Patents Issued in June 20, 2002
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Publication number: 20020073573Abstract: An improved blow dryer mainly includes a casing with an exhaust port, an intake port, and a holder, a switch thereon. A heater is arranged near the exhaust port while a set of fan mechanism is disposed on the rear side of the heater. The improvement of the device is characterized in that the foregoing fan mechanism constituted by a cylindrical cross-flow fan and a brushless motor. The fan mechanism is mounted inside the casing, above the holder and the axis thereof is the same with the axis of the holder. The angle between the axis of the exhaust port and that of the intake port is from 20 to 70 degrees. Therefore, the noise raised by the operation of the blow dryer can be dramatically reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Hsiu-Mei Wu
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Publication number: 20020073574Abstract: A gas injection system for a reflow soldering oven includes a conveyor for moving reflow solder components to the oven from the input to the output through a plurality of heating zones; at least one conduit on one side of the conveyor is adapted for connection to a source of inert gas and a plurality of impingement holes in the conduit proximate at least one of the heating zones blankets the components with inert gas during the solder reflow to reduce the presence of oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Kerem Durdag
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Publication number: 20020073575Abstract: A handler system is provided with an on-loader unit for loading at least one of strips deposited in a cassette, a drawer unit for holding the strip from the on-loader unit at a drawer picker, a strip transferring unit for fixing in a suction manner after the holding its picker head and for transferring the strip to a cutting device, cut it into a plurality of individual package devices, a package cleaning unit for cleaning the individual package devices using a brush and an air nozzle after to fixing and retaining the individual package devices thereon by using a suction vacuum force, a package drying unit for drying the individual package devices after the cleaning, a package deposit unit for moving and depositing after drying, a package pick-up unit for retaining and for arranging the individual package devices for a quality inspection, the package pick-up unit mounted on one side of the package deposit unit, a visual inspection means for inspecting the quality of the individual package devices being, and aType: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Ik-Gyun Na
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Publication number: 20020073576Abstract: A cleaning processing apparatus of wafers W held by a rotor capable of holding a plurality of wafers W, which is one embodiment of the liquid processing apparatus of the present invention, comprises an outside chamber, an inside chamber arranged slidable between a process position and a retreat position, and a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the inside chamber in the retreat position. The cleaning mechanism includes a cylindrical body arranged in the inside chamber so as to form a substantially cylindrical cleaning processing space between the inside chamber and the cylindrical body, a cleaning liquid spurting nozzle for spurting a cleaning liquid into the cleaning processing space, and a gas supply nozzle for supplying a predetermined drying gas into the cleaning processing space so as to make it possible to clean and dry the inside chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Yuji Kamikawa, Taichi Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20020073577Abstract: An open heel slipper configuration is presented. The open heel slipper configuration includes a platform foot bed having a flexible sidewall, and a vamp secured to the flexible sidewall at a location adjacent a region of the platform foot bed that is secured to an outsole, during construction. The construction is such to provide a free extension of a portion of the sidewall of the platform foot bed, underneath a vamp, in the final product. A preferred method of assembly is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Walter Thomas Bray, Theresa Stewart
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Corrective shoe sole structures using a contour greater than the theoretically ideal stability plane
Publication number: 20020073578Abstract: A shoe having a sole contour which follows a theoretically ideal stability plane as a basic concept, but which deviates outwardly therefrom to provide greater than natural stability. Thickness variations outwardly from the stability plane are disclosed, along with density variations to achieve a similar greater than natural stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: Anatomic Research, Inc.Inventor: Frampton E. Ellis -
Publication number: 20020073579Abstract: A shock absorption and energy return assembly for increasing the stability, shock absorption and energy return capabilities of a shoe. The assembly generally includes lower and upper guide members having a plurality of spring retainers, a plurality of springs positioned within the spring retainers, and a resilient connecting member which fixedly attaches the lower guide member to the upper guide member and serves to limit the separation between the guide members, preventing disengagement of the springs from within the guide members while simultaneously providing a means of allowing the springs to compress below their uncompressed height when a force is applied on the assembly. Alternatively, the assembly could be surrounded by a sealed, transparent encasement, which in one embodiment would comprise a lower portion and an upper portion surrounding the lower guide member and the upper guide member, and a plurality of lower extrusions and upper extrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Thomas D. Lombardino
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Publication number: 20020073580Abstract: The present invention provides a shoe for use in training an infant to walk. The shoe according to the present invention includes an upper sized to receive an infant's foot and a sole that is attached to the upper. The sole extends a distance D1 beyond a front side of the upper adjacent to the toes of the infant's foot, with the distance D1 being from about 10% to about 30% of the length L of the infant's foot measured from heel to toe. Preferably, the sole also extends a distance D2 beyond a rear side of the upper adjacent to the heel of the infant's foot, with the distance D2 being from about 5% to about 15% of the length L. The present invention also provides a method of training an infant to walk.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2002Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Floyd L. Fleshman
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Publication number: 20020073581Abstract: A scraper for a snow removing machine, mountable to a lower end portion of a snow removing plate. The scraper has a polygonal prism member rotatably mountable to the snow removing plate and a plurality of blades detachably attached to respective surfaces of the polygonal prism member. The polygonal prism member is rotated to select one of the blades for use in accordance with snow quality or the state of a road surface. A rotation prevention member prevents rotation of the polygonal prism member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Masashi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20020073582Abstract: A pinholed board 22, as provided with a plurality of pinholes 30 determined according to a material number, is attached to a rubber container 24 containing a rubber material, and this rubber container 24 is transferred to a rubber reserving section 16. At a molding step 18, there is displayed a condition table 36 according to working conditions. The condition table 36 is provided with a attaching base 42 of the board 22, and the attaching base 42 is provided with a number of projections 46 determined according to the number of the rubber material to be worked, so that the board 22 having the same material number can be exclusively attached. The molding work is not started before the rubber container 24 is transferred from the rubber reserving section 16 to the molding step 18 and before the board 22 attached to the rubber container 24 is attached to the attaching base 42 of the condition table 36.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takao Yoshioka, Tetsuya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20020073583Abstract: A display device is provided which is formed by first and second outer panels and a third, inner panel disposed between the outer panels. The outer panels are joined together separately from the inner panel in a first portion of the device and each of the outer panels includes a slit in this first portion and fold lines therein for enabling the joined outer panels to be pulled apart and separated along the slit to expose the inner panel for display. All of the panels are joined together at a further, base portion of the device. The fold lines in outer panels provide folding of parts of the outer panels forming the base portion of the device into a support arrangement for the device. In a first state of the device, the inner panel is shielded from view by the outer panels and the inner and outer panels form a unit of a substantially flat, planar configuration, and, in a second state of the device, the inner panel is exposed for display and is supported by the support arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Ronald P. Burtch, Irving M. Koltz
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Publication number: 20020073584Abstract: An apparatus for improved advertising comprising a container for the temporary storage of goods having a lid and an advertisement disposed upon said lid, wherein said advertisement is not related to the goods stored in the container. Additionally and further to the invention, the container may further have a second advertisement disposed upon an inside surface of said lid or other neighboring surfaces of which the lid is constructed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Justin Huddy
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Publication number: 20020073585Abstract: A rising bubble display. A pump is fluidly connected to a liquid-filled reservoir and an audio signal input is provided. A controller is coupled to the audio signal input and coupled to the pump. Upon reception of an audio signal, the controller generates a signal capable of actuating the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2002Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: Midwest TropicalInventor: Kenneth Burnett
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Publication number: 20020073586Abstract: A vertically disposed placard has two sections, one disposed over the other, with the upper section of the placard attached to a pole, standard or other mount. A hinge connects the bottom perimeter edge of the fixed section with the top perimeter edge of the lower, pivotable section, allowing the front surface of the pivotable section to rotate and fold flat against the front surface of the upper, fixed section. A catch mechanism releaseably holds the two sections flat against each other, preventing the pivotable section from unfolding. An electrical controller is attached to the back surface of the fixed section of the placard and senses when a condition to which the sign is responsive occurs. Upon the occurrence, the controller causes release of the catch mechanism, allowing the pivotable section to unfold under the force of a bias (e.g., spring) and/or gravity, or by an electric motive means to display the front surfaces of both sections of the placard.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Bruce H. Backe
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Publication number: 20020073587Abstract: An identification band and method for fitting the same to an individual's wrist. The ends of the band overlap when the band is applied around an individual's wrist. The band is constructed so the band can be adjusted to fit different sizes of wrists and allow the end to overlap without requiring that one of the ends be cut to size the band.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Carl R. Twentier
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Publication number: 20020073588Abstract: Novel point-of-purchase cantilevered deflectable display assemblies, which normally extend transversely into a shopping aisle. Display assemblies which accommodate substitution of one frame-carried form or configuration of advertising for another, which can be radically different, without disconnecting the entire display assembly from its mounting to a molding at a store shelf or like. The advertising frame with which the advertising medium is associated is removably connected to a hanger portion. The hanger portion accommodates the above-mentioned on-site frame and advertisement removal and exchange while the remainder of the display assembly remains in its shelf-mounted or like position. Display assemblies are disclosed which enhance the deflectable nature of the cantilevered distal part of the display assemblies, the manner in which pivoting occurs and is controlled or limited and the way in which the display assemblies are biased toward neutral in the assembled condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2002Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Randy B. Reynolds, Ali A. Rasekhi, George Allen Allred
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Publication number: 20020073589Abstract: An identifying clip which may be attached to a fishing pole for conveying information regarding the test weight of fishing line and the date of installation of fishing line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Ernest Lee Tate
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Publication number: 20020073590Abstract: A frame for displaying media in more than one viewing positions and for storing additional media within the frame. The media is stored in stacks with the end piece of media viewable through an opening in the frame. Media can be moved from the end of one stack to the adjacent end of another by sliding movement within the frame. Both ends of the stacks are available, allowing the media to be cycled through the stacks, making each item of media available for viewing. Preferably, the media is carried in caddies, with an item of media visible from each face of the caddy. Also preferably, a removable spacer separate the faceplates and can be interchanged with spacers of different thickness to adjust the capacity of the frame. An optional gate between the stacks restricts movement to a single caddy at a time and an optional loading slot allows caddies to be inserted or removed without opening the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Jackson L. Crisp
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Publication number: 20020073591Abstract: The bolt assembly includes a bolt head having a locked position and an unlocked position. The bolt head also has a periphery and an even number of arrangement sites located on the periphery. The bolt assembly further includes a plurality of locking projections positioned at a subset of the arrangement sites on the periphery of the bolt head. It also includes a cartridge extractor disposed at one of the arrangement sites which is not part of the subset and which is located horizontally adjacent the central longitudinal axis of the barrel when the bolt head is in the unlocked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Thomas Schweikart
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Publication number: 20020073592Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use in a firearm having a housing defining a first ejection opening and a second ejection opening. The apparatus includes first and second dust flaps mounted adjacent the first ejection opening for movement between an opened position and a closed position. The apparatus also includes a bolt assembly adapted to be selectively mounted in a first assembly position and a second assembly position for longitudinal movement within the housing. When the bolt assembly is in the first assembly position, a longitudinal movement of the bolt assembly moves the first dust flap to the opened position and, when the bolt assembly is in the second assembly position, the longitudinal movement of the bolt assembly moves the second dust flap to the opened position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Johannes Murello, Helmut Weldle
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Publication number: 20020073593Abstract: A firearm is described which has a trigger mechanism, a cock and a cocking actuator that is separate from the cock. A striker spring acts on the cocking actuator to drive the cock. A cocking actuator safety mechanism, which is independent of the trigger mechanism, is provided for securing the cocking actuator in its cocked position. The illustrated safety mechanism has an operating handle which sits next to the lug of the cock, so that the safety mechanism can optionally be operated together with the cock.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Helmut Weldle
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Publication number: 20020073594Abstract: A digit support for AR family receivers designed to reside in a gap left between a receiver's pistol grip and trigger guard. The support fills the gap and ideally separates a user's digit from the gap, thereby protecting the user's digit from injury due to prolonged contact with the walls forming said gap. The digit support is easily installed without removal of any components of or attachments to the receiver and in its best mode allows for the simultaneous opening of the receiver's trigger guard. In the best mode, the support is a body molded from a rubber compound having dimensions to fit snugly in the gap left between the trigger guard and the pistol grip. Ideally, the remaining exposed surface extends slightly higher than the depth of the gap and is cylindrically domed. Also in the best mode, the side of the body abutting the trigger guard mount should have a concavity designed to fit around the trigger guard mount so as to encompass said mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Stephen Charles Hines
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Publication number: 20020073595Abstract: Improved devices for adapting revolvers for shooting practice with pellets. Advantages include qieter operation, no need of accesories for loading or unloading the primer and a universal size for cylinders of different lengths. A venturi passage separates the detonaing chamber from the bore, thereby accelerating and depressurizing the expansion gases and reducing noise. In one embodiment, the adaptor includes an internal cannon which is longitudinally displaced together with the pellet by the propulsion gasses. Improved adaptors are disclosed for pistols, for selfcentring a barrel liner and protecting rifling grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Juan Carlos Di Pietro
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Publication number: 20020073596Abstract: A handgun assembly is provided. The frame of the handgun includes a forwardly extending portion that terminates at the forward end of the muzzle or slide of the handgun. The forwardly extending portion of the frame has a dust cover that supports the entire length of the slide, and provides for the assembly of the standard handgun components therein. The frame provides additional weight forwardly displaced from the hand of the shooter, providing better feel and balance to the handgun and reducing muzzle flip.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Les C. Baer
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Publication number: 20020073597Abstract: An inner sleeve is pressed, when installed on a weapon, between a feature of the weapon such as a rib, rail, or barrel, and an outer sleeve. An aiming indicia is mounted on the outer sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Paul M. LoRocco
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Publication number: 20020073598Abstract: A folding decoy or other representation is formed of a single sheet of laminated material having opposite face plies and a central core sandwiched therebetween. Preferably, a waterproof, plastic material having a corrugated core is used, but other laminated materials may also be used as desired. The decoy is formed by cutting out a planform silhouette and then making a series of scores which extend through one of the face plies and the core material, leaving the opposite face ply uncut. The scores are made from opposite sides of the sheet to provide for folding in either direction, as desired. A series of such scores may be made, with different scores providing for different folds in different directions and orientations. This allows a person to use a single decoy blank to form decoys having different postures as desired, to add greater realism to a group of decoys.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: John M. Wright
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Publication number: 20020073599Abstract: A fish catching system includes a hook having a barb and a shaft terminating in an eyelet that receives a fishing line and a lure manipulator slidably mounted on the shaft. The lure manipulator may include a slot adapted to receive the shaft of the hook therein, whereby constriction of the lure manipulator closes the slot and secures the lure manipulator about the shaft. The fish catching system includes a lure that may have a body and a tail with an aperture that receives a hook or a fishing line therethrough. The lure may include a barb guard coupled therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: S&C BRINKMAN CORPORATIONInventor: Stephen M. Brinkman
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Publication number: 20020073600Abstract: A fishing lure that emanates an intermittent sound producing vibration for attracting fish. The lure comprises a body which simulates a lining creature, where a central portion thereof includes a motor mounting an unbalanced weighted shaft to effect the vibration. Further, the motor is controlled by a programmed microprocessor to randomly operate the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Daron K. West
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Publication number: 20020073601Abstract: A boot for covering a gimbaled butt end of a fishing rod includes a neck portion and an enlarged base with a body engaging surface structured and disposed for comfortable engagement against the body of a fisherman to thereby protect the body from pain and injury caused by the gimbaled butt end. An open end of the neck portion communicates with a hollow receptacle extending axially through the neck portion for receipt of the butt end therein. An inner wall surface surrounding the receptacle is tapered from the open end to a bottom of the receptacle and frictionally engages the butt end to hold the boot on the fishing rod. The body engaging surface is softer, smoother and larger than the butt end of the rod to thereby increase the force displacement area against the fisherman's body when fighting a fish.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Mark DeSorcy
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Publication number: 20020073602Abstract: A leader wrap apparatus is presented for use in the sport of trolling fishing. It has two pairs of legs with fasteners situated on a first plane. Under the first plane are two sets of bars and connecting to the second plane. The leader wrap apparatus is constructed of a durable plastic, and is manufactured in bright colors to allow a user to easily view the leader wrap apparatus if it should come detached from a fishing pole during use. The leader wrap communicates with a fishing pole through use of the legs and fasteners. The bars are constructed to create a hollow section between the first and second sets of bars for holding lures or hooks, which are attached to the fishing line. The leader wrap apparatus allows the user to fish with a leader line as in trolling without entanglement of the two lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Joseph Neyman
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Publication number: 20020073603Abstract: A segmented fishing rod storage and transport container made of four narrow, elongated, flat, plastic panels arranged in side-by-side configuration, in pairs of opposed panels, and joined along their long side edges, to form a rectangular, cross-sectional, enclosed, container of terminal length having a hollow interior for temporary storage and transport of multiple-segment rods wherein one of the pairs of the panels is wider than the other of the pairs of the panels, each joinder of the panels defined by a radius of curvature to provide a smooth transition from one panel to another about the inside and outside surfaces thereof, and a sealed closure at each of the ends of the container at least one of which is removable to allow a multiple-segment fishing rod to be loaded interior thereof in axial alignment with the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: David Lefeve
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Publication number: 20020073604Abstract: A fish catching system includes a lure manipulator, a hook, and a lure secured in a first position between the lure manipulator and the hook. A fishing line passes through the lure manipulator and attaches to the hook. Pulling the fishing line through the lure manipulator moves the lure to a second position, and releasing the fishing line returns the lure to the first position. Alternatively, the fishing line attaches directly to the hook, and the lure manipulator resides on the hook. Pulling the fishing line moves the hook through the lure manipulator to place the lure in a second position, and releasing the fishing line returns the hook through the lure manipulator to place the lure in the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: S&C Brinkman CorporationInventor: Stephen M. Brinkman
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Publication number: 20020073605Abstract: A fish catching system includes a hook having a barb and a shaft terminating in an eyelet that receives a fishing line. The fish catching system further includes a lure manipulator having a lure retainer, a lure retaining post, and a passageway therethrough that receives the shaft of the hook therein. The fish catching system still further includes a decapod-shaped lure having a body and a tail.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: S&C BRINKMAN CORPORATIONInventor: Stephen M. Brinkman
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Publication number: 20020073606Abstract: A one-piece cover for a fishing lure having a top and bottom face. The cover having a hollow concave body designed to be mounted over the front face of the fishing lure. The cover also comprising a dome-shaped structure to enhance the colors of the lure and to give a hydro and aerodynamic structure to the lure. The cover further comprising securing means allowing same to be mounted on the lure in a snap-fit fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: John Mameamskum
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Publication number: 20020073607Abstract: A fishing lure includes an elongate stepped generally cylindrical body having a front end and a rear end, a front generally cylindrical portion having a first diameter, an intermediate generally cylindrical portion having a second diameter greater than said first diameter, a rear generally cylindrical portion having a third diameter, and a generally radially extending shoulder between said front portion and said intermediate portion. A skirt is detachably mounted on the rear cylindrical portion of the body to enhance the appearance of the lure to a fish.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Teresa Hickok, King Tom
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Publication number: 20020073608Abstract: A tackle holder for releasably holding tackle items such as hooks, pliers, files, and other related tools. The holder has an elongated housing which holds a hook holder. The holder is made of a pierceable material which releasably secures hoods and lures. Also included is a tool holder made from two opposingly located plates. The plates have corresponding apertures for holding the tools in an upright position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 1999Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: JAMES BROBERG
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Publication number: 20020073609Abstract: A compact reusable bait station that can be used for either solid or liquid bait. The bait station has an outer wall that defines an inner bait chamber. The chamber, when sealed, prevents liquid bait inside the chamber from flowing out. The chamber has limited access from the outside to reduce evaporation, drying, and contamination of the liquid bait by preventing unnecessary exposure to the environment. Access to the outside is limited to access ports that are sized to allow access by an insect, but nothing larger. The access port is positioned above the level of the liquid bait to prevent leakage. The bait station is fabricated from reusable material, such as plastic, PVC, polyethylene, polypropylene, etc. and may be opened for cleaning and storage. Different configurations, such as triangular, rectangular, or tubular chambers may be used. Alternative embodiments provide ground attachment spikes which may be an integral part of the bait station or a removable attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Alan Bernard
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Publication number: 20020073610Abstract: An improved non-toxic, non-chemical, non-polluting, inexpensive electronic apparatus to control the population of many species of flies both indoors and outdoors around poultry and animal enclosures and food processing facilities which attracts and then kills the flies with a short burst of high voltage oscillations that is applied to an exposed pair of closely spaced parallel conductors or an exposed grid network of closely spaced parallel conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: David P. Meade, Robert H. Richardson
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Publication number: 20020073611Abstract: An insect catching device includes a source of radiation having a wavelength that is suitable for attracting insects, and an immobilizer component by which insects entering the device are caught. The device includes a casing having a top, a bottom, front and back walls of which at least one is formed as a grille so that it has openings formed in it through which insects can enter the device, and end walls. The grille has a main portion which provides the front and back walls, and end portions which extend inwardly from the main portion. The end walls of the casing are each provided by the end portions of the front and back wall grilles and by a member which extends between the top and bottom of the casing and has at least one cut-out corresponding in shape to one of the end portions of the front and back wall grilles so that the end portions fit into the cut-outs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: John Llewellyn Greening
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Publication number: 20020073612Abstract: Artificial charcoal is manufactured by utilizing organic materials and environmental contaminated materials that would become industrial waste if processed by ordinary processing methods. Fine stone powder that generates far-infrared radiation and/or negative ions is mixed with a powder of pulverized, combustible, industrial waste material. The fine stone powder may comprise one or more of quartz porphyry, granite porphyry and tourmaline. The mixed powders are moulded and solidified to produce an artificial charcoal having great advantages, both socially and economically.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Takeji Motai, Toshiaki Fujii
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Publication number: 20020073613Abstract: A portable, minature greenhouse. The greenhouse is modular, having vertically stackable sections. The base section has a floor, wheels, and insulated upright walls having reflective interior surfaces. Subsequent sections have transparent walls. Optionally, at least one wall is slidably mounted to the greenhouse. An opaque, insulated lid covers the top section. The lid has openings enabling passage of air. The base and subsequent sections have slots formed in their walls for receiving slats placed therein in spaced apart relation. The slats form shelves of selectively variable width. The greenhouse has at least one light and reflective hood mounted in the lid, a timer disposed to control the light, a water supply conduit, forced air ventilation, an air filter which in alternative embodiments has an activated carbon element or a HEPA element, and an air ionizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Grietje Wijbenga
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Publication number: 20020073614Abstract: A stake for use with plants including:Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Peter Kingsley Bayly, Justin McCarthy
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Publication number: 20020073615Abstract: An elevated planter assembly including a cross member support structure assembly anchored in the ground and extending upwardly about four feet therefrom and having a planter bed portion connected thereto. The planter bed portion includes a pair of substantially vertical sidewalls positioned substantially parallel to each other, a pair of substantially vertical endwalls, a centerline extending substantially parallel to the sidewalls and positioned between, a bottom portion extending from each sidewall toward the centerline and connected to each endwall, a drain positioned between the bottom portions, and a grate extending between the bottom portions and across the drain portion. A deck portion is constructed around the perimeter and anchored into the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Eric V. Johnson, Ralph E. Vaughn
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Publication number: 20020073616Abstract: A method of making tree seedling plugs which permits the plug to be transplanted earlier is provided. The tree seeds are planted in a structured soil growing medium, and a miniplug is formed which may is then transferred to a standard size growing cell for further development to form the plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Norman R. Pelton
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Publication number: 20020073617Abstract: A hydrogen storage bed system which includes a pressure container, a hydrogen storage alloy disposed within the pressure container, and an integrated thermal management system integrally disposed within the pressure container. The integrated thermal management system includes heat generation means, cooling means, and heat distribution means.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Rosa T. Young, Yang Li, Vitaliy Myasnikov, Valeriy Sobolev
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Publication number: 20020073618Abstract: A hydrogen storage bed system which includes a pressure container, a hydrogen storage alloy disposed within the pressure container, and an integrated thermal management system integrally disposed within the pressure container. The integrated thermal management system includes heat generation means, cooling means adapted to use an aerosol coolant, and heat distribution means.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Rosa T. Young, Yang Li, Vitaliy Myasnikov, Valeriy Sobolev, Farshad Bavarian
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Publication number: 20020073619Abstract: Initially, a ship containing LNG sails to an existing offshore natural gas pipeline. Such pipelines are often found on offshore natural gas platforms. The ship containing LNG then connects to a gasification device, which may be located on the ship, the platform, or on another ship (e.g., a barge). This gasification device, in turn, connects to the pipeline and supplies the pipeline with natural gas. In this manner, natural gas can be supplied to an existing pipeline without involving a land-based gasification device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2001Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventors: William Perkins, Jeffrey P. Beale
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Publication number: 20020073620Abstract: A sports equipment assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a garage door, various types of sports equipment, and means for mounting the sports equipment to the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Patricia Rozanne Lank
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Publication number: 20020073621Abstract: A composite motor housing is used with a motor of a window regulator. A magnet is inserted within the housing to assist the motor in spinning. A ferrous magnet housing lines the interior surface of the body portion of the motor housing to prevent the magnetic field produced by the magnet from escaping from the motor housing and affecting other components of the vehicle door. A bearing is molded into the top portion of the motor housing. In an alternative embodiment, the motor housing is formed of a ferrous matrix composite material, eliminating the need for the ferrous magnet housing. In another alternative embodiment, the bearing is integrated into the top portion of the motor housing, eliminating the need for a molded in bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Applicant: Meritor Light Vehicle Technology, LLCInventor: Nathan Allan Clark
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Publication number: 20020073622Abstract: A motor vehicle window regulator includes a helically wound wire coil on a flexible lubricating core to form a flexible cable, and the cable is confined within an elongated guide tube having a longitudinally extending slot. The coil is moved longitudinally within the tube by a helical drive gear, and a lower end portion of the cable carries a window lifting bracket or T-bracket having laterally projecting wings. A clamp unit is mounted on each wing and includes a C-shaped clamp body defining a recess which receives a pressure block and a U-shaped gasket for receiving an edge portion of a glass window panel. A set screw threads through the clamp body and extends through a hole in the corresponding T-bracket wing for engaging the pressure block to clamp the edge portion of the window panel to the clamp body. Each clamp body comprises a short section of an aluminum extrusion and defines slots or grooves receiving edge portions of the gasket and the T-bracket wing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2000Publication date: June 20, 2002Inventor: Stephen H. Davis