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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087177 | Level A combination level/try square includes an elongated body with an arm at one end thereof. The arm is rotatable between a non-use position against the body and a use position in which the body and the arm define a try square. The body incorporates three indicators, n... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651054 | Garden tiller | 12/27/2011 |
| D643508 | Water filter housing | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988117 | Container holder A holder for a container such as a tissue box includes a lower jaw for mounting on a wall or other vertical surface, and an upper jaw telescopically slidable in the lower jaw. The jaws include opposed, outwardly extending ledges for clamping a container therebetween... | 08/02/2011 |
| D641658 | Planter | 07/19/2011 |
| 7910504 | Desert camouflage A thermal camouflage material for use on a tank or other military vehicle in a desert environment includes an outer layer of knitted fiberglass alone or with polyester having an outer coating of PVC and carbon black, and an inner film of aluminum; and an inner layer... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894069 | Respirator end-of-service life probe An end-of-service life indicator for a sorbent filter includes a tube containing a noble metal nanoparticle film on an optically transparent substrate, the substrate being perpendicular to the axis of the tube. An opening in the tube adjacent to the film allows chem... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7847140 | Process for making higher olefins A process is disclosed for making higher olefins by oligomerization of a lower olefin e.g ethylene, to higher olefins, using catalytic distillation conditions. Simultaneously and interdependently, the lower olefin is catalytically oligomerized to higher olefins, and... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7865969 | Vibration damping device for glove A vibration damping device for use in a work glove includes a planar plastic body having palm, thumb and finger areas, and a plurality of resilient, compressible projections extending outwardly from at least one surface of the body. Planar areas or webs in the knuck... | 01/11/2011 |
| D627665 | Dog waste bag dispenser | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832128 | Ditch digging bucket A one-pass bucket includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls diverging forwardly from the rear wall to an open front end of the bucket, wherein the curved end walls extend convexly from the bottom wall to the top of the end wall at a fo... | 11/16/2010 |
| D620662 | Removable paint can rim | 07/27/2010 |
| D618029 | Pillow | 06/22/2010 |
| 7700780 | Zwitterionic chromophores and macromolecules containing such chromophores The invention disclosed relates to functionalized zwitterionic chromophores of structural formula III and III′. Wherein A is a linear or branched alkyl group having up to 20 carbon atoms... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7654257 | Radiant heater assembly A radiant tube heater assembly includes a housing containing a blower and a burner, which is aligned with an opening in the housing through which a flame and products of combustion flow into a U-shaped burner tube. The closed downstream end of the burner tube is in ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7634841 | Load binder A load binder for use in connection with a typical tie strap for securing a load for transport is provided. The load binder includes elements that are conformable to the shape of a particular load and which prevent the tie down from twisting upon itself. The load bi... | 12/22/2009 |
| D603643 | Pillow | 11/10/2009 |
| D599560 | Decorative streamer | 09/08/2009 |
| 7582274 | Carbon nanostructure catalyst support Carbon nanostructures for use as catalyst supports in hydrogen fuel cells are produced by mixing a carbon material with at least one transition metal such as iron and cobalt, subjecting the mixture thus produced to mechanical grinding, e.g. ball milling in a hydroge... | 09/01/2009 |
| D596484 | Crank handle for casement window | 07/21/2009 |
| 7533761 | Tree stand A tree stand includes a planar load supporting platform having an inner end for abutting a tree trunk, a pair of two-section arms pivotally connected to sides of the platform for rotation between positions against such platform sides and erect positions in which the... | 05/19/2009 |
| D587797 | Exhaust vent cover | 03/03/2009 |
| 7404514 | Nutrition indicator device A nutrition indicator device includes a plurality of discs mounted on a pin, some of the discs being removable from the pin. Each side of each disc has an empty circular central area, and radially extending rows of numerical nutritional values for foods and the name... | 07/29/2008 |
| D569568 | Paint tray cover | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357781 | Needleless injector A needleless injector includes a barrel for receiving an injectable liquid, a nozzle closing one end of the barrel containing an injection orifice, and a plunger and piston combination in the barrel. A valve admits gas under pressure into the barrel behind the pisto... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357045 | Buoyancy-corrected gravimetric analysis system Relatively accurate gravimetric analysis of airborne particulate matter in a sample is achieved by making gravimetric measurements of the sample on a microbalance in a closed chamber, continuously electronically monitoring air pressure, humidity and temperature in t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7316413 | Steering mechanism for wheelbarrow A steerable wheelbarrow includes a pair of handles rotatably connected to the rear end of the frame of the wheelbarrow for rotation around a horizontal axis, and a pair of linkages connecting the handles to L-shaped, wheel carrying axles, which are interconnected by... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317191 | Standoff radiation imaging detector A sensor for detecting the radio-luminescence created by radioactive sources includes a telescope, a plurality of UV sensitive cameras, and an optical system in the optical path of the telescope for directing images to the cameras. The cameras simultaneously obtain ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303997 | Regionally thinned microstructures for microbolometers Microbolometers with regionally thinned microbridges are produced by depositing a thin film (0.6 μm) of silicon nitride on a silicon substrate, forming microbridges on the substrate, etching the thin film to define windows in a pixel area, thinning the windows, rel... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7258200 | Tree stand A tree stand includes a platform having a tree engaging end; a pair of hollow support arms pivotally connected to the sides of the platform; a belt having ends slidable in the support arms for forming a loop around a tree trunk to connect the platform to the tree; l... | 08/21/2007 |
| D547026 | Bow tie | 07/24/2007 |
| D546610 | Tissue box holder | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232474 | Process for producing gold nanoparticles Gold nanoparticles having a particle size of 4-15 nM are synthesized by the reduction of hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (III) trihydrate using a suitable reducing agent such as sodium citrate in the presence of unmodified α, β or γ-cyclodextrin. The particle size is ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227489 | Digital data acquisition system A digital data acquisition system includes a buffer amplifier for receiving an analog signal and attenuating all but those frequencies of interest, a low pass filter, a driver amplifier, an analog to digital converter for converting the analog signal to a digital si... | 06/05/2007 |
| D543696 | Handcuff pouch | 06/05/2007 |
| 7134720 | Support and gliding mechanism for chair or sofa A gliding mechanism for a chair or sofa includes a bottom frame having a pair of parallel sides, a pair of swing arms pivotally connected to the interior of the sides near each end thereof defines a parallelogram linkage. A tube connected to and extending beyond the... | 11/14/2006 |
| D524930 | Dual dryer vent | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070691 | Protector for sewer system inlet A protector for the inlet into a sewer system includes a straight or annular, porous tubular casing for placing on or around the periphery of a sewer grate; a skirt extending inwardly or outwardly from the bottom of the casing for overlapping the side edges of a sew... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056479 | Process for preparing carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes are formed on carbon paper by first depositing a metal catalyst on the carbon paper, and passing a feedstock gas containing a source of carbon over the substrate while applying an electrical current thereto to heat the substrate sufficiently to gene... | 06/06/2006 |
| D513957 | Knife handle | 01/31/2006 |
