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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4883042 | Air guns An air gun of the break-barrel type has a spring-urged piston working in a bore of a cylinder. The piston has two axially spaced latched cocking positions in the cylinder; an intermediate position in which the spring is only partially compressed, and a fu... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4759336 | Double underwater speargun An underwater speargun consisting of two spears that are independent of each other. This underwater speargun is capable of 2 rapid discharges of spears or 2 simultaneous discharges of spears. Accidental firing is prevented due to the safety blocking the t... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4687661 | Method for producing liposomes A method for producing liposomes which comprises mixing liposome membrane components with a water-soluble non-volatile solvent and, then, dispersing the mixture in an aqueous medium. The pharmaceutically acceptable liposome preparation as a drug delivery ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4676504 | Tennis and baseball dispensing apparatus Ball dispensing apparatus for hitting practice includes a ball retainer for retaining and sequentially delivering balls to one end thereof, a lever rotatably mounted on a shaft at the one end of the retainer for engaging and lifting a ball from the retain... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4509760 | Target structure A target structure comprising of at least one target and means coupled to the target for exploding the target when the target is hit by an object. In a particular embodiment, the target is a horizontal panel and projector means is located beneath the pane... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4333651 | Ball striking game A game in which a club is provided having a handle and a head for striking a ball toward a target. The club head has a pivoted striker plate which is spring biased and latched to snap open and strike a ball placed adjacent the face. The latch in the head ... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4256077 | Marble shooter device This invention relates to a marble shooter device which features: a frame having two elongated sides attached together at one of their ends in a spaced-apart relationship by a front end frame piece and attached together at their outer ends in spaced-apart... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4164928 | Basketball tossing device A hand-held device for tossing a basketball of standard size and shape, up into the air consistently at the same height is provided having a basketball rest plate attached to a spring-loaded firing assembly which is inside a casing having a firing mechani... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4134588 | Spring actuated billiard cue A spring actuated short billiard cue stick having a plunger shaft in the bore of a handle member, the shaft being slotted longitudinally in the bore with spaced enlargements therealong, a manually releasable latch member in the form of a rod associated wi... | 01/16/1979 |
