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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6729049 | Mud walking shoe An apparatus for walking on mud includes a shoe body made of a rigid material that floats in water, the shoe body including a generally horizontal top surface having a substantially greater area than an area of a sole of a foot of a user, the shoe body including a b... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729050 | Control of excavation apparatus A method and apparatus for controlling an excavator having a frame, engine, ground supports and an excavation boom with an excavating drum. The method includes fixing the orientation of the boom relative to gravity to approximately control the shape of an excavated ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729051 | Front end loader retractable attachment An attachment for a front end loader that provides a method and apparatus for ripping solid ground that includes a hollow tube mounted between the arms of a front end loader directly behind the bucket. The hollow tube is slidably mounted on a solid shaft. Closely ma... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729052 | Assembly for securing an excavating tooth An assembly for mounting an excavating tooth particularly suited for a dredge cutterhead includes a base, an adapter, and a lock. The base includes a convex, curved bearing surface that abuts a concave, curved bearing surface on the adapter. The curved bearing surfa... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729053 | Bracket for mounting a license plate to a vehicle A bracket for mounting a license plate to a vehicle having an air scoop in the bumper area. The bracket has a body having a mounting surface adapted to receive a license plate, an arm having a hook which extends from a rear surface of the body. The hook engages a fl... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729054 | Articulated continuous electronic display Articulated continuous electronic display providing for an electronic display panel bridging between adjacent non-coplanar electronic display sections to provide for continuous non-interrupted alphanumeric or graphic informational display. ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729055 | Short distance reflected pattern decorating plate A short distance reflected pattern decorating plate that compromises a base, a decorating plate, a front plate and a circuit board that makes the decorating plate brighter and clearer, and to emphasize the decorating plate with a bright light circle. ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729056 | Vehicle display unit A vehicle display unit includes a ground of light color and a mark of light color on the ground. An edge of the mark is colored so that coloring of shading-off is applied onto the edge of the mark such that a portion nearest to the mark is colored darkly and the gro... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729057 | Handy encasement A handy encasement for sign or advertisement board is essentially sustained with a couple of transverse skeletons and a couple of longitudinal skeletons. The transverse or longitudinal skeletons are equipped with a base and an upper lid combined together so as to en... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729058 | Apparel mounted picture securing and displaying apparatus An apparel mounted picture securing and displaying apparatus is provided having a lower support member with a corner attachment orifice formed at each corner point. An upper frame element forming a transparent retention means within an outer perimeter is attached to... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729059 | Apparatus for identifying plants The apparatus includes a stake, a hang tag, and a marker. The stake is an elongated member with a first end and a second end. The first end includes a bent portion and has a forked end with parallel top and bottom prong members. The hang tag and marker are removably... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729060 | Corner fitting frame A frame that holds an artist's canvas for creating a work of art thereon and for subsequent display of the work so created uses a body member that has a front surface that is curved and a rear surface that has a first generally flat section and a second generally fl... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729061 | Coupling device for adding a shoulder stock to a handgun A coupling device for enabling an elongated item of police equipment to be rapidly employed as a shoulder stock for use with a handgun includes a rigid mounting ring having a forwardly directed rigid prong, and a diametrically located set screw for adjustable engage... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729062 | Mil.dot reticle and method for producing the same A reticle incorporates an optical center and a plurality of measuring points. The measuring points are formed by a primary vertical line, a primary horizontal line intersecting the primary vertical line at the optical center, a plurality of dots intersecting the pri... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729063 | Method of increasing the fish catch in the ocean A method of increasing the fish catch in the ocean is to fertilize the ocean surface, creating a short-term phytoplankton bloom, which forms a fish attractive device (FAD). The FAD attracts the fish to a planned location for fishing boats to catch with reduced fishi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729064 | Device for holding an ice fishing rod A device for holding an ice fishing rod is disclosed. The device is comprised of a rod holder, a base and a strap. The rod holder is shaped to hold an ice fishing rod, at the handle of the ice fishing rod, in a substantially horizontal position. The base is shaped t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729065 | Fishing system A fishing system is described that is mounted to a boat. The fishing system has a housing, a mast supported in the housing, and a first actuator connected to and rotating the mast. The first actuator is mounted on the housing. A second actuator is connected to and p... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729066 | Fishing apparatus Fishing apparatus having a container forming a chamber in which caught fish and live bait may be placed and maintained separate from each other. Air is introduced to the chamber to supply oxygen sufficient to enable caught fish and live bait to remain alive. The con... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729067 | Outdoor refillable bait station A device for baiting insects which includes an anchor tube that is placed in the ground, a base plate that attaches to the anchor tube, a cover that attaches to the base plate, a bait cup placed in said anchor tube and that sits beneath the ground, and a termite med... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729068 | Engineered wood-based mulch product An engineered wood based soil mulch product is described that is a blend of geometrically regular wood elements. The blend has at least two components that differ by at least one dimension. Element length is within the range of about 50-300 mm with a maximum width o... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729069 | Tapered wall container with replaceable sleeve A method of providing identification on a container having a tapered outer surface, that includes providing an identifying sleeve having the form of a truncated cone; assembling the sleeve onto the container to accommodate to a tapered surface; and mechanically reta... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729070 | Combination of container for growing plants and aerating root pruner Disclosed is a novel combination of a conventional plant pot with one or more drain holes in its bottom or its side wall near its bottom and a perforated conduit or tube which is removably affixed to the side wall of the container and which extends from at or near t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729071 | Device for automatically controlling opening and closing of a vehicle slide door A device for automatically controlling a slide door for a vehicle, wherein the slide door is adapted to open and close along a guide track installed in a vehicle body, the device having a door drive device having a motor, a motor load detection device, a door positi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729072 | Integral latch and drive system for a powered sliding door A vehicle door lock system comprises a sliding vehicle door, having a door path of travel generally translational to a vehicle frame. A drive unit moves the vehicle door along a door path. A drive component communicates the movement from the drive unit to the vehicl... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729073 | Connector for attaching a window panel to a drive element of window-lift device A window-lift device for motor vehicles includes a panel-connector, a drive-connector attached to a drive mechanism of the window-lift device for lifting and lowering a window pane, matching fixing pieces for fixing the panel-connector to the drive-connector, and an... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729074 | Assembly of guides and sliding panel, and sunshade for application therein An assembly is provided having two opposing parallel guides and a panel having two opposite parallel lateral edges cooperating with said guides for a frictional sliding movement of the panel relative to the guides. The edges of the panel are resiliently curved such ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729075 | Audience seating system An audience seating system of the present invention takes a modular approach to creating a wide variety of seating options. The system utilizes a variety of standardized parts that can be assembled in a flexible variety of configurations. The system generally utiliz... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729076 | Support structure for an awning or the like A support for an awning (10) comprises a plurality of inner members (28), each being pivotally connected to adjacent ones of the inner members (28). Support members (16), the are strengthened by braces (36) extend outwardly from th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729077 | Insect control for buildings The intrusion of insects into a home or similar building is controlled by utilizing insect controlling plastic materials in the construction of the building. The insect controlling plastic building materials are manufactured by first blending one or more plastic res... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729078 | Tombstone repair frame A frame designed to hold worn or broken historical tombstones together indefinitely. The preferred stainless steel frame includes an integrated back panel on which the original inscription is engraved, thereby preserving the original inscription that may have faded ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729079 | Concrete anchor One preferred embodiment of an improved concrete anchor designed in accordance with the present invention for embedment in a concrete panel or the like includes an elongated bar having substantially flat parallel faces, an inner end disposed within the panel, an out... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729080 | Supporting device for prefabricated units, in particular for constructions having a metallic structure A supporting device for prefabricated units, particularly for buildings having a metallic structure, comprising a main body which can be fixed to an outer face of a first unit and a supporting element which forms, with one of its portions, a resting region for a sec... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729081 | Self-adhesive photovoltaic module A photovoltaic building material comprises a substrate having one or more photovoltaic generating devices encapsulated thereupon. The substrate includes a body of contact adhesive material, preferably protected by a release layer. The material is readily installed o... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729082 | Inwardly projecting window A window is configured to bring nature into the interior of a building in a true physical sense. The window includes a frame configured to be permanently mounted to a perimeter of an opening in the wall of the building, an at least partially open exterior surface, a... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729083 | Adjustable roof support frame An adjustable roof support frame is disclosed. This support frame is adapted to support roofs with access holes. The support frame comprises two lateral supports and two cross supports. Preferably, all supports comprise a first and second member, the first member ha... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729084 | Kit and method for building a wall of a log structure, such as a log cabin Disclosed is a kit for building a wall. It includes a first log having a substantially cylindrical surface and at least one axially-extending groove formed in the substantially cylindrical surface, a second long and an elongated chink. The first log, the elongated c... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729085 | Wall panel system A stackable wall panel assembly including a lower wall panel having a top, a bottom, vertically extending ends and opposite sides and an upper wall panel having a top, a bottom, vertically extending ends and opposite sides. A vertically extending stanchion has a low... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729086 | Angular section member for making wall corners An angular section member for making wall corners includes a metal sheet element which is bent by pressure along a plurality of longitudinal lines to provide a profile defining three dihedral angles, i.e. an inner dihedral angle and two outer dihedral angles and a p... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729087 | Two-part separable base molding A two-part base molding system includes mounting and molding portions. The mounting portion includes at least one mounting engaging element extending therefrom. The mounting portion has an outer surface, and the mounting engaging element has inner and outer surfaces... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729088 | Positioning jig for installing molding A jig adapted for easily positioning, properly orienting and installing a molding. The jig includes a body having a positioning portion configured to receive a molding. The body also includes a first positioning margin and a second positioning margin each emanating ... | 05/04/2004 |
