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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136693 | Attachable container having openable snap ring A closure for a beverage container that has a cap for overlapping a mouth of the beverage container. An arcuate member attached to the cap having a pair of extremity portions separated from one another and a springing member is connected to the arcuate member proxim... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7940532 | Power conversion device frame packaging apparatus and methods The present invention relates, generally, to electrical power conversion devices and to the universal packaging of those devices for a wide range of applications yielding cost efficient inventory management of product lines consisting of a group of power conversion ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7788952 | Three-dimensional fabric with porous layer The invention provides a fabric (10) comprising a porous layer (15) that is porous in the direction along the layer, the porous layer including fibers (16) extending across the layer, whereby, in use, fluid (A) is arranged to be driven along the... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788815 | Prism pole with direct readout A prism pole has a tubular housing having an open top, a flange at the open top, a bottom portion for contacting ground soil, a height-adjustable rod insertable into the tubular housing with an outer diameter less than inner diameter of the tubular housing to provid... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7302743 | Reusable casket A reusable casket includes a rectangular solid-configured body preferably having a casket top hingedly connected to a casket rear for pivotal movement between a casket-open position and a casket-closed position, a casket front pivotally connected to a casket bottom ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7454350 | Methods for evaluating near-term suicidal risk using vocal parameters A method for evaluating near-term suicidal risk by analysis of a series of spoken words includes converting the spoken series of words into a signal having characteristics indicative of said words as spoken, dynamically monitoring said signal to detect changes there... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7428790 | Universal cleat A universal cleat suitable for use for multiple different baseball shoes comprises a generally triangular base with a substantially flat bottom for fitting into a plurality of different shaped recesses in different shoes. There is a grip projecting from the base in ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7390119 | Method and apparatus for storing and delivering liquid color materials A container of liquid color material has a diaphragm liquid color pump located therewithin for providing liquid color from the container and non-drip apparatus for releaseably connecting the container with a blender for supply of liquid color thereto and methods for... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7341195 | System and method for targeted education and advertising A method and apparatus for targeted education and advertising preferably includes sanitary paper comprising a plurality of portions and a consumer-friendly message disposed on at least one of the plurality of portions. The consumer-friendly message preferably compri... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7312074 | Chimeric binding peptide library screening method There is described a method of isolating nucleotide sequences encoding target peptides from DNA libraries using DNA binding proteins to link the peptide to the sequence which encodes it. DNA libraries are prepared from cells encoding the protein of interest, or from... | 12/25/2007 |
| D551486 | Beverage dispenser | 09/25/2007 |
| 7251899 | Prism pole A direct reading prism pole has a tubular housing having an open top, a flange at the open top, a conical bottom portion for wedging the tubular housing into ground soil, a height-adjusting rod partially inserted into the tubular housing by a friction fit, a lip pos... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234247 | Low pressure dryer A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228639 | Invert measuring device A measuring device for obtaining inlet invert measurements, pipe invert measurements, and pipe diameter measurements includes an invert measuring rod having a plurality of rod segments, each a threaded bore at a first end and an axially extending threaded stud at a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219829 | Carrier which is aesthetically irreversibly convertible from planar blank to closed package for coded card and methods for manufacture and use of the same A planar carrier for a coded card is substantially aesthetically irreversibly convertible from a substantially two-dimensional blank into a three-dimensional card enclosing gift package. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218210 | Pressure sensing method and apparatus A multi-wheel highway vehicle for transporting passengers, cargo or both has a plurality of wheels supporting the vehicle with the wheels having pneumatic tires mounted thereon, at least one transducer connected to one of the wheels for sensing pressure in a tire mo... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7139699 | Method for analysis of vocal jitter for near-term suicidal risk assessment Method and apparatus to measure jitter (period-to-period fluctuations in fundamental frequency) among the voices of suicidal, major depressed, and non-suicidal patients to predict near-term suicidal risk. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121534 | Method and apparatus for gasifying a liquid A method and apparatus for gasifying a liquid wherein a liquid feedstock (2) to be gasified is passed down a surface (8) in the presence of a gas and into standing liquid (6), the surface having at least one change in gradient (8a, | 10/17/2006 |
| 7076592 | Power node control center An electrical modular power node comprising a power bus backplane containing a plurality of bus bars, at least some of which are connectable to at least one power source, each bus bar having a plurality of terminals at regular intervals along the bus bar, each termi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066689 | Vacuum loading system Apparatus for providing granular material to a loading hopper preparatory to processing includes a receptacle receiving material prior to processing thereof by machinery supplied by the hopper with a top including a first valve for selectably connecting the receptac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062443 | Methods and apparatus for evaluating near-term suicidal risk using vocal parameters A method for evaluating near-term suicidal risk by analysis of a series of spoken words includes converting the spoken series of words into a signal having characteristics indicative of said words as spoken, dynamically monitoring said signal to detect changes there... | 06/13/2006 |
| D510863 | Aerosol can cap | 10/25/2005 |
| D501883 | Drawing board | 02/15/2005 |
| 6837813 | Open center returning flying polygon A throwable toy includes an open center polygon defining a closed ring having upper and lower surfaces including connected linear segments and a plurality of shortened, generally rounded, rearward-projecting members extending outwardly and downwardly from said ring ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6829965 | Two-piece bicycle crank set The present invention is a two-piece bicycle crank set comprising of two monolithic, thin-wall continuous tubular members. Each tubular member includes a crank arm and a one-half portion of a crank axle, where the crank arm and the portion of the crank axle form a c... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6675302 | Power distribution system including integrated power node control center A modular power node comprises modules containing components ultimately connectable to a load to modify power supplied to that load to make the power supplied to the load suitable therefor, the modules being shaped to conform to and contact one another to... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6663211 | Printing device and roll paper To provide a printing device capable of automatically detecting the type of a roll paper, the printing device comprises a movable flange abutting member adapted to be pressed against an outer periphery of the flange of the holder of the paper roll support... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6588423 | Method and device responsive to myoelectrical activity for triggering ventilatory support A method and device for triggering ventilatory support to assist the patient's respiration. Myoelectrical activity of a patient's respiratory-related muscle is sensed to detect respiratory effort, and to produce a myoelectrical signal representative of th... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6591238 | Method for detecting suicidal predisposition A method for electronically detecting human suicidal predisposition by analysis of an elicited series of vocal utterances from an emotionally disturbed or distraught person independently of linguistic content of the elicited vocal utterance includes conve... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6494247 | Modular locking panel system for trade show exhibits The present invention is a modular exhibit assembly adapted for rapid set up and breakdown, having interlocking rectangular framing sections each with independently attached and replaceable overlay skins. The rectangular framing sections are connected by ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6467943 | Reduced size gravimetric blender A gravimetric blender of a reduced size mounted to be directly over the feed trough of small molding machines or extruders. The blender has an upright hollow rectangular frame with a transparent panel. The top of the frame forms a cradle for removably sup... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6443862 | Returning flying polygon A throwable boomerang includes an open center polygon defining a closed ring having upper and lower surfaces including from three (3) to eight (8) connected linear segments and a plurality of tabular shortened, generally rounded, rearward-projecting membe... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6431815 | Foldable retractable loading ramp assembly The present invention is a loading ramp assembly for loading objects onto a floor of a vehicle. The loading ramp assembly includes a multi-sectioned, foldable ramp capable of being stored in a compact enclosure located under the vehicle floor. The loading... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6405949 | Shuttle granulator Method and apparatus for recycling plastic materials includes the movement of hoppers along cutting edges.... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6377874 | Power distribution system including integrated power node control center An electrical integrated power node control center (2) including a power bus (4') to the control center, bus bars (F) for power distribution within the control center, a node power distribution device (A), a plurality of functional distribution devices wi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6339032 | Press pad made of asbestos-free material A molded pad of asbestos-free material, for use e.g. in short-cycle and multi-platen presses for coating chipboard or other substrates with melamine, films or other materials, consisting of woven fabric made of heat-resistant yarn, esp. aromatic polyamide... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6300003 | Modular battery assembly with thermal management system A lead-acid cell includes a case, positive and negative plates within the case, microporous separator material between adjacent plates and electrolyte in a starved amount, with the case having jar and covers joined by a weldment along overlapping cover an... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6282877 | Fruit and vegetable harvesting apparatus and methods Method and apparatus for harvesting vinous crops includes cutting a fruit-carrying vine mass from its growing roots, sweeping the vine mass with rotary reel motion onto a upwardly inclined endless conveyor for carriage to a position of commencement of a f... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6258411 | Industrial material with fluorine passivated film and process of manufacturing the same An industrial material such as metal, ceramics or plastics whose surface has a film passivated by fluoridation and a process of manufacturing the above industrial material. The industrial material comprises a substrate, a nickel alloy film formed on the s... | 07/10/2001 |
