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Patent No. 6060700

Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle

A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.

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Attorney: PATTERSON, THUENTE, SKAAR & CHRISTENSEN, P.A.


Number of patents: 203
Last date: December 28, 2010

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NumberTitleIssue Date
7857814Methods and apparatus for minimally invasive arthroplasty
A cutting tool for creating resected surfaces of bone during arthroplasty procedures has a single offset handle arm that presents a narrower effective width than a width of the cutting profile of the cutting tool along a longitudinal axis of the cutting profile. Pre...
12/28/2010
7815645Methods and apparatus for pinplasty bone resection
Methods and apparatus for performing arthoplasty utilizes a plurality of apertures created in a bone, each aperture having a cross section defined perpendicular to an axis of the aperture that intersects a plane of a resected surface to be created in the bone and al...
10/19/2010
7806151Drum cap venting device
The drum cap venting device generally includes a venting cap assembly. The venting cap assembly can include a venting cap and a venting key. The venting cap generally includes a main body portion, a valve portion and a ring portion. The venting key generally include...
10/05/2010
D624759Hanger retaining device
10/05/2010
7785277Removable applicator nozzle for ultrasound wound therapy device
A removable applicator nozzle for use in treating a wound is provided. The removable applicator nozzle includes a nozzle, a valve and a cup. The nozzle includes a proximal portion, a distal opening and a valve interface. The proximal portion of the nozzle is engagab...
08/31/2010
7766821Bendable portion of an insertion tube of an endoscope and method of producing it
A bendable portion, which is arranged at the distal end of an insertion tube of an endoscope, comprises a plurality of tube segments, each of said tube segments having connecting means that cooperate with the connecting means of the adjacent tube segment, as well as...
08/03/2010
7753286Spray nozzle for overheated liquid
A device providing for an overheated liquid to be sprayed in very fine droplets at a very high speed, comprised of a nozzle body followed by a mixer head and several injectors opening onto a divergent speed attainment nozzle. Fittings adjust the exit section of the ...
07/13/2010
D616944Portable banner display
06/01/2010
7720254Automatic microparticle mark reader
An automatic reader system, apparatus, and method for the identification and authentication of articles enabling automatic collection and processing of code data associated with microparticle marks, automatic determination of the code from the code data associated w...
05/18/2010
7717507Head rests
A head rest of a vehicle seat may include a head support portion for supporting a head of a passenger, and a drive unit for moving the head support portion. The drive unit has a moving mechanism that is arranged and constructed to move the head support portion towar...
05/18/2010
7717314Friction stir welding tool
A friction stir welding tool is used in welding structures. The tool comprises a shoulder and a probe extending from the shoulder. The probe has at least three sections equiangularly arranged around the longitudinal axis of the probe, each section comprising at leas...
05/18/2010
D616175Decorative holiday mailbox
05/18/2010
D615797Popcorn maker
05/18/2010
7713218Removable applicator nozzle for ultrasound wound therapy device
A removable applicator nozzle for use in treating a wound is provided. The removable applicator nozzle includes a nozzle, a valve and a cup. The nozzle includes a proximal portion, a distal opening and a valve interface. The proximal portion of the nozzle is engagab...
05/11/2010
7712256Opening and closing apparatus
An opening and closing apparatus is provided with a foreign material detecting sensor, a position detecting apparatus and a control circuit apparatus. The foreign material detecting sensor has a sensor electrode, and is arranged in a front end of a door panel. The f...
05/11/2010
7712232Concentric axis snow blower attachment
A snow blower attachment includes a concentric axis fan and auger, the fan and auger being independently powered by respective motors and being axially operably coupled for support and for independent rotation of the fan and auger. ...
05/11/2010
7708683Methods for quantifying the risk of cardiac death using exercise induced heart rate variability metrics
Methods and apparatus for assessing cardiac risks in a specific patient. One embodiment of a method in accordance with the invention comprises providing heart rate activity of a specific patient including a windowed time series relating to heart rate variability dur...
05/04/2010
7708281Method of sealing a joint
A method of sealing a joint between components especially in an aircraft comprises the steps of identifying the sealing gap to be sealed; selecting a suitable sealing material having a fractional maximum sealing thickness and a fractional fully-compressed thickness ...
05/04/2010
D614908Slow cooker skillet
05/04/2010
D614862Backpack
05/04/2010
7706864Method and apparatus for electrically forcing cardiac output in an arrhythmia patient
An electrical method and apparatus for stimulating cardiac cells causing contraction to force hemodynamic output during fibrillation, hemodynamically compromising tachycardia, or asystole. Forcing fields are applied to the heart to give cardiac output on an emergenc...
04/27/2010
7706366Wireless communication system, method for transmitting frame, and computer program product thereof
A wireless communication system, method for transmitting a frame, and computer program product thereof are provided. The system comprises a base station and a subscriber station. The frame comprises a MAP area and a user area. The MAP area comprises a broadcast test...
04/27/2010
D614433Barbeque
04/27/2010
D614417Dining chair
04/27/2010
7702424Utility load control management communications protocol
A load control management protocol, system, and method that address many different customers, individually, in geographic groups, or in other predefined groups to control at least one or more electrical power consuming appliances are disclosed. The computer-implemen...
04/20/2010
7699970Production of structured hard chrome layers
A method of producing a structured hard chrome layer is described, wherein chromium is deposited from an electrolyte onto a workpiece, said electrolyte containing: (a) a Cr (VI) compound in an amount corresponding to 50 g/l to 600 g/l of chromic acid an...
04/20/2010
7698214Systems and methods of trading closed loans, debt, and other financial obligations
A method of trading individual, closed residential mortgage loans without loans being presented in a structured pool. The method includes authorizing a file associated with an individual, closed residential mortgage loan to be made available to a plurality of potent...
04/13/2010
D613798Portable banner display
04/13/2010
D613535Drawer face
04/13/2010
7693993Method and system for providing dynamic hosted service management across disparate accounts/sites
A hosted service provider for the Internet is operated so as to provide dynamic management of hosted services across disparate customer accounts and/or geographically distinct sites. ...
04/06/2010
7692865Adapter for coupling a laser processing device to an object
An adapter for coupling a laser processing device to an object, said adapter having a central region which can be moved into the beam path of the laser processing device, an illumination beam path through which illumination radiation can be guided for illumination o...
04/06/2010
7691046Nondestructive fluid transfer device
Fluid transfer device configured as a vacuum pump particularly suited for nondestructive transfer of fluids, including blood and blood constituents. Fluid transfer device used for assisting in the pumping of blood through a patient's heart for reducing the load on t...
04/06/2010
7690252Submarine sampler
A flooded bin measurement system is provided that includes a submarine sampler for ascending and descending within a liquid of a bin and for measuring the depth of fluid at the submarine sampler's location. In one embodiment, the submarine sampler may ascend and des...
04/06/2010
D613089Dining chair
04/06/2010
7688853System and method for hierarchical policing of flows and subflows of a data stream
A system and method for policing individual flows and subflows of a data stream. Data traffic streams are classified into separate traffic flows, which in turn can be further classified into subflows, thereby providing for different priority levels of subsets of the...
03/30/2010
7688722Communication apparatus, method, and computer readable medium thereof for switching channels in a beacon network
A communication apparatus originally transmits data packets via a first channel based on a first beacon interval. A memory thereof records the first beacon interval. A receiving interface thereof receives information of a second channel. A processor thereof determin...
03/30/2010
7686400Geosteering detectors for rotary-type continuous miners
The invention provides, in one embodiment, a detector for a miner comprising a gamma sensing element and a light sensing element coupled to the gamma sensing element. According to the embodiment, the detector is mounted on a rotary cutter of a boring-type continuous...
03/30/2010
7686200Mechanical method and apparatus for bilateral tissue fastening
A mechanical system for bilaterally securing skin tissue preferably utilizes a tissue manipulator apparatus to approximate a portion of an interior surface of each of two pieces of living dermis tissue along a vertical interface below an exterior surface without ove...
03/30/2010
7686184Medicine dispensing device
A medicine dispensing device capable of appropriately dispensing medicines independent of their form and having a compact structure. The medicine dispensing device has a device body (1) and a medicine conveyance member (3) for conveying, on one by one ...
03/30/2010
7685933Multi-speed food processing device with electrical motor
A food processing device having a motor shaft of a motor from the device coupled to the tool carrying shaft for multi-speed operation. The tool carrying shaft and the motor shaft are connected by two distinct trains, continuously driven, each train comprising one fr...
03/30/2010
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