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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357265 | Container made of a transparent material having an insert in a side wall The invention discloses a container made of a transparent material. The container is of the type comprising, in one wall, a reserve into which is fixed a hollow sealed insert (4) containing a fluid in which particles can move. The container is characterized i... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341377 | Cylindrical container bags Tank tote bags for storing cylinders such as diving tanks, welding tanks, and medical tanks such as oxygen tanks, in separate compartments that can be arranged in either vertical upright positions or horizontal laid down positions. One bag version has two tanks that... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7311202 | Combinative cabinets A combinative cabinet includes a cabinet body formed with five sideboards with an open front side. An upper, a lower, a right and a left sideboard are respectively provided with two dovetail-shaped projections spaced apart by a same shaped groove or two same-shaped ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290746 | Beverage container holder supported tray assembly The multi-purpose beverage container holder supported tray assembly: includes a beverage container holder component and a tray component hingedly coupled to the beverage container holder component and provides one or more utilitarian support surfaces that may be use... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258246 | Baking tray A tray for use in baking bread, baguettes, crusty rolls, or the like comprising a contoured baking sheet fabricated from a single piece of material and at least one support member attached to the baking sheet. The support member includes a plurality of protrusions t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246704 | Tool and accessory container with inner grid system A tool container includes first and second container members rotatably connected to create an inner compartment. Each member has a compartment outer wall and integrally formed perimeter walls. A grid system is created on an inner compartment facing surface adjacent ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243674 | Collapsible enclosure A collapsible enclosure includes a roof, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, a front wall, each wall having an outside and inside surface and an open bottom. The cover includes heat insulation material covering substantially all of each inside surface of each wall. A ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228688 | Scaled down freezing and thawing system for biopharmaceuticals and biologics A freezing and thawing unit for small amounts of biopharmaceuticals and biologics. The freezing and thawing unit is reduced in scale, as compared to a corresponding commercial or large-scale process. The freezing and thawing unit can be used for testing, preservatio... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227102 | Food warming apparatus and method An oven for transferring heat to food in trays and a method for using the oven. The oven includes a cabinet with partitions dividing the interior into a plurality of separate, thermally isolated holding compartments each adapted for removably receiving a tray of foo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7198327 | Writing platform supportable by a cupholder and method of use A desk tray for positioning within a cupholder of an arm rest where the tray includes a substantially flat upper surface having a receptacle extending downwardly therefrom. The receptacle is positioned within the cupholder such that the arm rest provides support to ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7169602 | Sample substrate for use in biological testing and method for filling a sample substrate A sample substrate for use in biological testing is provided having a first member defining at least one sample well and a second member including at least one sample well closure element. The at least one sample well closure element may be configured to substantial... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7025239 | Optical fiber cleaver A device for cleaving optical fibers having a housing with an internal chamber, a fiber alignment member removably connected to the housing and a fiber cutting member supported by the housing. The alignment member has an opening sized to receive the ferrule of a fib... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6964345 | Bottle with faceted surfaces and recessed panel A blow molded synthetic resin container having a body of generally V-shaped cross section defined by a pair of V-shaped side walls, end walls extending therebetween, and a bottom wall. A cylindrical neck is open at its upper end, and an upwardly inclined shoulder ex... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6938790 | Drip containment and conveyance system A tray has a containment space defined by a tray floor and a continuous peripheral ridge extending upwardly from the tray floor. The ridge has an inner sidewall extending inward and downward from an upper edge of the ridge and an outer sidewall extending downward fr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6842665 | Stowage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system is provided that automates the process of handling a mixed inventory of palletized and containerized items. The invention is particularly useful in handling cargo and weapons within a ship's hold or magazine. When used on a ship, the i... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6821325 | Multi-surface anti-bacterial protective device A multi-surface anti-bacterial protective device for preventing transferring of bacteria from one person to another. The multi-surface anti-bacterial protective device includes a multi-layered material capable of being rolled up and also being capable of being sever... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6685220 | Airbelt and airbelt apparatus An airbelt is provided that passes smoothly through an anchor and winds around a retractor. The airbelt includes a non-inflating section and a flat hollow-cylindrical inflating section. A bag is arranged only within the inflating section. An end of the ba... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6641013 | Tool storage system for pick-up truck Presented is a tool storage system for pick-up trucks that includes releasably interconnected independent units that are separately manufactured and which are assembled into a composite assembly of interconnected units that fit snugly yet removably in the... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637595 | Cable tie wrap holder system A cable tie wrap holder system has a plurality of vertically oriented primary tubes in a cylindrical configuration with an open upper end and a closed lower end. A plurality of vertically oriented secondary tubes are in a cylindrical configuration with an... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6540965 | Biological analysis and apparatus for storage of biological samples A microtitration plate including a plastic base having a multiplicity of cups shaped and sized to receive biological liquid samples, each cup being surrounded by an attenuated zone and having an upper collar sized and shaped to cooperate with a complement... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6520366 | Beverage container holders Beverage container holders which typically include a single-cup beverage container holder, a dual-cup beverage container holder, a three-cup beverage container holder and a four-cup beverage container holder. The respective beverage container holders are ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6418962 | Low cost, compressed gas fuel storage system A compressed gas vehicle fuel storage system comprised of a plurality of compressed gas pressure cells supported by shock-absorbing bumpers positioned within a low cost, shape-conforming container. The container is dimensioned relative to the compressed g... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6390705 | Carrying assembly A carrying assembly comprises a base, a shaft with a handle securely attached to the base, a first funnel and a second funnel (if required) connected to the shaft by an attaching member, a first dauber assembly, and a second dauber assembly. The combinati... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6244501 | Multi-purpose package assembly A multi-purpose package assembly includes a plurality of containers each having an inner space for receiving a variety of things, a connecting member for connecting each of the neighboring containers such that the containers can be bi-directionally bent t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6143250 | Multi-vessel container for testing fluids A multiple vessel container for testing fluids comprises a gap part formed to have a width smaller than the caliber of a front end portion of a liquid sucking/discharging line. The gap part has a shape capable of aspirating and discharging all liquid thro... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6109469 | Freight container A freight container comprises a profile defined between outer surfaces of corner fittings and a pair of opposed walls. Each wall has a plurality of elongated outwardly extending vertical members extending outwardly beyond the profile and the vertical memb... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6095367 | Composite conformable pressure vessel A pressure vessel for holding a pressurized fluid such as compressed natural gas ("CNG") includes two end cells and zero or more interior cells. The cell geometry ensures that the cells meet one another at tangential circular surfaces, thereby reducing th... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6029820 | Shipping/display container A combination shipping/display container that has gripping surfaces in two planes associated with the end walls of the container such that lifting of the container is facilitated for placing the containers on their bottom walls for shipping and for placin... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6027417 | Method for improving golf play utilizing a golf distance indicator and stroke recording device A method is provided for golf play over subsequent plays for each selected golf hole of a golf course played. A player estimates the distance and direction of a desired golf stroke with reference to a golf distance indicator and stroke recording device, c... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5983432 | Multigolf cleaner A portable, multigolf cleaner is provided having an enclosure which includes several fluid reservoirs for containing separate cleaning fluids for cleaning different types of golf equipment. The enclosure has three openings through which cleaning utensils ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5864467 | Cascadable modem apparatus A cascadable modem apparatus includes a modem housing having a top and a bottom. A plurality of angled feet are attached to the housing bottom in cantilever fashion to define a distal portion of each foot. The feet serve both to support the modem on an pl... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5692431 | Bread baking A bread baking pan and complementary protective carrier. The pan has edge flanges that enter complementary recesses at the edges of the carrier, and which serve to protect the user from injury by the edges of the pans. The carrier eliminates any air zones... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5615773 | Arrangement for retaining and transporting audio tape cassette cases A plurality of audio tape cassette cases are arranged in a stack and the stack is held together via several loop or pile fastener members attached to the stack. The arrangement is such that selected cases in the stack can be easily displaced from adjacent... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5607072 | Beverage containers A liquid container 1 comprises a larger glass bottle 2 and a smaller glass bottle 3 which are separately formed and adhesively bonded together. A base 11 of the smaller bottle 3 is spaced slightly above the base 10 of the larger bottle 2 so that in use, t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5577630 | Composite conformable pressure vessel A pressure vessel for holding a pressurized fluid such as compressed natural gas ("CNG") includes two end cells and zero or more interior cells. The cell geometry ensures that the cells meet one another at tangential circular surfaces, thereby reducing th... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5533667 | Separable modular containers Separable modular containers in the form of rectangular parallelepipeds are each formed from identical separate individual blanks of corrugated fiberboard or other sheet material, and include provision for separably securing at least two such containers t... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5515239 | Stackable modular storage tower A storage column structure includes multiple storage column elements that interlock together in a vertical stack to form a compact, unitary tower assembly. A power supply module is positioned as a base unit to provide stability for the tower assembly. Eac... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5501355 | Work-box A work box comprises a central box unit and two lateral box units. Each of the box units has a bottom wall, a front end wall, a rear end wall, two opposing lateral side walls, and adjacent surfaces of complementary shape so that when the work-box is close... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5388867 | Hose For convenience in storing and handling, a garden hose of substantial length is formed of a plurality of sections which can be readily stored and readily assembled into a hose of substantial length. Each section has a female coupler at one end and a male ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5156289 | Casing for storing and protecting objects A casing includes a tubular wall portion of a deformation-resistant material and respective end portions. At least one longitudinal part of the wall portion is shaped as a lamellar part (12) with one longitudinal edge thereof being hinged to the remaining... | 10/20/1992 |
