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A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6668499 | Fire door or window Fire door or window, comprised essentially of a glass pane that is embedded in a metal frame that surrounds it, whereby the fire door has a modular construction and thereby is comprised of at least one door panel that is formed by two glass panes that are... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668500 | Holding rail for holding glass profile elements The invention relates to a holding device for holding glass closures (20) formed by individual glass profile elements, especially U-shaped glass profile elements (21, 21'), or other long glass elements, especially insulating glass elements. In order to pr... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668501 | Stucco fastening system A shear wall system comprises stucco fasteners consisting of an elongated first portion that is driven into a wood frame wall, and an elongated second portion that is completely embedded in a stucco wall panel. In one embodiment, the fasteners consist of ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668502 | Ledger mould for building a ledger A ledger mould assembly is suitable for use with a wall form assembly of the type comprising a pair of spaced-apart parallel foam panels defining therebetween a cavity for the setting of a flowable material for building an insulated wall. The ledger mould... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668503 | Concrete wall form and connectors therefor A connector for tying together opposed foam panels in spaced and parallel relationship to make a form for receiving flowable material is disclosed. The connector comprises a pair of anchor members, one being devised to be embedded in one of the foam panel... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668504 | Sound-deadened wall and wall panel for same In a sound-deadened wall comprising wooden studs, each of which has a front edge and a back edge, a front wall panel is fastened to the front edges of the studs and a back wall panel is fastened to the back edges of the studs. Further, front spacers are p... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668505 | High-span anchors and reinforcements for masonry walls High-span and high-strength anchors and reinforcement devices for cavity walls combined with interlocking veneer ties are described which utilize reinforcing wire and wire formatives to form facing anchors, truss or ladder reinforcements, and wall anchors... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668506 | Weldment for interconnecting slabs of pre-cast concrete A weldment connector for use with castable concrete slabs, each of the slabs including a length, width and depth and having at least one opposing and extending edge. The weldment connector has a substantially elongated and planar shaped front face and fir... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668507 | Hurricane resistant precast composite building system A precast composite building system usable for walls, roofs, and floors of buildings, comprising a concrete composite panel element having embedded steel I-beams, wire mesh, embed plates, and steel tension reinforcement bars interconnected vertically, hor... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668508 | Shear panel assembly A shear panel assembly including a shear panel in combination with a shear panel hold-down. The shear panel includes a frame and a panel diaphragm including a peripheral edge. The frame includes an upper horizontal frame member pivotally interconnecting t... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668509 | Reusable roof anchor for safety lines The reusable roof anchor presents a novel approach for attaching a safety line to prevent the injury of workers while working on a roof. None of the devices in the prior art combine a reusable structure that can be adapted to any pitch of roof while provi... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668510 | Deflection clip for stud wall construction An improved deflection clip for connecting a stud to a structural building member while permitting relative compensating vertical movement of the clip, is disclosed. A planar sheet portion having a front end and a left and right side, has at least two per... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668511 | Formwork for pillars It is constituted by several plates (1), provided in its outer side (4) with transverse ribs (5), formed by C-shaped profiles and joined together to form a prismatic contour (7), closed by the inner flat sides of all the plates, the plates comprising a me... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668512 | Lightweight building component A very lightweight tubular building element for the construction of reinforced concrete floors and roofs; providing the formwork for the casting in place of the structural concrete and a high quality finished ceiling at the same time. It is a single compo... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668513 | Structural composite member formed of a metal and reinforced by a blow-molded member The present invention is generally directed towards a structural member formed from a sheet metal reinforced with blow-molded member. The sheet metal is in form of a channel with three sides. The blow-molded member has a first portion that contours the th... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668514 | Apparatus and method for connecting adjacent panels An apparatus for connecting adjacent panels includes a first panel and a second panel. Each panel has a connectable edge adapted for connection to a connectable edge of an adjacent panel. At least one first panel interface is disposed on the first panel a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668515 | Composite joint for fitting at least one external member to a sandwich panel and panel integrating at least one such joint Composite joint for fitting at least one external member to a sandwich panel and panel integrating at least one such joint. To permit the transmission of static and/or dynamic stresses between at least one external member and a sandwich panel, into said panel ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668516 | Packing apparatus The distal end of a band remains held after a band-holding step. A band-tightening step is performed by operating a manual tightening switch, thereby driving a drive motor and hence rotating a drive roller under manual control. A band-sealing step and a b... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668517 | Spout transfer method, spout transfer apparatus and spout positioning and supplying apparatus With a use of a transfer rotor that has gripping claws on its circumference, spouts are received by the gripping claws and conveyed and transferred to spout holding members of a continuously rotating rotor. The transfer rotor rotates intermittently 60° i... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668518 | Machine for making filter bags for products for infusion A machine which makes filter bags from flat tubular envelopes for products to be infused includes a thread applying station having a first drum rotating in a defined direction and a plurality of seats to position and pick up of seals, continuous thread an... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668519 | Method and apparatus for packaging objects in a shipping container A method and apparatus for providing a shipping container for holding an object has a base for receiving the article is described. A plurality of corner posts is affixed to the base. Each post has a first end affixed to a portion of the base and a second,... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668520 | Modular sliding door grid A modular sliding door grid including a sliding door mounted on a low profile frame. The sliding door is actuated by at least one pivot bar, connected at one end to the sliding door and at the other end to a mechanical linkage. Actuation of a frame bar in... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668521 | Method for applying a band about a sheet of material and a floral grouping A band applicator for applying a band about a sheet of material disposed about a pot to provide a decorative cover for the pot. The band applicator includes a pot frame having a pot opening and a band holder configured to releasably hold a plurality of ba... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668522 | Method for compacting bags Method and device for packing bags filled with product in a box. The bags are made gas-permeable and after the bags have been filled with product the residual volume of gas therein is removed by drawing off the gases present in the bag by means of suction... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668523 | Process for the final folding and subsequent storage of a piece of linen To fold a piece of linen to a very small final dimension, for example a bed sheet to 9"×6", the piece of linen is kept constantly under pressure after final folding until it has been fixed in a storage position, in order to prevent opening of said final ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668524 | Packaging system with a tool for enclosing electronic components, and method of populating a carrying belt A packaging system and a method of populating a transport belt with a tool for enclosing electronic components in a carrying belt, is described. For this purpose, the device has a heated punch with a structured punch face that has a plurality of mutually ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668525 | Carton, a blank for producing a carton, and methods and apparatus for erecting, closing, and sealing a carton A method of and an apparatus for erecting a carton, and a method of and an apparatus for closing a carton. The carton has 180° fold lines with a compressed area at each end and a slit joining the compressed areas. A carton is erected by moving the blank ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668526 | Web centering system An in-line web-centering apparatus for centering a web of material in an aseptic internal area of a form-fill-seal packaging machine. The web-centering apparatus has a support member, a tracking assembly, and an alignment mechanism, each contained within ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668527 | Non-peptidyl inhibitors of VLA-4 dependent cell binding useful in treating inflammatory, autoimmune, and respiratory diseases There is disclosed a genus of non-peptidyl compounds, wherein said compounds are VLA-4 inhibitors useful in treating inflammatory, autoimmune, and respiratory diseases, and wherein said compounds comprise a compound of Formula (1.0.0): ##STR1## and p... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668528 | Mower arrangement having multiple mowing units and drive system therefor A mowing arrangement includes three mowing units with which are associated a drive system including transmissions associated with each unit that are alike to the extent that the mowing units may be easily exchanged with one another. Specifically, one of t... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668529 | Operator control system for self-propelled vehicles An operator control system for a self-propelled vehicle such as a lawn mower wherein the control system includes two opposing and preferably upwardly extending and converging hand grips each having a corresponding drive control lever associated therewith.... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668530 | Grass-cutting tractor with improved operating features A grass-cutting tractor has an internal combustion engine, an apparatus which changes engine speed, and a generator. The apparatus includes a user-manipulated mechanism having a plurality of operating positions. Two of the operating positions are each ide... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668531 | Harvesting machine with freewheel compensation A machine for harvesting forage including in particular a cutting mechanism and a device for treating the cut products. The treatment device includes at least two ribbed rollers which are driven in rotation by a transmission. The transmission includes at ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668532 | Harvesting machine for stalk crops having a stepped cutting blades A harvesting machine for harvesting corn and similar crops on stalks has at least one circulating endless conveyor for engaging a crop, wherein the endless conveyor forms a crop feed area for feeding the crop to an inlet opening of a processing device for... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668533 | Reel mower and bearing assembly A reel mower includes a bearing system having a spring that biases a plurality of ball bearings toward a cone. The cone is fixedly mounted on the reel shaft. The cone can be conically constructed, and used in combination with a washer that is fixedly atta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668534 | Auger fingers for harvesting assemblies, and combines Intake fingers and finger assemblies for use with intake portions of harvesting assemblies, on harvesting machines such as combines, haybines, bailers, corn pickers, and the like. The fingers and finger assemblies cooperate with crop-gathering augers, and... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668535 | Heat-resistant crimped yarn The invention provides heat-resistant crimped yarn, of which the constituent heat-resistant high-functional fibers are prevented as much as possible from being deteriorated under heat in the process of producing the yarn. Not losing excellent properties o... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668536 | Open-end spinning arrangement An open-end spinning arrangement (1) comprises a stationary spinning box housing (2) arranged on a base frame of a textile machine for seating a high speed spinning rotor (7) in a vacuum-charged rotor housing (8), a sliver opening unit (4) connected to th... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668537 | Heat recovery system A hot exhaust heat recovery system comprising, in combination a chamber having inlet and outlet porting for flow through of hot exhaust gas, in the chamber interior, separate heat exchanger structures in separate sequential segments said chamber interior,... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668538 | Steam cooled gas turbine system with regenerative heat exchange A combined cycle system includes a gas turbine (8) having a generator (1), a compressor (2), a combustor (3), a blade cooling air cooler (4), a fan (5), and a turbine (6); a steam turbine (29) having a high pressure turbine (21), an intermediate pressure ... | 12/30/2003 |
