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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123300 | Chair accessory and method of using Disclosed is a chair accessory comprising one or more board-like items, including planks, of various thicknesses having on or in each item at least one restraining device having one or more chair-leg contacting surfaces that will prevent a child, while sitting in th... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7742492 | Real time data expansion for distributed I/O The present exemplary embodiment relates to industrial machine control and corresponding communication protocols. In one embodiment, the machine control communication protocol is Distributed I/O that has Extended Data Transfer (EDT) capability. It finds particular a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736718 | Compact no-turn athletic equine boot, laminate and method A laminate comprising a tough, flexible, hard layer and a cushion layer for uses such as in making a compact, athletic equine boot that resists turning on the animal's hoof when the animal such as a horse is jumping, running and turning in water, mud, sand and sawdu... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7665282 | Laminate and method for making horn wraps A laminate comprising a compressible, cushioning layer and an open layer comprised of a tough, reinforcing woven or non-woven mesh, net, webbing, scrim or sheet material having openings therein and attached to the compressible, air permeable, cushioning layer is par... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7641285 | Small utility vehicle A small, four wheeled, stable utility vehicle (S4WSUV) for hauling and dumping material, articles or containers and especially adapted to operate in tight areas is disclosed. The S4WSUV has two widely spaced free turning swivel wheels and two widely spaced, independ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7591411 | Animal prod An electrically powered animal prod, particularly for use in motivating larger animals to move in the desired direction, having a flexible shaft is disclosed. The animal prod can also be powered with rechargeable batteries located in the handle and can be recharged ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7434378 | Compact no-turn athletic equine boot A compact, athletic equine boot that resists turning on the animal's hoof when the animal such as a horse is jumping, running and turning in water, mud, sand and sawdust comprising a bell portion having a cushiony layer on the interior of a relatively rigid or hard ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7386972 | Horn wrap Horn wraps for protecting the horns and head parts of animals, like cattle, from lariats are disclosed comprising a laminate having an air permeable compressible layer attached to a normally open fabric or scrim material. The laminate permits ventilation for the par... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7155886 | Adjustable Dee rings for saddles and method of use Adjustable Dee ring embodiments are disclosed that allow the saddle and/or the billet or Latigo to be located in an optimum position on the horse. The adjustable Dee ring is light weight and a billet or Latigo can be easily and quickly adjusted laterally within a fr... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6966597 | Tailgate assembly with integral steps A tailgate or side-gate for a vehicle, including a pickup truck, is disclosed that, when lowered, forms at least one step that is lower than the bed or floor of the vehicle. A more preferred embodiment forms at least two steps at different levels so that one may eas... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6662537 | Stable athletic equine boot A horse boot that resists turning on the horse's hoof when the horse is jumping, running and turning in water, mud, sand and sawdust comprises a bell portion having an internal protrusion, a cuff extending above the top of the bell portion sufficient to r... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6619240 | Lariat, lariat rope body, method and apparatus A novel and superior lariat and lariat rope body for calf and steer roping having a core of monofilaments in the center around which three or more strands of twisted monofilament yarns are wound tightly to form the rope. A novel method of making lariat ro... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6331339 | Wood laminate and method of making A method of making a fiber glass mat especially useful for bonding to wood contains glass fibers and a "B" staged resin is disclosed. A substantial portion of the resin binder can be a furfuryl alcohol formaldehyde, phenol formaldehyde, melamine formaldeh... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6267035 | Fiber chopper apparatus and method A chopper for chopping fibers or fiber strands having a back up roll and a blade roll containing blades that work against a peripheral surface of the back up roll and a method of using is disclosed. The chopper has a number of improved features for reduci... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6202525 | Chopping apparatus Apparatus and method for separating or chopping long fibers or the like are improved by maintaining the temperature of one or more temperature sensitive components of the chopping apparatus with cooling means to maintain one or more desired characteristic... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6202449 | Strand positioning apparatus An apparatus for receiving and automatically moving a moving strand of fibers from a starting position to any one of a plurality of predetermined positions in a multi-grooved separator roll is disclosed. This apparatus is particularly in processes of maki... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196029 | Low profile bushing for making fibers A precious metal bushing used for fiberizing molten glass through nozzles protruding from the lower surface of an orifice plate in the bottom of the bushing requires a substantially reduced investment in precious metal by having very short sidewalls and e... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6187697 | Multiple layer nonwoven mat and laminate The invention includes fibrous nonwoven multiple layer mats having at least two layers with a body portion layer and a surface portion layer having fine fibers and/or particles therein, both layers being bonded together and to each other with a same resin... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6163385 | Integrated and auxiliary light for image scanners for scanning transparencies and method of lighting transparencies for image scanning A universal transparency adapter for use on flat bed image scanners. The transparency adapter, which is placed on the image window of an image scanner, utilizes circumferential back lighting to uniformly project through and illuminate the desired transpar... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6155646 | Portable stool A portable stool useful for hunting, spectator events, and other uses which can be supported by any generally vertical surface such as a tree, wall, post, etc. and the ground is disclosed. The stool can be easily and quickly converted from a use mode into... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6148640 | Method for making chopped fiber In a method of chopping fiber from a leg containing three or more fiberizers, prior to stopping the chopper for maintenance all of the strands are first removed from the chopper and put into a single set of pull rolls located near the chopper where the st... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142104 | Lariat rope body A cattle roping lariat rope body for making competitive cattle roping lariats, the rope body having a core of monofilaments in the center around which three or more strands of twisted monofilament yarns are wound tightly to form the rope body. The rope bo... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6119632 | Lariat, lariat rope body and method A novel and superior lariat and lariat rope body have a core of monofilaments in the center around which three or more strands of twisted monofilament yarns are wound tightly to form the rope. A novel method of making lariat rope bodies is also disclosed.... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5941198 | Cattle roping lariat A novel and superior lariat and lariat rope has a core of strands in the center around which three or more strands of twisted monofilament yarns are wound tightly to form the rope. A novel method of making lariat rope and novel apparatus for making the no... | 08/24/1999 |
| 4028083 | Method and apparatus for controlling temperature within a furnace A furnace, which includes a melting and refining tank and a forehearth, is divided into a plurality of zones or regions. Each of the zones is provided with means for sensing temperature within the zone and a means for heating the zone. Means is also provi... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4014150 | Insulation system for building structures Building structures, such as pre-engineered metal buildings, concrete buildings, and combination concrete and metal buildings in most areas require insulation due to the relatively high thermal conductance of the metal and concrete components in the build... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3996825 | Method and apparatus for cutting a web fibrous non-woven mat Previous attempts to cut or trim a wet, non-woven, fibrous mat using a fluid jet have been largely unsuccessful, particularly when the mat contained reinforcing strands. The present invention overcomes this problem by using a fluid jet located below the m... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3997307 | Method and apparatus for making glass fibers utilizing an oscillating spinner Attempts have been made by the prior art to oscillate a veil of air entrained centrifugally spun fibers back and forth across a moving collecting surface to build a layer of fibers having uniform thickness and density. The present invention accomplishes t... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3997309 | Cooling tube support system for fiberizing bushing Improved corrosion resistant cooling tube support members are provided for fiberizing bushings used to make fibers from molten inorganic material such as glass. The support members allow an operator to replace defective cooling tubes relatively easily wit... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3996783 | Method and apparatus for reforming round ducts into rectangular ducts Disclosed herein is rectangular thin walled metal duct easily bendable without significantly changing the cross-sectional area at the bend. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for forming this rectangular duct and flat/oval duct from round duct havin... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3983309 | Primary electrode arrangement for high temperature melting furnace Prior art high temperature electric furnaces of the type using two or more, usually three, primary electrodes positioned around an electrically conducting central outlet brought the electrodes in through a side or bottom wall of the furnace at points belo... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3981708 | System for producing blankets and webs of mineral fibers A recent development for manufacturing blankets of mineral fibers includes a system comprising a plurality of fiber forming and collecting modules spaced along a process line, each module designed to produce a relatively thin web of intertangled fibers an... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3979537 | Insulating material and methods of manufacture An insulating material primarily for use on the interior of buildings and formed of a blanket of felted fibers (such as glass fibers) of relatively high density having an impervious flexible facing on one side for appearance and for defining a vapor barri... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3955951 | Repairing clogged orifices in fiberizing bushings Continuous inorganic fibers such as glass fibers are made by drawing molten material from orifices in the bottom of a refractory bushing. Occasionally during operation one or more tips will become clogged by unmelted particles in the molten material. Thes... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3946957 | Traversing mechanism An apparatus for winding continuous strands of material about rotating cores to form strand packages is provided with primary traversing mechanisms which impart a primary traversing motion to the strands as they are being wound on the packages whereby the... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3942689 | Apparatus for removing compacted fibrous materials from containers An apparatus and a method are disclosed for loosening compacted fibrous material in a container whereby the fibrous material will flow freely out through an outlet located in the bottom of the container. Agitation means are provided on the sidewalls of th... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3930926 | Apparatus for forming tubular fibrous insulatory articles Apparatus for forming the edges of mineral fiber blankets during their advance along a processing path. Guide means having surfaces shaped to continuously direct feathered or ragged longitudinal edges of an uncured mat of mineral fibers as it is introduce... | 01/06/1976 |
