Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132790 | Impact load deflector sleeve and removable collar assembly for cable and post protection A guard system for protecting cables or posts from damage by falling rocks and other dynamic forces is provided. The guard assembly comprises a first sleeve rotatably positionable about one of the cables or the posts and a second sleeve rotatably positionable about ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7942384 | Internal clip for a rail A resilient clip adapted for internal installation within a rail having a longitudinally extending internal gap. The clip includes a lower leg that engages the base of the rail, and an intermediate leg, which engages a side wall of the rail. An indented upper leg of... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7887027 | Fence guard A fence guard mountable to a chain link fence includes a generally elongated shield and a mounting clip. The mounting clip includes a clip-to-fence attachment for attaching the clip to the fence and an adjustable shield-to-clip attachment for adjustably attaching th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7628385 | Fence edge guard A fence edge guard including an elongated channel-shaped body member having a bottom, and upstanding opposed sidewalls extending upwardly from opposed side edges of the bottom and terminating at an open top, and an interior elongated channel defined by the bottom an... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7500653 | T-post extension A T-post extension is disclosed for extending the effective length of an existing T-post to increase the height of a fence. The T-post extension has a plurality of engagement members that slidably engage a top portion of a T-post at opposing surfaces of the T-post t... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7441751 | Cable fence system A high security fence which includes strengthening cables. The cables extend internally within the aligned rails of the fence, and through cable passageways formed in the posts which support the fence rails. The cables are anchored adjacent each end by a substrate. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434788 | Pest deterrent fence A pest deterrent fence is used to deter slugs and snails and similar animals from gaining access to gardens. The fence comprises vertically oriented first and second conductive surfaces that are generally metallic mesh. The conductive surfaces separated by a polyvin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419139 | Barbed tape product with a predetermined pattern of attachment points and attachment elements A barbed tape product as adjacent pairs of loops in which the loops of a pair are attached to each other at an attachment point that is circumferentially offset relative to an attachment point of the adjacent pair of loops. Additional attachment points may be provid... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7387295 | Tire fence Above ground fences are constructed with used tires from vehicles. Various arrangements of tires and inter-tire binding and anchorage of tires in place are disclosed. Usage for area fencing for animal containment, for privacy fencing, for limited privacy screening, ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384211 | Cable crash barrier apparatus with novel cable construction and method of preventing intrusion Cable crash barrier apparatus precludes unwanted ingress and egress and electronically monitors breaches. Substantial thickness of the cable provides mechanical integrity resistant to, for example, a 400 lb. vehicle traveling at speeds up to at least about 52 miles ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7346968 | Method and apparatus for connecting loops of barbed tape to each other A method and apparatus for automatically attaching loops of a coil together at desired points. The apparatus comprises a frame, a rotatable barrel, wire separators, alignment fingers, a clipping rack further comprising pincers, and a clipping gun. The barrel, wire s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341397 | Utility trailer and safety barrier for street repair A utility trailer provides a frame defining a forward open bottom work space, a medially rearward deck and a rearwardmost extendable impact attenuator. Hitch structure encloses the forward portion of the work space. The impact attenuator is deployable spacedly rearw... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331568 | Apparatus for use with coiled barrier material Apparatus for dispensing coiled barb tape which includes a frame in which is located a boom from which the coiled barb tape is suspended. The boom is extensible to assist in deployment of the barb tape and the frame, apart from protecting the coiled barb tape, provi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329067 | Retractable road median A retractable road median used to divide a road that may be retracted to allow vehicles to cross it in the event of an emergency, comprising a median assembly, a frame assembly, a winch assembly, and a longitudinal base assembly. The retractable road median has mean... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325787 | Barrier A barrier formed from one or more barrier tapes, which may be barbed. Two lower barrier tapes are supported on the opposed projecting arms of outrigger system installed atop a structure such as a wall, gate or fence. Each extended lower barrier tape is formed from l... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311470 | Wale and retaining wall system A wale for use in bracing a retaining wall. The wale is comprise of a back wall, a front wall having a channel formed therein, and a plurality connecting walls connecting the back and front walls to form at least one chamber between the back and front walls. In one ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311464 | Illuminated snowboard railway track An internally illuminated snowboard track for recreational areas or parks which are operated at night is made up of a continuous elongated transparent rail which is supported a predetermined distance above the ground by a base support member, and a light source exte... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290756 | Concertina tape products configured for stable deployment and retrieval A deployment system and associated products utilize a magazine for holding and dispensing the products. The products may have any of a number of internal and external trusses that may be in tension and/or compression for rigidifying the product in selected direction... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287930 | Vehicle impact attenuator A vehicle impact attenuator that can be installed at low cost in a narrow installation space, immediately stop a colliding vehicle, and effectively mitigate the impact on the vehicle. The vehicle impact attenuator includes a shock absorber that deforms upon a collis... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267324 | Ranch fence An interlocking steel fencing system having posts and rails made from tubular steel, the posts and rails being either round or rectangular in shape, the posts having openings therein which correspond with the shape of a rail designed to be inserted therein, the end ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264370 | Light emitting diode roadway lighting system A system for lighting roadways utilizes LED lighting systems recessed into roadside barriers. The LED lighting element includes a number of LEDs fixed in an elongated formation. The LED lighting element is inserted into the barrier's recessed area in a generally ver... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258326 | Wall made of bagel split tires Above ground fencing is constructed with slices of used tires from vehicles. There are various arrangements of tire slices and inter-slice binding and anchorage of slices in places. One use for such fencing is for roadway collision safety. One use of the tread porti... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257875 | Method for making a protective device for guardrails, and a protective device for guardrails A method for making a protective device for guardrails comprises the steps of preparing a sheet (2) of flexible material; wrapping the sheet (2) of flexible material between at least one portion (3) of a longitudinal rail (6) of a guardra... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250213 | Textured wire tie and methods of making same This invention relates to a textured tie wire product, and more particularly to rebar tying applications, bundling, and packaging applications. The invention also relates to methods of making textured tie wire products. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246792 | Ornamental fence insert An ornamental fence insert for a picket fence. The picket fence is of the type having two upper rails and a plurality of pickets extending through the rails to define spaces therebetween. The ornamental fence insert, having diametrically opposed projecting brackets,... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245810 | Fiber optic cable fastener A secure fastener for joining fiber optic cables, is presented. The fastener includes a first segment having a first plurality of grooves to accommodate portions of the fiber optic cables, a first plurality of posts, a first plurality of apertures, and a first raise... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240637 | Fence-covering system A fence-covering system for covering the openings in fence structures, such as an animal corral or arena. According to one aspect, a fence-covering system includes one or more removable fence-covering members that snap-fit onto the existing rails of a fence. Each fe... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234689 | Clamping apparatus and apparatus for use in erecting temporary guard rails An apparatus for use in clamping a structure at its edge, the structure having opposed surfaces, the apparatus comprising a stanchion, a first clamping assembly attached to the stanchion and a second clamping assembly selectively slidably moveable longitudinally alo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219709 | Retractable gate A retractable gate removably attached between the door frames of a dwelling having a flexible screen attached to a rotatable shaft supported within a housing. The shaft is turned by a knob to retract the screen and is locked by a spring loaded ratchet attachment. | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219856 | UAV recovery system A UAV capture system is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, the UAV capture system is coupled to the deck of a sea-faring vessel. The UAV capture system includes a single arresting line that is supported by a stanchion. In the illustrative embodiment, the sta... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216854 | Modular fence A novel fence module is provided for use in a burrowing-animal discouraging modular fence, the module comprising a plurality of generally parallel elongate members each having an upper end and a tapered lower end, upper and lower crossbars connecting the plurality o... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217061 | Barrier system A barrier system comprises a first and second upright support legs and a laterally extending vision barrier. The support legs may include a pair of telescoping leg support portions. The laterally extending vision barrier comprises a vision barrier screen having slit... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216853 | Solid barrier system A solid barrier, sound partition and privacy fence system including a plurality of interconnected fence panels whose ends are adapted to fit to pre-existing fence posts. The ends of the fence panels include attachment structure for releasably securing adjacent fence... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213509 | Method and system for individual tire recycling A method for handling scrap tires, includes a step of providing a compacting apparatus to a scrap tire generator, such as a tire retailer. Before compacting the tires, the tire can be marked with a unique identifier assigned to every tire generator. By marking the s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210874 | Flared energy absorbing system and method An energy absorbing system with one or more energy absorbing assemblies is provided to reduce or eliminate the severity of a collision between a moving motor vehicle and a roadside hazard. The energy absorbing system may be installed adjacent to a gore area and othe... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204898 | Thermoplastic fencing construction and method of assembly thereof A fencing construction made of thermoplastic materials which can be easily assembled utilizing ultrasonic welding and which can include a unique configuration for the ultrasonic welding surfaces which prevents the flow of melted thermoplastic materials outwardly ont... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195562 | Knockdown skateboard park system A skate park system comprises interlocking pieces enabling quick assembly and disassembly. The disassembled pieces can lay flat, enabling storage in minimal space. Ramp, funbox and grindrail portions may be used separately or combined in varying manners to provide a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195445 | Wind energy park around a building to be protected The invention concerns a wind park comprising a plurality of wind power installations which are arranged around a building to be protected. The invention provides that a small distance (as small as possible) is provided between the wind power installations and/or th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188825 | Catchment net, especially for rockfall blocking A catchment net (1), especially for rockfall blocking, includes a net (2) consisting of elements that engage with each other, and whose two longitudinal sides are each moveably held by a holding rope (3, 4) extending between at least two support... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178792 | Child safety barriers A child safety gate includes a flexible barrier that is retractable into a housing and extendable across a passageway to inhibit passage by a child. An electrically operable extension lock solenoid inhibits barrier extension until activated by a parent. The gate inc... | 02/20/2007 |
