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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087853 | Adjustable pocket hole apparatus In the pocket hole apparatus of the present invention, a table reciprocates linearly relative to a base. An anvil is fixed relative to the base and holds the workpiece on a sloped top surface at the desired angle for the pocket hole. A drill spindle with a drill bit... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7860211 | Method of producing a laminography image with a rotating object, fixed x-ray source, and fixed detector columns A method of producing a laminography image of an object. The object is rotated on a platform in an object space between a fixed x-ray source and multiple columns of detector elements. Two samples of each voxel are taken at each detector column, one for each of the t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7802372 | Removable laser base attachment for bubble levels A removable laser base for a bubble level that includes a body, a laser beam generator, and a removable securement. The body has a flat top surface that the level is secured to and a bottom surface that is flat and parallel to the top surface. A laser diode mounted ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7793360 | High-visibility turnout coat assemblage A high-visibility covering is removably attached to a firefighter turnout coat at the shoulders and front closure by easily separable fasteners so that the assemblage can be donned as a single coat and the high-visibility covering can be easily ripped off. In one em... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7654532 | Method of playing a poker-type bonus A method of playing a poker-type bonus to another game that is triggered by an event in the game. After being triggered, a plurality of revealed, two-card starter hands and five unrevealed community cards are displayed. The unrevealed cards are then revealed. Each s... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7556503 | Compliant electrical contact and assembly A compliant electrical contact and an assembly employing a plurality of the contacts that provides an interface between two electrical devices. The contact has a convoluted spring with convolutions and a contact point at each end. In one contact embodiment, the conv... | 07/07/2009 |
| D595165 | Bubble level | 06/30/2009 |
| 7464936 | Method of playing a video poker game A method of playing a video poker game that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, partial hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player wagers on one or more partial hands, after which some of the community cards are revealed. The player then either raises or... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7427067 | Method of playing a poker-type keno game A method of playing a poker-type keno game that has a plurality of two-card, revealed, starter hands and five unrevealed community cards. A player wagers on one or more starter hands, after which the community cards are revealed. Each starter hand is combined with a... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7410417 | Method of playing a poker-type keno game A method of playing a poker-type keno game where a player wagers on a game that has two cards revealed in each of a plurality of hands. The player wagers on one or more of the hands. Five community cards are revealed and are part of each hand. The winning hand is de... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7353545 | Concealable/deployable reflective band for garments A band that extends around a garment appendage, such as a sleeve or trouser leg. The band has a concealed position that hides a reflective tape and a deployed position where the reflective tape is visible. The band includes a cylindrical strip that fully encircles a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325806 | Method of playing a bonus wager A method of playing a game with at least one deck of cards where the game comprises the steps of affording a player the opportunity to place a bonus wager, dealing out the cards to each of a plurality of hands, forming a bonus hand from one card from each of more th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7288714 | Electrical arc flash protection blanket An electrical arc flash protection blanket for protecting workers from electrical arc flashes. The blanket is composed of two or more layers where the layer closest to the electrical arc source is of a fiberglass material and the remainder of the layers are of fiber... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270331 | Method of playing a bonus A method of playing a game bonus triggered by the rank of the player hand. A plurality of bonus hands is provided and a value is assigned to each one. The player chooses one of the bonus hands, after which the value is revealed and the player is paid the correspondi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7210958 | Electrical contact crimp ear serration An electrical contact crimp ear serration comprised of a plurality of teeth where each tooth has a cross-sectional profile comprising a leading face extending upwardly to an apex from the crimp ear surface, a central face extending downwardly from the apex to a vall... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201337 | Waste food disposer activation control apparatus A waste food disposer operation control apparatus that comprises a waste food disposer having an opening for accepting waste material, a flexible hose with a source end and a nozzle end with the source end operationally connected to a controllable water source, a no... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195244 | Method of playing a pai-gow-type game A pai gow-type game in which a player wagers on one or more of a group of player hands, and where the chances of winning are not enhanced by the skills of the player and no discretion in the arrangement of hands is vested in either the player or dealer. A number of ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182991 | Method of providing electric arc flash protection and fabric structures in accordance therewith A method and fabric structure that employs a napped fabric to protect a subject from an arc flash. At least one napped fabric layer with an increase in fabric thickness due to napping of at least 35% is incorporated into a normal arc protective fabric structure to i... | 02/27/2007 |
