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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6250755 | Attachment of bridge and temples to eyeglass lenses Attachment of a bridge and temple hinge to the lens of rimless eye glasses. The attachment is accomplished by providing a tapered aperture is each lens adjacent to the outer surface of the lens and conforming the distal ends of the bridge and temple hinge... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6149003 | Protection system for collectible cards A system for protecting collectible cards and the like. A transparent card holder holds the collectible card and an authentication certificate. The card holder is sealed to prevent removal of the card and certificate. A light impervious pouch receives the... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148457 | Steam heated bed A bed having a hard sleeping layer with a conduit embedded in the layer. The layer rests on a thermally insulating layer. The conduit loops across the surfaces. A steam generator directs steam through the conduit to warm the bed. The steam passes to a con... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145986 | Combination glasses and glass case A case for glasses in the shape of a writing instrument having a hollow barrel portion for receiving a pair of small glasses. The case can take a plurality of different cross-sectional configurations. The writing instrument can be a pen or pencil at one e... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6134853 | Interlocking insulated building block system An insulated building block system for use in building walls and other structures. Each full block has sidewalls and endwalls with a generally open interior and flat upper and lower surfaces. Two vertical ridges are provided along the interior of one side... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6134740 | Sweeping machine brush mounting assembly An improved brush assembly for horizontally rotating brushes on street sweeping machines. A circular disk carries brush holders for holding bristles in the desired configuration. The brush holders are clamped to the disk by a clamp having a clamp bar that... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129035 | Visual car spotter A visual car spotter that is visible for a distance either day or night. The visual car spotter includes a telescopic mast with three telescopic segments frusto in cross section constructed of translucent or transparent material which when extended fricti... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6128076 | Apparatus for measuring truck tilt and preventing roll-over An apparatus for measuring side-to-side tilt of vehicles such as trucks, trailers and the like that elevate one end of a bin to dump material therefrom. A curved transparent tube filled with liquid except for one gas bubble is mounted on the vehicle. A se... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6116165 | Lap tray A tray for use on the lap of a person for supporting a small bet or use in activities such as card games, writing, etc. The lap tray is formed from an elongated, flexible plastic panel formed from a plastic such as high density polyethylene. The lap tray ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6109839 | Combination precision drill guide and replacement part A kit for repairing a worn out of round aperture. The kit includes a template which is later utilized as a part of the repair. In a first embodiment, the template is precisely located by means of utilizing the bottom of the aperture which does not become ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6107553 | Tailpiece for a banjo A tailpiece for a banjo including an elongated aperture for connection to the vertical surface of the drum assembly and for varying the tailpiece elevation for adaption to different configured drum assemblies. A required bend has nested side walls that ar... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105949 | Workpiece indexing and clamping system A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105978 | Skate board wheel truck The wheel truck for a skateboard has a concave curvilinear lower surface with a similar shaped axle. The axle is cast within the wheel truck. The distal wheel ends of the axle have their center line along the same plane. The wheel truck can be cast of alu... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102696 | Apparatus for curing resin in dentistry A self contained light source for curing light initiated resins used to coat teeth as veneers and fill cavities and chips in teeth in aesthetic or restorative procedures. The source includes an elongated container holding a battery and electronic compartm... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6099610 | Automatically emptying central vacuum cleaning apparatus A central vacuum system particularly adapted to collect and dispose of hair from hair cutting and from pet grooming. The system includes an automatic arrangement for collecting and dumping accumulated hair or other material. A housing includes an inlet fo... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095537 | Universal display case dolly A dolly system for use in moving large, loaded, display cases and similar structures that includes several dollies and apparatus for lifting the cases onto the dollies. Each dolly includes a housing having typically four casters on one side with walls aro... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6091017 | Solar concentrator array A high efficiency, light weight solar concentrator array particularly suitable for use with space vehicles. Parallel rows of mirror assemblies are mounted on a base plate having high thermal conductivity. Each mirror assembly comprises back-to-back mirror... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6091777 | Continuously adaptive digital video compression system and method for a web streamer A cost effective continuously adaptive digital video system and method for compressing color video data for moving images. The method describes capturing an analog video frame and digitizing the image into a preferred source input format for compression u... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6067365 | Loudspeaker A speaker has electrical insulation between the voltage found on the voice coil and the exposed support frame. The insulation can be in the form of a toroid, a washer or a plurality of spacers with opening therebetween spaced so as to maintain electrical ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6054097 | Expanding plasma emission source microorganism inactivation system A method and apparatus for disinfecting material such as a fluid stream, (e.g., water) or various objects (e.g., packaging, fruits, vegetables) using a high temperature expanding plasma emission source (EPES lamp) to generate intense pulses of ultraviolet... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6047949 | Programmable fluid flow control valve A fluid flow control valve which is mechanically programmable to enable the control of flow rate and/or timing of the supply of fluid therethrough. The valve comprises a housing having an inlet and outlet portion. An axially extending passageway within th... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6044924 | Hot compressed gas powered vehicle An air powered drive system for a vehicle such as an automobile or a propeller driven aircraft. In a land vehicle air pumps are connected to drive, or be driven by, each wheel. At least two air storage tanks are connected to the air pumps. A fuel is burne... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6039312 | Workpiece clamping system A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6035240 | Flexible distributed processing system for sensor data acquisition and control An all digital physical parameter sensing network. Sensors under control of a central computer measure factors such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, filter efficiency and the like at numerous locations in a system such as a water treatment plant. Each... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6027642 | Mobile portable water disinfection/filtration and hazardous chemical oxidizing system A water purification system which filters particulates from the water and treats organic contaminats with ozone. The incoming contaminated water flow is divided, with half passing through each of two filter and ozone contact systems. Initially, each strea... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6024445 | Single point attachment of bridge and temples to eyeglass lenses Attachment of a bridge and temple hinge to the lens of rimless eye glasses. The attachment is accomplished by providing a tapered aperture is each lens adjacent to the outer surface of the lens and conforming the distal ends of the bridge and temple hinge... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6017071 | Swiveling hoist assembly A hoist assembly having a swiveling head with a pivoting shackle. A lift swivel is captured by a housing and is rotatable relative to the housing. A shackle assembly including a hoist ring is fastened to the lift swivel. A lift bolt is threaded into the h... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5967784 | Hand held device for reducing the discomfort associated with the adjusting of orthodontic appliances A dental patient hand held vibrating device having a interdental mouthpiece portion for insertion into the mouth for gripping between the teeth of the dental patient encountering discomfort resulting from the adjustment of their orthodontic appliances. Th... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5961107 | Workpiece indexing and clamping system A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957482 | Folding child's wagon A child's wagon movable between a use position and a folded, compact, storage configuration. The wagon has a transversely divided bed so that the bed can be hinged for folding from a flat position for use to a position in which the two bed halves are in f... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5957514 | Bath drain bucket retriever A tool for retrieving bathtub drain internal stoppers or plungers, generally known as "buckets", that slide along a tube to open and close the drain. The tool has a handle on one end, a tool head on the other end for engaging a crossbar on the drain bucke... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5950563 | Terrarium enclosure system The present invention provides a multiple oriented two piece terrarium enclosure system which utilizes a base member for engagement with a shell structure having a slanted frontal viewing surface for improved viewing capabilities. The present invention al... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5944351 | Binding for removable-sheet book A high security removable page book, such as a check book, receipt book, etc. that protects against inadvertent removal of more than one page at a time and prevents removal of a page from the back of the book. In one embodiment, each page has at least one... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5934545 | Ball placement method and apparatus for forming a ball grid array A method and apparatus allow securing of balls to ball grid array electronic components. A component having a surface with rows and columns of electrical contact solder pads is removed from a printed circuit board for rework. Excess solder is removed from... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5927524 | Bottle safety blanket A safety blanket for a baby bottle formed from two very thin flat layers of a liquid impervious material. The two layers of material are sealed around the periphery with the central body portion not attached so as to form a dead air space therebetween. Th... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929966 | Folding eye glass frames with length adjustable temples Foldable glasses having telescoping temples and central pivoting bridge. The temples are shown with three or four telescoping elements. The four element temple has a distal element that is preformed from material that has a memory which when extended curv... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929967 | Combination glasses and glass case A case for glasses in the shape of a writing instrument having a hollow barrel portion for receiving a pair of small glasses. The case can take a plurality of different cross-sectional configurations. The writing instrument can be a pen or pencil at one e... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929972 | Communication apparatus and method for performing vision testing on deaf and severely hearing-impaired individuals An apparatus and method for communicating to a deaf or severely hearing impaired individual while vision testing utilizing indicator lights (52A), (52B), (52C), and (52D) positioned in the same plane as a visual acuity test chart (54) having optotypes (50... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924915 | Hand held self aligning shaft grinder A hand-held centerless grinding apparatus for grinding and refinishing convex, concave and flat surfaces. When a surface has been grooved or otherwise indented, the damaged surface can be built up, then must be ground back to the original configuration. A... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5896817 | Computer desk with tilted work surface A computer desk with a fixed or variable angle sloping works surface. The desk includes four legs, preferably telescoping to provide variable desk height, secured to a table top. A work surface panel is secured to the table top at an angle of from about 3... | 04/27/1999 |
