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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6871886 | Sash lock A sash lock apparatus which includes a keeper disposable on a first window sash and having a keeper aperture therein for lockingly receiving therein a selectively retractable element from a sash lock and the sash lock having the selectively retractable element dispo... | 03/29/2005 |
| D499536 | Boot sole | 12/14/2004 |
| 6724897 | Amplifier with alternate output level A guitar amplifier having an input terminal, an audio output and an audio level controller connected between the input terminal and the audio output. The audio level controller includes a first attenuation path, a second attenuation path having a fixed attenuation a... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6208914 | System for improved receding-horizon adaptive and reconfigurable control A system for adaptive and reconfigurable control of aircraft and other complex objects and processes, herein referred to collectively as controlled "plants." A modified form of sequential least-squares estimation is used to obtain near-real-time estimates... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5793252 | Power amplifier with switchable voicing elements An electronic amplifying apparatus for sound reproduction and musical instrument amplification including at least two pairs of power output devices which are independently switchable between triode and pentode operation. The amplifier further contains a s... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5784997 | Bale manger A bale manger which includes a bed and rear wall extending substantially normal to the bed. A front wall is opposed to and spaced from the rear wall. The front wall is pivotally connected about a pivot to an end portion of the bed and has a bend therein t... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5715574 | Adjustable self-closing hinge assembly A method of adjusting an adjustable self closing hinge and the hinge which comprises providing an adjustable, self closing hinge. The hinge includes a tube with a hollow interior portion of circular cross section, a first end portion and a second end port... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5682838 | Cat toy A container for enclosing particulate matter for use as an animal toy constructed or sewn fabric being provided with hook and loop sealing wherein an extension of the container body forms a protection for the Velcro sealer before the hook and loop forms t... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5660378 | Fence assembly A method of making an assemblable fence and the fence which includes a plurality of spaced apart pickets, each picket having an aperture therein facing in the same direction, an insert having an edge with a single or plurality of spaced apart fingers disp... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5618159 | Lift truck fork guard A protective guard for attachment to conventional lift trucks to prevent damage to transported materials caused by the hard surfaces and edges of lift forks is provided which comprises a flexible sheet having cushioning characteristics and having a width ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5613183 | Manufacture of parts from particulate material The disclosure relates to a method of binder removal from a green body before sintering or the like wherein the green body is initially heated to a temperature above the melting or flow point of the binder to liquify the binder and, at the elevated temper... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5478139 | Mobile digging/cutting system A system for crushing a wall of rock comprising a first device, such as a track hoe, for moving with at least two degrees of freedom, a second device, such as an articulating boom, secured to and moving with the first device for moving with at least two d... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5363871 | Infant sun shield A rigid substantially planar sheet, preferably but not limited to a rectangular shape, having a central fold region and a pair of fold regions spaced from opposing ends of the rectangle with a fastener, preferably hook and loop (Velcro), disposed in the r... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5324181 | Precisely adjustable pneumatic calibration pump A pneumatic calibration system and the pump therefore, the system comprising a first fluid containing chamber for attachment to a device to be tested, a valve coupled to the first chamber to remove the fluid from the first chamber and a pump structure for... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5271887 | Method of fabricating complex micro-circuit boards, substrates and microcircuits and the substrates and microcircuits A substrate and method of manufacture wherein a substrate is molded from particulate material wherein grooves on and through the body are formed during substrate molding and prior to sintering. The substrate includes all buss structure molded therein. Coo... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5262122 | Manufacture of parts from particulate material The disclosure relates to a method of binder removal from a green body before sintering or the like wherein the green body is initially heated to a temperature above the melting or flow point of the binder to liquify the binder and, at the elevated temper... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5234655 | Method of forming a mold A substrate and method of manufacture wherein a substrate is molded from particulate material wherein grooves on and through the body are formed during substrate molding and prior to sintering. The substrate includes all buss structure molded therein. Coo... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5229190 | Handleable card and method of manufacture A card (10) and a method of manufacturing handleable cards includes providing front and back sheets (44, 46) of thin, flexible, opaque material, depositing images on such sheets by electrophotographic process to affix toner particles (14, 32) on the sheet... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5216810 | Aluminum extrusion with multiple thermal brake and method of making same A method of making an aluminum extrusion having a pair of thermal brakes therein and the extrusion, comprising the steps of providing an aluminum extrusion having a pair of side walls, upper and lower wall members, each secured to each of the side walls a... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5167519 | Temperature compensating universal connector A universal connector including a housing of molded thermoplastic having a pair of slots in a side thereof for receiving therein plugs or wires of various shapes and sizes for connection with the connector and a slot for receiving therethrough a stud. A p... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5056138 | Television selection system A system connectable into standard television receiver systems for converting predetermined channels thereof to audio only channels and detecting selection of the predetermined channels to cause blanking of the picture tube at individual receivers in the ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5032330 | Method of footwear manufacture A method of manufacturing footwear and the footwear wherein the footwear is manufactured by providing a mold having a mold cavity, placing a sole member in the bottom of the mold cavity, placing a foamable material over the sole member within the mold cav... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5005704 | Disposable taco holder The disclosure relates to a taco holder wherein a blank is provided with a central region and four legs extending outwardly from the central region, a pair of adjacent legs on each side of the central region. Each leg is in the shape of a right triangle w... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4994215 | Method of fabricating complex microcircuit boards, substrates and microcircuits and the substrates and microcircuits A substrate and method of manufacture wherein a substrate is molded from particulate material wherein grooves on and through the body are formed during substrate molding and prior to sintering. The substrate includes all buss structure molded therein. Coo... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4949491 | Differential recoil diffuser A recoil diffuser (10) includes a plurality of weight elements (20, 22) and a plurality of plastic spring elements (30, 32, 40) fitted within a tube (12) to operate differentially upon being subjected to the forces of recoil as in a shotgun or the like. T... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4869578 | Gasdynamic phase-conjugated mirror A gasdynamic gas flow forms a lightguide wherein an incident coherent light wavefront, such as a laser beam, is reflected to produce a backward-travelling phase conjugated light wavefront. The nonlinear optical phase conjugation process occurs when the in... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4858324 | Knife blades and method of making said knife blades The disclosure relates to knife blades for precision cutting, such as in optical surgery, wherein the blade or cutting edge is formed from a molded plastic filled with particulate material which is much harder than the plastic, the particles of particulat... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4854970 | Art medium The disclosure relates to an art medium which is readily moldable, has substantially the same feel as clay, can provide aesthetic exterior surfaces without additional processing steps, can be worked by standard metal working tools, such as drills, etc. an... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4784859 | Process for producing an alcoholic sugar cane juice beverage The disclosure relates to a method of making a cane juice beverage wherein cane juice is filtered and pasteurized and then fermented aerobically with agitation to provide a liquor an alcohol content of from about 11 to about 12% by weight. The fermented c... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4780985 | Electric mouse exterminator The disclosure relates to a rodent exterminator wherein a box includes electrical wires at opposite sides of an entry opening thereinto with a hinged top for disconnectably providing power to the wires and permitting easy removal of an exterminated rodent... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4768017 | Circuit for providing high sampling rate resolution using slow sampling rate The disclosure relates to a circuit using a relatively inexpensive low sampling rate resolution A/D converter for sampling repetitive signals which provides resolution far superior to that obtained normally from the converter being used. This is accomplis... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4763486 | Condensate diversion in a refrigeration system The disclosure relates to a closed refrigeration system wherein refrigerant travelling between heat exchangers in the system is diverted to the evaporator in response to operation of a controller which responds to the temperature at the evaporator. Prefer... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4757580 | Peek-in story book The disclosure relates to a story book wherein the rear cover is of increased thickness so that it can hold the necessary transparencies and optics therein for viewing and wherein predetermined pages of the story book are provided with apertures aligned w... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4743740 | Buried element deicer A perforated flat ribbon heating element embedded or sandwiched between the porous material and perforated sheet of honeycomb acoustic panel material used for sound suppression and deicing on ice buildup areas of an aircraft engine.... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4741717 | Smoke generator for passive toy The disclosure relates to a smoke generator for a toy, primarily passive toys, which the blower for blowing smoke out of the smoke generating chamber operates intermittently and mechanically, simultaneously with the generation of the smoke, so that the op... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4735714 | Ribbed faceplate for swimming pool and spa skimmer apparatus The disclosure relates to a face plate for use in conjunction with the skimmer apparatus for recreational devices, such as swimming pools and spas, wherein the face plate for the fitting positioned in the swimming pool wall and extending into the swimming... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4722824 | Method of joining green bodies prior to sintering The disclosure relates to a method whereby complex shapes, not moldable in a single molding operation, are molded in plural parts, each part being of the same or different powdered metal composition or prealloy of the type disclosed. One or more of the pa... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4717340 | Debinderizer for rapidly removing binder from a green body The disclosure relates to a system for removing binder from "green" bodies wherein debinding action takes place substantially uniformly throughout the sytem for large load as well as for small loads. This result is obtained by providing a plurality of she... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715525 | Method of bonding columbium to titanium and titanium based alloys using low bonding pressures and temperatures The disclosure relates to a method of joining titanium and titanium based alloys to columbium at low pressure and low temperature, wherein a titanium foil is electroplated with layers of copper and nickel with a columbium sheet then being placed in intima... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4689964 | Zero gravity (position-insensitive) low-temperature multi-component refrigerator The disclosure relates to a refrigeration system using a multi-component refrigerant wherein the heat exchanger/phase separator can be positioned in any orientation and does not operate due to gravitational forces. This is accomplished by providing a cons... | 09/01/1987 |
