Bizarre Patents
A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of PatentStorm
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest patents by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Got questions? Ask a Patent Expert!
Registered users: Manage your profile, comments and alerts.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364109 | Cable reel The present invention discloses a cable reel, which comprises a casing, a movable latch member pivotally coupled into the casing, a protrusion disposed at one end of the latch member, a turntable disposed under the latch member and pivotally coupled into the casing,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7309286 | Gaming device having a co-molded switch and method of making same A gaming device having an extendable button and a co-molded switch. The apparatus and method includes inserting a pushbutton switch and connection cord into a mold. A first portion is formed around the cord by injecting a first material onto the cord proximate the b... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308109 | Portable terminal having earphone winding device built therein An earphone winding device in a portable terminal using an earphone is disclosed. The earphone winding device comprises a housing formed in a portable terminal body. A rotational bobbin is rotatably fit in the housing. It has, at a center thereof, a spiral spring fo... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7285111 | Apparatus and methods for transportable medical fluid administration The exemplary embodiment of the present invention would provide an apparatus for concealed transport of a medical fluid administration device. The medical fluid administration device would be capable of infusing medical fluids to, or collecting medical fluids from, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7222812 | Positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel A positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel is disclosed. The cable reel comprises an upper cover, a pad, a reeling disc, a coiled cable, a spring, and a lower cover, characterized in that the reeling disc and a positioning element mounted at the inner edge o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222811 | Positioning device of a dual direction cable reel A positioning device of a dual direction cable reel is disclosed. The cable reel comprises a top cover, a pad, a reeling disc top cover, a reeling disc, a lead wire, a spring, a bottom cover and positioning member, characterized in that the reeling disc and the posi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7150425 | Adjustable reel assembly A reel assembly for storing a hose, an electrical cord, or other items. The reel assembly includes a base, a spool rotatably mounted to the base, and a guide arm adjustably mounted to the base for guiding the direction in which a hose, for example, is extended from ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7080800 | Controlling method of seat belt retractor In controlling a seat belt retractor, at least one of signals selected from a state signal showing a movement of an occupant wearing a seat belt and an external signal obtained from detecting means installed in a vehicle during running thereof is received. Then, a r... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7051969 | Belt retractor A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt comprises a frame and a belt spool (1) which is rotatably mounted in the frame, and at least one locking toothing (2, 3) which is connected with the belt spool. A first locking catch (5) and a second lo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048319 | Easy-to-use safety net device The invention relates to a safety net device with a housing, in which a winding shaft is rotationally mounted. The winding shaft is pretensioned by a spring motor in the direction of winding of a safety net which is fixed to the winding shaft. The other edge of the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6978960 | Hose reel with integral hub assembly A hose reel that includes a spool that is formed by attaching a pair of spool flange plates to opposite sides of hub assembly. The hub assembly is an integral unitary structure that includes central hub, a plurality of spokes extending radially from the central hub,... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6942079 | Power cord winding and releasing device A power cord winding and releasing device includes a reel around which a first power cord is wound, a housing formed from upper and lower covers for rotatably receiving the reel therein, and a coiled spring strip fixed in a tubular body of the reel. An upper surface... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6808138 | Wire-winding box structure with increased use area A wire-winding box structure with an increased use area has a wire-winding box body, a wire-winding disk, a communication wire and a power spring. One end of the communication wire is wound around a wire-winding pivot of the wire-winding disk to form an inner ring p... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6679448 | Handset cable reel A handset cable reel for use e.g. in passenger aircraft comprises a spool fitted with a rewind bias spring, the spool also having peripheral teeth 82. These interact with an oscillating pawl 62, a ratchet/star wheel 60 and a pawl 57 so that, after the cab... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6536697 | Structure of automatic suspender reeling device A structure of an automatic suspender reeling device, and especially a device in which an engaging member and a ratchet wheel are mutually engaged with or separated from each other to control pulling out or retracting of a wound suspender. The reeling dev... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6474585 | Wire winding box with increasing usable area A wire winding box with an increasing area includes a box body, a communication wire, a wire winding disk, and a spiral spring. The box body has a wire groove and a shaft. The wire winding disk has a first disk body. Two surfaces of the first disk body ar... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6439490 | Wire reeler A wire reeler enables the auto collection of communication wire, and has a wire collector, an elastic element, and a switch inside a shell body. The wire collector has one end of the communication wire wound on the rotation axle, while another end is woun... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6416005 | Apparatus for reducing radial friction in a wire winding box A wire winding box for reducing radial friction, especially a wire winding box for reducing radial friction of a communication wire, is disclosed. A fixing piece is installed in the through hole in the wire winding ring of wire winding disk. The fixing pi... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6293485 | Two-stage retractable cord reel A cord storage assembly is disclosed. A length of cord can be wound onto a reel. The storage assembly includes a retraction mechanism and a latch mechanism. A latch pilot mechanism is provided to selectively engage and disengage the latch mechanism. The l... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6019198 | Mechanically driven ratchet assembly A mechanically driven ratchet assembly which has a pawl gear attached to a rotationally biased shaft, a pawl assembly having a pawl tooth for engagement with a pawl gear, and a ratchet gear which alternately permits movement when driven by the pawl gear o... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5893528 | Tubing retracting system A retracting system especially for use with operating room equipment and adapted to permit a vinyl tube to be removed from a storage spool to a desired length. The spool system is then locked into position so that the tubing is not retracted. By pulling s... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5769349 | Device for automatically retracting a connection member with a releasable or separable element The cable (2), at one extremity of which the connector is fixed, is wound onto the largest portion of the periphery of the drum (6) and is fixed at its other extremity to an arm (12) pivoting around the spin axis (7) of the drum (6). The spring returning ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5581821 | Reelable ear plugs for construction helmets A construction helmet is disclosed having a housing detachably mounted thereon which supports a ratcheted take-up reel having a pair of ear plugs attached to a hub by flexible cords wound about the hub. The reel is rotatably carried on the housing and a m... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5520350 | Seat belt retractor having an intentional set comfort system The present invention provides an intentionally set or overt comfort system to be employed in a vehicle seat belt retractor for rewinding a seat belt. The system requires an overt activation by the occupant through a predetermined sequence of deliberate b... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5289987 | Comfort mechanism for safety belt retractor assembly A safety belt retractor for providing motor vehicle occupant protection is disclosed. The retractor has a rotatable spool for storing safety belt webbing and a rewind spring for exerting a retraction force on the belt webbing. The retractor includes a com... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5135182 | Seat belt winding force controlling device A seat belt winding force controlling device for vehicles includes a main body, a belt reel, a shaft, a braking lever, a windup spring, an emergency braking member, a ratchet gear, and a winding force controlling member, whereby the winding force can be e... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5121887 | Comfort mechanism for seat belt retractor assembly A safety belt retractor for providing motor vehicle occupant protection is disclosed. The retractor has a rotatable spool for storing safety belt webbing and a rewind spring for exerting a retraction force on the belt webbing. The retractor also includes ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5065954 | Release mechanism A spindle is supported for rotation in opposite directions about its longitudinal central axis. An end portion of seat belt webbing is secured to the spindle. The belt webbing normally moves parallel to a predetermined plane as the belt webbing is withdra... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4976474 | Selective active overt comfort system A tensionless apparatus for a seat belt and/or shoulder harness retractor assembly is provided, which requires activation of a manual overt actuator and subsequent manual belt protraction to engage the tensionless mode from a release state. The tensionles... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4957248 | Seat belt retractor with comfort mechanism An apparatus for use with a vehicle seat belt retractor which includes a spindle having seat belt webbing wound thereon. The spindle is supported for rotation in belt retraction and withdrawal directions and is biased to rotate in the belt retraction dire... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4896843 | Comfort mechanism with slack limit A seat belt retractor includes a spindle having belt webbing wound thereon. The spindle is supported for rotation in belt retraction and belt withdrawal directions. The spindle is biased to rotate in the belt retraction direction. A disk member is fixed t... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4856728 | Passive seat belt retractor assembly A seat belt retractor assembly particularly adapted for mounting in a motor vehicle door as part of a passive belt system. The retractor includes both an inertia sensitive actuator and a tension relief or "comfort" features. The retractor further includes... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4854522 | Safety apparatus A vehicle safety apparatus includes a safety belt retractor having a reel which is urged to rotate in a belt retraction direction. A comfort assembly is operable between an engaged condition blocking rotation of the reel in the belt retraction direction a... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4813627 | Rewindable hose reel An automatic rewindable garden hose reel is provided that eliminates the need for an external power source. A flat spring is reversely biased as the hose reel is unwound, storing energy for hose retraction. The retraction is selectively activated by a rat... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4721269 | Shoulder belt comfort feature release Combination lap and shoulder belt restraining system, including a mounting frame with belt windup spool and with comfort feature release means for automotive vehicle occupant, responsive to tension lap belt engagement independent of belt spool rotation fo... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4616141 | Electrically activated tension eliminator actuator A vehicle occupant operated device for selectively eliminating the rewinding tension in a seat belt retractor mechanism. The automobile battery is operably coupled to the device, using an occupant controlled switch to a combination limit and reversing swi... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4553716 | Mechanism in roll-up device for safety belts in motor vehicles Mechanism in roll-up devices for safety belts in motor vehicles, where the safety belt which, addressed by one or more danger sensors, can be blocked via a belt shaft, is stressed in tension by a spring force in the winding-up direction of the belt shaft,... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4534508 | Anti-skid device for vehicles An anti-skid device for use with a vehicle ground-engaging wheel, and which includes a traction pad for wedging under a vehicle wheel to allow traction thereon upon rotation of a vehicle wheel. A retractor apparatus is adapted to be mounted on the bumper ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4511101 | Reeling device A reeling device including a reel for holding, paying out and winding in a linearly extendable, flexible member, means for biasing said reel in a direction of rotation for winding in said member and a latching mechanism adapted to prevent winding in of sa... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4509708 | Mechanism in roll-up device for safety belts in motor vehicles Mechanism in roll-up devices for safety belts in motor vehicles, where the safety belt which, addressed by one or more danger sensors, can be blocked via a belt shaft, is stressed in tension in the winding-up direction of the belt shaft by the force of a ... | 04/09/1985 |