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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6485045 | Combination fifth wheel and gooseneck hitch A combination hitch for allowing a towed vehicle to be fastened to a tow vehicle. The combination hitch includes a base for being attached to the bed of the tow vehicle, the base including a ball hitch member located substantially over the centerline of t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 5775513 | Golf club holder A golf club holder holds and organizes a plurality of golf clubs within a golf bag. The holder includes a floor portion having a first plurality of holes therethrough, with each hole being sized for receipt of a shaft of a golf club therethrough, and the ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5728128 | Femoral neck anteversion guide A femoral neck anteversion guide for use with a femur having a prepared intramedullary canal. The guide includes a radiolucent stem having a distal end for inserting into the prepared intramedullary canal; and a radiopaque angle locator wire embedded with... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5622028 | Pharmaceutical unit dose package sealing apparatus and method A method and apparatus for cold sealing a pharmaceutical unit dose package of pills while the package is seated upon a resilient sealing tray. The unit dose package has a plurality of blisters for holding the pills. The sealing tray has a plurality of out... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5531085 | Die lubricant applicator A die lubricant applicator for spraying lubricant from a pressurized source of lubricant through a plurality of injector nozzles onto a die press. Associated with each injector nozzle is a solenoid-operated valve for selectively gating the flow of the lub... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5528846 | Apparatus for helping to hold a device steady as the device is pointed at a target An apparatus for allowing a user to hold a device, such as a gun, steady while pointing that device at a target. The apparatus includes a base; attachment structure for attaching the base firmly against a portion of the user's body; and a rod attached to ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529452 | Gantry crane An improved gantry crane that has a control cab mounted for vertical up and down movement substantially parallel with respect to the upstanding columns of the crane between a lowermost position adjacent the ground and infinite positions within a fixed ran... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5520692 | Adjustable depth patella recessing guide and method An adjustable depth patella recessing guide and method for guiding a cutting tool to recess the posterior surface of a patella. The guide includes a body having a first end for engaging the posterior surface of the patella, having a second end, and having... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5518233 | Anchor for a basketball goal An anchor for anchoring the post of a basketball goal to a container. The anchor includes a portion of a vehicle tire that has been modified so that the tire has been severed transversely to provide a pair of ends and a major portion of the sidewalls of t... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5514136 | Surgical instrument for driving and rotating a long bone prosthesis A surgical instrument for driving and rotating a prosthesis of the type having a stem for implanting into a bone, and a neck extending from the stem. The surgical instrument includes a shaft having a first end for engaging the prosthesis, having a second ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5511655 | Module cover A cover for protecting at least a portion of a compressed module of fibrous material from wind, rain, etc. The cover includes a cap; a first hanger member secured to a first side wall member of the cap at a point slightly below a top member of the cap; a ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509935 | Intramedullary implant with optimized geometric stiffness An intramedullary implant including an elongated body, a first groove in the body for varying the geometric stiffness of the body; and a second groove in the body for varying the geometric stiffness of the body. The first and second groove have varying cr... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5501029 | Fishing reel cover A fishing reel cover for covering a fishing reel including a first side member, a second side member, and a rotatable spool extending between the first and second side members with each of the first and second side members having an outer perimeter wall. ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5497713 | Garden seeder A garden seeder having a seed hopper atop an elongated barrel, a seed dispenser for dispensing a metered volume of seeds from the hopper into the barrel, a resting plate secured transversely to the bottom of the barrel for resting placement upon the groun... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5484443 | Instrument for inserting a protective sleeve into the medullary canal of a bone In accordance with the present invention, an instrument for surgically implanting a grommet for a flexible small bone joint replacement prostheses, such as a finger joint, is provided. The instrument includes a handle having a central axis with opposed pr... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5456323 | Agricultural sweep and method of manufacture An agricultural sweep for being attached to a tractor for pulling the agricultural sweep across the ground. The agricultural sweep incudes a ground engaging portion having a cutting edge for cutting through the ground as the sweep is pulled across the gro... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5438311 | Anti-carjacking device triggered by a switch in the seat belt latch An anti-carjacking circuit for disabling a motor vehicle after the driver of the vehicle has been unwillingly forced to exit the vehicle. The circuit includes: a sensor for sensing the exit of the driver, as by detecting the opening of the seat belt or, a... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5433845 | Flow control bypass basin apparatus In combination, a flow control bypass basin for receiving rainfall runoff water from a surface, an immiscible liquids separator downstream of the bypass basin, and a drain. The bypass basin passes the initial, dirty and oily, portion of the rainfall runof... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5431656 | Intramedullary instrumentation to position means for preparing a tibial plateau with a posterior slope Instrumentation for positioning a cut guide to cut a posterior slope in the tibial plateau surface of a tibia. The instrumentation includes an intramedullary alignment guide for engaging the tibia, and a rotational alignment guide for providing a guide fo... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5422928 | Apparatus for mounting a backboard to a gurney An apparatus for use in combination with a gurney, an X-ray transparent backboard and an X-ray cassette for allowing the backboard to be coupled to the gurney and for allowing the X-ray cassette to be coupled to the backboard. The apparatus includes an el... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5420404 | Apparatus and continuous process for drying of dielectric materials An apparatus and method for drying, by heating, a continuous supply of dielectric material. A terminated, quarter-wavelength transmission line is used as a "traveling wave" applicator for transferring electromagnetic energy from a radio-frequency generato... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5408782 | Tree skirt A tree skirt for use by a hunter to wrap around a tree trunk. The tree skirt includes a reversible sheet of quilted insulating material having differing camouflage patterns on either exposed side, a reversible zipper to bind opposite sides of the sheet to... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5405395 | Modular femoral implant A modular prosthetic femoral component for implantation upon the distal articular portion of a surgically prepared femur for articulating with an implanted complementary tibial component. A condylar component includes medial and lateral condyles, with an ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5392796 | Apparatus for flushing an automatic transmission cooling system A method and apparatus for flushing an automatic transmission cooling system. A sealed pressurized canister having an outlet and no inlet and a biodegradable soap solution thereinside is coupled to the cooling system, and a valve releases the soap within ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5386905 | Cotton module cover A cover for protecting at least a portion of a cotton module from wind, rain, etc. The cover includes a cap for covering the top of a cotton module. The cap may be formed by a top member, side wall members attached to the top member and depending downward... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5385613 | Method for flushing an automatic transmission cooling system A method and apparatus for flushing an automatic transmission cooling system. A sealed pressurized canister having an outlet and no inlet and a biodegradable soap solution thereinside is coupled to the cooling system, and a valve releases the soap within ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5380332 | System and method for profiling an anatomic patella A system for profiling an anatomic patella includes a grinding tool having a handle portion and a grinding surface operatively connected thereto. The grinding surface is a concave dome shape for forming a dome shaped surface on an anatomic patella. A guid... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5380053 | Intumescent fire door lock mechanism A lock mechanism including a latch assembly for being attached to a movable door member and for movement between an extended position in which the movable door member is locked in a closed position and a retracted position in which the movable door member... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5374022 | Tilting mechanism for marine boat seating A marine boat seating tilting mechanism including an upper plate for being attached to the bottom of the seat portion of a marine boat seating; a lower plate for being attached to the top of a support member of the marine boat seating; pivot structure for... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5370435 | Container handling apparatus A container handling apparatus for lifting a container by first and second apertures in opposite sides thereof, comprising: a frame having first and second sides; first and second reciprocating beams mounted to the frame for inward and outward movement wi... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5369824 | Maternity mattress A reversible mattress for use by a pregnant woman. The mattress includes a planar first face having a cavity therein for accommodating the abdomen of the pregnant woman when the mattress is positioned with the first face facing upward and the pregnant wom... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5367930 | Cutting apparatus for paper butt roll recycling A cutting apparatus for removing remnant paper from a paper butt roll. A beam-mounted saw rocks toward and away from the butt roll and cuts remnant paper from the roll's core. An arm-mounted wheel senses the thickness of remnant paper on the roll, and cau... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5365837 | Apparatus for packing material in an open top container An apparatus for packing material in an open top container. The first ends of first and second arm members are pivotally attached to a support member. The opposite ends of a link member are pivotally attached, respectively, to the first and second arm mem... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5361849 | Hand tool for use with a water supply A hand tool for use with a water supply to allow easy cultivation and watering of gardens and the like. One end of a hollow, tubular handle is attached to a valve which, in turn, is coupled to the water supply for allowing the user of the hand tool to cau... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5361561 | Apparatus for and method of rolling a cover over the top of a module An apparatus and method for use with a cotton module builder to roll a cotton module cover over the top of a cotton module while the cotton module is within the cotton module builder or as the cotton module builder is being moved from the cotton module. T... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5358768 | Mat for the floor of a vehicle A two-piece mat for the floor of a vehicle. The mat includes a lower mat structure for placement on the floor of a vehicle; an upper mat structure for placement over the upper surface of the lower mat structure; and attachment structure for removably atta... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5342363 | Medical instrument and procedure A medical instrument and procedure mills a groove at a precise angle and location in a partially formed bone canal that has been drilled and reamed to provide a frustoconical seat for a prosthesis stem that has a conical proximal region. The groove finish... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5339767 | Automatic bird feeder A bird feeder including a pipe having a hollow interior for holding a supply of bird feed. The lower end of the pipe is embedded in the ground. The upper end of the pipe is opened. A coil spring is positioned within the pipe. Support structure is provided... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5340082 | Portable surface lift for a vehicle A portable surface lift for a vehicle and a pair of manually retractable wheels respectively attached to a mid-portion of opposite sides of the lift for rolling the lift over a garage floor surface when the vehicle is not lifted on the lift. The lift has ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5333747 | Method and apparatus for securing a draw band to a drum A tamper proof draw band bolt apparatus and method including a bolt for extending through the apertures in the first and second lugs of a draw band, the bolt including a shaft having a first end and a second end, the shaft of the bolt having a threaded po... | 08/02/1994 |
