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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092306 | Interactive sports-themed game An interactive sports-themed game is disclosed. The game involves generating a list of predicted outcomes of the next play of a live sporting event, ranking the list, selecting one or more of the predicted outcomes to form a subset list. The outcome of the next play... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7992481 | Panel cutting apparatus A panel cutting apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a bench and a rail mounted to the bench, and adapted to guide a saw along the rail. A bench aligner displays a visual indication of a desired cut line of said workpiece. A positioning guide allows for c... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7921470 | Sleeve holder A sleeve holder for maintaining a garment sleeve in a rolled or gathered condition on the wearer's forearm above the wrist, is disclosed. The sleeve holding device comprises an elongated body of a truncated cone shape having opposite ends. The narrower end includes ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909332 | Interactive sports-themed game An interactive sports-themed game is disclosed. The game involves generating a list of predicted outcomes of the next play of a live sporting event, ranking the list, selecting one or more of the predicted outcomes to form a subset list. The outcome of the next play... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905039 | Towel securing apparatus A towel securing apparatus is disclosed. The towel securing apparatus comprises a strip of material that is formed into a loop, and has a label attached to the loop. It is contemplated that the label may be used for advertising and various other types of promotional... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900392 | Stripping basket for fly fishing An improved stripping basket for fly fishing is disclosed. The stripping basket is easily compacted for stowing while on board a boat, or for packing the stripping basket in a suitcase for travel to a fishing destination. The basket comprises multiple removable line... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7814999 | Hydraulic traction system for vehicles A hydraulic traction system for vehicles is described. The system comprises a hydraulic vane motor mounted at each wheel of the vehicle, and equal number of identical hydraulic vane motors operated as engine driven pumps, and a control system for regulating the flow... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812944 | Array for optical evaluation of an object array The invention relates to an array for optical evaluation of an object array, to which a microlens array (MLA), preferably an exchangeable and/or rotational microlens array, and a field lens with an illuminating device coupled by means of a beam splitter, preferably ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7331411 | Hydraulic traction system for vehicles A hydraulic traction system for vehicles is described. The system comprises a hydraulic vane motor mounted at each wheel of the vehicle, and equal number of identical hydraulic vane motors operated as engine driven pumps, and a control system for regulating the flow... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323271 | Front access battery tray apparatus and system A front access battery module for supporting batteries during seismic stress, comprising a pair of spaced side panels, a rear panel spanning the side panels and connected thereto at opposing side edges, a shelf forming a base for supporting batteries and means for s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293656 | Adjustable sorter disc method apparatus and system The present invention provides an apparatus for sorting containers commonly referred to as bottle unscrambler. The apparatus has a bowl assembly consisting of a base and an upstanding generally cylindrical sidewall, a support disc, and an actuator disc overlying the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7251903 | Method for spacing guides on fishing rods and chart for spacing same A chart for locating guides on a fishing rod comprising a plurality of side by side lanes each having a vertical portion and in a predetermined plane and arcuate lane portions of different radii and curved through an arc of about ninety degrees (90°) from said pred... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7214199 | Urine analysis collection kit for veterinary use A system for collecting urine specimens from pet or animal comprising an elongated tray section having at one end a collection chamber for collecting a predetermined volume of urine in fluid communication with an open section of said tray to receive a stream of urin... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201385 | Multi-purpose cart assembly A cart assembly comprising a housing and a wheel assembly mounted in the housing, releasable locking means for selectively positioning said wheel assembly between operative and stored limit positions, a handle assembly and means for selectively positioning the handl... | 04/10/2007 |
| D538451 | Machine lamp | 03/13/2007 |
| 7156865 | Irradiation apparatus and system, especially for photodynamic therapy To allow optimum adaptation of irradiation equipment, especially irradiation equipment for photodynamic therapy, to the individual anatomy of a patient, an irradiation head (1) is provided with a plate-shaped middle section (2) and plate-shaped lateral... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149635 | Seal force monitor apparatus, system, and method for in-process determination of integrity of sealed containers A method, apparatus, and system for determining the integrity of a sealed container utilizing one or more force signals which are converted into absolute force units is disclosed, providing a method that uses quantitative parameters, and can be validated. The force ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137152 | Bird-cap assembly The combination comprising a figure element mounted on the bill of a cap. The figure element includes a removable compartment and the mounting means comprises an elongated threaded screw member having an enlarged head at one end engageable through a hole in the bill... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131464 | Apparatus to facilitate weaving around a cylindrical object An apparatus for weaving patterns comprising pattern threads and wrapping threads around an object having a central axis comprising an elongated slide tube and at least two side wheel assemblies, one of said side wheel assemblies mounted on said slide tube and the o... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128219 | Battery rack and system A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends ... | 10/31/2006 |
| D528691 | Lamp | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104695 | Asymmetric hub assembly A hub bearing assembly comprising a hub having a radially outwardly directed flange at one axial end for mounting the wheel of a vehicle, an outer ring having axially spaced raceways and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in two rows in the annular space betwe... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097057 | Closure device for a vacuum sample collector The invention relates to a closure device for a vacuum sample collector, comprising an external cap (2), in a hard material, preferably a hard plastic component, with a top face (4) and a side skirt (5) surrounding the above, which may be connec... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070581 | Dispenser for medicaments and method and apparatus for making same A dispenser assembly for liquid products comprising an elongated, generally cylindrical barrel of a predetermined internal cross-sectional diameter having a discharge opening at one end and open at its opposite end, an elongated, generally cylindrical hollow plunger... | 07/04/2006 |
| D517713 | Lamp | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004483 | Cart for large slabs The Invention is a cart for moving slabs of stone, such as marble and granite. In a first embodiment, main wheel support the weight of the slabs while front and rear end wheel prevent tipping of the cart. A hydraulic system withdraws the wheels, rendering the cart s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6927376 | Autofocusing method for telescopes pertaining to surveying equipment The invention relates to an autofocusing method, particularly for telescopes for surveying instruments which are fitted with image sensors that resolve the image signal into individual image elements (pixels), such as CCD lines and/or matrices as well as CMOS image ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915921 | Dustpan/trash can A lid for a dustpan/trash can comprising a generally circular top having a downwardly depending, circumferentially extending lip projecting from the outer periphery of said top, a trough like member attached to the lip of the top including a planar base positioning ... | 07/12/2005 |
| D505207 | Medical light assembly | 05/17/2005 |
| D504538 | Floor lamp | 04/26/2005 |
| D503821 | Ceiling lamp | 04/05/2005 |
| D502282 | Floor lamp | 02/22/2005 |
| 6802079 | Protective mouth shield A mouth protector assembly comprising a grid-like mouth protector, defined by a top bar contoured to engage the area above the upper lip and below the nose of a user, a series of spaced bars depending from the upper bar and a pad which underlies the chin of a user, ... | 10/12/2004 |
| D497025 | Lamp | 10/05/2004 |
| D496750 | Lamp assembly | 09/28/2004 |
| 6784946 | Assembly, in which light from a light source is directed onto a surface An arrangement in which the light emitted by a source of light (44) is directed by means of illumination optics (12) onto a surface (25) by which an image can be generated that can be projected by means of projection optics (4), onto a sc... | 08/31/2004 |
| D490553 | Light fixture assembly for workplace | 05/25/2004 |
| 6728448 | Device for generating a quadrangular illuminating field and use of such device in an optical device comprising a surface to be illuminated having a predetermined shape In a device for generating a quadrangular illuminating field, having a light mixing rod, which has a quadrangular cross-section as well as a quadrangular inlet area and a quadrangular outlet area and guides light coupled in via the inlet area to the outlet area, in ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6719150 | Battery rack and system A frame device for supporting batteries during seismic stress, comprising: a pair of end frame members, each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns of confronting c-shaped cross section and a web extending b... | 04/13/2004 |
| D487598 | Lamp | 03/16/2004 |
