Patents Issued in April 29, 2003
  • Artificial fish eye
    Patent number: D473943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Daniel J. Rinehart
  • Bone implant
    Patent number: D473944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Lifenet
    Inventor: Billy G. Anderson
  • Sphygmomanometer
    Patent number: D473945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroya Nakanishi, Hiroyuki Nakai, Kota Adachi, Hiromichi Karou
  • Speech processor with hook for a cochlear implant
    Patent number: D473946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Derek Ian Darley, Tadeusz Jurkiewicz, Rupert Christian Scheiner, Henry Hon Sang Tsui, Peter Kuster
  • Notched medical dressing
    Patent number: D473947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Richard L. Jacobson
  • Circumferential wrap for applying cooling and compression
    Patent number: D473948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Cool Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Elkins, Robert H. J. Miros
  • Handle for a massaging device
    Patent number: D473949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventors: Svein Inge Sorlie, Ulf Brusquini
  • Combined container and field responsive material
    Patent number: D473950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventor: J. David Carlson
  • Public utility structure
    Patent number: D473951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Wall Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Staubach, Uwe Kuckertz
  • Self service coffee station
    Patent number: D473952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC
    Inventors: Scott Smith, Greg B. Amburgy, Frederick R. Bradshaw, Roy L. Chamberlain, Jeffrey A. Davidson, Robert A. Fortman, Harson M. Whitman, James R. O'Neil, Franklin T. Pleasants
  • Deer stand
    Patent number: D473953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Johnny Ray Johnson
  • Offset block
    Patent number: D473954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Mark Mondo
  • Structural member
    Patent number: D473955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Karl H. W. Gregori
  • Single glider frame for a window
    Patent number: D473956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corp
    Inventors: Dennis C. Westphal, Stanley Gursky, Edward McIntosh, Jerome Carl Habeck
  • Joint for connecting a pillar and a beam
    Patent number: D473957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Artes Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Ito, Kazufumi Horiuchi
  • Decorative light
    Patent number: D473958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Porfirio R Pascasio
  • Tail lens assembly
    Patent number: D473959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: American Products Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian A. Horowitz
  • Radio clock lantern
    Patent number: D473960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: John Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventor: Se Kit Yuen
  • Flashlight
    Patent number: D473961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Robert D. Galli
  • Standing floor lamp with magnifier and clip
    Patent number: D473962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Patrick Henri Jacquelin
  • Flashlight clip
    Patent number: D473963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: James K. Chun
  • Rack attention light for a computer system
    Patent number: D473964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Andrew Crisp, Tristan Alfonso Merino, Bob Springer
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D473965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Éclairage Contraste
    Inventor: Michel Lecluze
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D473966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Éclairage Contraste
    Inventor: Michel Lecluze
  • Double wall light
    Patent number: D473967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Bath Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventor: Victor Hoernig
  • Rack with spotlights
    Patent number: D473968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hydrosun Medizintechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Matovinovic
  • Novelty lamp
    Patent number: D473969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Peter Stephens
  • Light fixture hanging element
    Patent number: D473970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Quorum International, L.P.
    Inventor: Aaron M. Johnson
  • Decorative American Bald Eagle wire form for holding lights
    Patent number: D473971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Wayne T. Cyr
  • Lighter
    Patent number: D473972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Shao-Chi Chuang
  • Hair fastener
    Patent number: D473973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventors: Erik Shefsky, Margaret A. Milliken
  • Lipstick case with mirror
    Patent number: D473974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Joseph Fuller
  • Youth fireman helmet
    Patent number: D473975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Felix M. Batts
  • Mouth guard
    Patent number: D473976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Ortho Technology
    Inventor: Paul Wilkens
  • Kneepad
    Patent number: D473977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas Jeffry Lesosky
  • Thumb insertion portion of a baseball mitt
    Patent number: D473978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsuwa Tiger Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toyoharu Fukae
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D473979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Schwartz, Barbara Jenkins
  • Dishwasher front panel
    Patent number: D473980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Bowser, Michael F. Gregory, Eric C. Irwin
  • Upper portion for an upright extractor
    Patent number: D473981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Wareham
  • Fabric softener dispenser
    Patent number: D473982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas S. Clark, Jon D. Strait, Lisa Hood, Inho Andy Shin
  • Handle for a robotic vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D473983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Ronald J. Stephens, Matthew J. Archer, Shai Abramson, Shalom Levin, Oded Davidovitch, Yoav Tikochinksy
  • Sensor visor for a robotic vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D473984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Ronald J. Stephens, Matthew J. Archer, Shai Abramson, Shalom Levin, Oded Davidovitch, Yoav Tikochinksy
  • Cutlery basket for a dishwasher
    Patent number: D473985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Multibras S.A. Eletrodomesticos
    Inventor: Claudio Moreira Da Silva
  • Foot of an upright vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D473986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Richard S. Parr, William G. Alford, Darwin T. McKnight, Matthew J. Archer
  • Crease remover for cloth
    Patent number: D473987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Calor S.A.
    Inventor: Klaus Foersterling
  • Crumb scraper
    Patent number: D473988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: D. Scott Miller
  • Utility cart
    Patent number: D473989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: David Christopher Hittle
  • Hand truck
    Patent number: D473990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: David Christopher Hittle
  • Rolling tool cart
    Patent number: D473991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Suncast Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Moon, Jed Richardson, Torrence Anderson
  • Utility winch
    Patent number: D473992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Ray Hodge