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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100141 | Water supply control assembly with automatic shut-off and duty cycle reset A water supply control assembly is disclosed for cutting off the supply of water to a house or building in the event of excessive water consumption. In one embodiment, a valve is secured to a distribution conduit in fluid communication with a pressurized source of f... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8056878 | In-line document holder for computer work station A document holder has compact construction for in-line placement and viewing between a keyboard and display monitor. The holder can be set-up in a minimum profile configuration to accommodate small source documents, and can be quickly expanded to accommodate relativ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7992685 | Optical cable lubricator with reservoir A cable is installed in a duct by means of blowing (and, optionally, synergetic pushing) and lubricating the cable during field installation. Lubricating the cable is done after the cable exits from the cable blowing equipment and hence takes place in a pressurized ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7931046 | Steam trap with inverted bucket float A steam trap includes an inverted bucket in a bucket chamber. The bucket has a vent hole formed in an upper portion thereof. The vent hole is formed along a vent hole axis, which may be angled so that the bucket rotates from the venting propulsion. The chamber has a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7861663 | Boarding ladder for inflatable watercraft A portable boarding ladder is attached to a rubberized portion of an inflatable boat without the use of piercing fasteners and does not require a hard point mounting structure. A base ladder section and a climbing ladder section are pivotally coupled together and su... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7837426 | Teeter beam assembly A teeter beam assembly is provided for attachment to a pipe launcher that can be tilted towards or away from the pipe launcher to move joints of drilling pipe on to or off of the pipe launcher by rolling pipes with the assistance of gravity. The teeter beams assembl... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7794103 | Parking space barrier block with photovoltaic illumination A solar-powered parking space barrier block is configured as a one-piece molded housing of a high strength, transparent plastic material in which a photovoltaic solar panel and a DC energy storage module are inclosed. A pair of white light LED lamps provide end pane... | 09/14/2010 |
| D620300 | Tote cushion | 07/27/2010 |
| D620299 | Tote cushion | 07/27/2010 |
| D610387 | Tote cushion | 02/23/2010 |
| D609971 | Beverage container with icicle theme | 02/16/2010 |
| 7645220 | Perineometer with wireless biofeedback A perineometer for home or clinical use assesses the strength of pelvic floor muscles and provides audible and visual biofeedback signals as training aids during pelvic exercises. Impedance signals proportional to vaginal contraction pressure forces are developed by... | 01/12/2010 |
| D607271 | Beverage container base | 01/05/2010 |
| 7628744 | Multi-mode pelvic exercise probe A perineometer exercise probe for home or clinical use assesses the strength of pelvic floor muscles and provides audible, visual and tactile biofeedback signals as training aids during pelvic exercises. The exercise probe is selectively operable in a passive reacti... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7625168 | Pipe indexer/kicker with ramp engaging arm A combination pipe kicker/indexer for attachment to a pipe launcher is provided. The pipe kicker includes an articulated arm that is operated by a rotating shaft. The arm has a kicker head that rises up from a frame and moves towards a pipe located in the trough of ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7614502 | Apparatus and method for making and sorting articles of mail A pre-printed label is attached to an article of internal or interdepartmental mail. The label is imprinted with a matrix of boxes that are selectively scratched or blackened out by a sender to represent a destination mail stop code. The matrix includes a lead-in ma... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7602136 | Mitigation of harmonic currents and conservation of power in non-linear load systems An AC power controller system applies three-phase AC operating power to an induction motor that drives a non-linear mechanical load. A primary low pass filter is connected in series between branch phase conductors and a power controller of the type that uses gate-co... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597632 | Golf putting practice aid A golf putting practice aid has a rectangular base frame that serves as a stroke window for shot set-up and aiming purposes. A side frame is movably mounted on the base frame for pivotal movement from a folded, minimum profile storage configuration to an upright ope... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7578101 | Support bracket to suspend sheet material for a wall A bracket has outwardly projecting L-shaped support arms for use in installing sheet material, such as drywall or sheetrock, on a wall. The bracket includes a base having holes for temporarily fastening the bracket to a stud of the wall. The support arms of the brac... | 08/25/2009 |
| D592812 | Rescue tube | 05/19/2009 |
| 7478973 | Concrete-leveling system A leveling system for freshly poured concrete is provided comprising a hand screed and a hand float. The system includes a laser beam leveling system consisting of a laser transmitter mounted on the hand screed and a laser beam receiver target mounted on the hand fl... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7470084 | Ergonomic concrete hand screed An ergonomically-shaped hand screed for levelling and finishing concrete is provided. The screed has a finger relief groove on its rear face and a thumb relief groove on its front face. Both the finger and thumb grooves are positioned nearer the top surface of the s... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7462157 | Method and apparatus for detecting endometriosis A vaginal probe includes a metal detection sensor for detecting the presence of ferrous-laden endometriotic tissues. The probe is electrically connected to external electronic circuitry for interpreting the readings taken by the sensor and for providing a qualitativ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458809 | Portable kiln A portable kiln has a set of wheels, a handle and a platform base. The wheels and the handle are attached on a first side of the kiln so that the kiln can be tilted and rolled on the wheels using the handle. The platform base provides a spaced distance between the w... | 12/02/2008 |
| D581772 | Handrail coupling | 12/02/2008 |
| D574233 | Grip aid | 08/05/2008 |
| 7380287 | Long-sleeved garment with wristwatch accommodations A long sleeved garment has a sleeve that is fitted with a watch cuff which accommodates a wristwatch so that the face of the watch will be readily visible and accessible through a viewing window at all times, and not obscured by the cuff, while preserving the tailor... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7351926 | Rotation-proof enclosure for pressure switch housing A housing for a pressure switch is coupled to a pipeline. The housing has a tubular body with an explosion-proof enclosure attached to the body with a retainer sleeve inserted through an opening in the enclosure and threaded into the body to secure the enclosure to ... | 04/01/2008 |
| D562198 | Motorcycle radiator guard | 02/19/2008 |
| 7309973 | Mitigation of harmonic currents and conservation of power in non-linear load systems An AC power controller system applies three-phase AC operating power to an induction motor that drives a non-linear mechanical load. A primary low pass filter is connected in series between branch phase conductors and a power controller of the type that uses gate-co... | 12/18/2007 |
| D556333 | Therapeutic thermal pack | 11/27/2007 |
| D555655 | Support platform for a laptop computer | 11/20/2007 |
| D550852 | Thermal pack | 09/11/2007 |
| D550526 | Zwickel tool | 09/11/2007 |
| D548479 | Portable baby bed | 08/14/2007 |
| D544549 | Jet airplane toy | 06/12/2007 |
| D542357 | Roping toy | 05/08/2007 |
| D541079 | Packaged ice cream display unit | 04/24/2007 |
| D541366 | Lounger for deck and pool use | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190676 | Traffic manager, gateway signaling and provisioning service for all packetized networks with total system-wide standards for broadband applications including all legacy services Broadband integrated services are performed via digital, channelized or optically coded networks by a system which organizes, interfaces, provisions, loads and controls, in real time, the transport of grouped or organized information (such as packetized cell data) t... | 03/13/2007 |
