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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331560 | Concrete form systems A system for holding poured concrete in a desired shape until it sets is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of forms having two opposing end sections. Each of the end sections has an end bracket attached to it. A plurality of footing stakes are used to co... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7303361 | Concrete form with keyway and clamp with base engaging the keyway A concrete form with a keyway with an opening between opposing keyway lips together with a base that fits through the keyway opening and rotates without restriction in the keyway such that a portion of the base rests behind the keyway lips so when it is pulled as a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290749 | Concrete form systems with concrete ties A system for holding poured concrete in a desired shape until it sets is disclosed. The system can include a plurality of forms having two opposing end sections. Each of the end sections has an end bracket attached to it. A plurality of footing stakes are used to co... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7201532 | Method and device for adjusting height of manhole A method and a device for safely and efficiently adjusting the height of a manhole freely allowing the addition and removal of a height adjusting member at any position. The method and device may be used for the manhole formed by installing a tubular shaped frame in... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7155867 | Arcuate taper lock anchor base plate and anchor assembly with the base plate An anchor assembly for supporting a post and a base plate for the assembly. The assembly includes a tubular anchor body with an arcuate interior area. The anchor body is configured to receive a post having an arcuate exterior profile and a hollow lower end. The base... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6997260 | Method of repairing tubular members on oil and gas wells The disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for repairing or structurally reinforcing an oil and gas well tubular member, or an assembly of tubular members. The assembly to be repaired can include a smaller diameter inner flow conveying conduit (or production tub... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6877281 | Stackable riser configuration A riser section and cover is disclosed. The riser section has a smooth cylindrical sidewall surface, a removable anchor tab on the exterior surface and bosses and ribs on the inside of the sidewall. The riser sections are stackable. The cover has a channel end to re... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6688072 | Cover for riser section and method of using cover for anchoring riser section in concrete A riser section and cover is disclosed. The riser section has a smooth cylindrical sidewall surface, a tapered end and a channel end, a removable anchor tab and bosses and ribs on the inside of the sidewall. The riser sections are stackable. The cover has... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6668511 | Formwork for pillars It is constituted by several plates (1), provided in its outer side (4) with transverse ribs (5), formed by C-shaped profiles and joined together to form a prismatic contour (7), closed by the inner flat sides of all the plates, the plates comprising a me... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6153130 | Method of installing a form in a foundry furnace A spacing tool to be inserted between a form and a foundry furnace during installation of the form in the foundry furnace comprises a first longitudinally extending member to contact the foundry furnace. A second longitudinally extending member is coupled... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5598676 | Hearth form for pour-forming a fireplace hearth A hearth form is utilized for pour-forming a fireplace hearth in the absence of eventual removal thereof from an opening established by floor joists and a conventional concrete masonry unit. The hearth form is preferably constructed from two relatively sl... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5492303 | Formwork for surfaces varying in curvature Formwork for surfaces varying in curvature has a face sheet adjustable with respect to its curvature, girders supporting the face sheet and applied to the girders, in spaced relationship to the face sheet, there is a boom system which is composed of indiv... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5332191 | Apparatus for making concrete slabs Adjustable forms for pouring precast concrete slabs and similar articles of manufacture. The forms may be used either on site to produce concrete slabs as needed, or at a central manufacturing location, for transport to the site where needed. Concrete sla... | 07/26/1994 |
| 4931235 | Method for making steel/concrete tanks A method for making a steel/concrete tank is provided. A steel interior tank is pressurized during or after pouring of a concrete outer tank around a steel inner tank. Pressurization is commenced before the concrete has set, and is maintained until substa... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4921372 | Sidewalk scribing tool A tool for scribing lines in soft concrete in which the line can be impressed by a standing operator. Guides are provided on the tool to assure a proper angle of the scribed line. A grooving tool can then follow the scribed line without added guide becaus... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4909474 | Apparatus for locating operational surfaces on a track for electromagnetically levitated vehicles On a track for electromagnetically levitated vehicles, side guide rails are positioned on and secured to a beam-like support member forming the track by an apparatus made up of a transportation frame extending in the long direction of the support member a... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4729540 | Grout retaining tool A tool which can be used to temporarily close cleanout holes in masonry construction and which can be securely anchored directly to the masonry wall. The present invention is essentially comprised of a substantially flat plate of rigid material. The plate... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4610566 | Curb inlet with removable gutter form A curb inlet having a removable non-concrete gutter form, which is an arcuate, generally rectangular strip having a concave front face and a convex rear face with a plurality of handles secured to the rear face and, also secured to that rear face, a plura... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4321024 | Formwork apparatus for casting directly on the ground accurate concrete slabs Metal supports (1), are provided to rest on the ground and to removably support metal forms (2). These supports are provided with screw (4) and nut (9) means used for accurately adjusting in elevation the forms. Removable struts (16) are used to fix the g... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4222197 | Garden curbing and method of forming same Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for forming borders and the like around garden areas, the apparatus comprising cardboard sheets having scribed thereon three bending folds, each bending fold extending longitudinally along the surface of the card... | 09/16/1980 |
| 3984989 | Means for producing subaqueous and other cast-in-place concrete structures in situ Means for repairing or forming structural bodies of self-hardening fluid cement mortar, in a subaqueous or other situs, utilizing a body-forming cavity including body-shaping walls of porous fabric in combination with openwork matrix means. Fluid mortar o... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3930633 | Formwork and connecting means for forming annular structures A plurality of formwork elements are provided, each of which is curved according to an arc of a circle and which are assembled to form an inner formwork wall and an outer formwork wall. Each of said formwork elements have two vertical edges provided with ... | 01/06/1976 |
