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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659281 | Lighting fixture | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165929 | Adaptive pharmaceutical product management methods and system Methods and systems for adaptive storage and management of pharmaceutical product containers at a pharmacy are described. Pharmaceutical product containers are managed so that the containers for more-frequently-used pharmaceutical products are stored among plural st... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147955 | Sealing band made of soft foamed material The joint-sealing tape of flexible foam capable of recovering its shape after compression with two lateral surfaces (3, 4) is colored on at least one of the two lateral surfaces (3, 4) with a colorant in such a way that, in a partially expanded functio... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146471 | Sheet material dispenser Apparatus for dispensing sheet material from a sheet material dispenser are described. Dispenser embodiments include drive and tension rollers supported within a housing forming a nip therebetween. Pulling of sheet material through the nip and against the drive roll... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136631 | Building escape system An escape system for a building, including a belting ladder formed by an endless band of a flat flexible reinforced belting material with a plurality of longitudinally-spaced apertures each with a substantially transverse edge portion forming rung-like features ther... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132944 | Recessed LED lighting fixture A recessed lighting fixture for mounting into a structure facing an illumination area. The fixture includes a support member configured for mounting into the structure and including a front end-portion having an edge defining a light opening and a back end-portion r... | 03/13/2012 |
| D655435 | LED light fixture with cross-mounted modules and mounting arm | 03/06/2012 |
| D655434 | Multi-module LED light-fixture with sharp-edged mounting arm | 03/06/2012 |
| D653318 | Odor-reducing toilet seat | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101434 | Method for LED-module assembly A method for LED-module assembly comprising the steps of providing a base portion with a base inner surface and a cover with a cover inner surface which together define a module interior, the cover having at least one opening therethrough; putting a sealing member i... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099841 | Needle board for a needle machine The needle board for a needling machine has a base plate with a plurality of receptacles, and a plurality of needle modules. Each needle module has a carrier plate, which is equipped with a plurality of needles arranged in a predetermined pattern and which is insert... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092049 | LED light fixture An LED floodlight fixture includes (1) a housing that has (a) at least one end-portion and (b) a single-piece extrusion including (i) a base having an LED-adjacent surface and an opposite surface and (ii) a heat-dissipating section having heat-dissipating surfaces e... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092042 | Shield member in LED apparatus An LED apparatus for illumination toward a preferential side in a downward and outward direction including a shield member in the form of a layer positioned over LED packages and secondary lens members. The shield member has a shield portion and a substantially plan... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8047554 | Strap system and method of use A strap system for securing an object to a dolly. The strap system includes a first strap section having first and second ends and releasably attached to the dolly at the first end and a second strap section having first and second ends and releasably attached to th... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046884 | Drive and guide device in a needle loom The drive and guide device for a needle bar of a needle loom having a machine stand includes a first crankshaft rotatably supported in the machine stand; a needle bar supported in the machine stand; a first connecting rod supported on a first cam of the first cranks... | 11/01/2011 |
| D646840 | Light bracket | 10/11/2011 |
| D646006 | Vertical oval wall-mounted nightlight | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017672 | Polymer-cement composites and methods of making same A polymer-cement composite comprises, by weight percent, about 40% to 50% inert, inorganic filler material, such as silica sand; about 12% to 23% latex, preferably in aqueous suspension; about 20% to 25% hydraulic cement; and reactive silica in an amount of at least... | 09/13/2011 |
| D645189 | Multi-module LED light-fixture | 09/13/2011 |
| D645175 | Vertical rectangular wall-mounted nightlight | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011109 | Casing mount for a cylindrical vial A level of the type having an elongate hollow frame including two sidewalls each defining axially aligned vial openings into the frame. A vial casing is secured with respect to the frame and defines a hermetically sealed single-cavity casing interior entirely enclos... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7976194 | Sealing and thermal accommodation arrangement in LED package/secondary lens structure An LED apparatus of the type having a mounting board, an LED package thereon with a primary lens, and a secondary lens member over the primary lens and establishing a light path therebetween, includes a resilient member against the secondary lens member in position ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975353 | Device and method for needling a nonwoven web A device for needling a nonwoven web includes several needle looms arranged in series, each with at least one needle bar, a pair of infeed rollers, and a pair of outfeed rollers. The needle looms can move along a guide in the transport direction of the nonwoven web ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972308 | Intracranial catheter assembly for precise treatment of brain tissue A catheter assembly for intracranial treatment of a patient is disclosed. The assembly comprises outer and inner catheters. The outer catheter has an exterior surface, an inflatable balloon mounted upon the exterior surface, at least one element distal to the balloo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971727 | Blocking slide unit of a feed and sorting device for packaging machines A feed and sorting device for tablets has a number of vertically extending filling tubes for tablets, and a blocking slide unit for temporarily blocking the guiding channels of the filling tubes. The blocking slide unit includes a base plate with through-openings fo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967603 | Self-ligating orthodontic bracket A self-ligating orthodontic bracket with a closing spring (7) made of spring steel sheet, which has a first end (22), which can be anchored to the first tie wing (4a), and a second end, which is connected to the first end (22) by a... | 06/28/2011 |
| D640854 | Hinged dock ramp | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963475 | Method and apparatus for controlling a dispenser and detecting a user Automatic dispensers, proximity detectors and user-detection methods. A proximity detector can be used to trigger operation of the dispenser to dispense products such as towel, tissue, wipes, sheet-form materials, soap, shaving cream, fragrances and personal care pr... | 06/21/2011 |
| D639985 | Horizontal oval wall-mounted nightlight | 06/14/2011 |
| D639984 | Horizontal rectangular wall-mounted nightlight | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954747 | Pouch package spooler and method of pouch package web management A spooler for taking up a pouch package web output from a pouch package web source and a method for management of a pouch package web output from said source. In embodiments, the spooler comprises a support structure, a rotatable spindle secured with respect to the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| D639483 | LED light fixture with cross-mounted modules | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952262 | Modular LED unit incorporating interconnected heat sinks configured to mount and hold adjacent LED modules A modular LED unit having a number of LED modules separately mounted on individual interconnected preferably-extruded heat sinks, each heat sink having: a base configured to engage and hold an LED module in place and, in preferred forms, to facilitate the ganging of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951322 | Method and apparatus for molding and assembling plural-part plastic assemblies Method and apparatus for molding and assembling a composite part assembly in, for example, a plastic injection-molding machine. Complementary mold portions associated with a mold plate and rotatable turret form plural parts. Assembly apparatus associated with the tu... | 05/31/2011 |
| D638976 | LED light-fixture module | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946250 | Dual-purpose jar-aquarium A dual-purpose cap for a jar-aquarium comprising a topwall having (a) at least one ingress aperture sized to accept free unbroken water-stream passage therethrough for cap-on filling of the jar-aquarium and (b) at least one egress aperture smaller than the ingress a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941195 | Protective mask of mobile phone The present invention relates to a protective mask of mobile phone comprising an upper cover body and a lower cover body. The upper and lower cover bodies can be joined with a front and a tear phone housings of a mobile phone, respectively, to effectively prevent ab... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938558 | Safety accommodation arrangement in LED package/lens structure An LED apparatus including (a) a mounting board, (b) a plurality of LED packages thereon, (c) a lens member over each LED package, and (d) a safety barrier positioned over the mounting board, the barrier having sufficient thickness for enclosure of electrical elemen... | 05/10/2011 |
| D636514 | Lighting fixture | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914176 | Linear light fixture In a first embodiment the invention is for use with a light-fixture assembly for elongate light tubes of the type that includes (a) an elongate support frame and (b) a cross-structure at each of the opposite ends thereof and has at least one lamp holder thereon. The... | 03/29/2011 |
