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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5389116 | Ground cover and soil supplement An improved ground cover. The ground cover is comprised of mulch and a binder. The mulch is molded into the shape desired and held together by the binder. The mulch is comprised of a plurality of small pieces. The binder surrounds the mulch and holds the ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5382082 | Seat pedestal An improved detachable seat pedestal that can be secured to both a vehicle seat and the floor of a vehicle. The pedestal includes a base plate and a seat support. The base plate is adapted to be secured to the floor of the vehicle. The seat support is ada... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5369363 | Implement for removing and installing and testing Christmas light bulbs An implement for removing from its socket and testing a Christmas light bulb which has a handle with two opposite ends. The handle has a cap secured to one of the ends. The cap has a socket in its distal end and the socket is adapted to loosely receive th... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5332324 | Ergonomic instruments An ergonomic, hand held instrument comprising an instrument and a shell. The shell has a longitudinal axis and opposite ends and a hollow interior. The instrument is positioned within the shell with its operational end extending from one end of the shell.... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5332154 | Shoot-up electrostatic nozzle and method An electrostatic spray nozzle that is positioned at an angle above horizontal and less than vertical having a body with an upper fluid emitting end and a lower bottom end. The body having an interior cavity therein. Within the cavity is a shim capable of ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5299893 | Disposable surgical cutters A disposable cutter which has a plurality of cutting edges. The cutter has perforations adjoining the cutting edges. The cutter defines an axis of rotation. The cutter is joined to a transparent bowl. The bowl is concentric with the axis of rotation. The ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5295992 | Patella cutting system A tool having a shaft with a longitudinal axis and opposite ends. A boss is positioned at one of the ends. A tool collet is positioned at the other of the ends. A bore is in the boss end. The boss has a pair of pins that extend from opposite sides of the ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5282804 | Tool driver A tool driver having a shaft with a longitudinal axis and opposite ends. A boss is positioned at one of the ends. A tool collet is positioned at the other of the ends. The boss has a bore extending axially thereof forming debris cavity. An actuator on the... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5279863 | Electrostatic powder coating apparatus and method An electrostatic powder coating apparatus comprising a powder reservoir, a gas flow injection chamber, a diffusion chamber and a coating chamber and method for coating a substrate or target objects. The injection chamber receives powder from the reservoir... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5274872 | Handle and handled implement A handle for a handled implement. The handle has a stub, a yoke and a haft. The stub has a shank and a head. The stub has a longitudinal axis. The yoke is disposed on the shank. The yoke abuts the head axially. The yoke is free to rotate about the axis re... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5272850 | Panel connector A panel connector comprising first and second members and a lock. The first and second members define an axis. The first and second members are slideable in relation to each other along the axis. The members also are slideable in relation to each other tr... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5253722 | Impact borer for embedding lines, anchoring cables and sinking wells An impact borer, a connector, a method for embedding lines and an improved method for sinking geothermal wells. The impact borer has a shell, which has a longitudinal bore. An anvil closes one end of the bore. A ram is reciprocally slideable within the bo... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5250139 | Lighted bonding iron A lighted bonding iron having a heating unit which defines a plane. A handle is mounted to the heating unit. First and second light sources are incorporated in the handle. The light sources project nonintersecting beams obliquely toward the plane.... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249634 | Impact borer for embedding lines, anchoring cables, and sinking wells An impact borer having a shell and an air drive within the shell. The air drive includes a ram for reciprocation within the shell and a manifold joined to the shell. The manifold defining an inlet passage delivering air to the air drive and an outlet pass... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249556 | Adjustable lubricating system An adjustable lubricating system for an internal combustion engine such as the Harley-Davidson 74 and 80 cubic inch twin-v engines. An oil pump having a pressure relief valve connected to a plurality of passages adjacent the pump outlet through which pres... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5244037 | Closed loop ground source pressurized system for a heat pump A closed loop, pressurized system for a ground source heat pump and a pressure/liquid source module therefore. The pressure/liquid source module has a liquid tank having a predetermined liquid level and an inlet pipe extending downwardly within the tank f... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5236289 | Shielded universal joint, jointed tool and guided surgical drill A shielded universal joint having a pivot head defining a primary axis. The pivot head has a ball and a neck. The ball has a longitudinal slot. The slot has a throat at the center of the ball. The imperfect socket head is provided having a socket and a pi... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5228794 | Ergonomic writing instrument An ergonomic writing instrument comprising a writing instrument and a shell. The shell has a longitudinal axis and opposite ends and a hollow interior. The writing instrument is positioned within the shell with its operational end extending from one end o... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5174873 | Method of isotope enrichment A method of isotope enrichment including providing a reactant. The reactant is a mixture of at least two isotopic compounds. One of the isotopic compounds has a greater percentage of a selected isotope than the other. An electron transfer agent is introdu... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5171313 | Tool driver A tool driver having a body with a longitudinal axis and opposite ends. A boss is positioned at one of the ends. A tool collet is positioned at the other of the ends. A plunger is positioned within a bore in the body. The body has a pair of oppositely dis... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5171312 | Tool driver A tool driver comprising a shaft, a shank, a flange, a clamp and a retainer. The shaft has a longitudinal axis and opposed ends. The shank is joined to one end of the shaft. The flange is joined to the other end of the shaft and has an outwardly facing fl... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5168996 | Package A package comprising a sheet of self-supporting material. The sheet has at least one opening therein. The opening is spaced from the edges of the sheet and is filled with a plug. In specific embodiments, the plug may be of a permeable material to which an... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5165601 | Nozzle for low resistivity flowable material In the broader aspects of the invention there is provided an improved nozzle, an improved nozzle assembly and an improved method in which the improved nozzle comprises a protrusion having an distal end and a collar extending backward from the distal end. ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5161626 | Method for embedding lines, anchoring cables, and sinking wells An impact borer, a connector, a method for embedding lines and an improved method for sinking geothermal wells. The impact borer has a shell, which has a longitudinal bore. An anvil closes one end of the bore. A ram is reciprocally slideable within the bo... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5135021 | Plumbing appliance A valve body with a hollow interior chamber. Hot liquid and cold liquid conduits provide for transporting hot liquid and cold liquid from a hot liquid source and a cold liquid source to the hollow chamber. The valve body has a pair of passages joining the... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5134974 | Portable cat litter case A portable cat litter case having a bottom with upstanding walls and an interior. There is a top having walls depending from the top and an interior and an exterior. The bottom has a pair of side guards pivotally secured to the bottom walls. A pair of cli... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5116165 | Acetabular reamer cup An acetabular reamer cup having a cutting bowl having a plurality of singly curved cutting edges. The cutting bowl has a plurality of slots proceeding the cutting edges. The cutting bowl defines an axis of rotation. A bottom is joined to the cutting bowl.... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5111944 | Container station A container station, which has a plurality of cornerposts retained in spaced relation. A plurality of cradles extend between opposed pairs of cornerposts. Each cradle has front and rear support members. A plurality of primary containers depend from the cr... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5100267 | Disposable acetabular reamer cup A disposable acetabular reamer cup which has a cutting bowl haing a plurality of cutting edges. The cutting bowl has perforations adjoining the cutting edges. The cutting bowl defines an axis of rotation. The cutting bowl has a bottom opening. A polymeric... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5086973 | Nozzle modulators An improved nozzle modulator, an improved nozzle modulator assembly, and an improved coating method comprises a nozzle having a housing. A fluid reservoir communicates with the housing. The nozzle has a nozzle outlet about which a meniscus is formed. A hi... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5074410 | Hinged portable hat box having strap abutments A portable hat box for a brimmed hat having an upper member and a lower member. The upper member being pivotal relative to the lower member about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position. The members in the closed position completely en... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5035364 | Deagglomerator and method for deagglomerating particulate material The improved deagglomerator and method of deagglomeration of the invention provides deagglomeration and/or attrition of particles within a cloud utilizing rapid particle acceleration and turbulent flow and sufficient resident time to assure deagglomeriati... | 07/30/1991 |
