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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| 7520223 | Explosive effect mitigated containers A container, such as a standard aircraft unit load device, a truck trailer, a ship's cargo compartment, or the like, is fitted with a blast mitigating material located within the container. The blast mitigating material can be fitted to the container during manufact... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7331291 | Self-supporting air tube for blasting A self-supporting air tube for blasting and method of blasting rock using the air tube. The air tube includes an air bladder, a pair of support wings and an inlet. The air bladder has a diameter smaller than that of a blasting hole and extends longitudinally. The su... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7313994 | Apparatus and method for blast suppression An improved method of blast suppression involves forming a foam barrier in proximity to a bomb or other suspicious device. The foam is maintained in position by a containment structure which is inflated and kept in an inflated state by the foam used to form such bar... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7284490 | Rod warhead systems and associated methods Rod warhead systems and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projectile having an arrangement of rods is propelled along a trajectory toward an object. The arrangement of rods is radially expanded from a first position to a second position prior to... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7246659 | Damping fluid pressure waves in a subterranean well A system and method of damping fluid pressure waves in a subterranean well. In a described embodiment, pressure waves are damped by positioning a dampener in the well during a perforating operation. The dampener may attenuate the pressure waves by absorbing the pres... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7213494 | Blast protection structures A blast protection structure is formed of one or more bags, generally shown as (1) in FIG. 2. Such bags comprise an upper and lower compartment, with the lower compartment having a reinforcing layer (2), preferably formed of an impact reactant s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204183 | Container for containing an explosion A container for receiving an explosive element and containing fragments projected by an explosion thereof, the container comprising a seamless enclosure made of walls defining a first open end and a first closed end. The seamless enclosure are collapsible and the wa... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7117779 | Driver for power tools A power source (10) for providing energy to drive a mechanical device including a receiving chamber (11) and discrete propellant charges (23) for selective detonation whereby gases generated by the selective detonation expand into the receiving ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7067031 | Process for making a ceramic armor plate Disclosed is a process for making a ceramic armor plate. A backing element having a known two-dimensional size is provided. A plurality of ceramic armor tiles are placed side by side to form a layer of ceramic armor tiles on a front surface of the backing element, a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7023339 | Transportable security portal for screening potential terrorists The security portal (10) is dimensioned to be readily mounted and transported on a trailer (54) alone as a single security portal (10) or with a plurality of security portals to provide screening for a short term, high security event. The portal... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000550 | Ablative blast resistant security door panel Penetration resistant door panel comprises a plurality of spars having a series of holes therethrough and sandwiched between an outer skin and a rear skin. Preferably there are two series of holes in each spar that are staggered with respect to each other. The holes... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6886299 | Blast curtain A flexible blast curtain will reduce casualties and property damage in the event of a terrorist bombing by intercepting flying debris and dissipating over pressure through deflection of the curtain. The blast curtain may be attached directly to buildings or mounted ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6677034 | Aerogels, piezoelectric devices, and uses therefor In its first aspect the invention provides an electromechanical acoustic transducer (5) which is resistively terminated at the rear with a closely-coupled sound absorber (7) made from an aerogel with good acoustic absorption at low frequencies. The invent... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6655290 | Structure of slackening type blasting mat A blasting mat assembly comprising a steel plate member having thickness capable of bearing a blasting pressure of explosives inputted to blasting hole; an elastic member which is fixedly attached along a bottom edge of the steel plate member for isolatin... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6622631 | Slackening type blasting method A blasting mat assembly comprising a steel plate member having thickness capable of bearing a blasting pressure of explosives inputted to blasting hole; an elastic member which is fixedly attached along a bottom edge of the steel plate member for isolatin... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6439120 | Apparatus and method for blast suppression The invention disclosed is an apparatus for explosive blast suppression, and a method therefor, the apparatus comprising a hemispherical enclosure (10) defined by an upstanding wall, positioning means (42) associated with the enclosure, for positioning th... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6397753 | Water-based apparatus to mitigate damage and injuries from a fully or partially confined explosion A water-based apparatus for mitigating the gas pressure loading and associated damage and injuries from a fully or partially confined explosion. The water-based apparatus comprises a water-blanket which rests on each pallet of ordnance to mitigate the gas... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6332401 | Method and apparatus for pressure wave suppression in small-charge blasting The present invention is directed to a method for selecting pressure wave suppression devices from among a menu of pressure wave suppression devices to satisfy the pressure wave requirements of a given job or application. The present invention is further ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6321655 | Method and apparatus for flyrock control in small charge blasting The present invention is directed to a method for selecting flyrock control devices from among a menu of flyrock control devices to satisfy the flyrock requirements of a given job or application. The present invention is further directed to flyrock device... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6302026 | Explosion-suppressing structure An explosion-suppressing structure comprises an explosion-suppressing barrier, such as a wall of liquid-filled tanks or blocks, and rupturable explosion-suppressing roof members 23 such as hollow rigid bodies containing liquid-filled bags 24 and supportin... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6289816 | Water-based apparatus to mitigate damage and injuries from a fully or partially confined explosion A water-based apparatus for mitigating the gas pressure loading and associated damage and injuries from a fully or partially confined explosion. The water-based apparatus comprises a water-blanket which rests on each pallet of ordnance to mitigate the gas... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6266926 | Gas generator deployed occupant protection apparatus and method An apparatus and method for protecting an occupant of a building from flying debris from a frangible structure of the building, such as a window or the like, in the event of an explosion or other blast. A protective barrier is positioned adjacent the buil... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6260464 | In-situ implosion for destruction of dangerous materials A structure for the destruction of dangerous materials is described which has a destruction location, which may be a pit below ground level. The destruction pit contains the dangerous materials. At least one durable, sealed membrane is present beneath at ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6244155 | Explosive parcel containment and blast mitigation container The present invention relates to a containment structure for containing and mitigating explosions. The containment structure is installed in the wall of the building and has interior and exterior doors for placing suspicious packages into the containment ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6240858 | Penetration resistant panel A panel includes a plurality of elongated members in a serpentine configuration under axial compression. The members are adapted to straighten to extend into an opening cut through the panel and the members.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6200664 | Explosion barrier A barrier for containing an explosion in a room or the like. The barrier is a structural panel comprising a base sheet, a plurality of truncated polyhedral elements secured to and projecting from the base sheet, and a face sheet covering and secured to th... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6161462 | Bulletproof blanket for use with law enforcement vehicles such as police cars A bulletproof blanket for use with law enforcement vehicles, including a plurality of envelopes containing panels. Each of the panels is fabricated of a lightweight material. Each of the envelopes containing panels has a short lower horizontal edge, an up... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6119574 | Blast effects suppression system A blast suppression system is provided, with the system including a plurality of command-actuated units located in the immediate vicinity of a bomb, a reservoir of suppressant material, and transmission lines connecting the reservoir to the units. Each of... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5900578 | Method of breaking slabs and explosive shock transmitting and moderating composition for use therein Rock slabs or pieces are broken from larger rocks or from rock formations with reduced cracking of the broken rock slabs or pieces by drilling bore holes along the desired break lines, placing detonating cord into the bore holes, filling the bore holes wi... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5780763 | Fracture/severance of materials A method for severing or weakening materials. Explosive cords are placed in grooves on the upper surface of the material to be severed or weakened. The explosive cords are initiated simultaneously to introduce explosive shock waves into the material. Thes... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5728967 | Suppressing explosions and installation A method of limiting an environmental disturbance caused by exploding explosive material, comprising spraying liquid to generate a liquid dispersion about the explosive material to be exploded and detonating the explosive material so that it explodes in t... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5719350 | Blast and splinter proof screening device and his method of use This invention relates to the use of at least one rupturable flexible liquid containment device to reduce the effects of explosions. It has applications, inner alia, in the control of "fly" from building demolition, the disposal of munitions, the disposal... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5576511 | Anti-explosion pads with steel mesh, slitted metal foil and expanded metal net A highly efficient anti-explosion pad comprising multiple sheets of expanded metal net separated by a core layer of porous material such as fiberglass, cotton batting or an assembly of miniature ellipsoids or balls formed from expanded metal net. When cov... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5563364 | Anti-explosion pads and their method of use A highly efficient anti-explosion pad comprising multiple sheets of expanded metal net separated by a core layer of porous material such as fiberglass, cotton batting or an assembly of miniature ellipsoids or balls formed from expanded metal net. When cov... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5546862 | Remote control adaptor for a detonator system A remote control adaptor for the XM-122 detonator system which utilizes a ir of color coded LED's to indicate the open or closed status of the output terminal of a bistable relay.... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5524546 | Breeching device A breaching device comprising a regular polygon structure in which identi, rectangular, concave flying plate devices (shape charges) form the sides of the polygon, and a strong, rigid, lightweight structure holds the flying plate devices in position. The... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5482754 | Multi-layer rubber mat A multi-purpose rubber mat comprising strips of rubber material having a top and bottom sides and edge portion; said strips laid together whereby the top side of one abuts the bottom side of another; and said laid together strips threaded and held togethe... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5437230 | Standoff mine neutralization system and method An unpowered air vehicle, i.e. a glider, which is air-launched from appreciable range, is densely packed with a large area, explosive net. At a pre-determined location, the net is extracted from the glider by a parachute and expanded completely before lan... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5394786 | Acoustic/shock wave attenuating assembly An acoustic/shock wave attenuating assembly comprised of porous screens forms an enclosure filled with a suitable pressure wave attenuating medium or material having fluid characteristics. This basic configuration can be suspended or held in place by a ri... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5386779 | Passive air blast attenuators and ventilators A blast attenuator and ventilator for use in hardened or protective structures or the like that includes within a hollow housing a chamber that is arranged to receive directly the blast effect. Adequate openings for gas flow are provided so that appropria... | 02/07/1995 |
