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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8002229 | Support device A support device is provided including first and second telescopic members, the distal end or ends of the members engaging with a suitable surface in use. Locking means are provided on the first and/or second members to lock the members in a required relative positi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7810778 | Height adjustment assembly for furniture A height adjustment assembly for furniture has a control member automatically engaging a movable member of a piece of furniture by gravity, so as to hold the movable member at a desired height. When operated, the control member releases the movable member so that th... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7325847 | Household apparatus for holding windows open A device for maintaining an openable window in a desired position within a window frame is provided. The device comprises a rod having a top end and a bottom end and a housing having a top end, a bottom end, a front surface, and a rear surface. A first aperture is f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302907 | Mounting system and method for rigidly attaching a water sports towing frame to a vessel A mounting system rigidly attaches a towing frame to a vessel deck, and includes a base having an arcuate top surface and a bottom surface conforming the deck. A joint member rigidly attached to the towing frame has an arcuate surface mating with the arcuate top sur... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7223041 | Camming coupler A camming coupler for removably attaching a music desk or other object to an upright support leg. The camming coupler includes an inner sleeve for receiving the upright support leg. The inner sleeve has at least one longitudinal slit formed therein, and preferably h... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204466 | Quick-acting telescopic tube A quick-acting telescopic tube has a stationary tube, a detent lining, an extension tube, a lock activating assembly, a bottom plug, an activating rod, a spring and a ball. The detent lining is mounted securely in the stationary tube and has multiple detents. The ex... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7086631 | Quick-release telescoping tripod A telescoping stand with a quick-release locking mechanism for binding and releasing a telescoping section including an inner extension member that telescopes into and out of an outer receiving member. The locking mechanism includes a pair of opposed actuator member... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065812 | Patient care equipment management system An equipment management system provides an equipment support for supporting patient care equipment. The equipment support may be mountable on an arm that extends from a wall, on a column depending from the arm, on a wall mount, on a stand, or on a patient support. V... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036297 | Trimmer attachment A fully-adjustable lightweight trimmer attachment assembly (10) broadly comprises a wheel (14), a rod (16) extending from the wheel (14), and a mounting mechanism (18) for rotationally mounting the rod (16) to a trimmer (... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6918564 | Height adjustable apparatus for supporting flat monitor A height-adjustable apparatus for supporting a flat monitor is disclosed. The height-adjustable apparatus includes a first support unit, an elastic element, and a second support unit. The first support unit has a first engaging device. One end of the elastic element... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6834840 | Medical device support assembly A medical device support assembly is provided including a base pole, an adjustment pole, and a coupling configured to couple the adjustment pole to the base pole. ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6725971 | Pipe jack An improved load-supporting system for scaffolding, lengths of elongated stock used in the construction industry, tools, and other loads includes a unique system for adjusting the height at which a load is held above a supporting surface. The invention includes a co... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6619602 | Gate support system A gate support system for the free end of a swinging gate. The system can be secured to the free end of an existing gate or it may be included as an integral part of the gate at the time of manufacture. The system includes (a) an elongated support; (b) a ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6053288 | Brake mechanism for control of vertical motion of a vertically aligned adjustable drain tube A portable vehicle fluid drain device is disclosed. The device includes a vertical drain tube which supports a vehicle fluid drain bowl. The drain tube is manually adjusted to an elevated position, latched in place while the vehicle fluid is drained, and ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6032908 | Sign stand with cam release assembly A sign stand is disclosed which includes a base member having a plurality of legs extending therefrom and an elongated upright extending from the base assembly. A cam release assembly is operably disposed at the end of the upright for releasably securing ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5944146 | Brake mechanism for control of vertical motion of a vertically aligned adjustable drain tube A portable vehicle fluid drain device is disclosed. The device includes a vertical drain tube which supports a vehicle fluid drain bowl. The drain tube is manually adjusted to an elevated position, latched in place while the vehicle fluid is drained, and ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5944468 | Device for raising objects above elevated work platforms Device for lifting objects such as building materials and supplies above the heads of workers on an elevated work station (scaffold or stepladder) has a clamp assembly for adjustably mounting the device on said work station, a vertical elongate tubular pi... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5888014 | Extensible lockable apparatus An apparatus for locking a telescopic column in any selected extended length and for unlocking a skewed lock washer so that the column can return it to a collapsed position particularly by the use of a foot pedal to unlock same; and the use of such an app... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5823300 | Brake device of linear moving body In a brake device of a linear moving body, a brake member is provided with a hole and a rod is fitted to the hole in clearance fit, and the brake member is moved slantwise and rotational moment is produced in the brake member thereby brake is applied to t... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5575448 | Adjustable stand, particulary for photographic and cinematographic use An adjustable stand with a telescopic stem comprises a locking device for fixing the stem elements to one another firmly, the locking device including a collar which is connected to the first stem element and is automatically clamped onto the second eleme... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5572835 | Telescoping flagpole A flagpole is provided for displaying a flag, the flagpole comprises at least one longitudinally extending tubular segment and rotatable flag engaging rings concentrically disposed on the tubular segment. One of the rotatable flag engaging rings includes ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5349977 | Adjustable walker The present invention relates to invalid walkers which are designed to aid the handicapped. Specifically, the present invention relates to an attachment to an existing walker, or a modified existing walker which is hand operated and designed to be made ad... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5303891 | Bracket for supporting a length of lumber and process for using the same A bracket for supporting a length of lumber adjacent a vertical member such as a stud. The bracket has a central bar to which a pair of end bars are welded. The end bars extend in both directions away from the central bar. The central bar is then placed a... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5265542 | Motion control apparatus Motion control apparatus is provided for permitting movement of a slidable member in one direction relative to a fixed support while releasably preventing movement in the opposite direction or for releasably preventing movement of the slidable member in e... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5224681 | Hand releasable locking collar A device for releasably gripping a shaft has a body with a central channel for receiving the shaft. The device also has an arrangement, mounted to the body, for gripping and releasing the shaft when a member of the arrangement, is respectively in first an... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5219045 | Linear mechanical lock with one-piece lock housing Simplified assembly and reduced parts count in a linear mechanical lock assembly of the type where a rod is normally gripped against axial translation through a housing by a coil spring and released by unwinding the spring, is achieved by a one piece hous... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5188424 | Portable seat A portable seat mountable onto a rod extending upward from the ground has a substantially planar base with a peripheral edge therearound defining a central seating surface. The base has an aperture therethrough adjacent the edge. The aperture is adapted t... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5108066 | Hand releasable locking collar A hand releasable locking collar to secure objects or itself in a desired location on a shaft, bar or the like. The device comprises a housing, end cap, preload spring and clutch plate conformed to the shaft. The clutch plate is rotatably assembled within... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106043 | Spring and lock support for overbed table A bedside table has a base with a vertical tube thereon, a tabletop with a vertical member slidably disposed in the tube, and a locking mechanism which can releasably lock the tube and vertical member against relative movement. The locking mechanism inclu... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5016846 | Spring and lock support for overbed table A bedside table has a base with a vertical tube thereon, a tabletop with a vertical member slidably disposed in the tube, and a locking mechanism which can releasably lock the tube and vertical member against relative movement. The locking mechanism inclu... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4979490 | Adjustable post-mounted campfire grille A device for added convenience in campfire cooking. The device comprises a telescoping post either to be driven into the ground by way of a self-contained sleeve hammer or to be held erect by a circular grille stand, a telescoping height adjustment made p... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4957257 | Compound clamp with adjustable perpendicular clamping component A compound clamp comprises a first clamping component defining a plane and having a clamping arrangement presenting a force along a first clamping axis in that plane and a second clamping component having a second clamping axis, the second clamping axis b... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4664549 | Locking ring A locking ring is provided that is sized to fit about a cylindrical rod and having upper and lower edges cut away and opposed from each other along a diagonal intersecting a central axis of the ring.... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4634320 | Drill stand lock The stand for a portable power drill has a base supporting an upright column on which a clamp is mounted for slideable movement to a desired height where it is fixed. A carriage is slideably mounted on the column with a bushing on each side of the clamp. ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4620356 | Method for fastening drive elements on a cylindrical shaft A method of producing a drive shaft with drive elements on a cylindrical basic part includes forming a desired contour for a drive element on pairs of discs, forming holes in the discs of each pair having axes being inclined relative to the surfaces of th... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4607577 | Overbed table An overbed table has a base, an adjustable support leg assembly and a table top carried at the upper end of the support assembly. The support assembly includes a vertical housing fixed to the base, support rods slidably mounted within the housing by beari... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4545618 | Head-rest device A head-rest device is disclosed which comprises a head-rest stay, a head-rest holder mounted to a seat back and a lock mechanism provided within the head-rest holder. The head-rest stay is inserted into its associated head-rest holder. The head-rest stay ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4540148 | Chair height adjustment mechanism A chair height mechanism in which a threaded nut (30) is threaded onto a threaded spindle (16) and a hub tube (18) supports the spindle through a clutch comprising a locking tube (34) secured to the nut (30) and having lower tapered portion (36), and a cy... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4469289 | Reel stand A free standing apparatus is disclosed herein for rollably supporting a reel of spool of cable including a pair of stanchions separated by the reel. Each stanchion is provided with a base supporting an upright post with braces and further includes a slida... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4398766 | Boat seat mounting structure A removable seat for attachment to a support, such as the thwart of a boat, having a mounting housing rotatably secured to the base of the seat. A plurality of support-engaging members are slidably disposed in the housing for removably attaching the seat ... | 08/16/1983 |
