass the saw. The miter board holder of the invention is adapted for u... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4316506 | Oil well blow-out safety system A system for delaying the ignition of, or for extinguishing, an oil well rig fire, by injecting an admixture of for example pressurized CO2 and mono-potassium phosphate into the flow of hydrocarbons from the drill pipe and casing, through a plu... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4306678 | Holder system for a self-service carwash gun A holder for a coin-operated carwash wand containing a spring-biased, friction brake triggered by the pressure of fluid jetting from the wand. The brake prevents the wand or gun from being inadvertently jetted out of the holder should the user mistakenly ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4297936 | Retractable fret system for stringed instruments An electric bass guitar with retractable frets for the purpose of for example enabling the musician to perform dynamic slides without volume attenuation of the slide by moving the frets down into the neck of the guitar out of play. The retractable frets p... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4289003 | Key holder A key case for holding and enclosing one or more keys in a more orderly, compact manner while allowing ease of selection, freedom of use, and ease of restorage after use. This is accomplished using a single, triangularly shaped key-holder, which holds all... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4281462 | Calliper system for laying out stirrups used in lower extremity orthosis An accurate mechanical method and associated calliper for determining the vertical and longitudinal center lines and the mid-point between joint holes in the laying out of a stirrup for use in the foundation of a lower extremity orthosis. The calliper com... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4277894 | Pipe joint intersection contour scriber A novel pipe joint intersection contour scriber is disclosed for use in the art of welding pipes together at intersections which may or may not be perpendicular. The invention consists of a template connected by two rods to a three-disc assembly, one disc... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4269543 | Mobile, offshore, self-elevating (jack-up) unit leg/hull rigidification system A system for making a "jack-up" rig with its jacked-up legs and hull rigid and fixed together by the use of "rack chock" elements which are designed to absorb the maximum axial chord loadings on the legs and transmit them directly into the hull. The "rack... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4250609 | Flue stack maintenance system utilizing replaceable liners A flue stack maintenance system particularly for those flues through which grease laden air passes such as for example exist in commercial restaurant kitchens and the like (FIG. 1), which utilizes an expandible, elongated metal foil liner bag which forms ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4248303 | Explosive well-fracturing system Method of and apparatus for fracturing and creating multiple fissures in hydrocarbon impregnated rock. The invention uses a sequence of explosive charges involving a main, centrally located high velocity, shape charge shot directed out horizontally into t... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4247966 | Vehicle frame straightener An apparatus for straightening damaged automobile frames or bodies utilizing a rigid structural ramp capable of supporting a vehicle. A preferably hydraulic power source capable of imparting alternatively a compressive or a tensile force to the damaged fr... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4243118 | Non-conductive safety line and method A non-conductive safety line and method for producing the safety line is disclosed. The safety line of the preferred embodiment comprises a rope core which has an exterior tubing positioned over the rope core with a quantity of filler material contained w... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4239419 | Precast concrete threaded pilings A reinforced concrete threaded pile provides a generally conically shaped tapered concrete pile member which is provided with a metallic reinforcement core for carrying the torsional and tensile forces created in the pile during its insertion. A metallic ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4231177 | Automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system An automatic and semiautomatic small caliber conversion system for automatic or semiautomatic shotguns and rifles such as, for example, M-16 and AR-16 rifles including a uniquely designed three element structure and associated ammunition feeding means to ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4229035 | Vehicle windshield rain deflector system An automobile windshield rain deflector which functions as a result of a mathematical relationship between rain deflector, forward velocity of vehicle windshield and downward velocity of rain drops; and comprises a shield arranged above the driver's line ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228797 | Intravaginal contraception method A chemical contraception system is described in which the spermicidal chemical, for example, "Nonoxynol-9", is provided in a powder or tablet form and is dissolved in a solvent, primarily water, immediately before use. The solution containing the spermaci... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4226641 | Mat or rug cleaning process using roller brush A rug or mat cleaning system is disclosed which is comprised of first a dry lint and dust removing section, then a water or like liquid containing vessel having an initial wash section and then a rinse section and then finally a wringer section. A mat to ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4219193 | Simultaneous neck strengthener, neck protector, neck rehabilitator A relatively light, compact and variable neck exerciser which is worn and automatically functions throughout the entire range of neck motion as a result of natural effort an individual performs in his or her particular activity; and simultaneously acts as... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4209251 | Single shot microfiche film duplicator An automatic microfiche duplicator having an upper receiving slot for receiving a copy sheet and master sheet, and a first conveyor which transports the copy sheet and master sheet together in a generally horizontal direction past an exposure cylinder whe... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4206772 | Automatic self-locking comb hair roller An apparatus and method for curling hair which includes a hair roller featuring an elongated resilient open mesh strip of inherently spring coil design with gripping combs attached to its extreme end portions. The hair roller is provided with resilient me... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4205852 | Crossword system, game and apparatus A crossword puzzle system for creating crossword puzzles including the steps of (a) obtaining a crossword puzzle grid defining sections; (b) inserting "generator" words into the grid; (c) making "possibility" check from a provided "Table of Average Prefer... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4204625 | Tack strip nailer An apparatus for installing a tack strip or the like providing a rigid frame having an adjustable guide which spaces the tack strip at a proper distance from a wall, baseboard, or other guide. An adjustable base on the apparatus varies the width of an ope... | 05/27/1980 |
