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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7144430 | Wrist device for use with a prosthetic limb A wrist device is provided for use with a prosthetic limb. The wrist device includes a base plate that is configured for attachment to a prosthetic limb and a sliding lock plate that is slidably engaged with the base plate. Both the base plate and the sliding lock p... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124527 | Identification assembly An identification assembly for protectively storing information related to an animal wearing the assembly includes a bracelet storage body having a cavity defined therein. The cavity can be configured to store and protect an information-bearing medium on which the i... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7110624 | Fiber optic mechanical/thermal tuner and isolator A tunable fiber optic component providing environmental isolation, thermal tuning, and mechanical tuning and a method of tuning a fiber optic component using application of substantially simultaneous varying of temperature and mechanical strain is disclosed. A metho... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7056141 | Electronic latch interconnect for PDA/cell phone A method and apparatus relating to an interconnection system configured for a portable electronic device. The interconnection system includes an interface connector having a power port configured to be positioned at a peripheral portion of the portable electronic de... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011327 | Displaceable ball hitch assembly A method and apparatus for providing a displaceable ball hitch assembly configured to be mounted in a bed of a truck. The displaceable ball hitch assembly includes a platform track, a displaceable platform, a gate member and a driving mechanism. The platform track d... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6976432 | Road/rail vehicle with load-shifting device A railcar-moving vehicle comprises a modified semi-tractor, having a highway mode for operation on roadways, and a rail mode for operation on rails. The vehicle includes an elongate frame with selectively extendable high rail wheels for guiding the vehicle on rails,... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6943803 | Anti-aliased, textured, geocentric and layered fog graphics display method and apparatus A method and apparatus in a preferred embodiment for generating anti-aliased layered fog which is textured manipulated as if in a geocentric virtual environment to thereby show horizon depression at high altitudes. Hardware is provided such that layer model data and... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929251 | Wire pulling method and apparatus A system for pulling wire over or through structural members of a building, including an elongate shuttle, including a leading end and a trailing end. Connecting means are associated with the shuttle, and are configured for connecting to the shuttle a wire to be pul... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6262257 | Calixpyrroles, calixpyridinopyrroles and calixpyridines The present invention provides calixpyrrole, calixpyridinopyrrole, and calixpyridine macrocycles, having 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 heterocyclic rings, as well as syntheses, derivatives, conjugates, multimers, and solid supports thereof. Such macrocycles have prove... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6155907 | Method for hardening and polishing concrete floors, walls, and the like A method of both hardening and polishing a concrete surface includes the steps of first applying to the concrete surface a hardening/densifying silicate compound, allowing the compound to remain in contact with the surface for a period of time sufficient ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6152356 | Hydraulic mining of tar sand bitumen with aggregate material A method and apparatus for the hydraulic removal of bitumen from a tar sand deposit comprises forming a borehole into the tar sand deposit and securing a casing into the borehole. Into the casing is inserted a mining tool having a water/diluent channel an... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6081376 | Reflective optical polarizer device with controlled light distribution and liquid crystal display incorporating the same An optical polarizer device that reflects light of one polarization over a controlled angular range, and improved twisted nematic liquid crystal display devices incorporating the same, is comprised of a grid of conductive elements supported on a textured ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6056734 | Method for automatic dosing of drugs The method for automatic dosing of drugs utilizes a microdelivery device which may be implanted in or otherwise administered to an animal or human. A microdelivery device is configured to have at least one compartment containing at least one drug so that ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6026959 | Protective kit for medical sharps and method for using same A one-time resealable protective kit for medical sharps has a stiff body which has a predetermined shape for initially packaging a medical sharps and for receiving the used medical sharp. The stiff body is designed so as to prevent the blade or needle of ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5990837 | Rugged gas tube RF cellular antenna A rugged telephone antenna device for transmitting a short pulse duration signal of predetermined radio frequency that eliminates a trailing antenna resonance signal. The device includes a flexible or protected gas filled tube; a voltage source for develo... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5988599 | Fence system A modular fence system. The system includes fence planks designed for insertion into open channels of upper and lower fence rails. The fence rails are supported in a horizontal orientation between intermittent fence posts, with the fence planks extending ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979434 | Camper's wind block and heat reflector A wind blocking device having a heat reflective interior for protecting a user from exposure to wind while concurrently providing heat reflection from a campfire or other associated energy source. The device includes a foldable array of panel members late... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5931830 | Hollow coil guide wire apparatus for catheters A catheter guide wire includes a strip of material formed into an elongate coil, with a central hollow having a plurality of windings. The windings include inhibiting features to inhibit relative rotation of adjacent windings. A central wire core is inser... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5897755 | Cathodic protection test station A cathodic protection test station device has a terminal board integrally formed with a base plate. A removable housing locks onto the base plate and covers the terminal board and the base plate. A tab formed in the base plate extends into a recess formed... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5894936 | Drum separator for brine shrimp eggs A drum separator for separating brine shrimp eggs from a slurry containing an agglomeration of adult brine shrimp, brine shrimp eggs and debris includes a fluid source to maintain a slurry. The fluid source may be an internal spray jet disposed to spray a... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5842170 | Method for editing in hand held recorder A method and system for editing messages within a recording system includes a handheld recorder having flash memory and a plurality of memory address pointers for storing messages. The flash memory has a plurality of sequential memory blocks, each memory ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5794914 | Wedge securing device A wedge securing device, which includes a body having a void into which the ends of a cable are placed, the cable being affixed to the body by compressing body thereby closing the void upon the cable and securing the cable to the body. The cable being thu... | 08/18/1998 |
