Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354120 | Portable bar with portable barbecue A portable bar is provided, the bar comprises at least two frameworks, each of the frameworks has a front and back side and comprises a central frame with opposing ends and at least two side frames are situated on said opposing ends of the central frame and is perpe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341165 | Lid for a container A lid for a container includes a side element extending from a front of the lid to a rear of the lid. A fulcrum point is formed at one end of the side element and is disposed adjacent to a rear of the lid. A rear surface of the lid includes a portion that projects u... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324332 | Electrical enclosure An electrical enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure increases the number of electrical outlets available to a user. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310234 | Remote enclosure systems and methods of production thereof Remote enclosure systems have now been designed that meet the following goals: a) consolidate electrical terminations in one system; b) pre-terminate AC and DC equipment loads before site installation; c) provide multiple access points for facilitating equipment rep... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295318 | Apparatus and method for evaluating the interior quality of fruits and vegetables One form of evaluation apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources vertically arranged by one side of a carrier line in width direction Y perpendicular to carrying direction X of the carrier line; and a light-receiving section arranged by an opposite side of t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7269030 | Remote enclosure systems and methods of production thereof Remote enclosure systems have now been designed that meet the following goals: a) consolidates electrical terminations in one system; b) pre-terminates AC and DC equipment loads before site installation; c) provides multiple access points for facilitating equipment ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7240975 | Portable bar with umbrella assembly A portable bar comprising: a framework having a front and back side and comprising a central frame with opposing ends and at least two side frames being situated on the opposing ends of the central frame and being perpendicular to the central frame, each of the side... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7230836 | Remote enclosure systems and methods of production thereof Remote enclosure systems have now been designed that meet the following goals: a) consolidate electrical terminations in one system; b) pre-terminate AC and DC equipment loads before site installation; c) provide multiple access points for facilitating equipment rep... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201458 | Portable bar with portable barbecue A portable bar is provided, the bar comprises a vertical panel having a front side, a back side and opposing ends; at least two side panels, one side panel being connected to each of the opposing ends of the vertical panel and is perpendicular to the vertical panel,... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188724 | Case for vinyl roller tool A rolling tool case for holding and transporting a tool. The case includes two sections which are jointed to enclose the tool body in an interior cavity. The handle of the tool extends through an opening hole in the top of the case. The tool's handle may be gripped ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188744 | Container support A container (10) having a plurality of panels (12–18) joined together to form a sleeve (64). The panels (12–18) each have an end edge that cooperate to define an imaginary plane (P) at one end of the sleeve (64). The container ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180026 | Device for a reverse vending machine for bottles and cans In a reverse vending machine the feed opening (22) in the front cover (14), for bottles and cans, is without a fixed connection to pipework, etc. At the same time, an opening (26) for emptying remnants is formed in the front cover (14), i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7147101 | Container for housing a premium A container apparatus for simultaneously housing a product and a premium, the apparatus comprising a carton and a premium item. The carton includes a front panel, a back panel and two opposing side panels defining an interior region, and a top closure and a bottom c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134635 | Rail mounting system for thin clients A mounting system for a device encasement, including an elongated, T-shaped tenon rail, the T-shaped tenon rail being affixed to the device encasement. One or more detachable mounts may be detachably affixed to the T-shaped tenon rail. The T-shaped tenon rail is per... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131298 | Bicycle lock with multiple cable loops An improved bicycle lock having multiple cable loops attachable to a single locking mechanism and a method for securing multiple portions of a bicycle to a fixed structure is disclosed. The bicycle lock includes a lock body that has multiple latching mechanisms for ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133534 | Copy protection via redundant watermark encoding A watermark is encoded redundantly so as to provide effective copy protection. To assure a reliable detection of the watermark in the presence of a potentially faulty watermark detection process, some or all of the watermark is redundantly encoded. The number of red... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114754 | Mobile construction support vehicle A vehicle for use in the construction trade to support steel building fabrication and support issues. In the preferred embodiment, the vehicle comprises a trailer, a mobile type unit containing enough equipment to handle most tasks used on a construction site, parti... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096801 | Safe A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090183 | Gimbaled and adjustable beverage holder An improved cup holder is disclosed that is fully adjustable and gimbaled and also insulates the beverage it is holding. One embodiment of an adjustable cup holder according to the present invention, comprises an outer cup and an inner cup. The inner cup is arranged... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090313 | Musical instrument display case The present invention 10 discloses a display case 12 for musical instruments 26. The display case comprises a housing 12 having spaced apart top surface 14 and bottom surface 16 with side walls 26, back wall 18... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7055833 | Computer storage cart An improved computer storage cart is provided which comprises an interior space defined by a top portion and a bottom portion joined to spaced apart opposing sidewalls and a back portion. Further, a plurality of vertically spaced apart shelves are located in the int... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7035848 | System and method for structured news release generation and distribution A mechanism for the structured generation of a news release includes in one embodiment, (a) separately specifying the content of each of a plurality of predetermined sections of the news release; (b) storing, in a digital storage medium, the content specified for ea... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6973197 | Watermarking with separate application of the grid and payload signals The watermark grid signal and the watermark payload signal are separately applied to an image. The process is particularly useful in situations where variable data such as serial numbers (or other image specific data) is being embedded in a series of images. In such... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969130 | Enclosure for electronic devices An electronic device enclosure is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the enclosure includes a housing and at least one door pivotally connected to the housing, wherein the door is pivotally moveable between a closed position and an open position about a first p... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6945868 | Outdoor fan system A camouflaged outdoor fan system includes a housing, a fan inserted into the housing, and a camouflaged lid removably connected to the housing. The housing is buried in the ground, or in alternative embodiment, mounted to the underside of a deck, the fan is inserted... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946600 | Cabinet with cross-connect that provides access to rear side of electronic equipment A cabinet includes a first compartment for housing electronic equipment, such as equipment used to provide telephone service and/or voice and data networking services. The front of the equipment housed in the first compartment is accessible via at least one door. Th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942098 | Storage device for face protection gear A storage device for storing and protecting face protection equipment includes a base plate and a cover rotatably mounted to the base plate. The cover and the base plate define a space sized to cover an article of face protection equipment. The cover rotates between... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6921141 | Water resistant instrument enclosure A water resistant enclosure is provided for devices such as radios which are installed in, for example, marine vehicles where there is constant exposure to moisture, spray, and the like. An enclosure mounts to the vehicle and supports the device. A bezel frame seals... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6919506 | Device for fastening an electrical component on a mounting board A device for fastening an electrical component to a mounting board includes a sleeve that at least partially surrounds the electrical component, and a tensioning device that is separate from the sleeve and that holds the electrical component in the sleeve. The tensi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6912766 | Base pan and cabinet for an air conditioner An air conditioner includes an outdoor section comprising an outdoor coil, a fan, and a refrigerant compressor housed within a cabinet. The cabinet includes an outer wrapper supported by a plastic base. The base and wrapper include features that facilitate the cabin... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6899406 | Housing for a telecommunications system A housing for a telecommunications system is described. The housing contains a housing base for accommodating modules and module frames, and a covering shroud connected releasably to the housing base and, with the housing base, encloses the modules and the module fr... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6860573 | Weather resistant document case A light weight, weather resistant document case which may be economically formed as a single piece by either vacuum forming or injection molding and shipped, in mass, in a nested configuration for final, simple assembly by the consumer. Due to the economies of produ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6843543 | Weatherproof enclosure with a modular structure A weatherproof enclosure is disclosed with a modular structure suitable for outdoor use for protecting equipments such as electrical, electronic equipments and instruments. The enclosure has a side wall panel assembly constructed from plurality of side wall straight... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6796621 | Outdoor unit having reinforcing structure for air conditioner An outdoor unit for an air conditioner having a reinforcing structure is disclosed. The outdoor unit comprises a base plate arranged at a bottom portion of a body of the outdoor unit; an upper plate arranged at an upper portion of a body of the outdoor unit; a plura... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6250022 | Extendible shed An extendible shed which includes a first base panel having a back panel attached thereto, a first plurality of side panels attached to the back panel, a first roof panel connected to the first plurality of side panels and a front panel connected to the f... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6168248 | Containment system for packaged air conditioning unit A containment system for a packaged air conditioning unit is disclosed comprising a base pan, a first unit wrapper, a second unit wrapper, a compressor compartment partition, a condenser compartment partition, and a top cover having an indoor section and ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6039415 | Water resistant file cabinets A series of design features which render filing and similar cabinets resistant to water entry are described. The design features may either be incorporated at the time of manufacture or retro-fitted onto certain types of existing cabinets. The features co... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6012786 | Construction site display and storage case A weather resistant, ventilated case for storing and displaying messages, papers, and diverse articles in an exterior location such as a construction site. The case has a base, a cover, a hinge connecting base and cover, and a latch for securing the cover... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6003015 | Order confirmation system and method of using same A new and improved video order confirmation method and system that is adapted for use with a point-of-sale terminal and an audio order confirmation station to facilitate customer throughput. The video order confirmation system and method includes a point ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5970663 | Storage shed for providing easy access to tools and related items through a system of shelves and holders A storage shed for providing easy access to tools and related items. Such shed includes a vertical imperforate back wall positionable at an elevated location with respect to a recipient surface such as the wall of a house. In association with the back wal... | 10/26/1999 |
