U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Icon_funbox Bizarre Patents

Patent No. 6637829

Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover

An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.

Newsletter  PatentStorm News

Make the Most of Our Site

See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.

Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.

Registered users: Manage your profile.

 

Attorney: Skinner, Jr.; John J.


Number of patents: 30
Last date: May 22, 2012

NumberTitleIssue Date
8181835Resilient strap mounting for user-borne athletic packs
A resilient strap mount allowing for increased flexibility and movement of a user's shoulders and arms while wearing an athletic pack is presented. The resilient strap mount is constructed having a flexible body member consisting of two body member arms and a body m...
05/22/2012
8150743Method and apparatus for the identification of products displayed in media programs
A method and apparatus for the identification of products in a media program and making such products available for consumer purchase is presented. A consumer utilizes a “BeamBack” device to initiate a “screen grab” and thereby express interest in a placed a...
04/03/2012
8136693Attachable container having openable snap ring
A closure for a beverage container that has a cap for overlapping a mouth of the beverage container. An arcuate member attached to the cap having a pair of extremity portions separated from one another and a springing member is connected to the arcuate member proxim...
03/20/2012
8113840Method and apparatus for an architectural design aid system
A simplified and user-friendly reusable modular building block system, for use by the professional architect or home design enthusiast, allowing for the creation of custom architectural scale models of building designs similar in appearance and function to professio...
02/14/2012
8047411Rear entry bladder for user-borne athletic packs
A user-borne athletic pack having an easy to access water/liquid bladder through a rear entry back-flap is presented. A construction of the athletic pack allows for a separate rear compartment containing the bladder to be accessed by unfastening of a back-flap. The ...
11/01/2011
7970643Method and apparatus for implementing a personal “get out the vote drive” software application
A method and apparatus for a software tool that interfaces with a Field Operations software tool and incorporates Voter Score, Voter Scorecard, Post-Election Voter History, Household Visualization, Voter Support Visualization, Household Mailing Labels, E-Mail Voter ...
06/28/2011
7850052Waistpack having quick access/deposit hydration bottle
Apparatus transportable by an exercising person, for maintaining a liquid drink within one-handed reach while the person is exercising, includes a container for the liquid drink, an adjustable belt for fitting about the person's waist, a holster connected to the bel...
12/14/2010
7756829Method and apparatus for mobile data collection and management
A method and apparatus for a middleware approach to initializing and updating required data entry fields, pushing such required data entry fields to mobile devices and applications, collecting entered data from such mobile devices, and the synchronizing and integrat...
07/13/2010
D602176Support column dressing
10/13/2009
D601272Support column dressing
09/29/2009
D601271Support column dressing
09/29/2009
D600834Support column dressing
09/22/2009
D600833Support column dressing
09/22/2009
D600832Support column dressing
09/22/2009
D600366Support column dressing
09/15/2009
D600365Support column dressing
09/15/2009
D600364Support column dressing
09/15/2009
7428790Universal cleat
A universal cleat suitable for use for multiple different baseball shoes comprises a generally triangular base with a substantially flat bottom for fitting into a plurality of different shaped recesses in different shoes. There is a grip projecting from the base in ...
09/30/2008
D543769Beverage dispenser
06/05/2007
D543768Beverage dispenser
06/05/2007
7072148Apparatus for the sealing of a pivot assembly used in a hard disk drive
A pivot assembly that narrows the gap of the seal member as much as possible and can effectively restrain the diffusion of gas and dirt from the inside, and, moreover, can also solve the problem of out gas from a hub cap, is presented. The pivot assembly has ball be...
07/04/2006
7043951Wire rod-forming machine
To provide a wire rod forming machine for which it is possible to increase the production speed above that of the prior art. In the ring-forming machine 10 of the present configuration, between the respective edges 42 and 51 of the moving die
05/16/2006
7017851Coil bobbin structure
To provide a coil bobbin structure that allows intersection of the wire to be avoided with a simple structure and improved reliability to be attained, while at the same time, allowing the possible use of automatic winding machines. In a coil bobbin 1 consisti...
03/28/2006
7006042Antenna array system, method of controlling the directivity pattern thereof, and mobile terminal
To realize an adaptive antenna array system which improves reception quality of desired signals by properly suppressing interference signals. The system includes: a signal detection section which detects base station signals from signals received by antenna elements...
02/28/2006
6998745Dynamo-electric machine having a rotor with first and second axially or rotationally displacable field magnets
An apparatus for and a method of construction of a spindle motor having a bearing unit, a rotary shaft, a rotary hub member and an electro-magnetic motor is presented. The rotary shaft has a flange attached at a mid-section in an axial direction, between large and s...
02/14/2006
6995955Pivot assembly for hard disk drive use
An apparatus for a pivot assembly that can strongly and reliably fix a sleeve to an outer ring, and in addition, that can also solve the problem of out gas. Ball bearing 2 are mated to both ends of a shaft 1, and to the outer circumference of these bal...
02/07/2006
6940030Hinge key switch
An apparatus for a hinged key switch is presented which operates around a hinged pivot point located external to the four points of the key cap, and which comprises a rubber spring providing a vertical bias and an arm with an extension which acts as a stopper when i...
09/06/2005
6872088Connector structure and portable terminal device
Connection board is provided at one end of flexible board. Connector is formed on either connection board or circuit board, and connector socket is formed on the other board not having the connector. Connector socket and connector can be electrically connected by jo...
03/29/2005
6163782Efficient and effective distributed information management
A method stores, indexes, searches and retrieves data information in a large data storage and retrieval system. Large amounts of data information, subject to searching and retrieval, are broken down and stored in sub-collections. Each sub-collection separ...
12/19/2000
5979680Push tab cap and locking tab vial assembly
A child-resistant adult-friendly prescription storage vial is presented with an over-cap which can only be removed from the vial by first orienting the cap at a particular point on the vial and then depressing a pair of push-tabs on the cap. When the cap ...
11/09/1999
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?