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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6981335 | Diesel fuel gauge The diesel fuel gauge is used for determining the level of diesel fuel in a diesel fuel tank. The gauge is in the form of an elongated member formed of white plastic material with spaced apart marks and numbers formed on one side of a gauge portion with a handle ext... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6968969 | Meter box lid with snap fit passage The lid is used to cover a utility box which houses a meter such as a water meter. The lid is compression molded from a plastic material such as medium density polyethylene, and has a planar upper surface and a planar lower surface. In one embodiment, a plurality of... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6877621 | Storage cover apparatus The apparatus includes a frame having a base and two guide posts coupled to opposite ends of the base forming a U-shaped member. The base may be attached to a stock shelf with the U-shaped frame located on the front portion of the shelf. Moveably coupled to the guid... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6851567 | Meter box lid and holder The meter box lid has an opening extending between its top and bottom sides with a door movable to an open or closed position. Also provided is a U-shaped shelf or holder which can be removably coupled to the bottom side of the lid for forming a cavity below the bot... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6804916 | Window and door sealing system and process A system and process for sealing exterior windows and doors of a building. For sealing a window, four slots are formed in the building wall spaced from the window. Four panels of material are obtained each having an elongated planar portion with two spaced apart edg... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6777652 | Programmable oven with broiler temperature interlock The oven includes a lower electrical heating element which is located below a support member. Two laterally spaced apart upper electrical heating elements are supported above the support member and the food to be cooked. An electrical system is provided for supplyin... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6758459 | Weed puller The weed puller comprises foot block molded out of plastic material with tines molded into a forward end and with an aperture formed in its upper surface for receiving a handle. In the embodiment disclosed, the foot block comprises two opposite facing sides and six ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6758218 | Head apparatus and assistant device for the treatment of BPPV The apparatus includes a fluid suspended, inner member, which has printed upon it a series of position bull's eyes, which are connected by a path printed on the inner member. The inner member is contained within a transparent, watertight outer housing, which has a s... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748939 | Grill and outdoor fireplace A support frame with legs is provided for supporting a chamber member with walls that taper inward from its upper end to an ash removal opening and a middle member forming a heating cavity. The upper end of the middle is adapted to support an upper member with walls... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6732555 | Lock for a meter box lid A securing mechanism is provided which can be attached to a conventional meter box lid which does not require the lid to be redesigned. The securing mechanism comprises a holding member attached to the latch on the underside of the lid. A threaded aperture is formed... | 05/11/2004 |
| D489161 | Pork chop shaped dog treat | 05/04/2004 |
| 6708513 | CO2-module for cooling and heating The invention pertains to a climate control system for a motor vehicle (58) which comprises a compressor (14) and a corresponding compressor drive (16), an interior heat exchanger (18), an exterior heat exchanger (36), an expansion... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6702046 | Drill device for a drilling apparatus The drill device has a body with a front end and a rear end and which is connectable to the shaft of a drilling apparatus. A plurality of angularly spaced apart slots are formed in the exterior of the device which extend between the front and rear ends. E... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6683262 | Apparatus for moving baggage to a conveyor The system comprises a lower frame, an upper frame coupled to the lower frame, and wheels coupled to the lower frame for engagement with a base for supporting the upper and lower frames and for moving the two frames. A conveyor belt is supported by the up... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6681427 | Apparatus for imparting continuous motion to a mattress The apparatus includes an elastic layer for supporting a person. A plurality of rows of expandable and retractable tubes are embedded in the elastic layer. A source of compressed air and a control system are provided for sequentially injecting and releasi... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6658685 | Airport bridge and lift A lift is coupled to the outer cab of a telescoping bridge. The lift has a carriage that can be moved by a cable and a motor upward or downward and which includes a platform that has sensing means for controlling the motor for stopping downward movement o... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6568949 | Quick access device for coupler The invention is directed to apparatus for making an accessible connection between a cable and a coupler, wherein electrical wires extend between the cable and the coupler. A removable stop is provided which is adapted to engage the cable and the coupler ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6407348 | Baggage bridge apparatus The apparatus is employed for moving baggage from a scale to a conveyor system. A support member with upper rollers is supported on the scale. Also provided is a bridge base and a bridge having one end pivotally coupled to the forward end of the bridge ba... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6085544 | Compression refrigeration unit The compression refrigeration unit includes a compressor, a gas refrigeration unit, an expansion apparatus, and an evaporator, which are connected to one another in a circulation system, which contains a coolant, characterized in that the degree of fillin... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5961175 | Vehicle canopy The canopy has a front and rear frame coupled to a top frame such that the lower edges of the front and rear frames are forward and rearward respectively of the top frame. The front frame has an upper window pane coupled thereto and a lower window pane ha... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5950980 | Pad for air conditioner compressor The pad of the invention has a first set of spaced apart side members and a second set of spaced apart side members with the ends of adjacent members coupled together to form an opening between the four side members. Preferably the side members are formed... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5890441 | Horizontal and vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle A semiautonomously directed, autonomously controlled, gyroscopically stabilized, horizontal or vertical take off and landing (HOVTOL) flying apparatus employing two vertical lift devices equally and longitudinally spaced from the center of gravity of the ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5881819 | Fire extinguisher The fire extinguisher includes a container filled with a fire extinguishing liquid and having a normally closed main outlet and support structure extending through an opening of the container wall. A compressed gas cartridge located in the container is su... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5816476 | Dual frequency power supply and transducer The power supply may be operated during a given cycle sequentially to produce high and low frequency drive signals for operating an ultrasonic transducer for sequentially producing an ultrasonic output at the two frequencies to carry out bonding operation... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5806789 | Optical apparatus for an aircraft A fairing for an aircraft is provided, having a roll axis with a turret coupled to the front end of the fairing for rotation about the roll axis. An opening is formed through the front end of the turret in which a tracking member is supported for rotation... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5775417 | Coiled tubing handling apparatus The coiled tubing handling apparatus includes a base and a frame. First and second pairs of plate members are coupled to the frame. A drive sprocket and an idler sprocket are coupled to the first pair of plate members for supporting a first continuous gri... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5759343 | Taping gun mud pump apparatus A container is provided for holding taping mud. A progressive cavity rotary drive pump is located in the container and secured to the bottom of the container. The pump has an inlet in the container and an outlet. An outlet member is secured to the pump ou... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5743689 | Automobile loading wedge and method Two light weight, movable ramp members having upper depressions are provided for supporting a pair of wheels of a motor vehicle in an elevated position in a transport container. The two ramp members are spaced apart with two spacers to hold them against t... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5741066 | Helical ribbon mixer The mixer has a chamber with a shaft supported for rotation along an axis along the length of the chamber. Two sets of outer ribbon members are coupled to the shaft such that the two set of outer ribbon members are located about 180 degrees apart and exte... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5717397 | Low observable shape conversion for aircraft weaponry An apparatus for encapsulating a warhead or bomb for the purpose of reducing the weapon's radar cross-section, including a hollow jacket and a hollow tail section. The warhead is inserted into the specially-shaped jacket and into at least part of the tail... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5689844 | Pillow This invention relates to an improved pillow having a multiple layer configuration. The pillow comprises an inner core, an intermediate layer and a surface layer. The inner core is integrally formed by three different materials each of which them has diff... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5681225 | Golf club swing training apparatus The apparatus includes an annular member having a pivotal member pivotally coupled to the annular member to which an elongated elastic member may be attached with the other end of the elastic member attached to a fixed object. Two clamp members are provid... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5679246 | Spill containment system The containment system provides a simple but automatic closure device that requires minimum and low cost maintenance. Storm water can pass through the drains and does not require manual pumping like the prior art systems. Small mounts of contaminants will... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5673679 | Paint ball gun feed tube The feed tube for the gun has an inlet with an outlet transverse to the inlet and which is adapted to be coupled to the ball inlet of the gun barrel. The feed robe wall opposite the outlet effectively is closed. The feed tube also has a gas outlet in the ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5665973 | Penetrant transparent comparator A plurality of transparent members are provided each of which has an elongated flat portion with a tip portion at one end forming an obtuse angle relative to the elongated flat portion with the tip portion having a narrowed end, and a spot of material loc... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5630380 | Animal exercise apparatus A circular outer fence or barrier is secured to the ground. A circular inner fence or barrier is secured to the ground concentrically within the outer fence to form an annular pathway between the inner and outer fences. A central shaft is located within t... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5616012 | Ammonia pump The pump is formed by a body having a cavity with a piston chamber in which a piston is reciprocated. A rotatable crank shaft is provided to reciprocate the piston along inward and outward strokes to draw ammonia into the pump by way of an inlet and then ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5613448 | Nesting desk The desk has a top member and two pairs of legs with each pair of legs including a front leg and a rear leg with the front leg effectively having a height greater than that of the rear leg such that the front edge of the top member is higher than the rear... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5604196 | Nonflammable mild odor solvent cleaner with (m)ethyl lactate and propylene glycol propyl ether Disclosed are three organic solvent cleaning formulations. In one embodiment, the formulation is methyl or ethyl lactate and propylene glycol methyl ether. In another embodiment, the formulation is methyl or ethyl lactate and propylene glycol propyl ether... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5595330 | Power supply The power supply includes a voltage controlled oscillator, two potentiometers and a by-pass circuit coupled to the output of the voltage controlled oscillator. The two potentiometers form two channels, channel 1 and channel 2, one of which will be selecte... | 01/21/1997 |
