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Adam P. Roberts, Germantown, TN US
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20140061080 | BOX WITH HAND HOLES AND SPACER PANEL TO FACILITATE LIFTING AND CARRYING THE BOX - A carton has hand holes in opposite walls and a spacer panel inserted between stacked articles in the carton. The spacer panel has cut outs in its opposite ends positioned behind the hand holes to provide space for inserting the fingers. The hand holes and spacer panel facilitate lifting, carrying and manipulating the carton. The spacer panel has width and length dimensions to fit within the interior width and length dimensions of the carton and reinforces the carton to reduce damage when the carton is dropped. | 03-06-2014 |
Adam Paul Roberts, Germantown, TN US
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20130313136 | Box with Hand Holes and Spacer Panel to Facilitate Lifting and Carrying the Box - A carton has hand holes in opposite walls and a spacer panel inserted between stacked articles in the carton. The spacer panel has cut outs in its opposite ends positioned behind the hand holes to provide space for inserting the fingers. The hand holes and spacer panel facilitate lifting, carrying and manipulating the carton. The spacer panel has width and length dimensions to fit within the interior width and length dimensions of the carton and reinforces the carton to reduce damage when the carton is dropped. | 11-28-2013 |
Amber Roberts, Nashville, TN US
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20160029702 | SHIRTS CONFIGURED FOR ENHANCING WORKER MOBILITY - The present invention provides shirts, such as shirts that are worn as work uniform shirts, which are configured to provide significant improvements in a wearer's comfort, performance, and mobility over a predefined range of motions. Embodiments of the shirts comprise one or more stretch panels that are configured to provide for stretching of the shirt at an identified micro site in order to provide a wearer with enhanced mobility. In other embodiments, the manner in which the various portions of the shirt are shaped and connected together, and specifically the connection between the sleeve and the rear panel of the shirt, may be adjusted in order to provide a wearer with enhanced mobility. | 02-04-2016 |
Brian A. Roberts, White House, TN US
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20100101754 | COOKING APPARATUS WITH PROTECTIVE SHIELD - A cooking apparatus is provided that comprises a housing structure, an internal heating source, an exit, a control panel, and a protective shield. The internal heating source is located within the housing structure. The exit is located at an exterior portion of the housing structure where the exit is configured to transport heat emissions from the internal heating source. The control panel is located above the exit. The protective shield is coupled to the housing structure where the protective shield is configured to deflect the heat emissions in a direction away from the control panel. | 04-29-2010 |
Clark A. Roberts, Maryville, TN US
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20100000658 | Transfer Ring Having Advantaged Cam Follower-Camming Groove Aspect and Method - A transfer ring especially suitable for use in the manufacture of vehicle tires including a skeletal cylindrical cage which houses an oscillatable circular drive member therewithin. The drive member includes a plurality of cam followers disposed about the outer perimeter thereof and which operatively engage respective camming grooves defined in each of a plurality of hinged driven links which are individually hingedly mounted internally of the cage about the outer perimeter of the cage. Each driven link includes an inboard end hinged within the cage and an outboard end having an articulating shoe mounted thereon. The shoes on the several driven links are interconnected to provide like simultaneous substantially equal articulative and rotational movement of the shoes radially inwardly or radially outwardly of the cage upon rotational movement of the drive member and resultant rotational movement of the hinged driven links effected through the cam followers and camming grooves of the driven links. | 01-07-2010 |
20100101732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING OBTAINABLE RANGE OF DIAMETERS OF A WORKING DRUM - Method and apparatus for establishing a range of diameters of the cylindrical working surface of a drum and like devices for grasping, handling, shaping, or other like function, of round or tubular objects, such as tire carcasses and belt and tread packages as employed in the manufacture of vehicle tires. The device includes a plurality of segmented modules adapted to be quickly and releasably manually affixed to a drum or like device in a manner which establishes the range of obtainable diameters of the cylindrical working surface of the existing device. No material structural and/or operational modifications in the basic elements and/or operation of the drum are required. Rather, the existing structural and operational aspects of the existing drum are employed in combination with the present invention. | 04-29-2010 |
20120256434 | Transfer Ring Having Advantaged Cam Follower-Camming Groove Aspect and Method - A transfer ring suitable for use in the manufacture of vehicle tires including a skeletal cylindrical cage which houses an oscillatable circular drive member. The drive member includes a plurality of cam followers disposed about the outer perimeter thereof and which operatively engage respective camming grooves defined in each of a plurality of hinged driven links which are individually hingedly mounted internally of the cage about the outer perimeter of the cage. Each driven link includes an inboard end hinged within the cage and an outboard end having an articulating shoe mounted thereon. The shoes are interconnected to provide like simultaneous substantially equal articulative and rotational movement of the shoes radially inwardly or radially outwardly of the cage upon rotational movement of the drive member and resultant rotational movement of the hinged driven links effected through the cam followers and camming grooves of the driven links. | 10-11-2012 |
20140096623 | Cotton acquisition and tracking system - Apparatus for a cotton sample acquisition and tracking system. The system includes a loading station in which a pair of primary sample halves are loaded in a carrier. The primary samples are identified and transported to a sub-sample station that extracts a sub-sample from the primary sample. The sub-samples are conditioned and transported to various testing stations. The primary samples are transported via a conveyor system. The sub-samples are transported through a pneumatic system. The sub-sample station advances the primary sample against a pick drum that pulls tufts from the primary sample. The tufts flow through a cotton containment system into an indexer that collects, conditions, and routes the tufts as a sub-sample. The sub-samples are staged in a carousel for continued conditioning and storage until the test equipment is ready to process the sub-sample. | 04-10-2014 |
Daniel Roberts, Germantown, TN US
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20080275459 | Surgical instrument attachment mechanism - An instrument attachment mechanism is disclosed that is operable to be temporarily, but securely, connected with a surgical device. The attachment mechanism includes a body that has a drive member protruding outwardly from a portion of the body. The drive member includes a plurality of side walls and a passageway running from a bottom surface of the drive member to a predetermined depth in the drive member. At least one slot is located in a respective one of the plurality of side walls that extends through the side wall into the passageway. A biasing member is positioned within the passageway such that a select portion of the biasing member protrudes outwardly from the slot. A surgical device, such as a surgical instrument or implant, may be temporarily connected with the drive member such that the select portions of the biasing member apply force to an inner wall of a drive receiving member of the surgical device. | 11-06-2008 |
Donald Roberts, Rutledge, TN US
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20120308353 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED SIDE PULLER APPARATUS - A side puller apparatus includes a frame assembly adapted for mounting to a recovery vehicle, the frame assembly having first and second leg members inclined to approximately form an “A” shape and an upper member extending across tops of the leg members, first and second retractable arm assemblies respectively extendable from opposite ends of the upper member, first and second retractable leg assemblies respectively extendable from lower ends of the first and second leg members, and first and second winch assemblies respectively mounted on the first and second leg members, each winch assembly having a cable routed to a respective one of the arm assemblies, so as to be separately routable from the side puller apparatus during recovery operations. | 12-06-2012 |
Freddie Ray Roberts, Clarksville, TN US
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20150267608 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION CYLINDER HEAD, CRANKSHAFT, AND PISTON ROD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A variable compression cylinder head assembly usable with an internal combustion engine having at least one piston, the cylinder head assembly including a cylinder head housing having a combustion chamber formed therein, a compression control piston disposed within the combustion chamber, a compression head actuator coupled to the cylinder head housing, the compression head actuator including an actuator housing defining an actuator reservoir, a fluid port coupled to the actuator housing to receive a fluid, a movable force plate disposed within the actuator reservoir and coupled to the compression control piston, wherein the force plate and the compression control piston move between a first position and a second position when the fluid enters the actuator reservoir. | 09-24-2015 |
Jeffrey Roberts, Germantown, TN US
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20110295255 | PROXIMAL FEMUR FIXATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ANGLED ELONGATE ELEMENTS - An implantable femoral fixation device adapted to be received the femoral neck and femoral head configured to support at least a portion of the inner surface of the cortical bone of the femur. In various embodiments the femoral fixation device is transformable between a first radially reduced configuration and a second, radially expanded configuration, is attached to an anchor, and/or is configured to be encased in fixation media. In one embodiment the anchor is a segmented intramedullary structure disposed in the intramedullary canal configurable between a relatively flexible, bent configuration for implantation or extraction and a relatively rigid, straightened configuration for bone treatment. | 12-01-2011 |
Jeffrey G. Roberts, Germantown, TN US
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20080269776 | System and Method for Guidance and Implantation of Implantable Devices - Systems and methods are provided for fixation of a fractured bone with an intramedullary bone fixation device. During an implantation procedure, the fixation device may be guided by a removable guidewire which is not coupled to the fixation device. The guidewire and device may be inserted into an intramedullary canal along a pathway which is not parallel to the intramedullary canal. The fixation device may be composite, formed of a support structure and a matrix material. The matrix material may be thermo-chemically activated, transformable from a deformable first thermo-chemical state to a hardened second thermo-chemical state. The fixation device may be radially expandable to deform to the shape of the intramedullary canal, to provide support to the fractured bone. | 10-30-2008 |
20120209396 | ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS HAVING GRADIENT POLYMER ALLOYS - Orthopedic implants having a bone interface member and a water swellable IPN or semi-IPN with a stiffness, hydration, and/or compositional gradient from one side to the other and physically attached to the bone interface member. The invention also includes an orthopedic implant system including an implant that may conform to a bone surface and a joint capsule. The invention also includes orthopedic implants with water swellable IPN or semi-IPNs including a hydrophobic thermoset or thermoplastic polymer first network and an ionic polymer second network, joint capsules, labral components, and bone interface members. The invention also includes a method of inserting an orthopedic implant having a metal portion and a flexible polymer portion into a joint, including inserting the implant in a joint in a first shape and changing the implant from a first shape to a second shape to conform to a shape of a bone. | 08-16-2012 |
John H. Roberts, Memphis, TN US
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20090019825 | TACKY ALLERGEN TRAP AND FILTER MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR CONTAINING ALLERGENS - The present invention provides a specific filtration media which includes a substrate having cellulose fibers, bicomponent fibers, adhesion fibers, binder, and pressure sensitive adhesive. Also contemplated are fire retardant filtration media containing bicomponent fibers and polyester fibers or acrylic fibers, and optionally cellulose fibers. The cellulose fibers of the invention are pretreated with flame retardant, providing a beneficial material for filtration purposes. | 01-22-2009 |
20100095846 | TACKY ALLERGEN TRAP AND FILTER MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR CONTAINING ALLERGENS - An allergen trap is provided. The allergen trap includes a woven or nonwoven substrate having at least one strata. The trap is impregnated with or otherwise treated with a tacky adhesive by which allergens may be trapped. An example of an allergen is a dust mite. The tacky adhesive, in turn, may be treated with a miticide or activated carbon. | 04-22-2010 |
Johnnie R. Roberts, Arlington, TN US
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20080262061 | COMPOSITION AND USE OF A LIQUID FUNGICIDAL FORMULATION OF MYCLOBUTANIL OR TEBUCONAZOLE FUNGICIDE - A fungicide composition containing a fungicide compound and a surfactant, wherein the fungicide is fully dissolved in the surfactant, and wherein the fungicide is selected from either myclobutanil or tebuconazole or a mixture thereof. | 10-23-2008 |
20140047881 | SOLVENT FREE N-ALKYL THIOSPHORIC TRIAMIDE FORMULATIONS FOR USE IN THE STABILIZATION OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER - The invention relates to a composition containing a concentrate of at least one N-alkyl thiophosphoric triamide and at least one surfactant. The invention also relates to methods of using the composition. | 02-20-2014 |
20140060132 | STABILIZED N-ALKYL THIOSPHORIC TRIAMIDE SOLVENT SYSTEMS FOR USE IN NITROGEN FERTILIZER - The invention relates to a composition containing a stabilized solvent ketone, ester, or glycol liquid concentrate of at least one N-alkyl thiophosphoric triamide and at least one surfactant. The invention also relates to methods of using the composition. | 03-06-2014 |
John R. Roberts, Brentwood, TN US
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20140261407 | ASPIRATION CATHETERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - The aspiration catheters, systems and methods include a catheter having an elongated body with a cross-section having a flat side and a curve near the distal end. The first side of the cross-section can contact a first side of a delivery lumen in a first orientation, and a second side of the cross-section contacts the first side of the delivery lumen in a second orientation rotated 180° from the first orientation. The curve can be directed 90° relative to a normal of the flat side. The systems and methods can utilize two catheters, and a key joint formed with the two catheters which can rotationally fix the catheters with respect to each other, and the first and second catheters each include at least one pre-formed curve near the distal end. The two catheters can be moved proximally and distally for positioning in the right and left bronchi. | 09-18-2014 |
20140350458 | ASPIRATION CATHETERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - The aspiration catheters, systems and methods include a catheter having an elongated body with a cross-section having a flat side and a curve near the distal end. The first side of the cross-section can contact a first side of a delivery lumen in a first orientation, and a second side of the cross-section contacts the first side of the delivery lumen in a second orientation rotated 180° from the first orientation. The curve can be directed 90° relative to a normal of the flat side. The systems and methods can utilize two catheters, and a key joint formed with the two catheters which can rotationally fix the catheters with respect to each other, and the first and second catheters each include at least one pre-formed curve near the distal end. The two catheters can be moved proximally and distally for positioning in the right and left bronchi. | 11-27-2014 |
John Robert Roberts, Brentwood, TN US
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20120259206 | Catheter Systems and Methods of Use - A catheter system can include a first catheter having an elongated body that defines a lumen, and a second catheter slidably disposed within the lumen of the first catheter. The second catheter can include an acoustic device. The acoustic device can create a sound for verifying the location of the second catheter within a body lumen. The distal end portion of the second catheter can include a pre-formed bend that extends at a non-zero angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the first catheter. In some embodiments, the second catheter can be used to aspirate a substance from a body lumen. | 10-11-2012 |
20120259244 | Catheter Systems and Methods of Use - A catheter system can include a first catheter having an elongated body that defines a lumen, and a second catheter slidably disposed within the lumen of the first catheter. The lumen of the first catheter can also include a key joint component that corresponds to a key joint component on the second catheter. The distal end portion of the second catheter can include a pre-formed bend that extends at a non-zero angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the first catheter. In some embodiments, the second catheter can be used to aspirate a substance from a body lumen. | 10-11-2012 |
Kathryn G. Roberts, Memphis, TN US
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20140322166 | GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURES FOR DETECTION OF UNDERLYING PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME-LIKE (PH-LIKE) EVENTS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETING IN LEUKEMIA - The invention provides arrays, systems, devices, methods, computer-readable media and kits that enable expression-based classification of B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) as being either responsive or non-responsive to tyrosine kinase inhibitor mono or co-therapy. | 10-30-2014 |
Kip Roberts, Memphis, TN US
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20130183634 | EXPANSION DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF BLACK TRIANGLE DISEASE AND METHOD - An expansion device includes an inflatable balloon moveable from an unexpanded configuration to an expanded configuration configured to pass through soft tissue between two adjacent teeth of a patient when in the unexpanded configuration. The an expansion device also includes an inflation tube having one end connected to the inflatable balloon and another end serving as an entry port for an inflation fluid. The inflatable balloon has a triangular shape when in the expanded configuration. | 07-18-2013 |
Lee Roberts, Cordova, TN US
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20150368612 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING BREAST CANCER WITH DENDRITIC CELL VACCINES - Disclosed are compositions and methods for treatment of breast cancer. Disclosed methods and compositions include dendritic cells loaded with cyclin B1 and WT-1 peptide antigens for immunotherapy. These dendritic cell vaccines are administered alone or in combination with other cancer therapies to improve outcomes. Disclosed methods also involve the use of therapeutic agents, such as anakinra, that block the IL-1 inflammation pathway. These agents are used in combination with chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy in treating breast cancer. | 12-24-2015 |
Lee K. Roberts, Cordova, TN US
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20130338206 | TOPICAL LIQUID TO AMELIORATE PAIN AND PROMOTE HEALING OF BURN-INJURED SKIN - A novel method and composition is disclosed for treating burn injuries on human skin by promoting healing of the damaged skin. In particular, a topical liquid drug formulation is used to treat burn injuries caused by exposure of the skin to heat (thermal burns), the sun or ultraviolet radiation (sunburn), ionizing radiation (radiation burns), chemicals (chemical burns) and electricity (electrical burns). The topical burn treatment liquid contains clotrimazole as the active pharmaceutical ingredient to promote the healing of the burn damaged skin by reducing the edema, erythema, blistering, pain and other symptoms associated with burns, as well as preventing the spread of the burn damage and promoting healing. | 12-19-2013 |
L. Jackson Roberts, Gallatin, TN US
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20080227776 | INHIBITORS OF HEMEPROTEIN-CATALYZED LIPID PEROXIDATION - Methods and compounds for the treatment or prevention of oxidative damage in a mammalian subject. The treatment and/or prevention may be on inhibiting heme-induced lipid peroxidation. Also discloses are methods and compounds for treating or preventing isoprostane-mediated tissue damage. | 09-18-2008 |
20140256774 | METHODS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATION AND HYPERTENSION WITH GAMMA-KETOALDEHYDE SKAVENGERS - A method of treating at least one of inflammation, psoriasis, and/or hypertension comprising administering to a patient in need there of an effective gamma-ketoaldehyde scavenging amount of a gamma-ketoaldehyde scavenging compound. | 09-11-2014 |
20150368241 | INHIBITORS OF HEMEPROTEIN-CATALYZED LIPID PEROXIDATION - Compounds, compositions and methods related to the prevention or treatment of isoprostane-mediated tissue damage in a mammalian subject in need thereof. | 12-24-2015 |
Timothy Roberts, Brentwood, TN US
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20140261407 | ASPIRATION CATHETERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - The aspiration catheters, systems and methods include a catheter having an elongated body with a cross-section having a flat side and a curve near the distal end. The first side of the cross-section can contact a first side of a delivery lumen in a first orientation, and a second side of the cross-section contacts the first side of the delivery lumen in a second orientation rotated 180° from the first orientation. The curve can be directed 90° relative to a normal of the flat side. The systems and methods can utilize two catheters, and a key joint formed with the two catheters which can rotationally fix the catheters with respect to each other, and the first and second catheters each include at least one pre-formed curve near the distal end. The two catheters can be moved proximally and distally for positioning in the right and left bronchi. | 09-18-2014 |
20140350458 | ASPIRATION CATHETERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - The aspiration catheters, systems and methods include a catheter having an elongated body with a cross-section having a flat side and a curve near the distal end. The first side of the cross-section can contact a first side of a delivery lumen in a first orientation, and a second side of the cross-section contacts the first side of the delivery lumen in a second orientation rotated 180° from the first orientation. The curve can be directed 90° relative to a normal of the flat side. The systems and methods can utilize two catheters, and a key joint formed with the two catheters which can rotationally fix the catheters with respect to each other, and the first and second catheters each include at least one pre-formed curve near the distal end. The two catheters can be moved proximally and distally for positioning in the right and left bronchi. | 11-27-2014 |
Timothy J. Roberts, Collierville, TN US
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20110308265 | INTEGRATED VENTILATION UNIT - An integrated ventilation unit configured to provide ventilation and conditioned air to an indoor space may include a heat pump system, an energy recovery device and a control unit. The heat pump system may include a first coil located at a supply air side of the ventilation unit, a second coil located at an exhaust air side of the ventilation unit, and a compressor. The energy recovery device may be configured to transfer heat between a return air stream and a supply air stream and the control unit may be configured to control operation of the heat pump system and the energy recovery device. | 12-22-2011 |
20150198350 | INTEGRATED VENTILATION UNIT - An integrated ventilation unit configured to provide ventilation and conditioned air to an indoor space may include a heat pump system, an energy recovery device and a control unit. The heat pump system may include a first coil located at a supply air side of the ventilation unit, a second coil located at an exhaust air side of the ventilation unit, and a compressor. The energy recovery device may be configured to transfer heat between a return air stream and a supply air stream and the control unit may be configured to control operation of the heat pump system and the energy recovery device. | 07-16-2015 |