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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7644528 | Machine guns having detachable barrels and methods of operating the same Machine guns having detachable barrels and methods of operating the same are disclosed. An illustrated example firearm includes a housing; a removable barrel; a latch to releasably secure the barrel in the housing, the latch having a released state and a secured sta... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644529 | Rifle bolt cleaning tool A rifle bolt cleaning tool comprising a single piece of material with an annular bolt scraping chamber comprising a bottom and two inner walls that extend from the bottom of the scraping chamber upward and spread outward to form two top surfaces of the scraping cham... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644530 | Sighting device for a firearm For a firearm sighting device with an electrical illumination device that can be turned on and off by means of a switch, the switch is embodied and arranged in or on the sighting device such that, for the conventional attachment of the sighting device on the firearm... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644531 | Method and apparatus for fitting and aiming a firearm An apparatus and method for aligning and aiming a firearm include a firearm alignment device. In an embodiment, the firearm alignment device includes a reflective surface. The reflective surface provides an image. The firearm alignment device also includes an openin... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644532 | Methods and apparatus for netting fish A fish net and a method of netting a fish are provided. The fish net includes a pair of elongate members. A first of the elongate members includes a handle portion, a net assembly, and a body extending therebetween. The net assembly includes a frame including a mati... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644533 | Fish-luring apparatus An apparatus for fish-luring use with a separate fishing line includes a fishing-line-attachable shaft (e.g., a straight length of rigid wire) on which are mounted first and second rotator members. At least the first rotator is mounted rotatably and slideably for ro... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644534 | Planer board The present invention relates to a planer board of novel and non-obvious construction methods and materials resulting in reduced weight. The planer board also quick release guidance device that is easier to use than prior art devices. ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644535 | Aerated bucket for live bait A container for live bait is provided with a bait retrieval assembly of readily available structural components which are combined in an unexpectedly useful manner to allow all operations to be carried out using one hand only. The container, which is closed with a s... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644536 | Sanitizing container and display Sanitizing container and display is a sealed but ventable container for removably placing demonstrable objects such as plants, cut flowers, inside the container, living creatures and the like in hospitals, home or other environments where immunocompromised or allerg... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644537 | Unattended plant watering system An apparatus is provided for unattended watering of plants over an extended period of time utilizing a watering system that regulates a partial vacuum to control the discharge of water to the roots of the plants. A water reservoir is provided having an encapsulated ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644538 | Turn/tilt closure A closure includes a frame that is selectively pivotable about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis. A drive assembly is disposed in a groove of the frame to selectively determine which axis the frame pivots about as the frame pivots between an open position and a ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644539 | Automatic door bottom and sill assemblage A door sill and a sealing mechanism engage one another analogously to a rack and pinion in order to automatically create a weather-resistant closure at the gap between an inswinging exterior door bottom and the floor below. The sealing mechanism, which fastens to th... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644540 | Door opening/closing apparatus for operating multiple doors with one driving unit A door opening/closing apparatus is provided with a motor, a first clutch which transmits power from the motor to a door opening/closing mechanism of a slide door when current is applied to the motor while breaking transmission of power to the door opening/closing m... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644541 | Terminal for enameled electric wires A terminal for enameled electric wires, of the type constituted by a plate-like body which forms a connecting fork with tabs which cantilever inward on the same plane of arrangement as the plate-like body; the tabs face each other so as to form a self-centering tape... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644542 | Sliding door A sliding door comprising a door leaf and a frame profile holding the door leaf. The frame profile includes lateral frame profiles and a lower frame profile. Intermediate pieces are disposed in a channel of the lower frame profile and in channels of the lateral fram... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644543 | Seclusion room with movable wall A seclusion room for patients having emotional disturbances has one moving wall positioned ahead of a fixed wall. The moving wall can be moved to an extended position to narrow the patient space leading to the main door to the room. A second door to the room enables... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644544 | Compact security shelter device for motorcycles, bicycles, four-wheelers and other small personal transportation vehicles The invention is an apparatus that can be temporarily or permanently secured to the ground or other flat surface to provide a clam-shell like housing for storage of a personal transportation vehicle such as a motorcycle, bicycle, or a four-wheeler. It protects the v... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644545 | Insulation batt having integral baffle vent A baffled insulation product for ventilating air under a roof from an open space is provided comprising an elongated insulation mat having top and bottom major surfaces, the top major surface facing the roof when the product is installed in the open space, the insul... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644546 | Utility pipe tape fitted in pre-construction to prevent the gaps next to utility pipes that let termites in Disclosed is a utility pipe tape to act as a termite barrier and a support for a waterproof membrane to prevent gaps from forming between pipe and slab that lets ground termites in through the slab. ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644547 | Exterior sill An exterior sill assembly preferably for a window has a preferably extruded body, and attachable facial and preferably end caps for covering open ends of a cavity defined by the body. The body has a substantially vertical flange for mounting to a structure preferabl... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644548 | Lightweight concrete compositions A lightweight concrete composition containing from 10 to 90 volume percent of a cement composition, from 10 to 90 volume percent of particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.2 mm to 8 mm, a bulk density of from 0.03 g/cc to 0.64 g/cc, an aspect ratio o... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644549 | Hybrid window wall/curtain wall system and method of installation There are currently two major types of exterior building envelope finishing systems: window wall systems, and curtain wall systems. Window wall systems use panels which fit between concrete floor slaps, and hence, are prone to leakage and are not aesthetically appea... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644550 | Articulating raised access floor panel A precast under floor air delivery construction is provided which includes a plurality of precast concrete system having an upper base floor surface and a lower surface, a plurality of floor panel support means bearing directly to the upper base floor surface capabl... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644551 | Double skin door apparatus A hollow core door comprises a perimeter frame, and first and second molded skins. Each skin has an exterior surface and an interior surface secured to opposing sides of the frame. At least one of the skins has an outer planar area, an inner planar area, and an asym... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644552 | Glass panel arrangement A space-dividing wall panel has glass panels mounted on opposite faces of the wall panel to permit viewing therethrough. Each glass panel is defined by a sheet of glass and edge rails extending about the periphery of the glass. The edge rails include fixing channels... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644553 | Panel with glue and covering, and method and device for the production thereof The invention relates to a novel covering, especially a floor covering or similar, based on panels (9, 9′) made of wood or a derived timber product, especially (décor) laminated panels of wood or derived timber products, with a carrier on the underside and... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644554 | Floor panels with edge connectors Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrate... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644555 | Floor panels with edge connectors Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrate... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644556 | Planking system and method A novel planking system utilizing an inventive groove design is provided. The novel groove is defined by two opposing side walls and a groove end wall. The groove side walls present two generally opposed tongue-engaging projections that automatically provide a unifo... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644557 | Method of making floor panels with edge connectors Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrate... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644558 | Robotic case packing system A robotic case packing system loads articles from a moving conveying system into a container. The system has a pivot drive shaft pivotally connected to a support frame for selective rotation about a selected axis of rotation and has a drive linkage operatively conne... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644559 | Self-threading sheet wrapper for round baler A round bale wrapping mechanism that employs a pivoting carrier for two wrapping material rolls, one a stored roll and the other the working roll being dispensed. When the storage roll is to be employed, it is pivoted into contact with the material being dispensed f... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644560 | System and method for providing a regulated atmosphere for packaging perishable goods A new method and system for establishing, and optionally maintaining, a desired atmosphere for perishable or atmosphere-sensitive goods during their storage and/or transportation. In one embodiment, a conveyor is used to move a pallet with goods from station to stat... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644561 | Apparatus for extracting air from packages An apparatus for extracting air from within flexible packages having granular or otherwise flowable contents includes a package conveyor and a downwardly-open, vacuum extraction hood through which the packages are conveyed so that an upper portion of each package is... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644562 | Method of making a cartridge for a medicament respiratory delivery device A medicament respiratory delivery device including a housing having a chamber, an inlet and an outlet generally coaxially aligned with the chamber, wherein the chamber includes a medicament cartridge having a body including a generally cylindrical passage extending ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644563 | Clamping device for a round baler A round baler is disclosed having a bale forming chamber. A duck bill, which comprises a pair of elongate plates that are biased towards one another to grip the wrapping material between them, is movable between an advanced position and a retracted position to intro... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644564 | Electric modular pruning and/or topping machine A modular pruning machine used in agriculture, viticulture, fruit growing, tree growing or for brush clearing has at least one cutter bar. The cutter bar has cutting modules affixed thereto. Each of the cutting modules has a rotary cutting tool and a three-phase asy... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644565 | Lawnmower attachment device for mounting an edge trimmer thereto and method of mounting same A device for mounting an edge trimmer to a lawnmower, comprising a front clamp mounted to the lawnmower, and a rear clamp mounted to the lawnmower, wherein the front and rear clamps receive and support a shaft of the edge trimmer, and are adjustable to different ang... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644566 | Curtain to direct crop in a header A curtain for directing severed crop movement in a cutting header in an agricultural harvester. The curtain optimizes crop movement between a cutterbar to a crop conveying auger for lateral movement of the crop material from outboard ends of the cutting header towar... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644567 | Flexible tall crop pusher A flexible tall crop knockdown barrier for use with rotary cutting headers in harvesting specialty crops such as grass seed. The knockdown barrier comprises a support frame mounted to the front of the header that extends forwardly and upwardly ahead of the header. A... | 01/12/2010 |
