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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181780 | Socket storage device A socket holding device has a plurality of posts extending from a base. The base may be arranged so that shallow wells are linearly arranged in front of deeper wells with the posts extending from the center of the wells. The posts have arms with a radial bead connec... | 05/22/2012 |
| D659992 | Three panel folio | 05/22/2012 |
| D659716 | Gear pump | 05/15/2012 |
| D659333 | Pail lid | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162625 | Nested motor, reduction motor reduction gear and pump with selectable mounting options A pump, reduction gear, motor combination wherein the reduction gear and pump have nesting shafts internal to at least one of the housings of the pump and reduction gears. The housings meet at cooperating front and rear flanges having a plurality of bores therethrou... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161896 | Hollow needle cutting apparatus A hollow needle tufting apparatus is provided with swivel mounted knives and an improved needle design directed to improve cutting efficiency and the life of the hollow needles and associated knives. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| D657814 | Guitar | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152322 | Heat dissipating helmet and light A heat dissipating helmet provides a heat dissipating material portion. One or more high powered LEDs may be in thermal contact therewith providing a significant portion of a heat sink to remove heat from the LEDs to maintain them at a proper operating temperature d... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147890 | Sample pressed food system and method of operation A method of testing pressed food product operational characteristics of a food processor having a press as a portion of a processing line as contemplated. Specifically, the test mold station provides a mold plate having at least one cavity less than an operational m... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656238 | Laboratory apparatus for 3D viewing of biological materials | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128102 | Kneeling/sledding snow board apparatus A kneeling/sledding snow board apparatus provides a retention device connecting to a gliding board. The retention device has a tray mounted to a mounting device connected possibly with snow board binding connections. The tray receives a knee pad having a seat extens... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127698 | Yarn tensioning mechanism A yarn tensioning apparatus is supplied with a yarn clamping position and a positive yarn engaging position to precisely meter yarns to tufting machine needles and especially to more uniformly advance pneumatically supplied yarns to hollow needles. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8110236 | Method and apparatus for forming unit portions of frozen food materials A method and apparatus for forming pressed food products can utilize up to 98% chicken breast meat in high profit margin products. Breast meat is marinated and then extruded into a slab which is then frozen and shaped into a plank. The plank is sliced into unit port... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099805 | Sink and installation A sink and its installation are shown and described. A lip of the sink defines a continuous outer perimeter which is preferably received within a first inner perimeter of a portion of a countertop so that an upper surface of the countertop extends at or at an elevat... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8087914 | Positive displacement pump with improved rotor design An improved positive displacement pump provides improved wear characteristics. Specifically, rotor pads are provided on faces relative to an internal portion of the rotor housing as it relates to an end wall and a rear side of a cover plate. The rotor pads preferabl... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651606 | Base cover | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082861 | Apparatus and method for forming level cut and loop pile tufts and related fabrics A tufting machine is provided with two transverse rows of needles, one row being associated with transverse row of loopers and the other second row of needles being associated with a transverse row of gated hooks. Novel and low pile height tufted fabrics can be crea... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070116 | Cookware underliner A cookware underliner as some having a top and bottom layer encapsulating at least a portion of a rigid frame. The top layer provides a base with upwardly extending sidewalls which receive a cooking article therein. The top and bottom layers are preferably construct... | 12/06/2011 |
| D649325 | Symmetrical urn | 11/22/2011 |
| D648977 | Guitar skillet | 11/22/2011 |
| D648504 | Heart shaped urn | 11/08/2011 |
| D644835 | Golf accessory | 09/13/2011 |
| D643931 | Thumb brace | 08/23/2011 |
| D643450 | Packaging machine | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987843 | Burner improvement A burner for use with cooking has a multiplicity of slots extending relative to a periphery of a burner head providing primary flame orifices. The slots have slot walls preferably extending upwardly from a slot bottom. A cap tops the burner head. Stops are disposed ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983553 | Applied camera composition guide A camera and camera insert having an improved crop area on a composition guide. The composition guide can be molded into the insert, such as a camera screen, and/or alternatively printed or painted thereon. The crop area can be horizontal and/or vertically oriented ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975437 | Playground roof support A playground roof system having the capability of being attached to different diameter support members is provided. The frame of the roof structure is roto-molded such that two different sized openings are provided at each corner of the frame, each opening in the sa... | 07/12/2011 |
| D640526 | Skateboard shaped switchplate cover | 06/28/2011 |
| 7926307 | Double sided polypropylene knit loop fabric A double sided polypropylene knit loop fabric comprises at least one and preferably both of the inner and outer loops comprised of polypropylene yarn forming cantilevered loops from a knit fabric. Polypropylene has many different characteristics than those of cotton... | 04/19/2011 |
| D634310 | Rotatable wall mount support | 03/15/2011 |
| D634309 | Movable wall mount support | 03/15/2011 |
| D633718 | Luggage accessory | 03/08/2011 |
| 7892101 | Child swing chair A child swing chair provides a seat and a rigid harness operably connected thereto which can move from a loaded to an unloaded configuration for ingress and egress from the seat by a user. When the harness is secured relative to the seat, the swing chair preferably ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7846214 | Method of creating old art dyeing effect with acid and cationic dyed patterned carpet A method of manufacturing carpet provides for an old art dyeing effect. Specifically, acid and cationic dyes are provided in a solution to a carpet tufted with cationic and acid dye fibers. The carpet is preferably tufted in such a way that there is a relative scarc... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878952 | Balanced circular free weights Architectural parameters are provided for the dimensions of sets of balanced circular free weights so that the weights may maintain a consistent style in appearance over a range of weights while retaining their functionality. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877826 | Hands free operable foot washing station A plurality of nozzles are located on each side of a foot washing station on curved portions of spray members. At least some of the nozzles are located at a plurality of elevations and are downwardly directed to knock debris off the lower leg and foot of a user to t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874926 | Elevated hand-held merry-go-round An elevated hand held merry go round provides a hand hold elevated a distance above a playing surface to which a user may grab and rotate through an unobstructed zone between the hand hold and the playing surface. In the preferred embodiment the hand hold may be til... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873542 | Method of distributing product utilizing preloaded mini-pallets A method of utilizing a mini-pallet to create, organize, and move product stacks is provided where orders are preloaded on mini-pallets, placed in a trailer and then offloaded by account location with a hand truck. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| D630915 | Planter reservoir | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866935 | Manually operated coupler A coupler for use with an excavator provides a hook with a mouth which receives a cross bar of an implement such as a bucket at an upper end. Towards a bottom end the coupler receives an extension through an opening. The extension is then retained by a pin through a... | 01/11/2011 |
