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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7229560 | Sack-based processes for recovering oil floating on water One or more water- and oil-porous containers or sacks are made of a pair of mesh sheets affixed together and stiffened around their perimeter. The sacks can be partially filled with a multitude of tubular bodies made of an oil-entrapping polymer, which have their lo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7178179 | Anti-entrapment drain A drain for swimming pools, spas, whirlpool baths, etc., includes a plurality of first orifices in communication with corresponding serpentine passageways to minimize hair or a body part from covering and entering the first orifices to a degree sufficient to entrap ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7094338 | Method of making and using a filter in the form of a block of agglomerated copolymer fragments One of the exemplary filter systems described includes a bracket and a filter module that can be suspended from the bracket by a plurality of flexible supports. The bracket can support the filter system beneath the grate of a storm drain without the need for the fil... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7048878 | Process of forming oil-absorbent bodies A process for forming an oil-sorbent composition of matter with bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) utilizes a low-temperature extrusion process. The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitud... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040838 | High capacity catch basin filtration system with adjustable deflector ring A catch basin filtration system having a filter body dimension to fit within a drain inlet forming a trough or reservoir obstructing at least a portion of the inlet. The filter body is supported by a filter body support dimensioned to cooperatively engage with the i... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6976808 | Catch basin filtration system will disposable silt/contaminant collector A catch basin filtration system is disclosed. A filter body is dimensioned to fit within an drain inlet forming a trough obstructing at least a portion of the inlet. The filter body is supported by a filter body support dimensioned to cooperatively engage with the i... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6594925 | Ironing board and ladder combination An ironing board has an ironing unit and a ladder unit connected to the ironing unit. The ladder unit has a ladder frame having at least a first round hole, at least a second round hole, and at least a third round hole. The ironing unit has a pad plate, a... | 07/22/2003 |
