Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918314 | Hoisting systems for high-rise building maintenance A hoisting system for high-rise buildings which incorporates upright rails mounted on outer walls of the building, a lifting block for each rail. A truss section attached to two lifting blocks to form a loading platform for people or hardware. Doors and windows prov... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7204344 | High-rise, fire-fighting, rescue and construction equipment An elevator system for traveling on a rail attached to the outside of a high-rise building. One elevator having a telescoping arm attached for reaching any position on or above the building. A platform or cabin attached to the telescoping arm can deliver materials t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191873 | High-rise fire-fighting, rescue and construction equipment For fire fighting and emergency rescue in high-rise buildings the building can be equipped with rails on the outside of the building. The rails have elevators, which travel on the rails on the outside face of the building. Two elevators traveling in unison and suppo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7505377 | Digital copy machine The digital copying machine has a printer, a writer and optionally a disk destruction devise connected to a personal computer by a USB port cable. The computer can select files from its hard drive and place them in a folder for writing on a disk in the digital copyi... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7427003 | Disk feeder and unstacker The disk feeder removes disks from the bottom of a stack of disks by pushing them one at a time with a ram traveling back and forth under a tower holding the stack of disks. The tower has a gap at the base for allowing one disk at a time to be pushed out by the ram.... | 09/23/2008 |
| D574933 | Sanitary storm and catch basin trap | 08/12/2008 |
| D572802 | Sanitary storm and catch basin trap | 07/08/2008 |
| 7361834 | Electric handhole/pullbox access cover A lightweight plastic cover for an electric handhole or pullbox having a plurality of vertical channels in a circular array at a radius about halfway from the center to the circumference. The channels allow the cover to bend when a large weight is applied and to reb... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343831 | Adjustable motorcycle handlebar assembly A clamp kit for motorcycles permitting a wide range of handlebar positions to fit the size of the rider, the comfort of the rider, or to change the riding style of the motorcycle. The clamp has two split rings, one for attaching to the fork tube of the motorcycle an... | 03/18/2008 |
| D562610 | Bow hanger | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334675 | Flexible discharge attachment for friction feeder A flexible discharge attachment for the discharge a feeding machine to deliver the items being discharged at different orientations ranging from horizontal to vertical. The attachment have a multiplicity of brackets each pivotally connected to each other for simulat... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328538 | Rebar spacer A rebar spacer having a clip for securely holding a rebar centered in the clip such that the rebar cannot be dislodged from the clip once the clip engages the rebar. The clip is held at a desired height by a base, which will not easily tip over do to a wide stance o... | 02/12/2008 |
| D559958 | Sanitary storm and catch basin trap | 01/15/2008 |
| D559959 | Sanitary storm and catch basin trap | 01/15/2008 |
| D557908 | Child seat for motor cars | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309420 | Sanitary, storm and catch basin trap with filter insert A temporary trap having baskets and optionally filters in the baskets used in conjunction with inlets for sewer systems to keep debris, oils or chemicals from being washed into the sewer during construction of roads and sewers. The trap is a box, typically rectangul... | 12/18/2007 |
| D557385 | Sanitary storm and catch basin trap | 12/11/2007 |
| D556865 | Catch basin flow diverter | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300573 | Catch basin filter A catch basin filter having apertures and holding a silt barrier material may be securely attached to a drop inlet grate. The catch basin filter has apertures for preventing debris from entering the drop inlet and clogging sewers. A silt barrier material wrapped aro... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296658 | Tree stand support bracket The tree stand support bracket has three mutually pivotable parts and a belt for adjustably securing the length of the belt to fit the size of the tree it is attached to. The pivotable parts are the handle for tightening the belt, a belt strap adjustment portion for... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296438 | Stone mount and clasp for jewelry A bezel having a lumen open to the top and bottom and a recessed center section is used both to mount a stone to a piece of jewelry and to function as a clasp for the jewelry. The recessed center section of the jewelry can be coupled to a hook to secure the jewelry ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296499 | Mushrooming expandable anchor installation tool The installation tool for a mushrooming expandable anchor has a hollow cylindrical sleeve with an inside diameter, the top having slots for engaging the base of the mushrooming component and a means for engaging and turning a threaded component, which compresses the... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290640 | High-rise, fire-fighting, rescue and construction equipment A functional compartment is provided in a building, a sliding frame is mounted in this compartment, connected with jack mechanisms; with the help of these mechanisms the sliding frame can slide beyond the outer limits of the building and back. Smooth and safe slidin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284717 | Recycling machine for precast concrete products The concrete product recycling machine is transportable to job sites for breaking apart concrete panels and recycling the concrete and the steel reinforcement therein. The concrete panel recycling machine has a conveyor to transport the panels to rest on top of an a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281677 | Strip winding machine A take-up roll forming apparatus for flexible strip material comprises a motor-driven shaft journaled for rotation on a frame where the shaft extends through a circular plate that is affixed to the shaft. A plurality of magnets is affixed to the plate in a predeterm... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267314 | Monitor ceiling mount An easy to install easy to adjust mounting for holding a monitor from the ceiling is disclosed. The mounting swivels to face any direction in the room, tilts to point the monitor at any angle and has an adjustable length to fit any height ceiling or desired position... | 09/11/2007 |
| D548829 | Canoe style shelf or mantle | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247085 | Combination edger and grinder for floors A combined floor edger and grinder having a grinding disk which can be adjusted from engaging the floor while flat to engaging the floor along a front, back or side edge of the disk, depending on the height adjustment of the wheels on either side of the frame. The w... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237994 | Wall plug A wall plug for enabling fixings to be attached to a wall, the wall plug comprising an elongate body having an inner insertion end and an outer end, a through bore extending from the outer end toward the inner end, the through bore being adapted to axially receive a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237477 | Compactor/baler with built-in supply storage A trash compactor is provided with a channel in the cavity of the trash compactor for allowing string to pass behind and below the compacted trash in the cavity of the trash compactor making it easy to secure the compacted trash in bales before removing the bale fro... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237649 | Tree ladder A ladder for climbing trees and other vertical elements having a pair of spaced stiles, a plurality of rungs between such stiles and stand off elements on the stiles or rungs for spacing the ladder from the object to be climbed which will maintain the ladder in gene... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234640 | Portable ordering device A remote ordering device having a two-way wireless communications input device with a display for sending and receiving data and a data receiving station to send and receive data, process orders and keep track of accounts, inventory and retain other data as required... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228808 | Battery-operated sewing machine A portable sewing machine powered by a battery can be used for carpet binding and other tasks. A pod having a motor and a battery are releasably attached to the side of the sewing machine and can be used on several different sewing machines such that only one pod ne... | 06/12/2007 |
| D542162 | Spacer | 05/08/2007 |
| D542161 | Spacer | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213809 | Translation table for sheet feeder A linear translation table for use in conjunction with a sheet feeding machine and a conveyor for laterally translating the sheet feeding machine over rows of product receiving portions of boxes or blisters in sheets of bubble packaging such that the sheet feeding m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7179042 | Foldable ramp A foldable ramp for use with vehicles wherein the ramp has a base with an arch plate for eliminating the step up to the ramp surface and an arched bridge to eliminate the step from the top of the ramp to the bed of a vehicle. A foot at the end of the arched bridge i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175236 | Hammer for breaking concrete The hammer impact cracks the concrete, then separates the concrete from the steel and creates concrete aggregate. The hammer has a pair of arms with an angled portion for sliding on an angled portion of guide plates, which have a long surface in contact with the ham... | 02/13/2007 |
