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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165435 | Solar energy collector A multiplicity of Fresnel lenses are attached to tubular branches of a tree-like support structure. Fiber optic bundles are connected to the Fresnel lenses and routed inside the tubular branches and collected as a larger fiber optic bundle inside a main trunk struct... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8082698 | Modular enclosure for utility trailers and pickup trucks A light weight modular enclosure that may be easily assembled by a user and mounted on a utility trailer or pickup truck includes a plurality of modular foam-encapsulated side panel assemblies and two foam-encapsulated corner panel assemblies arranged in adjacent po... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7914032 | Motorcycle leg rest A motorcycle accessory allows a user to rest their leg in a cradle, the leg cradle supported by a body which body is in turn clamped to the frame, crash bars, forks or other parts of the motorcycle. The leg cradle may be hinged so that it can be moved between a posi... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909148 | Combination food cooler and table assembly A combination food cooler and table assembly includes a cooler base having an insulated cavity covered by a removable lid and a table assembly overlying the cooler lid. A table sub-panel has two legs that slide within table leg sleeves at opposite ends of the cooler... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7898134 | Brushless disk DC motor A brushless disk DC motor that exhibits high power density and light weight and is capable of power regeneration and reverse operation employs a flat circular non-ferrous stator plate having a plurality of electromagnets mounted in a ring pattern on an inner face th... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7857265 | Swinging mount for flat panel TV A mounting mechanism for a flat panel TV or other flat panel viewing device permits vertical positioning as well as swinging, swiveling, and tilting positioning of the flat panel viewing device. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7793463 | Plantation style security shutters A shutter assembly includes left and right shutter doors hingedly mounted between upper and lower horizontal frame members secured over an opening to be shuttered. Vertical stiles serve as the left and right frame members of each of the shutter doors. The vertical s... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7719777 | Uniform diffuse omni-directional reflecting lens A transparent multi-layer lens construction to be worn as a sunglass lens, or a fashion lens, that reflects light in a diffuse manner. The multi-layer lens construction is, in part, a combination of surface form and surface texture combined with a reflective medium ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7610704 | Display structure with moving attraction elements A tension fabric display structure incorporates segmented tubular framework permitting easy on-site assembly and disassembly and includes an integral drive motor coupled to a drive shaft that is supported for rotation within a framework tube. Each one of a plurality... | 11/03/2009 |
| D603145 | Head covering | 11/03/2009 |
| 7552668 | Rotary bullet feeder and toolhead assemblies for use with progressive cartridge reloading machines Rotary bullet feeder and toolhead assemblies for use with commercially available progressive cartridge reloading machines automatically supply correctly-oriented bullets to a bullet seating die position thereof. The rotary bullet feeder assembly randomly collects ho... | 06/30/2009 |
| D590568 | Elastic child safety belt | 04/14/2009 |
| D588373 | Scrapbooking table top | 03/17/2009 |
| 7443608 | Uniform diffuse omni-directional reflecting lens A transparent multi-layer lens construction to be worn as a sunglass lens, or a fashion lens, that reflects light in a diffuse manner. The multi-layer lens construction is, in part, a combination of surface form and surface texture combined with a reflective medium ... | 10/28/2008 |
| D575137 | Blank key blade | 08/19/2008 |
| 7364031 | Split spin bar for use with plastic lid handling system An apparatus for handling horizontally oriented flat circular articles, such as plastic lids, employs a pair of parallel rotating spin bars, one of which is divided or split into a shorter lid entry section and a longer lid discharge section. The shorter lid entry s... | 04/29/2008 |
| D560441 | Bottle holder | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275288 | Quick-change watchbands One-piece and two-piece watchbands may be quickly and easily installed on a watch of the wearer's choice and may just as easily be removed and replaced with another watchband to provide color and style coordination with other items of the wearer's chosen wardrobe. | 10/02/2007 |
| D550882 | Spiderweb lighting structure | 09/11/2007 |
| D550376 | Fence picket | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258228 | Clamp system for conveyor belt skirtboards A compact clamp system for use with conveyor belt rubber skirtboards utilizes a minimum number of parts and is easy to adjust, even if positioned in areas that are difficult to access. A base member is attached to the steel support plate of a conventional conveyor. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| D549355 | Soundproof enclosure | 08/21/2007 |
| D548363 | Fence top rail | 08/07/2007 |
| 7220321 | Apparatus and processes for the mass production of photovoltaic modules An apparatus and processes for large scale inline manufacturing of CdTe photovoltaic modules in which all steps, including rapid substrate heating, deposition of CdS, deposition of CdTe, CdCl2 treatment, and ohmic contact formation, are performed within a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7172127 | Sleeve for use with store discount cards A plastic sleeve for enveloping a store discount card of the type displaying a machine readable code, such as a bar code, on one surface thereof and typically retained on a user's keychain, from being inadvertently scanned by a bar code reader at the checkout counte... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169032 | Crustacean shelling tool and process for use thereof A crustacean shelling tool is employed to quickly and easily crack the underside of the tail shell of a crawfish, for example, to expose the meat contained therein for removal without damage and without loss of the associated succulent juices. The key-like tool incl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157809 | Method and circuits for inductive DC converters with current regulated output A method and circuits for improving the inductive DC converter delivery of regulated current into the load(s), where the inductive DC converter provides the output voltage to an ensemble consisting of the load(s) and a current source or a current source circuit conn... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7126089 | High altitude oven A high altitude oven that includes a baking compartment that includes a pressure maintenance mechanism for maintaining the baking compartment at sea level atmospheric pressure during operation of the oven. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113020 | Capacitance multiplier circuit exhibiting improving bandwidth A monolithic capacitance multiplication circuit serves to reduce the required die area when larger capacitance values are needed such as in filter and loop frequency compensation circuits. A current mirror/cascoding device arrangement reduces the effective series re... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7022062 | Radioactive seed implantation system and method A radioactive seed implantation system particularly adapted for use in the treatment of prostate cancer, the system incorporating multiple individually longitudinally and infinitely adjustable needles carrying radioactive seeds which may be simultaneously and precis... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013789 | Integral latching system for machine gun top cover and safing sector assembly A top cover and safing sector assembly of a 7.62 mm Gatling machine gun, commonly known as a minigun, incorporates integral latch assemblies that cooperate with top cover and safing sector latch keepers conventionally provided on such machine guns to facilitate open... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014551 | Crustacean shelling tool and process for uses thereof A crustacean shelling tool is employed to quickly and easily crack the underside of the tail shell of a crawfish, for example, to expose the meat contained therein for removal without damage and without loss of the associated succulent juices. The key-like tool incl... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6993467 | Method and circuits for performing offline circuit trimming An offline trim circuit includes one or more irreversible trim elements, such as fuses, for example, used for setting electrical parameters to desired values. Associated circuitry is employed to verify the effect of trimming, prior to permanently setting trim bit va... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6925944 | Multiple-use table A table which may be quickly and easily reconfigured to meet the present needs of the user includes a base having left and right side members, front and rear slat members, and a bottom member extending therebetween, the foregoing members defining a magazine storage ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921006 | Quick-change watchbands One-piece and two-piece watchbands may be quickly and easily installed on a watch of the wearer's choice and may just as easily be removed and replaced with another watchband to provide color and style coordination with other items of the wearer's chosen wardrobe. | 07/26/2005 |
| D501885 | Article holder for removable mounting within a motor vehicle | 02/15/2005 |
| 6802765 | Stud resurfacing tool A tool for resurfacing the area surrounding a protruding stud, without removing the stud from the member to which it is attached, includes a quick connect/disconnect coupler at one end thereof for attachment to and removal from a conventional rotary power tool. A ce... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6775855 | Self-closing toilet lid A self-contained, self-closing toilet lid includes a water reservoir formed within an upper portion of the lid. When the lid is in its vertical closed position, water from the reservoir is allowed to trickle at a predetermined rate into an activation bucket position... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6774576 | Switch mode energy recovery for electro-luminescent lamp panels High voltage and low voltage switch mode circuits and methods serve to recover the charge stored on electro-luminescent lamp panels that would otherwise be dissipated during the discharge cycle of a drive circuit. The high voltage circuits and methods operate to tra... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6742434 | Machine gun A machine gun incorporates an additional helical cam assembly to reduce asymmetrical loads imposed on the bolt head and bolt body. Bearing pads positioned on the bolt head serve to support the bolt head within the chamber area of the forward portion of the rotor to ... | 06/01/2004 |
