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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866816 | Variable focus spectacles Variable focus spectacles which comprise i) a focus module that includes two variable focus lens sections, said sections each including a first fixed plastic lens and an adjustable focus liquid lens, and ii) a second fixed plastic lens that preferably includes most ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7619178 | Directly connected magnetron powered self starting plasma plume igniter An igniter for use in aircraft gas turbine and rocket engines that derives its energy from a directly connected magnetron. The igniter is intended to be mounted exterior of the engine, and to protrude into the engine's combustion chamber. The magnetron energy is con... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7485785 | Positioning aid for stringed musical instrument A positioning aid for a stringed musical instrument of the lute family that includes a pair of arms frictionally attached to the instrument and adapted to fit diagonally across the front of a player's body, in such a way so as to maintain the attitude of the instrum... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7407326 | Triangularly shaped flexible bottle with fitment, and method of fabrication A triangularly shaped flexible bottle having a gusseted body section, and a neck section comprised of narrowed portions of the side panels and gusset of the body section, with a fitment in the neck section. The bottle has a flat bottom that may be created by taperin... | 08/05/2008 |
| D573629 | Capo | 07/22/2008 |
| D551695 | Short acoustic bass | 09/25/2007 |
| 7147597 | Method of fabrication of gusseted flexible bottle with fitment A method for fabricating a fitmented flexible bottle is disclosed which involves feeding webs including one or more gussets, creating perimeter seals around only the top portion of the bottle, inserting the fitment from the input end of the machine in the direction ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7008054 | Actuation mechanism for variable focus spectacles An actuating mechanism for spectacles which include two variable focus lens units. The mechanism mounts on the spectacle bridge; and includes two elongated drive levers mounted near opposite ends of the bridge, each extending toward the other end of the bridge. The ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6893124 | Type of magnetically attached auxiliary lens for spectacles A magnetically affixed attachment for spectacles, including a preferably non-magnetic eyewire having front and rear regions. An auxiliary ens is held in the front region, and the rear region contains a plurality of micromagnets. Each micromagnet, preferably of the r... | 05/17/2005 |
| D489993 | Flexible bottle | 05/18/2004 |
| 6528710 | String clamping and tuning system for musical instrument A string clamping and tuning mechanism for stringed instruments is disclosed. String tension, through lever action, provides the clamping force on the string to anchor the string. A screw adjusted stop causes a change in the position of the lever system t... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6365809 | Tuning post for stringed musical instrument A tuning post for a stringed musical instrument which includes an integral string severing mechanism which automatically severs the excess length of a string while the string is being tensioned. A sharp edged aperture in the string post through which the ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6271448 | Sliding capo A sliding Capo for a musical instrument of the lute family which rides in a track in the neck of the instrument. The Capo includes a rigid cross piece holding elongated flanges which ride in the track. A cylindrical elastomeric roller runs in bearings car... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6053610 | Actuation mechanism for variable focal length spectacles An actuating mechanism for spectacles which include two variable focal length lens units. Each lens unit is fitted with a coupling member which extends from the lens unit into the bridge of the spectacles. A linearly-movable finger-operated slider, having... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6040947 | Variable spectacle lens A liquid-filled variable focal length lens of the type which has a distensible membrane as one of the lens surfaces, and a membrane support member to support the perimeter of the free area of the membrane. By using a membrane support member having a toroi... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6024683 | Apparatus and method for fabricating containers A pouch making machine which simultaneously creates perimeter seams for a plurality of pouches on a web and temporarily stores the seamed web in an accumulator at the conclusion of the seaming step, and then withdraws the web from the accumulator to sever... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6018120 | Acoustic musical instrument of the violin family with piezo-electric pickup A musical instrument of the violin family which has a piezo-electric pickup installed under the foot of the bridge which is supported by the bass bar. The forces generated in the bridge by the vibrating strings are transmitted through the pickup to the to... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6008441 | Capo A Capo comprised of two hingedly connected jaws with a torsion spring which urges the jaws toward a closed position, and a hand operated toggle type of linkage operating against said spring to open the Capo. The force needed to be applied to the toggle li... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5999328 | Liquid-filled variable focus lens with band actuator An actuating system for liquid-filled variable focus lenses of the type where the focus is adjusted by changing the spacing between a rigid lens and a distensible membrane. The actuating system involves a finger-operated positioner which drives an elongat... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5816403 | Sterilizable container for sterile presentation of contents A sterilizable container which includes an internal flap or a chute which is deployed when the container is opened to provide a sterile passageway through which the stored items may be removed. The flap or chute shields the contents of the container from ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5800325 | High speed machine and method for fabricating pouches A pouch making machine which simultaneously creates perimeter seams for a plurality of pouches on a web and temporarily stores the seamed web in an accumulator at the conclusion of the seaming step, and then withdraws the web from the accumulator to sever... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5786539 | Neck joint for stringed musical instrument A rigid neck joint for a stringed musical instrument. In one embodiment angled screws urge the neck of the instrument toward a side of the neck recess in the body as well as toward the bottom of the recess. In other embodiments, an angled piece in the nec... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5678889 | Moveable theater seats A modular assembly of theater seats aligned in a row. Each of the seats in the row moves with an identical motion in response to a coordinated sequence to create seat motions which can complement a scene being protrayed on a movie screen. Three or more ro... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5679910 | Adjustable neck for stringed musical instrument A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, which includes a bridge which does not stress the top of the guitar either vertically or laterally. Vertical and lateral forces due to string tension are balanced out within the bridge assembly. Also disclo... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5668620 | Variable focal length lenses which have an arbitrarily shaped periphery A variable focal length lens whose peripheral shape can be arbitrarily specified, for use in spectacles, which includes a rigid lens to provide the wearer's distance correction, and a liquid-filled lens bounded by a stretched distensible elastomeric membr... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5617717 | Flame stabilization system for aircraft jet engine augmentor using plasma plume ignitors A flame stabilizing system for an augmentor, or a ramjet engine, which utilizes continuously operating microwave powered plasma plume igniters to generate a stable source of ignition for the flowing combustible mixture within the augmentor combustion cham... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5565118 | Self starting plasma plume igniter for aircraft jet engine A microwave driven self-starting plasma plume igniter for aircraft gas turbine engines. In the preferred embodiment, microwave energy is generated by a magnetron and transmitted through a waveguide and coaxial transmission line. The coaxial transmission l... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5551781 | Sterilizable container and method of fabrication A sterilizable package having at least one flexible plastic wall, and having an access opening therein covered by a peelable two layered tear strip, including a porous membrane and a plastic interlayer, which interlayer has an opening substantially matchi... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5549388 | Pleated sterilization pouch A pouch to hold sterile articles which is comprised of two sheets in face to face contact and sealed around the periphery except at an access opening. One of the sheets has one or more pleats which intersect the access opening in order to provide greater ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5537906 | Stringed musical instrument An electric stringed musical instrument of the lute family, and in particular, a double bass, wherein the body, neck, and headstock are cut out of a single laminated section of a cone. The front surface of the headstock is coplanar with the neck and body,... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5442907 | Bootstrap re-ignition system for aircraft jet engine A system for re-igniting an aircraft gas turbine jet engine which has flamed out, using a plurality of electromagnetic wave powered plasma plume igniters in an intermittent mode to avoid compressor stall, and bootstrap the engine back up to normal operati... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5411036 | Mayo stand cover A Mayo Stand cover in the form of a bag made of plastic tubing wherein a portion of the area of the bag which covers the tray is necked down to provide a closer fit to the tray than does the remainder of the bag whereby the bag will fit smoothly on the tr... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5371629 | Non-circular variable focus lens A non-circular variable focal length lens, for use in spectacles, which includes a rigid lens to provide the wearer's distance correction, and a liquid-filled lens bounded by a distensible stretched elastomeric membrane to provide a variable near addition... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5268767 | Image pattern for facsimile receiver with reciprocating printhead and method A plain paper facsimile receiver using a reciprocating shuttle, and, preferably, an ink jet printhead having one or more columns of ink jet nozzles. The printhead is mounted on the shuttle carriage at an angle so as to result in a line density of twice th... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5240334 | Hand held multiline printer with base member for guiding A hand held printer and guiding means which maintains the printer in a fixed angular orientation with respect to an article to be printed, such as an envelope, and which constrains the printer to move linearly in a series of parallel line segments whereby... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5198060 | Method for replicating solvent-sensitive images A method for replicating solvent-sensitive images, such as those comprised of fused toner. An original image is copied on to a label by wetting the image to be copied and the label with solvent (after placing the label and the image in contact). Solvation... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5141792 | Image transfer label for solvent-sensitive images A label for replicating images which includes an image-receiving sheet having microencapsulated solvent embedded therein. The image-receiving sheet is removably bonded to a base film which permits the label to be easily handled. Applying pressure to the l... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5138494 | Variable focal length lens A variable focal length lens, for use in spectacles, which includes one or two rigid lenses to provide the wearer's distance correction, and a liquid filled lens bounded by a distensible stretched elastomeric membrane to provide a variable near addition. ... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5136733 | Bedpan A bedpan for use by bedridden patients which includes a shallow pan appropriately shaped to fit under a patient's buttocks. The top of the pan is partially covered with a flexible sheet which holds the patient's weight and provides a significantly improve... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5095449 | Expansion module for computer printer font cartridge A computer printer font cartridge expansion module having i) a connector to couple to a printer font data bus receptacle, ii) a receptacle for accepting a font cartridge, and iii) ROM for storing character information to provide additional font capability... | 03/10/1992 |
