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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7578154 | Key case with key select mechanism A key case includes a housing within which there is a plurality of rotationally mounted key holders. Each key holder is connected to an individual key. A plurality of buttons is mounted on the housing. Pressing on a selected button enables a desired key to swing out... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7388606 | Method and apparatus for creating a digital picture with a watermark as well as removing the watermark from the digital picture A method and system for incorporating a watermark into an original digital picture utilizes an image file, such as a JPEG file to store a watermark or otherwise altered rendition of an original digital picture. The marker section of the JPEG file would include the o... | 06/17/2008 |
| D567947 | Implant abutment | 04/29/2008 |
| 7225938 | Dual chamber nursing bottle A dual chamber nursing bottle includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a closure which defines the second chamber, and a valve member which communicates between the first and second chambers to control the flow of fluid from the first chamber to the second chambe... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7155865 | Prefabricated housing structure A housing structure includes a first plurality of wall panels which form a lower course and a second plurality of wall panels which form an upper course. Each of the wall portions is generally rectangular and includes integrally formed interlocking portions which fa... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137661 | Automobile sunshade A sunshade for use with an automobile includes a plurality of housings which can be mounted on the roof of the automobile. Each of the housings contains a flexible sunshade which is mounted on a roller. The sunshades can be unrolled to protect the front windshield, ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7089701 | Glue board and packaging assembly A glue board assembly includes a first substrate member which has a first adhesive layer and a release member formed with a release layer overlying the first adhesive layer. A second substrate member has a second adhesive layer. The second substrate member is dispos... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059855 | Dental implant system A dental implant system includes a dental implant having an external thread for threading into bone and an internal thread for attachment of a prosthesis. The internal thread has a plurality of notches which accept a complimentary shaped insertion tool. The insertio... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7000569 | Automatic cat grooming, feeding, and litterbox apparatus An apparatus for grooming cats which includes a source of food located in an enclosure and a grooming brush assembly forming an adjustable aperture which is mounted between a portal formed in the enclosure and the source of food. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6988741 | Tricycle The present invention 10 discloses a new and novel tricycle with adjustable linkage 48, 54 for varying the drive power for either foot or hand power. Furthermore, the linkage 44, 52 can also be used to vary the wheelbase. Moving the front wheel ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6945962 | Sequential syringe apparatus A medical sequential syringe apparatus has two or more fluids of predetermined volume dispensed therefrom. The apparatus includes a tubular cartridge containing fluid is sealed at one end by a membrane with a hollow tubular spike mounted at one end of the body facin... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6922676 | Method and system for ordering items over the internet A system and method of ordering components over the Internet. A website owner would provide websites for one or more wholesalers including a home page for each of the wholesalers on the Internet as well as various cascading website pages. A customer would be able to... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6888569 | Method and apparatus for transmitting a digital picture with textual material A method and system for incorporating textual and audio material into a JPEG file in a manner allowing both a photograph and the textual material to be stored as one unit and transferred as one unit. The textual materials stored in various photograph tag markers whi... | 05/03/2005 |
| D498674 | Display case | 11/23/2004 |
| 6792145 | Pattern recognition process for text document interpretation The present invention is directed to a method for extracting textual as well as tabular data material from financial documents. Initially, a comparison is made to determine the type of data schedule material provided in the document. Subsequently, the character stri... | 09/14/2004 |
| D491020 | Drinking cup | 06/08/2004 |
| D489940 | Tumbler | 05/18/2004 |
| 6698384 | Automatic cat grooming, feeding, and litterbox apparatus An apparatus for grooming cats which includes a source of food located in an enclosure and a grooming brush assembly forming an adjustable aperture which is mounted between a portal formed in the enclosure and the source of food.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698633 | Shoulder pad A relatively rigid body member is combined with a relatively soft pad member to form a shoulder pad. The pad member is mounted on a curved lower surface of the body member. The upper surface of the body member includes a slot which accepts a luggage strap... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6648132 | Display case A display case is provided for a personal accessory item such as jewelry, eyeglasses and wrist watches. The case includes a display support for vertically suspending the accessory item, an inner tube surrounding the display support, an outer tube within w... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6550694 | Dual component trigger sprayer which mixes components in discharge passage The present invention pertains to a trigger sprayer which is connectable to two container volumes containing separate liquids. The sprayer has a trigger that is manipulated to draw the separate liquids into two separate pump chambers and then supply the t... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6517538 | Temperature-controlled snare An apparatus, method and kit are provided for removal of polyps, especially pursuant to colonoscopic surgery. The apparatus includes an endoscopic guide tube, a heating element, a power transmitting element traversing through the guide tube and communicat... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6378696 | Dual purpose display case for wrist watch and other jewelry A display case for jewelry, such as a wrist watch, is provided which includes a housing formed of a receiving shell and a cover closeable over the shell, a display mount within the housing for supporting the jewelry, and a multi-tiered rack within the hou... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6266917 | Pest control system A pest control article is provided which includes a pest control device such as a poisoned bait or trap and a decorative housing. The housing includes a decorative unit and a pedestal supporting the decorative unit. A compartment within the pedestal is pr... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6262947 | Timepiece with a changeable dial face A timepiece includes a rotatable bezel mounted on the housing. A storage area inside the housing contains a plurality of folded or crumpled sector elements. The sector elements each have an apex which is attached to a curved spring-like wire and a base wh... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6178687 | Insect trap A trap for airborne insects is provided including a scroll tube with left and right caps on respective ends of the bar, a support wire connecting the left and right ends, a flexible web rolled around the scroll tube and coated with a tacky adhesive, and a... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5156288 | Foldable crates The present invention relates to an improved foldable crate designed to be interchangeably stacked together with solid one-piece crates. The crate has four side walls hinged to each other so that in the folded state of the crate, one pair of side walls be... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5154087 | Sampler apparatus A sampler apparatus includes a housing which is adapted for mounting on pressurized conveying lines and a remotely mounted control unit. The housing includes a sampling probe which is extended from the housing to enter the conveying line and collect a sam... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5143118 | Solenoid control valve A solenoid control valve includes a solenoid housing which encloses a solenoid and an armature which is actuated by the solenoid in order to control the flow of fluid through the valve. Contact spring makes continuous electrical contact with the armature ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5078716 | Electrosurgical apparatus for resecting abnormal protruding growth The present invention relates to surgical instruments for removing protruding tissue such as tonsils, warts, polyps and like, from the body, more specifically, it relates to loop type snare instruments supplying a high frequency electrical current for coa... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5050998 | Dual laundry bag A dual laundry bag has a front panel, a rear panel and a center panel which divides the dual laundry bag into two or more compartments. The top of the dual laundry bag includes a drawstring closure and a pair of grommets. The bottom of each compartment in... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5049433 | Architectural safety glass An architectural safety glass laminate is provided having a glass sheet, a plastic substrate, and therebetween an adhesive film. The substrate is provided with a decorative pattern on one surface thereof. An acrylic based substance is employed as the adhe... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048224 | Insect trap An insect trap includes a vertically mounted member, the outer surface of which is coated with a non-drying adhesive layer. The ends of the tubular member are mounted in end caps which serve to position the tubular member in a container and also to catch ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5007219 | Round top window A round top window includes a flexible master frame member which is bent to the desired degree of curvature and then joined to a straight master frame member. A stop member is attached to the master frame members to provide support for a glazing assembly ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4998367 | Compound grip for handguns A compound grip for handguns for delaying, redirecting and absorbing shock produced after firing attaches to the rear frame portion of the handgun adjacent the trigger guard. The compound grip includes an elastomeric base, a pair of palmpiece inserts and ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4993456 | Pinch valve assembly A pinch valve assembly includes a valve body in which a plunger is spring loaded against a portion of a flexible tube which passes through the valve body. The plunger causes the flexible tube to collapse preventing flow through the tube. Energization of a... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4992073 | Accessories for use in apiculture Beehive accessories are disclosed including artificial honeycomb, foundation units, covers, bottom boards, queen excluders, queen cages, cell cups and the like. These components are formed as a solid homogeneous mass from polypropylene copolymer and from ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4966695 | High pressure liquid chromatography column jacket A high pressure liquid chromatography jacket includes a rectangular, fluid-tight enclosure which has a removable cover on which a pair of tubing seal fittings are mounted. The fittings form a fluid-tight seal around the inlet and discharge tubes of a chro... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4929577 | Transparent wound dressings in sheet form A transparent gel composition is provided for dressing of skin wounds. The dressing is in the form of a sheet comprising dextrin and a water-swellable, cross-linked polymer selected from polyacrylamide or polymethacrylamide. The ratio of dextrin to polyme... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4918999 | Sampler for solid materials A wood chip sampler is provided which is capable of extracting a repeatable and reliable sample of wood chips or similar particulate material from a product stream. The apparatus includes a sampling probe which has a slot which allows the product to enter... | 04/24/1990 |
