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Pet Toilet-Like Water Disk and Food Storage
One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D591135 | Retractable utility knife | 04/28/2009 |
| D591134 | Extendable utility bar | 04/28/2009 |
| D590602 | Wicker | 04/21/2009 |
| D589933 | Jewelry attachment cover for a set of earphones | 04/07/2009 |
| 7497637 | Microprint pen A covert-print marking apparatus creates a unique marking system and method of using a casing or housing with a working-end and a non-working-end, a source or ink or other marking substance situated in the casing and a point having a covert-printing element on a out... | 03/03/2009 |
| D587107 | Wrench display package | 02/24/2009 |
| D586931 | Vehicle lamp | 02/17/2009 |
| D585639 | Tambourine case | 02/03/2009 |
| 7467495 | Vehicle seal with discontinuous alterating soft and rigid u-shaped segments and method of forming same A strand-form vehicle seal is equipped with a flexible reinforcement with a substantially U-cross section. The flexible reinforcement includes at least two different substances formed of individual sections of a nonmetallic, soft-elastic material together with indiv... | 12/23/2008 |
| D583013 | Paint spray gun | 12/16/2008 |
| 7458919 | Multi-station boxing center A multi-station boxing center is provided. The multi-station boxing center has a base arranged to be positioned on a generally horizontal support surface and a canted frame having a means for supporting a heavy bag and a means for supporting a speedbag. The multi-st... | 12/02/2008 |
| D575953 | Tote bag | 09/02/2008 |
| D573638 | Jacket cover | 07/22/2008 |
| D572108 | Ergonomic handle | 07/01/2008 |
| D571099 | Pocket device with strap and knob | 06/17/2008 |
| D569096 | Cover | 05/20/2008 |
| D567439 | Hair styling apparatus | 04/22/2008 |
| D566932 | Shoe sole | 04/22/2008 |
| D566518 | Pivot pot hinge | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358899 | Distance estimation in a communication system The present invention relates to estimation of the distance between stations that communicate in a communication system over a radio interface. In the system at least one of the stations transmits signal bursts in time slots in accordance with a timing structure and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353952 | Insulated compartmented lunch bag A bag has a first compartment for receiving a food item, a second compartment for receiving a beverage container, the second compartment having an open end for receiving the beverage container and a closed end opposite the open end. The closed end has a rounded prof... | 04/08/2008 |
| D565228 | Lighting fixture | 03/25/2008 |
| D564215 | Tote for bottles | 03/18/2008 |
| D564211 | Pocket device with ovoid shape | 03/18/2008 |
| D564212 | Pocket device with knob member | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341020 | Animal housing structure and apparatus A housing structure assembly includes a hull and a front wall removably coupled to the hull and configured to simulate a front cover of an air conditioner upon inserting the housing structure assembly into a wall or window opening that is shaped and dimensioned to r... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343490 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating authentication of a mobile station with a core network Apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates authentication of a mobile station operable in a 3G cellular communication system having a core network and a plurality of access networks. A standard signaling protocol is used to communicate between an access networ... | 03/11/2008 |
| D563784 | Drip collar | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338094 | Plug-in coupling for fluidic systems A plug-in coupling for fluidic systems, in particular for CO2— and fuel-conducting systems, including a housing (1) and a plug (2) which can be inserted into the housing (1). The plug (2) can be inserted by a plug stem (3 | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327222 | Transmission system for transmitting data via current conducting branches A system and method for transmitting and receiving data between a power supply and a remotely located load, by use of standard data communication cable has functional data transmitted via the power line of such data communication cable in order to decrease the numbe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327724 | Method, network device, and terminal device for controlling context activation The present invention relates to a method, a network device (2), and a terminal device (1) for controlling the activation of packet data protocol context in a network supporting packet switched transmission of data units. A push information element HSS... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7240373 | Simplified and stable hat construction with rotatable brim The hat crown has a lower periphery, an outside and inside, a horizontal brim and a headband placed radially inward from the crown's interior. A sliding assembly has one member fixed to the crown's inside and a second slidably attached to the first as a extension to... | 07/10/2007 |
| D543222 | Housing for packaging machinery | 05/22/2007 |
| D541128 | Utility knife handle | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207481 | Method for improving security and enhancing information storage capability, the system and apparatus for producing the method, and products produced by the system and apparatus using the method One alternative and optional method of the present invention provides a secured item specific identification system incorporating the steps of identifying an item to a determined degree, generating a first identifying code for the item, generating a second code and ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7180915 | Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating synchronization in a wireless mesh network Apparatus, and associated method, by which to synchronize nodes in a wireless mesh network, such as a fixed broadband network or a moving ad-hoc mesh network. Time stamps are added to data packets at a reference node defined pursuant to a pseudo hierarchy. The data ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172742 | Method of preparing wet process phosphoric acid The present invention relates to a method of preparing wet process phosphoric acid, which comprises: dividing raw materials which contain phosphate rock slurry and sulfuric acid into two parts, and then feeding these two parts into two reactors separately. In the fi... | 02/06/2007 |
| D535462 | Spin shoe sole design | 01/23/2007 |
| D535087 | Bend shoe sole design | 01/16/2007 |
| D534344 | Blind shoe seam design | 01/02/2007 |
