Bizarre Patents
A beach chair which can be adapted for a woman who is pregnant and wishes to sunbathe in the prone position.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073994 | Data transfer, synchronising applications, and low latency networks Asynchronous network interface and method of synchronisation between two applications on different computers is provided. The network interface contains snooping hardware which can be programmed to contain triggering values comprising either addresses, address range... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068585 | Checking of broadband network components Systems and methods for checking broadband network components are provided in which an automated interactive system permits a field technician to check various conditions of a communication line or other broadband network components without the assistance of a suppo... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8023882 | Portable audience measurement architectures and methods for portable audience measurement Portable audience measurement architectures and methods for portable audience measurement are disclosed. A disclosed system contains a plurality of portable measurement devices configured to collect audience measurement data from media devices, a plurality of data c... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7978627 | Systems and methods to monitor communications to identify a communications problem Systems and methods to monitor communications to identify a communications problem are disclosed. An example method to monitor communication includes mirroring a first port on a first network element communicatively coupled to a virtual circuit to a second port on a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974389 | Method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange A method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange, includes grouping a plurality of private telephone numbers into a set. An outgoing telephone line for a 911 call is assigned to the set. A location information for the outgoing telephone line is input i... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7956722 | System and method for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device A system and method for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device. An enhanced paging system responsive to information sources and a selection device transmits information to a paging-capable device. The enhanced paging system comprises a storin... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954788 | Methods and apparatus to align a seat ring in a valve Methods and apparatus to align a seat ring in a valve are described. An example fluid valve includes a valve body having a curved internal surface to receive a seat ring and a seat ring having a sealing surface to receive a movable control member and a curved surfac... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954010 | Methods and apparatus to detect an error condition in a communication network Methods and apparatus to detect an error condition in a communication network are disclosed herein. An example method of detecting an error condition in a communication network includes collecting first metric data from a first endpoint device, the first metric data... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7848540 | Methods and apparatus for embedding and recovering an image for use with video content Methods and apparatus for embedding and recovering an image for use with video content are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an image processing module to embed a real component of a spectral representation of the image data into a first set of video frames f... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7533431 | Illuminating dock leveler A dock leveler for a truck loading dock includes a lighting system mounted to the deck of the leveler. The lighting system can be used for illuminating the interior of a trailer, illuminating the deck of the dock leveler, and/or providing a warning signal that alert... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7512236 | System and method for secure mobile commerce A method and system for secure communications in a mobile commerce system having a pre-defined communications protocol. The method and system are backward compatible, providing reader configured to distinguish between a first type of transponder using an unencrypted... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7450700 | Home office communication system and method A home office communication system (10) has a control and display system (16). A modem (12) is controlled by the control and display system (16) and connected to a telephone line (14). A multiplexer (18) is connected to the ... | 11/11/2008 |
| D572503 | Corner wine bar | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386473 | Content display monitoring by a processing system The invention can enable monitoring of the display of content by a computer system. Moreover, the invention can enable monitoring of the displayed content to produce monitoring information from which conclusions may be deduced regarding the observation of the displa... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380375 | Alarm system for a loading dock A safety system for a truck doorway such as a loading dock with an elevated platform provides an alarm that warns of a falling hazard that may exist due to the dock door being open while a truck is not present at the dock. In cases where a dock's open doorway is pro... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7337822 | Retractable safety barrier A retractable barrier includes a rollup or otherwise retractable panel that can extend between two spaced apart support members. When not in use, the panel can retract onto one of the support members to permit passage. The barrier provides substantial impact resista... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7237591 | Retractable safety barrier A retractable barrier includes a rollup or otherwise retractable panel that can extend between two spaced apart support members. When not in use, the panel can retract onto one of the support members to permit passage. The barrier provides substantial impact resista... | 07/03/2007 |
| D541540 | Vehicle seat | 05/01/2007 |
| D541541 | Vehicle seat | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207370 | Retractable safety barrier A retractable barrier includes a rollup or otherwise retractable panel that can extend between two spaced apart support members. When not in use, the panel can retract onto one of the support members to permit passage. The barrier provides substantial impact resista... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190788 | Methods and apparatus for encrypting a binary string The methods and apparatus described herein encrypt an unencrypted binary string using an encryption key and a varying-radix conversion method. The encryption key is used to parse the unencrypted binary string into unencrypted sub-strings. The varying-radix conversio... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7150194 | Gauge pressure sensor for hazardous applications Methods and apparatus for sensing a gauge pressure use a pressure gauge pressure sensor that includes a housing and a gauge pressure sensing element having a first pressure inlet and a second pressure inlet. The first pressure inlet is associated with a pressure to ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7134159 | Stump-out apparatus for a dock leveler A closed loop reciprocating fluid circuit apparatus for mechanically powered and electromechanically powered dock levelers, which may be mounted at a forward edge of a dock leveler to selectively engage the dock leveler during pivotal downward movement of a deck, is... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7111661 | Quick-action rolling shutter door A quick-action rolling shutter door and modules thereof used for closing openings in the walls of warehouses or factory buildings in order to restrict the loss of energy from heated or cooled rooms, and to protect the environment by keeping escaping noise, odors and... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103735 | Methods and apparatus to process cache allocation requests based on priority Methods and apparatus to process cache allocation requests are disclosed. In an example method, a priority level is assigned to a cache allocation request. Based on the priority level, an allocation probability associated with the cache allocation request is identif... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7059585 | Fluid valve control members having contoured sealing surfaces Fluid valve control members having contoured sealing surfaces and methods of making the same are disclosed. An example fluid valve control member includes a body portion having a sealing surface configured to engage a sealing ring within a fluid control valve. A fir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7014729 | RFID manufacturing concepts Radio frequency identification labels are made in a high speed and effective manner in a variety of different ways utilizing a number of different sources of RFID inlets, each inlet including an antenna and a chip. A plurality of webs are matched together and RFID l... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016756 | Automatically generating embroidery designs from a scanned image A method and system are disclosed for automatically generating embroidery designs from a scanned image. An embroidery data generating mechanism generates accurate embroidery designs. The embroidery data generating mechanism first reads an image data file, which cont... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016757 | Automatically generating embroidery designs from a scanned image A method and system are disclosed for automatically generating embroidery designs from a scanned image. An embroidery data generating mechanism generates accurate embroidery designs. The embroidery data generating mechanism first reads an image data file, which cont... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008856 | Method for fabricating AND-type flash memory cell A flash memory cell and fabrication method thereof are disclosed. An example fabrication method deposits a pad oxide layer and a pad nitride layer on a semiconductor substrate, patterns the pad nitride layer, implants ions into the substrate to form an ion implant r... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006555 | Spectral audio encoding Blocks of audio are encoded based upon corresponding first and second frequencies. The first and second frequencies are hopped from block to block. An audio quality measure (AQM) is computed for each block of audio such that, if x out of y blocks of audio have an AQ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998324 | Methods of fabricating silicon on insulator substrates for use in semiconductor devices Example methods of fabricating a silicon on insulator substrate are disclosed. One example method may include forming a plurality of trenches on a substrate, forming an insulation layer on the trenches, removing a portion of the insulation layer formed on the trench... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974756 | Methods of forming shallow trench isolation A method of forming a shallow trench isolation is disclosed. An example method of forming a shallow trench isolation performs a planarization process for a substrate on which a hard mask and an insulation layer are formed, selectively etching the insulation layer on... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968857 | Pressure reducing fluid regulators A pressure reducing fluid regulator having a housing with a flange including a plurality of ear-shaped protrusions is disclosed. Each of the protrusions includes at least one aperture configured to receive fastener such that the circumferential spacing between first... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967120 | Pinned photodiode for a CMOS image sensor and fabricating method thereof A pinned photodiode for a CMOS image sensor and fabricating method thereof is disclosed. The disclosed pinned photodiode can reduce a probability of recombination of excess electrons by forming a second potential well having a center-cross form across a photodiode a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967142 | Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same An example method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a well, a source region, and a drain region in a substrate, forming a gate oxide film on the substrate and coating a polysilicon film on the gate oxide film. Further, the example method includ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6968564 | Multi-band spectral audio encoding An encoder includes a sampler that samples an audio signal and that generates from the samples a plurality of short blocks of sampled audio. Each of the short blocks has a duration less than a minimum audibly perceivable signal delay. A processor combines the plural... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963894 | Methods and apparatus for predicting an underflow condition associated with a floating-point multiply-add operation Methods and apparatus for predicting an underflow condition associated with a floating-point multiply-add operation are disclosed. Preferably, the prediction is “pessimistic” in that it predicts that an underflow condition will result in all situations where an ... | 11/08/2005 |
