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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7495997 | Light pipe display for sonar A light pipe device for fish sonar that displays information such as depth and density of detected objects. The device includes a motor with a rotary shaft, a shaft position sensor, a light conducting pipe fixed to the rotary shaft opposite the luminous tip of the p... | 02/24/2009 |
| 5409231 | Golf putting trainer A putting accuracy training aid providing an elongated, flat rolling surface and a non-slip base. A recessed tee supports a ball forward of an adjustable stroke gauge and elastomer limit stop. Inclined surfaces, projections and/or grooves provided adjacen... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5401399 | Water purification system A multi-section manifold system containing a number of replaceable filter and purification cartridges for treating the water supply of medical and dental facilities. The system operates to introduce increased concentrations of a preferred bactericide to t... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5393060 | Game piece randomizer Apparatus for randomly manipulating and distributing one or a plurality of game pieces such as dice, marbles, coins or the like. In one construction, the game piece is contained within a closed housing having a plurality of apertures formed through side a... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5381995 | Concrete hole former A compressible band and end retainer assembly which secures opposite ends of a band to an intermediate spacer. The band mounts between facing concrete sidewall forms to define a hole, upon pouring and curing a slurry of surrounding concrete. Various band ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5368371 | Molded wheel with integral axle retainer A molded plastic wheel having an integrally formed axle retainer which mates to an annular axle groove. In a blow molded wheel construction, a number of flexible tabs radially project into an axle bore. A portion of each tab is acutely displaced to the bo... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5364326 | Hydraulic exercise apparatus Exercise apparatus having a closed loop, hydraulic controller which provides a user selectable resistance to movement over an operating path. A restrictor valve assembly controls fluid flow in an exercise direction and includes a sealed valve body and a r... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5361719 | Biodegradable hydrating cat litter A hydrating cat litter which solidifies upon contact with liquids to encapsulate pet waste matter. The litter comprises a mixture of a granulated, organic base material, which is susceptible to decomposition, a gluten containing material, such as ground w... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5358470 | Shoulder immobilization restraint An assembly and method for restricting shoulder and upper arm motion and supporting a wrist to facilitate healing of the clavicle. The assembly includes a length adjustable, elastic belt or abdominal harness and from which an elastic shoulder strap and su... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5354127 | Segmented mixing auger An auger conveyor assembly including a helical auger infeed section having interrupted auger flights which communicate with an offset, commonly driven outfeed section including a helical ribbon auger and whereat both augers simultaneously blend the mixtur... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5329920 | Wood burning boiler An outdoor, self-contained wood fueled furnace. The furnace includes a non-warping, laminated sheet metal door; a rear exiting flue with water discharge means; and a baffled, heat exchanger which surrounds the firebox. The door, particularly, includes an ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5328609 | Multi-stage radial flow filtration system A manifold mounted liquid filtration system including a disposable filter cartridge having first and second radial flow filtration stages containing filtration media of uniform porosity. A first stage includes a pair of annular, concentrically mounted, fi... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5316377 | Composite injection-blow molded wheel and method of fabrication A composite molded wheel assembly and method of construction wherein a separately formed injection molded tread is flow melt bonded to a blow molded rim. The tread may comprise multiple tread pieces which are spaced over a tread surface. Bond enhancing gr... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5301859 | Fish stringer A twist free fish stringer having a removeable end stop. A flexible length of cording includes a crimp coupled threading needle, a crimp coupled swivel assembly and one or more bored stop sleeves. A flanged end stop includes a spacer portion and through b... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5300973 | Track image registration system A slide track, pin registration system for registering photosensitive media to light exposure equipment. The system includes one or more slide tracks and each of which contain media registration pins. The slide tracks are orthogonally mounted within groov... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5288265 | Folding gambrel support A hinged gambrel support which folds and latches for storage. Each of a pair of support arms include one or more gambrel retainer projections, mating latch surfaces and tie off apertures. A bored axle at one arm mates with and is retained to the other arm... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5285914 | Above-grade storage vault Liquid containment apparatus comprising a metal storage tank mounted within a liquid impermeable, cast concrete vault. An open-topped, reinforced cast concrete vault base includes an internal thermal liner, liquid impermeable membrane, vault seal, tank cr... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5285742 | Sail powered vehicle A wind powered vehicle including an operator platform having tilting and stationary sections coupled together via a plurality of hanger bearings and a longitudinal pivot axle. The platform section tilts with foot pressure applied at a stirrup to direct a ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5273649 | Personal water purification systems Low volume, personal water purification systems including cartridges containing multi-valent iodine resins, granulated active carbons, and porous separation and filtration means. In one assembly, a first section of a multi-sectioned cartridge includes an ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5259500 | Tape packaging system with removeable covers A micro-component feeder assembly supporting small, odd lot or odd shaped components and subassemblies from a sprocket driven tape carrier including seriatim, annular housings having removable covers and component pallets. The housing walls include resili... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5258743 | Piezoelectric motion sensor A piezoelectric resilient arm contacts a projected object and establishes a reference relative to sensitivity means and differential detector means including feedback coupled amplifier means which operates in cooperation with a balanced square wave genera... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5257795 | Skate braking system A braking system for in-line skates including a spring biased, pivotally mounted skid pad and wheel pad. The system includes a bracket which mounted to a wheel track and to which a pad support arm is pivotally mounted. A flanged skid pad and flanged wheel... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5255698 | Collapsible tent frame An internally mounted, collapsible tent support framework including a plurality of length adjustable support sections. Inverted V-shaped end supports slip couple to a telescoping ridge pole assembly which includes a telescoping vertical T-support and over... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255052 | Image control board An imaging support assembly for precise and repeatable alignment and registration of plural, planar workpieces having a plurality of projecting registration pin assemblies. The workpieces contain holes where projecting pins of the registration pin assembl... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5251395 | Printed elastomer fishing lure dressing Durable, colorfast elastomer fishing lure dressings and lures including same wherein silicone based colorants are printed onto the dressing material. In a preferred construction, a planar, elastomer substrate is printed on desired upper and lower surfaces... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5226875 | Athletic footwear with integral ankle support Athletic footwear including a pair of resilient ankle braces which are supported to the sole, inner lining and a separately bound calf support collar of an athletic shoe. The braces are configured of a deformable polymer and include apertures shaped to ac... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5224569 | Boat lift with articulating arm A boat support framework including an elevating cradle supported between a plurality of cable and pulley containing lift towers via a plurality of roller bearings in engagement therewith. A cable take up axle includes separate cable drums and cables to ea... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5223801 | Crystal oscillator and transmitter operating at the third harmonic of the fifth overtone of a crystal An improved short distance, battery powered, amplitude modulated RF transmitter for transmitting encoded security data. An oscillator stage provides a control crystal and filter which are feedback coupled between the emitter and base of a transistor to os... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5216980 | Hydrating cat litter and litter additive A hydrating additive and improved cat litter including same which solidifies upon contact with liquids to encapsulate pet waste matter. The litter comprises a mixture of granulated clay particles, finely ground wheat based particulates and a fragrance car... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5205039 | Method for registering multiple printing plates A method for aligning multiple printing plates on a single piece of printing plate stock, whereby all plates register to one another and one or more printing press cylinders. The method includes the steps of (1) punching image and cylinder registration in... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5197735 | Game piece randomizer Apparatus for randomly manipulating and distributing one or a plurality of game pieces such as dice, marbles, coins or the like. In one construction, the game piece is contained within a closed housing having a plurality of apertures formed through side a... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5172703 | Torsion control harness A soft-tissue correctional aide supported at the hips and shoulders and including a plurality of resilient straps which mount to shoes or other anchoring appliances containing mating fasteners. The straps are trainable about the hips and legs to the ancho... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5171507 | Method for casting a resilient bulkhead gasket An annular, elastomer bulkhead gasket for sealing pipe fittings at concreate structures. A tubular body portion includes an annular casting flange having a three-quarter radiused peripheral edge which radially projects from an outer surface. A half radius... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5166698 | Electromagnetic antenna collimator A dielectric inset mountable within a conical horn antenna for focusing an impinging electromagnetic wave front as a planar wave front at an attached wave guide. In one construction a homogeneous inset having an ellipsoidal forward surface and conical aft... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5133146 | Blade fishing lure A molded, lead bodied fishing lure including a relatively large surfaced, concave blade portion. In various constructions, the lure comprises a stamped metal blade insert which supports multiple hooks and includes multiple hook and line receiving mounting... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5132518 | Apparatus for warming cold medical diagnostic instruments such as stethoscopes An apparatus for warming medical instruments, such as a stethoscope, includes a wall mountable, multi-walled, vented housing having a front access opening closed by a hinged translucent panel and an open bottom. A reflective, flexible metal liner having a... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5126044 | Iodine resin/carbon water purification system Water treatment apparatus including an iodine resin purification bed suppported in a walled structure and mounted upstream of an active carbon filtration bed. In one disposable cartridge construction, a replacable, toroidal sediment filter surrounds the p... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5100445 | Air register filter/cover A disposable filter for heating and ventilating registers wherein a supporting framework includes apertures with removable cover portions which permit selective air flow, means for securing the framework to the register or adjacent structural members and ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5070636 | Gun sighting device A weapon sighting assembly including a longitudinally extending frame which is rotatively secured under tension about a shock plate means which couples the assembly to a grounded support. A resiliently supported barrel rest is adjustably mounted along the... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5067749 | Method and apparatus for obtaining and recording fingerprint indicia A method and apparatus for recording prints of digital extremities, and the like, utilizes a transparent print indicia recording medium to record images corresponding to the digits of an individual wherein the record, thus obtained, on the adhesive coated... | 11/26/1991 |
