Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146219 | Portable renewable energy box system A small, easily transportable wind turbine system has a square rail base secured to the ground by stakes and by its own weight. Slanted vertical legs connect a smaller square upper support perimeter to the base. A three-section telescoping mast is attached to the ba... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7954520 | Portable sand bag hopper A highly portable sand bag hopper has the shape of a cabinet with the front open. The flat, solid top of the cabinet has a loading opening for loading sand into a lower cone. A horizontal sliding door located near the lower, smaller tapered end of the cone opens and... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7685945 | Dragstrip amusement ride A drag strip race amusement ride runs on a straight-line track and is propelled to high rates of acceleration over the 150-foot racetrack. The vehicle cab seats nine. Each racer has an individual acceleration pedal. Located on the front windshield and on each side w... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7673355 | Rapid multi-action rescue sled A flat, sturdy rescue board is shaped like a sled. The long edges of the board platform have wings for attaching handles or arm hooks to the platform. A rotatable handle is attached to each wing. Each handle can rotate ninety degrees only. The handles are normally p... | 03/09/2010 |
| D603476 | Amusement ride | 11/03/2009 |
| D594233 | Combined basting brush and bottle cap | 06/16/2009 |
| 7409809 | Automatic test tube decapping device An automatic decapping device for test tubes is capable of decapping 20 or more test tubes pre-loaded onto a round carousel. A small motor drives three offset cams. The first offset cam pushes a decap/eject arm over the cap of a tube. The cam and associated drive ar... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7388515 | Reversible highway sign warning lights After-market, detachable warning lights for a reversible highway sign are easily attachable to existing stop/slow highway signs currently in use in highway construction areas. Left and right light boxes are attached to opposite vertical edges of the sign with a pair... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7271677 | Inductive data and power link suitable for integration A system providing an inductive power and data link between an external transmitter and miniature internal receiver is presented. The system is suited to applications where the receiver must be of a small size and the system must consume very little power, such as a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7059743 | Rechargeable LED lighting and flashing apparatus A clear, hollow cylindrical tube having an internal circuit board with LED lights provides a lighting and flashing illumination device. The LED lights may either all be illuminated at once, or have certain LEDs with constant illumination while other LEDs may be plac... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6964442 | Log rocker A log rocker has a long lever arm with a back cylinder fulcrum at its bottom end. Also attached to the bottom end of the lever arm is a semi-circular, curved, pair of prongs and an upper, semi-circular shaped, pivoting surround arm. The surround arm has a spike at i... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6941739 | Quick attach mechanism for walk-behind mowers A quick attaching mechanism is provided for a walk-behind mower power unit. The walk-behind mower power unit deck has upper brackets attached to the front of the deck and lower holes drilled into the lower part of the vertical sides of the deck. The accessory unit d... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932021 | Dock swivel step A dock swivel step is attached to a dock pole by clamps. The swivel step has vertical outer and inner tubes. The vertical tube is clamped to the dock pole. An inner L shaped tube slides inside the outer tube. Attached to the horizontal part of the inner tube is an o... | 08/23/2005 |
| D507803 | Removable eye inserts | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910972 | Real-size simulated pneumatic drag strip ride A real-size simulated drag strip ride is presented which recreates the physical and visual sensations of a drag race. A pair of real-size dragsters are positioned along specified and controlled parallel linear tracks. The occupant is positioned inside the driver's c... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6861062 | Skin cream A skin cream is presented which reduces wrinkles upon topical application to the skin. The main ingredients of the composition include water and a xanthine based compound composition which is mixed together in a first vessel and a glycerin composition heated in a se... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6817516 | Ballot secrecy sleeve A ballot secrecy sleeve is presented which is used to cover a ballot once it has been marked by the voter. The secrecy sleeve has a top and a bottom and a narrow shoulder at one end as well as a slot for pushing the ballot once it has been inserted into the ballot s... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6745774 | Platform chair for sexual intercourse A platform chair for sexual intercourse includes front and rear legs connected to each other by cross braces. A horizontal flat supporting platform connects the legs and cross braces. The platform supports a cushioned surface. The cushioned surface is connected to t... | 06/08/2004 |
| D490179 | Rechargeable LED lighting unit | 05/18/2004 |
| 6669290 | Horizontal gliding chair A horizontal gliding chair has a flat seat and a seat back located at an angle of approximately 75 degrees to the seat back. Connected to the seat are four symmetrically placed brackets that are connected to four shoulders. The shoulders pivot slightly wi... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6669603 | Stationary exercise bicycle The invention is directed to a stationary bicycle which has load-providing components allowing for fine-tuned adjustment of the selected load. The load providing components are made of relatively simple mechanical components so as to increase the reliabil... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6640808 | Apparatus for sexual intercourse An apparatus for sexual intercourse includes two arcuate-shaped legs connected by a centrally located brace and another brace located near the head portion of the padded support. A padded support for a non-dominant sexual partner is located between the tw... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6612970 | Adjustable stationary exercise bicycle A new and unique highly adjustable stationary exercise bicycle for children or adolescents is presented incorporating a number of features specifically designed for youthful stationary bicycle users. The improvements over the prior art include infinitely ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6584725 | Fishing rod clips More than one clips are attached to the handle section of a divided fishing rod. The clips can be permanently attached to the fishing rod or can be snapped onto the rod. The upper part of the clip is horseshoe-shaped and spring loaded inwardly such that t... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6550725 | Adjustable fan stand An adjustable fan stand is presented. The fan stand has an essentially parallel-piped upper housing that would be slightly larger than the standard twenty-inch by six-inch box fan. The upper housing is supported by two legs which are also connected at the... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6544154 | Variable resistance abdominal bench A variable resistance abdominal bench is presented which has adjustable feet and handles. The adjustable feet and handles allow the bench to be adjusted to the size of the particular user of the equipment. The bench also has a torso part and a seat part. ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6535117 | Illumination device for safety triangle An improvement to the standard highway traffic warning triangles is presented which provides greater illumination and visibility for the traffic warning triangles. The new device includes an essentially flat frame having upper and lower sections. The lowe... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532599 | Athletic shorts with removable contoured pads A pair of athletic shorts with removable contoured pads is presented. The elastic shorts have thigh, hip and tailbone pockets permanently affixed to the main shell of the shorts. Each of the pockets has upper flaps, which are fastened to the lower portion... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6485636 | Dual filter for diesel engine A dual filter system for diesel fuel is provided, which allows the operator to keep the diesel engine running while inspecting or replacing one of the two fuel filters. The system includes an upper block which is divided into two identical mirror image se... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6405976 | Counter-rotation disc lift device A lift and propulsion device is presented which utilizes Bournelli's Principle and the principle of relative motion to create lift. A series of discs are arranged in coaxial alignment. Each successive disc rotates in a direction opposite from the directio... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6372069 | Product and method for used tires A method for utilizing discarded tires is disclosed which creates strong, durable, posts, beams, mats, blocks or other structures. Used tires are cut and flattened and the sidewalls are removed. The tread sections of the tires are cleaned. Vulcanizing com... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6344188 | Wrinkle reducing cream A wrinkle reducing cream is presented which reduces wrinkles upon topical application to the skin. The main ingredients of the composition include a water and caffeine composition which is mixed together in a first vessel and a glycerin composition heated... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6327949 | Motorized saw hand guard A safety device for a radial arm saw is presented. The device is readily attached to a radial arm saw by attaching it to the top of the table and the guide rail. The safety device has a three-sided, box-shaped handle part, which has a circular gripping ha... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6305389 | Mascara application guard A Mascara Application Guard made of a hypoallergenic material such as silicone is presented. It has an irregular shape, and is about 109 mm long and about 52 mm wide. The guard has different sized curvatures to fit the different size of eyes found in huma... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6273425 | Fun hunt yard game Fun hunt is a game with instructional clues written on colored sheets of paper in a sequence from 1 to 6, followed by a final clue and a prize sheet. Each player is given a single color at the beginning of the game. The instructional clues on each color l... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6205793 | Method and apparatus for recovering and transporting methane mine gas A method and apparatus for economically storing and transporting coal mine methane gas is presented. The apparatus utilizes converted propane tankers. Standard propane tankers are filled with activated carbon or commercial carbons with a high volumetric m... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206446 | ATV all-weather cab A cab enclosure for an ATV vehicle is presented. The cab enclosure is made of clear polycarbonate sheets. A lower main frame is rectangular and is bolted onto the front and rear luggage racks of an ATV vehicle. The cab has a clear top, sides, front windsh... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6120341 | Three sound chamber game call A unique three sound chamber game call is presented, which creates a wide variety of game calls and sounds utilized in detecting the location of game. The game call has a first sound chamber or mouthpiece barrel in which a vibrating reed is located. The c... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6061259 | Protected transformerless AC to DC power converter A protected, transformerless power converter for converting an AC mains power source to a low voltage DC power source is presented. The AC input voltage is rectified to supply pulsating DC voltage to a pass element resistor. An electronic switch located b... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6032376 | Pendulum line level A pendulum line level is presented which makes reading the level easier and which allows a workman to utilize a level that is calibrated in degrees. The level is essentially rectangular and has two rotating dials in the body of the level. These dials rota... | 03/07/2000 |
