29th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120180277 | MACHINE FOR MAKING GEARS - A machine for making gears. The machine comprising at least one piece-holder table, which is mounted to rotate about a given first longitudinal axis thereof, and supports a piece being machined; and at least an operating head, which is provided with at least one tool for machining the piece. The machine is characterized in that the piece-holder table and the operating head are provided with relative motion with respect to each other in a first direction. Moreover, the operating head and the piece-holder table can be selectively stopped along their respective path according to the machining process to be carried out on the piece. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180278 | REPAIRING COMPRESSOR BLADES BY COLD COMPACTING - A method for repairing a compressor blade of a turbine engine, the blade including a cat's tongue at the radial end thereof, the radial extension of which is less than a predefined nominal radial extension. The method includes elongating the cat's tongue via a cold-compacting operation applied to the walls of said tongue, such that the radial elongation thereof becomes greater than the nominal extension. The compacting operation is a roller-burnishing operation carried out by moving the end of the blade between two rollers having rectilinear generatrices and spaced apart by a distance smaller than the thickness of the cat's tongue, along the chord connecting the leading edge with the trailing edge thereof. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180279 | BLIND FASTENER EQUIPPED WITH A SELF-BREAKING HOLDING SYSTEM - A blind attachment that includes a body ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180280 | Hydraulically Activated Tension Relief System for Threaded Fasteners - A tension relief system for threaded fasteners comprises a main body housing a piston for generating a clamping load, seals to maintain the hydraulic pressure within the pressure chamber, an external pressure port extending through the body to the pressure chamber and adapted to be connected to an external pressure source, a connector on which the main body may be mounted, and a spring which may be compressed through the relative motion of the piston and the connector. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180281 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting apparatus is provided for coupling to a vehicle roll bar. The accessory mounting apparatus illustratively includes a driver side clamping device configured to be secured to a driver side upright of the roll bar, and a passenger side clamping device configured to be secured to the passenger side upright of the roll bar. Protective sleeves cooperate with the clamping devices to protect the roll bar from damaging contact therewith. A laterally extending cross member extends between the driver side clamping device and the passenger side clamping device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180282 | STACKABLE CONTAINER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A container system for containing a plurality of ink pads including a cover and a plurality of bases. A cover mounting portion is capable of engaging any one of first base mounting portions to detachably attach the cover to the plurality of bases. The first base mounting portions are capable of engaging second base mounting portions to detachably attach the bases to each other. The container system operates in a stack mode and in a single mode. In the stack mode, the cover is detachably attached to one of the plurality of bases, and the one of the plurality of bases to which the cover is detachably attached is detachably attached to another of the plurality of bases. In the single mode, the cover is detachably attached to one of the plurality of bases and the plurality of bases are detached from each other. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180283 | Mobile jack for a storage tank floating roof - A mobile jack for raising and lowering a floating storage tank roof. The mobile jack includes a fluid-actuated cylinder and ram housed in a jack structure having multiple telescoping sections. The jack is designed to slide onto the forks of equipment to transport the jack to a desired location beneath the roof in preparation for lifting the roof and can be clamped to retain the jack in place during transport. The cylinder and ram are utilized to extend and retract a portion of the jack structure to raise and lower the roof of the floating roof storage tank. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180284 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING ROLLS - The invention relates to a method for changing rolls, in particular, working rolls and/or intermediate rolls in a roll stand, such as a roughing down stand or finishing stand for rolling thick sheet iron. Said rolls comprise back up roller sets and working roller sets. One individual locomotive mechanism is used for changing the working rolls and/or for changing the back up rolls and/or for inserting or withdrawing a roll changing seat by supporting the rolls on each other and subsequently withdrawing in the axial direction of the rolls on the operational side of the roll stand, from a roll hall in a roll workshop and back and for installing novel roll sets. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out said method. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180285 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING ROLLS - The invention relates to a method for changing rolls, in particular, working rolls and/or intermediate rolls in a roll stand, such as a roughing down stand or finishing stand for rolling thick sheet iron. Said rolls comprise back up roller sets and working roller sets. One individual locomotive mechanism is used for changing the working rolls and/or for changing the back up rolls and/or for inserting or withdrawing a roll changing seat by supporting the rolls on each other and subsequently withdrawing in the axial direction of the rolls on the operational side of the roll stand, from a roll hall in a roll workshop and back and for installing novel roll sets. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out said method. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180286 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEVERING AND INSERTING COLLATED T-NUTS - A continuous strip of T-Nuts formed on a common strip of metal. Each T-Nut of the strip of T-Nuts is integrally connected to the next adjacent T-Nut by carry tabs. The carry tabs can be frangible themselves or contain a frangible portion. Each T-Nut includes a cylindrical bore therein and a threaded interior. A mechanism feeds and severs the endmost T-Nut in endwise fashion. The mechanism to feed and sever the endmost T-Nut includes a cutting blade positioned vertically below the frangible portion of the carry tab. A shearing ram having a guide positioned axially in line with the cylindrical bore in the endmost T-Nut is adapted to move vertically from an upper to a lower position to engage the cutting blade with the frangible portion and sever the endmost T-Nut. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180287 | GUIDED PUNCH FOR FASTENER REMOVAL - Devices and methods for removing a partially severed fastener by mating a retractable shaped neck ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180288 | Air Handler Quick Sling - Apparatus for hanging a High Voltage Air Conditioning unit having an arm attached at its top end to a support member, a bar slidably coupled to the arm having a first horizontally extending arm at the bottom of the bar to form a J bar, and a second horizontally extending arm attached to the bottom of the J bar above the first horizontally extending arm. Clearance openings in the arm and J bar for fasteners for attaching the arm to the J bar to raise or lower the horizontally extending arms for units of different heights. Coupling sleeves coupled to the horizontally extending arms and extension member have lengths that provide for HVAC units of different widths and are adapted to be removably attached to coupling sleeves on an opposing J bar. The second horizontally extending arm and extension member provides support an HVAC unit; and the first provides to support a drain pan. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180289 | STAINLESS STEEL WRAP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF DECORATING A MONUMENT USING THE SAME - A stainless steel wrap assembly and method of decorating a monument using the same. When fabricated the stainless steel wrap assembly to have a predetermined decorative design and predetermined size that compliments the size and shaped of a preexisting monument. The wrap is then placed over the monument and attached thereto such that the wrap incorporates features of the preexisting to provide one single view for an observer. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPLING AN EXTENDABLE ELEMENT TO AN ACTUATOR - A system and method for releasably coupling an extendable element to an actuator. Such a system may include an actuator housing with a specially adapted integral connecting end having a cavity therein. An extendable element may extend into the cavity through an opening in the connecting end of the housing and be coupled to a motive element of the actuator by a rotatable collar that resides in the cavity. A cover plate forms a part of the actuator housing connecting end. The cover plate compliments the integral portion of the connecting end and, in conjunction therewith, encloses the collar and the coupled portion of the extendable element. A substantially hollow end cap is passed over the extendable element and releasably attached to the actuator housing to enclose the distal connecting end thereof. In some embodiments, the coupled extendable element may reciprocate within an outer tube that is also releasably attached to the actuator housing. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180291 | TOGGLE BOLT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - The present invention includes a method of assembling an anchor for use in tissue comprising an anchor body, a continuous closed suture loop and an insert, the method comprising positioning a portion of the continuous closed suture loop through an opening in the anchor body; positioning the insert adjacent the portion of the continuous closed suture loop which was passed through the opening; and securing the insert to the anchor body such that the continuous closed suture loop is secured to the anchor body by the insert. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180292 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING DETACHABLE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - A security lock assembly includes a channel blocking frame, deadbolt and a pin-lock assembly. The channel blocking frame defines a central opening along a first axis and a pair of opposing apertures along a second axis orthogonal to the first. The deadbolt also defines an aperture or bore extending therethrough for alignment with the frame's opposing apertures when positioned at least partially within the central opening of the channel blocking frame. The pin lock assembly has an elongated shaft dimensioned to extend through opposing apertures of the lock frame and deadbolt thereby entrapping the deadbolt within the channel blocking frame. Enlarged ends of the pin lock assembly prevent unauthorized removal of the pin-lock, the deadbolt, and thus the installed lock assembly from a detachable assembly (e.g., plow). The security lock assembly when secured within an attachment channel of a plow prevents unauthorized attachment without first removing the security lock assembly. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180293 | Flush Glazed Windshield Mounting - A bottom trim member secures a curved sheet element such as a windshield or the like on a surface. The bottom trim member includes a bottom trim extrusion having a connecting leg affixable to the curved sheet element and a gasket receiving leg. A gasket is disposed in engagement with the gasket receiving leg, where the gasket is shaped such that the bottom trim extrusion is positionable in multiple orientations relative to the surface and such that the gasket maintains a sealing engagement in any of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations. A securing member is affixable to the surface and cooperable with the bottom trim extrusion to secure the bottom trim extrusion to the surface in any one of the bottom trim extrusion multiple orientations. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180294 | Trench Drain System and Method of Installation on Level Floor Surface, Particularly for Shower Rooms - A trench drain system and method of installation thereof on a level floor surface. An elongate channel member is placed on the floor surface. A preformed elongate sloping member having a thick end tapering to a thin end in inserted into the channel with its thin end closest to the channel drain opening, thereby forming an inclined sloping surface. A grate extends over the channel inlet. The area adjacent the channel is filled to the height of the channel, whereby water thereon flows through the grate into the channel, along the inclined surface and out through the drain opening. The channel can be placed adjacent a vertical wall whereby wall tile may be installed over a channel top edge. The floor area adjacent the channel is filled with preformed sloping sheet members or with plastically formable material positioned at an incline using a floor height setting post. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180295 | Trench Drain System and Method of Installation on Level Floor Surface, Particularly for Shower Rooms - A trench drain system and method of installation thereof on a level floor surface. An elongate channel member is placed on the floor surface. A preformed elongate sloping member having a thick end tapering to a thin end in inserted into the channel with its thin end closest to the channel drain opening, thereby forming an inclined sloping surface. A grate extends over the channel inlet. The area adjacent the channel is filled to the height of the channel, whereby water thereon flows through the grate into the channel, along the inclined surface and out through the drain opening. The channel can be placed adjacent a vertical wall whereby wall tile may be installed over a channel top edge. The floor area adjacent the channel is filled with preformed sloping sheet members or with plastically formable material positioned at an incline using a floor height setting post. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180296 | Trench Drain System and Method of Installation on Level Floor Surface, Particulary for Shower Rooms - A trench drain system and method of installation thereof on a level floor surface. An elongate channel member is placed on the floor surface. A preformed elongate sloping member having a thick end tapering to a thin end in inserted into the channel with its thin end closest to the channel drain opening, thereby forming an inclined sloping surface. A grate extends over the channel inlet. The area adjacent the channel is filled to the height of the channel, whereby water thereon flows through the grate into the channel, along the inclined surface and out through the drain opening. The channel can be placed adjacent a vertical wall whereby wall tile may be installed over a channel top edge. The floor area adjacent the channel is filled with preformed sloping sheet members or with plastically formable material positioned at an incline using a floor height setting post. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180297 | METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A BIRD'S TAIL FAN - A display device for spreading a turkey's tail feathers in a fan-like display is provided. The device consists of an elongated shank having two opposing ends, and two quill clips located one at each of the two opposing ends of said shank haying grooves that snap onto the quills near the base of two or more of the turkey's outer tail feathers located to either opposite side of the hub. When installed, the device is invisible to view. An adjustable joint may be provided to enable adjusting a version of the shank having two arms to a certain angle to optimize the turkey fan display. A mounting mechanism may further be provided for mounting an object to the turkey fan display such as the heard, or a pole for use of the fan as a decoy in the field. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180298 | TERMINATION TOOL AND METHODS THEREFOR - A termination tool assembly for terminating a fiber optic cable to a fiber optic connector includes a cam and a base for receiving the cam. The cam serves to rotationally activate a mechanical splice on a mechanical splice connector and thereby terminate the fiber optic cable. The fiber optic connector and fiber optic cable are axially received by the termination tool and are laterally removed from the termination tool after termination as a terminated fiber optic cable assembly. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180299 | INTEGRITY OF THE UNION BETWEEN COMPONENTS - An improved method of shrink fit assembly of two components increases resistance to torsional and/or axial loads without the need for a separate key element. Use of a roughened surface, in combination with a softer deformable material, creates a keyed type interaction at the contact areas of the shrink fitted components. One of the shrink fitted components may include the softer material, though intermediate layers and sleeves can be used. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180300 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PROSTHETIC HIP ACETABULUM - A method for manufacturing a prosthetic hip acetabulum includes the steps of: a) providing an insertion cup ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180301 | One-Hit Tooling for Flush Mounted Rotatable Captive Nut - A two-stage punch accomplishes the two-step process of sheet deformation and nut flaring to attach the nut to the sheet in a single stroke of an assembly press. The punch comprises an outer cylindrical sleeve which captivates a resiliently biased center punch. When the punch is moved downward into contact with the sheet, an embossing ring on the sleeve deforms the sheet material around an aperture in the sheet. When the punch is moved farther downward, a pointed end of the center punch extends beyond the embossing ring and into forcible contact with the nut. The nut is thereby flared capturing the sheet between flared edges of the nut and a nut flange. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180302 | PORTABLE UTILITY SHELF - A portable utility shelf having a first shell pivotably connected to a second shell. A channel having a slot is located in the front surface of at least one of the shells. A fastener is mounted in the slot in the channel. The fastener allows for mounting one shell on an attachment surface and pivoting the utility shelf to an open position to create a work surface on the other shell. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180303 | EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An exhaust system component for a motor vehicle has a first exhaust passage, an attachment flange, which encloses the first exhaust passage, for the connection of the component to an adjacent component, the attachment flange defining an attachment plane for the contact with the adjacent component and having fastening holes for the connection to the adjacent component, and a second exhaust passage, which is spaced apart from the first exhaust passage in a longitudinal direction of the component. A normal line on the attachment plane extends at a non-negligible angle to the longitudinal direction, and the fastening holes are elongated in a direction parallel to the attachment plane. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180304 | ANCHOR BRACKET AND METHOD OF MOUNTING ANCHOR BRACKET - An anchor bracket releasably securable between two spaced-apart, generally planar boards, having a pair of first and second legs disposed parallel and offset relative to one another, a medial shank disposed between and generally perpendicular to and joining the pair of legs and means for releasably anchoring an object attached to the second leg. A method of mounting the anchor bracket includes the steps of moving the anchor bracket between an insertion/withdrawal position and a mounted anchoring position between a pair of spaced-apart boards. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180305 | PUNCH RIVET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PUNCH RIVET CONNECTION, AND WORKPIECE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a punch rivet for connecting two workpieces. The rivet includes a head and a hollow shank having a shank internal diameter (D | 2012-07-19 |
20120180306 | Automobile key fob cover and method of assembly thereof - A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a method for replacing the cover of an electronic key fob used for remote keyless access to an automobile that was damaged due to normal wear-and-tear on the cover or from stress placed on the cover of the key fob at the opening where the key chain is attached. The method of the present invention provides a replacement electronic key fob cover of similar or different design and in the original or different color. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180307 | LITHIUM-MANGANESE-TITANIUM CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL - This invention relates to a process to make a lithium-manganese-titanium-containing compound, which can be used as an electrode material in a lithium ion battery. The process dissolves the constituent materials in a polar, organic solvent to form a compound described by the formula LiMn | 2012-07-19 |
20120180308 | BATTERY FABRICATION METHOD - Provided is a battery fabrication method capable of collecting foils by reforming a collector with ease and at a high quality. The battery fabrication method is to fabricate a battery ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180309 | Lithium Primary Cells - Primary lithium cells are provided, the cells having an anode comprising lithium and a cathode comprising iron disulfide. Features of the cells are optimized in order to enhance the cell performance within the constraints imposed by the maximum permitted level of lithium and standard cell dimensions. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180310 | Ceramic Multi-Layer Component And Method For The Production Thereof - A multilayer ceramic component includes a stack containing ceramic layers and electrode layers interspersed among the ceramic layers. The electrode layers contain copper and define first and second internal electrodes. First and second external contacts are on different sides of the stack. The first and second external contacts contain copper and are substantially perpendicular to the ceramic layers and electrode layers. The first internal electrode is connected to the first external contact and the second internal electrode is connected to the second external contact. The first and second internal electrodes overlap each other at a plane intersecting the stack. In areas adjacent to boundaries between the first and second external contacts and the ceramic layers, the first and second external contacts are not oxidized and material making-up the ceramic layers is not diminished. A bonding strength of the external contacts to the stack exceeds 50N. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180311 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an electronic device of high reliability having an exposed functional portion. An electronic device | 2012-07-19 |
20120180312 | CORE VIA FOR CHIP PACKAGE AND INTERCONNECT - In integrated circuit packages, core vias are created to provide electrical connections between circuitry on one face of the core substrate material with circuitry on an opposing face of the core substrate material. Provided are methods for forming a via in a packaging substrate and packaging substrates having core vias formed in the core substrate material. Methods for forma a core via in a packaging substrate in which a first hole is created through the core substrate and filled with a low permittivity filler material. A second co-axially aligned hole is then created in the low permittivity filler material wherein the second hole is smaller in diameter than the first hole. The second hole is then filled with conducting material to provide a conducting via through the core substrate material. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180313 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A manufacturing method for a printed wiring board includes forming an electroless plated film on an interlayer resin insulation layer, forming on the electroless plated film a plating resist with an opening to expose a portion of the electroless plated film, forming an electrolytic plated film on the portion of the electroless plated film exposed through the opening, removing the plating resist using a resist-removing solution containing an amine, reducing a thickness of a portion of the electroless plated film existing between adjacent portions of the electrolytic plated film by using the resist-removing solution, and forming a conductive pattern by removing the portion of the electroless plated film existing between the adjacent portions of the electrolytic plated film by using an etchant. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180314 | COMPOSITE SHROUD AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING THE SHROUD TO PLURAL BLADES - The present invention relates to a method for balancing a wind turbine. The method includes the steps of a) measuring at least one property that is dependent on a motor workload of at least one yaw motor | 2012-07-19 |
20120180315 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INKJET HEAD - A manufacturing method of an inkjet head which ejects ink due to deformation of a Pb free piezoelectric member which is caused by applying a driving voltage. In the method, an electrode which is used when applying the driving voltage is formed by forming a first conductive pattern in the Pb free piezoelectric member, forming an insulating layer in a region other than a region where at least the first conductive pattern is formed, in the Pb free piezoelectric member, and forming a second conductive pattern on the first conductive pattern using electroplating. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180316 | WATER HEATER OR STEAM GENERATOR - The water heater ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180317 | GREEN BALL GRINDING METHOD, CERAMIC SPHERE FABRICATION METHOD, AND GRINDING APPARATUS - A green ball grinding method includes the step of supplying a green ball between a first surface of a first member and a second surface of a second member constituting a grinding apparatus, and the step of grinding the green ball between the first surface and the second surface while the green ball rotates around its own axis and in orbital motion. In the step of grinding the green ball, the step of causing the green ball grinding to proceed while applying load between the green ball and each of the first surface and the second surface, and the step of modifying the rotation axis of the green ball by reducing the load lower than in the step of causing the green ball grinding to proceed are executed alternately. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180318 | NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION PREPARATION UNIT, NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM, AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION METHOD - A nuclear power plant construction preparation unit includes: a device main body which enters into a space; a moving part which causes the device main body to enter into the space; an eddy-current inspection sensor which is provided on the device main body, and which detects a target portion of a member surface within the space; a punch marking part which is provided on the device main body, and which performs marking on the member surface; and a control part which controls the moving part and the marking device based on detection results from the target portion detection device, to thereby perform marking at a relative position with respect to the target portion. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180319 | Kicker Assist Mechanism - Techniques involving a kicker assist mechanism and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe a device that includes a lever coupled to a stop-pin and configured to cause deployment of a blade from a handle of a folding knife. The lever may be configured to pivot about the stop-pin in response to a push or pull force directed at one end of the lever and engage the blade with an opposing end of the lever with a force to cause the deployment of the blade. The blade may be configured to deploy in a pivotal movement from a closed position of the folding knife to a deployed position in response to the force employed by the opposing end of the lever. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180320 | Folding knife - The present invention is to provide a folding knife having a blade pivotally connected to a handle. A resilient locking arm has a first end fixed inside to the handle and a second end extending slantingly toward the blade when the blade is received in the handle. A positioning plate is movably positioned in the handle, and has a first end extending outside to the handle. Once the blade is received in the handle, the positioning plate engages with the resilient locking arm. However, when the blade is rotated out of the handle completely, the second end of the resilient locking arm presses against the end of the blade in a locked position, and thereby the positioning plate disengages with the resilient locking arm and presses against the resilient locking arm to avoid the blade from being out of the locked position and rotated into the handle. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180321 | LOCKING FOLDING KNIFE - A folding knife includes a handle, a blade pivotably connected to the handle, and a lockbar for locking the blade in an open position relative to the handle. The lockbar and the handle are separate pieces. The handle includes a pocket into which at least a portion of the lockbar is fit. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180322 | FOUR-CYCLE ENGINE, BUSH CUTTER AND ENGINE-DRIVEN TOOL HAVING SAME - There is provided a four-cycle engine which can appropriately circulate oil in an engine regardless of a tilted condition with a simple structure. A crankcase ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180323 | Food preparation device - A food preparation plate is replaceable and engagement means for retaining the food preparation plate are present between the food preparation plate and a retaining part. The food preparation plate can move in translation in a direction perpendicular to a plane constituted by the retaining part. Two places on the back side of the food preparation plate that is retained in the retaining part can be simultaneously pressed in the direction of the front side by the digits of different hands; and by simultaneously pressing those two places with digits of different hands, the food preparation plate is moved in translation in the direction of the front side thereof, so as to release the engagement means and allow the food preparation plate to be detached. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180324 | Ring Cutter for Twine or the Like - A ring cutter for twine or the like, comprising a ring adapted to fit on the finger of a user and having a pair of side portions joined at the upper end thereof and separated at the lower end thereof by a space therebetween. The ring is formed of a flexible and resilient material. A bracket extends upwardly from the upper portion of the ring and a cutting blade is secured to the bracket and extends forwardly therefrom. The lower ends of the side portions of the ring are separable to enable a finger of a user to be removed from the ring through the space between the side portions by the application of a downward force by the finger on the lower ends of the side portions. The lower ends may be connected by a narrow tab that can be cut or is frangible. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180325 | PAPER CUTTER - A paper cutter comprises a cutter handle, a cutter head connected to the cutter handle, and a cutter blade mounted in the cutter head. The cutter head comprises a lower cutter head member defining an accommodation chamber for accommodating the cutter blade, and an upper cutter head member accommodating the lower cutter head member in an accommodation chamber with an open at one side therein. The lower cutter head member and the upper cutter head member are respectively made of a stainless steel sheet member by stamping. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180326 | CUTTER HEAD FOR PAPER CUTTER - A cutter head riveted to a cutter handle of a paper cutter and made by stamping a stainless steel plate into shape is disclosed, having a locking key on a middle part of a back side thereof for locking an inserted cutter blade. The locking key is a self-energizing resilient member having a locking portion for engaging into a locating notch in the top edge of the inserted cutter blade. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180327 | LASER-BASED ALIGNMENT DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS THEREOF - The laser-based alignment device includes a housing and at least two laser devices affixed to the housing. Each of the at least two laser devices emits a laser beam. At least one alignment mechanism is positioned on the housing and is engagable to a structure, wherein the laser beam is positioned at a predetermined angle to the structure when the at least one alignment mechanism is attached to the structure. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180328 | Processing Apparatus - An apparatus for processing, in particular coating, workpieces which preferably consist at least in certain portions of wood, wood-based materials, plastic or the like, having a radiation device for generating and/or transmitting radiation, preferably a laser beam, and a spindle unit with a shaft ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180329 | Sighting System - A sighting system, having front and rear sights, for a shooting device, such as an archery bow, cross bow or a firearm. The front sight includes at least one sighting element. The rear sight includes a rear sight frame that has a lens located therein. At least one sighting aperture is defined on the lens such that the aperture may be aligned with the sighting element of the front sight during aiming of the shooting device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180330 | SLOPE ASSESSMENT TOOL - Applicant has devised a slope measurement tool which can be arranged in a compact storage configuration which is relatively small and lightweight. The tool can be reconfigured to several different configurations to measure the slopes of trenches, benched slopes, and other excavations. The slope measurement tool devised is adjustable to measure several different specified angles. In one form, the apparatus can be utilized to measure benching, which is described in the OSHA code. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180331 | Device for three dimensional representation of horsebacks - A device for three-dimensional representation of horsebacks through measurement points, comprising: plural vertically telescoping and column shaped segments which are connected with a frame and which include flexible transversal elements at their upper end which flexible transversal elements are bent like an umbrella and have flexible curvatures, wherein the vertical segments are configured to be variably offset from one another in the frame and configured fixable in a temporary manner and the curvature of the transversal elements that are bent in the shape of an umbrella is adjustable and fixable in a temporary manner, wherein the transversal elements include measuring points which are configured variably arrangeable in a vertical plane through devices for adjusting the curvature of the transversal elements, and wherein the measuring points of the transversal elements are arranged in the surface of the three-dimensional contour of the horseback. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180332 | Combination Square - A combination square includes a blade, a body, and a lock. The body comprises a slot adapted to receive the blade therein and permit sliding translation of the blade parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blade, allowing the position of the blade to be adjusted relative to the body. The lock is adapted to lock the position of the blade relative to the body in a locked configuration and to allow adjustment of the position of the blade relative to the body in a released configuration. The combination square also comprises a removable extension bracket being wider than and removable from the body and comprising one or more working surfaces. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180333 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A NOZZLE - An apparatus for measuring a nozzle includes a stand and a first sensor in sliding engagement with the stand. The first sensor is positioned to measure a first dimension of the nozzle. A method for measuring a nozzle includes placing the nozzle in a stand, sliding a first gauge along a first surface of the nozzle, and measuring a first dimension of the nozzle. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180334 | TWO LEVEL ELECTRIC RESISTANCE HEATER AND METHOD OF USE - An electrical resistance heater assembly includes a heater housing forming a channel having a longitudinal axis for a fluid such as air to pass through and a heater support plate forming first and second levels in the heater housing. A first mica board assembly supporting a ribbon heater is mounted to the heater support plate at the first level and a second mica board assembly supporting a ribbon heater is mounted to the heater support plate at the second level. The first level is positioned adjacent an inlet of the heater housing and the second level is positioned adjacent an outlet of the heater housing. The first level and a side of the heater housing form a passageway for air to enter the heater housing and be directed to the ribbons of the second level, thereby allowing air to bypass the heater ribbons of the first level. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180335 | Footwear - A footwear article includes an upper assembly attached to a sole. The upper assembly includes an enclosure defining a foot receiving void and a flex feature disposed on a medial portion of the upper assembly. The flex feature connects a medial forefoot portion of the enclosure to a medial heel portion of the enclosure, thus allowing the medial forefoot and medial heel portions of the enclosure to move relative to each other. The sole assembly includes a midsole disposed on an outsole. The midsole defines voids of different depths. The voids are arranged to provide relatively greater cushioning and bendability within at least one of a metatarsus portion and a calcaneus portion of the midsole. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180336 | Footwear - A footwear sole assembly that includes a sole body defining voids of different depths. The voids are arranged to provide relatively greater cushioning and bendability within at least one of a metatarsus portion and a calcaneus portion of the sole body. A heel top surface of the footwear sole assembly is elevated between about 4 mm and about 12 mm above a forefoot top surface of the footwear sole assembly. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180337 | ABSORBENT FOOTWEAR LINER - An absorbent footwear liner comprising an upper absorbent layer and a lower layer comprising an adhesive equal in size to the upper layer for adhering the liner to substantially the entire surface of a footbed for absorbing and dissipating moisture thereon and preventing foot slippage on a shoe footbed due to perspiration. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180338 | SHOE CONVENIENTLY PUT ON AND TAKEN OFF - A shoe that is conveniently put on and taken off includes an outsole, an upper, a supporting piece, and a guiding piece. The upper is attached on the outsole and has a counter and a collar extending upward from the counter and configured as a shoehorn. The supporting piece is attached to the counter and the collar of the upper. The guiding piece is attached to an instep of the upper. Because of the supporting piece having a predetermined hardness and the collar having a shape like a shoehorn, the rear of the upper can be served as a shoehorn for helping a user's foot in slipping into the shoe. In addition, the guiding piece can avoid the instep of the upper from becoming crease and unsmooth. As a result, the shoe is convenient for the user to put on without bending his back and using his hand. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180339 | FLEXIBLE FOOTWEAR - The present invention relates to flexible footwear that comprises flexing means, either in the sole or in the upper, or in both, and said means in turn comprise a groove placed transversely and 5 recovering means placed transversely to said groove such that, when the footwear flexes along the groove, the action of said recovery means cause the footwear to recover, promoting recovery of the initial form of the footwear upon completion of each step, and thereby enhancing walking comfort. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180340 | Footwear - A footwear upper including a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer exteriorly of the first layer. The second layer defines grooves in a rhombille tiling pattern. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180341 | Footwear - A footwear upper that includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer. The second layer includes a lattice defining a rhombille tiling pattern of figures. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180342 | CHEMICALLY-TREATED OUTSOLE ASSEMBLY FOR A GOLF SHOE - An out-sole assembly for a golf shoe. The outsole assembly includes an internal base member composed of EVA, an inner frame member composed thermoplastic polyurethane subjected to an isocyanate solution, an external base member composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane, a dual looping frame composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane, and a plurality of spike members. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180343 | Composite Sole Structure - Embodiments relating to a lightweight sole structure are disclosed. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include a lobed member having a protruding portion associated with a cleat member. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include a chambered member located in an indention in an intermediate member. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include a cleat member having an outer layer, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer. In some embodiments, a method of making a sole structure may include injecting a chambered member in between an upper member and an intermediate member. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include a plurality of zones having varying degrees of flexibility. In some embodiments, the sole structure may include cleat members having penetrating portions for penetrating into the ground surface. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180344 | Footwear Outsole - An outsole for an article of footwear. The outsole includes an outsole body having a ground contact surface and defining grooves having a sinusoidal path along the ground contact surface. The grooves are arranged to provide an edge density of between about 40 mm/cm2 and about 200 mm/cm2 and a surface contact ratio of between about 40% and about 95%. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180345 | SNOWPLOW WITH AUTO ANGLING AND WIRELESS CONTROLLER - A snowplow assembly may combine a wireless control system used to raise and lower a plow blade with a mechanism that automatically pivots the plow blade from side to side based on the load encountered by the plow blade. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180346 | SNOW THROWER IMPELLER - A snow thrower impeller includes a layer of material comprising blade support walls and blades extending from the blade support walls. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180347 | Snow Plow Assembly - A snow plow assembly comprising a main plow body, at least one butterfly gate, at least one blocker and a diverter. The at least one butterfly gate and the at least one blocker are jointly connected to the main plow body and are controlled by actuators to be opened and closed. The actuators allow the users to control when to release or hold snow collected into the main plow body. This feature is used to prevent the buildup of high snow ridges in front of small pathways such as driveways. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180348 | REUSABLE GREETING CARD AND METHOD - Provided is a reusable greeting card that includes a forward cover, and a replaceable decorative placard with an externally-exposed surface that is to be outwardly displayed adjacent to the forward cover to be viewable by a viewer observing the greeting card. The decorative placard includes a decoration specific to a theme of the greeting card. A support interchangeably receives the decorative placard and at least a second decorative placard to be outwardly displayed adjacent to the forward cover. The second decorative placard has a second decoration specific to a second theme that is different from the theme of decorative placard. A plurality of writing pages on which customized greeting content is to be applied by a user is also provided to the greeting card. The writing pages are at least partially concealed from view by the forward cover. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180349 | Electrical System Devices, Indicia-Bearing Bodies, and Kits Including Same - An illustrative electrical system device includes a mountable electrical system device body defining a retaining region between first and second retaining surfaces for retaining an indicia-bearing body. The retaining region extends to at least one of first and second opposite sides of the electrical system device body to receive the indicia-bearing body from the at least one of the first and second opposite sides, indicia-bearing bodies, and a kit including an electrical system device and an indicia-bearing body, are also disclosed. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180350 | Sign stake - A stake for holding a sign upright and comprising two parallel and spaced apart elongated legs, formed of a lower structure, with one end of each leg being driving into the ground, and with the upper side rails of the structure provided for supporting a sign in place, above the ground. A laterally applied cross rail secured by welding or otherwise to the upright side rails. The lower structure is formed of two side pieces, integrally bent to also form a cross member, and having the side rails welded thereto, for forming the entire sign stake. The lower structure is formed of square or rectangular metal stake and forms a flattened step to facilitate application of the stake into the ground. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180351 | RECIPIENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE, INCLUDING RECIPIENT IDENTIFICATION - A recipient verification system including a band to be worn by a patient or other recipient that allows for placement of a hospital's own identification label, which is then protected from damage, an area for a permanent label, which can then be associated with the hospital label, a series of removable labels that remain with the patient, a test tube label, and a tail of labels to be removed from the band at the time of application to the patient to ensure a sufficient supply of labels. Each of the permanent label, the removable labels, the test tube label, and the tail are encoded with identical identification information. The band and label strip are separately formed from desired materials and then assembled. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180352 | Systems and Methods for Attaching and Detaching Firearm Accessories - The present invention relates to systems and methods for using a cartridge case as a tool to install or remove firearm accessories such as a barrel attachment. The barrel attachment includes a coupling section for attaching the barrel attachment to a firearm barrel. The barrel attachment also includes a rim channel for engaging a portion of the rim of a cartridge case. This rim channel provides mechanical leverage by enabling a user to apply force on the engaged cartridge case to rotate the barrel attachment around a bore axis of the firearm barrel. In some embodiments, the rim channel is an integral portion of a cartridge rim slot machined into the exterior part of the barrel attachment. Ideally, the rim channel includes a curved portion to increase the load-bearing contact area. The rim channel can also be adapted to accept different case rim sizes. Multiple rim slots can be machined into the barrel attachment, allowing the user to spread out the forces amongst multiple cartridge cases. The contact area between the rim of the cartridge case and the barrel attachment can be further increased by sliding a half-moon insert into the rim slot. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180353 | Recoil Absorbing Stock - A recoil absorption system for a long gun is provided that includes at least one fluid-filled piston shock attached between the body of the rifle and the stock to provide a damped connection between the two. When large caliber rounds are fired, the shocks are permitted to compress, so that the buffer tube is correspondingly permitted to travel rearward within the buffer tube bore of the stock. The stocks detent pin is normally captured within a slot on the buffer tube, such that the long gun recoil causes the buffer tube slot to move relative to the pin, the pin restricts the buffer tube movement and compression of the shocks to the length of the slot. In this way, the recoil energy of large caliber rounds is effectively absorbed, providing a more comfortable and accurate shooting experience. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180354 | Quick Barrel Change Firearm - A firearm can have a backbone, a barrel, a swinging wedge, and a barrel latch, in accordance with one or more embodiments. The barrel latch can be in mechanical communication with the swinging wedge. The barrel latch can have a first position and a second position and the swinging wedge can be configured to maintain attachment of the barrel to the backbone when the barrel latch is in the first position and is configured to release the barrel from the backbone when the barrel latch is in the second position. Thus, the firearm can provide quick barrel changes. Other features enhance the reliability and utility of the firearm. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180355 | MODULAR ADAPTIVE GUN - An upper receiver is provided for cooperatively engaging a lower receiver, wherein the lower receiver includes at least a trigger and a lower hammer. The upper receiver includes an upper sear movable in response to movement of the lower hammer, thereby permitting an upper hammer in the upper receiver to actuate a valve in the upper receiver and pass a motive gas to a firing chamber and thereby expel a projectile through a barrel of the upper receiver. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180356 | Firearm Trigger Group - In at least one embodiment, a firearm trigger group comprises a trigger arranged to pivot on a trigger axis and a hammer arranged to pivot on a hammer axis. A hammer biasing member is arranged to bias the hammer in a predetermined rotational direction. A secondary biasing member is also arranged to bias the hammer. The hammer is moveable from a first position to a second position upon actuation of the trigger. The secondary biasing member counteracts the hammer biasing member in the first position, and cooperates with the hammer biasing member in the second position. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180357 | Firearm Safety - A safety apparatus for a firearm, comprising an release/locking device, which can be changed to a first state, which allows a shot to be fired, and to a second state, which prevents a shot from being fired, and a state changing device, which allows the release/locking blocking device to be changed from the first state to the second state only in response to the initiation of a firearm internal process for a shot release in the absence of an authorization signal; safety apparatus for a firearm, comprising an release/locking device, which can be changed to a first state, which allows a shot to be fired, and to a second state, which prevents a shot from being fired, and a state changing device, which allows the release/locking device to be changed from the second state to the first state only in response to the initiation of a firearm internal process for a shot release in the presence of an authorization signal; a firearm having a safety apparatus such as this, as well as corresponding methods and systems. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180358 | MODULAR FORE-END RAIL/HAND GUARD ASSEMBLY SYSTEM FOR FIREARMS WITH SELECTABLE HEAT DISSIPATION CHARACTERISTICS - A modular fore-end rail assembly for mounting onto a firearm includes a hand guard and a bushing element that combines with an end portion of the hand guard to encircle the standard barrel nut, thereby supporting the entire assembly without requiring modification to the standard barrel nut. The thermal transfer characteristics of the material from which the bushing element is manufactured may be selected to either increase or decrease the rate at which heat is transferred from the barrel nut to the hand guard allowing for rapid changes of bushing elements and, therefore, rapid and selective changes in the heating rate of the hand guard. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180359 | Firearm Hand Guard Cap Interface - A hand guard for a firearm, the firearm being of a type comprising a barrel with a proximal hand guard retainer at a proximal end and a hand guard cap at a distal end. The hand guard cap comprises an end wall having an orifice configured to axially receive the barrel, and a proximally extending flange defining a select shape surrounding the orifice. The hand guard comprises at least first and second body pieces configured to mate lengthwise about a barrel of a firearm between a proximal hand guard retainer and a hand guard cap to form the hand guard. The body pieces cooperatively form a proximal hand guard retainer interface at a proximal end of the hand guard a hand guard cap interface at a distal end. The hand guard cap interface is configured to engage a first select shape defined by a proximally extending flange of a first hand guard cap and a second select shape defined by a proximally extending flange of a second hand guard cap. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180360 | RIFLE STOCK ASSEMBLY FOR DIFFERENT BARRELED RECEIVERS - A rifle stock assembly adapted to receive and support a bolt action rifle barreled receiver is disclosed. The assembly includes a rifle stock/chassis having an elongated recess and a cage removably fastened to the chassis in the recess to receive a bolt action rifle receiver therein. The assembly may also have a pair of magazine collets fastened to the bottom of the forward portion of the chassis defining a magazine well beneath the cage. Cages having different internal surface shapes may be utilized to accommodate different barreled receivers in the same rifle stock/chassis. Different magazine collets may also be utilized to accommodate different caliber magazines used with the different barreled receivers. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180361 | MULTIFIRE LESS LETHAL MUNITIONS - Apparatus and methods for launching and fabricating projectiles. In some embodiments, one or more ring airfoil projectiles are launched from a gun. Yet other embodiments pertain to the launching of projectiles that disperse tracer or irritant chemicals upon impact. Yet other embodiments pertain to apparatus and methods for molding of munition components. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180362 | Gun barrel rifling - The present invention relates to polygonal rifling of a gun barrel to provide grooves and bores in the gun barrel separated by a flat area which tapers from the bore to the groove. There is an angle from the center of the bore to the corner of the flat area, that is, where the flat area meets the bore. The angle is predetermined by the bore dimensions. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180363 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING ACCESSORIES ON THE ACCESSORY RAIL OF A WEAPON - The Accessory Mounting Apparatus uses a quick release clamp for mounting and securely attaching accessories to a dove-tail shaped accessory rail. This apparatus allows for quick assembling and disassembling of accessories and tactical equipment on a weapon accessory rail system. The Accessory Mounting Apparatus consists of a base, latching arm, and over-centered lever to apply clamping force, where the base of the clamping device is keyed to align with a dove-tail shaped rail and fix its location in the direction of the barrel. The latching arm is slid over the dovetail in the accessory rail and the over-centered lever is closed to clamp the device securely around the accessory rail, fixing it in all directions. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180364 | VOLTAGE-FREE CONNECTOR INTEGRATED IN A WEAPON RAIL - A universal rail for a firearm has a plurality of through holes and a plurality of attachment points for ancillary equipment along a length of the universal rail, a fastener so as to be fastenable to the firearm, and a power or signal connection point arranged in at least one attachment point of the plurality of attachment points. The power or signal connection point has at least two contact pins surrounded by a seal, and a resilient portion and inner contact faces. The power or signal connection point is further connected to conductors arranged in the universal rail. The resilient portion ensures that the at least two contact pins and contact points are out of contact with each other when the ancillary equipment is not mounted on the universal rail. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180365 | Rail Extension Device - A rail extension device for a belt fed machine gun includes a first and a second section of rail for mounting auxiliary devices, the second section being rotatable relative to the first section to prevent a collision between an auxiliary device mounted on the second section of rail and the weapon when a feed tray cover is opened to reload. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180366 | AIMING DEVICE FOR A BOMB DISARMING DISRUPTOR - A system for indicating a point of impact of a projectile fired from a barrel of a gun including a dynamic aiming device mounted to the barrel having a camera and a range finder configured to be pointed at a target. The system also includes a display device coupled to the camera for displaying an image of the target, and processing circuitry for superimposing a crosshair image on the displayed image of the target. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a distance from the dynamic aiming device to the target using the range finder and to adjust a position of the crosshair image. The position of the crosshair image is adjusted relative to the distance for indicating the point of impact of the projectile fired from the barrel. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180367 | Gunsight With Visual Range Indication - A laser beam generating module capable of projecting a series of concentric circles of light is connected to the frame of a firearm in substantial alignment with the gun barrel. The laser beam can be actuated on demand, and the resultant pattern will be projected onto the target. Due to the intrinsic fan angle of the spatially projected beams, the circles displayed on the target will appear to be spaced further apart when the target is further away, and appear to be spaced closer when the target is nearer. By selecting a suitable laser fan angle, it is possible to get an immediate visual indication of the approximate range to the target increasing the potential accuracy. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180368 | Forward Mounted Gun Sight with Illumination Apparatus - The present invention is a rail mounted back-up sight with at least one, but preferred two, illumination apparatuses mounted thereon. The back-up sight features a sight housing that is configured to selectively alternate between a stowed and a spring-biased deployed position. Any type of illumination apparatus may be used, but the preferred apparatus is a flashlight, mounted upon wither side of a sight base. Either a front or a rear sight may be utilized as could different types of illumination apparatuses. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180369 | FIBER OPTIC SHOTGUN SIGHT - A sight assembly for a shotgun is provided and may include a housing. A light-collecting fiber may be supported by the housing and may extend along a longitudinal axis of the housing. A lens may be supported by the housing and may receive light from the fiber to display an aiming point. The lens may be spaced apart and separated from a distal end of the fiber by a predetermined distance. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180370 | GUN SIGHT FLASHLIGHT ADAPTER - A gun sight flashlight adapter and improvement thereof, includes an upper sight portion with a sight post disposed between two sight guards and a middle sight portion adjacent to the upper sight portion, the middle sight portion defining an aperture having a diameter that is at least two hundred percent larger than the height of the sight post. The gun sight flashlight adapter also having a lower sight portion adjacent to the middle sight portion shaped to mechanically couple the gun sight flashlight adapter with a firearm. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180371 | MOBILE HUNTING DECOY - A collapsible hunting decoy, useful for attracting small game is provided. The decoy comprises a collapsible support frame at least partially covered by a sleeve that includes the likeness of at least a portion of the desired game animal, such as, for example, the head and partial body of a turkey. The decoy can further include an attachable element depicting another portion of the animal, such as a turkey fan, that can be inserted into a receiving slot defined between portions of the collapsible frame. The decoy can be configured to include a variety of base or mounting elements, including a ground stake, a clamp, and a bow mount, which increases the flexibility of the decoy during use. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180372 | Fishing Lure Imitating Winged Prey - A fishing lure imitating a winged prey has a cylindrical body having a conical front end and a rounded rear end, one or more first groupings of flexible strands, the multi-strand groupings disposed transversely through walls of the cylindrical body and secured thereto, the free ends of each multi-strand group protruding substantially orthogonally from the cylindrical body on opposite sides to imitate bird wings, one or more second groupings of flexible strands disposed through a rear wall of the cylindrical body and secured thereto, the free end of each multi-strand grouping protruding from the rear of the cylindrical body to imitate a bird tail, and a hook assembly disposed longitudinally through the cylindrical body, the hook assembly including a shank having a closed front eyelet and a partially open rear eyelet, and a hook attached to the shank at the rear eyelet. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180373 | FISHING ROD ASSEMBLY - A fishing rod assembly comprising a fishing rod ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120180374 | Cushion for butt-end of fishing rod - An elastic cushion for enveloping the butt-end of a fishing rod. The cushion includes a unitary body having a cylindrical section at one end and a bulbous section at the opposite end. A central bore extends through the cushion. The central bore tapers from a large adjacent the one end to a second diameter located within the bulbous section to removably retain the rod in the central bore. An exterior surface of the bulbous section has a plurality of separate flutes for enhancing a frictional gripping of the bulbous section of the cushion body with the fisher-person's body and at least one of the flutes transitioning onto an exterior surface of the cylindrical section to enhance the frictional gripping of at least one hand of the fisher-person with the exterior surface of the cylindrical section. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180375 | FISHING BOBBERS - Some embodiments of fishing bobbers include a main body portion, a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion, a slot, a first closing mechanism, and a second closing mechanism. Each of the first and second shaft portions has a generally cylindrical shape. The first shaft portion is positioned at one of the outer ends of the main body portion, and the second shaft portion is positioned at an opposite one of the outer ends of the main body portion. The slot runs along a length of the fishing bobber and enables a fishing line to be positioned within a central aperture of the fishing bobber. The first closing mechanism is positioned within the first shaft portion, and the second closing mechanism is positioned within the second shaft portion. The first and second closing mechanisms can be rotated between open and closed positions. | 2012-07-19 |
20120180376 | SLIP BOBBER - A slip bobber broadly includes a float and a securing mechanism. The float has a float body and a line retainer receiver disposed within the float body and partially extending through an exterior face thereof. The line retainer has a line retainer body with a clip and a securing mechanism disposed thereon. The securing mechanism removably secures the line retainer within the line retainer receiver. | 2012-07-19 |