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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161959 | Wood burning furnace A wood burning furnace providing, in sequential connection, an air box, a fire box with a wood storage box/primary combustion chamber and a secondary combustion chamber separated by an ash grate, a heat exchanger, an exhaust manifold, and a smoke stack. The air box ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157993 | Nitrous oxide reduction from biological wastewater treatment processes In a wastewater treatment plant using methane gas, a by-product of anaerobic sludge digestion, to generate energy in a combustor to run the plant, a system for collecting the gas stream from the plant biological process and feeding the gas stream, containing nitrous... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657054 | Medical bracket and clamp | 04/03/2012 |
| 8074304 | Aqua therapy and recreation spa with interchangeable exercise equipment A combination unit for hydrotherapy and exercise having a rubber dampening pad containing pre-drilled holes for the interchanging of exercise devices such as treadmills, bicycles, and elliptical machines. The unit has stairs for rear entrance and a clear splash guar... | 12/13/2011 |
| D648934 | Disposable water on demand bag | 11/22/2011 |
| 8038957 | Electric catalytic oxidizer A containment vessel having a spiral plate heat exchanger, a central catalyst chamber packed with particulate catalyst, a central heater, a plenum providing conductive flow access for a hydrocarbon-air mixture to and from the containment vessel interior, and essenti... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8038188 | Pet waste cleanup kit A kit containing a plurality of pet waste containers each of which may scoop or pick up pet excrement is provided. Each container provides a plastic bag with a simple frame about the bag mouth. Each pet waste container is held in a pouch removably attached to a leas... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033973 | Pin wheel roller assembly A pin wheel roller assembly for a bacon slicer. The roller assembly is formed with a number of individual spacer segments and an end cap. The pin wheel assembly is formed with a pin wheel sandwiched between adjacent cylindrical segments and the end cap. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| D646541 | Router fence | 10/11/2011 |
| D644563 | Combined poker fob and zipper pull | 09/06/2011 |
| 7980958 | Golf work station A golf work station having a base module with telescoping knee guides and adjustable target knee posts. A rear attachment module having a posture post is removably attached to the base module rear, said posture post being longitudinally extensible and angularly adju... | 07/19/2011 |
| D641064 | Propane tank transport stabilizer | 07/05/2011 |
| D639508 | Combined nail file and holder | 06/07/2011 |
| 7931059 | Through dovetailing jig assembly A through dovetailing jig assembly comprised of a dovetailing jig removably attached to a workpiece, an indexing strip removably attached to the workpiece and jig, and a front backup board removably attached to the workpiece and jig. The jig is further comprised of ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7921591 | Flip-up aiming sight An aiming system having a two-tone colored rear sight lens as the primary aiming component. The lens is held in an L-shaped lens frame which also incorporated conventional “iron sights.” The two-tone colored lens has an outside perimeter portion of one color and... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7906067 | Method for making a spill-proof lid Providing a drinking lid with an under-lap between a valve base and a lid body. The valve is created with an “L” shaped exterior step around the valve side wall adjacent the wall bottom. A coining die stamps the L-shaped step producing a smooth side wall and for... | 03/15/2011 |
| D631107 | Shin exerciser | 01/18/2011 |
| 7854070 | Framing square A square with longitudinal slots in the angular arms, a rule having a longitudinal slot, and two clamping screws for securing the rule in various angular positions on the arms of the square, so that the scale may be shifted on the square to establish a number of ang... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7841736 | Flashlight A squeeze-activated flashlight including a holder configured to receive a lamp and one or more batteries, and a housing configured to receive the holder. The housing includes a resiliently flexible actuator member for activating the lamp. ... | 11/30/2010 |
| D623798 | Cotton ball holder | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789097 | Tailgator/sunshade protective cover A portable sunshade used in conjunction with and supported by a vehicle. The sunshade has a lightweight protective fabric cover engaged by a up to five flexible poles. The protective cover rear is magnetically attached to the vehicle. The protective cover front term... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789042 | Combination pet leash and bowl A leash handle to which a pet food and water receptacle are removably attached. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| D622789 | Shin exerciser | 08/31/2010 |
| D622180 | Double buckle for a scuba harness | 08/24/2010 |
| 7758443 | Golf work station A golf work station having a base module with telescoping knee guides and adjustable target knee posts. A rear attachment module having a posture post is removably attached to the base module rear, said posture post being longitudinally extensible and angularly adju... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7703488 | Through dovetailing jig assembly A through dovetailing jig assembly comprised of a dovetailing jig removably attached to a workpiece, an indexing strip removably attached to the workpiece and jig, and a front backup board removably attached to the workpiece and jig. The jig is further comprised of ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7637504 | Suits and ladders game A wagering game between a dealer and one or more players involving one or more decks of cards, a plurality of betting boards and player markers. Each betting board has four betting places corresponding to one of four card suits and two betting places corresponding t... | 12/29/2009 |
| D601794 | Bottle carrier | 10/13/2009 |
| 7568701 | Card game A wagering game between a dealer and one or more players involving one or more decks of cards, a plurality of betting boards and player markers. Each betting board has four betting places, each place corresponding to one of four card suits, said betting places being... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7546652 | Colic swing A standard child swing apparatus with a holder for supporting a baby on its abdomen. A vibration unit is also included within the holder. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7544288 | Gutter filtering device A filter sphere for preventing debris from entering a downspout of a rain gutter. The filter sphere is a hollow, perforated sphere with a diameter slightly less than the width of a normal rain gutter. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7523873 | Heating system A closed heating system drawing external power from a small electric generator. The heating system contains a hydraulic fluid drawn through restrictors and pumped through a heat transfer means attached to a means for circulating a heated fluid through a household. | 04/28/2009 |
| 7507149 | Drill bit dresser A drill bit dresser having a dresser body, a holding clamp slidably joined to the dresser body, and a sanding shoe pivotally attached to the dresser body. The dresser body has means for changing the rake angle of the sanding shoe to accommodate different drill types... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7504144 | Multilayer textile reinforcement web Multiple, single fiber webs, consisting of parallel fiber bundles and non-wovens connected by an adhesive thread grid, positioned on a common shaft for simultaneous unwinding. The single webs are dispensed under tension from a primary unwinding drum while, in the sa... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7491129 | Adjustable pool table A rotatable pool table with an electromagnetic pad imbedded in the pool table's surface. Each pool ball has a metallic element imbedded in its center. The electromagnetic pad is adapted to being activated, creating a magnetic field to hold the pool balls in position... | 02/17/2009 |
| D585514 | Single scuba tank adaptor | 01/27/2009 |
| D581162 | Bottle carrier | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456754 | Antifratricide beacon A programmable infrared beacon having an electronics circuit with a microprocessor contained within a transparent housing. A number of signaling infrared light emitting diodes are provided within the housing and connected to the electronics circuit. The beacon has a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7438813 | Ammonia oxidation and pipe denitrification In a biological wastewater treatment system, the addition of an intermittently aerated second bioreactor to accomplish ammonium oxidation to predominately nitrite and then to achieve denitrification by introducing the effluent, containing nitrite, from the second bi... | 10/21/2008 |
| D578835 | Scraper for a gel cup | 10/21/2008 |
