Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173477 | Isolation chamber and method of using the isolation chamber to make solar cell material Apparatuses and methods are provided for the continuous formation of solar cell material including an isolation chamber that reduces cross contamination between adjacent formation zones that are at different pressures. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| D658118 | Tire tread | 04/24/2012 |
| D658117 | Tire tread | 04/24/2012 |
| D658116 | Tire tread | 04/24/2012 |
| D656084 | Tire tread | 03/20/2012 |
| 8118695 | Arrow fletching The present invention is a shrinkable tube with pre-attached fletching with or without cresting. When heat is applied to the tube, it only takes seconds to shrink the tube to the arrow. The tube will shrink to a tight and secure fit on any size-hunting arrow. The fl... | 02/21/2012 |
| D651165 | Tire tread | 12/27/2011 |
| D651160 | Tire tread | 12/27/2011 |
| D647038 | Pneumatic radial tire | 10/18/2011 |
| D644597 | Tire tread | 09/06/2011 |
| 7967311 | Multi position step A dual position step assembly that can be mounted into a standard square towing receiver that is previously installed on a pickup truck or similar vehicle is described. The step assembly is mounted to the rear of the vehicle. The step can be pivoted to two positions... | 06/28/2011 |
| D637826 | Table | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939335 | Detection and classification of heavy hydrocarbon contamination in refinery process streams via spectrofluorometry A method and apparatus for determining the presence of heavy hydrocarbons (including those from unprocessed crude oil) in distillate streams and/or reformer feed includes taking at least one sample, spectrally analyzing the at least one sample for at least one heavy... | 05/10/2011 |
| D631005 | Photovoltaic module design | 01/18/2011 |
| D627711 | Tire tread | 11/23/2010 |
| 7637970 | Method and apparatus for recovery and recycling of hydrogen An apparatus and method for recovering and recycling hydrogen from a reforming process raises the pressure of at least one hydrogen-rich gas stream from at least one catalyst lock hopper and delivers at least a portion of the pressurized hydrogen-rich gas stream to ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7625479 | Petroleum hydrocarbon binder with reduced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content A binder pitch material includes a petroleum pitch and asphalt fraction obtained from petroleum crude oil and has a significantly lower polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composition than a coal tar pitch having a like softening point. The pitch material is useful as a... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7622101 | Developmental animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy Disclosed is a developmental animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy and other seizure-related disorders. In particular, the invention provides a method of inducing a permanent change in the neurological development of a rodent, such as a rat, comprising daily admini... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7574833 | Acoustic device for use on office partitions This invention is a device that is mounted on the top of a movable office partition to improve the acoustical efficacy of the partition. It is equally effective on new or on existing partitions and can be made to fit all the major brands in the movable partition mar... | 08/18/2009 |
| 6977809 | Portable computer case The present invention is directed to a portable computer having an integral case that incorporates a resilient material to protect the portable computer from wear and tear encountered when transporting and/or using the portable computer. The integral case also inclu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6920657 | Elevation device for positioning an extremity An elevation device for resiliently supporting an extremity of a patient that utilizes the packaging for the device to form the finished product. The elevation device includes a support cushion and a planar surface for supporting the support cushion at a desired ele... | 07/26/2005 |
| D583595 | Chair seat and back | 12/30/2008 |
| 7470095 | Mobile milling head with torque motor drive A milling head (16) for a milling machine (1) arranged for machining large-size workpieces comprises a fork 18, which is rotatably arranged around a first axis (C) and demonstrates a pair of fork arms (21, 22), which are separated from on... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7448261 | Method and apparatus for testing rubber tires or solid rubber wheel laboratory samples An eraser having the capability of absorbing oil or wax as a formulation of more than 50% styrene butadiene rubber (SBR). The eraser is particularly well suited for use in testing tires having oil or wax therein. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443301 | Long range RFID transponder A radio frequency identification device includes a piezo-electric crystal and a passive magnetic field sensor having magnetostrictive material. The sensor is responsive to a magnetic field to displace piezo-electric material to thereby generate electricity to power ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7287559 | Method and apparatus for processing sauerkraut for packaging in single-serve packets Sauerkraut that is free of added vegetable oil or other lubricant is prepared for packaging in small volumes by substantially continuously delivering a supply of the sauerkraut to a hopper (20) with an open top (22), the sauerkraut being delivered to t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282135 | Low viscosity, high carbon yield pitch product A low viscosity, high coking value petroleum tar material having a high coking value as compared to standard petroleum tars and containing at least one biodiesel material dissolved therein, and a method for producing such material, are disclosed. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266994 | Measuring particulate in liquid storage tanks This device provides for measuring the particulate content in a fluid storage tank. A sample of fluid is taken from a fluid storage tank; and compared to a field visual reference chart. Using this chart results in identifying tanks containing a maximum or average pa... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7244083 | Cutting head assembly A cutting head assembly for use in cutting plate glass has a simplified drive train, all positioned about the vertical rotational centerline. The drive train includes a hollow bore drive motor having a drive adaptor directly engaged with a spline shaft that extends ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7197808 | Process for forming a groove in a friction layer Device for forming of at least one groove (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98) in a friction layer (91) of a covered disk (90) for a force transmission aggregate, in particular for a disk clutch, with a rolling device (1, 11, 21, 31) with at leas... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7163183 | Bow holder A bow holder for holding an archery bow when the bow is not being used while hunting. This base can be used on multiple type tree stands either vertically or horizontally depending on the tree stand used. The connection between the main base parts and wire holder al... | 01/16/2007 |
| D533726 | Card display | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143882 | Disk for a force transmitting aggregate Disk (1, 11) for a force transmitting aggregate, in particular for wet disk clutch, with a core plate (2, 12) exhibiting a front side (V) and a backside (R), wherein the front side (V) and/or the backside (R) exhibits a friction lining (3v, | 12/05/2006 |
| 7097703 | Use of anti-strip agents to improve wear characteristics of pavement sealer A sealer base comprising at least one anti-wear agent comprising aliphatic carboxylic acids and aliphatic polyamides is disclosed. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7063197 | Backing plate for a disk assembly Backing plate (11) of a disk assembly (L) of a force transmitting aggregate, in particular a multi-disk wet clutch (1) or a multi-disk wet brake, wherein the backing plate (11) is essentially ring shaped and in accordance with the invention comp... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6986431 | Transportation and storage cart A storage and transportation cart having shelves and guide blocks adjustable along three axes to accommodate parts and workpieces of differing shapes and sizes and retain those workpieces in a vertical orientation. ... | 01/17/2006 |
| D509954 | Umbrella | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945371 | Wet clutch or friction plate brake Wet clutch (100) or friction plate brake has an essentially hollow cylindrical shaped balance piston (14) that is coaxial to a clutch hub (2) and is rigidly connected with an apply piston support device (12), an essentially ring shaped sp... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935481 | Snap-in balance piston The invention relates to a clutch device with a pressure piston (1) for generating a pressure force for moving a clutch (4, 9, 8, 10, 27), in which the pressure piston (1) is guided to slide in a housing (5, 15.1) and the housing (5, 1... | 08/30/2005 |
