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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308719 | Front surface opened welding mask A front surface opened welding mask, in which an LCD shielding screen is simply attached to and detached from a welding plane and the LCD shielding screen is safely connected to the welding plane. The front surface opened welding mask includes a connection opening f... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308720 | Multi-positionable headwear system A plurality of panels. Each panel has a leading and trailing edge with side edges. Each panel has a central section with side sections. Forward and rearward triangular sections have apexes formed adjacent to the side edges of the panels. Coupling components are atta... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308721 | Facemask assembly A facemask assembly includes a cloth panel that has a front side, a back side, a bottom edge, an upper edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The front side has a generally convex shape. The panel has a plurality of apertures extending therethrough. T... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308722 | Spa cover lifter A system for lifting a spa cover lifter. The system includes a pole and a post. The system also includes a first support member and a second support member. The first support member is pivotably connected to the pole. The second support member is pivotably connected... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308723 | Hot bath facility and temperature and humidity control method therefor There is provided a hot bath facility (1) configured so that pipes (41) and (4) of two stages, upper and lower, are laid above floor concrete (3) in an enclosed bathroom (2), a training wave concrete layer (5) is formed abov... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308724 | Household bathing water massage device A household bathing water massage device comprised of a shower head connected below an existent cold and hot water faucet with a water volume controller installed in between, a three-way connector installed at the lower end, and a hose respectively connected to the ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308725 | Deployable and/or retractable mattress bolsters The present invention is directed to a therapeutic bed comprising a mattress. The mattress has a fluid cushion and a fluid pump. The fluid cushion has a fluid support surface, a retractable/deployable bolster, and a closure mechanism. The fluid support surface has a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308726 | Folding ramp A folding ramp is provided that includes an upper ramp, a lower ramp, and at least one handle assembly for providing ease of transport of the folding ramp. The upper ramp extends between a first end and a second end, and includes an upper ramp loading track, an uppe... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308727 | Polishing system and tool A rotary tool used with a pneumatic or an electric drill, for polishing truck wheels, adjacent the in-situ nuts, has a chuck mounted on a driving shaft, the chuck including an outer cylindrical housing, a centre housing with a replaceable guide bushing, and an annul... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308728 | Toilet cleaning implement A toilet cleaning implement having a plunger with an elongated handle and a compressible cup attached to one end of the handle. The cup defines a cavity open at one end. An elongated rod is longitudinally slidably mounted to the handle and movable between an extende... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308729 | Vacuum nozzle head with integral squeegee An improved vacuum cleaner nozzle is disclosed which includes a squeegee element disposed along the front wall or front lip. The squeegee element acts to push liquid or slurry materials towards the inlet opening as the nozzle head is drawn towards the user in a pull... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308730 | Base member for swivel caster A base member for swivel caster comprises a fixed base, a rotation base and a hollow staff. The fixed base includes a ring member, and a plurality of first raceways lathed in an inward surface of the ring member. A support cavity is defined through a center of the r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308731 | Dampened slide for an anti-chucking wedge assembly A dampened slide for a wedge assembly includes a slide housing having perimeter walls. First and second alignment members connect to the perimeter walls, each having a deflectable portion. The deflectable portions extend opposite to each other and transverse to a ce... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308732 | Adjustable hinge assembly A hinge assembly 15 for a vehicle tailgate 14 comprises a first hinge member 21 fastened to the tailgate 14 and a second hinge member 22 fastened to a hollow flange 23 of a vehicle roof 13 by means of adjustment devic... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308733 | Swivel hinge assembly and electronic device having the same A swivel hinge assembly is provided for use in an electronic device, such as a portable electronic device. The swivel hinge assembly includes a first rotary shaft configured to be rotatable about a substantially vertically extending axis, a base configured to be rot... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308734 | Cotton seed cleaner A cotton seed cleaner includes an initial airwash, a shaker deck with a series of cascading shaker trays, and a plurality of pin mill drums for more efficient and thorough cleaning of seeds to be used in industrial and commercial products. The result is a more effic... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308735 | Roller pair for stretching strips of filter material Roller pair for tensioning strands of filter material in the manufacture of cigarette filters with a first roller made of metal which is rotatably driven by a drive and a second roller of which the surface consists of a resilient material, the two rollers being moun... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308736 | Apparatus of attaching interior part of automobile An attaching Apparatus of an interior part of an automobile includes a base portion, a clip and a cap. The base portion includes an opening portion and a projected portion, the clip includes a front end portion, a parallel portion, a base end portion, a draw stop cl... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308737 | Magnetically actuated locking mechanism A magnetically actuated locking mechanism includes a male section and a female section releasably coupled to the male section. The male section includes a male body, a projection extending from one end of the male body and including a transverse bore, and a locking ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308738 | Releasable fastener systems and processes A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof. The hook portion generally includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements e... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308739 | Adjustable clip assembly An adjustable clip for gripping a tarp or the like. There are first and second jaw portions having first ends that are joined by a hinge and second ends that are spread apart to form a receiving area. A finger-operated screw or threaded knob is mounted to the jaw po... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308740 | Urn with interchangeable decorative panel An urn with a removable and replaceable panel which allows for placement of an image, such as by laser engraving, to be done on the removable panel. The panel may be custom engraved and added to a partially complete urn. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308741 | Huggable cremated remains storage systems A system for storing cremated remains in one or more holders that may be comfortably held by an individual. The present invention comprises a “plush container”, such as a stuffed animal, and further comprises ornamental symbols or similar features for ornamental... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308742 | Hardware for mounting a casket handle A handle hardware assembly for attaching a handle to the sidewall of a casket. The hardware assembly comprises a lifting arm and clevis each having a pair of pivot arms or flanges. Each clevis pivot flange has a protrusion which is engageable with three radially spa... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308743 | Method for embossed and colourless decoration and bonding of a fabric web and device therefor A method for producing three-dimensional colourless designs in a non-woven fabric or like material entirely bonded includes subjecting the fibers to a blowing process through openings, since the fibers in the openings are only displaced therein with limited depth, a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308744 | Apparatus for needling a non-woven material An apparatus is described for needling a non-woven material with at least one needleboard (23) which is connected with push rods (26) guided in the needle-penetration direction and with at least one drive for the needleboard (23) acting upon the... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308745 | Method and device for edge-machining of a plastic optical lens and a combination tool therefor An edge-machining device in particular plastic spectacle lenses (L) has two aligned holding shafts (14, 16) rotatable with a controlled angle of rotation (φB) about a rotational axis of a workpiece (B) between which the lens may be clamped and a t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308746 | Fastener removal apparatus and associated method An improved fastener removal apparatus is configured to remove a swaged fastener of the type having an elongated threaded pin and a collar, with the collar being swaged to the pin. The fastener removal apparatus includes a nose assembly that can be mounted to an act... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308747 | Method of positioning a platform relative to a fixed frame and a small scale positioning device A small-scale positioning device employing a platform, a levering mechanism and a floating actuator device. The platform is movably attached to a fixed frame by a lever, a pair of levers, or more. The floating actuator device is coupled between at least one lever an... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308748 | Method for compressing an intraluminal device An assembly is provided which can crimp or compress an intraluminal device or measure the radial strength of an intraluminal device. The crimping assembly includes at least two moving-element subassemblies, each with a pair of moving elements. The moving elements ha... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308749 | Production method for dielectric resonator device A method of forming a dielectric resonator from an inner-conductor-formed hole that has a substantially rectangular or substantially elliptical cross section in a direction perpendicular to the depth direction thereof, by placing a rotary cutting disk in contact wit... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308750 | Method of manufacturing a magnesium diaphragm In a rolling process, the level of rolling performed by a rolling mill for one operation is set to 1 μm to 20 μm. A magnesium substrate is rolled by rollers while being heated by a thermostatic chamber. As a result, there is manufactured a high-quality magnesium s... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308751 | Magnetic head and method of manufacturing same, head suspension assembly and magnetic disk apparatus A magnetic head has less variations in the resistance of a magneto-resistive device before and after the magnetic head is left in a high temperature environment so as to have higher stability of the characteristics of the magnetic head against a high temperature env... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308752 | Method for making an optical pickup apparatus having a movable unit supported by springs attached to a fixed unit An optical pickup apparatus is described which includes a movable unit with an objective lens, a focus servo coil for moving the moveable unit containing the objective lens in the optical-axis direction, and tracking servo coils for moving the moveable unit containi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308753 | Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head A slider comprises a slider body and a head element. The slider body has an air bearing surface, an air inflow end and an air outflow end. The air bearing surface has: a first surface including two portions extending in a direction of air passage; a second surface i... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308754 | Methods for trimming electrical parameters in an electrical circuit Power supply switching regulator electrical circuit trimming methods. A trimming method includes assembling one or more components of a power supply switching regulator electrical circuit onto a printed circuit board having one or more electrical connections coupled... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308755 | Apparatus for forming a mono-diameter wellbore casing A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member within a wellbore. A second tubular member is then plastically deformed and radially expanded in overlapping relation ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308756 | Apparatus used for manufacturing semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the semiconductor devices, and semiconductor device manufactured by the apparatus and method An apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices having a roughly rectangular parallelepiped box-shape includes an internal insertion space for semiconductor packages, first guide grooves and arranged along the longitudinal direction in both side surfaces facing... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308757 | Intermediate product manufacturing apparatus, and intermediate product manufacturing method An intermediate product manufacturing apparatus for carrying intermediate products and processing the intermediate products with a plurality of processing apparatuses is provided, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of carrying means for carrying the intermediate ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308758 | Method for making sheathed metal tube In a method for grounding a metal tube (2) sheathed with an electrically non-conducting plastic layer (1), has the plastic layer (1) of the metal tube (2) completely removed at an area of connection (3) the area of connection (3... | 12/18/2007 |
