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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6505764 | Carrier assembly mountable within a pickup truck bed A cargo carrier assembly for releasably securing cargo to a pickup truck is provided. The pickup truck has a bed and a pair of side rails extending above the bed with each rail having an inside surface and an outside surface. The cargo carrier assembly co... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6493909 | Connector device for connecting together items having mismatched or inoperative connection mechanisms A connecting device for connecting a first item having a connecting mechanism and a second item having a second connecting means for use when the first item connecting means is incompatibly mismatched, inoperative, non-fully functioning or otherwise uncon... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6264422 | Apparatus and method for assembling items onto a pallet An item layer assembly apparatus for continuously receiving items from an infeed conveyor, forming an item layer from a plurality of items, and loading the item layer onto a pallet is provided. The item a layer assembly apparatus comprises an item receivi... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6035859 | Tool for removing finger nail polish The present invention is a hand-held nail polish removal tool for use in removing nail polish, The tool comprises a hollow base portion for receiving and containing nail polish remover. A cap portion is secured to the hollow base portion with the nail pol... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6009996 | Case for a taken down shotgun A carrying case assembly for carrying a shotgun is provided. The shotgun is disassemblable into a barrel subassembly and a stock-receiver subassembly. The case assembly comprises an outer case member having a first case member portion and a second case me... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5988221 | Drain line extender for recreational vehicles A short drain line extender assembly is provided for use with waste holding tanks on recreational vehicles or the like in conjunction with a removable waste discharge conduit. The extender assembly includes first rigid short, rigid fluid conduit member co... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5966844 | Short, wide, light weight portable ski apparatus for attachment to a snowshoe A ski apparatus for attachment to a snowshoe is provided, the apparatus having a main ski body having a top surface and a bottom surface. The main ski body supports a snowshoe entirely above the ground. A securing mechanism secures a snowshoe closely adja... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5762336 | Three dimensional interlocking puzzle A three-dimensional take-apart and put-together puzzle is provided. The device comprises a plurality of discs with each disc having spaced first and second planar side surfaces. A male element projects from each first planar side surface. A female element... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5692268 | Flexible securing device Devices for securing a first object to a second object, comprising a preformed, flexible strap having a first end and a second end, and including a first opening preferably located in the vicinity of the first end and a spaced apart second opening prefera... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5682840 | Leash reactive small animal restraint devices Restraining devices for use with small quadruped animals are provided. The restraining devices are comprised of a pair of substantially equal length cords, each cord having a first end, a second end opposite the first end and an intermediate portion betwe... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5582335 | Baby bottle support A nursing baby bottle holder for supporting a baby bottle in a nursing position is provided. The baby bottle has a body portion and a neck portion. The holder comprises a length of material defining an annular open end to releasably secure the body portio... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5555943 | Combined lawn aerating and weed remover apparatus and method of using same The present invention is a lawn-aerating and weed-pulling apparatus for use in aerating the ground and removing weeds. The apparatus comprises a substantially horizontal foot plate having a first side and a second side. A coring mechanism and a resilient ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5547240 | Hand-held trowel with an accessible hollow handle compartment The present invention is a hand-held trowel for digging and carrying standard sized personal hygiene products. The trowel comprises a blade assembly having a blade suitable for digging. The blade has a digging end and a handle end. A handle assembly is co... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5538288 | Parallelogram sheet for forming a reversible parallelepiped A substantially rigid, segmented, flat sheet blank parallelogram, which, may be shaped and folded into a reversible three dimensional rectangular parallelepiped. The sheet includes six foldably connected side wall panels, each in the form of a parallelogr... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5074189 | Electrically-fired and magnetically actuated firearm An electrically-fired cartridgeless ammunition projectile firearm system, which can operate with or without batteries, and which system has only one moving part is provided. The firearm system uses magnets to generate the charges which are required to det... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5029726 | Health care product dispenser A health care product dispenser is provided which includes a base which is designed and adapted to be mounted in a substantially vertical orientation, and which further includes one or more normally closed combined holder and dispenser pockets which are d... | 07/09/1991 |
