| 28th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
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| 20090173758 | HANGER FOR GARMENT STEAMER - The present invention relates to a hanger of a garment steamer that is adapted for unrumpling clothing such as trousers, jackets, or the like. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hanger of a garment steamer, which employs ribs with a joining means for selectively engaging each one end thereof. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173759 | SYSTEM FOR STORING A SPARE TIRE - A system for storing a spare tire within a vehicle includes a support surface, a rear tire brace, and a front restraint member. The support surface supports the spare tire. The support surface has a rearward portion on which a rearward radial portion of the spare tire is supported and a forward portion on which a forward radial portion of the spare tire is supported. The rear tire brace is spaced apart from the rearward portion of the support surface for limiting lifting movement of the rearward radial portion of the spare tire. The front restraint member is removably secured to the forward portion of the support surface for limiting at least one of forward, lateral and lifting movement of the spare tire on the support surface. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173760 | Multi-Component Wrist Strap - A multicomponent wrist strap is provided formed from two or more reversibly inter-engageable strap parts. Components such as a watch face, an identity tag, a light unit a status display and or memory unit for a mobile phone, a wireless headset for a mobile phone or a computer for sub-aqua diving can be accommodated on each of the strap parts. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173761 | DOG LEASH CONTAINER - A storage container for attachment to a leash includes a first dry compartment, a second dry compartment, and a wet compartment. A lid is disposed between the first and second dry compartments. A fluid tight seal is disposed between the second dry compartment and the wet compartment. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173762 | Detachable Fastening Apparatus - A detachable fastening apparatus comprises a base member including a first end adapted for coupling to a truck and a second end being able to be tied by a rope; and a pivot plate member, which is moveable between a first position and a second position, pivotally coupled to the base member between the first and second ends of the base member and selectively positioned in the first position or the second position via a positioning member. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173763 | Drop and run backpack - A backpack system comprised of a main pack, belt and shoulder harness system to equally distribute weight with the ability to quickly detach the main pack by the removal of a rod that traverses interlocking loops attached to the main pack and belt. Attached to the main pack is a top strap that secures the top of the main pack, passes through an opening in a shoulder bracket on the shoulder harness and is accepted by a space in the center of the belt loops wherein a rod is passed through loops from main pack, belt, and the top strap loop in order to hold the main pack to the belt and shoulder harness. A further inventive feature is a relief built into the main pack to fit over a fire shelter that can be attached to the belt and is to remain on the belt after detachment of main pack. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173764 | Paper Handler - An automated paper handling system for sending print media through a printer comprising a scan module for scanning print media and producing raw data regarding characteristics of the print media. The paper handling system also has a controller comprising a memory and a processor for receiving and processing the raw data to produce an information set. One or more connection ports connect the controller to a group of equipment, the group may comprise a printer, a paper detector, a cutting system, or an alignment system. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173765 | PROFILE LIFTER FOR A NAILER - A driving tool that includes a frame, a motor assembly and a resilient member. The motor assembly is coupled to the frame and includes an electric motor, a flywheel driven by the electric motor, a pinch roller and a driver disposed between the flywheel and the pinch roller. The pinch roller is selectively movable from a first position to a second position to drive the driver into engagement with the flywheel. The driver is movable between a returned position and an extended position. The resilient member is coupled to the frame and biases the driver away from the flywheel to reduce or eliminate contact between the flywheel and the driver when the flywheel is at rest, the driver is in the returned position and the pinch roller is in the first position. A method for operating a driving tool is also provided. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173766 | Surgical Stapler - A surgical fastener applying comprising a cartridge section having a cartridge containing a plurality of fasteners, an anvil section having an anvil for receiving the fasteners when advanced from the cartridge, the cartridge and anvil sections clamping tissue therebetween. The first and second cam members are movable within the cartridge section to fire the fasteners. A cam member supporting member fixed within the cartridge section has an upper surface on which the cam members are slidable. The upper surface of the cam member supporting member has a first upper surface portion on a first plane and a second lower surface portion in a different substantially parallel second plane such that the first and second cam members slide in offset planes on the upper surface to fire the fasteners. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173767 | Raised Boss for Staple Guide - A surgical stapling device including a handle assembly, a body portion, and a head portion is disclosed. The handle assembly includes a firing trigger. The body portion extends distally from the handle assembly. The head portion includes an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The anvil assembly is movable in relation to the shell assembly between spaced and approximated positions. The shell assembly includes a pusher and an inner guide portion. The pusher includes at least one slot therein and is movable in relation to the anvil assembly between retracted and extended positions. The inner guide portion is disposed adjacent at least a portion of the pusher and includes a raised boss extending therefrom. The raised boss is configured to shroud the slot in the pusher when the pusher is in the retracted position. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173768 | Apparatus For Manufacturing Sealed Flux Laminated Alloy Filler Metal - Disclosed therein is a filler metal ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173769 | Welding of Single Crystal Alloys - A blade member is oscillated in the direction of arrow A-A relative to a rim of a disc; a forge force is applied radially and a weld is formed along line; the blade member is formed from a face centred cubic (FCC) nickel based single crystal alloy, such as CMSX-4 of Cannon-Muskegon Corporation; the orientation of the single crystal blade member is controlled to maximize the stress on the slip plane; by maximizing the stress on the slip plane the in-plane friction forces and the forge force are minimized; minimizing the in-plane forces enables the single crystal blade member to be successfully welded to the rim of the disc. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173770 | Lead-free solder alloy and electoronic component using this lead-free solder alloy - Wire burst faults at the time of solder attachment of conductors of an electronic component using insulation coated conductors having a core of copper or alloy containing alloy, is prevented. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173771 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEAT TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY CONNECTION BY SOLDERING - The present invention relates to a method and device ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173772 | Method Of Forming A Paperboard Blank With Attached Giftwrapping Paper Into One Component Of A Giftbox With Square Corners - This invention is a paperboard box and a lid having a paper with a design placed on the outside surface. The paper is held in position by being glued to the inside of the finished carton. The box or lid has four squared corners. The finished decorative box has adhesive on the interior panels and may be shipped in flat form and erected at or near the point of use. Because the paper is thick it is difficult to form square corners on the box or lid. The box or lid has a paperboard web between a side panel and an end panel which is folded to make a square corner. It has been found that a slit can be cut in the paper bisecting the corner which will allow the paper to be folded without bunching and making an attractive square corner. Once the slit is cut in the paper the side and end panels can be folded to produce a square corner without any bulging paper. The bulging paper is not attractive as a gift-wrap box and also may prevent the locking of the corner as required to form a box and lid with square corners. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173773 | Carton and Carton Blank with Reinforced Top - A carton includes an open top container ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173774 | Partition Insert - A partition insert ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173775 | Disposable pressware prepared from paperboard sized with nano starch - A disposable servingware container press-formed from a generally planar paperboard blank includes: (a) a bottom panel; (b) a first annular transition portion extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom panel defining a first radius of curvature; (c) an optional sidewall portion extending upwardly and outwardly from the first annular transition portion; (d) a second annular transition portion flaring outwardly with respect to the first annular transition portion; and (e) an outer flange portion extending outwardly with respect to the second annular transition portion. The paperboard blank is generally sized with nano starch in an amount of greater than 20 lbs per 3000 ft | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173776 | Disposable Pressware Prepared From Wax-Infused Paperboard - A disposable servingware container press-formed from paperboard includes (a) a bottom panel; (b) an annular transition portion; and (c) an outer portion extending upwardly and outwardly with respect to the transition portion, the container having an outer surface and an inner surface distal to the outer surface, the inner surface being adapted as a serving surface. The paperboard is infused with a wax composition on one side thereof in an amount of at least 3 lbs of wax per 3000 ft | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173777 | System and Method for scoring politicians based on an interactive online political system. - The system provides a venue for Internet users to actively participate in the daily legislative process of government and rate individual politician's performance against voting data presented by constituents. The system posts pending legislation, within a political system, to an interactive web site where users vote for or against a piece of legislation and may post opinions. The results are continuously tallied and posted for review according to voting district and political affiliation. After legal votes are placed within the legislative body, a statistical rating is given individual political members according to their voting record against their constituents voting record. The system also provides a method for users to propose legislation and petition signatures for introduction into a political system. Security software, user-input data and codes are used to ensure a one user-one respondent system for data and statistical accuracy. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173778 | Ballot Marking Device Having Attached Ballot Box - The present invention is generally directed to a ballot marking device adapted to mark a ballot and either return the marked ballot to the voter or automatically deposit the marked ballot into a secure ballot box attached to the marking device. The device includes a presentation device operable to present to the voter a plurality of election choices and ballot handling choices, and an input device operable to receive from the voter at least one selection corresponding to the election choices and at least one instruction corresponding to the ballot handling choices. The device also includes a marking mechanism operable to record the received voter selection on the ballot, a transport mechanism operable to transport the ballot through the device, and a diverter operable to direct the ballot from the transport mechanism into the attached ballot box. An associated method is also disclosed. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173779 | AUTOMATED LABEL VERIFY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING PHARMACEUTICALS - Apparatus and methods for filling a customer order with plurality of products each containing a pharmaceutical. The apparatus and method automatically verify a product barcode on each of the product, print a patient label with a patient barcode for each product, apply the patient labels to at least some of the products, and independently verify that the product barcode matches the proper patient barcode. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173780 | PICK RELEASE PERFORMANCE USING A MULTI-THREADED ARCHITECTURE TO DISTRIBUTE THE WORKLOAD ACROSS MULTIPLE PROCESSORS - In various embodiments, methods and systems can provide highly efficient order processing suitable for high volume order processing businesses. A batch of orders can be preprocessed to create smaller data sets that group orders for the same item together. The smaller data sets can then be analyzed and processed in parallel without causing database locks. Thus, the time required to complete the order fulfillment cycle may be reduced, which may in turn, increase one or more of operation efficiency, customer satisfaction, sales volume and profits. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173781 | Banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records - A banking system operates to allocate funds in accounts in response to data bearing records in the form of paper financial checks. A mobile phone has a camera and a programmable memory. The memory stores phone user data, including a bank account number and an electronic signature. The camera can be used to capture an image of a paper check which has the phone user as the payee. The phone can wirelessly transmit the account number, the electronic signature, and the check image to a bank deposit system. The system can store the check image and the electronic signature in correlated relation in a deposit transaction record. The system can cause the phone user's bank account to be credited a cash value corresponding to the check value. Confirmation of the check deposit can be transmitted to the user's phone. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173782 | Dynamic Card Validation Value - As described herein, a card services provider dynamically generates a card verification value (CVV) for a transaction card and sends the dynamically-generated CVV to a cardholder. The card services provider generates the dynamically-generated CVV such that the dynamically-generated CVV is substantially unpredictable based on other dynamically-generated CVVs for the transaction card. The dynamically-generated CVV is only valid for a limited period of time and/or for a limited number of economic transactions. The cardholder uses the dynamically-generated CVV as part of an economic transaction with a merchant. Because the dynamically-generated CVV is only valid for a limited number of economic transactions and/or for a limited period of time, it may be difficult for a thief to repeatedly use the transaction card to make economic transactions. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACTIVATION AND EXPIRATION DATA ASSOCIATED WITH NEWLY ISSUED FINANCIAL PRESENTATION DEVICES - Apparatus and method for indirectly determining activation status of newly issued financial presentation devices that replace existing financial presentation devices such as credit cards that are about to expire. The apparatus includes a computer device having an account update module that receives an account identifier for an existing credit card, determines a new expiration date associated with a newly issued credit card that replaces the existing credit card, retrieves transaction data associated with the new credit card and examines the expiration date of the retrieved data. If the expiration date associated with the retrieved transaction data matches the new expiration date, then the account update module determines that the newly issued card has been activated. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A CARD-PRESENT TRANSACTION USING IMAGE CAPTURE ON A PORTABLE DEVICE - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that processes a financial transaction involving a portable device and a transaction server. During operation, the system obtains transaction data associated with the financial transaction that includes a transaction amount, credit card information, and an image of a credit card. The system then sends the transaction data to the transaction server using the portable device. Next, the system verifies a card-present transaction using the transaction data and determines a validity of the transaction data. If the transaction data is valid, the transaction server processes the financial transaction and sends an authorization code confirming the financial transaction to the portable device. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173785 | Universal Credit Card Apparatus and Method - The apparatus and method described herein provides for creating multiple spatial patterns, such as magnetic patterns on credit cards. The invention includes storage of information from which patterns may be created, a pattern creation device for creating the spatial patterns, and control whereby the information which is stored is selectively utilized to cause the pattern creation. This allows multiple desired patterns to be simulated, allowing convenient replacement of a number of separate pattern carrying devices. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173786 | COPPA-COMPLIANT WEB SERVICES - A system and method for providing to a minor access to a network information dissemination activity. Responsive to an interaction by the minor with a webpage of a website, an information dissemination machine determines whether the interaction is a triggering action. Where a triggering action is determined to have occurred, a credit card transaction form for completing a credit card transaction is provided at a client input/output device. Responsive to completion of the credit card transaction, access to performance of an activity via a further interaction with the website is provided to the minor. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173787 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD USING MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A memory region on an IC card has a hierarchical structure. Each application allocated on the memory region is registered in a directory, and the memory region is managed in directory units. A personal identification code is set for each application and directory, and the access right is controlled in application units or directory units. If a mobile terminal is lost, the right to access each application in the IC card automatically disappears. Therefore, the right to access each application allocated to the memory region on the IC card is efficiently controlled. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING VISUALLY AIMED THREATS FOR LASER-BASED COUNTERMEASURE ENGAGEMENT - The present invention increases the survivability of a helicopter by prioritizing a threat engagement sequence for a laser-based countermeasure system based on the determined relative lethality of each detected visually trained threat (e.g., small arms fire). The system and method defines a plurality of threat effectiveness merit factors, or lethality factors, that are determinable from available helicopter navigation and sensor data, to quantify the danger associated with each detected threat. The system and method then combines the defined lethality factors using a mathematical function, such as a merit function, to numerically quantify the level of threat posed by each threat. The calculated threat values for each of the detected threats are compared to prioritize the threats for engagement by a laser-based countermeasure system, such as a Visual Acquisition Disrupter (VAD) system. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173789 | Aircraft target display - A method of displaying target engageability information to a pilot of an aircraft in flight including calculating according to instantaneous aircraft position and motion relative to at least one target to be engaged and to characteristics of a weapon, earliest and latest weapon release points between which the weapon is presently capable of engaging a target of interest and generating display symbols indicating a weapon launch acceptable region and the instantaneous position of the aircraft relative thereto. A system for displaying the information and a target engageability display symbology are also described. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173790 | ENCRYPTING THE OUTPUT OF A CARD READER IN A CARD AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for encrypting the output of a card reader in a card authentication system are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reading a data card having an intrinsic magnetic characteristic and recorded data on the data card using a read head including a magnetic sensor having a housing, an analog to digital converter located within the housing and a processor located within the housing, the method including generating an analog signal indicative of the intrinsic magnetic characteristic and the recorded data of the data card, converting the analog signal into a digital signal, generating a magnetic fingerprint based on the intrinsic magnetic characteristic from the digital signal, extracting the recorded data from the digital signal, encrypting at least a portion of the recorded data, storing the magnetic fingerprint and the recorded data, and outputting the encrypted at least the portion of the recorded data. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173791 | System and method for logo identification and verification - A system for automatically identifying a logo or trademark applied to a device and verifying that the logo or trademark is acceptably identifies a compatible device. The system uses an optical imager to capture optical images of the target device and a microcontroller interconnected to the imager for processing the optical image to extract image information and verify that the contents of the image reflect the appropriate manufacturer or supplied indicia required by a host device. The decision reached by the microcontroller may be provided externally to a host device, thereby precluding or allowing use of the device, or provided directly to a user via know means, such as a visual display or audible output. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173792 | CONSUMER-COMPUTER-READABLE PRODUCT LABEL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A user-computer-readable medium provides all or part of a product labeling system for engaging purchasers. Executables, data, or both are recorded in the medium embodied in a tag or other product labeling structure, in order to deliver to a consumer or purchaser engaging presentations of products, information, or registration templates. As a result, purchasers may receive launchers, browsers, viewers, e-mail systems, facsimile centers, players, or interface brokers for the foregoing, if organically installed already on a workstation of a purchaser. Software may provide catalog presentations, user registration templates, communications, linkers, or engines, and the like. Operation modules and profile builders may provide information over ready links implemented by software on the medium. In certain embodiments, entertainment, games, skill tests, and the like, recorded in the medium as a tag or label may execute to engage a purchaser and provide purchaser profiling information, product purchasing information, and the like to a vendor, while providing additional product information, warranty registrations, applications, entertainment, or the like, to a purchaser. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173793 | IC MODULE, IC INLET, AND IC MOUNTED BODY - An IC module including: an insulating substrate; antenna connection terminals provided on one surface of the insulating substrate; and a laminated body in which an IC chip and a mica capacitor are laminated, wherein the laminated body and the antenna connection terminals are mounted on the same surface side of the insulating substrate, and the IC chip and the mica capacitor are electrically connected with the antenna connection terminals via a wire, the IC module capable of producing an IC mounted body that has highly accurate resonance frequency and is highly reliable in non-contact communications, and also capable of producing an IC mounted body having a small area since the mounting thereof on a small area is possible, and which can be produced by a general purpose apparatus for producing IC modules, as well as an IC inlet and an IC mounted body using the IC module are provided. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173794 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR A RESPONDER WHICH IS NOT INITIALISED WHEN THE SUPPLY VOLTAGE IS SWITCHED ON - The electronic circuit is intended to form with an antenna a responder that operates without resetting to zero when the power supply of the electronic circuit is switched on (without POR). To increase efficiency and reduce the costs of testing a plurality of such integrated circuits in a wafer, means are provided that allow the logic circuit ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173795 | CARD TYPE INFORMATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Card type information device includes wiring board having a wiring pattern with an electronic component mounted on a first face of wiring board and an antenna connecting electrode, antenna board having antenna pattern with antenna terminal electrodes formed on a first face of antenna board, magnetic material placed between wiring board and antenna board confronting each other, flexible wiring board for coupling the antenna connecting electrode to antenna terminal electrode, and housing for accommodating wiring board, antenna board, magnetic material, and flexible wiring board. Wiring board and antenna board are made from one and the same insulating motherboard. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173796 | OPTICALLY READABLE TAG - Embodiments related to the identification of objects via optically readable tags. One disclosed embodiment comprises an optically readable tag having a data region comprising a two-dimensional array of optically contrasting data features, one or more orientation features located on the tag outside of the data region, and a tracking feature located outside of the data region and having a larger size than the orientation features and the data features. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173797 | TWO PART CODE - A graphically representable, machine readable code having first and second parts wherein the first part may be associated with data and a second part may be associated with the first part, such that a relationship between the parts, or lack thereof may be discerned by reading both parts of the code, in order to verify the authenticity of the code. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173798 | Thermostatic Element, A Regulator Valve Including Such An Element And A Cooling Liquid Circuit Incorporating Such A Valve - The thermostatic element ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173799 | Volatile Liquid Emitting Device - A device adapted to disseminate into an atmosphere in sequence a plurality of active volatile liquids, such as fragrances, comprising a plurality of individual liquid reservoirs, a dissemination element associated with each reservoir, a central source of forced air current and one air channel per reservoir leading from an entrance at the central source to each dissemination element, air current being provided to one channel at a time by means of an air-tight rotatable barrier comprising a plurality of apertures, the spacing of these apertures being adapted to close all but one entrance at any given time. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173800 | PROCESS FOR ACCELERATING THE WETTING OF AND THE APPLICATION OF SALT TO SURFACES - The salt slurry clump forming apparatus and process comprise an auger receiving salt and atomized liquid to form a slurry which is deposited on a broadcast spreader to form slurry clumps of generally 0.25″ to 1.25″ in diameter. Slurry clumps resist movement from roadway and other surfaces by wind and vehicle traffic and deter bonding of ice and snow with a surface. Multiple applications are lessened and road work in removal of ice and snow is facilitated. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173801 | Water alteration structure and system having below surface valves or wave reflectors - A system is described generally for providing a structure or structures for altering water surface temperature. The system includes a holding vessel configured to hold water. The holding vessel has at least one wall coupled to a lowermost portion. The at least one wall extends above the water level and the lowermost portion is configured to be submerged. At least one conduit extends from the lower side of the holding vessel. The at least one conduit has a length extending to a depth at which a property of water at the depth is substantially different from that of the water at the surface. The at least one conduit or the holding vessel includes at least one aperture formed in at least one of the holding vessel or the at least one conduit and located at a distance below the mean surface water level and at least one one way valve is coupled to the at least one aperture and allowing flow of water in only one direction. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173802 | SPRAY BOOM WITH DAMPENING DEVICE - A spray linkage ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173803 | ARC AND RANGE OF COVERAGE ADJUSTABLE STREAM ROTOR SPRINKLER - A sprinkler head nozzle assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a nozzle housing with an inlet for pressurized water and an outlet downstream of the inlet, a rotatable arc of coverage adjustment ring mounted on the housing such that rotation of the arc of coverage adjustment ring extends and reduces an arcuate exit opening, a range adjustment ring, or upstream flow area adjustment ring is also provided with an upstream flow area throttling element that increases or decreases the flow area as the range adjustment ring is rotated. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173804 | OSCILLATING NOZZLE SPRINKLER ASSEMBLY WITH MATCHED PRECIPITATION AND ADJUSTABLE ARC OF COVERAGE - An oscillating nozzle sprinkler with adjustable arc of coverage in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes a nozzle, a nozzle drive mechanism operable to drive the nozzle through a set arc of coverage, an arc set mechanism coupled to the nozzle drive mechanism and operable to adjust the set arc of coverage for the nozzle drive mechanism; and a flow control mechanism operable to vary a nozzle flow area through which water flows through the nozzle and out of the sprinkler, the flow control mechanism coupled to the arc set mechanism such that the flow area is adjusted with the arc of coverage. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173805 | COMBINATION BLOWER AND HERBICIDE SPRAYING DEVICE - An apparatus for performing grounds maintenance functions and dispensing a fluid includes a grounds maintenance device and a fluid spraying device. The spraying device includes a container mounted on the grounds maintenance device for holding the fluid, and a spraying member in communication with the container for spraying the fluid. The spraying member is moveable from a carrying position in which the spraying member is carried on the grounds maintenance device to a spraying position in which the spraying member is moveable independent of the grounds maintenance device. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173806 | RESERVOIR AND SPRAY APPLICATOR - An apparatus for spraying lawn products adapted for use with a fluid supply source and a reservoir includes a housing defining a mixing chamber therein and a reservoir coupled to the housing. A process for use of the apparatus is also disclosed. The housing includes a substantially cylindrically shaped cap portion having discontinuous internal threads forming flats therein, a lip portion, and an open end portion. The reservoir includes a generally cylindrically shaped neck portion having a partial exterior shoulder, external threads thereon, and an end portion. Internal threads of the neck portion of the reservoir interengage the discontinuous internal threads having flats therein of the cap portion. The partial exterior shoulder of the reservoir interengages the open end portion of the cap portion such that the end portion of the neck of the reservoir does not engage the lip portion of the cap portion aspirating of the reservoir and housing. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173807 | ATOMIZER - An atomizer includes: an enclosed reservoir defining an inner space adapted to receive a liquid therein; a jet nozzle provided in the inner space for passage of an air jet therethrough; a jacket sleeved around the jet nozzle to define a fluid-introducing gap therebetween, the fluid-introducing gap being in fluid communication with the inner space for passage of the liquid therethrough; a mist-discharging conduit extending sealingly into and in fluid communication with the inner space and aligned with the jacket in a jet-ejecting direction; and a compressible member connected to the mist-discharging conduit and the jacket and compressible in the jet-ejecting direction. The jacket, the compressible member, and the mist-discharging conduit are an integrally formed single piece. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173808 | Airbrush structure - An airbrush, comprising an external cannular tube encasing an air compressor within one terminal of the external cannular tube and a painting pin configured in the external cannular tube, wherein an air ductile is provided between the painting pin and the external cannular tube and the painting pin further comprises a cannular pin, a liquid storage unit configured inside the cannular pin and a pin core having one terminal extending out of the external cannular tube and the other terminal connecting with the liquid storage unit for absorbing and containing liquid pigment storied in the liquid storage unit. Therefore, air injecting from the external cannular tube pressured by the air compressor would take liquid segment on surface of the pin core put atomizingly and sprinkle liquid segment from the other terminal of the cannular external tube. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173809 | SPRAY GUN SPLITTER - A spray gun splitter is a slice having two opposite sides. Flanges provided on the two sides form an inner ring and an outer ring on each side, and there are interpenetrated troughs equally positioned along the inner ring and the outer ring. Through the inner ring and the outer ring of the splitter combining with the corresponding modules of the spray gun, a separate of two independent gas flows is free of turbulence which further effectively controls over the uniformity and the area of the spraying paint. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173810 | TWO-STAGE FUEL INJECTOR - This injector with two valves ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173811 | Drip Irrigation Apparatus - Drip irrigation apparatus including a main water flow channel having associated therewith along a length thereof a plurality of pressure-controlled drip irrigation emitter units and at least one secondary water flow channel extending generally parallel to the main water flow channel and receiving water from at least one of the plurality of pressure-controlled drip irrigation emitter units, the at least one secondary water flow channel having water outlets disposed along the length of the main water flow channel, intermediate the plurality of pressure-controlled drip irrigation emitter units. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173812 | BAR AND GROOVE PATTERN FOR A REFINER PLATE AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSION REFINING - A refiner plate for a mechanical refining system, the plate including: a refining surface including bars and grooves, wherein the bars have a leading edge defined by an interior angle of between 150 degrees to 175 degrees. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173813 | Papermaking refiner plates and method of manufacture - Replaceable refiner fillings used for refining of lignocellulosic and other natural and synthetic fibrous materials in the manufacture of paper, paperboard, and fiberboard products. The refiner fillings include a pattern of blades and spacers defined by a bar cluster, with the bar cluster being the basis of formation of the filling. A method of manufacture provides bar cluster patterns based on factors including pumping angle, plurality of segments in a refiner filling, and the number of clusters in a segment. A bar set cluster is established for uniform fabrication of bar clusters for the refiner fillings. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173814 | Yarn carrier - A yarn carrier is provided in the form of a yarn winding tube having a yarn catch insert. The yarn winding tube includes a recess through its surface for receiving the insert. The insert includes a yarn catching slot having a major opening located at one end of the slot, a minor opening adjacent the major opening and positioned in a circumferential direction of the tube, and a first step extending substantially axially between the major opening and minor opening. A catching groove, having a portion with an axial width smaller than a diameter of the yarn, is also included. When the yarn carrier is rotated and the yarn is positioned along the yarn catching slot, the yarn drops into the major opening, slides along the first step and is directed into the catching groove for winding. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173815 | FISHING REEL HAVING TWO BRAKE DEVICES - A fishing reel includes a housing, a spool, a first brake device, and a second brake device. The first brake device is operable to apply a first braking force to brake the rotation of the spool in a direction of unwinding a fishing line from the spool. The fishing line can be unwound from the spool only when an external force transmitted onto the spool via the fishing line is larger than the first braking force. The second brake device is operable to apply a second braking force to brake the rotation of the spool in the direction. The second braking force is smaller than the first braking force and the weight of a lure attached to the fishing line. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173816 | VEHICLE SEATBELT APPARATUS, VEHICLE HAVING THE VEHICLE SEATBELT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE SEATBELT - A vehicle seatbelt apparatus includes a belt, a belt reel, a position detector, a motor, a clutch, and a control device. The belt is wound around the belt reel. The position detector is configured to detect a rotational position of the belt reel. The motor is configured to rotate the belt reel. The clutch is configured to connect or disconnect the motor and the belt reel. The control device is configured to control the clutch and a current supplied to the motor. The control device includes a return amount detector which is configured to detect a return amount of the belt reel in a drawing direction of the belt based on the rotational position of the belt reel detected by the position detector after the belt is wound around the belt reel and then the clutch disconnects the motor and the belt reel. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173817 | Method for manufacturing an axial air-gap electronic motor - An axial air-gap electronic motor has a teeth surface of a stator and a magnet surface of a rotor arranged opposedly along an axis line direction of an output shaft of the rotor with a predetermined gap being provided therebetween. The stator has a plurality of core members connected in a ring form. In manufacturing the electronic motor, after the teeth surfaces of the core members are arranged so as to face to each other and a dummy member is arranged between predetermined core members, a coil is wound from one end side toward the other end side of the core members continuously without being cut, and a coil of a length corresponding to a transition wire set between the core members is wound on the dummy member. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173818 | Providing Length Equalization - Length equalization may be provided. First, a plurality of conductors may be paid off from a plurality of pay-off devices respectively corresponding to the plurality of conductors to form a cable. The plurality of conductors comprising the cable may then be wound onto a take-up device. During the winding process, a guide device may be rotated to cause the plurality of conductors to have substantially a same length after the cable has been wound onto the take-up device. The guide device may be disposed between the take-up device and the plurality of pay-off devices. The guide device may have holes respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of conductors. Each of the plurality of conductors may pass through a respective hole in the guide device. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173819 | Method and Device for Producing Logs of Web Material With a Mechanism for Interrupting the Web Material Activated by Passage of the Winding Cores - The rewinding machine includes: a winding unit; a feed path of the web material; an insertion path of the winding cores; a separator device to sever the web material upon completion of winding each log. The separator device is disposed and produced to be activated by passage of a winding core. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173820 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM WITH VARYING ERROR CORRECTION GAIN - A guided missile or projectile and associated guidance control are provided to control a path to a point of intersection with a potentially moving target. A new path is repetitively recomputed and acceleration orthogonal to the path is applied to minimize heading error and thereby to converge on the target. The gain of the control function is partly proportional to heading error, but the gain is reduced approaching the point of convergence. In this way, the guidance control is more responsive to actual variance of the true heading error and is less responsive to random error in sensing the target heading, which random error would otherwise increase in its contribution to corrective guidance movements approaching the point of intersection. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173821 | AIRCRAFT TAXIING SYSTEMS - Thrust systems for passenger aircraft provide at least one flight engine and a taxi engine wherein all flight engines together provide, in total, a takeoff thrust arranged in a takeoff thrust direction and the taxi engine provides a taxi thrust which does not exceed 15% of the takeoff thrust and is directed substantially the same as the takeoff thrust direction. The taxi thrust is thereby sufficient to taxi the aircraft along a taxi path. In a system embodiment, the taxi thrust does not exceed 7.5% of the flight thrust. In another system embodiment, the flight engines have, in total, a flight engine weight and the taxi engine has a taxi engine weight that does not exceed 10% of the flight engine weight. In a system embodiment, the taxi engine weight does not exceed 7.0% of the flight engine weight. In another system embodiment, the taxi engine has a rated thrust and is configured so that the taxi thrust is within 40% and 100% of the rated thrust. In another system embodiment, the taxi engine includes a rotatable engine portion to divert the taxi thrust over an azimuth angle to assist taxiing along the taxi path. The taxi engine significantly reduces fuel costs because when flight engines are used for taxiing, they operate in a very inefficient region of their rated thrust and consume excessive fuel. The taxi engine also significantly reduces the brake repair and adjustment that is incurred when the flight engines are used for taxiing and the brakes are frequently engaged to counter their high thrust. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173822 | Distributed infrared countermeasure installation for fixed wing aircraft - A distributed aircraft defense system involving infrared countermeasures is installed in a distributive fashion for commercial aircraft, typically fixed wing aircraft, in which maintenance downtime is minimized due to the ability to access, remove, test, fix and/or replace individual modules within the distributed system. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173823 | Method and component for determining load on a latch assembly - A cowl assembly for an engine nacelle including a first and second cowl door mounted for movement between an open position and a closed position. A latch assembly retains the first and second cowl doors in the closed position by having a latch retained in a latch housing on the first cowl door to engage a keeper retained in a keeper housing on the second cowl door. A pin retains the latch to the latch housing. The pin defines an internal bore. A sensor in the internal bore determines a signal indicative of a load on the pin, wherein the signal is determinative of whether the cowl doors are in the open or closed position. A transmitter conveys the signal to a location remote from the sensor. The signal can also be used to set the pre-load on the latch assembly. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173824 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR A SUPPORT STRUCTURE - System for opening and closing a structural part arranged on a support structure. The system includes at least one hinged joint device for flexibly connecting the structural part to the support structure. The at least one hinged joint device is arranged inside the support structure and has an axis of rotation about which the structural part can be pivoted relative to the support structure during opening and closing. A locking arrangement is structured and arranged to connect the structural part to the support structure in a form-locking manner when the structural part is in a closed position. In the closed position, the locking arrangement is arranged to relieve the at least one hinged joint device. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173825 | AIRCRAFT DOOR WITH OVERSIZING - An aircraft fuselage section is provided in which an outer skin construction provides at least one door opening having a width, such that it is divided by at least one rib of the fuselage skeleton of the aircraft fuselage section into multiple opening areas. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173826 | TRAPEZOIDAL PANEL PIN JOINT ALLOWING FREE DEFLECTION BETWEEN FUSELAGE AND WING - The invention is directed a trapezoidal panel pin joint for allowing deflection of an aircraft between a fuselage section and a wing section, wherein the pin joint comprises a vertical pin portion, a lug portion, and a clevis portion; wherein at least one vertical flexible tee member is positioned below the pin joint; and wherein the pin joint is coupled to at least two horizontal flexible tee members, such that the pin joint and vertical and horizontal flexible tee members, in combination, release two rotational degrees of freedom. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURES - A method for monitoring the integrity of a permeable structure that is disposed in an environment containing a fluid at ambient pressure is provided. At least one cavity is formed in or on the permeable structure. A source of first fluid is provided at a first pressure greater than the ambient pressure. The cavity is coupled to the source through a high-fluid-flow impedance to establish a flow of the first fluid through the permeable structure via the cavity. A rate of flow of the first fluid through the permeable structure is allowed to stabilize to a steady-state rate. A change in the steady-state flow rate of the first fluid through the permeable structure is monitored. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173828 | Fastener - A fastener, of which severe strength is demanded and which can also be applied to a location, in which a flush surface equipment is taken into consideration, and which can be manufactured readily and quickly and reduced in manufacturing cost, is provided. A fastener ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173829 | Safety pre-impact deceleration system for vehicles - A safety pre-impact deceleration system for a variety of conveyances includes a parachute structure formed from air bags inflated with gas. Alternatively, the parachute structure includes a canopy with orifices. Air spaces in the parachute structure or orifices in the canopy have adjustable and selective dimensions to control the operational parameters of the vehicle. The system includes sensors and rapid exposure rate cameras with continuous loop recording to measure operational parameters of the vehicle and to predict possible collision. Once a collision condition is detected, audio/video images are stored on storage media. The air bags are deployed and inflated. In addition to air bags constituting the parachute structure, a plurality of air bags are provided to be deployed external the vehicle to aid in a safe landing. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173830 | Rocket-powered kite plane for gentle climb and acceleration to extreme staging altitudes - A two-stage space vehicle is provided for achieving low earth orbit that includes a carrier and an orbiter. The carrier has a large airfoil area relative to its dry weight, and the thrust of the rocket engine is controlled such that the carrier achieves a launch altitude and speed for the orbiter without exceeding a wingloading pressure beyond 3,500 Pa., which allows the carrier to be inexpensively constructed. Liquid propellant for the rocket engine is advantageously stored within the relatively large airfoil of the carrier, which is preferably a delta wing. The ratio of airfoil area to dry weight is about 33 m | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173831 | Method for manufacturing a solar module in orbit - A geosynchronous Solar Power Satellite System is created by an artificial gravity, closed ecology, multiple use structure in low earth orbit that manufactures modular solar power panels and transmitter arrays. This facility takes empty fuel tanks and expended rocket boosters from launch vehicles that are sent into low earth orbit, and re-manufactures them into structural components. These components are mated to solar cells that are launched from earth. The modular solar panels are transported to geosynchronous orbit by vehicles with ion engines, where the panels are mated to other solar panels to collect power. Structural components are also mated to transmitter elements launched from earth. These are likewise transported to geosynchronous orbit. They are mated to the solar power collecting panels and they beam the collected power back to earth. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173832 | DOCKING SYSTEM - A convex forward surface of a forward-biased probe head of a first portion of a docking system engages a central concave conical surface of a second portion of the docking system. A first linear actuator moves a flexible docking cable assembly relative to a support structure through bores therein and through the probe head. An aftward retraction of the docking cable assembly causes a linearly-actuated cam element thereof to rotate a rotary cam follower pivoted from the support structure, which engages an aft edge portion of the probe head, forcing the probe head forward. A plurality of distal coupling elements operatively coupled to the support structure around a central axis thereof engage with and become releasably captured by a corresponding socket and associated capture mechanism of a mating second portion of the docking system, and rigidized when the probe head is forced against the central concave conical surface. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173833 | DOCKING SYSTEM - First and second releasably connectable portions of a docking system are moved together. A relatively central concave element of the second portion of the docking system contacts a corresponding relatively central mating convex element of the first portion of the docking system. A plurality of relatively distal coupling elements rigidly connected to one of the first and second portions of the docking system are inserted into a corresponding plurality of relatively distal sockets of the other of the first and second portions of the docking system. The plurality of relatively distal coupling elements are captured with a corresponding plurality of relatively distal latch mechanisms associated with the plurality of relatively distal sockets responsive to inserting the plurality of relatively distal coupling elements into the corresponding plurality of relatively distal sockets. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173834 | ELEMENT FOR GENERATING A FLUID DYNAMIC FORCE - This invention relates to an element ( | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173835 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESTABILIZING AN AIRFOIL VORTEX - Apparatuses and methods for the controlled trailing wake flows are disclosed. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment is directed to an aircraft system that includes an airfoil having first and second oppositely facing flow surfaces and a tip. The system can further include a vortex dissipation device carried by the airfoil, with the vortex dissipation device including a fluid flow nozzle, a valve device, and a controller. The fluid flow nozzle can be coupleable to a source of pressurized fluid and can include an orifice positioned to direct a flow of fluid outwardly from the tip. The valve device can be coupled in fluid communication with the fluid flow nozzle to selectively control the flow passing through the orifice. The controller can be coupled to the valve device to direct the operation of the valve device. Accordingly, the vortex dissipation device can be activated to accelerate the rate at which vortices (e.g., wing tip vortices) dissipate after they are generated. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173836 | Laser-based flow modification to remotely conrol air vehicle flight path - Systems, equipment, and methods to deposit energy to modify and control air flow, lift, and drag, in relation to air vehicles, and methods for seeding flow instabilities at the leading edges of control surfaces, primarily through shockwave generation through deposition of laser energy at a distance. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173837 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FLOWS WITH PULSED DISCHARGES - Systems and methods for controlling air vehicle boundary layer airflow are disclosed. Representative methods can include applying electrical energy bursts and/or other energy bursts in nanosecond pulses in the boundary layer along a surface of an air vehicle. In a particular embodiment, electrical energy is discharged into the boundary layer to reduce the tendency for the boundary layer to separate and/or to reduce the tendency for the boundary layer to transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow. In other embodiments, energy can be discharged via pulses having a pulse width of about 100 nanoseconds or less, and an amplitude of about 10,000 volts or more. Actuators discharging the energy can be arranged in a two-dimensional ray of individually addressable actuators. Energy can be delivered to the boundary layer via a laser emitter, and energy can be received in a receiver after having transited over at least a portion of the airflow surface. In another embodiment, high energy electrons can be injected into the boundary layer using a hollow cathode array at the airflow surface. In still another embodiment, energy can be introduced at the surface of the air vehicle at a rate sufficient to heat the flow and cause shock waves to propagate into the flow. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173838 | Narrow Wing System for Airplanes - An extra narrow wing system for airplanes combining the advantages of sufficient lift like a conventional airplane wing with reduced space requirements. A V-shaped nudge at the back side of the main wing helps to overcome the limitations of extreme delta-wings and allows very narrow wings with angles of as low as 0 degrees but sufficient lift for a propeller or jet operated plane. Front and tail wings are one aerodynamic system. The system results in very narrow airplane designs useful when operating under space constraints. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173839 | INTEGRATED RAIL EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY SUPPORT SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to the use of mobile sensors to collect temperature information used to control, inter alia, rail vehicle speed, acceleration, or scheduling. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173840 | Rail Car Sensor Network - A rail car sensor network, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes at least one rail car having a main body portion including a first and section, a second end section and an intermediate portion. The rail car network further includes a sensor assembly mounted to the rail car. The sensor assembly includes at least one sensor positioned to detect a rail car parameter, and a wireless communication device configured to transmit data corresponding to the rail car parameter. A receiver assembly, mounted remote from the at least one rail car, includes a wireless communication monitor configured to receive the data corresponding to the rail car parameter from the wireless communication device. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173841 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING CAB SIGNALS - A method is provided for distinguishing a valid locomotive control signal from an invalid control signal resulting from the presence of at least one interfering signal. The method includes detecting a signal, and transforming the signal into the frequency domain to create a transformed signal having a number of frequency domain peaks. The validity of the signal is determined based on at least of a number, a spacing, and a magnitude of the frequency domain peaks in the transformed signal. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173842 | METHODS AND SYSTEM OF AUTOMATING TRACK CIRCUIT CALIBRATION - A method for calibrating a track circuit is provided. The track circuit includes a transmit processing unit, a receive processing unit, and a plurality of rails coupled in series to form a track section having a first end and a second end. The transmit processing unit is coupled to the track section adjacent the first end. The receive processing unit is coupled to the track section adjacent the second end. The method includes operating the transmit processing unit so that a first voltage is applied to the track section, operating the receive processing unit to detect a first current signal, and if a parameter of the first current signal is not within a predetermined acceptable range, then communicating with the transmit processing unit so that the transmit processing unit applies a second voltage to the track section, the second voltage having a different magnitude than the first voltage. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173843 | MOUNTING STRUCTURES FOR WIRE HARNESSES - Mounting structures for wire harnesses may include a first finger and a second finger with each finger extending outwardly from a substrate. The first finger and the second finger may form a housing between the first finger, the second finger and the substrate for holding the wire. The first finger and the second finger may be offset from one another along a first axis through the substrate. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173844 | CONDUIT AND CABLE SUPPORT BRACKET AND METHOD THEREFOR - A support bracket has a first support plate having a cut-out formed therein. A second support plate extends from a top surface of the first support plate. The second support plate is approximately perpendicular to the first support plate. A second support plate connector opening is formed through the second support plate. An “L” shape plate extends down from second support plate wherein a bottom leg of the “L” shape plate is approximately parallel with the second support plate. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173845 | ELEVATING MECHANISM FOR FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY MONITOR AND PNEUMATIC CYLINDER USED FOR ELEVATING MECHANISM - An exemplary elevating mechanism used for a flat-panel display monitor includes a support structure, a sliding structure, and a pneumatic cylinder. The support structure includes a pair of guide rails. The sliding structure is mounted to the support structure and is capable of sliding along the guide rails. The pneumatic cylinder includes a cylinder body, a piston shaft, and a first piston. The cylinder body is connected to the support structure. The piston shaft includes a first end received in the cylinder body, and a second end opposite to the first end connected to the sliding structure. The first piston is positioned in the cylinder body and partitions the cylinder body into two chambers. The two chambers are filled with gas. The first piston is fixed to the first end of the piston shaft and defines a through hole for communicating the two chambers. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173846 | MEDICAL BOOM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a medical boom having sources and destinations, wherein all switching, converting, mixing, and image processing between the sources and the destinations may be performed by equipment integral to the medical boom. Embodiments of the processors may be specially designed to be mountable inside the medical boom. Embodiments of the present invention may result in more free space in an operating room, less cabling, lower costs, lower signal loss, less frame delay, and less need for processing of signals. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173847 | Accessory Holder - The present invention is directed to an accessory holder capable of supporting a plurality of accessories and positioning those accessories in three-dimensions. A preferred embodiment supports the accessories in a curvilinear shape that optimizes the viewing position by the user. The accessories include flat panel displays, touch screens, telephones, and other devices used in an office or home office environment. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173848 | STABILITY SUPPORT TV ANTI-TIP DEVICE - A support device for a flat appliance is disclosed. The support device includes a mounting plate having at least one hole defined therein. The mounting plate is adapted for attachment to a side of the flat appliance with a fastener extending through the at least one hole and into at least one corresponding receiving hole in the flat appliance. The device further includes a mounting bracket that is adapted for attachment to a stand structure. The device also includes a brace disposed between the mounting plate and the mounting bracket. The at least one hole in the mounting plate is adapted for accommodating the receiving hole of a variety of different flat appliances. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173849 | Paint Container Holder - A holder for a paint container can be used on uneven surfaces. The holder comprises a support base. Pivotally coupled to the support base is at least one leg and/or a lifting member. The at least one leg is selectively positionable for fixing the angular orientation of the at least one leg relative to the paint container support base. The lifting member may be located to support a paint container across a lateral axis extending substantially above a combined centre of gravity of the holder and the paint container. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173850 | Unitary Hanging Device - An apparatus for use in hanging objects is provided. The apparatus has a base, a vertically extending portion that is supported by the base, and a hook that is supported by the vertically extending portion. The base, the vertically extending portion, and the hook are formed from a single component so that the vertically extending portion is integrally formed with the base and the hook. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173851 | Rotary neck cradle - A support device for supporting a musical instrument includes a base, the base includes a first side portion and a second side portion. The support device also includes a support body rotatably coupled to the base. The support body includes a first support surface and a second support surface. The first support surface defines a channel in the support body, the second support surface is substantially planar. The support body is configured to rotate between at least a first position and a second position around an axis intersecting the first side portion and the second side portion. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173852 | HAND RAIL SYSTEM RAILING CONNECTOR - A rail system includes a cap rail defining a slot. Within the slot may be positioned expansion brackets that permit the cap rail to be mounted to a wall or a post. The expansion bracket is configured to engage an end of a fixture to position and secure the fixture within the slot. The expansion bracket defines a cable way for wires extending to or from the fixture. Other expansion brackets may be mounted within the slot to position and secure ends of fixtures when the mounting expansion brackets are not correctly positioned with respect to the end of the fixture. A rail system includes a pair of rails extending between a pair of posts. An in-fill panel is positioned within slots of each rail and extends between the rails. Expansion brackets within the slots engage the panel. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173853 | UNIVERSAL MOUNTING BRACKET FOR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY HOOKS - A universal mounting bracket tightly attaches display hooks having a common base to a display structure, thereby restraining movement of the display hook relative to the display structure. The mounting bracket includes a mounting member having a feature that cooperates with a complimentary feature on the common base to mount the display hook onto the mounting bracket, an engaging member for engaging the mounting member with the display structure, and a securing member for securing the mounting member against the display structure. The mounting member may include a plate with an outer periphery having a rib that is received within a groove formed in the common base in an interference fit, and the securing member may include an adjustment guide and an adjustment element configured for guided movement relative to the adjustment guide in a direction generally perpendicular to a plane defined by the plate of the mounting member. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173854 | Adjustable Height Toggle Foot - A clamping system includes a clamp with an optional cap or other extender that adapts the clamp to walls, ceilings or other partitions of different thicknesses. Preferred clamping arms “toggle” out of the way during installation. Kits can include multiple extenders of different sizes. Contemplated systems can be used for installing speakers, lighting fixtures, television monitors, wall switches and myriad other devices. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173855 | Mount And Retaining Clip Therefor | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173856 | Safety Device For A Cantilevered Beam And Boom Assembly Incorporating The Same - A safety device for a cantilevered beam pivotally mounted adjacent one end thereof to a support surface is adapted to bridge the beam and the support surface and is structured so that when coupled to the beam and support surface, the safety device maintains the beam in a substantially fixed cantilevered condition until a downward force exceeding a threshold is applied to the beam and thereafter controls downward pivoting of the beam. | 2009-07-09 |
| 20090173857 | Fastening Spider and Method of Fastening - A fastening spider ( | 2009-07-09 |
