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A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180134 | In vivo structural and flow imaging Embodiments of the present invention include but are not limited to methods and systems for optical coherence imaging. A method for optical coherence imaging may comprise scanning a sample with an incident beam from a light source; detecting one or more spectral int... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8168396 | Methods for detecting pre-diabetes and diabetes using differential protein glycosylation Methods for identifying individuals who are not yet diabetic (pre-diabetic), but who are at significant risk of developing diabetes, such as type 2 diabetes, are disclosed herein. Methods are also provided for the identification of diabetic subjects. Also disclosed ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158435 | Tandem mass spectrometry for detecting and/or screening for conditions associated with altered sterols Embodiments of the present invention provide for detecting and/or screening for conditions associated with altered sterols by derivatization of sterols to provide suitable sensitivity and selectivity of detection using tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ioni... | 04/17/2012 |
| D656410 | Bottle wrapper | 03/27/2012 |
| D655608 | Bottle divider | 03/13/2012 |
| 8124180 | Thin layer substrate coating and method of forming same Embodiments of the present invention relate to coating deposition and coatings for dental and orthopedic devices that provide prevention or reduction of ion leakage and, in some situations, improved aesthetic appearances. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8092203 | Windshield repair Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for repairing of abnormalities such as cracks and/or breaks in substrates such as glass and/or plastics. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8070502 | Electrical connectors and coupling device for such a connector An electrical connector with a first coupling device with a first connection for a first electrical cable and a second coupling device with a second connection for a second electrical cable and wherein both coupling devices are interlocking for electrical contact. T... | 12/06/2011 |
| D650104 | Lantern | 12/06/2011 |
| 8046932 | Method and apparatus for inhibiting pitch formation in the wet seal exhaust duct of a veneer dryer A method and apparatus for operating a dryer used to reduce the moisture content of sheet material. A drying chamber is provided and includes a plurality of drying sections and a single point exhaust system. A seal section located at the input end of the dryer inclu... | 11/01/2011 |
| D646043 | Bicycle gutter | 09/27/2011 |
| RE42517 | Authenticating or signature method with reduced computations Authentication and signature process with reduced number of calculations. The process involves a first entity called the “prover”, which possesses a public key v and a secret key s, these keys verify the relation v=s−t (mod n), where | 07/05/2011 |
| 7961853 | System and method for prioritizing communications messages A method of sorting a received information message in which a source of delivery of the message is indicated by a unique identifier accompanying the message, for example, in an e-mail or voice message system. The method includes steps of receiving the message, looki... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959658 | Heating system to alleviate hypothermia A medical, electrically powered thermal cover for fitting predominantly the trunk and head of a person experiencing or potentially experiencing traumatic or cold-exposure hypothermia. The thermal cover encases all of the torso and neck, and portions of other body ar... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7938247 | Virtual lug loader A virtual lug loader includes a lug loader for loading workpieces in a flow direction into the spaced apart lugs on a lugged conveyor, wherein the workpieces are transversely oriented relative to the flow direction. The lug loader includes an array of pairs of endle... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937488 | Multimedia scheduler A song and ad scheduler supporting clip-based and stream-based scheduling of multimedia items generates several hours of schedule in advance. Having multiple channel capability, the scheduler uses as inputs: the channel, associated playlists, rotation pattern for th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930025 | Ventricular tachyarrhythmia prediction and/or prevention Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods to predict and/or prevent episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmia (for example, ventricular tachycardia and/or ventricular fibrillation). A method is provided for predicting an episode of ventricul... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913425 | Convertible traction shoes A convertible shoe having a shoe body and a shoe sole. An air channel formed in said shoe sole including pressurized air inlet and air exhaust. An elongated pocket or multiple individual pockets in the bottom of the shoe sole and along said air channel. A flexible w... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913363 | Adjustable lever load binder Apparatuses are disclosed where in a lever binder may include an adjuster that when manipulated adjusts the binding length of the lever binder. In various embodiments, a lever binder is disclosed including an automatic latching mechanism to help resist undesired mov... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907209 | Content adaptive de-interlacing algorithm There is provided a method for converting an image with N rows of pixels present and N rows of pixels missing to an image with 2N rows of pixels, wherein the missing pixels are generated by performing a deinterlacing algorithm. The algorithm determines whether missi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902882 | Apparatus including a follower output buffer having an output impedance that adapts to a transmission line impedance Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including an output buffer including an input terminal for receiving an input signal, an output terminal for outputting an output signal, and a follower circuit coupling the input terminal and the ou... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897901 | Ultra low voltage CMOS image sensor architecture A pixel element for an image sensor comprising, a photodiode and a reset transistor coupled to an input node, wherein said reset transistor is a PMOSFET coupled between said input node and the supply voltage, and wherein said pixel further comprises parallel complem... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889680 | Merging anonymous routers in end-to-end network topology inference Algorithms are described that facilitate the inference of a network topology by estimating router co-ordinates and merging anonymous routers. The algorithms have practical applications in the inference of a network topology as part of the provision of a network serv... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888263 | Cladded silver and silver alloy metallization for improved adhesion electromigration resistance In semiconductor integrated circuit and device fabrication interconnect metallization is accomplished by a clad Ag deposited on a SiO2 level on a Si surface. The clad Ag has a layer of an alloy of Ag and Al (5 atomic %) contacting the SiO2, a layer of substantially ... | 02/15/2011 |
| RE42116 | Low dropout regulator capable of on-chip implementation A low-dropout regulator comprises a high-gain error amplifier having a differential input stage and a single-ended output, a high-swing high-positive-gain second stage with input connecting to the output of the error amplifier and a single-ended output, a p-type MOS... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7861754 | Edger with staggered saws Embodiments of the present invention provide a wood processing machine adapted to cut wood workpieces along multiple optimized cutting paths. In various embodiments, the wood processing machine includes a first saw assembly and a second saw assembly that is disposed... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858912 | Ultra low voltage CMOS image sensor architecture An optical sensor has at least one pixel that generates an output voltage that changes at a rate dependent on the light intensity incident on the pixel. The time for the pixel output voltage to change from a first predefined level to a second predefined level is mea... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857021 | System for positioning a workpiece A system for positioning a workpiece in an optimized position. In one embodiment a marking device places a mark on the workpiece prior to the workpiece passing through a scanner cooperating with an optimizer. The optimizer determines the optimized position of the wo... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849894 | Log rotation and verification system and method Embodiments of the present invention provide a log rotation verification system having an optimizer configured to determine an optimized cutting solution for the log and configured to identify an optimized rotational position, and a position indicator applicable to ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832670 | Material reducing apparatus Described herein is a material reducing apparatus including a bypass arm and a bypass control member for allowing reduction-resistant objects of a material to bypass the apparatus while avoiding interruption of the operation of the apparatus. Other embodiments may b... | 11/16/2010 |
| D627142 | Footwear | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823525 | Floating platform method and apparatus A floating platform is provided. The floating platform includes a top surface (14), a plurality of buoyancy members (12) interconnected to the top surface and extending downwardly into a body of water, a bottom plate (16) and a plurality of inte... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822724 | Change audit method, apparatus and system A method for facilitating management of a data processing environment is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method may include facilitating homogeneous monitoring of a plurality of heterogeneous data processing nodes of the data processing environment, the homog... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814590 | Accessory panel for diagnostic platform, patient bed and other support surfaces Embodiments herein provide a flexible accessory panel with apertures from which items may be suspended. In particular, receptacles for fluids draining from a patient may be suspended from the apertures, which are retained at a level below that of the patient, mainta... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812731 | Sensors and systems for detecting environmental conditions or changes Sensors and systems for detecting predetermined environmental conditions or changes may include a device capable of storing, representing, or providing information, and a shield. The shield may be disposed proximate the device. The shield may have a first condition ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7812718 | Distributed position estimation for wireless sensor networks An effective method of allowing a sensor node to estimate its own position, based only on coarse distances to its neighbors, together with an embedding mathematical tool. This method involves four major steps for each of the nodes: estimating distances to and exchan... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804977 | Methods and apparatus for hiding data in halftone images We propose methods for generating a halftone image, in which each pixel takes one of two tone values. The generated image contains hidden data, which is present at data storage pixels chosen using a pseudo-random number generator. In a first case, the data is hidden... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803289 | Overvoltage protection materials and process for preparing same The invention provides a process for preparing an overvoltage protection material comprising: (i) preparing a mixture comprising a polymer binder precursor and a conductive material; and (ii) heating the mixture to... | 09/28/2010 |
| RE41693 | Magnetic switching of charge separation lifetimes in artificial photosynthetic reaction centers Excitation of a triad artificial photosynthetic reaction center consisting of a porphyrin (P) convalently linked to a fullerene electron acceptor (C60) and a carotenoid secondary donor (C) leads to the formation of a long-lived C+-P-C60 | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792793 | Data export/import from multiple data source to a destination data repository using corresponding data exporters and an importer Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for exporting data from a number of data sources using a number of corresponding data exporters, and importing the exported data into a destination data repository using a data importer. In various emb... | 09/07/2010 |
