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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6926262 | Barbed tape A barrier structure includes a continuous piece of elongated metal tape. The metal tape includes barbs spaced along an elongate body. Each of the barbs is connected securely to a barb root, and each barb root is connected securely to the elongate body. A first regio... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6601830 | Barbed tape A barrier structure includes a continuous piece of elongated metal tape. The metal tape includes barbs spaced along an elongate body. Each of the barbs is connected securely to a barb root, and each barb root is connected securely to the elongate body. A ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 5530430 | Vibration responsive barbed tape security system The invention is a barbed tape barrier that includes a tube that acts as a support for the loops of barbed tape. Located within the tube is a fiber optic cable that is vibration sensitive and connected to a control unit. If an intruder disturbs the barrie... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5401002 | Barb stiffening process and product A barbed tape includes a central supporting portion and a plurality of barb clusters disposed at spaced apart locations along the central supporting portion, each barb cluster having first and second pairs of oppositely extending substantially planar barb... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5310163 | Barriers A barrier is fixed on a wall or other perimeter structure by way of support posts. The barrier has a support shaft along which a number of rotatable units are mounted. Each rotatable unit is formed from two interengaged elements, each element having been ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5139234 | Fencing component A fencing component is made from substantially co-planar loops of barbed tape which overlie each other and which are progressively spaced apart in a first direction. The sizes of the loops are chosen so that the overlying loops form apertures of desired s... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5074529 | Clip for forming a concertina configuration of helical barbed tape A clip is disclosed for connecting two adjacent loops of segment bent helical barbed tape in close proximity to one another at a nesting point of two contiguous folds to form a concertina antipersonnel barrier. The clip includes first and second opposed f... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5062612 | Security rail The invention provides an elongate security rail comprising a land extending in the long direction of the rail and which is connectable to the top edge of a wall or the frame of a framed fence. A series of barbed palings one spaced apart on one side of th... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4915359 | Security apparatus Security apparatus which has an outer concertina coil of barbed tape with an inner coiled electrical conductor, which may also be made from a concertina coil of barbed tape, positioned within the outer concertina coil and supported therefrom by means of i... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4887796 | Barbed tape Barbed tape made from an elongated metal strip having a plurality of pairs of barbs formed along the edges thereof and the portion of the strip forming each barbed pair has a second pair of barbs formed therein. The first pair of barbs extend in opposite ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4844422 | Barbed tape barrier A barbed tape is disclosed incorporating an improved barb configuration. A flat metal tape is formed having opposed barbed pairs that extend from a central portion at an angle to thus point the tips of the respective barbs away from the longitudinal axis ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4818972 | Reinforced barbed tape including electrical sensor A helical barbed tape includes barbs with enhanced rigidity, as well as an electrical sensor wire extending along the length of the helical barbed tape so as to be capable of use in an electronic intrusion detection system to mechanically detect disturban... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4784373 | Barbed tape An appartus and process is provided for forming a helical barbed tape. The process first involves supplying rolled steel which is passed to an apparatus for blanking barbs and cutting the steel into strips. The strips are mounted on individual cassettes. ... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4718641 | Barbed tape with reinforced barbs A helical barbed tape is provided with reinforced barbs. The tape includes a plurality of barb clusters at spaced locations along a central supporting portion. Each barb cluster includes a pair of oppositely directed barbs with the respective pairs being ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4666129 | Barrier A metal tape barrier is constructed of straight sections of elongated tape having barbs formed at spaced intervals along the tape. The barrier has a triangular configuration in cross section with the sections of tape forming the legs of the triangle. Adjo... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4509726 | Barrier A metal tape barrier has a generally constant edgewise arcuate curvature and a channel providing a lengthwise bight having a reinforcing wire therein. The tape wraps from about 200° to about 220° of the periphery of the wire, just sufficient to hold the... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4503423 | Extensible and retractable barrier and electromagnetic intrusion detector therefor A continuous strip of coiled material is provided with protrusions, such as barbs, which are oriented to eliminate mutual interference when the coiled material is stacked in a compact, collapsed nested condition and wherein each turn of the coil is perman... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4328955 | Defensive personnel barrier A defensive personnel barrier and method for fabrication thereof includes an elongated metal strip having a longitudinally extending bend therein to form a spine extending therealong with laterally opposed flanges extending obliquely from the spine. Each ... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4108070 | Explosive obstacle wire An explosive obstacle wire for rapid emplacement with bare hands. The wire is assembled in a configuration wherein barbs or other hazardous elements are ineffective. After installation in an obstacle the barbs can be quickly deformed into a hazardous conf... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4089266 | Explosive barrier wire An explosive barrier wire for rapid emplacement with bare hands. The wire is assembled in a configuration wherein barbs or other hazardous elements are ineffective. After installation in an obstacle the barbs can be quickly deformed into a hazardous confi... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4040603 | Barbed metal tape Coiled tape having successive linear segments each of equal length and uniformly angularly offset in the plane of the tape at identical bend angles relative to its trailing segment about a bend forming opening of predetermined size and shape.... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4015506 | Method of forming barrier wire A method of forming barrier wire by explosive means. A strip of deformable material provided with grooves or slits intersecting its edges is wrapped helically around a strand of wire or explosive cord. An explosion is caused within the helix, thus deformi... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3990485 | Barbed wire construction A barbed wire comprises a metal strip having a longitudinally extending reinforcing rib portion and at least one plate portion extending laterally outwardly from the rib portion along its length. The plate portion has a series of triangular contiguous poi... | 11/09/1976 |
