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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D657726 | Spoked wheel for a motorcycle | 04/17/2012 |
| 8137717 | Production of human food from and other biologicals An apparatus and process for producing humanly edible food from Jatropha curcas L. (JCL) or a similar plant or an algae comprises an air-tight tank (200) for containing a mixture of water, a fermenting press cake (125) of JCL seeds, yeast and ot... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123885 | Method of manufacturing flexible covers A flexible, elastically gathered cover for food containers or the like, and a method of making such covers, uses a forming machine with a lower section having: a) a square shaped forming mandrel having a top, four substantially vertical sides, and a heating element ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8047972 | Easily adjustable and lockable exercise bar apparatus An adjustable exercise bar comprises a bar (145) and one or more rails (100, 105) upon which one or more bar retainers are constrained to move. The rails are secured to a vertical surface such as a wall or post (110). A plunger assembly (400 | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043496 | System for extracting oil from algae A method and apparatus for extracting oil from algae comprises a disruptor (125) having a plurality of deflectors (220 and 225) against which a mixture of algae and water (100) is forcibly impacted upon the urging of a pump (115). ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042615 | Blow out protector valve employing ball baffle assembly for use with high-pressure fluids A Ball Baffle Blowout Preventer (BBBOP) (102) or shut-off valve generally comprises a housing (106) and a baffle (108) secured within the housing and containing a plurality of holes. The housing is mounted in the path of the well pipe but the ho... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8017366 | Self-contained biofuel production and water processing apparatus A system for making biofuels comprising methane, ethanol, and biodiesel comprises a tank (100) with a sealable lid (120). An algae mass (105), water, and either a yeast or bacterial culture (106) is added to the tank. Under high temperatu... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011080 | Hinged wall and ceiling anchor with fins and hinge An anchoring fastener comprises, in one embodiment, a shaft (100) with straight and tapered portions, a tip (105) at the front end, cam follower surfaces (110, 111) at the rear end, a body (120) with a bore, a head (125) with a hol... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007615 | Method of manufacturing versatile flexible cover A flexible cover is formed from a rectangular sheet of plastic film material and a continuous elastic or rubber band. The sheet has a predetermined amount of material cut from each corner. The sheet is placed onto a table between four posts that extend from the tabl... | 08/30/2011 |
| D644153 | Motorcycle wheel with spokes | 08/30/2011 |
| D642593 | Air cleaner for a motorcycle | 08/02/2011 |
| D642592 | Turbine air cleaner for a motorcycle | 08/02/2011 |
| 7914052 | Splined connector for a position-sensitive device such as a showerhead A showerhead or other water-dispensing assembly (100) is joined to a supply pipe (105) by a nut (110) and a collar (135). The supply pipe terminates in male threads (130). The nut includes a distal splined projecting section (12... | 03/29/2011 |
| D630147 | Wheel with 5 split straight spokes | 01/04/2011 |
| D630146 | Wheel with 5 straight angled spokes | 01/04/2011 |
| D630145 | Wheel with 5 curved split spokes | 01/04/2011 |
| 7805874 | Multi-round magazine loader and unloader A firearm magazine loader for loading both rounds held by a stripper clip and for loading loose rounds into a magazine comprises, in one aspect, a stick-like body having a lower portion adapted to fit over and attach to an open top end of a magazine and an upper por... | 10/05/2010 |
| D623783 | Wearable and positionable dual lamp assembly | 09/14/2010 |
| 7752732 | Anchoring fastener with movable binding member and method for anchoring an object A compact wall fastener (200) comprises pivotably connected proximal and distal sections where the proximal section has a through hole (205). The distal and proximal sections (220, 222, 235) preferably are flat. The distal section has a cam foll... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7670032 | Compact, steerable, multidirectional photographic light diffuser and reflector A diffuser-reflector assembly for use with a photographic flash lamp (800) comprises, in one aspect, an elastic base (100) having rigid first inserts (125 and 130), two arms (105 and 110), a shaft (135), a pivot assem... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7637048 | Universal pistol magazine loader A firearm magazine loader (30) comprises a body (32) coupled to a movable press (40), a plunger (20) extending out of the press towards the body, and a magazine aligner (52). The body is hollow and adapted to fit and slide over an ... | 12/29/2009 |
| D604391 | Handheld showerhead with valve | 11/17/2009 |
| 7591088 | Suction dredge system and method There is disclosed a suction dredge system and method. The suction dredge system may include a suction dredge head, an exhaust hose connected to the suction dredge head, a high pressure fluid source connected to the suction dredge head for providing a flow of high p... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7549505 | Acoustic noise reduction device for electronic equipment, including personal computers An acoustic noise reduction accessory device is attachable to or integral with a personal computer or other electronic equipment. The device reduces acoustic noise emitted from the rear of the equipment, in particular the acoustic noise from fans. The device compris... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7503138 | Magazine aligner for pistol magazine loaders A magazine aligner is positioned inside a pistol magazine loader for centering the open side of magazines of different widths and depths when mounted into the loader to be in line with a round-inserting plunger of the loader. The aligner comprises an inverted “Vâ€... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7433561 | All-optical phase, wavelength, and polarization-insensitive wavelength converters An all-optical device for wavelength conversion, reshaping, modulating, and regenerating. The device includes a splitting device having first, second, third, and fourth terminals and a nonlinear element. The third and fourth terminals are associated with an optical ... | 10/07/2008 |
| D571942 | Wearable and positionable dual-light | 06/24/2008 |
| D570755 | Vehicle mirror with flaring shape | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379644 | Phase wavelength and polarization insensitive optical devices An optical chopper includes an optical loop having first and second terminals and includes first and second nonlinear elements. The optical loop is arranged to receive, at the first and the second terminals, a pulse-modulated signal and a continuous beam, respective... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7311485 | Secure tie-down anchor with tension-holding capability An anchor (100) for securing a rope (215) while holding tension comprises conjoined hook (105), foot (120, 125), and knee (115) sections. Both feet of the anchor are attached to a surface (200) where a first foot (120... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302904 | Ground anchors with compression plates Ground anchors, in particular tent stakes (100), comprise one or more inherently flexible tines (110), a ground compression plate (160), and various tie points (420, etc.) for attaching a guy rope or the like to the top of anchor. The com... | 12/04/2007 |
| D549632 | Vehicle wheel with ten slanted spokes | 08/28/2007 |
| 7239435 | High-speed, high resolution, wide-format Cartesian scanning systems A scanning system for writing, printing, direct imaging, plotting, computed radiography, and scanning includes an optical system contains at lest one modulatable radiation source for emitting radiation, a movable collimating lens, a reflector, and a focusing lens an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228829 | Continuously variable valve timing device A system for continuously varying valve-opening overlap in reciprocating internal combustion engines changes the path of the timing belt (16) that drives the intake valve camshaft (26). An idler wheel (44) mounted on a pivoted arm (48) tu... | 06/12/2007 |
| D539198 | Two-part mid-control unit for a right-side drive motorcycle | 03/27/2007 |
| D537400 | Vehicle wheel with nine dual spokes | 02/27/2007 |
| D537022 | Two-part mid-control unit for a left-side drive motorcycle | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165703 | Elongated implement holder especially for use on boats A convenient and useful holder for elongated implements, such as fishing rods, baseball bats, golf clubs, or other tools. The holder comprises a series of elongated parallel compartments with a vertical wall between and separating adjacent compartments. The top of e... | 01/23/2007 |
| D531952 | Vehicle wheel with twenty slanted spokes | 11/14/2006 |
| D530259 | Vehicle wheel with five spokes and holes | 10/17/2006 |
