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One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181272 | Disposable, contoured paper like device to absorb liquid and small solid material from oral discharge A method and apparatus for an environmentally-friendly disposable product and method that permits a caretaker to easily deploy and accurately position the product with confidence that the product is hygienic, effective in efficiently protecting the caretaker's cloth... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8126234 | Automated patient-specific bone-implant biomechanical analysis An apparatus, method, and computer program product for providing information for surgical planning based on automated biomechanical analysis of a bone-implant system using finite element analysis of a patient's 3D medical image, including automated biomechanical ana... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123585 | Gyroscopic toy A method, system and apparatus for a solution that safely enables a person to safely operate a body-engaging gyroscopic toy. A gyroscopic toy includes a gyroscopic disk body; an elongated central axle rod extending from both sides of the disk body, the axle rod defi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123527 | Active learning device and method An activity device including an activity sensor generating an activity interaction signal responsive to a sustained large-muscle physical activity of a user operating the activity device; a controller, coupled to the activity monitor, generating a virtual environmen... | 02/28/2012 |
| D653722 | Combined golf club cleaning device with extendable and retractable clip | 02/07/2012 |
| 8076016 | Common mode voltage enumeration in a battery pack An apparatus and method for these embodiments of the present invention, useful in manufacturing for example, includes a plurality of battery modules serially intercoupled together, each module including a housing with an anode connector and a cathode connector, each... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057630 | Selective cure of adhesive in modular assemblies Methods and systems for decreasing costs (expense, mass, and/or cure time) associated with use of adhesives when assembling modularized components, particularly for assemblies having many elements such as for example battery modules used in electric vehicles. The me... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052503 | Toy wheeled vehicle including launching system An amusement system and method for a new toy vehicle that provides speed and unexpected actions, at least in the context of the toy vehicle paradigm. An apparatus includes a wheeled toy vehicle having a motive system coupled to a chassis wherein the chassis includes... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047936 | Electronic throw-and-catch game An electronic catch-and-throw game is disclosed that requires physical skill, logical thought, and advancing complexity in order to challenge players of all skill levels and hold their interest. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047113 | Guide for hand-held power tool An apparatus and method for a solution that permits a carpenter to make exact, on-the-spot time-efficient cross-cuts of their boards while holding the board in one-hand and the circular saw in the other hand. A cross-out apparatus includes a guide system including a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7988519 | Apparatus, method, and computer program product for toy vehicle An apparatus, method, and computer program product for an interactive toy vehicle that provides new structures and combinations of features for enhancing education and amusement, particularly for an improved small-scale vehicle toy that produces feedback (e.g., soun... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7969280 | Biometric universal security remote An apparatus and method for a universal wireless security device that provides multiple access control functions in one device without subjecting an owner to increased risk arising from unauthorized use. Authorization is established via one or more biometric charact... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7901214 | Portable drawing system A drawing system including a portable storage housing; a drawing surface, moveably coupled to the portable storage housing by a biasing subsystem, the drawing surface including a storage mode and a deployed mode wherein the storage mode provides the drawing surface ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899219 | Biometric cabinet lock A biometric locking system, including a biometric validation module for receiving a biometric profile and asserting a control signal responsive to a biometric evaluation of the biometric profile; an outer cylindrical housing; an inner housing, telescopingly coupled ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895719 | Locking snap buckle The security buckle includes a first body member having one or more walls defining a receiving cavity and one or more mating slots; and a second body member adapted to engage the receiving cavity, the second body member including one or more latching tabs for engagi... | 03/01/2011 |
| D630487 | Automotive service tool | 01/11/2011 |
| 7798452 | Multiuse device mounting system and method A multiuse platform and system having a flexible shape-retaining shaft for engaging, holding and pointing devices (e.g., imaging devices like cameras or video recorders). It includes a respositionable mounting system having a flexible assembly having a first end and... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7753375 | Amusement ball receiving and return An amusement system including a housing having a receiving aperture at a top surface and an ejecting aperture at a front surface and further including a channel connecting the receiving aperture to the ejecting aperture; a motorized rotatable flywheel mounted inside... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7727088 | Sliding impulse device A structure motivated by an impulse to slide over a surface, including: an impulse-receiving portion for receiving the impulse, the impulse-receiving portion defining a section of a generally semi-hemispherical structure and produced from a foam material patterned t... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7697773 | System, method and computer program product for image compression/decompression Disclosed is an apparatus, method, and computer program product for an image compression/decompression. The method for compressing a data structure having a first plurality of sets of image elements with one or more predetermined relationships among the image elemen... | 04/13/2010 |
| D612615 | Ring brush | 03/30/2010 |
| 7643660 | System, method and computer program product for fingerprint verification A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium carrying program instructions for verifying a fingerprint when executed using a computing system, the executed program instructions executing a method, the method: producing a test image of a fingerpri... | 01/05/2010 |
| D602697 | Upright brush | 10/27/2009 |
| 7575335 | Switching illuminating nail clippers An apparatus and method for improving local illumination of a nail-cutting implement, such as clippers for human or animal nails. The apparatus includes a first plate terminating at one end in a first angled cutting edge; a second plate, coupled to and biased away f... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7545634 | Notebook computer folding ergonomic pad A system, apparatus, and method for portable computing systems that simply and efficiently addresses poor ergonomics, heat buildup, and/or electromagnetic radiation, most preferably in one integrated solution. The apparatus includes a unitary blank of a substantiall... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7512256 | System, method, and computer program product for ridge map formation Disclosed is an apparatus, method, and computer program product for ridge map formation. The method for processing an image data structure to extract a feature defined by a plurality of contiguous data elements includes identifying a set of candidate image feature p... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7393150 | Apparatus and method for pad printing The present invention includes apparatus and method for image transfer onto one of a plurality of a pad medium pages while the pages are aggregated together. A preferred embodiment for a printer includes a housing; a print engine, within the housing, for transferrin... | 07/01/2008 |
| D567602 | Snowball former and launcher | 04/29/2008 |
| 7339754 | Switching illuminating tweezers with magnifier An apparatus and method for improving local illumination by a personal care implement, such as tweezers, tongs, pinchers and the like. The apparatus includes a first arm terminating at one end in a first gripping edge; a second arm, coupled to and biased away from s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7254287 | Apparatus, method, and computer program product for transverse waveguided display system An apparatus and method for a switch for a radiation signal, the switch including a first waveguiding channel having a guiding region and one or more bounding regions coupled to the guiding region, the first waveguiding channel including a first lateral guiding port... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246805 | Apparatus and method for convertible cargo carrier A convertible cargo carrier for offering a traveler the advantages of both pulling and pushing systems for use in conveying objects during their travels. The apparatus includes a cargo platform having a base, and a back coupled to the base; a motive structure couple... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7224854 | System, method, and computer program product for structured waveguide including polarizer region An apparatus, method, computer program product, and propagated signal for a transport. The transport including: a waveguide including a guiding region and one or more bounding regions for enhancing containment of transmitted radiation within the guiding region, the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7083417 | Symbolic vocabulary development and use A system and method is disclosed for improving intra- and inter-cultural communications by having people of one or more cultures develop and build a symbolic vocabulary of what is salient in their work and their lives. Through successive stages of formations that se... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6006557 | Computer physical security device An apparatus which inhibits the theft of equipment such as personal computers is disclosed. The equipment typically includes an external wall provided with a specially designed, approximately rectangular slot having preselected dimensions. An attachment m... | 12/28/1999 |
