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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182345 | Game system, server apparatus and register terminal Each of game machines sends result information indicating an individual ID and play result to a server. The server has a common ID control file and an individual game control file, which store common points, a common ID and an individual ID, associated with each oth... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8160901 | Personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on profiles of community patients The invention can be directed toward a method for personalized management and comparison of medical condition and outcome based on patient profiles of a community of patients. The method can include the steps of providing a database of patient profiles, providing a ... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657309 | Portable power manager enclosure | 04/10/2012 |
| 8134453 | RF communication system An RF communications system including a controlled apparatus configured to receive a RF signal transmitted from a remote control transmitter on a channel that the controlled apparatus can receive, without providing a response signal to the remote control transmitter... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8119071 | Apparatus for the generation of chlorine dioxide The instant application provides apparatus and methods for the generation of chlorine dioxide. The methods and apparatus of the invention use a water dissolvable membrane to allow the reaction of precursor chemicals, e.g., chlorite salt and an acid. The methods and ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113957 | Game system, server and terminal A game system allowing a player corresponding to a terminal, from which communication has been cut, to restart the game from the game situation at the moment of communication cut. The server has a game continuation device for continuing the game except the error ter... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8086467 | Process management support system and simulation method There is provided a process management support system and the like which supports searching continuously a business process appropriate to a change of the external environments. The system defines an action of a CLIENT 103 as a mode of progress of clie... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068013 | RF communication module and RF communication system A RF communication system includes a RF communication module capable of controlling either an IR communication system-controlled device or a controlled device not equipped with a reception circuit for receiving IR signals remotely with RF signals. The RF communicati... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065911 | Vehicle tyre checking system A method and apparatus for assessing the tread on a vehicle tyre, measuring tyre pressure and calculating other parameters such as vehicle weight. The vehicle is driven in a longitudinal direction so that the tyre passes over a first lateral sensor (6) that e... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062078 | Press-contact pogo pin connector A press-contact pogo pin connector is provided which has a machining cost lower than those of conventional connectors, can be easily reduced in height, and does not cause instantaneous interruption. A molded insulating housing has a cylinder hole. A pin installed in... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061545 | Two part container adapted to separately hold consumable foodstuffs A two part container adapted to separately hold consumable foodstuffs. The two part container provides a convenient device for transporting different foodstuffs in a separated fashion using a single container. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061158 | Method and system for use with a consumable beverage A system for use with a consumable beverage includes a container having a mouth. A lid is detachably engaged with the container. A collar is adapted to be seated in the mouth of the container. The collar defines an opening therein. A thermal energy storing member is... | 11/22/2011 |
| D649117 | Connector | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060224 | Music genre judging device and game machine having the same A music genre judging device able to judge a genre of music in a relatively simple structure. The music genre judging device is provided with a signal input part 4 which takes in music reproduction signal outputted from a music reproduction device 1... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051674 | Method and system for use with a consumable beverage A system for use with a consumable beverage includes a container having a mouth. A lid is detachably engaged with the container. A collar is adapted to be seated in the mouth of the container. The collar defines an opening therein. A thermal energy storing member is... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8033283 | Urology drape A urology drape is disclosed which comprises a flexible sheet (12) which has a flexible hood (22) overlying part of the sheet (12) to form a repository (24) between the sheet (12) and the hood (22). The sheet (12) has... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024199 | System and method for improving reliability of distributed electronic transactions A system and method are disclosed that separate control functionality from the management functionality for conducting electronic transactions. The control functions are performed by a third party resulting in a low overhead since significant overhead is incurred in... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011534 | Flavoring component holding dispenser for use with consumable beverages A dispenser for a bottle that is adapted to contain a consumable beverage. The dispenser may be reusable to facilitate easy use and last minute selection of flavoring component for a consumable beverage. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011205 | Food storage system A food storage system including a secondary bowl that is adapted to be positioned at least partially on and/or in a main lid. The secondary bowl is adapted to be detachable from the main lid. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006513 | Food storage system Multiple food storage systems are disclosed herein. One food storage system includes a main bowl that defines a first food receiving cavity. A secondary bowl is positioned in the first food receiving cavity and defines a second food receiving cavity. The secondary b... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7997099 | Method and system for use with a consumable beverage A system for use with a consumable beverage. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7976391 | Game system and replacement part There is provided a game system for improving a maintenance property of a game machine in which a replacement part is provided. A replacement part D has a part information recording device 34c in which uniquely given part identification information is ... | 07/12/2011 |
| D640192 | Portable power manager enclosure | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962040 | Remote control transmitter A remote control transmitter includes a transparent protective filter that covers a light emitting device in the light emitting direction. The filter is formed as a strip shaped, long and thin plate that is made from a transparent material that has a refractive inde... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7921898 | Pneumatic automation system for mobile screens A pneumatic automation system (1) is disclosed for mobile screens (2) comprising at least one of the mobile screens (2), a device for compressing a control fluid, a device for channeling and checking the control fluid, a device for pneumatically... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909583 | Pump apparatus and pump unit thereof A pump device and a pump unit of the pump device. The pump device includes a low-temperature flat plate group (low-temperature portion) having a plurality of flat plates as low-temperature objects arranged parallel with each other at specified intervals in a directi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7874922 | Game system and game part The present invention provides a game system in which a maintenance property of a game part of a game machine is improved. A game part D has a replacement determination device 35 and a replacement information output device 32. The replacement de... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7829155 | Nanothin polymer coatings containing thiol and methods of use thereof The present invention provides a new monomer and methods of using the monomer to fabricate robust polymer surface coatings with controlled thicknesses between 1 and 5 nanometers. The coatings are composed of a new material containing polymerized monomers of 4-vinylb... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7817539 | Resilient routing systems and methods A network comprises nodes and links. In addition to a default topology there are backup configurations. Each node is inhibited from transferring data between nodes in at least one backup configuration. When a node detects a fault in the reception of data transmitted... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7803032 | Remote-control toy and extension unit A remote-control toy is provided that includes: a controller that transmits a control signal containing an operating instruction based on an operation instruction by a user; a driving device that is driven and controlled based on the control signal; and an extension... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7780171 | Game machine A game machine (1) includes a game board (3) having a housing section opened on a game surface, a target which is provided to the housing section so as to freely appear and disappear, and a target driving mechanism which is provided into the game board... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771365 | Method and apparatus for laryngeal examination Method and apparatus for laryngeal examination of a subject (1) during exercise on apparatus such as a treadmill (2), for example to detect laryngeal dysfunction such as vocal cord dysfunction or exercise-induced laryngomalacia. The apparatus comprises... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7661101 | Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration between heterogeneous applications A network-based collaboration system and method can be used to create, modify or otherwise manipulate a design using heterogeneous applications on clients connected to a network. The system and method enables design collaboration between the heterogeneous applicatio... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7604983 | Apparatus and methods for parallel processing of micro-volume liquid reactions Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for conducting multiple simultaneous micro-volume chemical and biochemical reactions in an array format. In one embodiment, the format comprises an array of microholes in a substrate. Besides serving as an ordered array o... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7594266 | Data security and intrusion detection Systems and methods are provided for the detection and prevention of intrusions in data at rest systems such as file systems and web servers. Item requests are examined to determine if the request and/or the result violates an item access rule. If either the request... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7588725 | High throughput autosampler An auto-injection system provides high throughput screening of fluidic samples. A sample injection valve has a first position which applies a reduced pressure to a sample sipper tube for aspirating a fluidic sample into the sample sipper tube, and a second position ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7547556 | Methods for filing a sample array by droplet dragging A method and an array filling system for loading a plurality of disparate sample containers, the sample containers comprising an integral structure. Each receptacle is characterized by a hydrophilic surface, and the receptacles are separated by a hydrophobic surface... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7537211 | Media transportation mechanism and a data processing apparatus having a media transportation mechanism A media transportation mechanism comprising a first transportation roller pair and second transportation roller pair disposed in the transportation path on the upstream and downstream sides, respectively, of image scanners convey a slip over a sliding guide surface.... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7421907 | Electromagnetic flowmeter including a feedback voltage distributed to the inner conductor of the shielded cable and the input circuit An electromagnetic flowmeter includes: a detector for detecting a flow rate voltage; a shielded cable having an inner conductor provided around a cable core to which the flow rate voltage is applied from the detector; and a converter for receiving the flow rate volt... | 09/09/2008 |
