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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6453581 | Snowshoe crampon system A snowshoe crampon system has toe and heel crampons which are fabricated from strong, hard abrasion resistant material such as stainless steel, titanium, or tool steel, the toe crampon having a depending formed skirt and a trio of tooth pairs depending an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6382630 | Apparatus for the prevention of marking cards in card games A transparent shield is provided for a blackjack or other card table for use by a dealer and players for playing a card game, the shield having a closed front face and an open rear face for providing a space above the table accessible by the dealer for de... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6319174 | Soft-edged recreational trampoline A trampoline which incorporates a flexible mat supported above a support frame by a number of spaced flexible rods; each rod is secured at one end to the mat and at the other end to the support frame.... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6303195 | Ornamental support Ornamental supports for supporting various items such as shelves, hanging plants, curtain rods, decorative fixtures, flag poles, name plaques, or the like and so constructed that ornamentation associated therewith may be easily be removed and replaced wit... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6276584 | Tramper's pack A tramper's pack includes a sac 3, a shoulder harness 6/7, a supporting frame 4 and a hip belt; the frame 4 is secured to the rear surface of the sac 3 between the top of the sac 3 and a position approximately level with the wearer's lumbar dorsal pivot, ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6266854 | Clothespin or multipurpose clamp A unitary clothespin or multipurpose clamp molded from a resilient plastic material having a hair-pin like configuration comprising a loop for permitting suspension, the loop terminating in a pair of confronting gripping jaws, the jaws being releasably, a... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6227925 | Flotation device A substantially rigid or semi-rigid chair suitable for white-water use with a hydrodynamically efficient underwater profile, capable of efficient human propulsion, using hands and/or legs, which supports the user in a semi-reclining position and which is ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6220603 | Non retractable segmented packing ring for fluid turbines having special springs to reduce forces during shaft rubbing A segmented seal ring and spring system for very low pressure drop zones in steam turbines for minimizing leakage between rotating and stationary components, and preventing damage and wear thereto, including a segmented seal ring, with first springs biase... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6178666 | Molded snowshoe A snowshoe has an integral deck and frame molded from a high impact, plastic material, the frame having integral molded hubs for accepting a unique binding pivot system which includes a molded two piece axle with integral bearings journalled in the molded... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6155899 | Flotation device An inflatable chair suitable for white-water use consisting of two inflatable floats (2, 3), rigid/semi-rigid seat base (4), bow hull floor section (12) an adjustable seat back (8) and a waterproof covering (7). The two inflatable floats (2, 3) are circul... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6094857 | Method and means for preventing or minimizing termite attack or infestation A method for preventing or precluding migration of termites or insects through a possible area of migration for example between a concrete slab (13) and a brick wall (28) erected on the slab (13) including the step of applying to a possible area of migrat... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6073530 | Rule guard A dual purpose rule guard for two-piece rotary cutting dies consists of a pair of confrontable allochiral guards. Each defines on its confronting surface a first portion thereof recessed inwardly therefrom and a second portion thereof projecting outwardly... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073528 | Chain saw jig The bar of a chain saw is attached to a jig which includes a support block pivotally attached to a pair of spaced support arms extending outwardly therefrom for supporting a log or branch to be cut, and fingers extending angularly forwardly and upwardly f... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6043420 | Bass drum pillow muffle A pillow muffle is a permanent and integral part of a bass drum and includes a handle provided exteriorly of the bass drum which may be easily activated by the drummer to move the pillow muffle which is disposed interiorly of the bass drum into and out of... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5961002 | Receival hopper A receival hopper for delicate and fragmentary particulate material such as fruit berries or bark pieces, in which the hopper (2) includes a support frame (5) with a receiving bin (3) pivotally secured to the frame (5) and an auger (4) which includes an a... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5959173 | Hybrid seed production The invention relates to improved methods of hybrid seed production. More particularly it relates to the use of one (or two) phytotoxic chemical resistant genes in the male (and female) parent in a hybridization process, followed by uncontrolled pollinati... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5934684 | Retractable segmented packing ring for fluid turbines having gravity springs to neutralize packing segment weight forces A segmented seal ring and spring system for steam turbines for minimizing leakage between rotating and stationary components, and preventing damage and wear thereto, with a single gravity spring contained in the lower half seal ring segment to produce an ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5920913 | Combination baseball cap and fielder's glove A combination baseball cap and fielder's glove having a concave crown of appropriate size to fit the head of a wearer with a brim attached to a forward edge of the crown and extending horizontally outwardly therefrom and having finger openings extending t... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5853339 | Football practice aid A practice device for the throwing of a football, the device consisting of a football and an elasticized cord and an adjustable wrist support band with a means for connecting the cord between the football at one extremity and the wristband at its opposite... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5810365 | Retractable segmented packing rings for fluid turbines Springs are arranged in elastic fluid turbine seal ring systems to accomplish a condition of relatively large clearance while starting and during low load conditions but in cooperation with pressure forces occurring at higher loads permitting said seal ri... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5809668 | Composite snowshoe In a composite snowshoe, a thermosetting plastic deck or jacket wholly or partially encapsulates an aluminum tubing frame which includes an integral toe cord axle insert molded with the deck or jacket, with a boot binding system mechanically interlocked w... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5787701 | Disassembling device for roller chains The invention hereof provides, in a single device, means for accepting and breaking chains of different sizes, from small chains to large, industrial type chains, the device accepting a plurality of drive blocks with outwardly projecting parallel ejection... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5762349 | Releasably attachable bicycle fender A mud guard adapted for releasable attachment to the saddle of a bicycle comprises a sheet of a semi-rigid body adapted to be folded so as to define a long projecting open ended nose or snout sleevable over the forward end of a bicycle saddle so that the ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5752377 | Roller type chain assembling and disassembling mechanism The tool functions as a vise and comprises a ratcheted gear train within a housing, first and second longitudinally-opposed, laterally-spaced upwardly-extending fingers of crooks facing each other, the first crook being fixedly secured to the housing, the... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5713146 | Picture frame display with slide in merchandise package and graphics A unit for displaying merchandise in a picture frame look with advertising graphics as a background, the merchandise being encapsulated in a clear, thermoformed container housed by the frame, making the merchandise pilfer-proof and giving it a high gloss ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5687673 | Entry and exit controls for rotary animal platform A rotary milking platform with a means of entrance and egress of animals in which each milking bail (4) is defined by two restraining rails (5). The angle of the bails () and the direction of rotation of the platform (arrow A) are both either clock... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5676613 | Independently steerable tube stock idler pulley An independently steerable tube stock idler pulley for simplifying tracking adjustments of a belt, wherein the pulley is rotatably mounted on a fixed shaft supported at its ends by such as pillow blocks or the like, with a pair of roller bearings for perm... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676521 | Steam turbine with superheat retaining extraction The improvement of this invention comprises a seal or other means for closing portions of the flow path between blade carriers for extraction steam as it leaves the main flow path of a steam turbine. The seal prevents the extraction of steam from most of ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676615 | Independently steerable drive pulley An independently steerable drive pulley is operable by the means of a non-concentric adjustable steering bushing mounted interiorly of a bearing fitted within the bore of the pulley, with the steering bushing and bearing and pulley being mounted on a driv... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5671582 | Floor to wall tie method of construction A method of construction of a multi-storey building which comprises precasting side slab walls (3) with a plurality of cavities (6). The pre-casting includes incorporating shaped lengths of steel bars (8,9) so that one or more lengths pass through each ca... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5660020 | Method of construction using pre-cast floor units Here is a method of construction of a multi-storey building comprising the following steps: positioning precast side slab walls on the site; each slab wall defining outer and inner wall surfaces with the inner wall surface being inclusive of a plurality o... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5628617 | Expanding bell seal In a steam turbine having a main inlet pipe which introduces steam to a nozzle chamber through the turbine casings and a bell seal assembly for sealing the inlet pipe relative to the casings and the nozzle chamber, the bell seal assembly including a bell ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5619831 | Joint members and method of forming a joint A method of forming a joint (2) and the member (8, 28) used therein between two cementitious faces (3, 4) in which the space between the faces is not of uniform cross-section, but has at least two different widths (5, 6) and is stepped with a shoulder (7)... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5599363 | Vacuum filter belt apparatus In a gas cleaning apparatus a filter belt is arranged to move in a flight path across and transverse to a gas flow stream so that successive incremental portions of the filter belt enter the gas flow stream at an entrance point, pass thereacross, and then... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5578154 | Method of manufacturing a spoked wheel The present invention provides a method of manufacturing structural components for any type of vehicles and other devices, in particular cars and motorcycles, where the components can operate under compressive and/or extensive stress or successive repetit... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575618 | Steam turbine steam strainer In a steam turbine inlet which includes an annular steam strainer stationarily positioned therein for stopping the passage into the turbine of large metal particles in the steam, the improvement in the strainer which comprises a plurality of spaced throug... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5560272 | Improvements in quick-change tool posts A retrofit assembly for a tool post adapted for rapid attachment and detachment relative to the compound rest of a lathe for adjusting the positioning thereof and for the presentation of a tool holder relative to the tool post consisting of a single opera... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5539851 | Hybrid optical fiber/copper coaxial data transmission cable A hybrid cable is implemented by a concentric arrangement of a central optical fiber encased by a sleeve of Kevlar and an outer jacket of FEP(Teflon) insulation and surrounded by an annular (hollow) electrical conductor consisting of two rows of 16 insula... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5531518 | Attachment for dispensing chute and/or splash guard A delivery device for delivering freshly mixed concrete includes an open-ended concrete conveyor chute having an inner guide surface and an outer surface defining a generally U-shape along a main axis and with a receiving terminus at one end and a dischar... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5520398 | Piston ring assemblies for high temperature seals In a turbine inclusive of:a turbine shaft having a longitudinal axis, a steam pipe, a shell circumadjacent the pipe, the pipe and shell being shiftable in vertical and transverse and axial directions relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and a s... | 05/28/1996 |
