Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290540 | Practicing apparatus for baseball and softball A baseball and softball practicing apparatus includes a housing, a first feeding member mounted on the housing and having a first entrance, a second feeding member detachably mounted in the first feeding member and having a second entrance, and a locking device moun... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290298 | Massage pad for bath A massage pad for a bath includes a cushion having multiple protrusions formed at a top side of the cushion. Multiple suction cups are formed at a bottom side of the cushion. A joint is formed on the cushion. Multiple conduits are communicated with the joint and eac... | 11/06/2007 |
| D570029 | Wall lamp assembly | 05/27/2008 |
| 7341262 | Cushion for in-line skate An in-line skate includes a frame and two rolling gears. Each of the rolling gears includes two levers pivotally connected to the frame, two casters each attached to related one of the levers, at least one first cushion provided between the levers and two second cus... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331628 | Folding chair with safety folding device A folding chair with safety folding device comprises a safety hook, a pin, a torsion spring, a bottom cover, a seat, a back, a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a front crossbar, a rear crossbar and a pivotal shaft. The safety hook is employed to position the... | 02/19/2008 |
| D558003 | Replaceable jaw for a shear | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311460 | Digital data storage device mounted in a pen shaped housing A digital storage device mounted in a pen shaped housing has a barrel, a reservoir tube assembly and a memory device with a USB plug. The memory device is held in the barrel and the USB plug can be extended from the barrel to insert into a USB socket of a computer t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310074 | System for controlling LED devices A DMX512 signal source distributor and a loader for a plurality of LED controllers can control LED devices such as an LED board. The DMX512 signal source distributor includes a UART, an MCU connecting to a memory, and a DMX512 encoder chip connecting to a memory. Th... | 12/18/2007 |
| D557439 | Pendent lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557438 | Pendent lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557437 | Lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557380 | Single handle hanging kitchen faucet | 12/11/2007 |
| D557379 | Water spray gun | 12/11/2007 |
| D557378 | Water spray gun | 12/11/2007 |
| D557377 | Water sprayer | 12/11/2007 |
| D557099 | Screwdriver | 12/11/2007 |
| D557096 | Scissors | 12/11/2007 |
| D557087 | Head portion of a spanner | 12/11/2007 |
| D557059 | Coffee maker | 12/11/2007 |
| D557448 | Pendant lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557447 | Pendant lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557446 | Pendant lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557443 | Wall lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557441 | Pendent lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| D557440 | Pendent lamp | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306099 | Toolbox A toolbox has a body, a top holder, a bottom holder, a first cap and a second cap. The top holder and the bottom holder are mounted in the body. The first cap and the second cap are pivotally attached to the body, engage each other to open and close together and cov... | 12/11/2007 |
| D556479 | Armrest | 12/04/2007 |
| D556812 | Goggles | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304860 | Printed circuit board with thin film switches for a keyboard A printed circuit board with thin film switches for a keyboard including an upper board having multiple circuit lines, an insulating separation defining multiple through holes, a lower board having multiple circuit lines and multiple thin film switches mounted on th... | 12/04/2007 |
| D556274 | Exercise assembly | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302170 | Heating device for smoke generator A heating device for a smoke generator includes at least one heating rod and a vaporization tube. The vaporization tube includes a longitudinal passageway. The vaporization tube coils around the heating rod and includes an end connected to an outlet of a pump of a s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301577 | Digital camera with a collapsible lens barrel A digital camera can retain its optical performance and has a particularly slim closed status. The digital camera (1) includes two lens groups (51, 52) installed in a collapsible lens barrel (3a), a focus lens (44), and a CCD (4... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299992 | Drinking water fountain having mixed hot and cold water A drinking water fountain includes a valve body, a heating device, a control valve, a cold water inlet conduit, a cold water outlet conduit, a heating conduit, and a hot water inlet conduit. Thus, the drinking water fountain can provide drinking water, including col... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299852 | Vertical blind that is expanded and folded quickly and conveniently A vertical blind includes a headrail, a fixing bracket, a plurality of juxtaposed movable brackets, a drive bracket, a plurality of driven blocks, a plurality of drive blocks, a plurality of mounting seats, a plurality of shades, a pull cord unit, and a positioning ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300202 | Clock having a playing function A clock includes a main body having a lower space and provided with a protruding post extended into the lower space, a face plate mounted on the main body and formed with a plurality of holes, a tumbler mounted in the lower space of the main body and rested on the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| D555864 | Garbage can | 11/20/2007 |
| D555865 | Garbage can | 11/20/2007 |
| D555867 | Garbage can | 11/20/2007 |
| D555868 | Garbage can | 11/20/2007 |
| D555372 | Chair | 11/20/2007 |
