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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7673658 | Load line connection spillage container An injection-molded load line connection spillage container for catching and retaining liquid spilled when liquids are pumped between storage tanks and tankers provides an injection-molded reservoir and an injection-molded cover attached to the reservoir by hinges. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7621060 | Advertising support with illuminated magnifier A table-top advertising support with illuminated magnifier includes a taller section containing a fresnel lens and a lamp-switch-battery assembly in a lower portion and an upper portion having vertically aligned elongated slots formed by cooperation of staggered opp... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7461515 | Sequential hot gas defrost method and apparatus The present invention provides a method and apparatus for using hot gas to defrost sequentially each refrigerated display case (evaporator) in a group of refrigerated display cases (evaporators). A unique cross-feed line connects the distributor and the evaporator s... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7360778 | Traction device A traction device for a motor vehicle provides a rear support assembly positioned proximate to a rear axle and an adjacent portion of a leaf spring and a front rocker support assembly. The front rocker support assembly includes a front leaf spring bracket assembly a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7309093 | Swing-out tool chest A swing-out tool chest provides a multi-drawer tool storage chest for organization of tools. The multi-drawer tool storage chest is pivotally mounted in the rear corner of the pickup bed or near the rear doors of a utility van. When not in use, the swing-out tool ch... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7152726 | Livestock loading chute A livestock loading chute is suitable for attachment to the rear frame of any dock loading livestock trailer to permit either dock loading or ground loading of livestock. The livestock loading chute includes an upper chute section, attached to the rear frame of the ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7021693 | Pickup bed cover A cover for the bed of a pickup truck provides a front rigid panel fastened to the front wall of the pickup bed, at least one intermediate rigid panel attached to the front rigid panel by a first transverse hinge, and a rear rigid panel attached to the intermediate ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6976602 | Foldable insulated food box A lower receptacle section with a flat base and upwardly sloping side walls mates with an upper cover section a flat top and downwardly sloping side walls. A hinge connects portion of the lower section lip to a portion of the upper cover section lip. Integrally form... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6899372 | Pickup bed cover A cover for the bed of a pickup truck provides a front rigid panel fastened to the front wall of the pickup bed, at least one intermediate rigid panel attached to the front rigid panel by a first transverse hinge, and a rear rigid panel attached to the intermediate ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6401679 | Sectional intake manifold A sectional intake manifold includes a flanged first intake manifold section having and a flanged second intake manifold section. Bolts extend through unthreaded bores in the first intake manifold section flange into threaded bores in the second intake ma... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6126647 | Magnetically guided catheter with sensor A traction position indicator for a feeding tube catheter provides a permanent magnet and a sensor, both in the distal end portion of the catheter, wherein the sensor is responsive to the presence of a magnetic field of predetermined strength supplied by ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6092536 | Flossing tool A hand-held flossing tool provides a housing member having a spool housing integral therewith containing a replaceable spool of dental floss, a tension head consisting of two tension arms integrally molded to a yoke, each tension arm including a snap eye ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5796254 | Reed switch having trilubular bars for surface mounting A surface mountable reed switch, which is particularly useful for implantable devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, drug pumps and neurostimulators. The switch includes reed contacts hermetically sealed within a tubular glass envelop, wherein the re... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5647412 | Apparatus for containing oil and waste spillage at a line connection An apparatus comprising a container having a bottom and an upstanding sidewall, wherein the sidewall forms an open top end of the container. The container has opposed sidewall openings for allowing loading and unloading lines to be receivably coupled with... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5156562 | Submerged article marker and retriever A marker-retriever mountable on a fishing rod, hand tool, or other article to be used near water, for marking and retrieving the submerged article should the article be dropped into water; the marker-retriever including, generally, a housing comprising a ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5133637 | Vertical axis wind turbine generator A vertical axis wind turbine provides a rotor assembly which rotates on bearing assemblies affixed to a rotor shaft supported by a base, the rotor assembly having inclined vanes mounted between top and bottom plates to impart lift to the rotor assembly an... | 07/28/1992 |
