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A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| 8157469 | Composite structural member and method for producing the same A composite structural member is provided. The structural member includes a tubular shaft having a mating region of stiffness, and possibly thickness, greater than another region of said shaft. The shaft defines a lumen, and a fitting is disposed in the lumen. The f... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7708490 | Clamp A clamp for clamping a cylindrically shaped structure within a hollow cylindrical structure includes means to maintain the angular and axial position of the structures fixed while the clamp is tightened. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7614817 | Coupler for cable trough Couplers for a cable trough system including a terminal end sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member along a longitudinal direction of the body. A spring may be coupled to the body for securing the terminal end of the trough member to the coupler, the spri... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7566186 | Drive coupler for a blender A drive coupling assembly (10) for attaching two shafts includes a coupler body (11) and a locking clip (12). The body (11) has a splined opening (23) which is adapted to receive one shaft, and an aperture (24) which is adap... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7452156 | Composite structural member and method for making the same Composite structural members are provided including a fitting and a tubular shaft. The fitting has a coupling region defining at least one recessed portion bounded by one or more non-recessed portions. The recessed portion may extend circumferentially around the fit... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7398966 | Coupling for a clamp An apparatus for use in coupling a pair of bar clamps comprises a coupling member for connecting a first clamp to a second clamp is provided. The coupling member includes a first member and a second member having an end pivotally attached to the first member. The co... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7377489 | Picket fence building guide A guide for aligning pickets during the building of a picket fence. The guide having a picket stand to attach to a first end of an alignment beam. The guide having a beam stand to attach to a second end of the alignment beam. A method is also disclosed to construct ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367741 | Connector element for a glass post and beam construction A connector element for a post and beam construction having load-bearing glass components consisting of load-bearing glass posts and load-bearing glass beams, the connector element including a first fitting fitted to a first load-bearing glass component; a second fi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7334959 | Fixing device A fixing device has a lug strip (10). At least one end (12) of the lug strip (10) is bent to form a fixing loop (14). A fixing space is provided by two enclosing pieces (16) and receives a retainer (22, 24). The retainer ( | 02/26/2008 |
| 7226235 | Joint for joining two coaxial shafts A joint, usable as a component of a golf club, including an outer sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface and an inner surface; an inner sleeve having a proximal end, an outer surface in circumscribing contact with the inner surface of the outer... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204064 | Structures which can be dismantled and folded, consisting of interconnecting tubular elements Composite structures obtained by joining two or more structures of the type which presents pairs of joined tubular elements, whose extremity is hinged in universal joints and in which the universal joints are substantially parallelepiped in form and present four sea... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201678 | Sports equipment handle with cushion and grip ribs A handle for sports equipment such as a lacrosse or hockey stick including cushioning and grip ribs. In one embodiment, the shaft of the handle defines one or more regions of reduced diameter or thickness such as, in one embodiment, a plurality of elongate longitudi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7175137 | Coupler for cable trough Couplers for a cable trough system including a spacing defined by first and second guiding surfaces, the spacing being sized to receive the terminal end of a trough member into the spacing. One or more springs are carried on the couplers and may be at least partiall... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7128078 | Tent pole assembly for shoring up The present invention provides a tent pole assembly for shoring up, which comprises a bottom pipe made of iron, a top pipe made of fiberglass reinforced plastic, and a connecting portion for connecting said bottom pipe and said top pipe. Said connecting portion is p... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107735 | Coupling device A coupling device for the coupling of reinforcing bars, the coupling device comprising an elongate tubular body configured for receiving reinforcing bars, in particular their end portions, at least one recessed gripping surface being formed on an inner surface of th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093997 | Coupler for cable trough Couplers for a cable trough system including a terminal end sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member along a longitudinal direction of the body. A spring may be coupled to the body for securing the terminal end of the trough member to the coupler, the spri... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7029195 | Coupler for cable trough Couplers for a cable trough system including a terminal end sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member along a longitudinal direction of the body. A spring may be coupled to the body for securing the terminal end of the trough member to the coupler, the spri... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013508 | Bed rail assembly A bed rail assembly includes a joint device connecting two top tubes, a pair of corner members mounted to free ends of the top tubes, two vertical tubes mounted to and depending from the corner members, and a pair of knuckle devices mounted to lower ends of the vert... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011372 | Modular chair assembly A modular chair assembly includes a support frame, a leg frame, a link unit, and a seat mounted on the support frame. The support frame includes a plurality of curved supporting tubes, each of which has opposite first and second ends. The first end of each supportin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004671 | Pipe connecting structure and cleaning tool A pipe connecting structure for connecting a pair of sleeve-like pipes integrally in an axial direction by inserting a male side end portion of one of the pair of sleeve-like pipes into an opening of a female side end portion of the other sleeve-like pipe so as to s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004668 | Connector for flex shaft for string trimmer An improved connector for flex shafts for a string trimmer has an input area and a drive area, where the input area of the connector has a modified diamond shape with sloping sides. This diamond shape allows for easy and reliable connection of the driven working end... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6996946 | Structures which can be dismantled and folded, consisting of interconnecting tubular elements Composite structures obtained by joining two or more structures of the type which presents pairs of joined tubular elements, whose extremity is hinged in universal joints and in which the universal joints are substantially parallelepiped in form and present four sea... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6896439 | Set of metal bodies with rectilinear axis and constant cross section for making a cross for fixing vertical plates in point-supported suspended facades, and cross thus obtained A set of metal bodies each having a rectilinear axis and constant thickness can be appropriately connected together to form a cross with one, two, three, or four arms, for use in fixing vertical plates in point-supported continuous facades. ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6877927 | Shaft coupler A shaft coupler to connect two coaxial segments of a drive shaft. Each segment includes a tongue, which tongues complement each other to transmit torque and resist axial separation. A bearing surface on each tongue lies within the locking angle of their material so ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6860672 | Reinforcing bar coupling A reinforcing bar coupling is provided for simply and quickly applying to a mechanical butt joint of two bars in the concrete constructions. The reinforcing bar coupling is consisted of a cylindrical sleeve (2) formed an uneven inner surface (22) to ma... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6820309 | Belt fasteners A belt fastener (10) includes a pair of operative first and second plates (12 and 14) having apertures (16) which are configured to be arranged in register with each other in an operative connecting condition as shown wherein the plates (... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6773198 | Fixture A fixture for connecting two or more elongate bars in end to end relationship. The bars are provided with ribs on an external surface thereof. The fixture comprises a set of inner segments with formations to engage with the ribs on the bars. A set of intermediate se... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761003 | Fixing device for the fixing of sheet material to a sub-structure The invention relates to a retaining means (10) for fixing panel-form material, for example, glass panes (12) of a glass facing, to a substructure (14). The invention proposes constructing the retaining means (10) with a support (16 | 07/13/2004 |
| 6752560 | Removable splined shaft end for submersible pumps A submersible pump assembly having first and second components that are coupled together has a removable externally splined sleeve. A key is located in the keyway between the shaft sleeve and the shaft for transmitting torque. A threaded fastener secures to a thread... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6742993 | Method and apparatus for dispensing fluids A method and system for dispensing a precise amount of a chemical used in the fabrication of semiconductors utilizes rolling membrane pump and calculates an amount by which to change a dispense based at least in part on a predicted membrane flex. Membrane flex is pr... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6715719 | Coupler for cable trough Couplers for a cable trough system including a terminal end sized to receive a terminal end of a trough member along a longitudinal direction of the body. A spring may be coupled to the body for securing the terminal end of the trough member to the coupler, the spri... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6709186 | Coupler for cable trough Couplers for a cable trough system including a spacing defined by first and second guiding surfaces, the spacing being sized to receive the terminal end of a trough member into the spacing. One or more springs are carried on the couplers and may be at least partiall... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6688846 | Device for controlling variable-pitch blades A flexible rod (20) is articulated at a first end to a control ring (30) and is fixed at a second end to a pivot of a blade (10) that is to be controlled. At this second end, it is held so that it can rotate without play on the blade pivot by a holding de... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6648541 | Joining element for bridging the separating area of a divided seal in cable fittings The invention relates to a joining element (VE), consisting of a fixing component (FT) and a closing component (VT), for the ends (DE1, DE2) of a divided seal (D) in sealing systems in cable fittings.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6626765 | Universal joint shaft The present invention relates to a universal joint shaft which includes a driving shaft and driven shaft engaged to a driving yoke and driven yoke which are arranged in an installation position and have opposite both front ends which are distanced and a r... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6602014 | Shutter system and pivoting connectors Several embodiments of the shutters employ a variety of synergistic features which may be used individually or in combination to produce a shutter capable of more completely shutting out light. One aspect is the use of a two-step overlapping end to provid... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6571524 | Interconnection of building panels using fiber reinforced plastic composite-material connector plate Cementitious building panels are connected together using a connector plate made of a composite material of carbon fibers embedded in an organic matrix. The interconnection is made by removing cementitious material to form recesses in the building panels,... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6510663 | In-fill arrangement for post and beam furniture systems An in-fill panel arrangement is designed for post and beam furniture systems of the type having overhead beams supported on vertical posts. Each of the beams has a lowermost face with a horizontal slot extending therealong, and each of the posts includes ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6364567 | Tape connecting method, member, and tool A method of connecting respective one end portions of two carrier tapes, to each other, each of the two tapes having accommodating pockets at a first pitch and tape-feed holes at a second pitch, each of the accommodating pockets accommodating an electric ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6299378 | Connector plate and method of assembly To facilitate pre-plating of nail plated truss joints, a nail plate (10) has teeth (13) of increased length in a region of the plate for fixing plate to one member of a joint prior to assembly of the joint.... | 10/09/2001 |
