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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184846 | Bed audio entertainment device An audio control device for use by one or two individuals lying in bed. The device includes a flat outer housing with two display surfaces aligned in opposite directions to face the two individuals when placed between them. Located inside the outer housing are two a... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660113 | Beverage cap opener | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180463 | Method and apparatus for a computerized integrated power bus An electrical management control and monitoring device that easily interfaces with an existing motor vehicle electrical system that includes both “dumb” and “smart” circuits to protect the electrical system during events in which the voltage, current or temp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8113911 | Maternity body support A maternity body support worn for correcting a woman's posture that includes an expandable body shell with a lower torso section, an upper torso section, a back section, and an abdominal opening. Mounted on the body shell is a pair of lower anchors located on opposi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110028 | Regenerable purification system for removal of siloxanes and volatile organic carbons A process to purify biogases (i.e., landfill gas and municipal digester gas), to 5 enable such biogases to be utilized to generate electricity and heat. Biogases from these sources generally include small amounts of organosilicons (which are particularly harmful to ... | 02/07/2012 |
| D653007 | Boot dryer | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098172 | Adaptable traffic control sign A portable traffic control sign that includes a lightweight sign head selectively attachable to a lightweight pole. The sign head includes a thin interior frame sandwiched between two opposite facing, traffic sign panels. The interior frame includes an octagonal out... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8076924 | Substance identification and location method and system This invention relates to a method and system for remote detection of a targeted substance by the appropriate application of a probing signal that induces molecular resonance in the target substance to create an identifiable signature or response. In the preferred e... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072107 | Permanent magnet motor or actuator with field weakening capability The present disclosure relates generally to a permanent magnet, brushless motor comprising a primary rotor having alternating magnetic poles around a circumference, a secondary rotor similar to the primary rotor. The primary rotor may be free to rotate by approximat... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066377 | System and method for synchronizing a 3D video projector A system and method for improving stereoscopic images produced by a projecting device containing a single chip DMD, seen through an eye-switching device, such as a pair of liquid crystal (LC) shutter glasses. The system and method are used with a video projector des... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066220 | Aircraft engine balanced thrust vectoring system A balanced thrust vectoring system for an aircraft designed to provide even weight distribution, simple thrust vectoring, and hover stability. The system includes a main diverter that connects to a jet output port. Located inside the diverter is a 4 way splitter tha... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8037820 | Decorative, wood fire-rated door and method A decorative, wood fire-rated door with a graphic or image imprinted or applied to a front or rear face on the door that does not change or impact the door's overall fire-rating. With the use of flatbed or ultraviolet ink printing press machinery, a fine art quality... | 10/18/2011 |
| D647247 | Smoking pipe | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033287 | Disposable, biodegradable, portable dental implement A multiple, disposable, biodegradable dental implement system in which a plurality of disposable, flat dental implements are formed from a large planar blank. Each dental implement includes a flat toothbrush head and a flat gum massager head formed on opposite ends ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8007145 | Worklight with a hands-free mounting system A worklight with head mounted on a stand that uses a hands-free mounting system that enables the lamp head to be tilted in different fixed angles without manually loosening and tightening knobs and nuts. The mounting system includes at least one nut body mounted or ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006366 | Method for manufacturing simulated bamboo This invention pertains to a method for preparing simulated bamboo from metal tubing that includes the following steps: (1) preparing a plurality of short segments of metal tubing; (2) creating a tapered wide opening on one end of each segment of metal tubing; (3) c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7983954 | Auction method for real-time displaying bid ranking Disclosed herein is a real-time auction method that is based on an auction server for performing a process of an auction and wired and wireless terminals of participants. The method includes the auction screen providing step of providing an auction screen, on which ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982629 | External conditions audio playback system and method A method and system that controls the playback of different audio or video files in a motor vehicle mounted electronic device that includes a plurality of different audio or video files and an audio file player software program. The electronic device is connected to... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969035 | Exhaust gas electric generation apparatus and method An apparatus for generating electricity from a relatively low velocity exhaust produced by a piece of machinery. The apparatus includes a fan assembly located inside a frame mounted adjacent to the exhaust vent found on the piece of machinery. The fan assembly inclu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959125 | Method of assembling a concrete wall and footing form with cleat for supporting rebar and concrete form A footing cleat used to construct a concrete footing with integrally attached concrete wall located thereon. In the first embodiment, the cleat includes an elongated footing member with two downward brackets attached to its opposite ends. During use, the footing mem... | 06/14/2011 |
| D637926 | Voltage detector with bar graph indicator | 05/17/2011 |
| 7930868 | Optical disc advertising label and method An optical disc advertising and security method that includes the use of a promotional label that is coaxially aligned and adhesively attached to the top surface of an optical disc. The promotional label includes an upper label layer and a lower label layer. Attache... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921379 | System and method for displaying results of search The present invention relates to the system and the method for graphically displaying the results of search engine on a terminal of client, so that client can see a search process at first glance and move between a higher category and a lower easily and earn the res... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918413 | Holiday lights string storage device and method A string of holiday lights and storage device and method that includes a spool made of two coaxially aligned, circular plates spaced apart by at least a transversely aligned first axle. The axle is attached to a handle located outside the circular plate which allows... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918116 | Deadbolt lock knob restrictor A deadbolt knob restrictor used to prevent the rotation of the inside knob on the deadbolt lock. The restrictor includes a ring member designed to fit between the cover plate located on the inside surface of the door. Attached to the ring member are two perpendicula... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635712 | Worklight housing | 04/05/2011 |
| 7896415 | Easy package lifting device An easy package lifting tool designed to allow a user to manually lift a package with one hand directly over the package's center of gravity that uses the weight of the package to exert inward directed forces by two gripping jaws on opposing sides of the package. Th... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633134 | Calculator lid | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886757 | Temporary shelter with adjustble door system A portable temporary aircraft hanger that includes a lightweight frame covered with a durable, main outer cover. The frame includes a plurality of transverse frame members attached to a rigid base frame. Each frame member includes two opposite straight lower section... | 02/15/2011 |
| D632607 | Plant stand | 02/15/2011 |
| 7849513 | Method and system for authorizing use of software programs A method and system for authorizing the use of software program in an electronic device. The system uses a unique first code number associated with the software program. An intermediate object is encoded with a second code number. When the software program is initia... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7871052 | Flexible cover hold down system An adjustable cover hold down system designed to be used with an awing cover or a tarp that includes a flexible elongated body capable of being rolled into a compact roll during storage and then unrolled prior to being used. The system includes a plurality of clips ... | 01/18/2011 |
| D631125 | Reticle for an aiming device | 01/18/2011 |
| D630374 | Worklight faceplate | 01/04/2011 |
| 7835944 | Auction method for real-time displaying bid ranking Disclosed herein is a real-time auction method that is based on an auction server for performing a process of an auction and wired and wireless terminals of participants. The method includes the auction screen providing step of providing an auction screen, on which ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7825648 | Substance identification and location method and system This invention relates to a method and system for remote detection of a targeted substance by the appropriate application of a probing signal that induces molecular resonance in the target substance to create an identifiable signature or response. In the preferred e... | 11/02/2010 |
| D626675 | Work lamp | 11/02/2010 |
| D625872 | Work lamp | 10/19/2010 |
| 7806964 | System and method extracting compression heat in bio-gas treatment plant The system and method for recycling the compress heat generated at a bio-gas treatment plant that includes the assembly of a heat exchanger at each stage of compression designed to utilizing all of the gas flow and to harvest the heat in gas delivered to the air exc... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7775915 | Water disk sports game and target A water disk sports game that includes a pair of floating goals located at predetermined distances from each other in a designated boundary area. Each goal includes a vertical scoring pole that extends upward from a large floating base. In a first embodiment, the fl... | 08/17/2010 |
