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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7757312 | Fixture for disposing of bodily waste having an anti-overflow feature and a method for making the same The present invention provides for an improved bathroom fixture for flushing bodily waste materials. This fixture includes a secondary drain that communicates liquid that is backing up during a potential overflow situation into a conventional drainage sewer without ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7735284 | Wall structure with either plastic or concrete horizontal interlocking siding panels A wall structure for either a building or a stand alone wall is formed with stacked horizontal elongated panels. The upper and lower faces of each panel interlocks with its neighboring panel with a tongue and groove joint to form a continuous wall surface. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| D577494 | Hair dye applicator | 09/30/2008 |
| 7326028 | High flow/dual inducer/high efficiency impeller for liquid applications including molten metal A centrifugal pump has a pump base with inlet inducer openings that receive molten metal into an impeller chamber. An impeller structure in the impeller chamber passes the metal in a radial direction through an outlet inducer opening into a volute passage for discha... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7293753 | Four-legged artist easel An artist's easel having four legs that are pivoted at their upper ends on a pivot housing so that the lower ends can be spread to support an artist's board or collapsed to a position in which they are adjacent one another. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278196 | Interlocking tool holder An end mill chucking structure for chucking an end mill. The chucking structure includes an end mill holder; a shank receivable in an axial opening in the holder; a cone having an exterior cone shape adapted to be received in a drive spindle and an axial opening tha... | 10/09/2007 |
| D551354 | Heel cushion | 09/18/2007 |
| D547911 | Building window wiper | 07/31/2007 |
| D546983 | Dreidel/menorah | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234902 | Milling tool holder with camming plug A milling tool holder apparatus includes a tool holder having a male structure received in a female opening of a shank, and a camming plug received in a transverse plug-receiving opening in the shank and the tool holder. Turning the camming plug in one direction mov... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234869 | Sink roll bearing having ceramic elements for supporting the roll's shaft A bearing for supporting a shaft submerged in molten zinc, has a bearing surface comprising a steel cylindrical liner having slots retaining ceramic shaft-engaging bearing elements. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| D543751 | Device for efficient paste dispensing | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213631 | Device for applying a horizontal paper border on a wall A border guide and method for applying an elongated strip of border paper in a horizontal position on a vertical wall. The paper is soaked in water to activate the adhesive and then wound on a roll on the border guide. The user then presses one end of the border gui... | 05/08/2007 |
| D538275 | Cell phone keypad | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178533 | Beverage container and toothbrush holder A beverage container having a recessed storage compartment in the container wall for storing a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste. The compartment has access through an exterior opening in the wall so that the toothbrush and toothpaste are dry, when the container c... | 02/20/2007 |
| D533418 | Grout scoop | 12/12/2006 |
| 7115155 | Air filtration apparatus and aromatizer An air filtration and aromatizer apparatus which includes a housing, a motor in the housing with a fan for drawing air through an inlet toward an outlet through a pollution-collecting chamber, and an elongated hollow tubular perforated member having an upper end con... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108610 | Swing training device The present invention provides for a swing training device for golfers which allows a golfer to receive immediate visual feedback as to his stance, form, and technique. The training device includes a break-resistant mirror and long support legs mounted behind the re... | 09/19/2006 |
| D527307 | Flagstaff for a motorcycle | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096758 | Tool for removing automobile gas cap and for holding gas-filling nozzle open A tool for removing a gas cap from the gas-receiving tube of a vehicle. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093602 | Beauty cap A beauty cap has a plurality of sponge rollers, and a strip of material simulating hair wrapped around each roller and attached to the cap to simulate a user having her hair wrapped in curlers. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| D526929 | Flagstaff for a motorcycle | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086315 | Straddle-cutting tool A straddle-cutting device for machining a pair of parallel surfaces on a rotating workpiece in a single cut as the cutting tool is advanced over the workpiece. Apparatus is provided for biasing the cutting tools using a stack of spring washers and a pneumatic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080883 | Chair cover A chair cover removably mounted on a chair. The cover has a pair of overlapping skirts between the chair's front legs, forming a vertical slit permitting a chair occupant to place his foot between the skirts and beneath the chair seat. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7062404 | Method for generating coating film build usage and cost impact from C's A computer program for correlating coatings' material usage and cost impact with coatings ranges evaluated against an industry Cpk standard. Optimum range values are selected from the process and/or coatings applicators' manufacturer guidelines. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055918 | Attachment element for joining a backplash to a countertop A pair of connector elements, one stapled, screwed or otherwise fastened to a countertop and the other stapled, screwed or otherwise fastened to the lower edge of a backsplash are snapped together to mount the backsplash in an upright position along the rear edge of... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044695 | Milling tool A milling cutter having a pair of clamping components mounted on a tool holder to form a slot for receiving a cutting insert. One of the clamping components forms an integral extension of the tool holder's shank. The two clamping components are fastened together by ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032355 | Child's handrail A child's handrail assembly is mounted beneath another handrail and comprises three 6″ dual pull-lock extension rods; a plurality of durable lightweight 1″ diameter rods, which can be adjusted to fit any size handrail and connected together by an interlocking co... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6988737 | Beach bud cart A beach cart having a main compartment with a front opening. A pair of doors hingedly connected to the compartment may be closed to block the opening or opened to a position in which they cooperate with a pair of wide wheels to support the compartment in an upright ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6971825 | Milling tool holder with differential screw A milling tool holder having a spindle with a tapered opening and a tool holder having a tapered shank that fits into the spindle opening. The narrow end of the shank has a split collar. The spindle is joined to the tool holder by inserting the shank into the tapere... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964547 | Milling tool holder with threaded plug A milling tool holder axially having a shank with a tapered female opening, and a tool holder having a tapered male end that fits into the female opening. The narrow end of the male end has a bore. A plug having a threaded opening is inserted in the bore in the tool... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958018 | Folding golf swing practice mat A golf club practice swing mat for improving a golfer's backstroke and power stroke includes a grass mat on which a practice ball is mounted. An anchoring mat is mounted on the same ground surface as the grass mat and fixed with respect to the ground surface. An ela... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6932362 | Skateboard axle assembly A skateboard axle assembly includes a base attached to the underside of a skateboard, and a hanger which supports the axle. The hanger is connected to the base by a bolt and two nylon washers that permit a slight motion of the axle with respect to the base when the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932598 | Device and method of molar distalization and mandibular protraction The present invention is a device (18) and method for applying posteriorly directed pressure to a patient's upper posterior tooth, and anteriorly directed pressure to the lower teeth and lower jaw (50). The device includes a tooth attachment (22... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6925996 | Bowstring release device with string loop and built-in nock receiver A bowstring release aid has a string loop. The release aid is mounted on a bowstring and drawn to an arrow release position by a hand-held string release device. The hand-held release device releases the string loop so that both the bowstring with the release aid pr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910740 | Articulated headrestraint system An articulated headrestraint system for a vehicle seat permits the user to adjust the headrest vertically, and to adjust the headrest either forwardly by using a pushbuttom mechanism, or rearwardly with respect to the top of the seat. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6899772 | Alloy molten composition suitable for molten magnesium environments A castable and machinable alloy suitable for submersion in a molten magnesium or magnesium aluminum melt has the following composition: | 05/31/2005 |
| 6899662 | Contoured pad for supporting a weight-lifter on a bench A weight-lifter bench is equipped with a removable body support pad having a multiplicity of body support cavities in the pad upper surface. These cavities mate with rear surfaces of the person's head and torso when the person is in a lithotomy position, e.g. when t... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6899330 | Bowling dice game A game in which a pair of dice are rolled and a score is kept according to the rules of bowling. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6896603 | Steady rest with independent vertical and horizontal adjustments A steady rest having separate adjusting screws for adjusting the clamping positions of three workpiece engaging rollers either horizontally or vertically. ... | 05/24/2005 |
