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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006433 | Plant supports A gardening plant support can be a plastic semi-circular base which can face another base to form a circle on the ground or in a flower pot. At the end of each base may be a removable spike to allow shipping in a flat box. When in use the spikes are pressed into the... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006345 | Hinge for adjoining rods Rod segments can be adjoined with a simple hinge. Various embodiments of hinges include locking, non-locking, spring biased open or closed, and aligned rod segments or non-aligned rod segments. ... | 08/30/2011 |
| D644376 | Hair teasing comb | 08/30/2011 |
| 7857368 | Rain gutter cleaning tongs Rain gutter and downspout cleaning tongs. The rain gutter cleaning tongs include a pair of arms, each having a distal portion and a proximal portion that are arranged at obtuse angles relative to each other. A gripping head is located at a distal end of the distal p... | 12/28/2010 |
| D629679 | Slotted roof clamp | 12/28/2010 |
| 7837509 | Recessed light extension socket A standard ceiling recessed lighting fixture can be modified to a low-slung AC or DC light fixture with a screw-in extender. The extender with bulb can be used to lower a bulb from a recessed lighting fixture a desired length. A series of extension rods can be screw... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837508 | Recessed light extension socket A standard ceiling recessed lighting fixture can be modified to a low-slung AC or DC light fixture with a screw-in extension rod. The extension rod with bulb can be used to light a restaurant table or a pool table or a workbench and the like. A series of extension r... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7819270 | Telescoping material handling bin A bulk materials bin is able to contain heavy landscape materials such as gravel. A base has a box shape with an open front along a long side. U shaped side panels nest inside the base for transport. In the extended mode some or all of the side panels are lifted fro... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7789358 | Bucket hanger A two piece plastic paint can hook has a transverse bracket with an integral downward pointing bucket hook. A channel in the transverse bracket accepts a tip of a plastic rung hook. The rung hook is assembled through the channel, thus setting a stem of the rung hook... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784320 | Doorjamb clad machine Aluminum coils of pre-printed metal are pre-cut to lengths and angles to fit a wooden door jamb. Then, a rolling machine accepts a chosen width of sheet metal and rolls out a cladding strip. The strips require only a minimal manual bend of an end tab. The strips can... | 08/31/2010 |
| D622577 | Electric guitar key | 08/31/2010 |
| 7757889 | Sealing and reopening device for opened aluminum beverage cans Aluminum pop-top can holes are re-sealed with several embodiments of plugs or tape. The wedge type is shoved into the teardrop can hole, or any other shaped can hole. The foot (shoulder) profile type has a triple sealing surface, whereby the user angles a foot or sh... | 07/20/2010 |
| D617174 | Interlocking support post | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708232 | Railroad car lateral instability and tracking error detector The current invention is intended to be installed in revenue service railroad tracks to detect railroad cars exhibiting wheel set lateral instability. The invention utilizes an array of inductive proximity sensors mounted at regular intervals in a section of railroa... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7685734 | Pipe fitting template A template allows a piping system installer to create a pipe fitting outline without requiring the installer to consult a manufacturer's catalog and without requiring the installer to plot dimensions with a measuring instrument. The template comprises marking holes ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7677512 | Mounting bracket for electrical outlet and low voltage units A rough-in bracket is provided consisting of a border with a central opening sized to fit one or more receptacles and one or more low voltage units. The bracket has a snap-off alignment bar to properly align the receptacle. Rearward protruding wiring flanges provide... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7657966 | Clean exhaust air upright vacuum An upright bypass type vacuum base section pulls from a suction chamber surrounding the bag. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| D608541 | Hand held device tether | 01/26/2010 |
| 7625108 | Bike light A light which is attached to at least a pair of spokes on a bike wheel by a clip which snaps onto a housing to trap the spokes therebetween. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7621554 | Hitch support system A hitch support system for relieving a portion of the weight placed upon a rear end of a vehicle. The hitch support system includes a connecting structure for connecting to a hitch unit of a vehicle and for receiving a receiver, a vertical member adjustably connecte... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7572205 | System and methodology for endurance training A method and system for assisting a user in maintaining a predetermined pace along a track with a specific predetermined end goal. The preferred embodiment uses a PDA or similar device to allow a user set a specific course goal and to enter (or download) a previous ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571646 | Electronic liquid level sensor A pair of wires are coated in a conductive plastic sheath, and then imbedded in the inside of a plastic tube. The tube can be dropped down an oil well casing below the fluid level. A DC power source is applied across the wires, and current flows across the inside of... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7293782 | Car model attachment for standard skates A toy car, boat, tank, truck, airplane and the like is made with two inter-connecting parts. The parts fit over a standard skate boot (roller-skate, in-line skate, etc.). Thus a toy is shown having an interconnecting front and rear module, which slips over a standar... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7204021 | Multi-purpose plastic pipe cutter Upper and lower handle members are pivotally attached at one end. Crimper jaws are operated via the handles. The upper handle carries a guide assembly to mount the blade, and operate the cutting mode using an upper handle cradle. Other accessories include a hole pun... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7005980 | Personal rescue system A personal rescue signal system (PRSS) for quickly finding a transmitting target. More specifically, the PRSS includes as a personal rescue signal device (PRSD), worn on a person and emitting a radio frequency signal in an emergency condition. The PRSD is radio freq... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997848 | Variable ratio transmission with low gear A variable ratio transmission has a rotating drive cone with a gear at its narrowest diameter end to provide a non-slip high torque drive in low gear. A worm gear and drive shaft smoothly move an output drive disk back and forth along the drive cone to provide a smo... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6802441 | Piggyback tool carrier A piggyback carrier designed for the safe and economical transporting of a container piggybacked to the back or front of a vehicle. Specifically, the piggyback is designed to be attached to the container and to support the container during transportation. The piggyb... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6760931 | Non-electric sanitation water vessel system A system to sanitize water in a whirlpool bathtub, spa, swimming pool, and other water vessels comprising improvements to U.S. Pat. No. 6,395,167 and incorporating an integral top fill antimicrobial injector not in the prior art. The system also practices the adding... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6751814 | Whirlpool bath filter and suction device A whirlpool bath has a combination suction fixture and disposable filter. The suction fixture is a plastic semi-cylindrical housing attachable to the tub. A removable faceplate is reinforced and resistant to body and hair entrapment. The disposable filter is fibrous... | 06/22/2004 |
| 7500573 | Saddle rack and harness rack lift Heavy saddles can be loaded at waist height onto a vertical array of saddle racks. The vertical array is mounted on a central post containing a powered gear which lifts in sequence first the uppermost saddle rack and then each one below. A trailer model provides a s... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7448600 | Floating wastewater evaporator A working pontoon raft has frame that supports a plurality of high speed evaporator fans. An on board pump draws wastewater from under the raft and feeds it to the fans. Large amounts of wastewater from industrial reservoirs, such as oil drilling reservoirs, are eva... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7430340 | Geographic information data base engine A method to compress a very large original geographic database down to a manageable and economical size while preserving accuracy is herein described. Similarly, a method to quickly retrieve, decompress, and display data is herein described. An original geographic d... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421895 | Fluid level measuring system A fluid level measuring system comprising a fluid level sensor is disclosed. The fluid level sensor may comprise a top or bottom mounted transducer and limited openings to enable accurate measurement of a fluid's depth while the fluid is moving. The fluid level meas... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412949 | Dual head piston engine A gas or diesel internal combustion engine of either a two or four stroke design uses both ends of each piston to create a combustion chamber. The piston rod rides linearly through a lower cylinder head. The lower cylinder head forms a lower combustion chamber with ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408427 | Compact multi-frequency feed with/without tracking A method and apparatus forming an efficient and compact waveguide feed with all components for processing signals in multi-frequency band antenna feeds with single/dual linear/circular polarizations with/without tracking. The layout can be realized in a split block ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7377407 | Modular water vending system and dispenser A purified water filtration, storage and vend system has a distributed housing design with a main unit having a filtration module, a storage tank, and a vend station. A slave unit has a storage tank and a vend station. A retractable nozzle assembly feeds each vend s... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377817 | Recessed light extension socket A standard ceiling recessed lighting fixture can be modified to a low-slung AC or DC light fixture with a screw-in extension rod. The extension rod with bulb can be used to light a restaurant table or a pool table or a workbench and the like. A series of extension r... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377489 | Picket fence building guide A guide for aligning pickets during the building of a picket fence. The guide having a picket stand to attach to a first end of an alignment beam. The guide having a beam stand to attach to a second end of the alignment beam. A method is also disclosed to construct ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361074 | Rotating light toy A non-battery operated rotating light and/or noise making toy apparatus is disclosed. The system includes a handle to which is connected an electro-mechanical LED power generation chamber. One or more LEDs are electronically connected to the power generation chamber... | 04/22/2008 |
| D565396 | Nail gun holder | 04/01/2008 |
