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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6017169 | Remediation of earthen material Apparatus for in-situ remediation of contaminant-bearing earthen material includes a generally cylindrical tined assembly; a housing for mounting the tined assembly for rotational motion; an hydraulic driver for delivering torque to rotate the tined assem... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6012440 | Brace for an archery bow A brace for an archery bow is provided which safely keeps the bow in a cocked position for an extended period of time without fatigue. The brace has a front leg, a middle leg, a rear leg. In the cocked position, the brace legs are selectively prevented fr... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5611324 | Camera actuating archery apparatus A camera actuating archery apparatus including an archery bow having a bowstring for use in shooting an arrow, and a camera. The camera has an exposed actuating button, a connector for attaching the camera to the archery bow, an actuating mechanism, and a... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5609438 | Flood barrier and a method for forming a flood barrier A trench is excavated from the top surface of an earthen dike, all the way down into the foundation below the base of the dike. Dry powder, partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (PHPA) is mixed with fresh water and soda ash in proportions of 20 lbs PHPA, to... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5555874 | Waist supported bow string steadying device for archer A waist supported bow string steadying device for an archer includes a fabric envelope within which a resilient bladder is supported to provide a size variable somewhat resilient member for contact with the bow string of a drawn bow prior to release. In s... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5553598 | Pneumatic launcher for a toy projectile and the like A plunger (34) directs pumped fluid through a conduit (40) into a piston sleeve (60) having a piston (66) that is reciprocally translatable within the piston sleeve (60). The conduit (40) terminates in a nozzle (49) which projects into one end, a posterio... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5547312 | Apparatus for containing run-off produced after washing vehicles and the like A portable containment apparatus for field use in containing liquids from vehicles and the like. The containment apparatus is especially designed to contain wash water run-off and includes a plurality of side members for defining a predetermined wash area... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546923 | Take-down archery bow An archery bow having a belly and a back and comprising two elongated branch components each having an end, the ends being detachably joined together at a joint with at least one releasable fastener. The joint is defined by mating surfaces on the ends of ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5544641 | Arrow storing means and aiming means for a crossbow The present invention provides an arrow storing device and an aiming device for a crossbow, the arrow storing device has a magazine in which a plurality of arrows are received, and which is replaceably engaged in a frame of the crossbow. The magazine has ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5544974 | System for underground storage and delivery of liquid product, and recovery of leakage A system for the storage and dispensing of liquid product from an underground installation comprises a storage tank which bears on its top a containment chamber enclosing all fittings for apparatus which gasoline or other stored product will pass through ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5544642 | Multiple projectile blow gun magazine assembly A multi-shot blow gun assembly includes a rotatable dart magazine mounted around a fixed shaft. A proximal end cap is secured to the shaft adjacent the proximal end, and defines a projectile loading aperture and an air input aperture. A distal end cap is ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5542364 | Seed metering device The invention is a seed metering device for metered discharging of agricultural seeds and the like. The seed metering device is designed to collect seed in a singular or group fashion and deposit the same at predetermined and accurate intervals in a seed ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5542784 | Method and means for driving pipes into the ground and cartridge used therefor and for subsequent pipe blasting When driving a tube (24) into the ground, primarily for subsequently loading the tube with an explosive substance and subsequent blasting of the surrounding ground, a driving rod (20) whose rear end is provided with an insert end (13) which can be connect... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540525 | Modular block retaining wall system and method of constructing same A modular wall block is formed with a trough or recess in a top surface configured to frictionally receive fingers of a rake-like grid connection device. The fingers are engaged through apertures in an end portion of a grid-like sheet of material with the... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5538359 | Quick release boom connector A remotely disconnectable floating containment boom includes male and female portions of a connector and a release element which holds the male and female portions together when they are operatively engaged. The containment boom includes a remote activati... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537986 | Bow nock device Disclosed is a new bow nock device for use with a conventional release aid for extending the useful life of a bowstring by eliminating wear caused by the release aid and additionally for improving accuracy by aligning an arrow directly in front of the rel... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5535727 | Archery bow with plural cams and a timing wheel rotatable together about common axis An archery bow with plural cams and a timing wheel rotatable together about common axis comprising: a generally linear handle constituting the front end with a center line extending perpendicularly with respect thereto; an adjustable power limb extending ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535728 | Overdraw arrow rest device A new and improved overdraw arrow rest device having a bow rest mount adapted for securement to a handle area of the bow. Included in the invention is a rest mount having a first wall and a second wall. The rest mount has a support wall that couples a low... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535731 | Archery bow stabilizer An archery bow stabilizer comprises a set of four rods or arms which extend from an attachment block, which block is attachable to a standard stabilizer attachment fitting on an archery bow. The attachment block defines a common intersection for each pair... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533494 | Adjustable arrow grip rest mount An arrow grip rest mount for attaching to the handle of an archery bow which is positionally adjustable in a lateral direction as well as being pivotal 360° about an axis extending transversely and laterally of the bow handle. The mount includes an L-sha... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533834 | Pipelay stinger A reel pipelaying vessel includes pipe conditioning apparatus at its stern. The pipe conditioning apparatus includes a radius control device for imparting a substantially uniform curve to the pipe after it is unspooled from the reel, straightening apparat... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531544 | Pile cap A pile cap of homogeneous material is disclosed that includes a top member part having a relatively large top area and a base member part having a correspondingly smaller bottom area. The sides of at least the bottom member part are thereby tapered. The b... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531210 | Toy gun A toy gun includes a housing, a forwardly biased plunger assembly in the housing, first and second rack gears in the housing, and a transmission gear assembly in the housing. The transmission gear assembly is operative for communicating rearward movement ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531209 | Compound slingshot A compound slingshot is provided, which consists of a weapon operated by manual energy, to propel a small missile towards a target. A structure is coupled to the weapon, for increasing the speed of the small missile towards the target, by using less manua... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531211 | Archery arm guard A device for attachment to an archery bow facilitates placement of the bow arm of the archer. The device includes a plurality of pieces adapted for attachment to the bow and which are movably interconnected to one another in such manner as to be adjustabl... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5526800 | Adjustable archery arrow support assembly An adjustable archery arrow support assembly which permits an archery bow to be "tuned" to an individual archer's arrow releasing characteristics. The archery arrow support device of the invention is adjusted by rotating the archery arrow support device a... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527135 | Method for injecting lubricant or back-filling material into a space between the outside of double-wall pipes and the ground in the pipe-jacking method and an apparatus therefor A conduit comprised of double-wall pipes A is laid in the ground by the pipe-jacking method. Each of double-wall pipes A comprises inner pipe 1 and outer pipe 2 and is provided with sheath pipe 4 between inner pipe 1 and outer pipe 2 and with check valve ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527137 | Knife structure for shoring assemblies used in excavations An improvement for use with protective panels that buttress the walls of an excavation is in the form of a knife structure that is releasably connected to the bottom edge of a protective panel by means of a plurality of cooperative connectors. The knife s... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524601 | Archery bow pin sight and mount An archery bow sight of the present invention includes slide and a two-part mount secured to the slide for axial movement relative to the slide. A sight, preferably a pin sight, is secured to the sight mount. The slide includes a slide bar and a threaded ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524603 | Pistol type spear gun A pistol type spear gun for use with a spear shaft comprising a body member having a handle portion adapted to be grasped in the hand of a user, with a trigger member positioned so as to be squeezed by the user on occasion. An elongate passage extends thr... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522376 | Bow handle A bow handle for holding and carrying a bow comprising a rigid arm having a base end, a tip end, and an intermediate location therebetween with a base segment extended outwards from the intermediate location to the base end and a tip segment extended outw... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522374 | Multi-shot air operated, projectile launcher Air operated apparatus for successively launching a plurality of projectiles are disclosed. The apparatus employ novel constructions for multi-projectile magazines wherein projectiles may be launched from either the inner passageways of a plurality of bar... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5520171 | Indexing helical magazine An indexing helical magazine for use with delicate projectiles, such as pellets and paint balls. The magazine has a housing with a helical rib extending partially into the housing. A carrier for the projectiles is rotatably coupled within the housing and ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5520164 | Quick connect/disconnect adapter for archery related accessories A universal adapter unit allows an archery-related accessory to readily and quickly connect and disconnect from a bow providing an attachment point for such accessories. The adapter includes two components, a first component intended for semi-permanent at... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5520163 | Bow-attached, arrow launching apparatus A bow-attached, arrow launching apparatus, for launching a shorter-than-conventional-length arrow, includes a bow attachment assembly adapted to be attached perpendicularly to a bow and includes an extensible and retractable arrow guide assembly. The fron... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5518341 | Production fluid assembly for remote offshore facilities storage The present invention concerns a system for providing storage for hydrocarbons produced at an offshore production facility. A tank assembly having inner and outer tanks defining an annular chamber therebetween and the inner tank defining an inner chamber,... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5515835 | Dual thrower A disk thrower is disclosed for simultaneously launching two clay targets. The thrower includes two target holders attached to an adjuster which is mounted to a handle for swinging the thrower. The target holders are adjustable along supports formed on th... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5516232 | Runoff water diverter A portable runoff water diverter can be placed in the path of a flow of runoff water to divert at least a portion of the water to a point where it can advantageously be used, for example to irrigate landscaping. The diverter defines at least one channel t... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515838 | Paint ball gun Disclosed is a paint ball gun having a passage for porting pressurized gas to a ball projectile, a primary gas chamber, and a primary valve for controllably flowing pressurized gas from the primary chamber to the passage. The improved gun has a secondary ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515836 | Tiller adjustment system for an archery bow A tiller adjustment system for an archery bow includes a tiller adjustment knob for precisely adjusting the tiller of a bow limb. A locking mechanism secures the tiller adjustment knob in place to ensure that the precise tiller adjustments are not disturb... | 05/14/1996 |
