Patents Issued in November 18, 2008
  • Nolana hybrida cultivar ‘Lorma Blanca’
    Patent number: PP19450
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nolana plant named ‘Loma Blanca’, characterized by numerous single flowers that are white in color with a dark purple veined center; dark purple anthers and pollen grains, freely branching growth habit, no fruit set from self pollination, and good performance in the garden and as a hanging basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Rosanna Freyre
  • Angelonia plant named ‘DANGELONI4’
    Patent number: PP19451
    Abstract: A new and distinct Angelonia cultivar named ‘DANGELONI4’ is disclosed, characterized by having small, pure white flowers, a compact, upright plant habit and early, continuous flowering. The new variety is a Angelonia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Petunia plant named ‘DANLITTUN2’
    Patent number: PP19452
    Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia cultivar named ‘DANLITTUN2’ is disclosed, characterized by having purple flowers with a distinctive dark throat, a highly compact, mounded plant habit and continuous flowering. The new variety is a Petunia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Salvia plant named ‘DANSALCIN5’
    Patent number: PP19453
    Abstract: A new and distinct Salvia cultivar named ‘DANSALCIN5’ is disclosed, characterized by having large, salmon colored flowers, a long, dense inflorescence, flowering for at least 5 weeks. The new variety is a Salvia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Verbena plant named ‘DANVER51’
    Patent number: PP19454
    Abstract: A new and distinct Verbena cultivar named ‘DANVER51’ is disclosed, characterized by having clear red flowers, an upright plant habit, highly vigorous growth, and a showing a good tolerance to high temperatures above 35°. The new variety is a Verbena, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Verbena plant named ‘DANVER47’
    Patent number: PP19455
    Abstract: A new and distinct Verbena cultivar named ‘DANVER47’ is disclosed, characterized by having a distinctive magenta flower color, relatively large flower size and deeply incised foliage margins. The new variety is a Verbena, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Angelonia plant named ‘DANGELON13’
    Patent number: PP19456
    Abstract: A new and distinct Angelonia cultivar named ‘DANGELONI3’ is disclosed, characterized by having light pink flowers, a compact, upright plant habit and early, continuous flowering. The new variety is a Angelonia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘KORfloci04’
    Patent number: PP19457
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel blush pink colored flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits compact growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co kG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Petunia plant named ‘Danlittun1’
    Patent number: PP19458
    Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia cultivar named ‘DANLITTUN1’ is disclosed, characterized by having a distinctive pink flower coloration, mounded, vigorous growth habit, early flowering and flowers occurring at the top of the plant. The new variety is a Petunia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Calibrachoa plant named ‘DANO36’
    Patent number: PP19459
    Abstract: A new and distinct Calibrachoa cultivar named ‘DANOA36’ is disclosed, characterized by having orange flowers with distinctive red veins, a compact, mounded and upright plant habit and continuous flowering, including under short day conditions. The new variety is a Calibrachoa, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Miniature rose plant named ‘SAVathoughts’
    Patent number: PP19460
    Abstract: ‘SAVathougths’ is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, primarily identified by it's semi-double, bright orange flowers with orange-red edges and accents when grown in full sunlight. Flowers gradually fade to a complimentary yellow with lighter red accents, giving the appearance of orange and yellow flowers, all edged with red, on the plant at the same time. This plant will grow and bloom satisfactorily both in the greenhouse and outdoors, in the ground or in containers, providing bright decoration. Disease resistance has been shown to be outstanding for this rose in both California and Massachusetts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Nor'East Miniature Roses
    Inventor: Wendy White
  • Campanula plant named ‘PKMT02’
    Patent number: PP19461
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Campanula plant named ‘PKMT02’, characterized by having upright, compact plant habit with a wide spread area; dense and bushy plant form, mainly due to short, upright and stiff stems; vigorous growth habit, but with less need for chemical growth retardation; higher number of flowers per plant; and dark violet flower color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Gartneriet PKM A/S
    Inventor: Gert Kim Jensen
  • Campanula plant named ‘PKMF02’
    Patent number: PP19462
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Campanula plane named ‘PKMF02’, characterized by having upright, compact plant habit; dense and bushy plant form, mainly due to short, upright and stiff stems; vigorous growth habit, and with no need for chemical growth retardation; higher number of flowers per plant; large, upright, violet-blue flowers; more cutting on each stock plant; reduced need for cold treatment after flower induction; and shorter period for forcing the flowers after the cold treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Gartneriet PKM A/S
    Inventor: Gert Kim Jensen
  • Lavender plants named ‘Hancev’
    Patent number: PP19463
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lavendula stoechas, ‘HanCev’, characterized by its dense, upright apical dominate plant habit, its vigorous growth habit, its floriferous and long blooming flower habit with its deep purple flowers and upright iridescent violet purple terminal flower bracts, its resistance to powdery mildew, and its tolerance to wind, rain and temperature extremes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Robert Cevasco, Jr.
  • Echinacea plant named ‘Mac ‘N’ Cheese’
    Patent number: PP19464
    Abstract: A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Mac ‘n’ Cheese’ characterized by large, bright orange-yellow flowers, ray florets held perpendicular to the stem, well-branched upright flower stalks, and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Harini Korlipara
  • Rosa hybrida shrub named ‘AUSprior’
    Patent number: PP19465
    Abstract: A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSprior’. The ‘AUSprior’ rose is a plant suitable for repeat flowering production having creamy-white blooms and a strong myrrh fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: David Austin Roses Ltd.
    Inventor: David C. H. Austin
  • Impatiens plant named ‘Imtrasa’
    Patent number: PP19466
    Abstract: A new Impatiens plant, characterized particularly as to novelty by a flat and strong outward spreading growth habit; freely branching with branches that tend to grow horizontally, resulting in a big and floriferous plant with large scarlet flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Syngenta Seeds B.V.
    Inventor: Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders
  • Verbena plant named ‘Carmali’
    Patent number: PP19467
    Abstract: A new Verbena plant, characterized particularly as to novelty, by its rose flowers, which appear earlier on the plant, and a growing habit that is spreading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Syngenta Seeds B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus G. W. Stemkens
  • Hypericum plant named ‘Seifire’
    Patent number: PP19468
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hypericum plant named ‘Seifire’, characterized by its yellow-colored flowers, large, red-colored fruit, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Seidler
  • Scented Geranium plant named ‘Frosted’
    Patent number: PP19469
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Scented geranium, Pelargonium citrosum ‘Frosted’, characterized by its citronella-scented dark green leaves with deeply incised lobes tips or “frosted” in white, its pink tinged newly emerging foliage, its compact plant habit with numerous basal branches and short leaf internodes, its heat tolerance, and its vigor and ease of propagation by tissue culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Michael C. Rinck
  • Coreopsis plant named ‘Cranberry Ice’
    Patent number: PP19470
    Abstract: A new and distinct Coreopsis plant named ‘Cranberry Ice’ characterized by prolific, large, bicolor red purple and creamy white daisy-type flowers, grass green foliage, very free branching and flowering, long bloom time, and a compact mounding habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Harini Korlipara
  • Hybrid Tea rose plant named ‘Meikatana’
    Patent number: PP19471
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided that forms in abundance on a nearly continuous basis attractive large double very velvety blossoms that are dark red in coloration. The vegetation is glossy dark green and contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The plant develops well on its own roots. Also, the plant forces well and is particularly well suited for cut flower production under greenhouse growing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Meilland International S.A.
    Inventor: Alain A. Meilland
  • Master cylinder
    Patent number: RE40573
    Abstract: A master cylinder of the invention supplies a brake fluid from a large diameter pressurizing chamber 56 to a small diameter hydraulic chamber 49 by opening a reverse flow checking opening and closing portion 61 by sliding movement of a stepped piston 16 forwardly, that is, fast fill and when the hydraulic pressure of the large diameter pressurizing chamber 56 rises, a control valve 86 escapes the hydraulic pressure of the large diameter pressurizing chamber 56 to a reservoir 12 to gradually lower in accordance with rise of the hydraulic pressure of the small diameter hydraulic chamber 49, thereby capable of reducing a strange feeling in a pedal feeling caused by sudden pressure release of the large diameter pressurizing chamber 56.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hitachi Seisakusho
    Inventors: Takato Ogiwara, Kenji Sano, Naganori Koshimizu, Hiromi Ando
  • Device and method for repeatedly updated the function of a LCD monitors
    Patent number: RE40574
    Abstract: A monitor control system capable of reprogramming the function of a LCD monitor. The monitor control system utilizes VGA signal lines for video signal transmission during normal mode of operation and the same VGA signal lines for transmitting erase/record commands and data when the erasable programmable ROM inside the monitor demands reprogramming. Using an isolator circuit in the monitor control system for isolating an erase/record pathway of an erasable programmable ROM from a normal video pathway, data within the erasable programmable ROM can be modified without opening up the monitor casing. Hence, the modification of monitor function is much more convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Te-Hsiu Tsai
  • Connector including reduced crosstalk spring insert
    Patent number: RE40575
    Abstract: A telecommunications electrical connector positions the contacts in a manner to reduce crosstalk problems. An insert assembly positions the spring contacts within a jack for electrical contact with the contacts of a plug. The insert assembly staggers the relative positions of adjacent spring contacts in the y-direction, and staggers the spring contact pivot points in the x-direction, yet maintains a common contact region for all the spring contacts for contacting the contacts of the plug. The distal ends of alternating spring contacts are positioned so as to increase the isolation between adjacent springs. The insert assembly includes selected air passages between spring contacts mounted to the insert assembly to increase isolation and selected dielectric to increase crosstalk cancellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Schmidt, Chansy Phommachanh, Roy Henneberger
  • Point-of-sale system including isolation layer between client and server software
    Patent number: RE40576
    Abstract: A system and method of transferring information between a first software application and a second software application which employ an isolation layer. The system includes a client computer system provided by a first seller of computer systems, including a client software application, and a server computer system provided by a second seller of computer systems different from the first seller of computer systems, including a server software application which provides information from the server computer system to the client computer system. The system additionally includes isolation layer software, either at the client computer system or at the server computer system, which facilitates communication between the client software application and the server software application to transfer the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: John C. Goodwin, III
  • Knee pad construction
    Patent number: 7451493
    Abstract: A knee pad construction includes a shaped cushion element with a concave interior with a recess having a flowable gel insert therein. The recess and insert are shaped to accommodate the left knee or the right knee of an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Godshaw
  • Protective bib for use by a traveler
    Patent number: 7451494
    Abstract: A protective bib for safeguarding clothing of a user from spills, stains, or burns, while eating, drinking, or smoking while traveling in a vehicle, train, plane, bus, boat, or other mode of transportation having or not having a diagonally extending seat belt. The protective bib has a protective covering generally trapezoidal in shape, including a top edge, a top liner, and a non-permeable bottom liner. An adhesive secures the top and bottom liners together. The top edge extends diagonally across the chest of the user and has a self-contained textile adhesive envelope-like flap which secures the bib in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventors: Keith Monroe, Lloyd Nelson
  • Combined garment and safety harness
    Patent number: 7451495
    Abstract: A combined garment and safety harness is disclosed that comprises a garment portion and a harness portion. The garment portion comprises a back torso portion and a front torso portion and has left and right arm openings, left and right leg openings, and a neck opening. Additionally, the harness portion comprises a webbing and an attachment member that are secured to each other. The webbing comprises a plurality of interconnected strap members and forms a closed loop around and adjacent the left leg opening of the garment portion and a separate closed loop around and adjacent the right leg opening. The webbing is secured to the garment portion. At least a portion of harness portion extends through the back torso portion of the garment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Celtic Ties Limited
    Inventors: Gary Munn, Eamonn McCann, Paul McCann, Louise Jordan
  • Glove with flow-through pocket
    Patent number: 7451496
    Abstract: A glove having a heat insulating barrier is disclosed. The heat insulating barrier is removably inserted into a zippered pocket or a weblike pouch, the pocket or pouch being positioned proximate the back of a user's hand. the heat insulating barrier acts to selectively reduce heat conduction from the back side of the hand, thereby allowing the user's hand or hands to remain warm in cold environments. The ability to stack a varying number of heat insulating layers in the pouch or pocket further allows the user to selectively control the warmth of the hand as the ambient temperature fluctuates during use. The zippered pocket or weblike pouch can have first and second opening to permit increased cooling through the back portion of the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Carey, Joseph H. Edwards
  • Protective handwear
    Patent number: 7451497
    Abstract: A protective glove having a protective function against toxic chemical agents, especially chemical warfare agents, and a multilayer construction including a breathable layer is disclosed. The glove has a support layer and a barrier layer, which is assigned to the support layer and which faces the hand when the glove is worn, prevents or at least retards the passage of toxic chemical agents, and contains an adsorption layer based on an adsorbent material, such as activated carbon, which adsorbs toxic chemical agents. The barrier layer has, in addition to the adsorption layer, a membrane, which is at least preferably impermeable to water and air, but permeable to water vapor, and which retards the passage of toxic chemical agents or is at least essentially impermeable to toxic chemical agents. The membrane is arranged between the support layer and the adsorption layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Blücher GmbH
    Inventor: {hacek over (H)}asso von Blüc{hacek over (h)}er
  • Face mask for diving
    Patent number: 7451498
    Abstract: A face mask for diving includes a distal edge of a face-contactable section of a skirt attached to a lens frame are made roundly bulge so as to have a substantially circular cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Tabata Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Kuroda
  • Pool barrier apparatus
    Patent number: 7451499
    Abstract: A pool barrier apparatus for providing a barrier between a deep end and a shallow end of a pool includes a netting having an upper edge, a lower edge and a pair of lateral edges. The netting has a length between said lateral edges being substantially equal to a length between side edges of the pool. A plurality of clamps being coupled to the netting adjacent to the upper edge. The clamps are configured to releasably engage a buoy line and suspend the netting from the buoy line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Edward N. Trotter
  • Skimmer door assembly
    Patent number: 7451500
    Abstract: A skimmer door assembly for use with a skimmer having an opening therein, having a face plate for matingly engaging the skimmer around the opening of the skimmer. The face plate has an opening therein which communicates with the opening of the skimmer. A raised rib portion extends around a periphery of the opening of the face plate. A cover has a first, planar wall which closes the opening of the face plate. The cover has a groove formed on the planar wall which engages the rib of the face plate for sealing the face plate to prevent water from entering the opening of the face plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Conceptual Plastic Creations, LLC
    Inventors: Darrell L. Baker, Jr., Mark P. Fowler
  • Bathing chair with fixing device
    Patent number: 7451501
    Abstract: A bathing chair with a fixing device comprises a front frame, a rear frame, a bearing assembly with several gliding blocks, with an opening cut into at least one of the gliding blocks, a seat, a handle, and a fixing device. The fixing device is mounted at a gliding block and further comprises two lugs, each having a hole and aligned on two sides of the gliding block, a blocking piece, having an excentric hole, an axis, passing through the holes of the two lugs and the excentric hole of the blocking piece, and an arm, attached to a periphery of the blocking piece. Manual turning of the blocking piece causes the blocking piece to reach through the opening, blocking the seat from moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Eagle Health Supplies Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Cheng
  • Bath drain closure assembly
    Patent number: 7451502
    Abstract: A bath drain assembly for use with a bathtub having a drain closure device mounted to a bottom drain and a movable actuating member engaging the drain closure device such that the drain closure device is toggled between open an closed positions when activated. A control device is in electronic communication with a sensor adapted to sense water level of fluid contained within the bathtub such that the drain closure device is moved to an open position via the actuating member when the sensor detects a given water level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: WCM Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William T. Ball
  • Bedding assembly with two liftable beds
    Patent number: 7451503
    Abstract: Bedding assembly comprising a piece of furniture in which two beds for one person are rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis, between an active position where the bed/s is/are parallel to the floor and close thereto, and a lifted position, or vertical position, where the bed/s is/are folded up in the piece of furniture, wherein the bedding assembly has means allowing the lateral translation of at least one bed in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the beds. One of the beds is fixed in translation, while the other one is mobile in translation. The assembly comprises a carriage on which one of the beds is rotatably mounted, and mobile in translation on at least one rail. The carriage moves on two parallel rails, i.e. a rear rail and a front rail, by means of a slide (for each rail) that is integral with the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Griffon SA
    Inventor: Gilbert Caillaud
  • Sofa sleeper with low-profile head rail
    Patent number: 7451504
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a sofa sleeper mechanism having a head section, a main middle section, a secondary middle section and a foot section. The head section has a head end and an end opposing the head end. The foot section has a foot end and an end opposing the foot end. The opposing end of the head section is pivotally connected to the main middle section, which is pivotally connected to the secondary middle section, which is pivotally connected to the opposing end of the foot section. The sofa sleeper mechanism is movable from a stowed position to an extended position, wherein, in the stowed position, the uppermost edge of the head end does not extend substantially above the folded foot section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Dennis Arft
  • Bed tilting apparatus
    Patent number: 7451505
    Abstract: A bed elevating apparatus is provided which includes a mechanism for elevating a longitudinal side of a bed while the other side remains in place and acts as a pivot. The act of alternating the side of the bed that is raised shifts the pressure between the person and the bed and thus helps to reduce or prevent bedsores. The bed elevating apparatus can be used with preexisting hospital or nursing home beds. The apparatus is placed between the bed frame and the lower legs portion of the bed such that the legs of the bed remain on the floor and only the bed frame is longitudinally raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Jurgen Johannsen
  • Bed having electrical communication network
    Patent number: 7451506
    Abstract: A bed, including a bedframe to support a mattress. The bed includes an electrical communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Hil-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Kummer, Gregory W. Branson, Eric R. Meyer, Brad Wilson, Tanya Taber, Ken Chambers, Mike Frondorf, John Vodzak, Jim Stolpmann, Roger Dalton, Ken Smith, Jeffrey A. Heyser
  • Compression head pillows and neck angle adjustment mechanism for refractive laser surgery and the like
    Patent number: 7451507
    Abstract: Improved devices, systems, and methods support and/or restrain a head of a patient, optionally for use in refractive surgery. Both the height of the patient's head and the angle of the patient's neck along the medial-lateral plane of the patient can be established independently, and compression pillow systems can gently and atraumatically compress the patient's head between protruding foam sidewalls or the like to inhibit movement of the patient from the alignment position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Brinkerhoff, Tom Kowalski, Shandon Alderson
  • Slipcover and pillow with back rest
    Patent number: 7451508
    Abstract: A support pillow that comprises a pillow body having a medial region and two curved arms that extend from the medial region to define a generally open well. A back rest extends vertically upward from the medial region. This configuration permits an infant to be placed in the open well, with the curved arms of the pillow body supporting the infant from tipping side to side and the back rest supporting the infant's back. Conveniently, the back rest may be incorporated into a slipcover that is placed over the pillow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventors: Susan Matthews Brown, Kristin A. Tidwell
  • Enhancer device for enhancing the utility of a user's bed
    Patent number: 7451509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhancer device, and more particularly, to an enhancer device for enhancing the utility and look of a user's bed. The enhancer device comprises a support member securing mechanism for securing the enhancer device; a support member detachably attached with the support member securing mechanism, the support member having a base end and a distal end; and a fastener connected with the distal end of the support member. Once secured, an attachment may be connected with the fastener. The attachment allows a user to support a body part, or alternatively, display decorative or items, thereby enhancing the utility and look of the user's bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Jordan Dawes
  • Washing machine and method of performing spinning operation
    Patent number: 7451510
    Abstract: A method of performing a spinning operation of a washing machine is disclosed. First, a load weight of wet clothes contained in a tub is measured, and an optimal acceleration rate is calculated based upon the measured load weight. Finally, a rotational speed of the tub is gradually increased up to a predetermined speed at the calculated optimal acceleration rate such that the unbalanced distribution of the wet clothes within the tub is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Phal Jin Lee
  • Shoe sole and method
    Patent number: 7451511
    Abstract: An outsole (1) for a shoe has a backing member (4) of thermoplastic rubber and on an area of the exterior surface of that backing member an intermediate layer (12) of thermoplastic polyurethane and an outermost layer of fabric (10), the area comprising at least 51 percent of the contact surface of the outsole. In producing the outsole, a sheet of fabric is overlain with a sheet of thermoplastic urethane, the sheet is heated to about the melting point of the TPU to permit the TPU to adhere to the fabric, and the fabric is cooled. The TPU-covered fabric is cut to the size and shape required to fit a backing member, and position in a mold on a bottom surface of a mold, and a quantity of TPR is injected at a temperature lower than the melting point of the TPU but high enough to render the TPU tacky, to insure the inherence of the TPU-covered fabric to the backing, including the resultant outsole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Ellis, Phillip W. Pugh
  • Bridging device
    Patent number: 7451512
    Abstract: A bridging device (10) for providing a bridging surface (12) between two points comprising a stack of interjoined beams (14) housed in a retracted position in a housing (11) mounted at a first point; and a drive system that drives the beams (14) to slide one over the other to telescopically extend out of the housing (11) from the retracted position to an extended position to thereby form a bridging surface (12) to a second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventors: Kevin John Fullerton, Theodor Reinhardt Schacht
  • Back-scrubbing and cleansing apparatus
    Patent number: 7451513
    Abstract: A back-scrubbing and cleansing apparatus includes a housing that has a plurality of sidewalls defining first and second isolated cavities. One side wall is provided with an inlet port in fluid communication with the first cavity for receiving a liquid cleansing agent therethrough. An end cap is threadably attachable to the inlet. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for removably attaching the housing to the shower wall and a plurality of rotatable scrubbing elements attached to another one of the sidewalls. The scrubbing elements include a plurality of resilient bristles. A mechanism is included for assisting a user to more effectively clean the selected body portion during operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Reinaldo Torres
  • Complex motion toothbrush
    Patent number: 7451514
    Abstract: A detachable head for use with an electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has a handle with a motor disposed therein at a first end of the toothbrush. The toothbrush also has a head at a second end, the head having a longitudinal axis, the head also having a first bristle holder with a plurality of bristle tufts and a second bristle holder with a plurality of bristle tufts. The motor is operatively connected to the second bristle holder to move the second bristle holder in a side-to-side direction with respect to the head. The motor is also operatively connected to the first bristle holder to oscillate the first bristle holder about an axis passing through the first bristle holder and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Douglas A. Gall, Patrick W. Brown
  • Cleaning processing system and cleaning processing apparatus
    Patent number: 7451515
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a processing system for applying a cleaning processing to a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer which includes a cleaning processing section including a plurality of process units each serving to apply a predetermined treatment to a wafer and a loading/unloading section 2 The cleaning processing section includes four scrub cleaning units consisting of two scrub cleaning units arranged side by side and two additional cleaning units stacked on the two scrub cleaning units arranged side by side, respectively, so as to form upper and lower stages of the scrub cleaning units, a wafer inversion unit for turning the wafer upside down, a wafer transit unit having the wafer disposed thereon temporarily for performing the transfer of the wafer to and from the transfer section, and a main wafer transfer mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hidetomo Uemukai, Akira Ishihara
  • Cleaning sheet
    Patent number: 7451516
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning sheet having a cleaning surface side to be applied to an object to be cleaned. The cleaning surface has second regions along its longer sides and a first region between the second regions. In the first region, an exterior nonwoven fabric is exposed externally; in the second regions, a liquid permeable sheet having a lower density than the exterior nonwoven fabric is exposed externally. Liquid on a floor surface is allowed to pass through the liquid permeable sheet in the second regions and be absorbed by a liquid absorbent sheet. This prevents excess liquid between the exterior nonwoven fabric and the floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Tanaka