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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109179 | Power tong A power tong continuously rotates tubulars for spinning and torquing threaded connections. Continuous rotation is achieved through a rotating jaw having grippers that grip the tubular and continuously rotate with it. Hydraulic and electrical power necessary for actu... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8061526 | Wig wag bin flow directors The flow director apparatus according to the present invention in such bins include a plurality of the flow directors which are pivotally mounted or mountable beneath said plurality of diverter gates and to said upper end of said frame so as to depend a free end of ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7863859 | Contactless battery charging apparel A sequential power transmission between a portable user-carried battery and first and second independent accessories. At least one primary inductive coupling coil is mounted on an article of apparel worn by the user, so as to place a primary coil adjacent a first in... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7784506 | Rough hew planer Disclosed is a method and apparatus finishing the surface of a wood piece to appear rough hewn. The apparatus comprises a hand planer having a longitudinal direction, a rotatable cutter head having at least one planning blade and a bottom surface. The bottom surface... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7712494 | Method and apparatus for profiling a log for use in building timber or log homes A log profiler for sawing surfaces into and along the length of a log may be characterized as including a saw carriage selectively translatable along a track, a pair of log holders on the track for holding the log suspended over and along the track and adapted to se... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7658264 | Combination descender, pulley and force limiting rope brake A combination descender, pulley, and force limiting rope brake for rope rescue has a supporting plate having a one-way pulley sheave rotatably mounted thereto for free-wheeling rotation of the sheave in only a first rotational direction. A fixed brake member is moun... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7588027 | Articulated cooking grill A cooking grill assembly includes a foldable grill, wherein the components may be conveniently stored for transport, wherein the components include a lower support stake for insertion into soft ground or a free-standing base for use on hard ground, an upper extensio... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7435491 | Renewable, energetic, nanodimensional dispersion Fuel cells, and renewable-semi-liquid fuel mixtures, useful as anode materials, for said fuel cells are disclosed. The fuels are comprised in part of materials intercalated with hydrogen, alkali metals, or alkali metal hydrides, dispersed in liquid carriers. The che... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7331746 | Apparatus for handling and racking pipes An apparatus for handling pipes in a derrick and racking the pipes on a pipe racking assembly mounted on the derrick is provided to improve the stability of transferring pipes during a round trip operation. The apparatus includes a rotatable gate assembly mounted on... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311211 | Stock shelving system Shelves are mounted on a pair of slides, and the slides mounted to a pair of mounting brackets, themselves mountable to a pair of standards. The shelves pull out on the slides, away from the standards. The distance between the pair of slides may be adjusted. A pair ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7231710 | Apparatus for securing wire connectors An apparatus for securing wire connectors includes a rotatable cylindrical member defining at least one chamber configured to store at least one wire connector. A frame supporting the rotatable cylindrical member is detachably mountable on a drill. A dispensing hous... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219822 | Shopping list organizer A shopping list organizer includes a rigid substantially planar member sized to support a shopping list when the shopping list is mounted thereon. A clamp is provided for releasably mounting the shopping list on a first surface of the planar member. Magnets are moun... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7147553 | Portable smoking room A portable smoking room having a flexible enclosure defining a room detachably mounted on a frame is provided. A duct is detachably mounted to the frame for transporting smoke laden air within the flexible enclosure outside of the flexible enclosure. A fan detachabl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134465 | Process and apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two An apparatus for identifying, tracking and handling lumber to be cut-in-two includes a scanner and optimizer to scan the length of a board and to compare the scanned board to predetermined criteria so as to identify a board which, optimally, would be cut into two pi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7053777 | Interrogation, monitoring and data exchange using RFID tags A method and apparatus for identification and monitoring of, and obtaining data relating to, products moving along a distribution path, including at least one RFID tag mountable to a product, or product carrier, and a plurality of interrogators spaced apart along th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040494 | Stock shelving system A shelf overlay for mounting to a shelving system having at least one horizontal shelf mounted at opposite ends of the shelf to a pair of parallel and vertical spaced apart shelving standards. At least one such shelf overlay is mountable onto corresponding shelves. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7008895 | Method for producing an improved supported catalyst Highly active supported catalyst compositions and methods for producing more active supported catalyst compositions are disclosed. Said methods comprise steps for applying an adhesive coating of a catalytically active exfoliated transition metal dichalcogenide and p... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997639 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the height and inclination of roadway and greenway appurtenances An apparatus for adjusting the height and inclination of roadway and greenway appurtenances includes a rigid annular support ring mountable onto a rigid annular spacer ring sized so as to be mountable onto a manhole and a manhole frame mountable onto the support rin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992623 | 406 MHz emergency beacon with in-band homing transmitter A search and rescue beacon includes a main transmitter transmitting a Cospas-Sarsat signal at a main frequency and an auxiliary homing transmitter transmitting a homing signal at a homing frequency close to the main frequency. Advantageously both the Cospas-Sarsat s... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6926294 | Off-road in-line two wheeled skateboard An in-line wheel, all-terrain skateboard includes an elongate rigid frame having a forward member. The forward member has a front end and an opposite rear end. A laterally spaced apart pair of rigid struts defining a rear wheel well therebetween is rigidly mounted t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6889525 | Ring and mounting for a plurality of gemstones A ring and mounting thereon for a plurality of gemstones includes a ring formed of a pair of shanks mounted together at a common end. The pair of shanks have a through-aperture between distal ends of the pair of shanks opposite the common end. The distal ends are en... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6837671 | Apparatus for precisely manipulating elongate objects adjacent to and such as energized overhead high voltage transmission lines A remotely-controlled manipulator for mounting to the end of a telescopic boom, includes at least one releasable support mounted to a cross member for releasably holding or clamping an elongate object. ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6804539 | Single action audio prompt interface utilizing binary state time domain multiple selection protocol An interface protocol for the functional manipulation of complex devices such as personal telecommunication devices without the necessity of the visual feedback via textual or graphic data, wherein the sensor functions change with time rather than placement, so that... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6745537 | Modular wall or fence construction system A modular wall or fence construction system includes at least first and second I-profile blocks, each having an I-shape in planform. The I-shape defines a parallel pair of flanges across opposite ends of a web extending between the flanges. The I-profile blocks have... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6679408 | Utility rack for a pickup truck The rack for mounting to a vehicle includes horizontal upper and lower cross members. A pair of downwardly disposed mounting posts are mounted on opposite ends of the upper cross member. Where the truck is a pickup truck having a cargo box, the posts fit ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6635838 | Switch actuating device and method of mounting same A switch actuator includes a separate cap and connector which are assembled through an aperture formed in a resilient membrane which provides a switch cover. The resilient membrane has an exposed exterior surface and an opposite interior surface. The memb... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626608 | Mobile rock crusher A mobile rock crusher for crushing raw rock material which has been windrowed on a roadway in the translation path of the crusher includes a rigid supporting structure, which includes a frame, and translation means for allowing translation of the frame ov... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6547851 | Miniaturized wearable oxygen concentrator A component gas concentrator includes an air compressor, an air-tight first container containing a molecular sieve bed, the first container in fluid communication with the compressor through a first gas conduit, and an air-tight second container in fluid ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6474262 | Litter box The litter box of the present invention includes first and second mirror-image litter containers mountable on either side of a litter screen. Each container has an opening into a corresponding litter receiving cavity. The litter screen is removably mounta... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6408772 | In-line sub-surface seeding, fertilizing and watering system An in-line sub-surface seeding, fertilizing and watering system includes a blade (10) mountable into a header member (112) of a parallelogram linkage (110). A pair of parallel rigid drag arms (116, 118) extend between the header member (112) and a hanger ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6346264 | Supplement for restoring growth hormone levels A nutritional supplement for ingestion by humans for restoring growth hormone levels consisting of branched chain amino acids chosen from the group leucine, isoleucine, and valine; and free form amino acids chosen from the group lysine, glutamine, ornithi... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6338301 | Flush mounted flip top telecommunication and electrical station for board room tables A telecommunication, data including audio and visual data, and electrical station which can be permanently mounted within an aperture formed in a board room table includes a container having a perimeter flange which supports the station within the table. ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6336260 | Gated rigging plate The gated rigging plate of the present invention includes a rigid member having first and second opposite ends, first and second rigid arms mounted to the member, and extending away from the first end of the member from opposite sides of the member adjace... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6325437 | Slide-out compartment for a vehicle The apparatus of the present invention for selectively actuable relative movement in a first direction between a first vehicle compartment mountable or mounted to a second vehicle compartment includes a first actuator mounted to the first vehicle compartm... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6311828 | Stepped positioning fence A board positioning device selectively positions in a lateral direction in a generally horizontal plane a board translating in a longitudinal direction in the horizontal plane, wherein the board is aligned along its length in the lateral direction. The de... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6254049 | Irrigation line and plant support A support bracket for mounting on a support wire includes a resilient U-shaped member having mutually orthogonal partial loops formed at the distal ends thereof. The legs of the U-shaped member lie in planes which diverge by an acute angle and which inter... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6199883 | Articulated rear fender for bicycles An articulated rear fender for a bicycle includes a clamp releasably mountable to a seat post and a fender body mounted to the clamp.... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6189151 | Absorbent band A headband has an outer, substantially non-resilient, elongate, flexible sleeve. The sleeve is fluid permeable and includes an elongate central portion sized to fit around a user's head in snug circumferential frictional engagement around the user's foreh... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6145569 | Arched window blind An arcuately deployable blind for arched frame windows includes a base, a pivot mounted to the base and positionable over a center of curvature of a window frame of the arched frame window, and a slide arm, rotatably mounted at first end to the pivot. An ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5927174 | Incline wedge variable target size sawguides for circular gang saws A sawguide positioning method for circular gang saws mounted on a single saw arbor shaft. A guide bar is positioned generally parallel to the saw arbor shaft. A plurality of sawguide pairs are slidably mounted on the guide bar for longitudinal axial trave... | 07/27/1999 |
