Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186036 | Metal sheet, method for fixing said metal sheet by flow drilling and assembly comprising same A method of flow drilling a metal sheet includes flow drilling the metal sheet to produce a tubular extension from a surface of the metal sheet. The flow drilling is performed by forming two parts in the tubular extension, including an external part defining a hole ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181329 | Method for anchoring a fastening element to a steel member A method for anchoring a fastening element to a flat steel member, in which the fastening element is driven into a blind hole previously drilled in the steel member is disclosed. Initially, in a first step of the method, a metal disk is adhesively bonded to the stee... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176615 | Method for securing a device The method is for securing a device. Security bolts are into the device. The bolts have openings defined therein. A wire is inserted through openings of each bolt. The wire has a male end and a female end. A male end is inserted into a cavity of the female end to al... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8151432 | Conveyor belt splicing system and method A system of splicing ends of conveyor belts is provided that enables a splice installer to install splices in an easy and fast manner. In one aspect, the system includes a base having a recess extending therealong configured to fit fastener members of conveyor belt ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141228 | Force resistant purse ring A method for manufacturing a purse ring is disclosed. In the method, a heat-treated steel frame interrupted by a gap is fabricated to partially circumscribe a passageway. At the edges of the gap, the frame includes a pivot mount and a push button biased to extend fr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136217 | Reconfigurable console mount A reconfigurable vehicle console having a plurality of interchangeable overlapping blank and equipment mounting face plates, including both tongue-and-groove joints between adjacent face plates, as well as optional lap joints. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8112868 | Method for manufacturing custom chairs A method for manufacturing a chair assembly (20) with a customized backrest (46) includes fabricating a standardized frame (22), preparing a contoured plywood blank (48) for the backrest (46), selecting a customized design for the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112867 | Box opener A cutting tool and its method for manufacture involves a blade member having an extension. Together, the blade member and extension are die cut from sheet metal and a cutting edge is then formed adjacent the extension. A metal or plastic handle is formed with a slit... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112869 | Avascular necrosis cage manufacturing process A method for manufacturing a spherical cage. The method includes providing a wire braid and inserting a spherical ball inside the wire braid. The wire braid and spherical ball are placed inside a mold. Excess wire braid is trimmed from the mold, creating trimmed end... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8096039 | Golf club head with alignment system A golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head includes a first body member and a second body member. The first body member includes a strike face and a top portion. The second body member is coupled to the first body member and extends away from the first body m... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096040 | Method of assembling a handle to a selective one of a front face and a side edge of a refrigerator door A method of assembling allows a refrigerator handle to be selectively mounted to a front face portion or a side edge of a refrigerator door. The handle includes first and second ends separated by an intermediate portion, wherein each of the handle ends includes a re... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087148 | Structure of driving unit in drum type washing machine A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a tub mounted in a cabinet, a drum mounted in the tub, a shaft that transmits a driving force from a motor to the drum, front and rear bearings mounted on an outer circumference of opposite end po... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079129 | Installation-ready pipe coupling method of manufacture A method of manufacturing an installation-ready pipe coupling is disclosed. The method includes providing pipe coupling segments each having an initial radius of curvature and an initial subtended angle. The segments are each deformed so as to take a permanent set a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079128 | Method for assembling releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074337 | Metal plate member fixation device installation method A metal plate member fixation device installation method includes the step of preparing a barrel, the step of bonding the barrel to one of two metal plate members to be affixed by a reflow soldering process, the step of providing a screw member and a cap and couplin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069547 | Installation-ready pipe coupling method of manufacture A method of manufacturing an installation-ready pipe coupling is disclosed. The method includes providing pipe coupling segments each having an initial radius of curvature and an initial subtended angle. The segments are each deformed so as to take a permanent set a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061008 | Releasable and interchangeable connections for golf club heads and shafts Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so that the club heads and shafts can be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft position with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include: a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051547 | Robot-deployed assembly tool An assembly system and method for assembling an aircraft wing box or other structure that may define an interior area accessible through at least one access opening are provided. The method includes inserting a robot having an assembly tool mounted thereto into the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046898 | Fastener clearing systems and methods Fastener clearing systems and methods for a fastener delivery system are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes an extractor tool having one or more vacuum generators in fluid communication with a catcher for retaining fasteners during transport. The vacuum ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8037591 | Surgical scissors Surgical scissors devices are disclosed. The surgical scissors devices may comprise an end effector with first and second blade members. The first and second blade members may respectively comprise proximally positioned cams and distally positioned blade ends. Also,... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033006 | Method for mounting a thread-protecting element into a receiving thread and mounting spindle and a thread-protecting element therefore A mounting spindle with a thread that is formed adapted to the thread-protecting element, formed as a helical wire, serves as a mounting tool with the mounting method. The helical wire is fixed on the mounting spindle by frictional engagement, which is greater than ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024850 | Method of tightening ducts A tool for drawing duct sections together is formed of a U-shaped steel section. The center pane of the U has a V-shaped notch that is slipped behind the flanges of duct sections. The V draws the duct sections together as the tool is moved into place. When the tool ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020278 | Method for holding a piece in a bore An assembly includes a piece to be held in a bore and a device in which the piece is inserted for holding the piece in the bore. The device comprises a cylindrical sleeve having a series of fins extending longitudinally of an inner surface of the sleeve and projecti... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015689 | Tag tool protective device, system, and method A protective assembly for a tag tool includes a shoe, a shoe spring coupled to the shoe, a tag spring, and a thimble. The shoe includes a shoe bore extending through a distal end of the shoe, where the shoe is adapted to attach to a tag tool having a tag tool needle... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001671 | Method for securing a beverage container to a mounting surface A method for using an insulated holder is provided. The holder includes first and second polarized magnetic materials positioned at the sleeve portion. The first and second polarized magnetic materials each have first and second poles, the first pole of the first po... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996980 | Sign stand with rolling base A portable sign stand with wheels or rollers, an adjustable weighted base member, and a sign display member. The base member has one or more compartments so that liquid or solid ballast can be added to stabilize the sign stand in windy conditions. The upper and lowe... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7966709 | Cookware article with internally flush rivets An article of cookware is assembled by the riveted attachment of a handle. Novel rivets are first attached from the interior of the cookware article via a flush hole such that the deformation of the cookware article around the rivet locks the rivet to the cookware a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966710 | Cookware article with substantially flush rivets An article of cookware is assembled by the rivet attachment of a handle. The rivets are simultaneously attached to both the cookware vessel and the handle. The co-aligned holes for receiving the rivet in the wall of the cooking vessel and the handle flange are bevel... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954225 | Locking pin for coupling components First and second components can be releasably coupled together with a locking pin having a sacrificial o-ring. The first and second components have respective first and second openings that are aligned with each other and receive the locking pin. The second opening ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950129 | Method for joining two objects and corresponding joining element A first and a second object (1 and 2) are joined with the aid of a joining element (8) including at least in the region of its distal and proximal ends (8.1 and 8.2) a thermoplastic material. Two blind holes (5 and 6)... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7926161 | Fastening system head, fastening system, and method for feeding and fastening elements A fastening system head for attachment to a movable frame, in particular to a robot, has a carrier to which a fastening tool is attached which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The fastening tool has a holding device for an element fasteneable to a component, ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921539 | Integrated nutplate and clip for a floating fastener and method of manufacture and assembly An inexpensive and reliable floating fastener is provided by manufacturing an integrated nutplate into the backside of the interior structural member. A retention clip engages the nutplate to capture the nut while allowing the nut to float. The integrated nutplate r... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7905005 | Sealing foam panels with a compression-generating joint A method of joining panels of foam materials such that edges are compressed into panel surfaces to provide a secured and effectively sealed structure is disclosed. Panels in an orthogonal relationship to each other, which are made of foam (or other materials not int... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900334 | Method of customizing a utility rod A decorative utility rod assembly that may be attached to a wall or other support surface. The rod assembly has a base rod, a cross rod, a cover plate, a set screw, and a knob or end cap. The proximal (wall) end of the base rod is threaded on its exterior surface. T... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891073 | Method of assembling two parts, at least one of which is made of a composite, and insert for carrying out the assembly A method for bonding a first part made of a composite to a second part to a predetermined dimension is disclosed. The method includes placing an insert into the first part, a first surface of the insert protruding beyond the predetermined dimension; machining the in... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891074 | Bar connecting apparatus A bar connecting apparatus applies clips to connect transverse bars used in reinforced concrete. A clip string is fed into the bar connecting apparatus by a clip feed assembly, so several pairs of transverse bars can be connected in rapid succession. A hammer recipr... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7823267 | Devices, systems, and methods for prosthesis delivery and implantation, including the use of a fastener tool Devices, systems, and methods for implanting radially expandable prostheses in the body lumens rely on tacking or anchoring the prostheses with separately introduced fasteners. The prostheses may be self-expanding or balloon expandable, and may include a single lume... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7802354 | Method of manufacturing support structure for open MRI A multi-layered support structure of an open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, configured to provide high permeability to a magnetic flux from a source of a magnetic field, includes a first multi-layered support structure, a second multi-layered support struc... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797811 | Method for fastening sheet material The invention relates to a system of fastening sheet material cladding onto substrates with hammer driven fasteners. The fasteners are cylindrical and have a first diameter at a tip end which is larger than a second diameter at a head end. When the fastener is drive... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788785 | Method of connecting a fence rail to a fence post using a rail clip assembly A method of using a rail clip assembly to connect a horizontal fence rail to a vertical fence post. The rail clip assembly includes a housing that is slidably engaged with at least one mounting spacer and a first leg of an L-shaped mounting bracket until a second le... | 09/07/2010 |
