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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 |
| 8047586 | Lock device The present invention relates to a lock device for a door of the type with seating unit through the door shutter. The seating unit has a first seating body, a second seating body, a first cover and a second cover. There are provided connecting elements, generally se... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7380847 | Dummy conversion bracket for a lockset A dummy conversion bracket is used with a lockset having an interior assembly, an exterior assembly, and a thumbpiece. The thumbpiece is pivotally coupled to the exterior assembly and includes a tab that extends through the exterior assembly. The bracket comprises a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7347463 | Concealed door furniture fixing method and assembly A furniture plate assembly extends over a mortise lock in a door and contains a pair of side plates extending over each side of the door, the side plates being clamped against the door by internal fasteners, the internal fasteners comprising a threaded stud which ca... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347462 | Door handle assembly including auxiliary bearing and auxiliary bearing support for a door handle A door handle assembly includes a door handle having an operator portion, and a shank extending from the operator portion. A mounting plate has a first bearing, the first bearing being sized to receive the shank of the door handle. An auxiliary bearing assembly incl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7313937 | Latch A latch is disclosed that can be applied to doors in a variety of orientations and/or with keepers in a variety of orientations without any modifications to the latch being necessary. The latch includes a first module that carries a handle and an actuating member, a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311342 | Lock device A lock device includes an external cylinder body, a latch unit, a screw part and an inner lock body that are combined together. The inner lock body has an inner cover plate set, a washer plate, a spring, a spring plate, an inner connecting plate and an inner lever h... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290808 | Adjustable door handle A door handle assembly attachable to a door. The door handle assembly includes a handle coupled to the door and a latch bolt coupled to the handle and movable along a latch bolt axis between an extended position and a retracted position. An attachment member defines... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281301 | Fixing structure for a door handle A fixing structure for a door handle includes a grip portion, a first fixing portion connected to a first end of the grip portion and fixed to a side of a door, and a second fixing portion connected to a second end of the grip portion and fixed to the side of a door... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261330 | Sliding door latch assembly A sliding door has a latch assembly and a vertically disposed pull handle that would normally interfere with convenient operation of the latch lever. A rotatable latch lever is located beyond the handle and a rotatable latch is located opposite the handle. A 4-bar c... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7228719 | Sliding door lock A lock 10 for a sliding door or window. The lock 10 includes a hollow body 11 within which there is pivotally mounted a pair of hook tongues 14 and 15. The tongues are driven by rack gears 54 which are operated by a lock cyl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213428 | Apparatus for locking and unlocking vehicle door An apparatus for locking and unlocking a vehicle door includes a cylinder lock having a rotor, a door lock mechanism including a key operation input shaft which rotates to switch a locked state and an unlocked state of a door, and a torque cable for transmitting rot... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201406 | Adjustable handle assembly A device for operating a lock assembly for a door or window assembly has a first configuration when mounted in a right hand door and a second sonfiguration when mounted in a left hand door. The device has a handle having a first position and a second position. A mem... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178842 | Push button lock mechanism for a handle set A handle set includes a handle assembly having an operator, a rose insert, and a shank having a bore. The rose insert has a central opening and a post. The shank is affixed to the operator and rotatably received in the central opening. A rotational stop is coupled t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152891 | Field-reversible locking mechanism A lockset for use in a door assembly is provided and includes an interior mechanism having a first escutcheon, a first housing, and a first retainer shield and an exterior mechanism having a second escutcheon, a second housing, and a second retainer shield. In addit... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137657 | Reinforced apparatus for a lever handle of a door lock A reinforced apparatus for a lever handle of a door lock comprises a housing having a first bottom plate and a second bottom plate, in which the first bottom plate connects a first annular wall and a second annular wall, and the second bottom plate connects the seco... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7073829 | Restoring structure of a lock A restoring structure of a lock comprises: a sleeve disk, having a first wall and a second wall, the first wall interconnecting a first face and a second face, and the second wall interconnecting the second face and a third face, the first face and the second face d... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066507 | Post-removable construction of a door lock device A post-removable construction of a door lock device which is disposed on a plate assembly. The plate assembly can be applied to install a transmission mechanism comprised of an inner spindle, an outer spindle, an inner lever, and outer lever and a latch-retracting m... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036852 | System for operating the rod of a glove box A system for operating a rod of a glove box employs a rack and pinion gear to operate the rod for functioning as a locking device of a glove box. The number of parts for operating the rod of the glove box is decreased in comparison with the prior art, and assembling... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032285 | Mounting an OLED donor sheet to frames A method of securing a flexible donor sheet, before or after organic material has been transferred to such sheet to facilitate its mounting, includes forming a plurality of spaced apart openings in the sheet adjacent to opposite edges of the sheet, and providing a r... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7014227 | Wedge bar locking mechanism A wedge bar locking mechanism is provided including a locking pin, a bracket and a wedge bar. In operation, the locking pin and wedge bar are mechanically coupled such that rotation of the locking pin results in translational motion of the wedge bar. The wedge bar a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997024 | Pull door lock The present invention relates to locking door latches. A door latch according to the invention may include a handle assembly that includes a generally cylindrical shank having an axis, an engagement member that includes a generally cylindrical bore configured to per... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994383 | Cremone bolt operator A cremone bolt operator is provided which includes a small and a large pinion gear, each having gear teeth and a central aperture, a first and a second rack gear, each having a first and a second set of parallel teeth, the rack gears in opposed relation to one anoth... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988751 | Non-rotational lock chassis assembly The invention is an anti-rotational lock chassis for a retractable latch. The lock chassis includes a first hub having at least one flat side and a second hub with a thread exterior. An internally threaded plate receives the externally threaded hub. The flat-sided p... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6979029 | Lock with increased torque-resisting capacity A lock includes a main body having an outside seat and an inside seat around which an inside rose liner is mounted. A peripheral wall delimiting a central hole of the inside rose liner includes at least one pair of notches. A reinforcing ring is mounted round the in... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966586 | Fitting The invention relates to fittings (1, 21) for the fixing and/or locking arrangement of a glass element (45) on at least one adjacent glass element, whereby the fittings (1, 21) are composed of fitting halves (2, 3, 22, 23, 26, 27) each co... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6921116 | Door handle assembly A door handle assembly includes a bias mechanism that maintains inside and outer handles in a generally horizontal position in which a latching bolt of a latching bolt mechanism is fully extended, the latching bolt being retracted upon rotating either handle only ab... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6886871 | Fireproof cover for a tubular lock A tubular lock includes an inside assembly having an inside rose and an inside rose liner, an outside assembly having an outside rose and an outside rose liner, a latch mechanism including a latch, at least one of the inside assembly and the outside assembly having ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880872 | Lever handle return spring assembly A lever handle return spring assembly for a cylindrical lock mounted in a bored opening in a door includes support plates on opposite sides of the door. The support plates include cylindrically depressed inner regions that extend partially into the bored opening in ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6869115 | Inside rose liner for a door lock A door lock includes a main body having an inside seat and an outside seat. The inside seat includes two diametrically disposed flat surfaces and two arcuate surfaces. An inside rose liner is mounted around the inside seat and includes a central hole. A wall project... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6745602 | Quick install door knob assembly The present mechanism provides a quick install lockset mechanism having a semi-permanent mechanical connection between an interior lock assembly and an exterior lock assembly. The exterior lock assembly includes a pair of threaded fasteners extending through a prefo... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742820 | Easy-to-operate cylindrical lock A lock includes an inner assembly, an outer assembly, and a latch mechanism. The inner assembly includes an inside lever handle, an inside spindle, and an inside rose. The outer assembly includes an outside lever handle, an outside spindle, and an outside rose liner... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6719338 | Dummy trim with an improved resistance to pull A dummy trim includes a mounting plate to be fixed to a door, a sleeve holder securely mounted to the mounting plate and including a peripheral wall, a sleeve including a first end mounted in the peripheral wall of the sleeve holder, and a lever securely attached to... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6698260 | Interiorly reinforced door lock set A door lock set includes: an outer lock held in an outer trim plate on an outside surface of a door, a latch device for locking the door on a door frame, an inner reinforced retaining member fastened with the outer lock and retained on an inside surface o... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6676178 | Door lock assembly having escutcheon with removable posts A door lock assembly having a first escutcheon assembly for mounting a latch mechanism. The escutcheon includes a plate having a through-hole, first and second post mounts formed on an inward facing side of the plate outside the through-hole, and first an... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6641186 | Combination of mounting plate and rose for door locks A door lock assembly includes a rose having a peripheral flange which has a recess defined therein. A handle is connected to an outer surface of said rose and a mounting plate is connected to said inner surface of said rose. A lock device is located betwe... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6616203 | Door latch operator mount A door latch operator mount comprises a coupling member and a bearing member. The coupling member includes a plurality radial flanges and an integral resilient arcuate tab member projecting angularly outwardly of the outer surface of the coupling member. ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6425613 | Door lockset A door lockset comprises a transmission assembly comprising a chassis with two through-holes, an outside handle assembly, and an inside handle assembly. The outside handle assembly comprises an outside handle, an outside rose, and an outside rose liner. T... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6386602 | Lever handle structure for lock A lever handle structure includes a fixed disk defining an axial hole and having a first side provided with a positioning. catch piece, a driving axial tube rotatably mounted in the axial hole of the fixed disk and having a first end defining a guide slot... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6364383 | Easy-to-install door lock with burglar-proof effect for outside rose assembly A door lock includes a main body having a transmission assembly and a positioning assembly. The positioning assembly includes an inside seat and an outside seat. An inside rose liner is mounted around the inside seat. An inside rose is mounted around the ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6302457 | Easy-to-install door lock with improved anti-torque effect for outside rose assembly A door lock includes a main body including a transmission assembly and a positioning assembly. The positioning assembly includes an inside seat and an outside seat. An inside rose liner is mounted around the inside seat and includes two positioning holes.... | 10/16/2001 |
