Abstract: A geared full surface mounted continuous hinge with a hole in a thrust bearing supporting the hinge, said hole adapted to accommodate a flexible tube containing electrical wiring and thereby facilitate the passage of electric current from a frame to appliances in a door connected to the frame using the hinge.
Abstract: A method and system for improving the effectiveness of coaches and video game designers for games like soccer, American football, basketball, lacrosse or ice hockey by using RF technology and software. A base station is equipped with a computer programmed with algorithms to track the players and game equipment and thereby produce data of interest to a coach or game designer.
Abstract: A sling-type carrier with a two-layered handle that is connected to the panels that complete the sling in a cantilevered manner that resists tearing or separation of the handle layers.
Abstract: A container cleaning apparatus comprising a table having holes in the top surface suitably arranged to deliver compressed air and a vacuum substantially simultaneously into the open top of an inverted reusable container placed on the table top and thereby remove debris from the inside of the container.
Abstract: A scale or leaf for a berry picking machine and a collector scale assembly including the scale. A freely rotating circular disc on the free end of the scale when attached to a rail of the machine is the most distinctive feature of the comma shaped scale.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2008
Date of Patent:
April 27, 2010
Assignee:
McKibben Mfg., Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey David McKibben, Richard Eugene Mayer, Jr., Skye Joseph Thrasher
Abstract: A compact, portable locking pin locator device adapted to assist the driver of a semi truck including a tractor and a trailer to locate the trailer over the tandem axle under the back end of the trailer to achieve proper weight and balance of the load carried in the trailer over the wheels of the truck.
Abstract: A compact, portable device for hanging clothes and the like in locations where ordinary drying facilities are not conveniently available. Rigid wires hinged inside a hub and radiating around the hub like the ribs of an inverted umbrella assume a horizontal position for hanging clothes and a vertical position for storage and transport. A wire bent in the shape of a hook is rotatably attached to the center of the hub to facilitate hanging the device during the drying operation.
Abstract: A combination capable of providing all of the functions of a ground heater and a pressure washer in a more economical, convenient and effective manner by employing and engine, as pump, a generator, a burner, a boiler, a water tank, a float tank, a ground heater hose and reel, and a pressure washer hose and reel all mounted on a skid or trailer.
Abstract: A frame designed to hold worn or broken historical tombstones together indefinitely. The preferred stainless steel frame includes an integrated back panel on which the original inscription is engraved, thereby preserving the original inscription that may have faded due to age and weather to the point of illegibility.
Abstract: A device for securing a T-shaped tool such as a hammer to the leg of a user in a position which provides complete freedom of movement of hands and feet while carrying the tool and permits the user to remove the tool from the device with the same hand employed to use the tool.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 6, 2003
Inventors:
Richard Wayne Pursley, Stephen David Roberts
Abstract: A substantially rectangular vehicle moveable on four casters located in the four corners underneath the vehicle. The front or rear pair of casters can be locked or unlocked electronically by a single individual propelling the vehicle from one end to facilitate movement over irregular surfaces or narrow passages.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 6, 1997
Date of Patent:
May 4, 1999
Inventors:
David Alexander Pinto, Matthew Alexander Pinto
Abstract: An assembly comprising a wheel capable of rotating rapidly to aerosolize wastewater inside an enclosure designed for placement between a septic tank and its associated drainage area which reduces substantially the pathogenic organism content of effluent emanating from the septic tank. A source of UV light can be added inside the enclosure to further detoxify the effluent.
Abstract: A surgical process for the complete functional inactivation of the Sphincter of Oddi for the purpose of treating accurately diagnosed functional abnormality of the Sphincter of Oddi complex.
Abstract: A device for holding a T-shaped tool having a head and a handle on either the upper or lower leg to (1) provide complete freedom of movement of hands and feet while carrying the tool and (2) permit the user to attach and remove the tool from the device with the same hand employed to use the tool.
Abstract: A process and product for extracting particulate solids from pit-like enclosures and thence separating the particulate solids from the liquids used to vacuum the particulate solids out of the enclosures by utilizing a stream of water under pressure for loosening the solid waste collected in the bottom of the enclosure and simultaneously vacuuming the loosened solid waste and the liquid out of the pit though one or more porous tanks containing filters and separately disposing of the solid waste deposited on top of the filters and the liquids passing through the filters.
Abstract: A tubular sleeve suitable for connecting a disposable hypodermic syringe to a medicinal vial without exposing the tip of the needle until the syringe is filled and ready for injection. A process of inserting the syringe with a cap covering the needle into the first end of the sleeve, removing the needle cap, inserting the vial cap into the second end of the sleeve which allows the needle to penetrate the stopper in the vial and withdrawing medicament into the syringe.
Abstract: The combination of a syringe and needle cover that not only provides protection for the needle prior to use of the syringe but also facilitates the mating the syringe to a vial without exposing the needle to the user until the syringe is filled and ready for injection. Advantages include greater economy, convenience, simplicity and safety than prior art devices.