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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7480943 | Multi-purpose ball mitt A ball mitt for catching a ball is disclosed. The ball mitt comprises a first ball glove having an attaching fastener; and a second ball glove having a receiving fastener that is detachably connected to the attaching fastener, wherein the second ball glove has a rec... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480944 | Wrist closure system for an athletic glove A self-closing wrist closure system and an athletic glove using the closure system. The closure system comprises an elastic member contained within a casing and anchored at first and second anchor points within the casing and extending between the two anchor points.... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480945 | Glove having a cuffed portion The present invention provides a glove for a wearer. The glove has a hand covering portion and an arm covering portion connected to the hand covering portion. The arm covering portion has a number of segments with each connected to one another by a pivot. The arm co... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480946 | Hot tub cover assembly A hot tub cover assembly includes a hot tub that includes a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall wherein the first and second side walls are positioned opposit... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480947 | Sofa arm comprising means for fixing it to the sofa frame A sofa arm (1) is described, connected to the frame (2) of the sofa by means of at least one bayonet coupling (3), which comprises means designed to fix it reversibly to the frame of the sofa. The fixing means comprise, for each bayonet coupling... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480948 | Patient support apparatus having a brake/steer mechanism with a foot pedal gear reducer A patient support apparatus includes a brake mechanism and a steer mechanism operated by a foot pedal. A gear reducer is coupled to the foot pedal. The gear reducer reduces the amount that the foot pedal is depressed to operate the brake mechanism and steer mechanis... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480949 | Stowable bearing holder for combined bariatric bed and transfer system A device for use with a base of a patient support system. The device has a patient supporting member attached to the base and a sheet engaged by a roller so that the sheet may be located under a patient and moved, thereby moving the patient from one location to anot... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480950 | Convective cushion with positive coefficient of resistance heating mode A cushion heated convectively using a positive temperature coefficient of resistance type resistive heating element, includes a mattress pad, seat or the like with a bottom surface secured around its perimeter to an air permeable top surface, forming a plenum and co... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480951 | Patient care bed with network A bed having a frame, a deck, and a communication network and at least one module. The at least one module includes a charting module. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480952 | Inflatable body with independent chambers and methods for making the same An inflatable body including first and second fluid impervious major panels, each having an outer surface, an inner surface and a perimeter, and further including a fluid impervious intermediate panel having a first surface, a second surface and a perimeter. A first... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480953 | Patient support A support surface is configured to support a patient thereon and has a base portion that includes an air cushion layer. The support surface also has a layer of three dimensional engineered material above the base portion. The layer of three dimensional engineered ma... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480954 | Sink disposer stuffer and scraper tool A scraper and stuffer tool for a sink disposer having a split rubber entry portion in a bottom portion of a sink well comprises: a) an upper portion having a bottom portion sized to generally extend around a peripheral portion of the split rubber entry portion so th... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480955 | Toothbrush A toothbrush includes a head and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements for enhanced cleaning of the teeth. The tooth cleaning elements include cleaning elements that define a radial array arrangement for better retention of the dentifrice. A radial array may be str... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480956 | Cleaning pads Cleaning pads for cleaning a hard surface with a cleaning implement are provided. A cleaning pad can have distinct high friction region(s) and low friction(s). A cleaning pad can also have distinct hydrophilic region(s) and hydrophobic region(s). A method of ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480957 | In-vehicle vacuum system A direct port vacuum cleaning system comprises a vacuum cleaner housing including a vacuum generating unit having a blower within a blower housing, and a debris canister housing detachably directly connected to the blower housing providing a defined path for a flow ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480958 | Robot cleaner, robot cleaning system and method of controlling same A robot cleaner includes a drive unit for driving a plurality of wheels, a camera disposed in a body for photographing an upper image extending perpendicular to a running direction, a controller for recognizing a position by using position information obtained from ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480959 | Vacuum cleaner comprising a base compartment for attachments A vacuum cleaner comprising a housing (1), in which a dust compartment (5), which can be closed by a dust compartment cover and is designed to receive a dust interceptor (6), and a fan compartment (7) for receiving a motor-driven fan unit... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480960 | Bumper device of robot cleaner and robot cleaner having the same A bumper device of a robot cleaner, and a robot cleaner equipped with the bumper device are disclosed. The bumper device of a robot cleaner includes: a bumper housing coupled to cover an outer circumferential surface of a main body of a robot cleaner, made of a mate... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480961 | Miniature hinge A miniature hinge includes a hinge housing, a first cam having a shaft portion, and a plurality of first can protrusions provided with facing cam surfaces defining a valley-shaped portion and an aperture passing through the first cam, a second cam having a plurality... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480962 | Slide hinge One side portion of an intermediate member 6 is inserted in one side portion of a tubular portion 71 of a fixed member 7 and rotatably coupled to the one side portion of the tubular portion 71 in this state. A vertical slit 71c ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480963 | Handle device for a modularized casing A handle device for a modularized casing is composed of a rectangular inner casing; a handle; a shaft pin which is flexibly connected to the pivoting hole of casing and the pivoting hole of handle being rotated against the shaft pin; and an outer casing, the front s... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480964 | Hand tool handle modification system A hand-held instrument has a business end and a handle attached to the business end. The handle has a gripping portion and a longitudinal axis. A knob is provided on the gripping portion of the handle to facilitate the wielding of the hand-held instrument. The knob ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480965 | Cross lapper A cross lapper for laying a fleece from a card web includes a laying carriage movable transversely with respect to an output conveyor belt and an upper carriage as well as a plurality of card web belts to guide the card web over the upper carriage and the laying car... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480966 | Mixing device for a head for dry-forming paper and associated method A mixing device (9) for fibers in a gaseous flow, specifically designed to be arranged on the line supplying a head for forming air-laid webs, is described. The device comprises a duct (11) for fibers suspended in a gaseous flow, with an inlet (13 | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480967 | Removable fastener apparatus and method of use A removable buckle assembly includes a base member having a male portion and a buckle attachment. The buckle attachment includes a female portion adapted to receive the male portion to removably couple the buckle attachment to the base member. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480968 | Tamper evident feature for package fastening clips A product package clip has tamper evident protection which is formed integrally with the clip. Breakage of frangible connectors indicates that the clip, and thus the package, has been the target of tampering. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480969 | Apparatus and method for conditioning air-entangled yarn A yarn conditioning apparatus for removing interlace nodes from a multifilament, crimped yarn, and including a first roll assembly for accepting the multifilament, interlaced yarn from a yarn supply at a predetermined yarn feed rate and outputting the yarn, and a se... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480970 | Machine for machining optical workpieces, in particular plastic spectacle lenses A machine for machining optical workpieces, is equipped with a workpiece spindle, by which the workpiece can be rotatably driven about a workpiece rotation axis, and with a first fast-tool assembly, by which a turning cutter is movable in the direction of the workpi... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480971 | Method and device for mounting a fastener element on a part, particularly a sheet metal part Disclosed are a method and a device for mounting a fastening element (12) to a part (13), e.g. a sheet metal part, said fastening element comprising a head piece (14) with a tubular rivet section (16) which is disposed concentric to an ax... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480972 | Actuator for a control unit An actuator for a control unit has a control motor with a motor power takeoff shaft; a control shaft that carries the control unit; and a step-up gear, disposed between the motor power takeoff shaft and the control shaft, as well as a restoring device for restoring ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480973 | Automated marker band nest placement crimper A positioning assembly for automatically positioning a first cylindrical member for crimping to a second cylindrical member has a first plate and a second plate. The first plate has a nest to accommodate at least a portion of the first cylindrical member and/or at l... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480974 | Methods of making gas distribution members for plasma processing apparatuses Methods for making gas distribution members for plasma processing apparatuses are provided. The gas distribution members can be electrodes, gas distribution plates, or other members. The methods include fabricating gas injection holes in a gas distribution member by... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480975 | Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use A fixture device generally includes a base member, a reconfigurable pad comprising a shape memory material configured to selectively conform to a surface contour of a workpiece, and a thermoelectric unit in operative communication with the shape memory material of t... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480976 | Automated sputtering target production and sub systems thereof A fixture and method is provided for gripping an article, such as a sputtering target. The fixture comprises a base, a first set of contact rollers, and a second set of contact rollers, wherein at least one of the first set and the second set are adjustably position... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480977 | Method of replacing slot armor and slot liners in a generator rotor A method of replacing slot armor and slot liners in radial slots of generator rotors comprising: (a) removing a winding from respective radial slots in the generator rotor; (b) removing existing slot armors and slot liners from each of the radial slots in the genera... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480978 | Production of electrolytic capacitors and superconductors A superconducting material useful for forming electrolytic devices is made by establishing multiple niobium or tantalum components in a primary billet of a ductile material; working the primary billet through a series of reduction steps to form the niobium or tantal... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480979 | Production of antenna devices A method of producing an antenna device for use with a portable radio communication apparatus includes the steps of (i) providing a dielectric substrate, having first and second opposing surfaces; and an ejection apparatus, having a container filled with a liquid co... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480980 | Planar magnetic inductor and method for manufacturing the same A planar magnetic inductor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The planar magnetic inductor comprises an insulating oxide magnetic layer formed on a substrate, a conductive coil separated from a lower surface of the insulating oxide magnetic layer ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480981 | Method of producing hard disk drives of reduced size A method of producing hard disk drives of reduced size including using a one or more MEMS spindle motors, and one or more magnetic heads. Each spindle motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor carries a film of magnetic film, and a head is arranged to communica... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480982 | Soaked de-swage method for rebuilding head stack assembly Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques to remove a defective head gimbal assembly (HGA) from a head stack assembly and replace the defective HGA with a good one without allowing any good HGAs to be damaged. In one embodiment, a volatile alcohol solvent is... | 01/27/2009 |
