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Patent No. 5823386

Reward Candy Dispenser for Personal Computers

A personal computer peripheral, battery powered reward candy dispenser which immediately presents students with a single candy for each problem completed correctly.

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Attorney: Middleton; James B., Rodgers; Walter A.


Number of patents: 11
Last date: October 03, 2000

NumberTitleIssue Date
6126218Arrangement in vehicle
The invention relates to an arrangement in a vehicle intended and equipped for various display purposes. The arrangement comprises means for tilting the vehicle floor in at least part of the vehicle. This way the vehicle can be rapidly and flexibly formed...
10/03/2000
6116137Slide and barrel coupler
An automatic handgun has a support member fixed to the end of the barrel and engageable with the slide when the slide moves forward. The mating surfaces of the support member and the slide have clutch surfaces machined into them so the two surfaces lock t...
09/12/2000
6076203Body treatment apparatus
A body treatment apparatus has two separate but contiguous tubs to provide selective treatment to the feet and the upper body. A person will sit in one tub, and the person's feet will be in the other tub. The knees will be over a dam separating the two tu...
06/20/2000
6062222Face mask for self contained breathing apparatus
A face mask for a self contained breathing apparatus has two pairs of straps fixed to the frame of the mask, the straps being fixed to a net or woven head piece. The straps at the top of the head piece are fixed with respect to the mask, and the bottom st...
05/16/2000
6050261Combination backframe and self contained breathing apparatus
A backframe for a self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is formed of a molded shell having some depth, and a closure plate fixed to the shell to provide an enclosed volume. The molded shell with the closure plate yields a good weight-to-strength ratio...
04/18/2000
6016802Breathing apparatus and facepiece therefor
A breathing apparatus comprises a supply of breathable gas and a facepiece by which breathable gas is supplied to a wearer, the facepiece including a supply valve for delivering gas to the interior of the facepiece, and an exhaust opening closeable by an ...
01/25/2000
6010235Decoration for lamp shades
A decoration for a lamp shade is in the form of a sculptured work that is visible when the lamp is turned off, and, when the lamp is turned on, the decoration shows in profile, the decoration having a pleasing appearance both as a sculptural work and as a...
01/04/2000
6010431Hand stretching method for preventing and treating repetitive stress injury
A hand stretching method and apparatus mimics a well known exercise to reduce the problems with repetitive stress injury. A body of resiliently deformable material has flat and parallel top and bottom surfaces, with a cutout at one edge of the body. A use...
01/04/2000
6000272Tilt apparatus for vehicle repair rack
A vehicle repair rack having a platform for receiving vehicles for straightening is tilted as it is raised from the floor for easier loading of low vehicles, without the vehicle's bottoming out. The repair rack uses a parallel linkage to raise the platfor...
12/14/1999
5969884Place keeper for line magnifier
A place keeper, for use with a straight edge for designating a row on a cross-stitch pattern, is slidable along the straight edge so the straight edge designates a row, and the place keeper designates a column. Two or more place keepers can be used to des...
10/19/1999
5946778Clip with retractable operating levers
A spring clip has jaws connected by a throat that provides spring action to urge the jaws together, and levers on each jaw that can be extended to provide a mechanical advantage for opening the jaws, or can be retracted so the levers are juxtaposed on the...
09/07/1999
 
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