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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D556907 | Dental prosthesis implant | 12/04/2007 |
| D517268 | Retractable towrope | 03/14/2006 |
| D508571 | Deck clamped standard | 08/16/2005 |
| D507010 | Eyewear | 07/05/2005 |
| 6173837 | Carrying case with interchangeable side panels A carrying case with interchangeable side panels includes a suitcase and a number of ornamental side panels releasably attachable to the outside of the suitcase. The interchangeable ornamental side panels substantially cover the underlying structural side... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5816255 | Method for making a custom mouth guard and apparatus for doing same A method for forming a mouth guard and apparatus for anatomically conforming the impression material to a user's mouth and teeth. Polyvinyl siloxane base putty is combined in equal parts with polyvinyl siloxane catalyst putty until a uniform amalgam is fo... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5806948 | Retrofittable battery cabinet for telecommunications enclosures A retrofit battery cabinet for telecommunications equipment. A 48 volt DC or other battery power supply is held in a retrofit battery cabinet to provide a retrofittable battery power supply to telecommunications cabinets. Dual and separately operable batt... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5792170 | Earring stud gun and cartridge A system for providing pierced-ear instruments. A sealed blister pack creates and maintains a sterile environment in which an earring cartridge with a pierced-ear earring stud may be transported and stored. An earring-cartridge stud gun provides a cradle ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5785643 | Laparoscopic scope manipulator A positioner or manipulator for an endoscope, laparoscope, or other surgical instrument, includes a flexible arm having a base attached to an operating table. A drape joint at the upper end of the arm has a tubular sterile drape which is pulled back over ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5772678 | Retractable disposable tip reusable trocar obturator A manual dilating trocar uses an automatically retracting stylet. The stylet is threaded through a dilating obturator which is, in turn, inserted into a trocar sheath. A spring near the handle of the stylet serves to urge the stylet cutting tip into a ret... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5766051 | Wakeboard traction pad A wakeboard traction pad for a wakeboard providing greater traction and a variable traction-surface geometry for more technical wakeboard riding and increased fun. The wakeboard traction pad is provided to give a high-friction, high-surface area surface u... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768648 | Camera mount for controlled and steady rolling movement A camera mount for controlled rolling movement includes a base and a camera platform pivotally connected to the base at its aft end. The pivotal connection includes a hollow shaft to accommodate passage of power and video cables to the camera. The forward... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5761775 | Mushroom and loop material closure system for high shear strength and low peel strength applications A closure system for any nondiposable item or device requiring high shear strength, and acceptable peel strength, in all directions includes a first closure element having a backing sheet with mushroom-shaped elements fixed to and extending from one side ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5727319 | Knife with illuminated blade A pocketknife with integral light includes a hollow handle and a cutting blade pivotally connected thereto. The hollow handle at its forward end includes an open compartment containing a battery, connected to an illumination pathway containing an LED elec... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5728035 | Anchor plate for abdominal exercise device Anchor plates for a framework abdominal exercise device provide greater stability, a stable axis of rotation, and a better location for the axis of rotation. A base pad is flanked by two brace supports that have a wide lower portion for distributing force... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5722418 | Method for mediating social and behavioral processes in medicine and business through an interactive telecommunications guidance system A method for mediating social and behavioral influence processes through an interactive telecommunications guidance system for use in medicine and business (10) that utilizes an expert (200) such as a physician, counselor, manager, supervisor, trainer, or... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5704305 | Wind sailing vessel A wind sailing vessel for sailing over a water surface comprising an arch shaped platform which disengageably engages first and second conventional windsurfing devices in a spaced, side-by-side relationship. The arch shaped platform further comprises two ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5664567 | Fenestrated nasopharyngeal airway for drainage A fenestrated nasopharyngeal airway providing fluid flow and pressure release from sinus ostia and the like. A fenestrated nasopharyngeal airway has lateral fenestrations along the central third of the nasopharyngeal tube. The fenestrations are generally ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5638767 | Handheld warning device A handheld device used by skaters and the like for warning pedestrian traffic comprises an air bladder attached to a strap that is secured to the palm of the hand in such a way that when the user simply squeezes the bladder firmly, a loud honking sound is... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5635919 | Sensing apparatus An apparatus for determining various physical quantities such as temperature, pressure, stress, strain, distance and the like in a manner such that a change in the physical quantity of interest results in a measurable change in the frequency of oscillatio... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5612705 | Wide-banded base station antenna A base station antenna includes a matching network that broadbands transmission without requiring adjustment. Using a one-quarter wavelength (1/4 λ) or less sperrtopf sleeve in a coaxial arrangement, broadbanding is achieved by adding a second conductor ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5604507 | Wide-banded mobile antenna A wide-banded mobile antenna enhancing signal transmission by broadening the effective transmission bandwidth. The wide-banded mobile antenna is interchangeable with currently existing mobile antennas as the two use connectors established by industry. An ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5596994 | Automated and interactive behavioral and medical guidance system An automated and interactive positive motivation system (10) that allows a physician, counselor or trainer to produce and send a series of motivational messages and/or questions to a client (50) to change or reinforce a specific behavioral problem. The sy... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5576551 | Ultraviolet sundial A device for indicating the percentage of ultraviolet radiation which reaches the earth's surface for a given position of the Sun's altitude. The device consists of a planar member having a gnomon-like member affixed within its center. The gnomon-like mem... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5571057 | Apparatus and method for changing a sequence of visual images A method and apparatus is provided for controlling video and film games by a player's (22) bioelectrical signals (44) comprising the steps of displaying a sequence of visual images having a predetermined control signal (62), obtaining an electroencephalog... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570472 | Resistant exercise shirt and pants A resistive exercise suit has a resistive shirt and resistive exercise trousers. The resistive exercise shirt uses tension bands on sleeve fronts and backs and attachment to central elastic blocks on the front and back of the shirt. Both the tension bands... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5540879 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing biaxially oriented, thermally stable, blown containers A method of producing a blow-molded PET container suitable for hot-filling includes the steps of injection molding a preform, blow-molding the preform into a primary molded article larger than the desired final container, heating the primary article in a ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5535757 | Undergarment with prophylactic A combination of a bottom undergarment and a prophylactic includes a bottom undergarment, such as a panty, having a crotch area and an opening formed in the crotch area, a condom, a base to which the condom is fixed, and snaps on the base for snapping int... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5508189 | Regeneration of plants from cultured guard cell protoplasts Guard cell isolation and culture to regenerate the parent plant. Guard cells are collected from leaves of a plant and isolated to yield a dense and pure guard cell protoplast suspension. Cultures derived from the suspension may be grown on callus medium w... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5507758 | Insertable suture grasping probe guide, and methodology for using same A surgical instrument, guide and method capable of being used for closure of peritoneum fascia, occlusion of bleeding vessels such as inferior epigastric, and for all uses related to accurately passing suture material through a guide into tissue with the ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5506391 | Liquid heater using electrical oscillations A diathermal water heater for the rapid and controlled heating of water and like fluids. A diathermal heating chamber uses electrical oscillations to heat liquids flowing through it. By means of feedback circuitry, the electrical oscillations are controll... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5497615 | Gas turbine generator set A small gas turbine generator set comprising a rotating group and combustor contained within a circumferential recuperator. The rotating group comprises an alternator rotor on a common shaft with a turbine wheel and compressor impeller, supported by doubl... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497923 | Suspender supported belt A utility belt or the like device in one embodiment capable of also acting as a back support, either suspenderless or being suspendered, to receive in secure fashion utility pouches and the like so that the utility pouches are rigidly and releasably secur... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5496335 | Insertable suture passing grasping probe and methodology for using same A surgical instrument and method capable of being used for closure of peritoneum fascia, occlusion of bleeding vessels such as inferior epigastric, and for all uses related to passing of suture through tissue with the tip of the surgical instrument in a s... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5496343 | Hand held disposable ear piercer An ear piercing instrument that uses the gripping force of a hand to drive the earring post through the ear and into an earring nut. The earring and its nut are held in opposing jaws while the earlobe is placed between the jaws. When the ear is ready for ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5490453 | Centrifugal fat extraction apparatus An improved centrifugal fat extraction apparatus for removing surface liquid from food which comprises a housing assembly having mounted at its bottom a self-centering drive assembly having a shaft extending vertically from the self-centering drive assemb... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5460426 | Combination carrying case and folding seat An improved, combination carrying case and folding seat (10) that allows various items to be carried and upon arriving at an outdoor activity, the case can be converted to a seat that includes a backrest. The combination (10) consists of an elongated bott... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5440835 | Drip irrigation unit A drip irrigation unit with air-controlled siphon flow. A tank holds a quantity of water for slow distribution. A siphon carries that water from the tank to a pan. Siphon flow from the tank to the pan is controlled by a cover that prevents air from fillin... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5435006 | Eye mask An eye mask is provided having a main portion formed of a soft sheet material and a back contact member mounted to a back face of a main portion. A free end portion of the back contact member circumscribes the perimeter of the main portion and extends inw... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5429536 | Monofin swimming apparatus and assembly method A monofin comprising a swim blade having two adjustable foot pockets for attachment to the feet of a swimmer. The foot pockets can be positioned on the blade to conform with the optimal foot positions for a particular user. The blade itself has a central ... | 07/04/1995 |
