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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181819 | Lid and container A lid for a container is disclosed that has a series of seals. The first seal is a cork seal mechanism that is forced against the container interior at a top portion of the container. The second seal is created by at least two ribs that produce a spring-like force a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8162214 | Ballot processing method and apparatus An automated system and method for processing vote-by-mail ballots. The method comprises electronically evaluating the ballots for validity and sorting them according to sort parameters and sort plan. Included in the invention is an apparatus, computer readable medi... | 04/24/2012 |
| D651074 | Container for produce | 12/27/2011 |
| 8066251 | Equipoising support apparatus A force exerting device having a force exerting structure including a load arm as a first side, pivotable about a load pivot, a resilient member attached to the load arm and to a termination point and forming a second side of the force exerting structure. The third ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8056758 | Non-cylindrical container and lid A rectangular container and cover are disclosed. The container and cover have complimentary latching feature. An inner cover skirt is offset inward toward the cover interior at each corner. The offset is sufficient to permit use of a moveable mold tooling to form ea... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8016494 | Folding camera support with rotational inertia adjustment A folding, adjustable camera support having a central post secured in one or more central post holders. A first camera equipment support component having a distal end and a proximate end is adjustably attached at its proximate end to one of the one or more central p... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7963419 | Lid and container A lid for a container is disclosed that has a series of seals. The first seal is a rib that is forced against the container interior at a top portion of the container. The second seal is created by at least two ribs that create a spring-like force against the pail. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| D639702 | Commemorative sports award trophy | 06/14/2011 |
| 7944549 | Optical screen, systems and methods for producing and operating same There is provided a system for forming an optical screen, including a continuous wave or pulsed laser transmitter for transmitting a beam of radiation at a predetermined wavelength and forming a planar or curved surface to be traversed by a moving object, at least o... | 05/17/2011 |
| RE42336 | Intuitive control of portable data displays A virtual computer monitor is described which enables instantaneous and intuitive visual access to large amounts of visual data by providing the user with a large display projected virtually in front of the user. The user wears a head-mounted display or holds a port... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931412 | Extendable camera support and stabilization apparatus A support system used to orient and utilize equipment remotely positioned from an operator and supported in a stabilized manner. The support system includes a balance pole with a master end and a slave end. Master component masses are connected to and balanced at th... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7911395 | Optically driven antenna There is provided an optically driven, transmitting and receiving antenna transformable into an electrically invisible antenna when inactive, including a light source, a semiconductor wafer illuminatable by the light source and a microwave source or sensor. The wafe... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7814857 | Cable control apparatus A cable control apparatus comprises a carrier disposed on a loop of cable; one or more trigger points disposed on the loop of cable; a control mechanism to control movement of the loop of cable, the control mechanism comprising a plurality of sensors to sense the on... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7749260 | Devices and methods for treatment of skin conditions Devices and methods for the treatment of skin conditions and lesions are disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is a compact hand held device that can be safely used by those suffering from skin conditions, such as acne, warts, cold blisters, blemished skin, ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7700166 | Process for evaporating high-melting materials A process for the evaporation of a high-melting material in an evaporator cell having a crucible for receiving the material to be evaporated, and a heating device with a heating resistor for the resistance heating of the crucible, the heating resistor being provided... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7654755 | Folding hinge A folding hinge for camera stabilization equipment. The hinge includes support connectors having apertures through which cables may be passed to connect a camera with various auxiliary components. An indexing guide pivotally attaches the support connectors so the ca... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7652398 | Magnetic logic device A method for operating a magnetic logic device (10) is described wherein at least one output variable O=F (IA, IB) is formed from input variables (IA, IB) by at least one logic operation with an operator function F ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7618016 | Equipoising support apparatus A force exerting device having a force exerting structure including a load arm as a first side, pivotable about a load pivot, a resilient member attached to the load arm and to a termination point and forming a second side of the force exerting structure. The third ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7549970 | Cervical brace A cervical brace having a cervical collar. The collar has a front collar portion and a rear collar potion wherein the rear collar portion comprises an occipital support. A vest comprising a front vest portion and a back vest portion is attached to the front collar p... | 06/23/2009 |
| 6912877 | Stretch fabric A stretch fabric material having an elongation of at least 20% in the warp direction is provided with both of the stretchability and the stiffness, which is composed of a Raschel warp knit fabric formed of non-stretchable fiber yarns having no rubbery elasticity, wh... | 07/05/2005 |
| 7472501 | Method and system for building up land in a water-covered or water-surrounded area and land body formed by use of same An article of manufacture produced by a process comprising the steps of: erecting a sediment-containment structure comprising a plurality of floating boom segments; and introducing sediment into the shape formed by the sediment-containment structure. A system for bu... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7449005 | Traction collar and method of use A traction device having an adjustable tensioning mechanism, the traction device attachable to a head support and a cervical collar. The tensioning mechanism includes a traction base, a slider slidably connected to the traction base and an adjustment mechanism to fo... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7438928 | Topical gel matrix A topical gel matrix that can be used alone or combination with a medication entrapped therein. The gel matrix is dispersible in water. The gel may have the following composition: oil, water or aqueous solution; solvents, surfactants and/or detergents; and a polymer... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422038 | Liquid chemical dispensing system with spill containment device A system for handling chemicals includes a base; a supply container handling area disposed on the base and configured to hold at least one supply container; a drainage vessel disposed on the base and located with respect to the supply container handing area so as to... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418017 | Interferometer, in particular for determining and stabilizing the relative phase of short pulses A description is given of an optical structure (100), in particular for determining and stabilizing the relative phase of short pulses, which contains a broadening device (6) for broadening the frequency spectrum of pulses of electromagnetic radiation,... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7361861 | Modular document sorting apparatus and method A modular document sorting apparatus and method. A plurality of modules are functionally connected to one another to enable them to scan documents for information and sort the documents according to the scanned information. Each module performs at least one function... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7303743 | Anhydrous antiperspirant composition An anhydrous composition of dry aluminum chloride hexahydrate in Castor Oil CP or in Dehydrated Castor Oil particularly suitable for the treatment of localized hyperhidrosis. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7247513 | Dissociation of silicon clusters in a gas phase during chemical vapor deposition homo-epitaxial growth of silicon carbide A method of forming a layer of silicon carbide wherein silicon clusters are dissociated in a gas phase. Silicon clusters may be dissociated by a silicon-etching gas such as a group VII-containing component. A semiconductor device is also disclosed having a layer for... | 07/24/2007 |
| D518136 | Training pad | 03/28/2006 |
| 6962431 | Extruder mixer An extruder mixer and method for mixing plastic materials utilizes an elongated screw having an inlet channel connected to a first cross-axial pump that feeds, at an angle to the screw axis, a subsequent channel, wherein the subsequent channel becomes a further inle... | 11/08/2005 |
| D510399 | Training pad | 10/04/2005 |
| 6942187 | Adjustable tripod assembly A support apparatus of adjustable height having at least one leg assembly with a first leg unit, a second leg unit and a third leg unit. The first and second leg units are slidably movable relative to each other, and the second and third leg units are slidably movab... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932493 | Fluorescent light tube adaptor An adaptor (2) for fitting a fluorescent tube (80) to a fluorescent tube housing. The adaptor includes a body portion (6) for attachment to an end of the fluorescent tube (80), a pair of contact and arm assemblies and a lid portion (8 | 08/23/2005 |
| 6924112 | Cloning method by multiple-digestion, vectors for implementing same and applications The present invention pertains to a process for isolating an intact clone of one target nucleic acid fragment having a known characteristic, from a group of fragments by preparing an initial library of clones from the group of fragments using a vector containing no ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921376 | Cervical brace The present invention provides a cervical brace that has a chest plate secured to the thorax of a wearer and a chin strut attached to the chest plate. In a preferred embodiment, the chin strut extends to a point on a chin support of a cervical collar disposed adjace... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6896678 | Ceramic-tipped skull pins A skull pin including a removable tip is disclosed where the tip of the pin is manufactured from a ceramic material. Alternatively, the tip can be manufactured from other insulating, non-conducting materials. The tip may either be inserted into a bore in the center ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6873412 | Method and device for suppressing multiple scattering when examining turbid media by means of three-dimensional cross-correlation technique The invention relates to a portable device for carrying out examinations of turbid media using a three-dimensional cross-correlation technique and for suppressing the influence of multiple scattering, as well as to an adjustment method for adjusting the device. The ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6863517 | Apparatus and method for measuring and of controlling the gap between polymer sheet cooling rolls Heating and extruding a polymeric sheet having a predetermined thickness and introducing it into and through a gap between cooling rolls, measuring directly by laser beam and without reflection the gap between the cooling rolls, and controlling the gap to control mi... | 03/08/2005 |
| D489767 | Emergency sign | 05/11/2004 |
