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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6593530 | Electrical switch identification plate with replaceable insert members An electrical switch identification plate for mounting to a wall has an opening formed in the plate and pair of cavities disposed above and below the opening. A pair of screw holes are formed through each cavity at a center portion thereof. A pair of bore... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6589172 | Switching device for an array of multiple medical sensors A switching device is interposed between a conventional physiological information monitor and a plurality of conventional sensors for a particular physiological function. The sensors are located on different parts of the body. Each of the plurality of sen... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6579055 | Electric motorcycle lift for motor homes A frame apparatus engages a pair of hitch members permanently attached to the undercarriage structure of a motor home. Brackets containing guide rollers attach a left and right upright movable rail to the frame. An electrically driven set of gears drive a... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6547158 | Apparatus for applying line striping chemicals and reflective beads to a surface A three wheeled carriage supports an air compressor, a container for reflective glass beads and a primary hose enclosing secondary hoses delivering plural paint components to a spray gun. The three wheeled carriage has a handle bar operable by one person ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6546692 | Method of mounting an insulated impact resistant glass composite in a window frame Two window panes are each laminated on one side with polyethylene terephthalate film. The film sides are faced towards each other and a spacer of 1/4 to 9/10 inch width is placed between the coated surfaces of the window panes. An inboard surface of the s... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6527123 | One piece foldable box enclosing a food receptacle A planar bottom panel is attached by a first side member to a top cover panel and by a second side member to a planar food tray cover panel. The side members of the planar bottom panel enclose a food or beverage styrofoam insert having depressions for rec... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6522263 | Traffic control system and kit A traffic control system includes a vertically and horizontally disposed pole. The vertically disposed pole has a lower end mounted to a ground surface while an upper end mounts the horizontally disposed pole at a right angle. The horizontally disposed po... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6502573 | Portable single patient use carbon dioxide detector The CO2 detector has a bottom housing attached to a top housing. The bottom housing contains a rotatable port engageable to an intubation tube and multiple parallel integral filter support ridges on a top surface of a floor. A filter pad overli... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6501231 | Metal halide lightbulb strobe system The system contains a quartz arc tube surrounding a gas tight envelope containing mercury, a metal halide, a rare earth gas and a pair of end to end spaced apart tungsten electrodes attached at a distal end to a molybdenum foil seal. A circuit is provided... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6486785 | Method of taking infrared temperature readings through a wildlife shield for electrical equipment Providing an animal shield having two halves snapped together around an electrical bushing and connector. The animal shield has a multiplicity of closely spaced apart openings substantially covering its body. An infrared camera is aimed at the animal shie... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6484918 | Stethoscope holder Combined stethoscope integral housing and belt adapter for mounting a stethoscope on the belt of a care giver. The integral housing has a back wall and first and second side walls. The upper portion of each side wall contains an ear piece receptacle. A pa... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6483232 | Aviation landing lamp The lamp has a borosilicate lens bonded to a gas tight envelope containing a protective gas. The envelope contains a high gloss reflective coating on an inner surface and has a bulb mounted on a pair of support posts. The bulb contains a coiled tungsten f... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6457184 | Hat with golf ball marking device A combination hat and golf ball marking device is provided. The hat includes a generally round convex-shaped body portion for placing over the a skull of a golfer. A bill member extends from a front side of the body portion and works to shade the face of ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6451023 | Guide bushing for coring reamer, storage package for reamer assembly, and method of use A guide bushing for a coring reamer having a tapered member with its largest diameter at its first end so that the guide bushing frictionally engages an internal surface of the reamer with a line contact. The guide bushing has a passage sized to slidably ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6444297 | Method of producing a thick film metallization on an aluminum nitride substrate A metallization layer structure is applied to an aluminum nitride substrate by the application of an intermediate buffer layer of either silicon monoxide or silicon dioxide. Conventional oxide bonding conductor and resistor formulations can then be applie... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6416790 | Bactericidal concentrate and method for treating burns and dermal lesions The concentrate is a liquid mixture of about 1000 parts by volume of ultra pure water having an electrical resistance of 16-26 megohms, total dissolved solids of less than 0.04 parts per million and a specific conductance of less than 0.10 microhmo to abo... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6351223 | System and method for reading and transmitting water meter data utilizing RF signals A network of fixed RF transmitter modules, an RF repeater module and an RF collector module are located within a multi-unit facility for collecting water usage data from a plurality of water meters associated with the units within the facility and for upl... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6193059 | Apparatus for storing a toilet plunger and toilet paper Outside and inside cylindrical containers store a toilet plunger and multiple rows of toilet paper. The outside container has a base with side vent holes and a cap with vent holes. A toilet plunger resides vertically in the container. The inside container... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6190036 | Method and apparatus for determining the concentration of a liquid ice mixture Method for determining the ice concentration in a liquid ice mixture (binary ice fluid), with the steps: separating a partial flow of the fluid and introducing and heating the partial flow into a heat exchange (16) until complete melting takes place, acco... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189149 | Temperature change vest A temperature change vest is provided for fitting around a person's torso. The vest includes seperate front and back panels which attach to one another at respective shoulder strap portions. Hook and loop material is provided upon the shoulder straps for ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6172862 | Partial discharge relay and monitoring device A portable partial discharge detecting device for measuring partial discharge in energized electrical systems encloses a relay circuit and a DC power source. A pair of sensor circuits are enclosed within electrically coupling clamping mechanisms and are c... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6152576 | Method for supporting a decorative light array The method provides a decorative array of spaced apart multiple light bulbs mounted on spaced apart rows of two intertwined insulated electrical conductors electrically connected to each light bulb. Wire or tubing is strung between the intertwined insulat... | 11/28/2000 |