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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6478443 | Bookcase lamp A bookcase lamp comprises a seat, a lamp, and a switch. The seat is a casing with a flat and long shape and is assembled by a box, a lamp, and a base. The lamp is installed on the seat. The switch is installed on the seat for controlling opening and closi... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6478440 | Night light air freshener An air freshener dispenser is taught having plug-through capability as well as a night light. The dispenser is a plug-in diffuser for such active materials as fragrances and air fresheners, and eliminates the consumer problem of loss of an electrical outl... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6478437 | Illuminated pad lock An illuminated combination pad lock that illuminates in response to pressing in the combination dial or raising the shackle although still in the locked position. The illumination ceases in response to release of the combination dial or the shackle.... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6474828 | Illuminant radio communication device An illuminant radio communication device has a console and a cordless phone communicating with the console. The cordless phone has at least one light emitting diode controlled by the control button on the cordless phone so that the cordless phone is able ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471373 | Emergency strobe light system An emergency strobe light system including a main housing and one or more telephone interfaces. The rear wall has a The telephone interface has a telephone jack disposed therein, a DTMF decoder, and an RF transmitter. The main housing has an RF receiver, ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6464370 | Diving tool with flashlight The present diving tool is comprised of a handle, a threaded lens housing positioned at a front end of the handle and offset to a top side, and a slot positioned at the front end of the handle and offset to a lower side. A battery compartment in the handl... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6461005 | Illuminated pad lock An illuminated combination pad lock that illuminates in response to pressing in the combination dial or raising the shackle although still in the locked position. The illumination ceases in response to release of the combination dial or the shackle.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459919 | Precision illumination methods and systems Methods and systems are provided for illuminating a material using an LED system, a processor for controlling the LED system and a positioning system for positioning the LED system in a spatial relationship with the material being illuminated. Furthermore... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6455767 | Weather resistant flag having a flagstaff A weather resistant flag is provided which includes a flagstaff, a flag cloth mountable on the flagstaff, solar cells mounted on at least one of the flag cloth and the flagstaff, and an energy storage device for storing energy generated by the solar cells... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6454428 | Lighted extension attachment for tools A lighted extension attachment for tools for illuminating hard-to-reach areas while working with various tool members. The lighted extension attachment for tools includes a base member having a bore centrally-disposed therethrough. An elongate support mem... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6454429 | Hand tool having an illumination structure A hand tool having an illumination structure includes a metallic handle, and a metallic rotation knob. Thus, the metallic rotation knob can be rotated relative to the metallic handle to move between a first position where the peripheral wall of the rotati... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6447142 | Purse with light system A purse with a built in light system. The light system is activated by a switch that turns the light on when the purse is opening and turns the light off when the purse is closed. The light is transmitted from a light source into an item holding chamber w... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447140 | Handheld personal aid A personal aid including a handheld housing sized to be readily carried by a user. The housing includes a storage compartment comprising an enclosure shaped and dimensioned for the selective placement of an article therein and a closure positioned adjacen... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6443587 | Combination flashlight and audio recorder assembly A combination handheld flashlight and audio recorder assembly. The assembly includes a housing having a hollow interior, and defining a handle for being gripped by a user. A light is contained within the assembly housing, and is adapted for being activate... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435692 | Apparatus and method for illuminating a portable electronic or computing device An apparatus and method for illuminating a display screen located in a top portion of a handheld portable video game device having a port in electrical connection with a power source. The apparatus includes a plug for plugging the apparatus into the port,... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435688 | Toy for creating visual and audial patterns A toy for creating visual and audial patterns that is activated by the agitation of chemiluminescent members or colored sticks within an inflated bladder. The light is generated by the chemiluminescent sticks or the color of the sticks is visible outside ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431733 | Illuminated sports board An illuminated sports board has a riding platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, a microcontroller mounted on the top surface, a power source operably connected to the microcontroller, an electro-luminescent sheet positioned on the riding plat... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431729 | Decorative lighting string with filling air type The present invention generally relates with filling air string unit in decorative lighting string. This filling air string which to make the lighting string to expandable or to shrinkable with lighting device and the firm device. This filling air string ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428185 | Decorative lighting device for festival or the like A lighting device includes a decorative sleeve member disposed on a base, one or more light devices may be used for lighting the interior of the decorative sleeve member, and a fan device may be used to generate an air stream to flow through the interior ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6428177 | Apparatus for illuminating a portable electronic or computing device An illumination apparatus for illuminating an object associated with a portable handheld video game device having a port in electrical connection with at least one power source. The illumination apparatus includes a plug for plugging the apparatus into th... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6428188 | Light fixture for a ceiling fan A light fixture is provided which is mountable to an overhead structure, such as a switch housing of a ceiling fan. The light fixture includes a base which may be attached to the switch housing and a globe which is removably secured to the base. The base ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422715 | Apparatus for illuminating a portable electronic or computing device An illumination apparatus for illuminating an object associated with a portable handheld video game device having a port in electrical connection with at least one power source. The illumination apparatus includes a plug for plugging the apparatus into th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422232 | Heater with light A heater provides both radiant heat and light. The heater provides radiant heat via a heater assembly which includes a gas burner heating a screen; the screen in turn provides radiant heat. The heater includes a light assembly which may provide light by, ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419371 | Lighted tool A lighted tool including a handle member, which has a distal end adapted to engage a blade member or other implement. A light module has a light source capable of producing a beam of light and the light module is of a size to be complementarily received w... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416198 | Illuminatable beverage accessory device An illuminatable beverage accessory device having at least one light; at least one power source; a cartridge having a chamber for the light and a chamber for the power source which is either adapted to permit the power source, upon suitable application of... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6416197 | Fountain water lamp A fountain water lamp combines a hallucinating water lamp and a landscape fountain. The fountain water lamp consists of a transparent unit, a base, a driving unit, a color disk, a light source unit, a circuit board, a water pump and an air pump. The light... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6409360 | Metro card holder, map, light and clock A card holder comprising a first side and a second side joined together to form a substantially rectangular sleeve containing an open edge for receiving a planar flashlight. The first side of the sleeve contains a first pocket for receiving a card. This f... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6402342 | Cold-light emitting frisbee A cold-light emitting Frisbee mainly includes a transparent round top cover, a round base covered by the top cover, and a cold-light emitting means. The round base is provided at a central area with open-bottomed battery compartments to accommodate batter... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6402338 | Enclosure illumination system An enclosure illumination system (10) is provided. The enclosure illumination system (10) is mounted on an enclosure (12). The enclosure illumination system (10) includes a solar battery (16), a light element (14), and a motion sensor (18). When external ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6398381 | Wind-driven perfume dispenser capable of producing different light patterns A wind-driven perfume dispenser capable of producing different light patterns includes a body portion, a rotatable light-emitting device rotatably mounted on the body portion, and a decoration, the rotatable light-emitting device including an impeller and... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394627 | Cutlery base with built-in illumination equipment A cutlery base with built-in illumination equipment. The cutlery base has formed in its top end a plurality of insertion slots that provide for ensheathing cutlery and, furthermore, the cutlery base has an opening formed in at least one of its lateral sur... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6390642 | Tracer light for archer's arrow An illuminated archery arrow that includes conventional components such as a tubular shaft, a pointed head attached to the forward end of the shaft, fletchings on the rearward portion of the shaft and a nock at the rear end of the shaft. The arrow structu... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6382815 | Energized body jewelry Energized body jewelry including alternative embodiments designed to be worn by persons who have piercings in their bodies, as well as for those who do not have piercings. In one embodiment, the jewelry may be worn by a person with a piercing by attaching... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379023 | Light assembly for an electrically insulated lift bucket A light assembly is adapted for use with an electrically insulated bucket disposed on the boom of an aerial lift truck having a pressurized hydraulic fluid supply positioned proximate to the bucket. The light assembly includes a power supply which convert... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375337 | Ornamental display lamp assembly An ornamental display lamp assembly includes a combination lamp socket and plug device holding a lamp bulb and a lampshade around the lamp bulb, and a decorative glass tube supported on the lampshade and disposed in contact with the lamp bulb to receive h... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6371638 | Illuminated fiber decorated balloons An inflatable translucent balloon body has a predetermined net lifting force upon inflation with a lighter than air gas. A light source is attached to the balloon upon inflation by a light transmitting tether. To keep the buoyant balloon afloat while atta... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6371626 | Hole alignment device A hole alignment device for aligning holes to be drilled in a joist. The hole alignment device includes a laser light emitter device. The laser emitter includes a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. In an embodiment the l... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6367952 | Programmable string of lights A light for use in a string of lights has a lamp and a light socket that may include a parallel group device that may perform a variety of functions. One of those functions is to serve as a resistive element to regulate voltage and current to keep other l... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367944 | Socket wrench and light source arrangement A socket wrench and light source arrangement includes a wrench, and a socket coupled to the wrench which is alternatively set between a front working position and a rear working position. A battery is installed in the wrench. A lamp holder assembly is ins... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367943 | Riot or capture shield with integrated broad-area, high-intensity light array A shield in combination with a plurality of high-brightness light sources used for riot, capture or other control of individuals. The light array utilizes a plurality of high-brightness light sources to provide a broad-area, high-intensity light for visua... | 04/09/2002 |
