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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213725 | Combination dispenser and frame A dispenser for dispensing materials is provided including a container for holding the material to be dispensed, a plurality of frame portions for holding decorative items, locking apparatus for locking the frame portions to the container, and a dispensing means for... | 05/08/2007 |
| D568102 | Set of nesting bowls | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356420 | Analyzing system for the detection of reducing and oxidizing gases in a carrier gas with a metal-oxide-semiconductor sensor arrangement Analyzing system for the detection of reducing and oxidizing gases in a carrier gas, wherein the detection means are sensors based on semiconductor-type metal oxides that work in the absence of oxygen. The system includes means for connecting to a chamber which cont... | 04/08/2008 |
| D564820 | Locking wallpaper border basket display | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347079 | Wheel reconditioning device WHEEL RECONDITIONING DEVICE, composed of a base (1), from whose upper facing extends a vertical, rear column (2), from which extend forward one upper cross brace (3) and one intermediate cross brace (4), the latter equipped with axles ( | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331449 | Combined contact lens case and solution storage device Storage device for storing contact lenses and contact lens solution including a case defining a reservoir for contact lens solution and a pair of contact lens retaining compartments for retaining contact lenses. The case includes a mechanism for causing a stream of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318883 | Equipment and method in a paper or board machine for mixing of fresh stock and of water for dilution of fresh stock The invention concerns an equipment and a method in a paper or board machine for mixing fresh stock (M) with water (V) used for dilution of the fresh stock. At the point of mixing (K) of the dilution water (V) and the fresh stock (M) passed from the pipe (13)... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7291115 | Spirometer and method to measure the ventilatory function by spirometry The function of the multispirometer and procedure to measure the ventilatory function by spirometry is to know how a person exhales or expels air with the objective to study and monitor the functioning of his/her lungs and many pathologies. By means of this method, ... | 11/06/2007 |
| D552894 | Slat wall panel | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279581 | Process for preparing a pharmaceutically active compound In particular, rizatriptan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which includes a) Preparation of the diazonium salt of aniline hydrochloride (II); followed by reduction and acidification to give the hydrazine (III); b) reaction in situ of the hydrazine hyd... | 10/09/2007 |
| D551714 | Greeting card holder | 09/25/2007 |
| D551470 | Slat wall panel | 09/25/2007 |
| D548964 | Bag | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258265 | Point of purchase display carton A display carton including a corrugated board assembly having an initial flat unassembled state and an assembled state and a clear front wall having an initial flat unassembled state and an assembled state. The corrugated board assembly is structured and arranged in... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258696 | Apparatus for delivering, repositioning and/or retrieving self-expanding stents Apparatus for delivering and deploying a stent formed of a shape memory alloy to a desired position in a tubular area of the body, and/or for repositioning and/or retrieving a stent formed of a two-way shape memory alloy. An arrangement is provided by which the temp... | 08/21/2007 |
| D548965 | Bag | 08/21/2007 |
| D548966 | Bag | 08/21/2007 |
| D548963 | Bag | 08/21/2007 |
| D548462 | Computer case | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255394 | Lumbar support, cushion for seat, and seat structure In order to provide a lumbar support which conforms to the curve of the spinal column so as not to give a feeling of incompatibility or other unpleasant feeling, and is easily adjusted to meet a user's preference, a lumbar support 10 of the present invention ... | 08/14/2007 |
| D548455 | Back pack | 08/14/2007 |
| D547919 | Shopping cart | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250029 | Human condition evaluation system, computer program, and computer-readable record medium A human condition evaluation system, of which bio-signal analysis means includes a bio-signal peak value detection means for detecting a peak value for each cycle of an original waveform of a bio-signal data, and a power value calculation means for calculating a dif... | 07/31/2007 |
| D547132 | Meat knife | 07/24/2007 |
| D546238 | Christmas tree tin | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228949 | Linear damper Linear dampers are capable of offering an expected damping force without the use of oil or gas. A casing body 10 has a cylindrical portion 14 and a damping groove 15 continuing with each other and axially extending. The side face of the damping ... | 06/12/2007 |
| D543784 | Glassware | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225720 | Radial piston hydraulic motor and method in the control of a radial piston hydraulic motor The invention relates to a radial piston hydraulic motor (100) and to a method in the control of a radial piston hydraulic motor. The radial piston hydraulic motor (100) includes a free rotation valve (50) which is built inside it and includes a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219923 | Device for determining kind of load on seat, seat, and bio-signal detector There is provided a bio-signal detector to detect a heart rate and a respiratory rate so that the determination of a kind of a seat load placed on a seat can be made. That is, whether the seat load is a human or an object is determined, and if it is the human, then ... | 05/22/2007 |
| D542607 | Pair of tongs | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213001 | Business method for acquisition of debtor real-estate and restructuring of debt A method for restructuring the debt of a debtor who has an interest in a distressed property by a third party including the steps of comparing a present appraised value of the property to a total cost for purchasing the property from the debtor by the third party, s... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212616 | System for adapting a conventional telephone line to a data and voice transmission local network The system includes a device (1) for detecting hung up/picked up line, which provides a signal showing whether the line is open or closed, a device (2) for closing or opening the line (7), which provides the data to be transmitted, a device (... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212611 | Method and apparatus for limiting a ray beam The invention concerns a method and apparatus for limiting a ray beam, especially in connection with an x-ray imaging equipment. The invention comprises a collimator construction in which a primary blade element (4) is moved directly by means of an actuator (... | 05/01/2007 |
| D541454 | Lantern | 04/24/2007 |
| D541179 | Combined wrist watch, wrist computer and diving computer | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209543 | Automatic exposure method and automatic exposure system The present invention relates to automatic exposure control implemented in imaging by electromagnetic radiation, in particular to automatic exposure control in film-based mammography, which is based on a completely new approach as compared with the solutions current... | 04/24/2007 |
| D540506 | Food casing | 04/17/2007 |
| D540817 | MP3 cross | 04/17/2007 |
| D538006 | Food casing | 03/13/2007 |
