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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401995 | Channel connector A channel connector comprises a main portion having a connecting portion, a clamping element having at least two opposite ends, and a threaded element threadably connecting the main portion to the clamping element. Each of the two opposite ends are spaced to interfe... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7389564 | Arrangement for fixing furniture fittings to frame profiles of plate-type or board type furniture elements A furniture fitting including frame sections which are preferably extruded and are intended to enclose furniture parts in the form of plates or panels, wherein the flame sections have an open groove extending in the longitudinal direction receive and retain a retain... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7362027 | Electric machine with a laminated rotor core An electric machine includes a shaft and a rotor core mounted onto the shaft and formed of a plurality of stacked laminations. The rotor core has opposite end surfaces for attachment of a plate in such a manner as to allow an axial deflection of the laminations in t... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357592 | Clamping joint system A clamping joint system is provided for the detachable junction of two elements, of which at least one comprises an undercut longitudinal slot and the other one (12) comprises a receiving space (14) formed therein. The clamping joint system comprises a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354217 | Fastening device and method for attaching an object to a support structure A fastening device for attaching an object to a support structure, comprising at least one locking member on the object or the support structure and adapted for insertion in an aperture running through the support structure or the object. A transverse hole in the lo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347412 | Modular fence A modular picket fence including a pair of vertical posts positioned at suitable distance and adapted to be secured to a suitable support surface. A pair of horizontal upper and lower rails extend between and secured to the vertical posts. The upper rail has a plura... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336231 | Vehicle roof antenna mounting assembly The vehicle roof antenna mounting assembly comprises a convex portion (120), a bolt (160) and a leg washer (140). The convex portion is inserted into a mounting hole (RH) of a vehicle roof panel (R) and has a edge portion (125) and a inne... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7300059 | Connector for sports goal frame An assembly including a tubular connector and at least one framing member having a hollow open end and a longitudinally-extending recessed channel. The recessed channel is formed by at least a pair of opposed inwardly-directed walls having inner peripheral surfaces ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299960 | Mini desktop stapler A miniature spring-actuated stapler includes a tapered, flat power spring to store energy and eject staples. The power spring pivots at a rear of the stapler housing and includes three co-extensive arms terminating near the striker. As the L-shaped handle of the sta... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293935 | Connector system A connector system that provides a profile connection having two profiled rods that are to be connected to one another and that each comprise at least one undercut, longitudinally oriented profile groove. The connector system may include a connecting screw with a sc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7268734 | Removable mountable aerodynamic bayonet antenna apparatus and method Exemplary embodiments of mountable antenna apparatuses and methods are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a mountable antenna apparatus generally includes a housing member, a bayonet adapter, and an antenna assembly disposed within the housing member. The housi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236136 | Antenna device An antenna device is attached to an outer face of a plate member having a through hole connecting the outer face and inner face of the plate member. A cover defines a space for covering an antenna element. A tubular projection extends from the cover so as to communi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7223042 | Supporting profile The invention relates to a supporting profile for structures used at fairs and exhibitions which is provided, on the exterior thereof, with longitudinally extending grooves for connecting additional supporting profiles, and which, in a core area, comprises a receivi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218283 | Motor-vehicle antenna mount A flat base plate sits atop a motor-vehicle panel and is formed with a mounting pin extending downward through the panel. A flat antenna circuit board sits on the base plate, and a connector cable extends upward through the pin and through the base plate and is conn... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215291 | Antenna device An antenna main body comprises an antenna element, female connectors provided at a first connector, a female screw section, and an engagement claw inserted into an antenna mount hole H to make engagement with a lower side face of a roof panel R. A fixing member comp... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212168 | Quick-attach automotive antenna mounting assembly An attachment assembly, useful in quickly attaching an object to a panel, is provided with a base assembly having a shaft member extending therefrom and an expandable member having a plurality of fingers disposed on one side of the panel such that, during installati... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204668 | Panel fastener with spring retaining ring A fastener assembly having a bolt having a shaft and a nose portion at its terminal end. A ring is mounted on the bolt. The ring is an elongated piece of resilient material curving from a first end about the bolt shaft, then curving back around to a second end adjac... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7159369 | Stud wall system and method using combined bridging and spacing device A stud bridging/spacing member generally having at least three longitudinally spaced apart notches for receiving and engaging therein a web of a metal stud. At least one of the notches has opposing notch sides which are oriented such that when a portion of a web is ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7103385 | Mobile satellite communication system In a moving body satellite communication apparatus for performing communication with a satellite by an antenna with a radome mounted on a moving body such as an aircraft, loss due to transmission through the radome, and distortion of polarization characteristics are... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096637 | Display structure and system A display system and structure is disclosed generally comprising a vertical post assembly and a horizontal beam assembly coupled thereto, wherein the beam assembly includes a beam, a housing, and a plate assembly extractable from the housing, which plate assembly ha... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088297 | Vehicle roof antenna attachment Comprised of an antenna base in which a protruding portion is formed on a bottom face and tapered faces are formed on shoulder portions of the protruding portion, a legged washer in which leg portions whose tip ends have an external diameter larger than the internal... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7044677 | Fatigue resistant slot and tab design Engineers have found that use of a slot and tab method to assemble a fabrication assembly is limited to fabrication assemblies that will be subjected to relatively low stress. In order to expand the use of the slot and tab method to fabrication assemblies that are s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025335 | Modular fence A modular picket fence including a pair of vertical separated posts and adapted to be secured to a suitable support surface. A pair of horizontal upper and lower rails extend between and secured to the vertical posts. The upper rail has a plurality of apertures whic... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004667 | Connection of streamlined-section struts A connection (10) of two streamlined-section struts (12, 14) running orthogonally to one another with an essentially rectangular base cross section (18) uses a connector (16). The lateral surface (18a) of one (14) of ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004666 | Quick-attach automotive antenna mounting assembly An attachment assembly, useful in quickly attaching an object to a panel, is provided with a base assembly having a shaft member extending therefrom and an expandable member having a plurality of fingers disposed on one side of the panel such that, during installati... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6960045 | Connector for profiles A connector device for connecting a first profile to the end side of a second profile with a central recess having a connector bolt with a shank and an end contour. When the connector is installed, the end contour engages with a clamping action behind a recess, in p... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945618 | Drawer slide adjustment mechanism A drawer slide positioning mechanism providing two directional adjustment of a drawer with respect to a drawer slide. The positioning mechanism fits within an outline of a rail of a drawer slide. The positioning mechanism includes a vertical adjustment element and a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935804 | Clamping element and device for fixing cam rails A clamping element with a sliding block is provided for fixing in an undercut groove with a narrower insertion area and a wider groove base, as well as a device for fixing cam rails to a machine part, with a clamping element having the sliding block and with grooved... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927526 | Motor A rotor of a motor is attached to a rotor axis slidably both in axial direction and rotational direction, each of elastic bodies is attached to each of side faces of the rotor, and the rotor is fastened to the rotor axis through the elastic body, mechanically by app... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6712540 | Profile-connecting device A profile-connecting device for connecting two profile bars. The first profile bar has an end side which abuts a longitudinal side of a second profile bar. At least the outer longitudinal side of the second profile bar which is directed toward the end side of the fi... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6582149 | Coupling device for connecting a first workpiece to a second one A connecting device for the connection of a first workpiece provided with at least one undercut longitudinal groove to a second workpiece which in turn is provided with a longitudinal groove or grooves has at least one extent which exceeds the width of th... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6453796 | Actuating cylinders A fluid pressure operated actuating cylinder (11) for mounting in an aperture (13) in a wall (14) of a vehicle, the cylinder comprising a body (12) having first abutment tabs (17)(18) with a first locating surface (17a)(21a) facing in a first direction an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412163 | Method for gear mounting using tubing and snap-fit caps A mounting apparatus for mounting a rotating element to a housing is disclosed. The housing defines an opening through a wall of the housing. The mounting apparatus includes a tube including an aperture therethrough. The tube includes a first tube portion... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6390718 | T-shaped connection frame between two frame members of a facade or glass roof A connection frame for joining two frame members of a facade or glass roof, with the frame members extending perpendicular to one another and having each an interior chamber, includes a joint member so received in the interior chamber of one of the frame ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6382866 | Perpendicular connection of profile rods A perpendicular connection of two profile rods abutting at an angle () with undercut linear grooves has a connecting bolt with a head at one end. This is arranged parallel to the axis of symmetry of a longitudinal profile rod in an undercut linear ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378255 | Furniture construction including adjustable mounting bracket An adjustable apparatus includes a partition having upper and lower horizontal frame members, and first and second support panel subassemblies adjustably attached to the partition for adjustably supporting a horizontal panel, such as a shelf. Upper and lo... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6244012 | Muntin grid and joiner A muntin bar joiner for connecting muntin bars in a grid. The muntin bar comprises a relatively flat, thin body, a first muntin bar engagement leg extending from one end of the body, a second muntin bar engagement leg extending from an opposite end of the... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237299 | Lattice girder, in particular for forming a load-bearing guardrail on a suspended walkway A lattice girder generally including a top rail, a bottom rail, vertical end posts and slanted crossbeams, wherein all of the members consist of uniform hollow sections that may be fitted into one another and thereby rigidly interconnected. The girder rai... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234706 | Locking device for a rectilinearly displaceable component A locking device for a rectilinearly displaceable component has a catch spring, which interacts with a catch groove of the component. The catch spring is made of spring wire and has two legs, which are intended to contact opposite surfaces of a wall, wher... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6126356 | Gear mounting using tubing and snap-fit caps A mounting apparatus for mounting a rotating element to a housing is disclosed. The housing defines an opening through a wall of the housing. The mounting apparatus includes a tube including an aperture therethrough. The tube includes a first tube portion... | 10/03/2000 |
