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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104215 | Firearm camouflage system The present invention provides a pre-packaged kit and a method for creating unique multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage on a surface, and in particular the surfaces of a firearm. The multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage are created by separating or peeling... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104099 | Transformable womens' trousers Transformable womens' trousers which, comprised of an upper part with means to fasten a belt around a user's waist, and having a zipper on its lower hem region with which to join other parts corresponding to the trouser legs, with side zippers that allow its extensi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8083038 | Spring loaded spacer A spring loaded spacer for fastening components and control units together with touch control face plates or panels wherein the spacer has a shank portion nested in a barrel portion, one end of the barrel portion being connected to a chassis or the like and its shan... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7930849 | Adjustable butt stock A butt stock for a shoulder held firearm with an horizontally and vertically adjustable cheek rest, reversibility of the cheek rest without loss of any of the other adjustments, a shoulder pad assembly to allow from 0 to 360 degrees of adjustment of the angle of the... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7712725 | Drain valve assembly A drain valve assembly having a stem which can be inserted into a crankcase or other fluid reservoir, wherein the stem is connected to a housing which encloses a sealing barrel movably secured and sealed in the connected stem and housing, and wherein the sealing bar... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7682661 | Firearm camouflage system The present invention provides a pre-packaged kit and a method for creating unique multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage on a surface, and in particular the surfaces of a firearm. The multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage are created by separating or peeling... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7562479 | Set trigger for a firearm A set trigger assembly that enables a user of a firearm with a trigger, return spring plunger, and a return spring plunger spring to modify the trigger mechanism on-demand to reduce the trigger pressure required to fire the firearm by enabling the user to retract th... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7515806 | Fiber optic cable guide This invention provides a cable guide (10) capable for securely routing a plurality of cables (C), such as fiber optic cables (C). The cable guide has at least two fastening units (12), an optional guide unit (14), and a flexible connector (1... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7484740 | Projection and actuation device for a walking stabilizer A walking stabilizer equipped to combat the effects of akinesia paradoxica by employing a novel method and device to regulate and actuate a projection instrument which generates a pattern perpendicular to the user's direction of travel. The regulating and actuating ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7412918 | Firearm camouflage system The present invention provides a pre-packaged kit and a method for creating unique multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage on a surface, and in particular the surfaces of a firearm. The multi-toned custom patterns or camouflage are created by separating or peeling... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7383919 | Rotatable propeller driven engine exhaust system An exhaust chamber system having a rotatable propeller type blade assembly at the entry to an expansion chamber which creates a vortex that swirls exhaust gas towards the outlet. The resultant action within the exhaust chamber aids in scavenging internal combustion ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380639 | Backpressure reducing exhaust system with stationary blade structure The present invention provides an exhaust chamber system, comprising a stationary propeller type blade assembly with a nose cone within or adjacent to an expansion chamber, to create a vortex that swirls exhaust gas towards the outlet. The resultant vacuum within th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379293 | Multiple split ring cathode ray tube clamp A multiple split ring clamp for securing a printed circuit board on a cathode ray tube, in which the clamp first split ring has overlapping jaws and teeth on each end of the jaws, wherein the jaws and teeth are adapted to engage and hold the clamp on the cathode ray... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347871 | Breast prosthesis A breast prosthesis fabricated from silicone and characterized by an outer shell shaped region and an inner shall-shaped region wherein the inner region is profiled in the form of rings arranged concentrically around the mamilla. The rings may be formed bellows-like... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7303220 | Connector coupling/decoupling tool A connector tool for holding a cable connector, such as a fiber optic or similar connector, for coupling and/or decoupling the connector into or from a connector port in an area having a high density of connector ports. The connector tool comprises a sleeve and a gr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7209345 | Cathode ray tube clamp A clamp for securing a printed circuit board on a cathode ray tube, in which the clamp has a split ring with overlapping jaws and teeth on each end of the jaws, wherein the jaws and teeth are adapted to engage and hold the clamp on the cathode ray tube, and wherein ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7125398 | Medical needle guard The present invention provides a needle guard comprising a base having a needle well to guide the point of a needle into the patient and, at the same time, for confining the pointed end of a needle within the walls of the needle well until the needle is inserted int... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7064774 | Thermal transfer label printer with rewind control, and method for multiple label printing This label has a printing head (1) which may be stationary or mob vale along a guide (2), a ribbon (3) bearing a printing medium, a ribbon pay-out spool (4), a ribbon tale-up spool (5) driven by a stepper motor (6), a contro... | 06/20/2006 |
| D521230 | Flask with translucent bottle | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038169 | Electric heater for the coupling head of a central buffer coupling The invention relates to a heater for an electric central buffer coupling in which at least one heating element (3) is placed in a recess of the coupling head (1) and is covered toward the outside. To improve the transfer of heat from the heating eleme... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6913165 | Cocktail shaker A Cocktail shaker which has a head adapted for releasably sealing an insulated container, having at least one plastic wall, where the container may be used as a drinking vessel. The cocktail shaker head has a metal selectively closeable stainer or filter portion and... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6834988 | Enhanced thermal indicator light system and method for the use thereof The present invention provides an indicator system for an appliance to notify an appliance operator that an operable temperature is reached by an element of the appliance. The indicator system comprises a light source that provides light to a linear light enhancer. ... | 12/28/2004 |
| D487792 | Scope mount | 03/23/2004 |
| 6544148 | Jump rope with weighted handles and rope A weighted jump rope for use by a person in an exercise routine which comprises a length of swingable rope, a pair of spaced apart handles, one handle on each opposed end of the length of swingable rope, each of the handles having a grip adapted for use b... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6451585 | Product for pre-emptive potential in remediation of oil spills A process for pre-emptive potential in bioremediation of oil spills comprising the steps of fabricating cells of micro-organisms capable of degrading hydrocarbons, encapsulating the cells into pods dissolvable in a non-hydrocarbon environment such as wate... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6202974 | Portable easel with adjustable board support A portable easel with adjustable board support which has a plurality of legs pivotally joined together by a head, the legs of which may be selectively spread apart when set up as an easel and folded together when collapsed, each leg composed of multiple i... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6155815 | Bushing and nozzle heating device An integral heated molding device for maintaining at a controlled elevated temperature material passing through an orifice in the device, which has a heat transfer central core secured to an overlying cover and having an annular space between the central ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6142435 | Integral mounting base support for components A mounting support and a component integral with the support for secured mounting in a panel having a keyhole aperture, wherein the keyhole aperture has a smaller aperture intersecting with a larger aperture, and the support has a base for seating on the ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6075231 | Formed molding torpedo device and a method for making the same A formed integral heated molding torpedo device for maintaining at a controlled elevated temperature material passing over an exposed surface of the device which has an integral casing containing a resistance wire wound core embedded in heat transfer elec... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5935472 | Formed molding torpedo device and a method for making the same A formed integral heated molding torpedo device for maintaining at a controlled elevated temperature material passing over an exposed surface of the device which has an integral casing containing a resistance wire wound core embedded in heat transfer elec... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5913615 | Open-closed sign structure An open--closed sign structure fabricated and assembled from a pair of like sign body sections arranged back to back to form a sign body and having an area spaced apart between them, the sign body carrying a sign face visible from either side, wherein a s... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5827041 | Pump and seal arrangement to prevent leakage due to fluid boiling and cavitation A fluid pump having a pump body defining a pump cavity and a pump shaft rotatable on a bearing in the cavity, wherein the pump cavity contains a seal in a closed chamber between the pump body and the shaft, and the cavity is characterized by a first zone ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5814767 | Flexible plastic ducting and method for making and forming same A coilable length of insulating material adapted to be set up for forming a duct to contain wire-like members extending along its length, wherein the length has a plurality of spaced apart longitudinally extending scores, the space between the scores defi... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5662303 | Portable easel having a hollow body A portable flipchart plastic blow molded easel having a display portion telescopically arranged on a pedestal base portion having legs pivotally secured to and foldable away from the base portion for holding the easel upright, the legs and portions having... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5538268 | Foldable walking stabilizer device for physically disabled persons A foldable walking stabilizer device to assist movement of a physically disabled person, having a base with horizontally aligned opposed arms joined by a connecting arm, rotatable wheel assemblies adapted for rotation responsive to movement by a disabled ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5478040 | Portable easel A portable flipchart plastic blow molded easel having a display portion telescopically arranged on a pedestal base portion having legs pivotally secured to and foldable away from the base portion for holding the easel upright, the legs and portions having... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5398345 | Combination apertured garment pocket and object A combination apertured garment pocket and object adapted for securement in the pocket, where the pocket is attached to the garment by seams and has apertures therein, and the object, which may be a teddy bear, having appendages, is adapted to be removabl... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5360370 | Coin management devices and method Coin management devices having a transparent tubular device for receiving and aligning coins flat surface to flat surface and a tray into which aligned coins are arranged and the accumulated value of such coins ascertained. The tubular device has a tube o... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5348257 | Railroad switch heating control A control and detector for a railroad switch point having a detector mechanism which is secured to a stockrail at the switch point where the stockrail is intended to be in contact with a corresponding switchrail. The detector mechanism is secured in a hou... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5301477 | Panel system A panel system for office workstations wherein a display board is removably secured to a hanging bar, The bar has a bracket assembly for selectively and removably hanging it onto a selected surface and has flanges arranged in the bar which may receive the... | 04/12/1994 |
