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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162003 | Fuel valve apparatus and method A fuel valve includes a housing defining a ported standpipe portion for extending upwardly into a fuel tank at a bottom opening thereof. The standpipe sealingly receives a ported and relatively rotational valving member, which also carries a respective resilient sea... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141910 | Plumbing apparatus The present invention provides a plumbing apparatus that includes an offset or tangential T-fitting providing for offsetting a branch pipe from a run pipe in end elevation view, and for the branch pipe to intersect the run pipe orthogonally in side elevation view. T... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7973490 | HID lighting control with transient voltage sensing and lamp restarting, and method of making and using A voltage control apparatus (10) for an HID lamp includes a voltage control transformer circuit (20), and is connected between supply mains (22) and a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp. The HID lamp is started at full line voltage, and after a... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965930 | Flexible tubing with imbedded helical conductors and method of making A smooth-bore plastic tubing with helical support bead is resistant to collapse and incorporates plural electrical conductors outside of the tubing bore and insulated from ambient, and from one another. The conductors may have a desired relatively high thermal condu... | 06/21/2011 |
| D637420 | Equipment mounting rack | 05/10/2011 |
| 7825614 | Voltage control load center, modular voltage control transformer circuit, and method of making and using A voltage control load center (10) includes plural modular voltage control transformer circuits (20), and is connected between supply mains (22) and a load (L) including one or more high intensity discharge (HID) lamps. The lamps are started at ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7755611 | Decorative concealed audio-visual interface apparatus and method A decorative, disguised “mirror” interface apparatus appears to the uninformed as merely a decorative mirror, but includes an audio/visual output, the video display device of which is concealed behind a two-way mirror. So, when the video display is emitting ligh... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7584578 | Seismic energy damping apparatus A seismic energy damper includes a pair of structure members subject to relative motion during a seismic event, and a pair of friction washers each fixed to a respective one of the structure members and moving relative to one another during the seismic event. A tie ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7416377 | Spoon apparatus and method An improved spoon apparatus and method includes a handle portion carrying a spoon bowl portion. The spoon bowl is clutched non-rotationally to the handle portion during a scooping motion to load the spoon bowl with food. At the initiation of the food scooping motion... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7377113 | Modular turbine generator and method of operation A modular turbine generator includes both a turbo generator, and electrical power conditioning and control circuitry. During conditions of high ambient temperature the turbo generator may lose both power output and efficiency, while the electrical circuitry suffers ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357727 | Auto race track design A racetrack designed to accommodate various types of auto racing class including Indy, CART, Formula 1 etc. is disclosed. The race track of the present invention is a continuous closed circuit track with at least two loops which loop about a common center area and w... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7303362 | Apparatus and method for moving and placing granulate material A method and system are disclosed for moving and placing in hard to reach locations granular and other particulate material such as sand, gravel, earth and similar materials. The system includes an improved auger for moving the material and an improved rotary airloc... | 12/04/2007 |
| D556424 | Equipment mounting rack | 11/27/2007 |
| D556423 | Equipment mounting rack | 11/27/2007 |
| D556422 | Equipment mounting rack | 11/27/2007 |
| D556421 | Equipment mounting rack | 11/27/2007 |
| D556425 | Equipment mounting rack | 11/27/2007 |
| D549922 | Equipment mounting rack | 08/28/2007 |
| 7178247 | Spoon apparatus and method An improved spoon apparatus and method includes a handle portion carrying a spoon bowl portion. The spoon bowl is clutched non-rotationally to the handle portion during a scooping motion to load the spoon bowl with food. At the initiation of the food scooping motion... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7145077 | Non-conductive junction box An improved, non-conductive electrical junction box includes a wall defining an insert recess. An insert member is received into the insert recess and defines a conduit socket in order to provide for an end portion of an electrical conduit to be joined with the junc... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124548 | Folded high-profile ridge cover, and method of making A centrally-folded and centrally-thickened ridge cover is formed from sheet shingle material by repeatedly back folding the material on itself to provide a thickened central portion for the ridge cover. The thickened central portion is disposed intermediate of a low... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121273 | Paintball gun and method A paintball gun provides a double-acting trigger apparatus including a pair of finger engagement surfaces against which a user of the gun may employ a pair of trigger fingers. The user of the paintball gun may effect a firing operation of the gun by using either one... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121055 | Ridge cover and method of making A shingle ridge cover is formed from a rectangular sheet of shingle roofing material back folded on itself to provide a central thickened portion for the shingle ridge cover. An upper portion of lesser thickness provides a nailing margin for the shingle ridge cover,... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7107664 | Screw thread cutting apparatus and method A thread cutting milling tool comprises a shank with a working portion formed with a recess for receiving a thread cutting insert. The thread cutting insert has one edge formed with a line of thread-form teeth of identical profile. The thread cutting teeth project l... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094004 | Apparatus and method for moving and placing granulate material A method and system are disclosed for moving and placing in hard to reach locations granular and other particulate material such as sand, gravel, earth and similar materials. The system includes an improved augar for moving the material and an improved rotary airloc... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084587 | Apparatus and method for control of high intensity discharge lighting An improved apparatus and method for control of discharge lighting, such as HID (high intensity discharge) lighting, effects full-voltage start up of the lighting, and sustained operation of the lighting at a reduced voltage after a selected and variable start-up ph... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073471 | Apparatus and method for improving engine performance A spark plug adapter allows for installation into the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine of an improved high-performance spark plug of configuration considerably different from that which the cylinder head was manufactured to accept. This is accomplished... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073295 | Front fold ridge cover and method of making A shingle ridge cover is formed from an elongate sheet of shingle roofing material back folded on itself to provide a folded and thickened front lower edge of the shingle ridge cover. The shingle ridge cover provides upwardly disposed stripes of adhesive material pr... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044692 | Screw thread cutting apparatus and method A thread cutting milling tool comprises a shank with a working portion formed with a recess for receiving a thread cutting insert. The thread cutting insert has one edge formed with a line of thread-form teeth of identical profile. The thread cutting teeth project l... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017191 | Ventilated protective garment A ventilated protective garment particularly for wear by operators, occupants, and passengers of sports motor vehicles, such as motorcycles for example, includes a garment body which may be configured as a jacket or coat, and which includes an especially configured ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014052 | Wall hanger and spacer for skateboards and scooters A small flat wall mountable panel having a flat visual display surface has two spaced apart upwardly arched hooks mounted on backstop spacers and aligned horizontally to receive a skateboard wheel mount or a scooter handle bar therein. An outwardly arched spacer arm... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979783 | High volume, high utility junction box A high-volume, high-utility, non-conductive electrical junction box includes a back wall and four side walls in rectangular array extending from the back wall, with each side wall being jointed to the back wall and to the two adjacent side walls in order to both def... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6932119 | Multi-mode tubing product and method An elongate flexible plastic tubing includes a helical support bead, and defines a central passage opening on opposite ends of the tubing. The tubing may also include one or more lumens extending helically in the support bead from end to end of the tubing. Also, the... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6910582 | Shock absorbing insulated shipping container especially for breakable glass bottles An improved shock absorbing insulated shipping container including an external corrugated cardboard box, receiving an insulated body having a cavity for holding a one or more breakable glass bottles, which bottles may contain high value liquid product being shipped,... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6889682 | Electropneumatic paintball gun, method of making and operating, and retrofit kit assembly An electro-pneumatically operated paint ball gun operates without the use of a mechanical sear, and includes a pneumatically operated hammer assembly effective to bump open a discharge valve and fire the gun. A programmable, microprocessor-based controller allows de... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6831227 | Junction box An improved, non-conductive electrical junction box assembly includes a junction box body defining at least one insert recess; and an insert member slidably received into the insert recess, defining a stepped through bore, and outwardly providing a conduit socket in... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6813221 | Home control system with an interface assembly An interface assembly with an animated character/prop has at least one speaker for generating language and mechanisms for generating correlated movement. A logic controlling device has a plurality of inputs and outputs and is adapted to configure and synchronize mes... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6763822 | Electropneumatic paintball gun, method of making and operating, and retrofit kit assembly An electro-pneumatically operated paint ball gun operates without the use of a mechanical sear, and includes a pneumatically operated hammer assembly effective to bump open a discharge valve and fire the gun. A programmable, microprocessor-based controller allows de... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6733345 | Rugged electrical junction box and method A rugged, impact-resistant electrical junction box, particularly for installation in wet environments, such as at a swimming pool, includes a non-metallic, non-conductive base part defining a cavity in which electrical wires can be terminated, and defining an openin... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6689093 | Single-use needle-less hypodermic jet injection apparatus and method A gas-powered, single-use, needle-less hypodermic jet injection device (10, 210, 410) includes a hand-held injector (12, 212, 412), and a drug injection cartridge (14, 114, 414) which provides a volume of liquid medication to be injected, an injection ori... | 02/10/2004 |
