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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404839 | Filter assembly and adaptor A device for adapting a cover for an existing air filter assembly to seal an end portion of a replacement cylindrical air filter having a round cross-sectional shape is disclosed. The cover has a plate with a radially inner convex guide separated from a radially out... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400451 | Lenticular lens sheet registration and alignment device A lenticular lens sheet registration and alignment device uses an elongate blade accurately to align a lenticular sheet for printing purposes. The blade nestles within one of the elongate recesses of the sheet. The device may be used in association with a printer, f... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395240 | Financial product and collaborative system and method for providing and monitoring a financial product A method and a Financial Product providing for Banks and other large Finance Companies (Intermediaries) to market and fund the Financial Product to its Customers (Customers) and potential Customers, whereby the entire Financial Product processes are administered by ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372038 | Analysis of temperature-dependent molecular configurations An apparatus and method for analysing temperature-dependent molecular configurations such as folding comprises a multi-channel flow-through chip (12) along which molecules to be analysed pass. A temperature gradient is maintained along the length of the chip.... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369014 | Flexible surface acoustic wave device A surface acoustic wave device is provides and comprises a flexible substrate having a first side and a piezoelectric film attached to at least a portion of the first side of the flexible substrate. The piezoelectric film can have a first side and a second side. A s... | 05/06/2008 |
| D565284 | Overshoe | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350392 | Can end A can end member has a center panel, a circumferential chuck wall, a transition wall, and a curl. The center panel is centered about a longitudinal axis and has a peripheral edge. The center panel has a peripheral edge. At least a portion of the peripheral edge incl... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347008 | System and method for controlling the operating parameters of a setting system A system includes a device for setting a material, such as ink, deposited on a textile or graphic. A programmable logic controller includes a power intensity selector and an application module and is operably connected to the device. The application module is capabl... | 03/25/2008 |
| D564903 | Container | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343697 | Low profile flights for use in a drum A rotating apparatus (10) for drying a material (44) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rotating apparatus (10) includes a generally cylindrical drum (12), a burner (20) having a burner head (22) at least partially dispose... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334698 | Protective container for an ampoule A protective sleeve for an ampoule having an elastic sidewall, a proximal end and a distal end is disclosed. The elastic sidewall has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface defines a chamber adapted for receiving the ampoule. The proximal end has a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336169 | Method and real time emergency response surveillance system A real time emergency response surveillance system, a method, and a computer readable medium for storing a computer program for responding to an emergency situation are disclosed. The real time emergency response surveillance system includes one or more surveillance... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331480 | Articulated hinge apparatus and related methods Apparatus and methods for hinging or otherwise easily engaging and disengaging various members to each other include a spring-actuated pin element to selectively extend and retract a pin from one hinge leaf to engage an adjacent structure. A variety of spring elemen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319985 | Loan product and system and method for providing and monitoring a loan product A method and a Loan product providing for Banks and other large Finance Companies (Intermediaries) to market and fund loan product to its Customers (Borrowers), whereby the entire loan processes are administered by a contracted Finance Company (Contractor) that poss... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316805 | Laboratory cap and well for hanging-drop crystallization methods The invention relates to a device for molecular and macromolecular crystallization. More particularly, the device comprises a well and a transparent cap for growing diffraction-quality protein crystals by conventional vapor diffusion techniques. The present device i... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310920 | Two-way architectural structural system and modular support member An architectural structural system comprises a structural beam and a structural connector. The structural beam includes a first c-beam and a second c-beam adjacently disposed one in parallel to the other. Each of the c-beams has opposed first and second ends. The st... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299883 | Apparatus and method for extinguishing fires in a multi-floored building An apparatus for treating a fire in a multi-floored building, a method of treating fire in a multi-floored building, and a portable apparatus for assembly and subsequent treating of a fire in a multi-floored building are disclosed. The apparatus, method and system i... | 11/27/2007 |
| D554000 | Body for a can | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267857 | Mounting and laminating system A laminating and mounting system include a pouch (10) made of thermal laminating film (15,16) and a thermal adhesive (21,22) on a surface (17,18) both inside the pouch and outside the pouch. A first substrate (19), like a print, is... | 09/11/2007 |
| D548924 | Pallet | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255596 | Modular electrical receptacle A multiplex electrical outlet receptacle comprises a housing containing four or more receptacle outlets. The housing contains at least one tab extending from the top of the housing and at least one tab extending from the bottom of the housing to permanently secure t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248463 | Impression creating device and method for a laptop computer An impression creating apparatus or image display and method for a laptop computer is disclosed. The laptop computer has a cover panel with an exposed outer surface and a screen on an interior portion. The exposed outer surface of the laptop computer cover panel has... | 07/24/2007 |
| D544893 | Laminator | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226692 | Battery lock A battery lock (10) includes a block (20), a locking mechanism (40) and a key assembly (70). Rotating the proper key will rotate the key mechanism (40) and a sleeve (50) disposed around a shaft (41), permitting the bl... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210537 | Method of controlling fires A forest fire is brought under control and extinguished through the use of ordnance to create a fire break. The fire break location is chosen along a front in the direction of travel of the fire. Ordnance is used to quickly knock down trees and other potential fuel ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7174762 | Can end A can end member has a center panel, a circumferential chuck wall, and a transition wall. The center panel is centered about a longitudinal axis and has a peripheral edge. The center panel also has a step portion located radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152738 | Palletized tray system A palletized tray system (10) is disclosed having a pallet (11) and a top piece (70) with a plurality of modular, stackable trays (40) disposed therebetween. The top piece (70) can be mated to a tray (40) or the pallet (1... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150368 | Cushioning device having an electrically actuated lockout A rail car cushioning1 device is provided for connecting to a coupler. The rail car cushioning device includes an arrangement of a hydraulic cylinder, a piston assembly, and at least a valve assembly, which are configured with cooperating features to allow the devic... | 12/19/2006 |
