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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181608 | Leg-attached animal management device A leg-mounted pouch and coil-up leash that allows hands-free managing of a dog or other animal. A leg pouch can contain a bottom opening through which the leash can be threaded to the animal or a removable leash coil otherwise attached or a separate leg brace remova... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179168 | Three-phase generator for motor control A pulse generator that can generate pulses separated by 120 degrees phase on each of three separate phase output leads for use with a 3-phase motor power driver. These output pulses can be of any desired frequency and voltage. In a particular embodiment of the inven... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177242 | Portable x-ray grid cabinet A radiographic grid cabinet for holding x-ray grids and/or cassettes that can have a vertical structure attached to a flat base with wheels that engage when the device is tilted backward like a handcart so that the cabinet can be easily transported from place to pla... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172710 | Wheel mounted vehicle transmission An individual automatic transmission for each road wheel, independently connected to the drive shaft, so that each wheel acts without regard to the requirements of the other road wheels. With exception of some type of manual reversing system, a brake, and a gas peda... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169422 | Fingernail stylus for PDA use A finger stylus for attachment to a fingernail for manipulation of a handheld device such as a PDA that can include a base with an adhesive on a lower surface for attaching the stylus to a fingernail and an elongated part coupled to an upper surface where the elonga... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658399 | Chair | 05/01/2012 |
| D657710 | Gemstone cluster | 04/17/2012 |
| 8147212 | Wave driven air compressor A vertical wave powered air compressor where different parts of the structure are at different depths (and hence static pressures). A plurality of compression stages are stacked one below the other. Each level has two or more chambers. The chambers have a series of ... | 04/03/2012 |
| D655493 | Interchangeable fastener device and decoration for sandals | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132108 | Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109755 | Hand tool for laying concrete blocks A special hand tool for laying concrete blocks. The device includes a mini-hopper sized to hold the correct amount of mortar, a sluiceway, dimensioned to fill the normal joint space between blocks, an optional divider to accommodate both 4 inch and 8 inch nominal bl... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097016 | Directly insertable laparoscopic closure device, hemostasis and drain A laparoscopic surgery close device used to close an entrance hole into a patient's abdomen with other embodiments that can function as a hemostasis device or as a drain device. An elongated stem with christmas-tree serrations (one way) has an inflatable balloon on ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8080887 | Closed loop control of hydrogen cooling of an electric power generator A closed loop control system for controlling generator cooling pressure, purity and dew point at power plants with hydrogen cooled generators to achieve optimum efficiency. The present invention uses feedback from plant status monitoring software to dynamically cont... | 12/20/2011 |
| D650195 | Chair | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069830 | Rigid primer bulb pump A hand operated primer pump for small marine or other engines generally spark ignition engines used on stern drive boats that prevents transfer of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. The primer generally mimics and replaces prior art rubber primer bulbs in general sha... | 12/06/2011 |
| D649395 | Food container cover | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064311 | Lens cleaner disc A cleaning disc for a media reading device having a laser lens. The cleaning disc includes a first surface configured to face the laser lens, a brush extending outwardly from the first surface, and a recess in the first surface configured to receive at least a porti... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057321 | Golf alignment device and method A portable, expandable golf training device that can be placed on the ground to provide alignment. The present invention can supply a plurality of light beams produced by lasers or other light sources or a plurality of extendable tapes to provide alignment both in t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8043173 | Sports training system A training system used in sports or other training that where a participant wears a device with a visual indicator such as a device emitting colored light and an optional signaling device like a vibrator or beeper. The device can be worn on the head, elbow, wrist, w... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034951 | Biological buffers with wide buffering ranges Amines and amine derivatives that improve the buffering range, and/or reduce the chelation and other negative interactions of the buffer and the system to be buffered. The reaction of amines or polyamines with various molecules to form polyamines with differing pKa'... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8001887 | Universal manual trash compactor A safe, inexpensive, easy to use, manual trash compactor that can be used with almost any trash container with components that store out of the way when not in use. A hand or foot control is easily manipulated to compact trash in the container. The compacting mechan... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995734 | Telephone group identification ring A telephone caller identification system where potential callers can be assigned to call-in groups, each call-in group having a particular ring. When a member of a particular call-in group calls, the telephone presents the ring associated with that call-in group. A ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984852 | Recharge electrical apparatus and method for electric vehicles A public or private electric charging station or device for an electric vehicle. A user can approach an outlet station in an electric car, plug the car into the station similar to using a gasoline pump, present a credit card to the system, and be provided with eithe... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983628 | Cellular telephone and personal digital assistant The handheld personal electronic device has a first body having a display, a second body having a plurality of manual inputs, the second body capable of attachment to the first body, the personal electronic device having an open position wherein the display of the f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981227 | Flex trim container with handles A modification to the box packaging typically used to store and transport flex trim material rolls or tape that allows the installer to hold and control the package while dispensing the flex trim material or tape directly from the box and placing it directly onto th... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7959978 | Drywall mud hopper for inside and outside corners A drywall hopper assembly that contains a double blade that can apply drywall mud to both interior and exterior drywall corners with no blade change. A zigzag blade can contain two grooves, one for interior corners and one for exterior corners. With this blade arran... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958923 | Drywall trim auto-folder, mastic applicator and cutter A drywall trim application device that can hold a large role of drywall flex corner trim material and, as the material is being dispensed, pre-crease or form the material for use on an inside or outside corner, or any angle within the range of the trim material, app... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7939659 | Biological buffers with wide buffering ranges Amines and amine derivatives that improve the buffering range, and/or reduce the chelation and other negative interactions of the buffer and the system to be buffered. The reaction of amines or polyamines with various molecules to form polyamines with differing pKa'... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938732 | Laser golf alignment device and method A portable, expandable laser golf training device that can be placed on the ground to provide alignment. The present invention can supply a plurality of light beams produced by lasers or other light sources, switchable on and off, that can be projected along the gro... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937868 | Day/night safety sign using reflective internal lighting A safety sign that has a front panel with cut out letters or numbers that form the word or message of the sign. Behind the front panel a predetermined distance can be a reflective panel or other surface. Light from an oncoming vehicle can reflect from this reflectiv... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922632 | Multifunctional physical training device A multipurpose personal training device with a pair of press arms that can be set to numerous different lateral angles. Each press arm can be equipped with a functional trainer handle coupled by cable and pulleys to an adjustable weight engine. The final pulley at t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7896546 | Method of incorporating an X-ray grid into a CR cassette A method of installing an x-ray grid into a CR cassette by opening the cassette, modifying parts of it, installing the grid and then re-closing the cassette with the grid inside. The preferred embodiment installs an x-ray grid into a Fuji 14×17 inch CR cassette by ... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633117 | Control panel for laminating machine | 02/22/2011 |
| 7861927 | Automated retail kiosk with changeable presentation formats An automated retail kiosk or vending machine that can vend working cellular handsets and that uses changeable presentation formats. The kiosk is generally an automated retail kiosk that can deliver primarily prepaid wireless products and services such as prepaid cel... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7851652 | Biological buffers with wide buffering ranges Amines and amine derivatives that improve the buffering range, and/or reduce the chelation and other negative interactions of the buffer and the system to be buffered. The reaction of amines or polyamines with various molecules to form polyamines with differing pKa'... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850720 | Method and apparatus for applying light therapy A method and apparatus for light therapy, which is a method using light for treating diseases and/or maintaining the health of a living organism. The method comprises delivering a light modulated at a specific frequency and intensity for a specified duration to the ... | 12/14/2010 |
| D628305 | Sitting-drop microwell plate for crystalization | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837111 | Electronic nutrition journal An electronic nutrition journal that can include one or more portable units capable of reading barcodes and serving sizes on consumed food items either on menus or on items purchased. Portable units can communicate with either an intermediate computer or directly wi... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828207 | Universal credit card apparatus and method The apparatus and method described herein provides for creating multiple spatial patterns, such as magnetic patterns on credit cards. The invention includes storage of information from which patterns may be created, a pattern creation device for creating the spatial... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823617 | Spring powered sliding drywall taping tool with auto cutter A drywall tape or trim dispensing tool of the type similar to those sold under the name BAZOOKA with an elongated handle and a tape or trim dispensing head. The head can contain a blade coupled to a power mechanism such as a spring, hydraulic or electric energy sour... | 11/02/2010 |
