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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7207803 | Earth globe assembly An educational globe assembly is provided comprising a globe and a base cradle for the globe configured to removably and rotatably support the globe. The base cradle comprises a great circle ring, and the great circle ring comprises at least one annular indicia surf... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7004507 | Combined poster book system and method A flat sheet of paper, or other thin flexible material, has information printed on one side in the form of a plurality of discrete panels or areas of text or images, while the entire other side is taken up by a large-scale, poster-like pattern. The panels or areas o... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6881064 | Globe stand construction A globe stand construction for mounting a globe from a single support arm includes hemisphere sections connected together by a polar axis pin mounted in a bushing plate which includes a radial, equatorial axis passage for receipt of a single pin projecting from a si... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6726484 | Globe stand construction A globe stand construction for mounting a globe from a single support arm includes hemisphere sections connected together by a polar axis pin mounted in a bushing plate which includes a radial, equatorial axis passage for receipt of a single pin projecting from a si... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6553386 | System and method for computerized visual diet behavior analysis and training A computer database includes information enabling display on a screen of a plurality of objects, in successive groups, together with display of graphics associated with each group. The graphics enable a first user selection of one of the objects of each g... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6398221 | Polyhedron globe puzzle system The polyhedron globe puzzle system of this invention comprises a plurality of scalene triangles with attachment means so as to form a generally spherical body on which is inscribed a world map such that the position of the scalene triangles contains laten... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6221457 | Display system for curved surfaces A flexible sheet can be stored or patterned while in a flat configuration, and subsequently readily adapted to overlay a curved surface, for example a hemisphere of a sphere. Radial incisions made to the sheet provide a hub and a plurality of substantiall... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6129386 | Apparatus and method for collecting data An apparatus for collecting and cataloging data, the apparatus comprising a base, an accordion-pleated folded strip mounted with the base and defining sections each having a major surface for the recordation of information thereon, each section hingedly f... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5695342 | World map system A world map system consists of thirty-two loose maps in the form of twelve equilateral pentagons and twenty inequilateral hexagons having alternately a relatively short side and a relatively long side. With these maps a globe can be formed by surrounding ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5505621 | Changeable globe unit A globe unit includes a globe element having basic geographical indicia thereon and which is supported on a stand unit. The globe unit further includes a plurality of hemispherical covers, each of which has markings thereon which depict geographic, histor... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5222896 | Polyhedral approximation of a spherical body and two-dimensional projections therefrom A polyhedral approximation of an Earth globe or other non-planar surface and a projection of such non-planar surface to a two-dimensional form with a practical minimum of distortion of principal and secondary features is disclosed. Vertices are selected o... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5128501 | Iron stand connector An iron stand connector includes a body in which two movable elements are provided, upon which the connecting terminals of the iron impinge. Each movable element has a vertical middle section and two end sections which have right-angled bends and are posi... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5090938 | Toy or other object alterable between two different shapes An object capable of having its shape altered has a first cloth-like material formed in a first predetermined shape, an aperture formed in the first material so that an internal hollow of the first shape can be accessed and a second pliable material posit... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5026287 | Three-dimensional constellation model and construction kit thereof A construction kit for building a three-dimensional constellation model is disclosed for viewing of celestial maps. The kit includes a combination of (a) a zenith section having an external shape of a circular form, the back side of said zenith section ha... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4620842 | Self-assemble revolving globe Self-Assemble revolving globe using paper board materials in the making.... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4083122 | World globe which can be assembled or disassembled A world globe is described which allows repeated assembly and disassembly of the frame and surface segments of the globe. The globe includes a frame structure including a mounting base and mounting bow and a globe portion including opposed polar cap piece... | 04/11/1978 |
