Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7884710 | Audio modulation for a child motion device A method of controlling a child motion device includes the steps of determining data indicative of motion of the child motion device, and controlling an audio output of the child motion device in accordance with the data. In some cases, the controlling step includes... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883426 | Child motion device A child motion device has a frame assembly configured to rest on a floor surface. The device also has a drive system that defines a generally vertical axis of rotation. An arm extends from part of the device and is cantilevered from the axis of rotation. The arm is ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882844 | Barrette with elastomeric spring member A hair retaining clip includes an upper clip portion, and a lower clip portion joined to the upper clip portion via a hinge. At least one of the upper clip portion and the lower clip portion comprises a soft durometer elastomeric member. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| D632176 | Beverage bottle lid | 02/08/2011 |
| D632126 | Grill | 02/08/2011 |
| D628483 | Beverage bottle lid | 12/07/2010 |
| D628435 | Beverage bottle | 12/07/2010 |
| 7874927 | Capacitive sensing in user interface and motion control for a child motion device A child motion device includes a motor to drive motion, a capacitive sensor array responsive to the motion to generate feedback information indicative of the motion, a control circuit coupled to the capacitive sensor array to control the motor based on the feedback ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7841285 | Waterborne vessel with loop keel A vessel (10) for traveling on water comprises a hull (20) and a keel (30) comprising a member (34) depending from the hull, the member (34) comprising two limbs (44) each depending from a respective lateral side of the hull... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832755 | Modular chassis for stroller A modular chassis of a stroller system includes a body, a front wheel mount on the body, a rear wheel mount on the body, and at least one stroller frame mount on the body. The stroller frame mount is configured to couple releasably and interchangeably a first stroll... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829801 | Scale with removable housing The scale may include a base supportable on a surface, a measuring mechanism supported by the base and operable to measure a characteristic of an object, the measuring mechanism including a measuring platform on which the object is supportable, and an indicator supp... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824273 | Child motion device A child motion device has a frame assembly configured to rest on a floor surface. A support arm assembly is coupled to and cantilevered from part of the frame assembly above the floor surface. A child supporting device is supported by the support arm assembly. A bou... | 11/02/2010 |
| D626409 | Finger loop for a beverage bottle | 11/02/2010 |
| D626379 | Beverage bottle | 11/02/2010 |
| 7812680 | MEMS resonator-based signal modulation Disclosed herein are devices and methods for generating a modulated signal with a MEMS resonator, or microresonator. A bias, or polarization, voltage for activating the MEMS resonator is determined by a control signal, or input voltage, indicative of information to ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806472 | Head support and seat pad assembly for a child seat A seat pad assembly is disclosed including a body pad for placement on the seating surface of a child seating device. The body pad has a front side, a back side, and two spaced apart vertical slots through the pad. The seat pad assembly has a head support with a con... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804374 | Feedthrough capacitance compensation for resonant devices A device has a resonator coupled to input and output nodes, the resonator being characterized by a transducer to drive the output node, and further characterized by a feedthrough capacitance such that portions of the input signal bypass the transducer to allow a spu... | 09/28/2010 |
| D624550 | USB flash drive | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798838 | Electrical plug adapter An electrical plug adapter has a plug body, female receptacles in one surface of the plug body, male prongs extending from another surface of the plug body, and a male catch mechanism associated with one of the male prongs and resiliently biased to a catch position ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798571 | Child vehicle safety seat A car seat has a seat structure with a seating surface and a portion configured to rest on a dedicated seat of a vehicle when installed. The seat structure has a front and a pair of opposed sides. An instruction manual is provided with the car seat. The car seat has... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789762 | Child motion device A child motion device has a frame assembly configured to rest on a floor surface. The device also has a drive system that drives a swing assembly. The swing assembly can include a pair of swing arms having proximal ends and distal ends. The distal ends support a chi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789402 | Stroller with seat height adjustment A stroller includes a base frame assembly and a seat assembly supported by the base frame assembly. A seat leg extending from the seat assembly is slidably engaged with the base frame assembly for movement of the seat assembly relative to the base frame assembly fro... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789238 | Storage bin and lid assembly A storage bin assembly has a container base with a front, a back, a bottom, a perimeter side wall extending up from the bottom, and a storage space above the bottom within the side wall. A base lid is positioned over a top of the storage space. An access opening int... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786622 | Juvenile product inductive power transfer A juvenile product includes a power adapter comprising a first AC-to-DC converter to generate a DC transmission voltage from a line power source, and a power cable coupled to the power adapter and configured to carry the DC transmission voltage. A power transmitter ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784625 | Storage article organizer An organizer is configured to store and organize storage article product packages. The organizer has a first storage bin with a front panel and is configured to hold one or more storage article product packages which can dispense individual storage articles through ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780128 | Leveling system and method Disclosed herein is a system for leveling relative to a basis surface. The system includes an object having a first side confronting the basis surface and a second side opposite of the first side, a rod positioned to extend beyond the first side of the object to spa... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775547 | Collapsible stroller A stroller has a frame structure with two laterally spaced apart sides. A seat is supported between the sides of the frame structure. A frame extension is provided on each side of the frame structure. Each frame extension projects rearward of the seat. The frame str... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775354 | Waterproof cover for personal music player A waterproof enclosure for use with personal music players has a case formed of a flexible material and creates an interior sized to receive a personal music player. The case in one example can have a first part and a second part that together define the interior Th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774032 | Video baby monitor system with battery back-up A video baby monitor system has a child unit with a back-up battery, a video camera, a microphone, and a transmitter configured to transmit video signals representing video images sent from the camera and audio signals representing sounds sent from the microphone. A... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770971 | Seat support structure for a child motion device A child motion device has a frame assembly configured to rest on a floor surface, a drive system defining a generally vertical axis of rotation, and a support arm supported above the floor surface by the frame assembly. The support arm is cantilevered from near the ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770911 | Collapsible stroller A collapsible stroller has a frame structure collapsible between an in-use configuration and a compact or collapsed configuration. The stroller has a variety of features or accessories that improve collapsibility, as well as stroller function and comfort during use.... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770905 | Stroller wheel suspension A stroller wheel suspension mechanism has a generally rigid carrier with a top mounting section connectable to a stroller frame and a downward facing surface. The carrier also has a depending spring section that extends downward from the top mounting section adjacen... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766367 | Adjustable handle assembly An adjustable handle assembly is configured for a device that supports and carries a child and that can be moved along a surface. The handle assembly is coupled to a handle extension that extends from a part of the device and that has an end with an extension axis. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| D620316 | Drinking container | 07/27/2010 |
| 7755441 | Frequency and temperature compensation synthesis for a MEMS resonator A signal generation technique is based on a reference frequency provided by a MEMS resonator. The signal generation technique compensates for temperature- and fabrication process-induced frequency variations collectively. In some embodiments, a device implementing t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753445 | Automobile child seat A child seat includes: a base member; a seat body switchable at least between a forward facing state and a sideways facing state in a bed shape on the base member; a prop or strut member attached to a front end of the base member and extending to a position where th... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752693 | Mattress structure for contained child play area A mattress assembly for a playard has a plurality of support panels coupled to one another and movable relative to one another. The support panels are movable between a generally planar in-use configuration having a top side and a bottom side and a multi-sided stora... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7751662 | Optical display device An optical display device, in particular for use in a head-up display or a head-mounted display, comprises an essentially planar light guide, an image-generating system, a first diffraction grating by which light that comes from the image-generating system can be co... | 07/06/2010 |
| D619001 | Drinking container cap assembly | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744091 | Identity guessing game and methods of playing An identity guessing game includes a plurality of identities to be guessed. Each identity is provided on a media in a manner permitting selection of one identity by a player for a round of play. The game also includes a plurality of clue sets, each clue set having m... | 06/29/2010 |
