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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6745078 | Procedure and machine for electro-inducing/stimulating deep-layered muscle contractions using a biphasic faradic pulse sequence A procedure and machine promotes healing by causing muscle fasciculation and contraction relaxation cycles that effectively pump blood through the microcirculation, draining the venous beds and raising the tissue oxygen levels. A high phase charged system is electro... | 06/01/2004 |
| 7325503 | Watercraft lift A lift for a watercraft has plastic reinforcing brackets which engage in pockets in the thin-walled plastic floatation tanks of the lift and which provide mounting flanges at the top surfaces of the floatation tanks for abutment with mounting pads which connect to t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317366 | VHF signal remitter A VHF signal remitter is usable with a satellite system having a coaxial cable connected between the satellite dish and the satellite signal receiver to feed the VHF signal detected by the outer shield of the cable to the antenna input terminal of the receiver. A fi... | 01/08/2008 |
| D556451 | Dock locker | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293522 | Roller assembly for floating dock A roller assembly facilitates travel of a watercraft hull on a floating dock having a longitudinal, keel-receiving valley with a pair of flanking ridges supporting opposite sides of the hull during docking and launching of the craft. Pockets in the ridges contain wh... | 11/13/2007 |
| D545099 | Bathroom organizer | 06/26/2007 |
| 7191722 | Boat drain plug absence detector For indicating the absence of a drain plug from a boat drain when the boat is in a launch condition, a receptacle with a water flow passage and a cavity containing a Hall effect switch is mounted in the boat drain. A stopper has a magnet which operatively aligns wit... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186917 | Disposable wall box painting mask A mask for use during painting shields those components of the contents of a wall box which will be exposed through a decorative plate used to cover the wall box after the wall is painted. The mask is a substantially flat thin sheet with an adhesive substance applie... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7147683 | Back-flow valve and trigger for a cleaning machine A valve and trigger cyclically connect a vacuum and a blower to a filter. The valve box has three openings, the first connectable to the vacuum, the second connectable to the blower and the third connectable to the filter. A gate inside the box, biased by the blower... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137159 | Bedclothes support assembly A bedclothes support assembly maintains bedclothes in an elevated condition over the feet or other part of a person's anatomy. An upper member which extends across the mattress is supported at both ends above the selected part of the anatomy by upright members whose... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134570 | Smooth spouted disposable lid for a cup A disposable lid for a cup has an annular clamp which is adapted to be seated on the rim of the cup and to grip the interior and exterior walls of the lip of the cup so as to firmly fix the lid to the cup and a frustoconical spout which extends upwardly from the rim... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7093372 | Machinist's accuracy testing tool A tool for use by a machinist in testing the accuracy of a workpiece has an edge to be abutted against the workpiece to be tested and an encased light source connected by a plurality of passages extending within the member to conduct light emitted from the source to... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093417 | Method for making rope Rope is made from one or more rolls of film. The rolls of film are loaded onto spindles and tension is applied to the free end of the film of each roll to dispense the films. The dispensing films are each constricted at a common focal point of tension to create subs... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093858 | Tracer wire snap clamp A clamp for attaching a pipeline tracer wire to a pipeline riser has an elongated riser grip which is resiliently flexible to snap onto the riser. An elongated conduit with a V-shaped groove extends integrally along the outer wall of the riser grip. The conduit rece... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093906 | Floor scraping machine with floating blade A machine for scraping a floor covering from a floor has rear drive wheels and a forward blade assembly. Arms which each rotate independently on the frame at one end are connected to the blade assembly which independently rotate on their other ends. Thus, the blade ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082640 | Ambient air backflushed filter vacuum A vacuum cleaning machine has a cannister with an inlet port and at least two outlet ports. At least two filters are disposed inside of the cannister, one in pneumatic communication through each of the outlet ports. At least two valves are disposed outside of the ca... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7035413 | Dynamic spectral matrix surround system A dynamically variable spectral matrix surround system decodes two-channel stereo into multi-channel surround. In one embodiment, the true stereo signal is present in left and right front and left and right surround channel outputs. When a dominant center channel si... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6988776 | Floor scraping machine with floating blade A machine for scraping a floor covering from a floor has rear drive wheels and a forward blade assembly. Arms which each rotate independently on the frame at one end are connected to the blade assembly which independently rotate on their other ends. Thus, the blade ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6973742 | Thermal foot cover The thermal foot cover is an article of footwear to be worn when the wearer's foot is subjected to cold temperatures. The thermal foot cover has an upper cover portion attached to a bottom panel to define a cavity for insertion of a wearer's shoe-encased or boot-enc... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6944305 | Audio dynamics processing control system An improved dynamics processing control system clamps a level detected control signal at a level equal to a predefined threshold point. In one embodiment, a clamped level detected signal feeds a filter with very slow response characteristics. By comparing the differ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938621 | Disposable plug for warming the inner ear A disposable plug has a mask with an orifice aligned at the entry into the ear canal when the plug is inserted into the ear. A sealed envelope has a leading elastic tip that extends forward of the orifice into the ear canal and a trailing reservoir that extends rear... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931134 | Multi-dimensional processor and multi-dimensional audio processor system A multi-dimensional audio processor receives as an input either a single channel signal or a two channel signal from an audio signal source; for example a musical instrument or an audio mixer. The processor is programmable to divide the input among at least 3 output... | 08/16/2005 |
| D506431 | Floating dock | 06/21/2005 |
| 6897167 | Thermal foot cover The thermal foot cover is an article of footwear to be worn when the wearer's foot is subjected to cold temperatures. The thermal foot cover has an upper cover portion attached to a bottom panel to define a cavity for insertion of a wearer's shoe-encased or boot-enc... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6844716 | Breakaway utility pedestal with programmable internal metering for marine and recreational vehicles A utility distribution pedestal for marine and recreational vehicles can be entirely separated and removed from its base without disturbing the service connections. Pedestals with different selections of receptacles can be quickly exchanged to change the service pro... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840870 | Alignment guide for practice putting An alignment guide for practice putting has a base with perpendicular target and putter face lines. An unobstructed gap extends away from the putter face line along the target line. A pair of guide rails are secured to the base in parallel relationship to and on opp... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6831514 | Method of increasing output current capability of negative feedback amplifiers with output current limiting and freedom from thermal runaway A high output current negative feedback power amplifier amplifies an input signal by use of a monolithic operated amplifier with a current limiting resistor in its output path. The output current of the amplifier is automatically increased when the voltage drop acro... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6830599 | Back-flow valve and trigger for cleaning machine A valve and trigger cyclically connect a vacuum and a blower to a filter. The valve box has three openings, the first connectable to the vacuum, the second connectable to the blower and the third connectable to the filter. A gate inside the box, biased by the blower... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6805389 | Motor vehicle radiator shield A shield for protecting a radiator mounted behind the front grille of a motor vehicle has a grating vertically disposed between the grille and the radiator. The grating has a matrix of quadrangular opening tapering from front to rear in the shape of a truncated pyra... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6789771 | Video game controller holster A holster for storing a video game controller has upward, downward, left and right projections forming a cross. A mounting bracket can be connected to either the upward or downward projection so that the holster can be suspended from or supported by the video box or... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6769839 | Stern-on mooring boat lift In a lift for mooring a boat stern-on, a pair of horizontally spaced guide members is fixed to the sea wall. A frame is fixed to a pair of substantially parallel hydro-pneumatic buoyancy tanks to provide a flotation platform for supporting the hull of the boat. The ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6752096 | Unitary plastic boat lift buoyancy tank A plastic rotationally molded polyethylene buoyancy tank for boat lifts allows connection of steel to lengthwise grooves molded into each side of the buoyancy tank. Preferably, a plastic bulkhead is formed within the tank during its molding process. A segment of fra... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6752097 | Unitary plastic boat lift buoyancy tank A plastic rotationally molded polyethylene buoyancy tank for boat lifts allows connection of steel to lengthwise grooves molded into each side of the buoyancy tank. Preferably, a plastic bulkhead is formed within the tank during its molding process. A segment of fra... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6736626 | Pressed earth block machine A machine makes blocks from pressed earth. A feed drawer having an open lower end and filled with loose earth is moved laterally across a planar surface into registration over a breech. A press foot is lowered to a level in the breech to receive loose earth from the... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734789 | Theft deterrent device A theft deterrent device includes a source of deterrent fluid, a valve for gating release of deterrent fluid from the source, an electronic circuit including a motor for opening and closing the valve, a switch for electrically activating the device and a logic devic... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6726576 | Golf stance foot alignment, ball position and club face square guide A guide assists a golfer to assume a proper golf swing stance. A coupling joins first and second elongated members with their axes in perpendicular relationship. The second member overlies the first. The coupling is slidably disposed on the first member and the seco... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6714167 | Satellite dish cover In a cover for a satellite dish, a broad piece of fabric which coincides with the rim of the dish is hemmed by a narrow band of fabric which is folded lengthwise with a drawstring in the fold. Preferably, the ends of the narrow band are spaced apart so the dish supp... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6694027 | Discrete multi-channel/5-2-5 matrix system An encode/decode 5-2-5 matrix system is combined with a discrete digital, multi-channel audio system to expand the number of independently addressable output channels. One embodiment of the system provides additional output channels by matrix encoding the... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6691443 | Alpha-numeric/graphic display board illuminator An illuminator for an alpha-numeric/graphic information board is adapted to be disposed in front of the information. An array of light sources directly illuminates an edge of the lens and a plurality of grooves arranged in a front face of the lens dispers... | 02/17/2004 |
