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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| 8134061 | System for musically interacting avatars Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for avatars to musically interact with each other. In one representative embodiment, a server is configured to host a virtual environment and various client devices communicate with the server over an... | 03/13/2012 |
| D653912 | Spray container | 02/14/2012 |
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| D643869 | Eyewear | 08/23/2011 |
| 7958204 | Community-selected content Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for providing resources to participants over an electronic network. In one representative embodiment, a collection of resources is maintained, such that both the collection and the resources can be ac... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7946910 | Substantially simultaneous intermittent contest Provided, inter alia, is a type of contest in which, at various intervals, geographically dispersed players attempt to answer the identical problem at substantially the same time. In representative embodiments, problems (typically, questions) are made available at s... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937271 | Audio decoding using variable-length codebook application ranges Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for decoding an audio signal from a frame-based bit stream. Each frame includes processing information pertaining to the frame and entropy-encoded quantization indexes representing audio data within t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933587 | Retrieving and storing updated contact records Provided are wireless and standalone handheld devices, such as PDAs and wireless telephones, that are configured for inputting a unique contact identifier that uniquely identifies a desired contact record, querying a central database of contact information to obtain... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7895034 | Audio encoding system Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for encoding an audio signal, in which is obtained a sampled audio signal which has been divided into frames. The location of a transient within one of the frames is identified, and transform data sam... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7846493 | Spraying of fibers from a container that includes an agitator Provided are methods and techniques for a spraying fibers. A container having an agitator or a blade assembly in its bottom section is obtained and then partially filled with fibers, so as to at least partially cover the agitator or blade assembly. The agitator or b... | 12/07/2010 |
| D626581 | Eyewear | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805151 | System for substantially simultaneous alerts Provided, inter alia, is a system for generating substantially simultaneous alerts, in which a plurality of user devices is accessible via at least one publicly available network. Each such user device has installed on it an alert-based client. A server is configure... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7752695 | Shoe and shoe-making process using temporary insert Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for manufacturing a shoe sole, in which a shoe sole is preliminarily assembled by bonding together a plurality of layers with a temporary insert disposed between two adjacent layers. Then, an outer ed... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7713457 | Composite sheet materials and processes for manufacturing same Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for manufacturing sheet material. In one representative embodiment, a sheet of fabric material is positioned across a patterning template that has a number of openings; and the sheet of fabric materia... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7700021 | Shoe bottom having interspersed materials A shoe (and fabrication techniques therefor) on which is provided a bottom portion that includes a sole portion and a heel portion and that has a bottom surface and an upper portion extending upwardly from the bottom portion. The bottom surface of the bottom portion... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690542 | Dual-strap carrying case Provided is a carrying case that utilizes two straps, e.g., for looping over the top of a cellular telephone or similarly sized item. Attachment devices are located on the body of the carrying case, and in certain implementations often can provide flexibility in how... | 04/06/2010 |
| D610798 | Two-pocket portable device holder | 03/02/2010 |
| 7664875 | Multi-path content distribution and aggregation Communication occurs between a source and a destination over plural communications paths by first identifying content to be sent to a destination via a communications system. After discovering that plural communications paths connecting directly to the destination a... | 02/16/2010 |
| D609536 | Pepper mill | 02/09/2010 |
| D606579 | Fit-over sunglasses | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630902 | Apparatus and methods for digital audio coding using codebook application ranges A low bit rate digital audio coding system includes an encoder which assigns codebooks to groups of quantization indexes based on their local properties resulting in codebook application ranges that are independent of block quantization boundaries. The invention als... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7614164 | Shoe with padded sole Provided is a shoe that has a multi-layered sole with embedded padding. More specifically, at least one of the layers includes a sheet of base material having a hole through its central region, such that the hole is surrounded by the base material, and a cushioning ... | 11/10/2009 |
| D603096 | Folding shaver | 10/27/2009 |
| 7580876 | Sensitivity/elasticity-based asset evaluation and screening Provided is a technique for evaluating an asset, such as a share of stock in a corporation, by processing historical data for value of an asset and historical data values for various exogenous variables to obtain a formula for calculating a measure of a tendency of ... | 08/25/2009 |
| D596221 | Eyewear | 07/14/2009 |
| 7516506 | Shoe outsole made using composite sheet material Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for making a shoe outsole and to shoe outsoles made using such techniques. In one such technique, a sheet of composite material is produced by extruding a base material together with a sheet of fabric... | 04/14/2009 |
| D578745 | Shoe outsole | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438408 | Rimless eyeglasses The invention is a bridge structure for rimless glasses that includes a rear bridge portion, a front bridge portion; and fastening means for fastening the rear bridge portion to the front bridge portion. Typically, the rear bridge portion is made of plastic and the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440746 | Apparatuses for requesting, retrieving and storing contact records Provided are wireless and standalone handheld devices, such as PDAs and wireless telephones, that are configured for inputting a unique contact identifier that uniquely identifies a desired contact record, querying a central database of contact information to obtain... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426787 | Retractor for circular saw lower safety-guard Provided is an apparatus for lifting a retractable lower safety-guard on a circular saw. In one representative implementation, an actuator is attached to the circular saw and an elongated arm is coupled to the actuator such that operating the actuator causes the elo... | 09/23/2008 |
| D576393 | Portion of the side of a shoe sole | 09/09/2008 |
| 7337135 | Asset price forecasting Provided is a technique forecasting the direction in which the price of an asset will move by identifying a group of exogenous variables that are likely to influence observed prices of an asset. Then, historical data for values of the exogenous variables and histori... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7242107 | Water-based wind-driven power generation using a submerged platform Provided are systems, methods and techniques by which a wind-powered energy generating platform, secured to an anchor, can pull (or winch) itself beneath the surface of the water and thereby avoid most of the significant effects of storms and waves. In more particul... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239047 | Switch device incorporating capacitive oscillator A switch (10) comprises a face plate (16) and a single switch sensing oscillator (18) responsive to a switch activating presence. The oscillator (18) has a resistive component (36) connected to a sensing plate (38) which act... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7203985 | Shoe bottom having interspersed materials A shoe (and fabrication techniques therefor) on which is provided a bottom portion that includes a sole portion and a heel portion and that has a bottom surface and an upper portion extending upwardly from the bottom portion. The bottom surface of the bottom portion... | 04/17/2007 |
