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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092893 | Safety place mat A safety place mat designed to protect the user from injury due to inadvertent impact with the table or other rigid surface supporting the place mat. The place mat comprises a base panel upon which food and tableware may be placed. The base panel is surrounded by ra... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7413999 | Corner fitting using fiber transfer A corner fitting and a method of forming a corner fitting including steps of providing a flat woven fabric including a first woven portion having first and second direction woven fibers, a second woven portion adjacent the first woven portion having first direction ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7358447 | Electromagnetic interference shields for electronic devices An EMI shield for personal computers, cellular telephones, and other electronic devices is constructed from thermoformable polymeric material which is then metallized on all surfaces by vacuum metallization techniques to provide an inexpensive, lightweight, yet effe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357270 | Container holder and a system for supporting containers and a method for holding containers A container holder, a system for supporting containers and a method for holding containers which allow the containers to be stored and/or displayed are provided. Additionally, the container holder may have a base or arm connected to a first stopper and/or a second s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7334385 | Automated tucking process for covering a penetrable core material A process for covering a rigid, penetrable core article with covering material and automatically tucking the material into a surface of the article with an automatically reciprocating plunger. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332208 | Card The invention relates to a card having a card base body (20) and a plastic layer (30) joined thereto. According to the invention, the delimiting edge(s) of the plastic layer (30) is/are set back from the card edge(s) and comprise(s) projections ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320819 | Sealing strip A sealing strip is intended to seal a gap between two parts which are movable relative to each other. The sealing strip has a surface which is intended to adhere to one of the two parts and which has an adhesive layer. Before it is adhered to the one part, the adhes... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318603 | Airbag cushion and method of making airbag cushion The present invention relates to an airbag cushion which exhibits a low amount of seam usage (in order to attach at least two fabric panels or portions of a panel together) in correlation to an overall high amount of available inflation airspace within the cushion i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318873 | Structurally reinforced members There is disclosed a reinforcement material for forming reinforced members. The reinforcement material includes a strengthening material which is preferably a fabric disposed at least partially between portions of matrix material. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314590 | Method of preparing a coated molded plastic article A gasket (1) having a reversibly compressible lower portion (17), and an upper portion (14) having at least one upwardly extending extension, is described. The upper portion (14) of the gasket (1) includes a first (34) and o... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313865 | Process of forming a baffling, sealing or reinforcement member with thermoset carrier member There is disclosed a member for reinforcing, sealing or baffling a structure of an article of manufacture such as an automotive vehicle. The member preferably includes a carrier member and an activatable (e.g., expandable, curable or both) material disposed upon a s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303208 | Air-bag An air-bag is formed using two substantially identical, but inverted, fabric elements. Each element defines a generally rectangular region having, at one narrow end thereof, a generally triangular extension, one side of which is co-extensive with one side of the rec... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299941 | Container seal with flexible central panel A seal mountable to the rim of an open mouth container the seal including a resiliently flexible central panel separately formed from and intimately bonded to a substantially rigid peripheral mounting ring adapted to snap-mount to the rim of the container with the c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291182 | Gel and cushioning devices Articles of apparel for an amputee's residuum and for non-amputees who desire or require padding or joint support. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288310 | Flooring tile and manufacturing process The present invention relates generally to a process for manufacturing resilient floor and wall tiles and the products obtained thereby. More particularly, the invention relates to resilient tiles which have been individually cut, routed and mechanically embossed on... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275769 | Organizational system for removably mounting or permanently mounting on a surface The present invention is an organizational system, which includes filing pockets and writing surfaces and is designed to be either removably mounted on a surface using magnets or permanently attached to a surface via nails or tacks or otherwise. The invention allows... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270617 | Method for protecting at least one baseball area of a baseball playing field This invention relates to an integrally weighted baseball cover and system, method and apparatus for quickly delivering the cover and placing it onto an area of a baseball field, such as one or more of the infield areas, such as home base area, first base area, seco... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260904 | Wall calendar system A wall calendar system. The wall calendar system includes several separate sections, including a marker board, a cork board, a paper calendar that is pivotally mounted to the wall calendar system, and a file pouch located on the back of each month on the paper calen... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261927 | Structurally efficient airbag cushion exhibiting low seam usage and simultaneously high available inflation volume The present invention relates to an airbag cushion which exhibits a low amount of seam usage (in order to attach at least two fabric panels or portions of a panel together) in correlation to an overall high amount of available inflation airspace within the cushion i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250207 | Table pad coupling system A table pad coupling system including a first table pad and a second table pad. The first table pad having a plurality of peripheral surfaces including a first peripheral surface and a second peripheral surface, the first peripheral surface opposite the second perip... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244513 | Stain-etched silicon powder The present invention is for a porous silicon powder comprising silicon particles wherein the outermost layers of said particles are porous. The present invention is also directed to a method of making this porous silicon powder using a stain etch method. The presen... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226656 | Thermoformable acoustic sheet A thermoformable acoustic sheet formed by a compressed fibrous web including high melt and adhesive thermoplastic fibres in which the adhesive fibres are at least partially melted so that in the compressed web the adhesive fibres at least partially coat the high mel... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207455 | Template for carrying bulk cargo in an active container A template for carrying bulk cargo in an active container. The template includes a folding template body; a template connecting piece and a discharge door, the template body having at least a portion thereof which connects by the connecting piece to form the folding... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204062 | Straight face vinyl siding The present invention is a vinyl siding panel and a method of making the vinyl siding panel. The vinyl siding panel comprises a planar portion extending the longitudinal length of the vinyl siding panel. The planar portion comprises a first edge and a second edge. T... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205228 | Selective metal encapsulation schemes A method and system of processing a semiconductor substrate includes, in one or more embodiments, depositing a protective layer on the substrate surface comprising a conductive element disposed in a dielectric material; processing the protective layer to expose the ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198686 | Foamable coupling for lamp assembly and methods for using the coupling A foamable copolymer based coupling is provided for securely affixing a light emitting glass lamp in a metal base to form a lamp assembly. The copolymer is preferably selected from ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene methyl acrylate, and combinations thereof. The foama... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184255 | Floor mat for collecting process particles and grounding the electrostatic charge A conductive floor mat is disclosed for collecting process particles and grounding the electrostatic charge accumulated on operators who stand on the mat. The conductive floor mat includes a frame assembly, a plurality of parallel spaced ribs, a plurality of paralle... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174662 | Apparatus for pre-starched ironing pads The invention pertains to an ironing board pad with a top and bottom layer of cloth, which attaches to any standard size ironing board. There are elastic straps at the wide end of the pad, and a sleeve-like nose for attachment at the narrow end of the ironing board.... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160600 | Hook-engageable fastener sheets, and methods and articles of manufacture Lightweight, hook-engageable materials capable of functioning as hook-engageable fasteners are treated and configured for use for economical and attractive displays and decorations. Laminates of the material with various substrates with associated printing are used ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134249 | Ceiling panel A panel, for installation on a ceiling as a component of a matrix grid of similar panels, with the ceiling panels capable of being installed directly on sheetrock ceilings without the otherwise need for affixing a wooden structure to the sheetrock ceiling before aff... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7125595 | Multiple-component magnetic mat A multi-component floor mat that, in one embodiment, is comprised of a first base or frame portion, intended to be positioned on the floor, that is dimensioned to accommodate a second flexible textile mat or rug portion that is releasably held in place on or in said... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122095 | Methods for forming an assembly for transfer of a useful layer Methods for forming an assembly for transfer of a useful layer are described. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a useful layer on a first support having an interface therebetween, and a residual material on a portion of the first support to form the asse... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122242 | Wedge shaped glass and methods of forming wedged glass A glass sheet includes a first edge, an opposing, second edge, and an intermediate location between the first edge and second edge. The glass sheet has a first portion extending between the first edge and the intermediate location and a second portion extending betw... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108901 | Shim Shims comprising a mixture of plastic and natural fibers originating from wet processed cellulose fiber based waste source material include an elongate body that tapers down from a thick end to a thin end. A series of ridges and grooves or valleys are formed in at l... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090273 | Seal apparatus for an improved front-end to body-side joint of a vehicle One embodiment of the present invention is a seal apparatus (16) for an improved front-end to body-side joint (10) of a vehicle. The seal apparatus (16) includes a ring portion (36), a gate portion (38), and an intermediate portion... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076816 | Towel or blanket with integral carrying case The combination of a towel or blanket and a flexible carrying case integral therewith. The carrying case is attached at a portion of its inner surface to the towel or blanket in an upper portion thereof. The carrying case is adapted to permit the towel or blanket to... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048126 | Desk pad organizer system A desk organizer tray, comprising a tray portion, an extension portion extending from the tray portion, and an attachment element applied to the extension portion. The tray portion contains a receptacle for holding desktop items. The tray portion is constructed of a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045194 | Protective flooring unit with flap A protective flooring unit having a flap along an outer edge of the unit to enable separate flooring units to be joined by placing an overlapping portion of a second flooring unit on top of the flap of a first unit. The overall thickness or height of the flap is les... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028950 | Load bearing window A substantially strong, lightweight load bearing window for use in a mobile platform, for example, an aircraft. The window includes a rim portion having a carbon reinforced resin structure and a transparent portion having a fiberglass reinforced resin structure. A p... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018693 | Table pad coupling system A table pad coupling system including a first table pad and a second table pad. The first table pad having a plurality of peripheral surfaces including a first peripheral surface and a second peripheral surface, the first peripheral surface opposite the second perip... | 03/28/2006 |
