Scruggs, US
Arthur Scruggs US
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20110266092 | Checkstand and Method - A checkstand for a retail store provides systems and methods for point of sale transactions in which a cashier scans items and places the scanned items directly into bags contained on a rotating carousel with multiple bag racks spaced around the carousel, and a deck above the carousel for holding items too large or bulky to be placed in bags. The systems and methods further provide a self service payment station. | 11-03-2011 |
Ben O. Scruggs, Prairie Village, KS US
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20080220137 | Skewer holder - A holder for shish kabob skewers having a body and a plurality of bores in one side thereof sized and shaped to simultaneously receive at least two spaced skewers. Each holder also having a knob for grasping and rotating the holder. Preferably, a heat shield at least partially surrounds the grasping knob. The bores being have separate regions adapted to receive skewers of different sizes. The holders being constructed of a low heat retention material, especially silicone to facilitate direct pick up from a grill by a user. | 09-11-2008 |
20120275167 | Lighting system for Video conferencing - A lighting system for video conferencing includes a reflector structure positioned in an enclosure and having one or more light sources positioned therein to reflect light in a selected direction. A diffuser lens plate overlies the reflector structure to diffuse light emanating from the reflector structure. The reflector structure may include a plurality of parabolic reflectors having the shape of circular paraboloids. The light sources may include LED's positioned at the parabolic foci of the reflectors. The diffuser lens plate is translucent and may be colored yellow to filter light from the LED's. The diffuser has a surface texture which diffuses light from the LED's. | 11-01-2012 |
Bruce Elliott Scruggs, Doylestown, PA US
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20110013744 | Optical Positioner Design in X-Ray Analyzer for Coaxial Micro-Viewing and Analysis - An X-ray analyzer includes a sample stage for holding and positioning a sample and an optical positioner assembly configured above the sample stage. The optical positioner assembly includes a body member having an opening; an optical positioner located within the opening; and at least one X-ray optic and an optical viewing lens coupled to a first camera. The at least one X-ray optic and the optical viewing lens are secured to the optical positioner. The optical positioner is configured to align one of the at least one X-ray optic and the optic viewing lens normal to the sample on the sample stage such that the sample is irradiated with X-rays through the X-ray optic along a path which is normal to the sample and coaxial with the optic viewing lens receiving light reflected from the sample when the optic viewing lens is positioned normal to the sample. | 01-20-2011 |
Casey A. Scruggs, Middleburg, PA US
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20130237930 | Devices for Clearing Blockages in Small Bore In-Situ Artificial Lumens - A device for clearing blockages is provided that may have a tube that is slit. The tube may have a lumen. A reciprocating member may be provided and a portion of the reciprocating member may be located within the lumen. | 09-12-2013 |
20140102445 | Active System for In-Situ Clearing of Secretions and Occlusions in Tubes - A device for removing secretions from an artificial tube is provided. The device may include a clearing catheter and a driving mechanism that may apply repetitive motion to the clearing catheter. In another version of the device, the clearing catheter may dispense irrigation fluid and aspirate the irrigation fluid. The clearing catheter may have an irrigation and an aspiration lumen that may both reciprocate with the clearing catheter. In another version a compliant member into which irrigation fluid is located may be present. | 04-17-2014 |
20140309683 | Miniature Device Platform for Navigation on Moving Organs - A device for gripping tissue that is inside of a patient for use in delivering therapy is provided. The device may include a first gear that rotates and that engages the tissue. A second gear that also rotates may be included and may likewise engage the tissue. A spacing mechanism may be included in the device that adjusts the spacing between the first and second gears such that the first and second gears are moved closer to one another and moved farther from one another. | 10-16-2014 |
20150073357 | Device and Method for Less Forceful Tissue Puncture - A device for penetrating tissue is provided that has a driving actuator with a body and motor shaft that is reciprocated. A coupler is attached to the motor shaft, and a key engages the driving actuator and coupler and limits rotational motion of the motor shaft and permits linear motion of the motor shaft. A penetrating member is carried by the coupler, and linear motion of the motor shaft is translated to the penetrating member to linearly reciprocate the penetrating member. | 03-12-2015 |
Donald E. Scruggs, Chino, CA US
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20080217599 | Postall easy install posts and fences - A post and fencing system to avoid pre-digging large holes and the use of concrete, using round cross section based posts, tapering from a small diameter section above the lowest end, which is cutter shaped, to where the post extends above the ground, and having screw threads covering the tapered section and increasing in overall diameter and thread thickness from the bottom upward, to give the receiving material around the Postall post maximum compaction and grip in the receiving material and thus give the post greatest resistance to movement, and with such posts having above-ground segments with various cross sections, such as round, square, hexagonal and the like, depending upon the needs of utility and decor, upon which can be attached appropriate fittings to hold in place fence rails, slats, wire, poles and other common fencing materials. | 09-11-2008 |
20100031482 | Edged non-horizontal burial containers - Burial containers to be power installed in non-horizontal positions without the need to dig large holes and subsequently replace the dug out material, and which greatly save land area, plus can be interred in high water table areas and even under shallow water. | 02-11-2010 |
20100031483 | Non-horizontal burial methods - Process methods of interring remains non-horizontally into earth, sand, snow or other receiving materials on dry or wet land or under water in a much less labor intensive manner while using far less land area than currently practiced. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037490 | Easy inter equipment - Devices by which certain types of units, such as posts, poles, pilings, anchors, caskets, burial containers, stanchions and the like may be picked up, gripped, maneuvered into a desired position and, pressed, rotated and agitated for the purpose of installing such units at nearly any angle, into earth, sand, snow or other receiving material on dry land, wet land or under water. | 02-18-2010 |
20100038613 | Fence EZ hardware - Attachment hardware to fasten a variety of fencing cross rails with various cross sections, such as round, square, hexagonal and the like, depending upon the needs of utility and decor, to fence posts, to hold in place fence slats, wire, panels and other common fencing materials, especially where the ground is uneven. | 02-18-2010 |
20110225855 | Positioning and rotating apparatus for interring screw-in and self digging burial containers - Apparatus by which screw-in and self digging burial containers may be picked up, maneuvered into a desired position and pressed, rotated and or agitated for the purpose of interring such burial containers at nearly any angle into earth, sand, snow or other receiving material on dry land, wet land or under water. | 09-22-2011 |
20120000044 | Self boring vertical burial containers - A space saving burial container that bores its own hole and efficiently guides the cut away receiving material up and out of the hole to inter a fully secured body in a permanently natural upright position. | 01-05-2012 |
20130041855 | Time saving method of boarding passengers onto vehicles - A time saving method of arranging passenger waiting area seating and transport vehicle boarding and instruction to greatly reduce passenger loading time, frustration and irritation and to save fuel and engine time. | 02-14-2013 |
20130111718 | Body security in non-horizontal burials - A method whereby a body is held securely in a dignified position within a non-horizontal burial container so as to not crumple downward when interred. | 05-09-2013 |
20140319726 | Maximum body security in non-horizontal burials - A method whereby a body is fully protected and held securely in a dignified position in curing and setting material forming a capsule which can be interred non-horizontally directly into the ground or placed within a screw-in or self-digging type burial container for non-horizontal interment in ponds, near trees or in other unused small spaces in a cemetery. | 10-30-2014 |
Donald Emest Scruggs, Chino, CA US
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20080201833 | Flushette partial and full toilet flush devices - Toilet flapper valves with multiple volume flush capability which can be quickly and easily installed to replace existing flapper valves in old or new toilets to give such toilets the capability of providing selectable amounts of flushing water. | 08-28-2008 |
Edward Scruggs, Monroe, NC US
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20110072724 | Door Package - A door package includes a door frame, a door, a handle, and a pivot plate. The frame has a top portion that includes tracks in which door panels can slide. The door includes two or more equal size door panels. The handle protrudes in a direction essentially perpendicular to the door panels and is connected to a latch mechanism for positively engaging with a corresponding latch mechanism in the door frame when the door is in a closed position. The pivot plate is attached to the floor and allows the door panels to pivot from a retracted position to a broken open position essentially perpendicular to the plane of the door. At least two of the door panels separate from each other while the door is pivoting from the retracted position to the broken open position, to allow the handle to be accommodated between the two door panels. | 03-31-2011 |
Mark Scruggs, Walled Lake, MI US
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20150076793 | ANTI-RATTLE DEVICE WITH HITCH COVER - An anti-rattle device is shown and described. The anti-rattle device may include a frame configured to engage a receiver hitch and to receive a draw bar. The anti-rattle device may also include a cam engaging assembly operatively engaged with the frame, where the cam engaging assembly is selectively positionable between disengaged and engaged positions whereby the cam engaging assembly is adapted to engage the draw bar against the receiver hitch in the engaged position. | 03-19-2015 |
Mark Patrick Scruggs, Walled Lake, MI US
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20140263512 | CARGO ACCESSORY MATCHING SYSTEM - A cargo accessory system is shown and described. The cargo accessory system may include a hitch mounting member, and a cargo accessory carrier attached to the hitch mounting member, where the cargo accessory carrier is configured to carry cargo. The cargo accessory system may also include a visual indicator incorporated with the cargo accessory carrier. The visual indicator may include a compatibility indicator identifying at least one hitch receiver to which the hitch member is capable of attaching, and a weight capacity identifying a load capacity of the cargo accessory carrier when the hitch mounting member is attached to the at least one hitch receiver. | 09-18-2014 |
Michael G. Scruggs, Lakeland, FL US
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20090286150 | BATTERY TAB AND PACKAGING FRAME DESIGN - Improved battery packaging and constructions for batteries, particularly thin, flat-profile packaged batteries are provided. The battery packaging constructions may eliminate the need for soldering by providing current collector tabs coated by electrically conductive adhesive tape such as z-axis conductive tape and may provide support for current collector tabs and a regular battery perimeter by providing supportive battery packaging and/or frame materials. Better fabrication results, particularly when the batteries are used in smart cards, RFID tags, and medical devices. | 11-19-2009 |
Michael K. Scruggs, Pompton Plains, NJ US
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20120319483 | Apparatus for bi-directional power switching in low voltage vehicle power distribution systems - A plurality of modules each including at least a pair of series connected power MOSFETs are configured between a plurality of DC voltage sources, and a plurality output terminals for connection to respective loads, are controlled for selectively applying power to the loads via time delay switching incorporating forward biased intrinsic diodes of the MOSFETs in a given current path during initial application of power to a load, whereby a predetermined period of time after turning on one of the series connected MOSFETs, the associated other MOSFET is turned on to shunt its intrinsic diode for reducing the resistance in the current path to maximize current flow. The configuration of the plurality of power MOSFETs is also controlled for selectively providing bi-directional current flow between said plurality of DC voltage sources. | 12-20-2012 |
Pamela Lee Scruggs, Las Vegas, NV US
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20130041855 | Time saving method of boarding passengers onto vehicles - A time saving method of arranging passenger waiting area seating and transport vehicle boarding and instruction to greatly reduce passenger loading time, frustration and irritation and to save fuel and engine time. | 02-14-2013 |
Philip H. Scruggs, Brentwood, TN US
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20130101721 | INDUCTION-BASED HEAT RETENTIVE SERVER - A heat retentive server includes a chamber defined between an upper shell and a lower shell that are connected to one another. An induction-heatable member is positioned in the chamber, and the induction-heatable member may be heated by electromagnetic induction to a first temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. Buffering material is positioned in the chamber between the induction-heatable member and the upper shell, and the buffering material is adapted for providing predetermined conductive heat transfer from the induction-heatable member to the upper shell so that at least a portion of the upper shell is heated to a second temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. The second temperature is less than the first temperature. | 04-25-2013 |
20130302495 | INDUCTION-BASED HEAT RETENTIVE SERVER - A heat retentive server includes a chamber defined between an upper shell and a lower shell that are connected to one another. An induction-heatable member is positioned in the chamber, and the induction-heatable member may be heated by electromagnetic induction to a first temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. Buffering material is positioned in the chamber between the induction-heatable member and the upper shell, and the buffering material is adapted for providing predetermined conductive heat transfer from the induction-heatable member to the upper shell so that at least a portion of the upper shell is heated to a second temperature that is greater than the heat deflection temperature of the upper shell. The second temperature is less than the first temperature. | 11-14-2013 |
Richard A Scruggs, Chicago, IL US
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20130041855 | Time saving method of boarding passengers onto vehicles - A time saving method of arranging passenger waiting area seating and transport vehicle boarding and instruction to greatly reduce passenger loading time, frustration and irritation and to save fuel and engine time. | 02-14-2013 |
Rodney Scruggs, Mill Creek, WA US
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20120281021 | User Interface and Methods for Sonographic Display Device - A user interface for a sonographic device is disclosed that displays a sonographic image and at least one reference object corresponding to a catheter size. The reference object may be scaled in proportion to the sonographic image. In addition, the user interface may further display a plurality of vertical lines and a plurality of horizontal lines arranged in a grid-like pattern and placed over the sonographic image. The size of both the sonographic image and the at least one reference object may change in proportion to a chosen insertion depth. A display device, a sonographic device and corresponding methods are also disclosed. | 11-08-2012 |
20130245431 | User Interface and Methods for Sonographic Display Device - A user interface for a sonographic device is disclosed that displays a sonographic image and at least one reference object corresponding to a catheter size. The reference object may be scaled in proportion to the sonographic image. In addition, the user interface may further display a plurality of vertical lines and a plurality of horizontal lines arranged in a grid-like pattern and placed over the sonographic image. The size of both the sonographic image and the at least one reference object may change in proportion to a chosen insertion depth. A display device, a sonographic device and corresponding methods are also disclosed. | 09-19-2013 |
Roger Scruggs, Lynchburg, VA US
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20080272018 | PACKAGE FOR LIGHTBULBS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A package includes four outer walls and an internal wall running between two of the outer walls. The four outer walls and the internal wall define first and second cells. First and second pivot members are disposed in the first and second cells. A first pair of hinge members connects the first pivot member to two of the walls defining the first cell and a second pair of hinge members connects the second pivot member to two of the walls defining the second cell. | 11-06-2008 |