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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5692701 | Knock down reel holder Leg brackets for the reel holder have a bore between the side surfaces of its body portion. The bores are capable of receiving existing conduit which is combined with the leg brackets to form a holder for wire reels. The body portion has upwardly angled l... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5690260 | Bicycle carrier A bicycle carrier has a body member which is tubular in shape and size to have a telescoped connected fit in a tubular vehicle hitch member. A pivot support is provided at a rearward portion of the body member and pivotally supports an upright bicycle sup... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5658053 | Shaft re-greasing hub A hub for greasing inner and outer shaft bearings on a spindle having greasing passageways leading in from the front of the hub. One passageway leads to the front of the outer bearing and the other passageway leads to the rear of the inner bearing. A purg... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5642723 | Elastic band projectile slinger An elastic band projectile slinger has an elongated base forming an elongated projectile guide track along its length. A pivoted support plate on the front end of the base anchors a pair of elongated elastic bands which are stretchable to a releasable lat... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5581963 | Knock down element wall structure Wall elements have edge cavities that extend inwardly through their side edge and have locking lugs inwardly of the cavities. Lock pins are provided between the wall elements for each cavity and are associated with the locking lugs for securely locking tw... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5567220 | Combination plant food supplement and compost material and process A carbonaceous material and a nitrogenous material are mixed in combination with activated carbon ash and perlite fines. The activated carbon and perlite fines serve to limit the loss of ammonia nitrates as well as to lock nitrogen in the biomass and to l... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5561940 | Snare trap for animals An annular body member is of a size capable of allowing an animal to move at least partially through it. A snare line with a running noose therein encircles the exterior surface of the body member and has an anchored end. A trigger is disposed laterally a... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5556135 | Score card A score card has a front surface including scoring areas for scores to be entered thereon as well as game information and directions for entering the scores in the scoring areas. The score card has a pressure sensitive non-drying adhesive on the rear surf... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5551980 | Holder for supporting doors to be treated An upright support member includes at least one laterally extending arm at the upper end thereof. This arm supports upright rails having adjustable hanger brackets thereon. The hanger brackets support door support plates capable of having doors to be trea... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5537898 | Key holding tool for locksmiths First and second jaws are arranged to hold a key for fitting the key to a lock. A first jaw includes an anvil surface and a second jaw includes a lateral cutting lip that is arranged to cut slightly into the key when the latter is clamped securely in the ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5522177 | Christmas tree stand An upwardly extending post is welded at its lower end to a base ring and is inclined for holding a depending bar at an inner portion of the ring. The depending bar has a bottom horizontal foot plate that extends integrally therefrom. This foot plate carri... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5497648 | Dolly block for use in straightening, smoothing and cold shrinking of sheet metal panels A body member of polyurethane plastic has flat bottom, side and end walls and a convex top wall. The body member is of equal width and fully encloses a core of metal having a flat top, bottom side and end walls. The core is uniform in thickness throughout... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5495825 | Disposable bird feeder A housing has a base portion with a recess that holds a supply of bird seed. Walls are foldable upwardly from the base portion to form side walls and a top wall. The front and rear of the walls are open to provide access for birds using the feeder at the ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5494165 | Container for holding articles to be vacuumed packed A container body portion with airtight defining walls and an open end is associated with a lid having airtight engagement with the open end. A tube projects through the lid in an airtight fit and communicates with the interior of the container. An outer o... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5476135 | Mold box for forming sand pouring basins A mold box has a cavity for receiving molding sand. The cavity is defined by the bottom wall of the box, by an outer peripheral wall, and a central part having a top wall disposed in a lowered plane relative to the top wall of the box. Pouring opening sha... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5465992 | Aligning device for hitching a towed vehicle A base plate has an aperture which allows the plate to be mounted flatwise on a drawbar under the hitch ball. The base plate has a front integral wall of short height which allows side to side swinging movement of a trailer tongue over the top of it when ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5453033 | Combination life preserver and trouser belt A belt that can be fitted through belt loops of a pair of trousers for holding the trousers up is equipped with a pair of inflatable bladders, one on each side of the wearer. Controllable inflating means for the bladders are mounted on the belt, and when ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5448967 | Product for deodorizing and sanitizing horse stalls, and to a process of making the product A grain cereal having a high level enzyme content is mixed with a bran having a high level incubating enzyme content to produce, when mixed with the grain cereal, synergistic, non-pathogenic enzymes that are capable of causing vigorous breeding of enzymes... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5423114 | Tool for manually dismantling pallets A pallet dismantling tool having a body member, a handle, and lever extensions. The handle is mounted on the body member in angular relation to the lever extensions for forming leveraged functioning of the latter to pry off pallet deck boards when the han... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5419734 | Sandblasting hose holder for treating upright surfaces A frame member is capable of connection to a lifting cable moving the frame relative to a surface to be cleaned. The carriage is supported on the frame member and is adjustable on tracks between sides of the frame members. A hose support is pivotally moun... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5414924 | Pallet dismantling machine and cutter head assembly therefor A cutter head assembly for dismantling pallets includes a cross member pivotally supported on a machine. The cross member supports one or more cutter heads thereon in forwardly projecting operational position which is freely slidable in a lateral directio... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5413055 | All terrain seeder A seeder designed to seed all types of terrain including remote disrupted areas such as pipelines, oil wells, and the like. The seeder has a seeder box that is designed to be carried on the front of a vehicle and soil firming wheels on a drawbar that is p... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5409602 | Strainer for gutter downspouts An elongated body member is of inverted U-shape and is capable of seating in a gutter over a downspout opening. The body member has cross slots and bottom edge notches in an arrangement that efficiently stops leaves and debris but that allows water to dra... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5408757 | Jig for installing lap siding A vertical body member has a slot leading down from the upper end thereof for receiving and supporting a piece of siding to be installed. The slot has a depth that determines the overlap of a piece of siding and is defined at the rear by a wall terminatin... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5394612 | Brush and weed cutter blade A cutter blade has a body portion with a central attaching hole for removable attachment to an output end of a powered tool. The blade has a pair of oppositely extending ends with beveled cutting edges on their leading edges. The body and end portions of ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5386813 | Fuel saving device A vaporization chamber for fuel in an internal combustion engine has a heater associated therewith that operates the chamber at an efficient super heated temperature in the range of 350° F. to 400° F. This chamber has baffles that direct an angular cont... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5377699 | Hair abrader There is provided a hair abrading apparatus comprising a driveable member having an abrasive surface to reduce the length and diameter of facial and body hair, and a protective screen or cap to position the hair for contact with the abrasive surface and t... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5372063 | Press for forcing liquid from canned solid foods A body member of a press has a peripheral imperforate side wall and an imperforate end wall, the end opposite from the imperforate wall being open. The press has a lid-engaging portion capable of abutting a severed but remaining lid of a can and utilizing... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5360247 | Device for scooping articles from a surface A cylindrical receptacle has an open front end and a closed rear end. A handle leads rigidly from a side wall of the receptacle in a lateral direction at approximately 45° from the longitudinal plane of the receptacle. In one embodiment the receptacle ha... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5353655 | Gyroscopic device and process of generating electricity thereby A gyroscopic rotor has a shaft with opposite ends rotatably supported in a housing on a first or spin axis and capable of rotating around the housing at right angles to the spin axis, comprising a second axis. The support of the shaft in the housing is a ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5323541 | Template for laying out a one-piece cover for a stair step First and second longitudinal body portions are hinged longitudinally together and include adjustable end extensions which adjust the width of the body portion to the width of the stair tread surface and also the riser surface, whereby to form a cutting p... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5323525 | Cutter head for pallet dismantling machine A base mount supports a secondary mount in surface facing relation and a pair of these mount assemblies are positioned in spaced relation to receive a pallet stringer between them. The mounts support circular cutter discs which are disposed in axially ali... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5307554 | Pallet dismantling machine and cutter head assembly therefor A cutter head assembly for dismantling pallets includes a cross member pivotally supported on a machine. The cross member supports one or more cutter heads thereon in forwardly projecting operational position which is freely slidable in a lateral directio... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5302122 | Dentistry implant paralleling device and method of installing implants An articulated arm has a post on one end that guides a handpiece at a selected angle. The other end of the arm has a bore capable of supporting the arm at this other end in cantilevered arrangement on a base fitted in a hole drilled in the jaw that has be... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5302570 | Environmental product capable of absorbing oil from the surface of water, and process A process and product wherein a siliceous particulate material, that has been treated at room temperature with silicone thinned with a volatile thinner, is rendered hydrophobic and capable of absorbing oil. Particle size is between 25 and 4500 microns and... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5281049 | Air direction control means for vehicle climate control means A rotatable driver comprising a Geneva type wheel is operated by a turning knob associated with climate designations on a mounting dashboard panel. The driver has drive pins that engage slots in tangential movement in driven links connected to push-pull c... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5275281 | Micrometer organizing and protecting device A plate-like device has six recesses in its top surface for holding in face up relation a set of six commonly used micrometers of from 0-25.4 mm (0-1") through 127.0-152.4 mm (5-6"). The width and length dimensions of the holder are approximately 187.325 ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5273284 | Golf putting aid A flat plate-like base member is capable of being seated on a supporting surface such as a putting surface. An upstanding pedestal is mounted on the top surface of the base member and has a front surface from which at least one elongated straight rod has ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5271240 | Household refrigerator-freezer cooling apparatus with vacuum as the preserving means An inner cooled compartment for receiving articles to be preserved has a vacuum environment in it for the prolonged preservation of articles. Door closures for the compartment is associated with vacuum release valves to allow the closures to open. The inn... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5253565 | Pizza construction and apparatus A pizza base unit of crust has a plurality of waffle-type depressions in its upper surface that receive pizza toppings and serve to anchor such toppings on the upper surface of the pizza. In the method of forming the pizza, raw pizza dough is formed into ... | 10/19/1993 |
