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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D502849 | Adjustable self-closing wrench | 03/15/2005 |
| D498899 | Activity glove | 11/30/2004 |
| D495029 | Hand held vacuum pump | 08/24/2004 |
| D494825 | Dual head pliers | 08/24/2004 |
| D494824 | Chisel handle | 08/24/2004 |
| 6558059 | Glue gun with pinch rollers A glue gun has a base adapted to receive electrical power in either cordless or corded operation, a barrel, a feed roller, a selectively removable glue stick holder in axial alignment with and disposed between a nozzle assembly and the feed roller and ext... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6513946 | Compact driver A compact ratcheting driver has a handle portion and a an extendible ratcheting head portion. The head portion has a pair of parallel guide rails which are coplanar with and extend into the handle to engage a pair of complementary guide shoulders formed w... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6266859 | Power steering pump pulley removal tool A power steering pump pulley removal tool has a pair of jaws mounted by mounting fasteners on opposite faces of a hub which has a threaded passageway extending axially therethrough. The jaws are in longitudinal alignment with one another and the passagewa... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6183103 | Driver extension bar with selective illumination An extension bar for use between a portable driving tool and a driven element includes an elongated body with an integrally formed first end adapted to receive the driving element and an integrally formed second end adapted to engage the driven element, t... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6126295 | Fiber optic lighting system for ratcheting wrench A ratcheting wrench, of the type having an elongated handle connected at one end by a neck to a ratchet head having a drive stem, has a manually selectively operable source of illumination contained in the handle and a fiber optic rod bundle contained in ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6092440 | Self-adjusting ratcheting wrench A self-adjusting ratcheting wrench has an elongated handle terminating at one end in a fixed jaw, a movable jaw pivotally attached to the handle so as to close on the fixed jaw and terminating at one end in a pair of jaw faces forming an obtuse angle and ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6067882 | Ratchet control cover An improvement in a ratcheting driver of the type having a handle, a driver head connected to the handle, a driver stem, ratchet means contained in the head and including ratcheting direction selector means disposed on the head in axial alignment with and... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6016723 | Ratcheting adjustable wrench A ratcheting adjustable wrench having an elongated handle and having jaw means, including a fixed first jaw element and a movable second jaw element, attached to one end of the handle, with means for selectively manually initiating longitudinal relative m... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6000301 | Adjustable wrench An adjustable wrench utilizes a drive member housed in a wrench body. The drive member has a cylindrical drive element having external male threads formed thereon, onto which a guide block is mounted by means of a bore, within which female threads, comple... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5967006 | Linear driver with a grip enhancing thumb plate A linear driver has a drive stem having a first end and a second end and a handle fixed the drive stem so that the drive stem first end extends into a first end of the handle. In order to increase the torque the user may apply to the driver, the driver in... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5969510 | Three-phase to six-phase wye transformer power system The present invention discloses a method for providing balanced power to a single-phase ac load from a three-phase ac power source. The method includes imposing an isolation power transformer between the ac power source and the load wherein the isolation ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5947447 | Automotive service jack A service jack includes a mirror attached to the jack's lift arm adjacent the jack's saddle so as to be able to provide a continuous reflected image for the jack operator as the lift arm is moved from its lowered position to its raised position of the sec... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5919542 | Tassel for pull cords and chains A tassel for use with venetian blind cords and chains has a generally bell-shaped hollow cap adapted to permit the passage of the cord or chain therethrough and a depending lip formed around the open end thereof with an internal annular recess formed ther... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5892667 | Symmetrical power system A symmetrical ac power system provides a balanced ac output, whose maximum voltage with respect to a reference ground potential is one-half the ac output voltage, and which is derived from a single phase ac source through the use of an isolation transform... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5845696 | Chain and cord safety device for adjustable blinds A blind cord safety device for use in controlling an adjustable blind having a looped control cord and a looped control chain by enclosing the loops has housing within which are disposed a rotatable wheel adapted to engage the chain loop thereabout and a ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5640314 | Symmetrical power system A symmetrical ac power system provides a balanced ac output, whose maximum voltage with respect to a reference ground potential is one-half the ac output voltage, and which is derived from a single phase ac source through the use of an isolation transform... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5503169 | Dental floss holder A dental floss holder is provided with a slot-headed locking axle on which a spool of floss is mounted. A length of floss from the spool disposed within the holder passes through the axle slot and is spanned across two spaced prongs formed on the holder a... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5306243 | Medical valve A valve for medical use has a cannula mounted on a hub and fixed in a fluid conduit so that the cannula points upstream. An elastomeric valve element is mounted on the hub within the conduit so as to enclose the cannula. The valve element has a first soli... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5273533 | Medical valve A valve for medical use has a cannula mounted on a hub and fixed in a fluid conduit so that the cannula points upstream. An elastomeric valve element is mounted on the hub within the conduit so as to enclose the cannula. The valve element has a first soli... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5253662 | Dental floss holder A dental floss holder is provided with a slot-headed locking axle on which a spool of floss is mounted. A length of floss from the spool disposed within the holder passes through the axle slot and is spanned across two spaced prongs formed on the holder a... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5201330 | Dental floss holder A dental floss holder is provided with a slot-headed locking axle on which a spool of floss is mounted. A length of floss from the spool disposed within the holder passes through the axle slot and is spanned across two spaced prongs formed on the holder a... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5192229 | Electrical cable termination A plug type electrical termination for a multiple conductor armored electrical cable having a hollow connector head filled with high temperature tin-based solder. The electrical conductors pass into one end of the head and extend out the other end through... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5170643 | Earring jacket An earring jacket has a connecting member having a bore therethrough at one end to receive attaching means for attaching the connecting member to a human ear and an ornamental member pivotally connected to the connecting member so that the ornamental memb... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5154703 | Bloodless catheter A medical device which presents the backflow of fluid therethrough is particularly useful as a bloodless catheter assembly, that is, prevents the backflow of blood through the catheter by utilization of a self-closing valve carried in a hollow catheter ho... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5108376 | Retractable intravenous needle assembly A retractable intravenous needle assembly wherein a cannula is mounted on a hub within an interior passage formed in a housing in which the cannula and hub are slidably mounted so as to have the cannula point manually extend beyond the housing. Flexible w... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5070885 | Disposable blood collection device A blood collection device wherein a double-ended cannula is retracted within the barrel of the device for storage and disposal. The cannula is attached to the device immediately prior to use by being threaded into an aperture formed in a movable disc disp... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5011405 | Method for determining orthodontic bracket placement A method for determining orthodontic bracket placement on a malocclused tooth to correct the malocclusion includes the steps of generating digital information which defines the shape and location of the malocclused tooth in the patient's jaw, from which d... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4950260 | Medical connector A connector for use in introducing medication into a patient having a pair of plastic tubular members adapted to be manually pushed together to engage in a mating relationship with a locking mechanism that selectively secures the members together. One of ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4917669 | Catheter inserter A catheter inserter has an inserter housing with a flat base and a cannula housing disposed within the inserter housing with a cannula extending generally parallel to the inserter housing longitudinal axis. Stop means are disposed at each end of the inser... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4774964 | Disposable blood collection device A blood collection device wherein a double-ended cannula is retracted within the barrel of the device for storage and disposal. The cannula is mounted on a first disc which is connected to a second axially aligned disc by a pair of string-like flexible me... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4728421 | Filter apparatus for utilization with hollow cylindrical filter elements A resilient compressor ball is compressed to urge an axially-movable circular knife-edge onto one end of a cylindrical filter element to form a seal therewith and to urge the filter element onto a fixed circular knife-edge having a fluid outlet opening th... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4661086 | Transmission A transmission particularly adapted for use in ultralight aircraft, air boats, home built aircraft or the like has a transmission case within which four gears are contained to provide the requisite speed reduction. A torque input gear is coaxially mounted... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4583381 | Rotary door and window lock A compact push-pull right-angle lock especially suited for use on patio doors and on windows has a cylindrical bolt with rack teeth on its central section, a barrel lock assembly, and a rotatable disk all contained in a horizontally split case. The bolt c... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4514996 | Sliding door lock A sliding door lock in which a bolt is longitudinally slidable by manual movement of a handle to which the bolt is connected so that the bolt is axially rotatable to prevent the cutting of the bolt when locked. The handle slides linearly along a base plat... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4511284 | Pothole patcher A truck frame for road repair work includes a tank containing heated asphalt, a repair materials hopper, a front discharge chute and a drive worm conveyor within the hopper for moving repair aggregate from the hopper to the chute for deposit in a pavement... | 04/16/1985 |
