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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177156 | Sheet roll dispenser A sheet roll dispenser includes an open-top hollow housing closed by a hingedly mounted lid. A first embodiment includes first and second roller support members mounted within the housing. A roll of sheet material is supported by the first roller support member when... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162981 | Method and apparatus for spinal facet fusion A spinal facet fusion implant comprising: an elongated body having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the elongated body having a cross-sectional profile char... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658284 | Disposable anesthesia face mask | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141262 | Device for measuring the length of a fish A fish measuring device includes a flat, flexible base and an elongate, flexible tape measure secured to the base. A fish is positioned atop the base and the base is wrapped around the fish to inhibit its movement. Releasable fasteners maintain the base in the wrapp... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134346 | System and method for power factor correction A system and method for dynamically adjusting capacitance added in parallel to an electrical line input for improving efficiency of an electrical system. A microprocessor monitors in real time the current and voltage wave forms of a system and selects the optimum am... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8115375 | Chromaticity tuned solid state lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes at least one LED and a chromaticity tuning cavity adapted to capture light from the LED. The chromaticity tuning cavity is defined by a light translucent window and a plurality of backscattering light recycling surfaces. The light trans... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8096295 | Solar panel having polycarbonate sheet covering A solar panel includes an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold spaced apart from the inlet manifold, and a plurality of pipes having a first end in open fluid communication with the inlet manifold and a second end in open fluid communication with the outlet manifold. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087559 | Wheelchair vehicle ramp A loading apparatus for allowing wheelchair access to a vehicle is provided. The apparatus attaches to the hitch receiver of the vehicle, such as a van, truck or similar vehicle. The apparatus includes three ramp section pivotably connected such that the apparatus d... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080030 | Endoscopic sheath having a biomimetic retractor An endoscopic sheath having a biomimetic retractor for retracting organs and tissues in the body. The inflatable retractor comprises an inflatable balloon configured to retract specific organs and tissues at the site of the endoscopic procedure, with attached inflat... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079718 | Embeddable 2-D projection nano engine for personal projector A projector has a transmissive spatial light modulator backlit by a collimated illuminator that includes a light source that outputs red, green, blue (RGB) light, and a combiner disposed in light-receiving relation to the light source for mixing or combining the RGB... | 12/20/2011 |
| D650737 | Portable battery pack | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077311 | Spectrophotometric system for simultaneous flow-through measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, pH and COfugacity Provided is a flow-through CO2 system for simultaneously measuring surface seawater pH, carbon dioxide fugacity (fCO2), and total dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). All measurements are based on spectrophotometric determinations of solution pH at multiple wavelengths... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070568 | Hide-on washer for beef carcasses An apparatus for cleaning a carcass includes an elongate housing having a forward and a rearward frame disposed in parallel, transversely opposed relation to one another. The elongate housing includes a plurality of stations. At least one rotating device at each sta... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061272 | Mechanical command to arm fuze A mechanical safe and arm device for rotating munitions reduces arming scatter so that the “no arm” and “all arm” distance are substantially the same. A first spring holds a flywheel, a pinion gear, and a drive gear against rotation until centrifugal forces ... | 11/22/2011 |
| D648652 | Self-watering planter | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051536 | Magnetic drapery track A drapery holder releasably engages a header jamb of a window. A vertical front wall and back wall are disposed in parallel relation to one another and are interconnected to one another by a horizontal bottom wall. Co-planar horizontal flanges are formed integrally ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8037826 | Mechanical self destruct for runaway escapements An escapement fuze self-destruct mechanism for a projectile includes a drive weight that maintains a biasing member in a compressed state by centrifugal force when a projectile's RPM speed is above a preselected threshold. When the RPM speed falls below the preselec... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029263 | Low pressure vacuum resin infusion system A mold assembly includes a support table mounted for rotation within a vacuum chamber. A plurality of hollow part molds is radially disposed about an axis of rotation of the support table. Each part mold has fiber architecture disposed between an inflatable bladder ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7997565 | Compact portable air cooler A personal air cooling apparatus includes a main housing having a hollow interior that houses a water-retaining sponge in a first chamber and a motor-driven fan in a second chamber. A partition wall separates the chambers and is apertured so that air pulled into the... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997276 | Respiration pillow A device for face-down, prone respiration comprising a head support made of resilient material having a facial cavity conformable to the contours of a person's face, a plenum cavity in fluid communication with the person's face, a substantially L-shaped support base... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7977573 | Solderless cable-in-conduit-conductor (CICC) joint A cable-in-conduit-conductor (CICC) joint for use with a hybrid magnet. An elongate copper member is disposed in sandwiched relation between a first and second cable that are disposed in parallel, spaced apart relation to one another. A first elongate member is disp... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972056 | Machine for mixing hair colors A countertop apparatus dispenses hair coloring, developers and bleach in specified quantities and mixes them, substantially reducing the manual labor involved in performing such tasks. A housing has an upstanding back wall and a bottom wall. A plurality of hair colo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969531 | Integrated multi-function light guide for LCD backlighting A backlighting apparatus for a flat panel LCD display includes an elongate light guide having a front wall through which travels polarized light in a direction toward the LCD display. An RGB LED set is positioned adjacent a first end wall of the light guide so that ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963240 | Catamaran having tubular air scoops A catamaran adapted for high speed travel includes a first and second hull, or vaka, disposed transversely apart from one another and interconnected by an intermediate structure, or aka. First and second elongate air tubes are formed in respective interior sides of ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950618 | Shock absorbing platform with dampening means A shock-absorbing platform includes a bottom plate and a top plate joined to one another along at least two sides by elongate rigid links that enable the plates to remain in parallel relation to one another as the plates are displaced responsive to externally-impart... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7947913 | Slide bar interlocking device A slide bar interlocking device includes a first group of constrained switch actuators and a second group of unconstrained switch actuators. Only one unconstrained actuator in the first group may be thrown in combination with any switch actuator in the second group ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946083 | Wheelchair ramp for shower access A frame for building a ramp provides wheelchair users ingress and egress to a shower area. A first embodiment includes a first flat inclined surface and an arcuate surface. In a second embodiment, the frame has first and second flat inclined surfaces having first an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944624 | Method for homogenizing light A method of homogenizing light includes the steps of providing a plurality of large diameter lenses selected from a group of lenses consisting of positive or negative spherical, positive or negative cylindrical lenses and positive or negative axicons, selecting a pr... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932457 | Accelerated aging process for acoustic stringed instruments A method of artificially aging a musical instrument is provided by placing the instrument in an enclosure, providing at least one electromechanical transducer proximate to the instrument and providing an electrical signal to the transducer. The transducer is a three... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925124 | Electro-optical tunable filter and manufacturing process An electro-optical filter made of a support in which an optical guide with a diffused channel waveguide and of a cover, that are created in borosilicate glass, and which includes a gap obtained by the use of suitable spacers, filled with a grating constituted of alt... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922355 | Solid state lighting device having effective light mixing and control A solid state lighting device includes a light mixing cavity enclosed by a diffusive output window, heat sink walls, and a light-redirection member. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart light emitters is secured to an interior surface of the heat sink walls... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7898710 | High precision thin film scribing device A high precision refractive scanner includes a light source that generates a light beam, a lens pair including a stationary plano-concave lens and a movable plano-convex lens, a thin film-covered panel, and an F-theta lens that focuses the light beam that passes thr... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892242 | Tool for removing intraocular foreign bodies A medical instrument captures and removes very large intraocular foreign bodies. The foreign bodies may have an irregular shape, a low coefficient of friction, and be made of non-magnetic materials. A fixed position hollow rod is mounted to a leading end of an elong... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7870950 | V-shaped product conveyor A conveyor system includes first and second upstanding posts disposed in longitudinally spaced apart relation to one another. Each post is surmounted by forward and rearward support arms that form a “V”-shape. A forward drive belt is mounted for rotation along a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867015 | Strain relief device for protection of power cords A strain relief device for protecting a power cord includes a tubular base member defining a lumen adapted to accommodate a power cord. The lumen includes a trailing lumen, a leading lumen, and an annular recess formed between the trailing and leading lumens. The le... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7812946 | Deep-UV led and laser fluorescence apparatus for monitoring water quality A method for detecting trace levels of dissolved organic compounds and leached plastic compounds in drinking water includes the steps of employing deep ultraviolet light-emitting diode induced fluorescence at sensitivity levels of several parts per trillion in real ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804103 | White lighting device having short wavelength semiconductor die and trichromatic wavelength conversion layers A high color rendering index (CRI) white light emitting device from a short wavelength semiconductor die is encapsulated with nanoparticle-loaded resin. Trichromatic wavelength conversion micro-particles are dispersed layer by layer in a converting sequence from a l... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798064 | Command and arm fuze assembly having small piston actuator A command to arm apparatus includes a housing having a hollow interior. A pivotally-mounted rotor is disposed in the hollow interior. The rotor has a first, safe position of rotational adjustment that prevents detonation of an explosive and a second, armed position ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793378 | Excess grout and cement remover, packer, profiler and spacer A combination tool having utility in tile installation procedures includes a wide blade adapted to remove excess grout and caulk in relatively large quantities, a four-armed cement remover and grout joint spacer, a spherical grout packer and a “V”-shaped grout a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789251 | A-frame shelving A shelf structure includes a first and second panel. Each panel has a pair of transversely spaced apart side rails. A plurality of equidistantly spaced slots is formed in an inboard side of each of the side rails and a plurality of slats has opposed ends received wi... | 09/07/2010 |
