US Applications Published on 17-Dec-2009

A template is provided for positioning at least one ribbon assembly on a garment at a predetermined position relative to the pocket. The template has a template body having a generally two-dimensional profile that is removably positionable on the...

A thickness gauge (10) includes a main body (12), a plurality of measuring portions (14) defined along an edge of the main body (12), each measuring portion (14) having a different height, and a numerical pattern corresponding to the height of the...

A laundry dryer and a method for controlling the same capable of removing or preventing wrinkles or creases of clothes and the like are disclosed. The laundry dryer includes a selectively rotatable drum, a hot air heater which heats air to supply hot...

A shed type clothes dryer, especially a shed type clothes dryer with safety ventilating member is disclosed. The shed type clothes dryer with safety ventilating member includes a heat blower, air outlet shed with plural air outlets which are set on...

A shoe comprises a sole and an insole. The sole comprises an upper surface being in contact with the lower surface of the insole. Said upper surface of the sole comprises at least two depressions being complementary with embossments provided on the...

A system of progressively-sized orthotic inserts is provided to allow increasing measured support that corresponds with the changes that occur in a child's arch as the foot develops. The orthotic insert system is designed to address the specific...

Personally adjustable footwear with at least one sole layer including: a toe portion, a heel portion, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion has openings passing vertically through the layer so that the intermediate portion is...

A flexible, rollable sole having a thin elastic or rubber cord attached thereto in parallel to and at a distance from the sole edge, the elastic cord fits around the ski boot at the junction of the sole and upper, the elastic cord extends around the...

A removable spike or cleat assembly for footwear, including a sole, wherein the assembly includes a spike or cleat constructed from an elastically deformable material and including one or more leg members and mounting apparatus adapted to engage with...

A snow plow is provided with an articulated wing blade. The snow plow includes a hitch frame nose assembly configured to couple to a vehicle by securing each of a chassis coupler to the vehicle chassis. A plow frame having a front portion and a rear...

A snow plow is provided with a first V-plow blade and a second V-plow blade each pivotably coupled to a plow tower with a horizontal pivot pin. The snow plow includes a hitch frame nose assembly configured to couple to a vehicle by securing each of a...

There is provided a v-plow including a first blade and a second blade. Each of the blades are pivotably connected about an axis and moveable through a range of movement. The v-plow includes a pair of wearstrips with one wearstrip coupled to each of...

A plow, including a center blade and a wing blade coupled to each end of the center blade. Each wing blade is pivotally connected to the center blade about an axis. The plow includes a first pair of wear strips, with one wear strip coupled to the...

A snow plow blade including a support frame having a bottom channel member configured to easily secure a snow plow wearstrip is provided. The bottom member has a channel top and front and rear legs extending outwardly at an angle therefrom. The...

A removable luggage identification apparatus includes a substantially planar body, a plurality of fastener seats, each fastener seat being located near the perimeter of the body, and a plurality of mechanical fastener members, each fastener member...

A slot machine according to the present embodiment executes a slot game in which symbols being arranged are rearranged in plural segmented areas provided on an LCD in a matrix arrangement with first to fifth columns aligned laterally and first to...

A banner mounting assembly 10 is disclosed. The banner mounting assembly 10 includes a frame assembly 11 having a top frame 12 and a bottom frame 14 disposed beneath the top frame. The top frame 12 has four sections 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d, and the...

An extended content label article is generally provided. The article includes a back panel, a front panel having portions thereof releasably and reversibly united with the back panel, and an expandable plowfold interposed between non-united portions...

A display frame assembly designed to allow the user to change a displayed media selection or image. The frame assembly may include a removable frame section providing access to the display media. The frame assembly may also be configured to support...

A switch assembly 16 which is selectively deployed upon a weapon and which normally causes electrical power to be communicated to a visible energy emission assembly 14 from a source of electrical power 90 and which requires positive actions to...

A scent dispersal device includes a reservoir usable to hold a scented material that emits a desired scent. A rate-controllable valve regulates a fluid connection between the reservoir and the external environment. The rate-controllable valve may be...

A lipless fishing lure includes an inner, flexible fabric core, and a plurality of substantially rigid structural members. The plurality of substantially rigid structural members are adhered to the fabric core on opposite sides of the core. The rigid...

An animal trap includes a housing having an opening, a door coupled to the housing, and a latch mechanism. The door is movable between a closed position in which the door obstructs the opening and an open position in which the opening is...

The exterior rodent bait station with lid-securing tool has a housing, a pivotally connected lid securable to the housing, and a hollow base removably attachable to the housing. The housing includes holes for entry of rodents attracted to poison bait...

The present invention provides a fuel additive concentrate comprising a polyetheramine, antioxidant; and a friction modifier selected from the group consisting of an alkoxylated fatty amine, a fatty acid or derivative thereof, and mixture thereof....

Cerium or other metal oxide is used with bio-derived fuels to reduce coking and to clean up combustion chamber surfaces.

The method of growing a fungal fruiting body requires exposing a mycelium of a desired organism type to environmental conditions sufficient to induce fruiting of fungal primordium in the organism type followed by enclosing the fungal primordium...

A conical container that is stable includes a cup adapted to contain liquid and/or one or more selected item(s) and a frustoconical skirt depending therefrom. The container may further include a plurality of removable and interchangeable inserts...

A vertically-integrated greenhouse for growing plants in suspended trays. The design is particularly well-suited for installation in a double-skin façade of a building, or in an interior atrium, lobby, or similar structure. In addition to producing...

The present invention relates to a method for reprocessing of the combustion products, carbon dioxide and water, to generate renewable synthetic fuels and motor fuels by means of electrical energy, involving, according to the invention, mixing...

The invention relates to a window lift system of a vehicle door with a first component, wherein the first component is designed for the fixation at a window, wherein the first component can be inserted with the window into a first position in the...

A latch including a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a bolt therebetween. A plurality of tabs may extend from the base, the plurality of tabs extending outwardly beyond the side walls when the side walls are operably coupled with...

The invention relates to a device (1) for slidable devices such as sliding gates or sliding doors. In order to render possible a compact and nevertheless stable construction of the device (1), it is provided according to the invention that the device...

A water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure configured to enclose a plurality of electronic components is provided. The enclosure comprises a base having a channel, a first L-shaped door rotatably attached to a first side...

Producing and using very low packing density ceramic abrasive grits comprising various fused aluminum oxide materials with or without other oxide additives, fused aluminum oxide-zirconium oxide co-fusions with or without other oxide additives, or...

Abrasive compacts, in particular ultrahard polycrystalline abrasive compacts, are made under high pressure/high temperature conditions and are characterized in that they include a coarser grained fraction of ultrahard particles distributed...

An integrated advertising and building structure includes a housing having a top wall and at least one side wall, a door in the housing for accessing an interior space in the housing and a display device carried on the housing.

Bower, characterized in that the truss is provided with a roof frame (6) over part of its width, under which are provided two rollers (10A and 10B) extending in the longitudinal direction of the bower, and on which is wound a cloth which can be...

A prefabricated storm shelters that can be easily repositioned and assembled while providing safe, secure shelter before, during and after a catastrophic event are described, as well as a method to mfr. them.

A roofing joint includes a union member that joins two sandwich panels. An edge portion of the sandwich panels is cut and removed, e.g., by a miter cut. The edge portion is generally cut based on the pitch of the roof for the structure. The roof...

A grate panel with upright brace structures is provided and characterized by: a plurality of upright brace structures vertically aligned and centrally disposed inside a plurality of side panels of the grate panel, and transversely spaced apart from...

Terraced structured land joint and assembly system is disclosed, and includes a plurality of self-interlocking joints, each providing monolithic anchors for a plurality of compression and tension members. Tension members reside within compression...

This invention relates to a substrate and the application. In particular, this invention discloses a substrate which has at least one contact structure at least on one side and at least one contact structure at least on one surface of the substrate....

There is described a stair system insertable into a pool having a top edge surface and bottom surface, comprising a stair portion defining steps and risers each having a fixed height, the stair portion having a support portion projecting from an...

A headed loop anchor (10) comprising a “U” shaped section having parallel spaced legs (11 and 12) and a looped adjoining section (13), the free ends (14 and 15) having heads (16 and 17). The headed loop anchor is formed by bending and then forging...

A heat-formation method for creating a composite, layered structural panel which possesses at least one selected area of elevated densification and reinforcement including (a) providing a pre-heat-formed, layered expanse of compressible,...

The present invention is a composition for making high quality, mold resistant, water proof building products. The composition from which these products are formed is a mixture of various polyethylene or polypropylene materials, in conjunction with...

An insulated concrete form (ICF) panel reinforcement is disclosed. The ICF comprises a main panel, a reinforcement on the main panel for stiffening the main panel, a spacer retention element integrated in the reinforcement for securing a spacer to...

A preassembled suspended ceiling grid module comprising a plurality of parallel main tees and a plurality of cross tees, the main and cross tees each having horizontal flanges extended to both sides of a central plane, the cross tees being joined at...

A retaining wall block having a rear flange and a mold box and method of making the block. The mold box is configured with a mold cavity that includes a vertical flange forming cavity extending from the top of the mold box to the bottom of the mold...