...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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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 |
| 8006821 | Rotary anti-pullback unit of fletched fins A rotary anti-pullback unit is provided which comprises a rotor 22 and a frame 43 for rotatably supporting the rotor 22. Rotor 22 comprises a plurality of disks 25 arranged coaxially in a line and in axially spaced relation to each... | 08/30/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| D492954 | Photographic screen | 07/13/2004 |
| D487792 | Scope mount | 03/23/2004 |
| 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 |