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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D593474 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 06/02/2009 |
| D593396 | Door handle for a vehicle | 06/02/2009 |
| 7190332 | Acoustically activated marketing device An acoustically activated marketing for displaying predefined information in response to predefined data being received. The device is obtained from a retailer and worn as a badge while at the cinema or while listening to the radio or TV. When a specific advertiseme... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172381 | Unfastening prevention device An object of the present invention is to provide an unfastening prevention device which has nothing projecting outside, and can prevent unfastening at either head or distal end of a bolt. An unfastening prevention is attained by covering a cap (6, 16) ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7150213 | Vertical processing center A vertical machining center with a tool slide, which can be moved in a controlled manner, and a workpiece feed on one side of a machining area is designed for automatically changing the workpiece holders with workpieces. To this end, the workpiece feed is designed f... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7051977 | Aircraft wheel support mechanism An aircraft wheel support mechanism capable of reducing the impact to the tire at the time of landing and capable of reducing the impact to the tire at the time of the wheel colliding with an obstacle lying on the runway. The mechanism has a suspension mechanism for... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6967622 | Plasma device and plasma generating method A plasma apparatus includes a slot antenna (30) supplying an electromagnetic field to a container in which plasma is generated. Slot antenna (30) has a slot (36) so formed that a radiation plane (31) at a periphery B thereof allows the el... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953908 | Plasma processing apparatus A plasma processing apparatus, comprising: at least, a plasma processing chamber for processing therein an object to be processed; antenna means for guiding microwaves into the plasma processing chamber; and a dielectric member disposed between the antenna means and... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6932414 | Covering for a clamp of a folding top A covering shell connected with a folding top clamp by way of detents and holding noses so that, in the event of an emergency operation of the folding top, the shell can be removed from the clamp at any time. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6911617 | Plasma device and plasma generating method A desired component of an electromagnetic field in a slot antenna is selectively taken to be supplied into a vessel for generating a plasma. The angle of inclination of slots (36) relative to the circumferential direction of a radiation surface (31) of... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6903393 | Semiconductor device fabricated on surface of silicon having <110> direction of crystal plane and its production method In a semiconductor device in which a plurality of field effect transistors are formed on a silicon surface having substantially a orientation, the field effect transistors are disposed on the silicon surface such that a direction connecting a source region and... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6821395 | Solar stills of the tilted tray type, for producing pure drinking water A solar of still of the tilted tray type having a black absorber member forming a plurality of cells. A glass window is positioned closely adjacent the cell distortion of the absorber, and a reflector beneath the absorber. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818852 | Microwave plasma processing device, plasma processing method, and microwave radiating member A placement stage (24) on which a semiconductor wafer (W) is place is provided within a processing container (22). A microwave is generated by a microwave generator (76), and the microwave is introduced into a process container (22) throu... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6727791 | Capacitive voltage transformer A capacitive voltage transformers for distribution of the power from 10 kv high potential line, includes a insulating column with a high potential terminal, a ground terminal and capacitors C1 and C2 in series connection. The column is filled with oilless dry filler... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6722396 | Method for filing, cleaning and emptying large volume gas containers, especially airships A method in which large-volume gas containers, for example, airships having a gas holding capacity of, for example, 400,000 m3, can be filled with a process gas, includes first completely filling the container with an auxiliary gas, the density of which d... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6717732 | Vehicle rear-view mirror and method of making same A vehicle rear-view mirror has a light-transmitting filtering layer for filtering out interfering fractions of the light entering the filtering layer in the yellow spectral range. The mirror includes an interference reflector which has a plurality of thin layers for... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6717043 | Thermoelectric power generator A thermoelectric power generator is provided capable of generating electric power from solar heat, geothermal heat or exhaust heat of low or medium temperature. The thermoelectric power generator operates via a working mechanism where a slightly hydrated sulfide sem... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714327 | Use of a holographic video screen as a display surface in a vehicle The use of a holographic video screen which appears black, gray or colored in ambient light as the display surface in a vehicle, wherein a driver can view the screen while driving without taking his eyes of the road. Additionally, the display system containing such ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 7539569 | Method for operating a sensor in a safety system In a safety system and a method of operating a sensor in a safety system, the sensor transmits an electric reaction signal to a central system unit, and is also excited by the central system unit by a diagnostic and/or excitation signal as a reversible electro-mecha... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538956 | Panoramic imaging device A panoramic imaging device comprises: a lens array having a center lens for receiving light entering in a front range of at most 60° in a capture angle and left and right side lenses formed on the same plane as that with the center lens formed thereon and having op... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538181 | Method for preparing poly (lactic acid)-based resin and its co-polymers A method for preparing poly (lactic acid)-based resin or its co-polymers with high molecular weight, the method comprising a condensation process using a thiaole cation condensing agent, as well as the polymers obtained therefrom. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538012 | Fluorine-containing carbon film forming method The present invention is made to solve a problem to improve adhesion between a fluorine-containing carbon film and a foundation film. In order to achieve this object, according to the present invention, a fluorine-containing carbon film forming method of forming a f... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537858 | Catalyst structure and fuel cell having the same The present invention provides a catalyst structure of high catalytic activity and a fuel cell of high cell output. The catalyst structure comprises a conductive film and catalyst particles formed on the conductive film wherein the difference between lattice constan... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537416 | Riser support system for use with an offshore platform A riser support system for use in a body of water comprises a buoyant and ballastable support structure and a plurality of substantially vertical and rigid risers each of which is attached to the inside of the support structure at a location below the center of buoy... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537400 | Camera system for a motor vehicle A camera system for a vehicle may comprise at least one camera unit that is detachably connectable to the vehicle. The camera unit may be used for at least one camera-based driver-supporting function of the vehicle. The camera system may further comprise a plurality... | 05/26/2009 |
| D593022 | Wheel or wheel cover | 05/26/2009 |
| D593020 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 05/26/2009 |
| D593018 | Wheel or wheel cover | 05/26/2009 |
| D593017 | Front face of a vehicle wheel | 05/26/2009 |
| D593016 | Door for a vehicle | 05/26/2009 |
| D593000 | Vehicle, toy, and/or other replicas | 05/26/2009 |
| 7536502 | Controller device to be connected to IEEE 1394 serial bus When the user instructs deletion of all program files using a remote control, a microprocessor of a set-top box repeats transmission of a deletion command with respect to all program files stored in a hard disk recorder to the hard disk recorder and deletes all prog... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536254 | Traffic information estimating system A traffic information system includes: a past information database for storing past information, which is collected for road links in a predetermined area, of a past mobile object on a road; a current information database for storing running information, which is co... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535809 | Optical recording apparatus with drawing capability of visible image on disk face A system and method of drawing a visible image on an optical disk are provided. The optical disk is rotated while a optical pickup irradiates a laser beam onto the optical disk to draw the visible image on the optical disk. The rotating state of the optical disk is ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534903 | Use of amidomethyl-substituted 2-(4-sulfonylamino)-3-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2-chromen-6-yl-compounds in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia and other disease states The use of compounds corresponding to formula I: in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 have the meanings given in the description for treating cardiac arrhythmi... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534511 | Thermal control of fuel cell for improved cold start Improvements in startup time for an electrochemical fuel cell system from freezing and sub-freezing temperatures are obtained by utilizing an insulated fuel cell stack in combination with an thermal control subsystem. Temperature of the insulated electrochemical fue... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534195 | Method of controlling a vehicle and system of controlling the same At the time of shifting from one gear train among a plurality of gear trains to another gear train, a transmission for controlling a transfer torque variable mechanism and supplementing torque during shifting, during a period of transferring at least a part of torqu... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533718 | Air conditioning device and method An air-conditioning device and an air conditioning method make it possible to reduce the problem that, on entry in a tunnel with a warm internal temperature, in the case of otherwise cold outside temperatures as a result of which, inter alia, the vehicle windowpanes... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7532973 | Control apparatus of direct injection internal combustion engine A direct injection internal combustion engine control apparatus used in an idling stop vehicle or the like, which can reduce residual fuel generated in a combustion chamber in an engine stop time, and prevent deterioration of exhaust performance and deterioration of... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531767 | Method and apparatus for laser perforating printed circuit board A method and an apparatus for perforating a printed circuit board are provided so that the processing efficiency and the board densification can be improved. In test processing, a conductor layer 50i is irradiated with a pulsed laser beam 4a ... | 05/12/2009 |
