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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938291 | Foldable water tank with shielded hinges A foldable water tank includes a foldable receptacle having a bottom wall and vertical sidewalls; and a folding frame to support the sidewalls in an upright position. The frame has first, second, third and fourth upper rails joined end-to-end. The frame has a folded... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937913 | Device for consolidating items into a single unit of a pre-defined total weight Proposed are a method and a device for consolidation of a number n of items, whose weight varies within predefined limits, in a container to a single unit with a predefined target weight. For this purpose, n−1 portions are combined and the weight of all of the nâˆ... | 05/10/2011 |
| D636119 | Holder for lighter and cigarette | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918157 | Production of expanded food crackers The invention provides in an improved pressure-baking apparatus for producing puffed crackers from a starch-containing. cereal or other food material, thereby allowing better control of expansion resp. product consistency for an enlarged range of crackers types, mat... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918047 | Corner pocket mount for cards, pictures, menus and the like A corner pocket mount for positioning cards, pictures, menus and the like on a frame comprising a pentagonal foldable slip including a rectangular component and a triangular component in which the triangular component reinforces the insert edge to reduce wear on the... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7905368 | Portable water tank with valved drain sleeve A portable water tank comprises a foldable receptacle having a bottom wall and vertical sidewalls; a frame to support the sidewalls in an upright position, the frame including upper and lower rails, and vertical posts joining the upper rail to the lower rail. The re... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902097 | Neutral gray glass composition The present invention is to provide a neutral gray colored glass composition that has a soda-lime-silica glass base composition containing as major colorants 0.30 to 0.70% by weight Fe2O3; 0 to 30 ppm of Co3O4; 1 to 20 ppm... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887328 | Method for whitening teeth Tooth whitening compound includes a whitener and a carrier selected for adhering the carrier and whitening composition to a user's teeth. The whitening compound may be applied by the method including painting, washing, sponging, coating, daubing, spraying, wiping, r... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7845313 | Device for storing and protecting pet medical data, particularly suited for being carried by a pet Device for storing and protecting data for domestic animals includes housing configured for and sufficiently strong for being worn by an animal in an outside environment. There may be an attachment device, such as a collar, configured for attaching housing to an ext... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7861610 | Adjustable seating furniture Furniture drive for displacing parts of a piece of furniture relative to one another, includes a linearly displaceable drive element for pivoting a pivot shaft that, when furniture drive is in a mounted position, is operatively connected to a part of the piece of fu... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7830225 | Electric signal splitters The present invention is an electronic signal continuity device comprising an electrically conductive case having a volume, an input port and at least two output ports. The continuity device further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) in electrical communication ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7816925 | Electrical continuity tester and tracer An electrical continuity tester for testing the continuity of a cable between one end to another end, includes a main housing having first and second ends; a first test port disposed at the first end, the first test port for being connected to one end of a cable bei... | 10/19/2010 |
| D625172 | Spool | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805872 | Menu card or display mount A durable, long lasting mount for display information including a backing sheet for the information sheet-card supports and including a binder insert flap for multiple unit sheet-card supports displayed in a binder cover. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7798021 | Method and apparatus for sample processing and injection A sample processing/injection device for liquid chromatography comprises a septum at one end of the device, a processing chamber and injection needle disposed on a second end of the device. A fluid sample is transferred into the device by a transfer needle penetrati... | 09/21/2010 |
| D623927 | Spool | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789649 | Device for extruding hollow strands Device for extruding hollow strands from thermoplastic material, with an extruder head, having a mandrel, and a calibrating device, for making a dimensional change while production is in progress, and with a radially adjustable inlet, at least one Ranque vortex cham... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7779500 | Adapter with multiple attachments for reciprocating handheld power tools A construction worker may adapt a reciprocating handheld power saw to multiple additional applications including brushing, scraping, sanding, and polishing. A simple adapter is attached to the power tool in place of a saw blade. Multiple attachments for the various ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7767033 | Method for surface treatment of an internal combustion piston and an internal combustion piston A method for surface treatment capable of easily improving a mechanical strength of an internal combustion piston at a reasonable cost is provided. A modified surface layer is formed by injecting injection powders containing a reinforcing element to be collided with... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764156 | Magnetic flux return path with collated bands of wire Method of forming a magnetic core or part of a magnetic core including several layers of windings of magnetic wire in a very compact configuration, and the core or part of core is formed by winding several layers of a collated band of wires side by side until desire... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7762030 | Hold down system A fastener assembly comprises a first cylindrical member disposed within a second cylindrical member. One of the first and second cylindrical members is movable relative to the other in a first direction. The other one of the first and second cylindrical members is ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7759490 | Phosphorescent Osmium (II) complexes and uses thereof There is disclosed herein phosphorescent compounds, uses thereof, and devices including organic light emitting diode (OLEDs) including such compounds. Compounds of interest include: wherein A... | 07/20/2010 |
| D619767 | Dental floss dispenser case with a mirror surface | 07/13/2010 |
| D619352 | Case for interdental brushes | 07/13/2010 |
| 7746011 | Vehicle seat, in particular a motor-vehicle seat The invention relates to a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle, and equipped with a central control unit, motors, peripheral motor control devices each associated to one motor and connected to the central control unit. To allow rapid and accurate adjustm... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735872 | Adhesive fastener assembly and method for removably mounting papers A paper receiving assembly and method provide immediate paper mounting, by presenting an uncovered contact adhesive for engaging a paper. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735205 | Expanded metal machine and method of producing expanded metal Expanded metal machine includes a stationary knife and an adjustable knife which is adjustable in a vertical direction and a transverse direction. The adjustable knife includes a cutting edge with spaced-apart cutting projections in the transverse direction. A trans... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735201 | Multiple wire card wiring, carding cylinder, and method of making such Card wiring includes a first carding wire including a number of rough, pointed, first teeth, and a second carding wire having smooth, blunt teeth. The rough teeth include a rough surface having a first coefficient of friction, an attack angle, and a back angle. The ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7730794 | Method for classifying passengers A method for classifying passengers comprises the steps of providing a plurality of load sensors disposed in a passenger seat of an automobile for measuring a load applied to the passenger seat; obtaining a sum by summing respective values obtained by multiplying re... | 06/08/2010 |
| D616665 | Child's bed | 06/01/2010 |
| D616216 | Child's bed | 05/25/2010 |
| 7716767 | Device and method for carefully settling a patient in a defined position The invention relates to a device and a method for the gentle placement of a patient in a defined position. In order to provide a device for the placement of patients which both allows gentle positioning and at the same time holds the patient in a defined position, ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711477 | Electronic tracking and ranging system An electronic tracked and ranging system is disclosed. Electronic tracked and ranging system applies interferometer principles to determine ranging distance from a monitor unit 10 to a tracked unit 12. In particular, the system transmits a monitor dire... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7695334 | Water-activated and light-assisted visual locating device A visual locating device comprises an elongate, inherently buoyant, flexible sheet for floating on the surface of a body of water that has a longitudinal axis. At least three buoyant support struts are secured to the sheet and disposed across the longitudinal axis o... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694932 | Combination desk accessory and picture and calendar display easel A combination desk accessory tray and picture and calendar display easel with a tray cover having a first tray cover position, a second display item loading and unloading position, and a third easel position. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7674511 | Closed reinforcement fiber package, as well as chain packing consisting of such closed packages Closed reinforcement fiber package includes a material disintegratable in concrete, such as fiber concrete. Reinforcing fibers are present in a loose form in the package. The reinforcing fibers may be provided in a substantially mutually parallel position in the pac... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673944 | Backrest frame for a rear seat of a vehicle and a method for producing the frame Rear backrest frame for a rear backrest component of a vehicle seat, with at least one main plate, one left and one right lateral hat-shaped section extending vertically, one upper and one lower hat-shaped section extending in a transverse direction, and the hat-sha... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673473 | Dehumidification cooling apparatus for an indoor sports facility A dehumidification cooling apparatus for an indoor sports facility is provided which is capable of realizing dehumidification and cooling at a low operating cost in the indoor sports facility. This apparatus includes: an ice chamber for turning water into ice and st... | 03/09/2010 |
| D611113 | Low profile sight | 03/02/2010 |
| D611112 | Firearm sight | 03/02/2010 |
