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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6694324 | Determination of records with a specified number of largest or smallest values in a parallel database system A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for selecting one or more of the highest ranking records in a database system that has one or more processing units. At each processing unit, a candidate list of records is generated in a memory space of the... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6189832 | Permanently connected remote latch mechanism A remotely actuated latch mechanism for securing a cowling to an aircraft structure including a handle having a closed and an open position which is connected to a remote latch. The remote latch comprises a housing, a linkage mounted to the housing, and a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6159163 | System for attenuating pain during bone marrow aspiration and method A biopsy sampling system and method for aspirating bone marrow and bone cores from a patient with minimal or no perceived pain to the patient. The system includes a bone aspiration needle assembly having a handle and an electrically conductive needle shaf... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6139694 | Method and apparatus utilizing ethanol in non-thermal plasma treatment of effluent gas An improved non-thermal plasma treatment method and apparatus provide for the pretreatment of nitric oxide-bearing exhaust gas with ethanol, either by vapor absorption or direct vapor injection. Advantageously, the high vapor pressure of ethanol permits a... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6140123 | Method for conditioning and cryopreserving cells A method is provided for preconditioning and cryopreservation of cells harvested from a donor. Cells are suspended in a cell conditioning and cryopreservation medium containing a cryopreservative such as Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) and the suspension is inc... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135696 | Machine tool center A machine tool center (10) displays at least one machine tool (11, 12, 13) which has a working area (17) accessible through an operator door (16) to process workpieces (21). Furthermore, a loading/unloading station (14) for the workpieces (21) and a loadi... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6133371 | Fluid sealing between faying surfaces utilizing a solid sealant A sealant for forming a fluid seal between the faying surface of two metallic substrates that are compressively and mechanically joined together. The sealant is a liquid in its pre-cured condition and a dry solid in its cured condition. The transition of ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133321 | Method for the reduction of stress in meat producing animals and meat produced from slaughtered animals treated thereby A method of reducing the stress in meat producing animals and of improving the quality of the meat produced from slaughtering said animals, while reducing the number of animals lost due to incapacitation, injury, or untimely death, by administering to the... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6134540 | System, method, and program for applying query rewrite technology to object building The system, method, and program of this invention enables an object language application (e.g., C++, JAVA, etc.,) to issue a query over a view and to receive back, as query results, handles to application type objects which can be further manipulated by t... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6125370 | Repartitioning data A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented repartitioning system. Data is repartitioned in a database stored on a data storage device connected to a computer. First, it is detected that a partitioning scheme for the data ha... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6123370 | Increased strength dogging mechanism Disclosed is an increased strength dogging mechanism operable by a handle for releasably securing a door on each side of the door to a structure. The dogging mechanism includes a plurality of dog keepers each having a ramp portion and a seating portion mo... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6124597 | Method and devices for laser induced fluorescence attenuation spectroscopy The Laser Induced Fluorescence Attenuation Spectroscopy (LIFAS) method and apparatus preferably include a source adapted to emit radiation that is directed at a sample volume in a sample to produce return light from the sample, such return light including... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6119128 | Recovering different types of objects with one pass of the log A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer implemented recovery system for restoring a database in a computer. The database contains objects and is stored on a primary data storage device connected to the computer. Objects of different... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118678 | Charge transfer apparatus and method therefore An apparatus and method therefore transfers electric charge between a charge storage device (25) and a first power terminal (11) having a plurality of first-nodes. The method interchanges charge between the charge storage device and a first first-node of ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112327 | Swimwear with floatation members A safety swimwear is provided, having a bodice portion, at least one floatation member or bladder and a protective panel securely affixed to the exterior of the bodice portion and holding the bladder. The panel is securely affixed to the exterior side of ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6105871 | Portable bar code scanner apparatus A portable bar code scanner apparatus having a keyboard and a display mounted on the front face of the housing. The housing is configured to be held in the palm of one hand with the keys on the keyboard engageable by the thumb or fingers of the hand holdi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6108142 | System for displaying a phosphorescent image and method therefor A special effect system and method includes an image panel having a surface coated with phosphor particles and a video screen that projects a transmitted predetermined display. The phosphor coated surface of the image panel is placed in close proximity to... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6097556 | Irradiance redistribution guide An irradiance redistribution guide (IRG) for providing from a radiation source having a nonuniform irradiation distribution, a predetermined irradiance distribution over a predetermined target area spaced away from the IRG, includes a tubular reflective i... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6089935 | Water ski attachment A water ski has an upper side, an under side, a front end and a rear end, with an arched fin carried on the ski under side at the ski rear end. The arched fin has opposed edges adjacent the edges of the ski under side, with the opposed edges joined togeth... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6077551 | Microwave popcorn preparation and serving package with releasably adhered lap seam An expandable microwave popcorn package which contains a charge of popcorn kernels suitable for preparation in a microwave oven. The package is formed of front and back panels preferably joined together at the top and bottom ends and at the sides by side ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6068637 | Method and devices for performing vascular anastomosis A method and devices are provided for performing end-to-side anastomoses between the severed end of a first hollow organ and the side-wall of a second hollow organ utilizing transluminal approach with endoscopic assistance, wherein the first and second ho... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6060095 | Microwave popcorn serving package An expandable microwave popcorn package which contains a charge of popcorn kernels for preparation in a microwave oven. The package is formed of front and back panels preferably joined together at the top and bottom ends by an adhesive and at the sides by... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6045841 | Method of pre-cooking sliced bacon Disclosed is a method for precooking sliced bacon comprising the steps of partially cooking sliced bacon in a microwave oven. A organoleptic enhancing liquid is applied to the surfaces of bacon slices either during or after the cooking and the cooking is ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6042156 | Overcenter double jaw latch mechanism A double jaw latch mechanism for releasably securing a moveable structure to a keeper. The moveable structure may be an aircraft cowling and the keeper may be mounted to an aircraft structure. The double jaw latch includes a handle rotatably mounted to a ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039999 | Reduced fat nut butter product and process for making the same Disclosed is a reduced fat peanut butter product containing from about 30% to about 75% of a nut paste, from about 15% to about 45% of at least one water-soluble non-fat dry solid, from about 0% to about 10% added edible oil, from about 0% to about 30% of... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6034297 | In vivo, animal model for expression of hepatitis C virus Disclosed is a method for expressing hepatitis C virus in an in vivo, animal model. Viable, hepatitis C virus-infected, human hepatocytes are transplanted into a liver parenchyma of a scid/scid mouse host. The scid/scid mouse host is then maintained in a ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6030386 | Six axis external fixator strut An orthopedic fixation device in which two or more translation members are secured to adjacent tissue segments for reorientation relative to each other. The device includes telescopically adjustable struts that can be secured to base members by connectors... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6027751 | Method for preparing shelf-stable, tomato-based food products Disclosed is a method for preparing temperature-sensitive, shelf-stable, high-acid or acidified, tomato-based food products. From about 0.000125% to about 0.00125% nisin, and in preferred embodiments from about 0.00025% to about 0.0005% nisin, based on th... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6027914 | Nucleic acids encoding CR6 polypeptide vector and transformed cell thereof, and expression thereof Early-induced genes by interleukin-2 (IL-2) have various DNA sequences. This patent describes a nucleotide segment, such as SEQ. ID No: 11, SEQ. ID No. 31, or encoding a polypeptide of amino acids 1-159 of SEQ. ID No: 12, antibody binding homologues there... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6010224 | Energy efficient headlamp A reflector assembly is provided for efficiently collecting and forming the electromagnetic radiation from a radiation source into a desired beam pattern. The reflector assembly uses a smaller non-symmetrical generally convex reflector and a larger non-sy... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5997925 | Continuous manufacturing process and apparatus for preparing pre-cooked bacon A continuous manufacturing process for preparing cooked bacon includes the step of cooking slices of an uncured and unsmoked pork belly with cure ingredients applied on the slices to produce cooked bacon having the organoleptic properties of cooked conven... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5998485 | Method for modulating immune response with inositol A composition for modulating immune response in mammals, comprises a therapeutic agent such as a stereoisomer of inositol, derivatives, salts, and mixtures thereof, and optionally a carrier. The composition is provided in solid and liquid formulations, in... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5994402 | Anti-inflammatory and anti-pyretic method A method of reducing or inhibiting inflammation and inducing or promoting anti-pyresis comprises administering to a mammal in need of such treatment, an amount of a glutathione depleting agent effective to reduce or inhibit neutrophil sequestration at the... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5993406 | Artificial gut An artificial gut (100) comprises a first hollow fiber (203) having an inner surface (215) that is lined with at least a portion of a layer of one or more of a plurality of biological components (205) that typically line a mammalian gut. Further, a second... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5984382 | Extended reach latch An extended reach latch for an engine cowling and the like, including a housing having a housing slot, a hook pin carried in the housing, a hook having a hook slot, with the hook pin in the hook slot for sliding of the hook relative to the housing, first,... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5978796 | Accessing multi-dimensional data by mapping dense data blocks to rows in a relational database A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for using a relational database management system to support on-line analytical processing (OLAP) systems. A relational database has a fact table and at least one related dimension table. A dimension identif... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5977175 | Methods and compositions for improving digestion and absorption in the small intestine The present invention provides methods and compositions for slowing gastrointestinal transit and prolonging residence time to optimize presentation and absorption of ingested nutrients and/or pharmacologically active agents in the small intestine to preve... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971984 | Method of using an orthopaedic fixation device An external fixator for positioning a first element or the like relative to a second element or the like. The external fixator includes a first base for mounting to the first element; a second base for mounting to the second element; a plurality of adjust... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5972893 | Method of treating hyperprolactinemia and prolactinomas A method of treating hyperprolactinemia in an animal, including a human, administers one or more somatostatin type-5 receptor agonist(s) to, for example, lower abnormally high levels of prolactin in the blood of the animal. A method of treating a subject,... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5961515 | External skeletal fixation system A pin-to-bar construct for an external fixation system of the type including a plurality of pins for securing first and second elements, and an elongated bar. The pin-to-bar construct includes a spool component for attachment to the bar; and an intermedia... | 10/05/1999 |
