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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| 7681360 | Sash window assembly A sash window includes two window frames disposed in lateral juxtaposition and each including a head member, a sill member and a pair of jamb members connected together into a rectangular configuration, and a pair of upper and lower sashes supported within a respect... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7424935 | Elevator door assembly A door assembly for an elevator having a cab having a cab entry, the elevator having an elevator shaft having upper and lower shaft entries, the assembly incorporating first, second, and third ladder frames having a plurality of roller carrying rungs and bolt and sp... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7228659 | Sliding door reinforced frame header with movable cover A sliding door includes a frame comprising an elongated header member having a topwall, a backwall, an intermediate wall and a bottom wall. The bottom wall and intermediate wall are engageable with sliding door panel support rollers and the bottom wall and intermedi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228664 | Flexible space management system and method A method of managing a plurality of operable wall panels in a room equipped with an overhead track system from which the panels suspend and in which the panels are movable to selectively partition the room, the track system including a reading portion. The method co... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7174944 | Triple slide assembly for sliding doors A triple slide assembly for a three panel door system that mounts on a two track header and allows the panels to slide easily and sequentially with an interlocking function that provides a means to align the panels. The outer rails or panels each have an inward faci... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175226 | Split glass window assembly for automobiles A split glass rear side window assembly is separable along a generally horizontal longitudinally extending line into an upper glass member and a lower glass member separated by a seal carried by the lower glass member to receive the upper glass member when raised to... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150130 | Sliding door assembly A door assembly of the type having a frame mounted to a wall. The frame comprises a head portion, opposed vertical jamb portions and a sill portion. Doors are provided in the frame. A door in the frame is displaceable between an open position and a closed position. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7134242 | Automated sliding user doors and door mechanisms for a dispenser A dispenser that includes one or more sliding user doors for selectively restricting access to items disposed within the dispenser. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes a unique locking and drive mechanism that allows a single actuator to both: (1) lock and unl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131244 | Door system A door system for providing a door that is easily constructed and has interchangeable panel members. The door system includes a frame assembly comprising a pair of frame portions. Each of the frame portions defines a window aperture of the frame assembly. The frame ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7024820 | Sliding door security assembly A sliding door security insert assembly installable into an opening made when one sliding door mounted for lateral movement within a door frame is partially opened to define the opening between one door jamb and a facing sliding door stile. A substantially rectangul... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011347 | Latch for section doors and the like, and operating sets including said latch A latch for a section door wherein near the hinges located between the door elements there are provided, at each end of the elements, small rolling wheels which turn on horizontal pivots and slide within side guide bars having a vertical branch, an upper horizontal ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003916 | Horizontal slider window assembly A vehicular rear window assembly for a vehicle comprises a first fixed pane, a second fixed pane, and a sliding pane, which is supported for horizontal movement between open and closed positions. The window assembly includes a support system with an upper horizontal... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6923238 | Multi-panel door with an auxiliary drive mechanism A multi-panel sliding door includes a main drive to directly move a leading door panel and includes an auxiliary drive to smoothly accelerate a lagging door panel. In some embodiments, the auxiliary drive includes a hanging weight that urges the lagging panel to its... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902224 | Slider window assembly A slider window assembly for an automotive vehicle comprises a fixed glass panel adapted to be installed in a window frame defined by a body panel. The fixed glass panel is bonded to the window frame by an adhesive bead and defines an opening. A sliding window opens... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6553715 | Device for turnable and slidable suspension of plates A device for turnable and slidable suspension of sheet elements including a coupling member (100) which is supported by a rail and has an elongate groove (101) in essentially the same direction as the rail, and a coupling pin which is non-rotationally arr... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6539678 | Vehicle service bay A pre-fabricated service bay used for providing service access to the underside of vehicles. The service bay is fabricated as a single monolithic unit and then positioned in an excavated hole within a service building. The service bay has multiple safety ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6460293 | Arrangement for moving elements of a sliding wall into a parking magazine The invention relates to an arrangement for moving elements of a multi-leaf sliding wall into a parking magazine whereby a storage rail branches in the region of the parking magazine from a guide rail which carries the elements, and whereby each element h... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6276092 | Combined sliding and pivot window assembly A combined sliding and pivot window assembly including a plurality of sashes separately pivotally mounted on substantially C-shaped sash support frames that are slidably fixed on rails provided on an outer window frame. The window assembly includes combin... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276091 | Sliding glass door assembly having glass doors which are lockable together to slide as a unit An assembly for use in a generally rectangular sliding doorway. The assembly includes two sliding glass doors and a stationary screen that are provided in the doorway. The sliding glass doors can be slid within the doorway to allow access across the doorw... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6243988 | Actuating device for a closing element movable in a vertical direction The invention relates to an actuating device for a closing element movable in a vertical direction within openings which are guided in lateral guides, with the door weight being taken up by a spring-loaded tension element or being compensated by a counter... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6161334 | Child and pet security gate A child and pet security gate is disclosed for use in larger passageways. The security gate includes multiple (at least three) telescopically sliding panels that extend to close the passageway and retract to minimum width. The extension and retractive rel... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6141907 | Biparting panel assembly A panel assembly comprises first and second bi-parting panel groups. Each group has at least a first and a second panel movable between a retracted and an extended position for opening and closing the panel assembly. The second panel in each group travels... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6138417 | Roof structure for enclosures for swimming pools or patios and the like having removable and/or stackable roof panels A roof structure for enclosures for swimming pools, spas, or patios and the like includes a plurality of laterally spaced angled roof beams each having a plurality of vertically spaced tracks on facing sides of adjacent beams for sliding receipt of one ro... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6094306 | Energy efficient window An energy saving window system operates selectively in different seasons and climatic conditions to optimize transfer of the sun's radiation through the window into an interior space. Two sets of diffraction gratings are deployed, with two mode settings--... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6088963 | Automotive bay pit cover with panels having tapered ends for vertical stacking A retractable cover for an opening of an automotive bay pit wherein the retractable cover is formed by movable and stackable panels. The panels are normally positioned adjacent one another. Each panel includes supporting and spanning edges. Positioned on ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6052981 | Extendable arm An extendable arm has a first arm portion, a second arm portion extendable and retractable relative to the first arm portion to extend and contract the arm, and a flexible elongated pulling element having opposite ends connected to the second arm portion ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6012767 | Louver arrangement for vehicle sun roofs A louver arrangement for a vehicle sun roof designed to limit sun into the vehicle and to limit the vibration of the louvers. The louver arrangement has two or more louvers that are guided between parallel guide profiles. At least one louver has a deviati... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5996282 | Opening mechanism for coplanar doors The mechanism comprises longitudinal rails and, for each door, a double slide assembly of which a first slide slides along the rails and a second slide, constrained to the door, moves at right angles to the first slide between a retracted position in whic... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5992095 | Security enclosure for convenience stores and the like Curved transparent panels, suspended from a pair of parallel, curved tracks, are deployed in overlapping relationship to one another on top of a curved counter from a storage enclosure in which the panels are in stacked relationship to one another.... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5983568 | Opening system for sliding glass doors of counters and display units for the sale of food products An opening system in which the glass doors (1, 2) move longitudinally along a customer's side between a load bearing upper bar (3) and a lower bar (4); one or more glass doors (1) are held by upper holding bar (22) and lower holding bar (23) which have ro... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5890323 | Theater The present invention relates to the design of a modern theater for providing live entertainment performances. The theater comprises an auditorium which is defined in part by a modular central core which encloses a defined space. The theater further compr... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5860371 | Security window adapted to prevent forced entry A security window having one or more vertically movable panels, suitably of a transparent, rigid plastic that is bullet-resistant. The security window is useful for a clerk in a convenience store. The security window is provided with a safety mechanism th... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5839543 | Elevator door control mechanism An elevator includes a housing having three door panels and a lever swung to operate the door panels. A casing is secured on top of the housing and has three tracks for slidably receiving three slides which are secured to the door panels. A wire couples t... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5636579 | Security window adapted to prevent forced entry A security window having one or more vertically movable panels, suitably of a transparent, rigid plastic that is bullet-resistant. The security window is useful for a clerk in a convenience store. The security window is provided with a safety mechanism th... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5631088 | Windows and methods of making and installing windows A material used to fabricate sashes used by window assemblies. The material comprises a foam core covered by a cladding material. The foam core acts as a filler and provides insulation, while the cladding material protects the foam core from the environme... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5630438 | Collapsible door for a warewasher A warewashing machine has a washing chamber with an enlarged height to increase the chamber's capacity without increasing the warewashing machine's surface area, and has collapsible doors to facilitate larger openings to the enlarged washing chamber. The ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5548926 | Hinge arrangement, and use thereof A hinge arrangement for hinging a sliding element (2) movable in guidance of, and carried by, a pair of fixed guide sections (11, 12) for turning about a hinge axle (3) affixed to the sliding element. The hinge arrangement comprises ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5448855 | Sliding element system A sliding element system has a rectangular sliding element (1) with a first side (2) and a second side (3), these sides being substantially parallel to each other; guide wheel sets (4, 5) which are attached on the first side (2) and the second side (3) of... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5448860 | Prefabricated observatory dome structure A prefabricated observatory dome structure comprising a base portion constructed from connectable arcuate panels, a rotatable dome constructed from connectable panels and a vertically slidable shutter. The flange design of the base portion provides a wate... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5228238 | Transparent storm shutter A storm shutter for protecting glass windows and doors employs one or more transparent unbreakable panels having edges effectively increased in thickness to be retained in respective tracks in the shutter frame, the track having openings narrower than the... | 07/20/1993 |
