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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7575065 | Metal detector with excavation tool A hand-held metal detector and soil excavation device useful for locating and retrieving metallic objects concealed in soil or other materials. The device includes a housing with a hand-grip portion and an elongated probe portion. There is an excavation tool connect... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7065947 | Powered ZRT sand grooming vehicle and grooming brush rake A sand grooming vehicle comprises a vehicle having zero radius turn capability. The vehicle includes a front caster wheel, two independently driven rear wheels, and twin control sticks for allowing spin turning of the vehicle by driving the outboard drive wheel and ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7024845 | Grass striping apparatus for use with lawn vehicle A grass striping apparatus for use with a lawn vehicle, e.g., a lawn mower. The striping apparatus may include a frame assembly operatively coupled to the vehicle, e.g., to a cutting deck of the vehicle, and a wiper member extending along a rear side of the cutting ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997633 | Coupling for split-boom power tool A power tool coupling system for coupling two boom members of a split-boom power tool. The coupling system includes a first section and a second section. The first section is adapted to be fixedly attached to an end of a first one of the boom members. The first sect... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6843325 | Operator actuated electro-mechanical drag mat lift assembly An operator actuated electro-mechanical drag mat lift assembly that mounts on the rear of existing lawn equipment that provides a platform for mounting lawn care products requiring deployment for use The Banko Manufacturing International design allows the lawn equip... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6009956 | Method and apparatus for distributing fluid to a leach field surface An apparatus for distributing fluid onto a hydrometallurgy leach field consists of individual modules having structure for operatively coupling the modules to one another to form the apparatus. Each module, which alone can form a fluid distribution appara... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5689905 | Hydraulic shovel with arm incorporating breaker A working machine of a hydraulic shovel which enables easy attaching and detaching of a chisel and affords smooth breaker work even in the vicinity of a wall, while enhancing chisel penetration and correspondingly improving the efficiency of the work. To ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5653293 | Portable wire puller A portable wire puller designed to be operated from a motor vehicle having a hydraulic system. The wire puller utilizes a spool mounted on an axle which is made up of two rods which can be easily connected to and disconnected from one another, so that it ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5573071 | Apparatus for cultivating soil on terrain with steep slopes Apparatus for cultivating soil and sowing and bedding seed and/or fertilizer on steep slopes. A tractor comprises a chassis which is supported for movement along a path over terrain by endless tracks. The tracks have lateral widths which are optimum relat... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5479731 | Tree harvesting apparatus A tree harvester which is intended to be fitted to a crane arm or the like for the purpose of uprooting trees. In order to supplement the ground preparation that is automatically achieved adjacent the exposed soils areas left in the ground subsequent to p... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5450910 | Snow thrower to lawn care conversion apparatus An apparatus is provided for a snow thrower which has a motor, a wheeled support for the motor, an auger, and a support for the auger. The apparatus converts the snow thrower to a lawn care apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of lock assemblies conne... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5431232 | Quick change mounted packer system A cultivator is equipped with detachable harrows or detachable packers. When the cultivator is used for direct seeding, narrow openers cut through the earth, and seed pneumatically transported from an air seeder, is placed immediately behind the openers. ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5236051 | Plastic sheet take-up implement An agricultural implement for automatically taking up plastic sheeting and drip tape onto cylindrical drums. In the preferred embodiment, the device is designed to be mounted onto the back of a tractor or the like by means of a three point hitch. The devi... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5224700 | Combined putting green repair tool and stopwatch A pitch-mark repair tool used for repairing pitch-marks made on greens when playing golf is provided with a timing device which allows specific time periods applicable to a game of golf, such as the five-minute rule, to be measured objectively and simply ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5149087 | Turf repair tool including club support The present invention entails a utility golf accessory in the form of an elongated rod having a handle on one end and a ground penetrating fork on the other end. The ground penetrating fork functions to repair ball marks and divots. Pivotally connected to... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5116162 | Pavement maintenance machine and method A pavement maintenance machine has a side mounted root cutter for cutting subsurface tree roots along the edge of a slab of pavement and a rear mounted pavement milling mechanism for removing an elevated corner of the upheaved slab to eliminate the "toe s... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4989676 | Sweeper system for lawn mowing An improved sweeper system for use with a grass mowing machine for use in the care of golf course greens in which the lawn mowing machine has at least one mower assembly, the sweeper system including a sweeper structural support affixed to and extending f... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4974350 | Blade/scoop unit for bulldozer A dozer blade/scoop unit comprising a dozer blade, a mounting mechanism on the blade adapted to affix the same to the elevator arms of a dozer, a scoop having a floor and side walls, cooperating hinge mechanisms on the blade and on the scoop pivotally con... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4854592 | Golf club with internal sand rake A collapsible sand rake assembly may be stored within the shaft of a golf club and selectively extended from an upper end of the club for use. The sand rake assembly includes a post which has a limited range of sliding movement with respect to the golf cl... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4730680 | Hoe and guard therefor The hoe is formed from a tempered steel blade substantially, triangular when viewed in front elevation and secured at right angles to one end of the handle. The guard or sheath is formed from plastic or sheet metal, to protect the relatively sharp edges o... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4593766 | Strafing pit conditioning apparatus with magnetic sweeper A crawler tractor with a dozer blade and fitted with accessories to loosen the ground in the strafing pit area of an Air Force gunnery range and simultaneously remove from the ground rocks the size of a man's fist and larger and spent projectiles. The tra... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4546601 | Lawn and garden maintenance apparatus An apparatus for use in lawn and garden maintenance, in which a chassis having a pair of axially aligned and independently operable drive wheels carries a central reel mower mounted with the rotational axis of the mower and the drive wheels lying in the s... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4533001 | Multiple fixture for replacing worn hoe bits A multiple fixture is provided for aiding in affixing replacement spoons to worn teeth of a rotary hoe wheel. The fixture comprises a circular hub from which extends a plurality of generally equally-spaced, radially-disposed arms. The number of arms equal... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4416335 | Ground-clearing and mound-building scarifier A ground-clearing and mound-building device is provided that can be towed along the ground to move material on the surface to one side, expose the surface of the ground, and build mounds on the cleared ground for planting and forest regeneration, having a... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4356734 | Soil sampling device There is disclosed a soil sampling device having a sampling unit arranged on a disc which can be rotated around a quasi-horizontal axle on the arm of a frame attached to a vehicle. Also on the arm is a sample removing unit which removes the sample from th... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4353424 | Slash gathering vehicle A vehicle for removing slash from steep logging slopes includes an anti-skid propulsion system characterized by a power winch for reeling in an uphill-anchored cable and a pair of crawler tracks driven in synchronization with the winch. The vehicle has an... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4306407 | Lawn care device A lawn care device is provided which essentially consists of support beams or rotary cutter blades which are mounted onto the vertically disposed drive shaft of conventional lawn motors. The support beams are provided with receiving means, support-like ba... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4058068 | Soil cultivating and sowing implement A cultivator or rotary harrow has soil working members rotatable about upwardly extending shafts journalled in a frame portion that extends transverse to the direction of travel. The front of the frame is supported by a coupling attached to a prime mover ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4003438 | Cultivator A cultivator or harrow has two groups of tined soil working members in a row that are driven to rotate about upwardly extending shafts. Each group is located on an opposite side of a frame portion center from the other. Between each soil working member, a... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3956835 | Log skidder with implement mounted cable guide means A log skidder comprises a bulldozer assembly mounted on either the forward or rearward end thereof and a cable guide mechanism, including a fairlead and roller, mounted on a blade of the bulldozer assembly for receiving and guiding a cable therethrough. A... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3946681 | Earth working apparatus An earth working apparatus for use in agricultural pre-planting operations includes a first frame having laterally spaced ground engaging wheels and a second frame having a leading edge thereof pivotally mounted on the first frame adjacent a leading edge ... | 03/30/1976 |
