Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8150510 | Shock timing technology A method for accurately determining timing points for T-wave shocks is particularly useful in a system for determining a cardiac shock strength in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD. The method involves acquiring at least one first signal, acquiring at l... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146525 | Method and apparatus in connection with the spinnaker pole or similar of a sailing boat Method and apparatus in a system in connection with the spinnaker pole (8) or similar of a sailing boat, in which system a control line (12, 13) is attached to both guys (6, 7) of the sail (4). The control lines (12, 13) are arrang... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141876 | Ball assembly A soccer ball assembly (10) includes a central mounting core (14) defining thirty-two holes and thirty-two construction elements which are mountable to the central mounting core in an arrangement wherein the construction elements extend radially outwar... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141226 | Method of sheathing a stent A method of sheathing a stent including the steps of providing a stent assembly including a catheter member and a stent member disposed about the catheter member; placing a first sheath film adjacent one side of the stent assembly; placing a second sheath film adjac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131062 | Method of processing an image An image processing technique comprises the steps of: (a) stretching an original image in the Y-direction (vertical) by a factor falling within the range of 2-10%; selecting a fixation point and disordering operation around the fixation point; and rotating the image... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128860 | Balloon folding technology An apparatus for folding a catheter balloon comprises a stationary base member; a rotatable drive hub which is moveable in relation to the stationary base member; and a pleating head aligned with respect to the stationary base member and to the rotatable drive hub. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8083483 | Water wheel barrage energy converter A wheel-type of moving water energy conversion device consists of a limited number of paddles or blades attached to struts, which are secured to a central axis or geared drive shaft. The paddles or blades are hinged to the struts in a unique underneath forward posit... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8051598 | Universal decoy system A universal decoy includes a base, a stake attached to and extending vertically from the base, and a decoy attached to the upward end of the stake. The decoy has a sound system and a decoy movement mechanism. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8011328 | Lick deterrent with battery pack A lick deterrent device having a surface mounted battery pack that is in electrical contact with two sets of traces on the lick deterrent device. The surface mounted battery pack is readily attachable to the lick deterrent device, and in some embodiments, may be rea... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006583 | Forcing device for a moving lever A fixed support is provided on a base member near a moving lever. A moving support is provided on the moving lever. A coil spring comprises a coil and a pair of arms extending from the coil. The fixed support is wound with the coil. The moving support is held betwee... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996134 | System and method for identifying individual loads of chopped forage in storage A System and Method for Identifying Individual Loads of Chopped Forage in Storage. Thus the field factors of crop, soil and harvest conditions that affect feeding quality or a quality analysis of the load can be associated with the forage as it is removed from stora... | 08/09/2011 |
| D642797 | Archery bag | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985060 | Method and apparatus for electric treatment of substrates Methods and apparatus for hydrodischarging and hydrocharging substrates and articles to produce enhanced ability to avoid attraction of contaminants or improved capability of removing contaminants from fluids are disclosed. In another form the method involves remova... | 07/26/2011 |
| D641543 | Bib | 07/19/2011 |
| 7958666 | Decoy technology A motion-type predator decoy for attracting coyotes, wild dogs and other pest or nuisance predators for use in ranching, farming, recreation land management, public safety and sporting fields. The decoy has a support base for placement during use on an environmental... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958639 | Knife A knife includes a knife body defining a channel across which extends at least part of the cutting edge of a blade. The channel having has a base region located behind the cutting edge in the cutting direction. The knife body is provided, adjacent the base region, w... | 06/14/2011 |
| D639959 | Dental bite block | 06/14/2011 |
| D638477 | Tag | 05/24/2011 |
| 7938641 | Extrusion die An extrusion die comprises a die body defining a die cavity (18). The cavity (18) is shaped such that the die body includes a male portion (24) and a female portion (26). A leading edge (18a) of a part of one side of the die... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7927307 | Hypodermic injection system The invention relates to a hypodermic injection system having a direct-drive motor for moving a ram towards an injectate chamber for discharging injectate therein through a discharge orifice. The system can have an injection head attached to a housing having an inje... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927287 | Herd management technology A method of determining breeding status in animals by (a) determining a breeding event (cyclicity, mounting, pregnancy, open) time, (b) providing an estrus or other breeding event detection apparatus, (c) affixing the estrus detection apparatus at a predetermined lo... | 04/19/2011 |
| D634428 | Equine dental light | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900503 | Method of high throughput viscometry An apparatus and method for measuring or comparing rheological properties of fluid samples in parallel is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensing elements which are comprised of flow channels and reservoirs in fluid communication. The channels provi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887135 | Headrest device in a chair A headrest device of a chair in which a headrest can be stably supported by a headrest frame and the operation for mounting a vertically moving member of the headrest is easily performed. Guide grooves are formed in the side faces of guide rails at the front faces o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7846244 | Sealing agent for waterproof barriers The sealing agent for waterproof barriers in the form of a clay and cement suspension made of polymineral clays, characterized by the fact that it contains 3-15% parts by weight of cement, up to 65% parts by weight of fly-ash and/or rock dust of similar granulation,... | 12/07/2010 |
| D628708 | Culture swab | 12/07/2010 |
| D631542 | Port | 01/25/2011 |
| D630953 | Heat detector | 01/18/2011 |
| 7818861 | Tisssue prosthesis processing technology A heart valve prostheses crimping apparatus and method for deducing the diameter of stents containing heart valve prosthesis. A medical prosthesis catheter loading apparatus, including a crimping assembly for reducing the diameter of a prosthesis; and a catheter cla... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7802605 | Retractable barrier system A retractable barrier system comprises a plurality of barrier posts interconnectable by flexible barrier material, and a dispenser device upon which the posts can be carried and from which the posts can be dispensed, in sequence, to erect a barrier. ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7774943 | Knife A knife comprises a body, a feed blade store, a return blade store, a feed path along which a blade can be fed from the feed blade store to an operative position, and from the operative position to the return blade store, and control means operable to ensure that a ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7758327 | Method and apparatus for electric treatment of substrates Methods and apparatus for hydrodischarging and hydrocharging substrates and articles to produce enhanced ability to avoid attraction of contaminants or improved capability of removing contaminants from fluids are disclosed. In another form the method involves remova... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753762 | Optical disc destruction device A device for removing an information-bearing layer of an optical disc comprises a housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber, a mount to selectively mount an optical disc having an information-bearing layer adjacent the first chamber, a cutter within the ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753635 | Method and device for manufacturing the covers of a book or similar A method and device for manufacturing the covers of a book using a surface material and cover pieces glued to it. In order to glue the cover pieces to the surface material, a device equipped with a work table is used, on top of which the surface material is position... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753045 | Quick start cooking grate A charcoal cooking grate which is hinged to fold up to trap charcoal in a tight pile that is necessary for efficient burning. The grate folds completely over the top and lays flat to allow for three sheets of crumpled up newspaper to be placed under one side. Both s... | 07/13/2010 |
| D618568 | Heat detector | 06/29/2010 |
| 7726492 | Separator device A separator device comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a magnetic separator rod or element being located within the housing to collect and separate from the flow of fluid through the housing magnetic particles carried by the flow of fluid. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| D616060 | Fish hook | 05/18/2010 |
| 7707800 | Beam construction and method for manufacturing the same A beam construction, particularly a so-called doctor beam, for use mainly in pulp and paper mills to carry blade holders (7) intended to hold doctor blades. The beam (1) is a composite-construction hollow beam, which also includes at least one composit... | 05/04/2010 |
| D614292 | Culture swab | 04/20/2010 |
