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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182546 | Attachment strap for trans-tibial prosthetics A secure anchoring strap over a prosthetic socket for securing a sleeve. The anchoring strap generally comprises a first strap attached at one end to one side of a closed loop buckle. The first strap laden with hook-attachments comprises a woven inner outer material... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182376 | Adjustable weighted field hockey stick A weighting system for a sports stick, particularly a field hockey stick, comprising a surface, recess, channel, hole or plurality of pockets formed along the length of the sports stick, and one or more weights moveably or selectively attachable along the surface an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181584 | On-line coal flow control mechanism for vertical spindle mills An improved apparatus for on-line coal flow control in vertical spindle mills comprising a plurality of independently adjustable flow control elements and positioning rods that adjust the positioning of those flow control elements. Each flow control element is posit... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181582 | Portable, modular voting booth A voting booth that is easily transported between a polling-facility and a storage facility and is efficiently stored with other voting booths when not in use. The voting booth comprises a working surface, privacy panels, and a leg assembly. The leg assembly include... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181275 | Lacrosse glove with protective element An embodiment of the present invention provides a lacrosse glove having a rigid protective element extending over and secured to the padding disposed on the back side of the thumb receiving portion of the glove. The protective element comprises a protective thumb po... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177663 | Golf club with interchangeable faces and weights In accordance with the present invention, a golf putter and method of adjustment of the golf putter are provided. The golf putter includes two threaded connections, one between a weighting element and a putter head, and one between a screw fastener and a replaceable... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162670 | Method of mounting a game animal and kit therefor The present invention is a kit and method of mounting a game animal that allows for antlers or horns to be quickly added or interchanged to an otherwise artificial mount. The method generally comprises the following steps: measuring the game animal, taking at least ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158062 | Disposable fluid sample collection device A fluid sampling device (100) that operates by a combination of capillary action to collect a small fluid sample, and by pressure differential when inserted into an analyzer (200) to expose the fluid sample for testing by the analyzer (200). The... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657234 | Soft shackle | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147555 | Artificial disc prosthesis for replacing a damaged nucleus A multi-piece disc replacement implant device for replacing a disc removed by a discectomy including an upper plate member, a lower plate member, and an intermediate resilient member providing movement between the two plate members replicating the natural movement o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146186 | Method and device for positioning patients with breast cancer in prone position for imaging and radiotherapy A method and device for accurately easily and accurately positioning patients with breast cancer in the prone position for imaging and radiotherapy is disclosed. The device is a couch or support structure with a double-layer structure that allows relative planar mot... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144453 | Integrated feature for friction less movement of force sensitive touch screen A suspension system for a differential-pressure touch sensitive panel suspended over force sensors, for use in either fixed or mobile devices such as point of sales terminals, kiosks, laptops, monitors, PDAs, cell phones, UMPCs and more. In one embodiment, each side... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8129620 | Decorative cords and cables A cord and/or cable structure for electrical cords, extension cords, communication cables or other cords and cables in which an outer insulating sheath is formed with multiple integral anchoring fixtures for affixing decorative elements, such as artificial leaves, t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128115 | Garbage can cart A garbage can cart having a rectangular platform base and back, front and side walls in which one or more garbage cans may be placed for storage and transport for disposal. The platform base is supported by a pair of wheels at the rear and a U-bar below the front of... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127444 | Fans and turbines Overlapping twisted radial aerofoil blades or vanes (70) are formed on a compressor rotor or turbine disk or the like (68) by electro-discharge machining with a curved round section wire tool electrode (72) which is turned by a tool holder (2... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655072 | Stadium coat | 03/06/2012 |
| D653416 | Church truck | 01/31/2012 |
| 8092689 | Styrene reduction agent A method of reducing styrene emissions in aqueous cured-in-place pipe closed molding processes and other aqueous environments using a styrene reduction agent. The reduction agent generally comprises a calibrated mixture of salts including sodium chloride plus three ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091746 | Tamper-evident container with pour-out container fitment A tamper-evident container with pour-out container fitment for frictional engagement within the cylindrical neck of a container to control and meter the flow of liquids out of the container. The fitment includes a top flange sufficient to cover the mouth of the cont... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091230 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of fans, turbines and guide vanes A method and apparatus for forming a closely spaced radial array of overlapping twisted airfoil blades or vanes. The apparatus comprises an electro-discharge machine that articulates an electrode (150), electrode (150) being in the form of an elongate ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088829 | Biocidal aldehyde composition A novel combination of OPA, a surfactant, and alcohol. The surfactant is preferably a dual chain quaternary ammonium compound consisting of a mixture of alkyl dimethylbenzylammonium chlorides and alkyl dimethylethylbenzylammonium, that absorbs onto a surface and alt... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075631 | Prosthetic socket adjustable test mounting system A temporary diagnostic prosthetic socket mounting system and kit including a generally circular test mounting block defined by an annular groove and four axial cutouts extending from the lower surface of the block to the upper surface. The axial cutouts are at least... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075004 | Voter terminal storage and transport cart A voter cart capable of supporting a voting terminal in a portable, fully usable, and secure configuration. The cart is generally formed with a pair of opposing side rails joined together in a spaced-apart configuration and mounted on casters, and a voting terminal ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074814 | Wall-mounted carousel for electric toothbrushes The present invention is a wall-mounted toothbrush carousel that stores one or more electric and/or standard toothbrushes in a convenient rotary dispenser. The rotary dispenser comprises a top-mounted knob atop a clover-shaped disc, the disc being connected to a ste... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8056513 | Apparatus for use in controlling the spread of ectoparasite-borne diseases A device (15) for the application of pesticides to animals as they feed and that accommodates wildlife of all sizes, poses no threat of harm to the animals, and maximizes the per capita application of pesticide. Whole kernel corn (or other feed) placed in a f... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8026906 | Integrated force sensitive lens and software A software compensation method that allows a touch sensitive display to be built using low-cost FSR force sensors The compensation method comprises an array of functional compensation modules including filtering, voltage conversion, temperature compensation, humidit... | 09/27/2011 |
| D645777 | Feather and bead ornament | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005291 | Inspecting method by using mark partitioning The present invention relates to a mark partitioning inspection method. A reference image and an inspection image are respectively acquired, and a correlation in a character unit for the reference image and the inspection image is obtained, and then the correlation ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000564 | Photoelectric conversion module for direct optical interconnection and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a photoelectric conversion module for direct optical interconnection and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein an optical element array is bonded to a side surface of an IC board having a semiconductor chip mounted thereon and an optical waveguide... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990013 | Slotless motor A stator coil of a slotless motor is disclosed in which the stator coil is formed in such a manner that respective both distal ends of two unit coil bodies, each unit coil body arranged to face each other, are respectively coupled to form a plurality of circular coi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988199 | Safety skin applique kit for identification of lost persons A safety skin appliqué kit for parents and custodians of children, disabled persons, and the elderly, including a marking pen and a pre-packaged collection of preprinted skin appliqués each removably sandwiched between two carrier sheets. Each of the appliqués fu... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984797 | Soft sided luggage case with independent wheel hub A rolling soft sided luggage case enclosing a volume and having opposing sidewalls, the sidewalls being supported by a tubular strut frame structure independent of the wheel housings mounted at the rear corners of the case. A straddle bracket affixed to a middle reg... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982763 | Portable pan-tilt camera and lighting unit for videoimaging, videoconferencing, production and recording The present invention is a portable camera and lighting unit for standalone use in videography to create a high-resolution well-illuminated video feed from a vast array of camera angles and positions, the illumination source always inherently tracking with the camer... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976515 | IV regulator with integral flushing mechanism The present invention describes IV regulators that allow interruption of normal controlled-flow for a safe and convenient bolus flush, either for a specific period of time or for a specific volume of saline flush. Two time-controlled IV regulators are shown, one emp... | 07/12/2011 |
| D639941 | Traction limiter handle | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955199 | Lacrosse head having a grooved frame member and independent stop The present invention provides a lacrosse stick head having at least one of a grooved frame member and an independent stop. The lacrosse stick head has grooved construction in the entirety or portions of its frame to provide lightness while retaining the strength an... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953670 | Biometrically secured identification authentication and card reader device An intelligent Caddy-Pilot for facilitating biometric verification. The device works as a single sign-on device for an internal VPN or network or in conjunction with a central data network and may act as a card reader for various Safe Card and traditional credit car... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950744 | Collapsible integral foot rest A collapsible footrest for universal use with similarly collapsible outdoor chairs comprising a fabric footrest panel supported vertically by a first pair of crossed support members and supported horizontally in relation to a chair by a second pair of crossed suppor... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949609 | System for secure online selling, buying and bill pay in an electronic commerce setting A method and system for biometric-secure online selling, buying and bill paying in electronic commerce and retail point-of-sale settings that also simplifies the checkout process and eliminates fraudulent transactions. The system relies on an exchange service provid... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941962 | Waterfowl decoy with stabilizing buoyancy attachment Provided is a waterfowl decoy that includes a suction bottom main body in combination with a removable keel. The main body includes extensions on the bottom that are within the cavity, and the keel includes corresponding slots to slideably engage the extensions. The... | 05/17/2011 |
