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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D561491 | Entertainment center | 02/12/2008 |
| D554890 | Buffet | 11/13/2007 |
| D547957 | Bar stool | 08/07/2007 |
| D540736 | Roof rack | 04/17/2007 |
| D537650 | Desk | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163433 | Adhesive strapless brassiere An adhesive strapless brassiere used for giving lift to a user's breast has two adhesive breast covers, a connector and a backing layer. Each adhesive breast cover is formed from a thin, pliable sheet and has a main, oblong first portion for covering a breast, and a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7125066 | Vehicle cover system A vehicle cover system comprising: removably attachable mating cover portions adapted to cover a vehicle, the vehicle having a top, a bottom, opposing sides; a front end, and a rear end; each removably attachable mating cover portion removably attached to and mating... | 10/24/2006 |
| D519755 | Entertainment center | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029792 | Recombinant separator A heterogeneous, cellulose battery separator made of a mixture of cellulose and a polymer with hydrogen permeability for use in zinc-based batteries exhibiting increased hydrogen transport through the membrane while maintaining low electrical impedance and exhibitin... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027054 | Do-it-yourself photo realistic talking head creation system and method A do-it-yourself photo realistic talking head creation system and method comprising: a template; a video camera having an image output signal of a subject; a computer having a mixer program for mixing the template and image output signal of the subject into a compos... | 04/11/2006 |
| D517838 | Entertainment center | 03/28/2006 |
| D517348 | Entertainment center | 03/21/2006 |
| D516837 | Entertainment center | 03/14/2006 |
| D515849 | Entertainment center | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000959 | Adjustable strike mounting system An adjustable strike mounting system having a cover plate, which can be mounted to an astragal having a housing, which has a longitudinal channel having retention guides, vertically slidable blocks, which have transverse slots, having horizontally slidable threaded ... | 02/21/2006 |
| D514601 | Ice cream cart | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964447 | Vehicle cover system A vehicle cover system comprising: removably attachable mating cover portions adapted to cover a vehicle, the vehicle having a top, a bottom, opposing sides; a front end, and a rear end; each the removably attachable mating cover portion removably attached to and ma... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953119 | System for gathering discarded post-consumer carpet, for recycling A carpet disposal method, comprising: collecting carpet, performed by a collection agent having a unique identifier; assigning the collection agent unique identifier to the collected carpet; transporting the uniquely identified carpet to a processing plant; identify... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948526 | Valve mounting assembly for voice prosthesis-cartridge and ring The valve mounting system of the invention incorporates a hard cartridge with a grove on its outer, distal surface and a slot communicating distal from the end of the cartridge with the grove and a specially configured elastomeric valve attached to an outer band wit... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943529 | Battery charging system A battery charging system comprising: a current source; a battery; and a voltage and current regulator, which regulates voltage applied to the battery and current supplied to the battery. The battery charging system shapes the current supplied to the battery, and ma... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943530 | Battery charging system A battery charging system comprising: a current source; a battery; and a voltage and current regulator, which regulates voltage applied to the battery and current supplied to the battery. The battery charging system shapes the current supplied to the battery, and ma... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935470 | Disk brake A disk brake comprising: a disk, which comprises a plurality of coaxially disposed arcuate shaped recesses and a plurality of radially disposed channels; arcuate shaped pads matingly mounted therein the arcuate shaped recesses; a caliper comprising caliper pads, the... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929884 | Method for manufacture of films containing insoluble solids embedded in cellulose-based films A film which slowly releases solids is prepared by dissolving cellulose in a solvent such as an alkali metal salt, for example L1Cl in a polar solvent such as DMAC, dispersing the solid in the solution and gelling the solution with water to form a film. | 08/16/2005 |
| 6919892 | Photo realistic talking head creation system and method A photo realistic talking head creation system and method comprising: a template; a video camera having an image output signal of a subject; a mixer for mixing the template and the image output signal of the subject into a composite image, and an output signal repre... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6884542 | Method for treating titanium to electroplating A container method for pre-treating the inside surface of a titanium container before electroplating a metal conductive such as silver to increase adhesion for use in a lightweight alkaline battery comprising the step of applying an alkaline solution of peroxide to ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6806681 | Battery holder An increased capacity battery holder, which allows a device to be used for a longer time duration than can be achieved from solely internally contained batteries, capable of providing additional energy to the device, beyond internal space and volume limitations of t... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802575 | Rack mount A rack mount capable of housing an LCD display, LCD monitor, television, CRT, or other like display. The rack mount is preferably of knock down construction, but certain portions of the rack mount may alternatively be of unitary construction, and may be assembled qu... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6793057 | Rotary friction system A rotary friction system, comprising: a flywheel, which comprises: a disk, comprising a plurality of coaxially disposed arcuate shaped recesses and a plurality of radially disposed channels; arcuate shaped pads matingly mounted therein the arcuate shaped recesses; a... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6743548 | Silver-zinc alkaline rechargeable battery (stacking order) A rechargeable, alkaline, zinc-based battery containing a stack of hydrogen permeable cellulose-based films, each one optionally containing a dispersion of metal salts. A film may contain copper salt that reacts with cellulose to prevent zinc dispersion. A second fi... | 06/01/2004 |
| D489524 | Ventilated toe guard for sandals | 05/11/2004 |
| 6733920 | Recombinant separator A heterogeneous, cellulose battery separator made of a mixture of cellulose and a polymer with hydrogen permeability for use in zinc-based batteries exhibiting increased hydrogen transport through the membrane while maintaining low electrical impedance and exhibitin... | 05/11/2004 |
| D489505 | Cotton candy cart | 05/04/2004 |
| 6682854 | Battery separator with fluoride-containing inorganic salt Separator for silver-zinc batteries made of cellulose and containing insoluble fluoride ions which when placed next to the cathode slowly release and retard silver deposition thereon.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675546 | Universal connector A universal connector that facilitates quick assembly and disassembly of substantially the same and/or different member trusses at substantially the same and/or different angles, one from the other, and which may vary from installation to installation. Th... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675483 | Combination barbecue tool A simple, effective, lightweight, durable, combination tool having removably attachable interchangeable implements, which are interchangeable one with the other. The combination tool has locking means, which releasably locks the removably attachable inter... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6641949 | Battery vent and method of assembly A battery that generates a gas during charge or discharge contains a two-stage vent system including a rigid case permeable to the gas such as ethyl celluose which is permeable to hydrogen gas disposed in an expandable envelope impermeable to the gas such... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6582851 | Anode matrix An anode paste material for use in zinc-based batteries that is designed to reduce zinc ion diffusion and resultant electrode shape change as well as zinc dendrite formation while optionally allowing for hydrogen permeability through the matrix comprising... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6558849 | Battery separator with copper-containing inorganic salt A battery separator containing cellulose and an insoluble inorganic salt of copper ions when placed in a zinc-based battery, minimizes zinc dendrite formation to extend battery cycle life.... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6544100 | Push-up bra pad A push-up bra has an envelope between the front panel and the rear panel of the bra cups, that receives a flexible pouch containing a mixture of water and a hygroscopic agent such as 70% glycerine-30% water. The hygroscopic agent will draw moisture into t... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6541160 | Battery separator with sulfide-containing inorganic salt A battery separator for use in a zinc-based battery containing sulfide ions is employed to minimize copper ion diffusion into the electrodes by placing a regenerated cellulose separator next to the copper-containing layer containing low solubility sulfide... | 04/01/2003 |
