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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421743 | Ostomy garment apparatus An ostomy garment apparatus includes a shirt with a front wall, a back wall and a pair of sleeves attached together. An upper end of the shirt has a neck opening therein. A bottom end of the shirt has a torso opening extending therein. An aperture for receiving a tu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421744 | Motorcycle helmet with integrated acoustic voice amplified chambers A helmet having an outer shell formed to substantially enclose the head of a wearer and an inner liner disposed within the outer shell and conforming in shape substantially to the outer shell. An aperture is disposed at a front portion of the inner liner. A first ex... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421745 | Toilet support apparatus An apparatus and method for supporting a wall mounted toilet with a toilet bumper in contact with the underside of the wall mounted toilet. The toilet bumper includes an adjustable support leg having an upper end mounted to the toilet bumper and a support foot mount... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421746 | Toilet installing assembly and method A toilet installing assembly includes a bladder that has an upper panel and a lower panel sealed together along peripheral edges of the upper and lower panels. The bladder is selectively inflatable and is substantially planar when not inflated and has a generally ro... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421747 | Method of installing and removing a component of medical device A device to install and remove a structural component in and from a medical large device has a guide system that simplifies the difficult handling of the structural component due to the size or the weight of the structural component. The guide system has a first gui... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421748 | Support frame with articulating structures The present invention has a frame, two articulating structures, a drag link and a linear drive assembly. Each articulating structure has a rigid support, a serpentine support and a caster support. The rigid supports are pivotally connected to the frame and to the ca... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421749 | Body support for medical applications A body support for medical applications comprising a main body piece, at least one expansion piece, and at least one, preferably two arm pieces, which may have their own expansion pieces. All of the pieces are preferably made of soft flexible materials. In one embod... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421750 | Pillow-top mattress comprising a fire blocked gusset This invention relates to an improved gusset for use in fire-blocking a pillow-top mattress. This gusset provides additional fire blocking to provide a pillow-top mattress with improved performance when tested according to Technical Bulletin 603 of the State of Cali... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421751 | Folding knife having locking portion, clip portion and unsharpened protrusion A knife comprises a handle and a blade movably attached to the handle and having a sharpened side and an unsharpened side. The sharpened side has a first sharp portion and a second sharp portion. The blade is operable to move from an engaged position to a disengaged... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421752 | Household-type water-recirculating clothes washing machine with automatic measure of the washload type, and operating method thereof Household-type front loading and water-recirculating clothes washing machine adapted to automatically measure the nature of the dry clothes loaded in the machine for washing, in which the measurement of such weight of the washload is performed by measuring the amoun... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421753 | Electric toothbrushes An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has an elongated body including a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. A first bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles and a second bristle carrier having a plurality... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421754 | Hose lifter for an underwater pool cleaning device A buoyant hose lifter which selectively attaches to a portion of an existing hose of an underwater pool cleaning device, wherein the buoyancy of the hose lifter may be selectively varied by a user, thereby enabling the hose lifter and the underwater pool cleaning de... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421755 | Coupling device and wiper blade A coupling device has a clip and a clip holder. A hook at a distal portion of a wiper arm is attached to the clip. The clip holder has a locking member and a cover. The cover extends along the longitudinal direction of the wiper arm. The cover has a first cover port... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421756 | Rubber blade for wiper Provided is a rubber blade for an automotive wiper capable of autonomously pressing firmly and resting securely against a windshield surface by altering the structure of the rubber blade. The rubber blade has a head portion forming an upper portion of the rubber bla... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421757 | Pump valve mechanism A method for cleaning tubes and heat exchangers provides an oscillating pump/valve mechanism to provide a periodic waveform of shocks to fouled tubes. Preferably, a pair of pneumatic control valves operates an actuator to oscillate a valve within a valve block, and ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421758 | Upright vacuum cleaner with swing brush Disclosed herein is an upright vacuum cleaner with a swing brush. The upright vacuum cleaner comprises an upright cleaner body having a suction nozzle, a drive unit mounted in the cleaner body for moving the cleaner body forward or rearward, a grip unit slidably mou... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421759 | Vacuum extraction apparatus for cleaning a surface An apparatus (20) for cleaning a surface (22) includes a clean fluid tank (26) containing a cleaning fluid (46) and configured for delivery of the fluid (46) to the surface (22). The clean fluid tank (26) has a first ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421760 | Vacuum system A vacuum system has a cabinet that can be mounted to a wall. The cabinet includes a hose storage compartment with a hose drive assembly for automatically extending and retracting a vacuum hose. A portable vacuum unit can be removably docked to the cabinet and connec... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421761 | Door closer A door closer comprises a spindle journaled in a housing and connected to turn with a door. Upon rotation of the spindle, a cam carried by the spindle effects linear movement of a slide assembly relative to the housing. A piston is connected with the slide assembly.... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421762 | Hinge for a liquid crystal display A hinge of a LCD has a stationary bracket, a first shaft assembly and a second shaft assembly. The LCD had a base and a screen. The stationary bracket is attached to the base. Each shaft assembly is mounted pivotally on the stationary bracket and has an adapting bra... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421763 | Adjuster for facemask An adjuster for facemask includes a main body and a plurality of fixing pillars. Each of the fixing pillars provides an anti-move-back elastic member and a fixing groove in a way of the anti-move-back elastic member and a fixing groove in a way of the anti-move-back... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421764 | Shoulder strap ring hardware Shoulder strap ring hardware is comprised of multiple connected runs made from a hard material such as metal where certain of the runs having a coating or shield of non-abrasive somewhat resilient with an increased effective diameter or radius so that the metal or h... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421765 | Cremation burial system An aesthetically pleasing vault and urn system for use in a memorial service and/or interring the cremated remains of persons and/or pets. The vault and urn are weatherproof and tamperproof closures that prevent unauthorized access to the cremated remains. The urn c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421766 | Drum for forming relief patterns on a textile web A drum for forming relief patterns on a surface of a textile web has a tubular jacket rotatable about an axis and having a substantially cylindrical outer surface centered on the axis and formed with an array of raised portions separated by lands and with a multipli... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421767 | Method for manufacturing a piezoelectric vibration device Manufacturing a piezoelectric vibration device, includes: forming a bonding electrode on a part of a piezoelectric substrate to which a cover makes contact; forming a part defining a through hole to the cover so that a profile of an edge of an opening of the through... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421768 | Fuel hose line installation apparatus A fuel hose line assembling apparatus comprises a base, a transmission, a fixing member and a hose fixing jig. The base comprises at least two chutes. The transmission and the hose fixing jig are mounted on two sides of the base respectively. An adjusting screw is m... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421769 | Stud installation tool and method of stud installation A stud installation tool includes a thrust bearing mounted within an annular housing so that the bearing may be brought in contact with a wheel hub plate and fitted around a stud which is to be drawn into the plate. Lug nuts for the stud may be tightened against the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421770 | Method of replacing canopy support columns A method for replacing a defective column that supports a service station canopy involves the use of several cranes. A pair of cranes supports the canopy while the defective column is being removed and the new column is being installed. A second crane assists in lif... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421771 | Device for holding a rotatable propeller and method of using same A tool comprising a handle, a shaft, and a pair of spaced-apart projections for use in removing the propeller from a watercraft. The projections are generally arranged at a distal end of the shaft so as to extend therefrom in a generally perpendicular direction. The... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421772 | Ratcheting driver with pivoting pawls and method of arranging same A ratcheting driver for rotationally driving a piece and having a handle and pivotal pawls engageable with a driven gear and being capable of ratcheting and driving in both rotational directions. A cap is rotatable relative to said handle and it has a web for pivoti... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421773 | Method of making pressure sensor assemblies Silicon-based high pressure sensor modules are manufactured in an array arrangement, incorporating a low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) substrate. The LTCC substrate can withstand high pressures. Bossed containers filled with oil are mounted on the substrate in ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421774 | Winding method for stator of motor According to a nozzle winding method of causing a nozzle (41) to pass between adjacent magnetic poles (12) and rotating the nozzle (41) around the magnetic pole (12), winding is carried out until the rotating nozzle (41) interferes... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421775 | Method of manufacturing antenna for RFID tag A method of easily and inexpensively manufacturing an antenna for an RFID tag by forming the antenna using magnets of a pattern corresponding to a shape of the antenna is provided. One example method includes a) placing a substrate above a level of a fluid containin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421776 | Clamp to attach a stator bar to a clip A clamp for attaching a clip to an end of a stator bar including: an anchor adapted to fit into an open end of the clamp; a bracket having a first leg extending radially from the anchor and a second leg substantially perpendicular to the first leg, wherein the secon... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421777 | Method of manufacturing multilayer wiring substrate using temporary metal support layer The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring substrate, which can preserve the dimensional stability of a conductor pattern at a fine pitch, solve the restriction on a process from the viewpoint of material selection, and further redu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421778 | Method of making an electronic assembly According to one aspect of the invention, an electronic assembly is provided. The electronic assembly includes a first substrate having an integrated circuit formed therein and a second substrate. The first and second substrates are interconnected by a plurality of ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421779 | Multilayer board manufacturing method A base material (20) is arranged on top of at least one first internal layer base material (10), and a second internal base material (30) is arranged underneath the base material (10). And thereafter a surface layer circuitry conductive f... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421780 | Methods for fabricating thermal management systems for micro-components Methods for fabricating thermal management systems for micro-component devices are described herein. The methods may include initially overlaying a target substrate with a blank that is in sheet form, and stamping a microchannel structure having a plurality of outer... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421781 | Method of forming a module component having a plurality of penetration holes According to the invention, the method of manufacturing a module component comprises an inserting step of inserting a chip component in a first molding die; a primary molding step of filling the first molding die with resin with a first end electrode of the chip com... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421782 | Method for manufacturing internal combustion engine piston A method is provided for efficiently manufacturing a high quality internal combustion engine piston having an annular cavity allowing for good circulation of cooling fluid. An annular groove is formed at the circumferential edge of the top face of a piston crown, or... | 09/09/2008 |
