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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316034 | Aesthetician's absorbent finger cover An absorbent protective finger cover to be worn by aestheticians to protect the surface of their skin while performing facial extractions. The finger cover comprises an inner sheath of protective elastomer material and an outer layer of absorbent material attached t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316035 | Multi-purpose burp cloth A multi-purpose burp cloth (1) which allows parents or care-givers to perform other activities while feeding his or her baby by bottle that also acts as a baby diaper changing pad and pacifier holder. The burp cloth (1) has a front side (3) and ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316036 | Padset for protective helmet There is provided a pad set for a protective helmet. The pad set includes a plurality of internal pads of various thicknesses. A plurality of pad retaining/locating devices each have a pocket for receiving at least one of the plurality of internal pads so as to form... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316037 | Seat lifter The seat lifter is for lifting a toilet seat. The seat lifter includes a foot pedal, cables, pulleys, a base, spring hinge, lifting arm, cable blocks, and a counter weight. The hinge holds the base down on to the toilet with its mounting hardware. The whole mechanis... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316038 | Toilet odor blocking and bidet system with water inline T-adapter An apparatus preventing odor from escaping the toilet bowl by generating a stream of bubbles to cover human waste by using liquid soap, air pump, and low volume water flow. The same system with higher water volume functions as a toilet bidet by using an elevated noz... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316039 | Fitted covering having diagonal elastic bands A fitted mattress covering for a mattress includes lower edge portions, which may be inverted J-shaped portions, mirror-image inverted J-shaped portions, portions that terminate at an end, or inverted U-shaped portions. The covering side and end portion lower edges ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316040 | System and method for positioning patient limbs during surgical procedures A system to facilitate surgical operations by optimally positioning limbs of patients lying on a surgery table. The system comprises a surgery table and a converter. The converter comprises five sub-systems with varying degrees of freedom. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316041 | Osteopathic pillow The pillow (10) comprises a body (12) made of an elastically deformable material provided with a top side (14) upon which the head of a user can be rested, and an underside (16) for being placed upon a pillow support. The top side (14 | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316042 | Machine and method for the continuous treatment of a fabric The machine comprises in combination: means (7) for supplying the fabric (T); means (9) for extracting the fabric; at least one first tank (1) and one second tank (3) which are positioned in series and between which a pneumatic transfer m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316043 | Combined ramp and vehicle chocking construction A combined ramp and chocking construction for a four-wheeled vehicle can be adjusted to a first position in which the construction forms a ramp, and to a second position in which the construction provides four vehicle chocks. The construction includes four units arr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316044 | Toothbrush having counter-rotating heads An electric toothbrush has bristle heads that rotate counter to each other. The toothbrush operates from a battery stored in the handle section of the toothbrush. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316045 | Hair brush including hair removal means A hair brush having a handle and a body portion with a recess having a convex bottom surface. A similarly curved bristle retaining plate has bristle retaining holes with one bristle slidably installed in each hole. Each bristle has an enlarged bulbous upper end and ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316046 | Cleaning brush with disposable/replaceable brush head Disclosed are brushes for cleaning toilet bowls and the like. The brushes have a permanent handle and can be used with a replaceable/disposable brush head that is flushable after use. The brush is a stack of sheets of water-dissolvable material. The sheets are compr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316047 | Connector linking a wiper arm to a wiper blade The invention concerns a connector (36) for linking one end of a wiper arm (32a, 32b, 32c) to a first transverse hinge pin (54) belonging to a structural element (38) of a wiper blade (30), the co... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316048 | Wiper structure A wiper structure for a window glass, includes a wiper arm comprising a support arm provided on the wiper arm; and a wiper blade comprising a blade main body, the wiper blade being supported on the wiper arm in an asymmetrical manner about a connecting point, the wi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316049 | Apparatus and method for evacuating a liquid One version of the portable liquid-evacuation device may include: a container having a top wall, a bottom wall, a sidewall, a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and an air outlet, with the air outlet being connectable to a remote vacuum source; a pump positioned in the ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316050 | Vacuum cleaning tool having an exchangeable attachment A cleaning tool for a vacuum cleaning device has a housing and a motor arranged in the housing. A tool carrier and a rotatingly driven working tool are provided. The working tool has two ends rotatably supported in the tool carrier. The tool carrier and the working ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316051 | Suction nozzle height adjustment control circuit A floor care appliance is provided with a switch for controlling the height of the suction nozzle. The switch controls the height of the suction nozzle by controlling the operation of an independent motor and a gear and cam arrangement operatively connected to the w... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316052 | Closure profile and die plate for extruding same A reclosable pouch includes interlocking male and female closure elements having elongate hollow closure profiles. The male closure profile has a hollow shaft section, and the female closure profile has a channel with at least one hollow side. A set of pleated grip ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316053 | Memorialization casket A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid close able upon the shell and deployable structure, operably associated with either the shell or the lid, and integrally formed therewith, which, when deployed, defines a memorial surface adapted to have placed thereon... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316054 | Sealable casket having memorabilia compartment A sealable casket having a memorabilia compartment comprises a shell and at least one cap pivoted to the shell. The shell and cap have respective confronting flanges. A gasket is disposed between the flanges of the shell and the cap forming a seal therebetween. A me... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316055 | Manufacturing method of non-reciprocal circuit device A manufacturing method of producing a non-reciprocal circuit device, which is much smaller than a conventional counterpart, with excellent mass productivity. A support substrate having support portions arranged therein in a lattice-like form is produced, and a previ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316056 | Method for anchoring wood floors An improved method for anchoring to a concrete base a wood floor attachment member having top and bottom sides, a number of passthrough holes, and compressible pads attached to its bottom side. The method uses pointed fasteners having radially projecting heads and s... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316057 | Method of manufacturing a rotating apparatus disk A method (20) of fabricating a large component such as a gas turbine or compressor disk (32) from segregation-prone materials such as Alloy 706 or Alloy 718 when the size of the ingot required is larger than the size that can be predictably formed with... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316058 | Coaxial cable stripper A coaxial cable stripper, which includes a hollow cylindrical body, which has two transverse through holes and two longitudinal sliding slots, a spring member fixedly mounted inside the hollow cylindrical body, and two movable cutter holders respectively supported o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316059 | Method of manufacturing an ultrasonic probe A method of manufacturing an ultrasonic probe including the steps of forming a plurality of first slits on a layered assembly having a first imner electrode member and a second inner electrode member through a top surface of the layered assembly and forming a plural... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316060 | System for populating a circuit board with semiconductor chips A system for populating a three dimensional array of semiconductor chips is disclosed. The system facilitates the surface mounting of semiconductor chips with chip carriers to achieve the three dimensional array of chips. The system includes a chip carrier pallet th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316061 | Packaging of integrated circuits with carbon nano-tube arrays to enhance heat dissipation through a thermal interface According to one aspect of the invention, a method of constructing an electronic assembly is provided. A layer of metal is formed on a backside of a semiconductor wafer having integrated formed thereon. Then, a porous layer is formed on the metal layer. A barrier la... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316062 | Solder extraction tool and method Methods and apparatus are provided for removing plating from a device. The method and apparatus may be used for preparing an electrical connector for connecting at least one wire or other terminus thereto where the electrical connector has at least one electrical co... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316063 | Methods of fabricating substrates including at least one conductive via A method of fabricating a substrate is disclosed. Apertures are formed in a substrate blank. A conductive layer is formed on opposing surfaces of the substrate, as well as inside the apertures. Conductive elements are defined on one or both opposing surfaces by mask... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316064 | Induction reflow apparatus and method of using the same A method for manufacturing an electrical contact includes providing a series of electrical contacts joined on a carrier strip to a plating station followed by an induction heating station. At the plating station, plating the electrical contacts with a conductive all... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316065 | Method for fabricating a plurality of elastic probes in a row A method of forming a plurality of elastic probes in a row is disclosed. Firstly, a substrate is provided, then, a shaping layer is formed on the substrate so as to offer two flat surfaces in parallel. A photoresist layer is formed on the substrate and on the shapin... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316066 | Method of manufacturing an article by applying heat and pressure, a method of connecting a pipe to a sealed assembly and a connector for use therein A method of manufacturing an article by diffusion bonding at least two metal components (30,36) comprises assembling the metal components (30,36) into a stack relative to each other so that the surfaces (34,40) are in mating contact. The edges o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316067 | Forming a perforate membrane by laser drilling and a subsequent electro-polishing step A method of forming a perforate membrane (1) is disclosed for use in a liquid transport device. The membrane has at least plural nozzles (10) formed therethrough. Each of those nozzles has a throat portion (12) opening at opposite end through op... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316068 | Truss fabrication apparatus A truss assembly apparatus and a method for assembling a truss utilizing the apparatus, the apparatus comprising a truss table having a work surface divided into a first and second assembly zone. The apparatus further includes first and second clamping assemblies fo... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316069 | Pipe cutting apparatus and method A pipe cutting supplemental apparatus and method prevents thin-walled pipe from collapsing when being cut with a standard pinch roll cutter. The tool may be embodied as a solid cylindrical insert, or a hollow cylindrical sleeve. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316070 | Self-retracting utility knife A utility knife includes a housing and a blade carrier movably mounted to the housing. The blade carrier includes a blade supporting surface for supporting a blade, wherein the blade carrier is movable between a retracted position with at least a substantial portion... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316071 | Position measuring system A position measuring system having a housing with a wall, the wall having an opening and including a deformation. A measurement device accommodated in the housing, the measurement device detects and/or processes measurement values and outputs a position-dependent me... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316072 | XY stage module, storage system employing the same and method for fabricating the XY stage module An XY stage module, a storage system including the same and a method for facating the XY stage module are provided. The XY stage module includes: a base; an XY stage horizontally moving above the base in a first direction and a second direction that is orthogonal to... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316073 | Studfinder and laser line layout tool A layout tool includes an object detector constructed and arranged to detect the location of a vertically extending edge portion of an object hidden from view behind a generally vertically extending wall surface, a light source that is capable of projecting a line o... | 01/08/2008 |
