Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7528936 | Substrate container with pressure equalization The present invention is a pod for containing a particulate sensitive substrate and for providing pressure equalization between the exterior and an interior environment of the pod and for minimizing gaseous fluid flow inside adjacent to the particulate sensitive sub... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528503 | Load shedding control for cycled or variable load appliances Control of a variable output appliance of a small energy consumer participating in an electrical load shedding program. A baseline operating characteristic of the appliance is determined for ordinary operation (such as in an absence of any load shedding requirements... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527487 | Device for moulding mixtures The invention relates to a device for moulding mixtures, preferably concrete mixtures for producing blocks. The device comprises a mould for receiving the concrete mixture, a table, to which the mould is coupled by means of brace elements, a vibration generation sys... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526116 | Automated microscopic sperm identification A method and device for automatically identifying sperm cells in a smear on a microscope slide, including capturing a first digital color image within an area of interest on the microscope slide. The first digital color image is split into a plurality of component c... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525030 | Acoustic guitar assembly method and apparatus A method of assembling a musical instrument such as an acoustic guitar. The instrument includes at least one major panel and a side wall. The major panel has a groove or rebate cut into the panel according to a predetermined pattern, which may extend substantially a... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523830 | Wafer container with secondary wafer restraint system A wafer container providing improved wafer restraint during physical shock events. In embodiments of the invention, a secondary wafer restraint structure defining a plurality of notches is interposed between opposing wafer restraint members on the door of the contai... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523697 | Tiltable cooking appliance The invention includes a cooking apparatus comprising a cooking plate and a handle assembly. The cooking plate has a cooking surface and an opposed lower surface. A handle assembly is operably coupled to the cooking plate and shiftable between a first handle positio... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522336 | Microscope tube An adjustable microscope tube for a microscope includes, in this order, along its beam path coming from an entrance to the microscope tube: an optical system, which images a first intermediate image to infinity; at least one deflecting element, which folds the paral... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520921 | Gas-removing devices and air supply systems having the gas-removing devices A gas-removing device serves to remove impurity gases from the air supplied to a fuel cell via an air supply system. The gas-removing device includes a porous material and an alternate adsorption membrane. The porous material has micropores formed therein in order t... | 04/21/2009 |
| D590643 | Television hutch | 04/21/2009 |
| D590639 | Cocktail table | 04/21/2009 |
| 7517536 | Antimicrobial compositions and wound dressings The present invention relates to a wound dressing comprising a flexible base layer and an antimicrobial material, wherein the antimicrobial material comprises an activated carbon-carried noble metal, the activated carbon is selected from the group consisting of an a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517355 | Method of supporting and/or applying particulate materials Masses of particles are structurally supported by the application of vacuum through a support surface having holes thereon that are smaller than the average diameter of the particle mass that is to be supported. The reduced pressure structurally supports particles o... | 04/14/2009 |
| D590187 | Counter top table | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515736 | System for road sign sheeting classification A system for classifying different types of sheeting materials of road signs depicted in a videostream compares estimated retroreflectivity values against known minimum retroreflectivity values for each of a plurality of colors. Once a road sign has been identified ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513967 | Molded fiber materials and methods and apparatus for making the same A raw material including a mixture of a natural fiber and a thermoplastic fiber is supplied to a surface of a rotating rotary body. The natural and thermoplastic fibers are scattered toward a carrying surface of a conveyor belt by the rotational force of the rotary ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513631 | Lighting device A lighting device including an LED, which is located immediately below a first illumination window, for illuminating not only the first illumination window but also a second illumination window. The lighting device includes a light guide plate for transmitting light... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513447 | Muller A muller for finely mulling a material to be processed is disclosed. The muller comprises a nozzle unit (10) including feed lines (12a and 12b) and hollow pipe lines (120a and 120b), a mulling unit (2... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513134 | Case for remote control key A portable remote control key case including a first case shell and a second case shell that are securely fastened to each other. The case includes a case body, which has a component chamber and a key socket, and a mechanical key, which is partially received in the ... | 04/07/2009 |
| D589879 | Hydraulic motor | 04/07/2009 |
| D589717 | Bed | 04/07/2009 |
| D589716 | Poster bed | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511697 | Facility reference system and method A facility reference system and method are disclosed by which data and information can be organized, accessed, viewed, and monitored. The information can be installed and accessed from a local computer, system, or network and can include data and documents of a vari... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510422 | Antenna breakaway device for utility pit meter system Breakaway devices for use in a meter-pit environment that protect connections between components of an AMR system are described herein. In various embodiments, at least one cable is adapted to operably couple a first AMR device and a second AMR device, wherein at le... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510203 | Hitch release system A hitch release system for releasing the locked engagement of a hitch, the hitch having a manually operable release bar coupled to a locking mechanism, the hitch release system includes a selectively actuatable power assist system, the power assist system being rele... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509936 | Engine with hybrid crankcase An engine with a hybrid crankcase includes the crankcase being a composite construction having an exoskeleton formed of a non-ferrite material having no defined endurance limit as a material, the non-ferrite exoskeleton encapsulating a load bearing skeleton formed o... | 03/31/2009 |
| D589272 | Hoop-back dining chair | 03/31/2009 |
| D589266 | Mirror | 03/31/2009 |
| 7507059 | Process and mechanical device for machining flexible panels, in particular with a complex shape A mechanical method for machining flexible panels, in particular panels with a complex shape, in which the panel to be machined is held fixed on its periphery on a rigid support, and a machining tool is applied against one of the faces of the panel and is controlled... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506549 | Method and apparatus suitable for measuring the displacement or load on an aircraft component The load on an aircraft component, such as the load on a landing gear leg during braking, is measured with a contactless, all-weather displacement measuring system. The system includes a control unit a controllable microwave emitter of electromagnetic radiation and ... | 03/24/2009 |
| D588860 | Countertop deep fryer | 03/24/2009 |
| D588836 | Dresser | 03/24/2009 |
| D588835 | Television stand | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505616 | System and method for reconstructing a diagnostic trajectory A system and method for reconstructing a diagnostic trajectory. ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7503524 | Device for equipping a hole in a panel, and panel thus equipped A removable plate and a flange that occupies a hole in a panel. The flange has the particular feature of taking up compressive force to which the panel is subjected in its plane, perpendicularly to the hole. The weight of the device used to equip the hole is reduced... | 03/17/2009 |
| D587931 | Dresser | 03/10/2009 |
| D587464 | Mirror | 03/03/2009 |
| 7490637 | Transportable container including an internal environment monitor A system is disclosed allowing non-invasive, continuous local and remote sensing of the internal environmental characteristics of transportable containers. The system utilizes a variety of sensors inside the container to sense internal environmental conditions. ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489323 | Display apparatus adapted for a display wall, image adjustment method therefor and display wall therewith A display apparatus adapted for a display wall, an image adjustment method therefor and a display wall therewith are provided. The image between display apparatuses of the display wall is not exactly displayed, especially for adjacent areas between every two neighbo... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7488340 | Vascular access closure system A sealing device for sealing punctures in blood vessel walls including a flange connected to a flexible stem having an expansion portion in it. The flexible stem is adapted to be accommodated inside a delivery tube. The delivery tube further includes a hand-hold for... | 02/10/2009 |
