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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066513 | System for correlating psychological profile to customized environment A method of producing a customized environment for a client includes the steps of identifying the psychological profile of the human client as at least one of a plurality of predetermined psychological profile types. A plurality of selectable personal environment ty... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8032422 | Method of transacting pooled sales based on an accumulated time rate A method of transacting sales over a computerized network correlates in a first database record a first product and a plurality of first purchasers to form a pool; further correlates a plurality of second purchasers; issues an offer to a vendor of the first product;... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7955482 | Water-proof electrochemical sensor A water-proof electrochemical sensor for in situ analysis and real-time monitoring of chemical and biological compounds in a liquid analyte, such as a water column, or a water column/sediment interface, or sediment. The water-proof electrochemical sensor assembly co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7436143 | Miniature surveillance robot A robotic system has a drive chassis having a drive motor and a drive element attached to the first drive motor. Additionally, a motor controller system provides drive signals to the first drive motor. A logic controller provides control signals to the motor control... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431140 | Combining conveyor with product path switching arrangement A combiner conveyor arrangement for conveying articles of product has a first longitudinal conveyor for urging a plurality of the articles of product in parallel in a predetermined direction of travel. First and second bilateral guide ways urge the articles translon... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7417536 | Living being presence detection system A system for distinguishing between a first condition corresponding to a living subject being directly in contact with an object of interest, and a second condition corresponding to the absence of contact between the living subject and the object of interest. A tran... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7384016 | Adaptive compliant wing and rotor system Variation in the contours of first and second compliant surfaces is produced by a compliant frame having a first resiliently variable frame element (120) having a corresponding first outer surface (122) and a first inner surface (124), and a sec... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366590 | Impending failure and failure annunciation systems for actuators and drive train components A method of determining variations in operating characteristics of a mechanical system having a rotatory mode of operation. There are provided the steps of first monitoring operating impulses generated by the mechanical system during a first interval of operation; f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360272 | Compliant windshield wiper systems A windshield wiper arrangement has a windshield wiper blade coupled thereto. A resilient windshield wiper blade support has a primary beam (405) coupled in a coupling region of the primary beam (405). A first compliant beam portion (406) is form... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7299703 | Bearing balls escape and wear annunciator arrangement for ball screw An arrangement for detecting a load bearing failure includes a primary load-carrying system for bearing axially translatably a coaxial load, said primary load-carrying system having a rotor portion and an axially displaceable stator portion. A plurality of bearing b... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7262845 | Diffractive imaging spectrometer A miniaturized diffractive imaging spectrometer (DIS) has a footprint less than 2×1 mm2, is about 2.5 mm tall (excluding an image detector, which in some embodiments may be a CCD matrix), and covers the entire visible spectral range from 400 nm to 700 nm... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246391 | Prayer pillow A prayer pillow, or cushion, has knee pads placed in the interior of the pillow filling, spaced apart and adapted to receive the knees of a user while kneeling. The knee pads provide further cushioning and support for the knees of the user so that kneeling for a pro... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204161 | Isolation arrangement for system under test A gear system having a rotatory input is isolated while subjected to test for torsional and linear vibration. The gear system is installed on an isolation support that affords multiple degrees of freedom with respect to a base, whereby torsional and linear vibration... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7159728 | Braiding/weaving hair and beauty supply stand A support arrangement for a hair styling salon has a stanchion for forming a substantially central support member for an annular rim member. The annular rim member has notches along its periphery for accommodating respective skeins of braiding/weaving hair. Each not... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7082809 | High capacity mechanical drive arrangement A drive arrangement for a hemming press uses a ballscrew drive arrangement with a longitudinal axis. A first gimbal connected to the externally threaded screw shaft connects the externally threaded screw shaft to a stationary member. The platen is movable with respe... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074272 | Cubic (zinc-blend) aluminum nitride and method of making same Device quality, single crystal film of cubic zinc-blende aluminum nitride (AlN) is deposited on a cubic substrate, such as a silicon (100) wafer by plasma source molecular beam epitaxy (PSMBE). The metastable zinc-blende form of AlN is deposited on the substrate at ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7017426 | Coupler arrangement for isolation arrangement for system under test A drive coupling arrangement for transmitting torque from a drive arrangement to a gear assembly under test has a first coupler portion attached to the gear assembly under test. The coupler has a polygonal cross-sectional configuration and a plurality of substantial... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019641 | Human being presence detection system A human being presence detection system automatically determines the presence of human beings without directly attaching sensors to the human body and detects human drowsiness. The detection system characterizes the occupancy of a vehicle seat to determine the chara... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6935158 | MIS hydrogen sensors Hydrogen gas sensors employ an epitaxial layer of the thermodynamically stable form of aluminum nitride (AlN) as the “insulator” in an MIS structure having a thin metal gate electrode suitable for catalytic dissociate of hydrogen, such as palladium, on a semicon... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6877368 | Isolation and loading arrangement for differential gear system under test An arrangement for isolating a differential axle system while it is subjected to a test process for noise, also reduces the noise contribution of the differential gear set by coupling a load directly to the differential gear set shaft. The isolation arrangement has ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6772644 | Coupler arrangement for isolation arrangement for system under test A drive coupling arrangement for transmitting torque from a drive arrangement to a gear assembly under test has a first coupler portion attached to the gear assembly under test. The coupler has a polygonal cross-sectional configuration and a plurality of substantial... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6754948 | Press operation verification system A system for verifying the quality of a pressing operation of a press-fit part onto a receiving portion of a receiving assembly. The system is applicable to the installation of a bearing cup onto a shaft, or a valve seat into a cylinder head. A probe measures a pred... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6694371 | Communication interface device and method A communication interface device connects communication object machines to communication networks that interconnect the communication object machines and management devices that operate or monitor the communication object machines. The communication inter... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6640489 | Collection and disposal device A device is provided for the collection and disposal of insects and similarly sized detrital objects. The device includes an air inlet end through which air can be entrained, and an air outlet from which said entrained air is expelled. The device also inc... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6620044 | Gaming machine A gaming machine is provided with a variable display for displaying principal graphical information corresponding to at least one of a plurality of principal graphical elements, each principal graphical element having a predetermined significance in a pri... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6591864 | Pressure release valve A pressure (1) release valve is disclosed ideally for use on petrol tankers which can rollover in an accident. There is a requirement for such valves both to become sealed in the event of a rollover to prevent the escape of volatile and flammable fluid fr... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6586461 | Prenyl transferase inhibitors Farnesyl diphosphate analogs, specifically the 3-substituted alcohol precursors of the diphosphate analogs, 3-allylfarnesol and 3-vinylfarnesol, are potent inhibitors of mammalian protein fanesyltransferase (FTase). 3-allylgeranylgeraniol is a highly spec... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6569923 | Polymer-cement composites and methods of making same A polymer-cement composite comprises, by weight percent, about 40% to 50% inert, inorganic filler material, such as silica sand; about 12% to 23% latex, preferably in aqueous suspension; about 20% to 25% hydraulic cement; and about 7% to 13% reactive sili... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6563571 | Deuterium/tungsten light source arrangement A light source arrangement for conducting spectroscopic analysis of a material to be analyzed has a first source of electromagnetic energy for issuing a first source electromagnetic energy having a first predetermined spectroscopic characteristic and a se... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6518637 | Cubic (zinc-blende) aluminum nitride Device quality, single crystal film of cubic zinc-blend aluminum nitride (AlN) is deposited on a cubic substrate, such as a silicon (100) wafer by plasma source molecular beam epitaxy (PSMBE). The metastable zinc-blend form of AlN is deposited on the subs... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6491262 | System for varying a surface contour Compliant mechanisms are arranged to enable airfoil and other structures to adapt their shapes to different flight conditions and thereby achieve optimum lift:drag ratios in plural flight conditions. The compliant mechanisms can be formed integrally where... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6405419 | Engine valve and seat burnishing system An arrangement for exercising (or burnishing) the intake and exhaust valves in the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine employs a plurality of out-of-phase eccentric cams coupled to a source of rotatory motion. The eccentric cams engage with res... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6393902 | Noise testing system with temperature responsive sensitivity An arrangement for isolating an energy transfer system while it is subjected to a test process for noise. The energy transfer system is of the type having an energy input and at least one energy output, and may be mechanical or electrical. The isolation a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389888 | Isolation and loading arrangement for differential gear system under test An arrangement for isolating a differential axle system while it is subjected to a test process for noise, also reduces the noise contribution of the differential gear set by coupling a load directly to the differential gear set shaft. The isolation arran... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6368204 | Coin dispenser arrangement A coin dispenser arrangement for a gaming machine has a bucket portion for accommodating a plurality of coins and discharging the coins one-by-one, and a passage for guiding the discharged coins to a predetermined position, wherein the passage has a coin ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6349814 | Cargo-turning conveyor A conveyor arrangement that conveys cargo along a predetermined path of conveyance between an initial cargo intake portion and a final cargo releasing portion is provided with a first conveyor that is arranged to convey the cargo along a first portion of ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6344216 | Conversion of powdered polymers Carbomer or cross-polyacrylate polymers which are conventionally provided in a powdered form are converted to a granulated, pelletized or tablet form for subsequent use, in combination with a liquid medium, to form a gel from which products such as liquid... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6302565 | Protective shutter system for energy source A protective arrangement for a source of electromagnetic energy, such as an output light, is provided with a light port for issuing the output light and a displaceable shutter having a first position that overlies the light port and thereby limits access ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301742 | Compliant force distribution arrangement for window wiper A force distribution arrangement, which is particularly adaptable as a support frame for a windshield wiper support frame (180) for a vehicle, and which can further be provided with an integrally formed windshield wiper blade, is provided with a force inp... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298181 | Optical fiber switching arrangement A switching arrangement for optical fibers is provided with a plurality of first optical fibers and a plurality of second optical fibers. A photoemitter element is arranged to communicate optically with a selectable one of the plurality of first optical f... | 10/02/2001 |
