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Brian J. Horne, Woods Cross, UT US
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| 20090295119 | Wheelchair advantage mobility system - A wheelchair propulsion and braking system ( | 12-03-2009 |
Brian Lee Horne, Galloway, OH US
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| 20090031546 | Residential door hinge pin remover - A tool for removing residential door hinge pins. The small hand tool has a drive rod extending out of the top center of handle. Embodied in a cylindrical cone shaped handle with magnetic horns extending out evenly horizontally up from the bottom of tool. The moon-shaped protrusion secure door pins to the tool, so that the door pins don't drop on to the new tile or a brand new hard wood floors causing damage while removing door hinge pins. When the residential door hinge pin remover is used the drive rod is placed up under door hinge pin hole (and with the magnetic horns facing away from all wood) and forced upward by any hammer. Once the neck of the pin is exposed the moon-shaped protrusion are placed under the neck of the pins and forced the rest of the way out for easy and safe removing. | 02-05-2009 |
Bruce O. Horne, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20090293344 | Process for Removing Water and Water Soluble Contaminants From Biofuels - Water may be removed from a biofuel or biofuel intermediate by using a demulsifier. The demulsifier includes the product of oxyalkylating a resin prepared from a formulation including a phenol and a compound selected from the group consisting of an aldehyde, a diamine a polyamine and mixtures thereof. The demulsifier may also be used with admixtures of biofuels, biofuel intermediates, or biofuel feedstocks with conventional hydrocarbons. | 12-03-2009 |
Bruce W. Horne, Cromwell, CT US
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| 20120006969 | ELEVATOR MACHINE FRAME WITH NOISE REDUCING CONFIGURATION - An exemplary elevator machine frame includes a plurality of support surfaces configured to support at least one of a motor or a brake. A plurality of arms between the support surfaces maintain a desired alignment of support surfaces. At least one of the arms has a first cross section taken transverse to a longitudinal direction along a length of the arm at a first longitudinal location on the arm. That same arm has a second, different cross section at a second, different longitudinal location on the arm. | 01-12-2012 |
Charles Christopher Horne, Saint Paul, MN US
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| 20100070294 | CREATING AND COMMUNICATING STAFFING ASSIGNMENTS - An automated apparatus, method and system are provided for creating and communicating staffing assignments associated with a plurality of patients receiving treatment in multiple different areas within a healthcare facility and in association with multiple different phases of treatment. In particular, a centralized staff assignment application or module is provided, wherein a staff assignor may access the staff assignment application in order to identify, among other things: (1) staff members capable of facilitating treatment to patients within each area of the healthcare facility; (2) the roles each of those staff members is capable of performing; (3) the peri-operative phase associated with each phase; and (4) the patients scheduled to receive treatment in each of the areas in association with each of the phases. This information may thereafter be used to make staffing assignments, which may be communicated to individuals and applications throughout the healthcare facility. | 03-18-2010 |
Daniel J. Horne, Naples, FL US
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| 20120024860 | WASTEBASKET - A wastebasket designed to work in combination with a trash bag insert, the wastebasket having one or more openings or slots on one or more of its sidewalls, the openings extending from the upper rim of the wastebasket to a point near the bottom of the wastebasket, so as to allow for an inward and outward motion of the sidewall sections so as to allow overstuffing of the trash bag while allowing the overstuffed bag to readily be removed from the wastebasket and/or the insertion of a trash bag whose opening circumference is smaller than the upper rim circumference of the wastebasket, whereby the trash bag is secured to the rim of the wastebasket. | 02-02-2012 |
Edward F. Horne, Matthews, NC US
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| 20110152045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COUNTER-RESISTANCE EXERCISE - An apparatus and method for counter-resistance exercise includes a cable and pulley system and a force sensing device operatively coupled to the cable and pulley system. The cable and pulley system has at least one pulley and at least one substantially inelastic cable configured for engagement with the pulley. The force sensing device is operable to generate data relating to a mechanical force applied to the cable by a user during a counter-resistance exercise in which the mechanical force is applied by a first muscle or muscle group and is opposed by a second muscle or muscle group. In one embodiment, the mechanical force applied to the cable is transferred to a load cell and the load cell converts the mechanical force to a proportional electrical signal. In another embodiment, a wireless transmitter transmits the electrical signal to a display configured for wireless communication with the transmitter and the display provides the user with biometric feedback relating to the exercise. | 06-23-2011 |
Geoffrey Horne, Fort Collins, CO US
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| 20090047599 | NEGATIVE-WORKING IMAGEABLE ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF USE - A negative-working imageable element has an imageable layer that includes an initiator composition including an iodonium cation and a boron-containing anion at a molar ratio of at least 1.2:1, an infrared radiation absorbing compound, a primary polymeric binder, and a spirolactone or spirolactam colorant precursor. The imaged element exhibits improved print-out. | 02-19-2009 |
Gregory L. Horne, Argyle, TX US
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| 20090174556 | RFID PROTECTION DEVICE, AND RELATED METHODS - Devices and methods of preventing data transfer between an RFID reader and an RFID device to be protected, are provided. An example of an embodiment of an RFID signal capture device includes a container, a signal capture circuit configured to substantially disrupt the signal provided by the RFID reader when the RFID signal capture device is positioned to protect the RFID device, and an interrogation indictor configured to indicate to a user of the RFID device that an unauthorized RFID reader is attempting to interrogate the RFID device when the RFID signal capture device is positioned in close proximity to the RFID device to provide protection thereto and when the RFID reader is producing the interrogation signal. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110095868 | RFID Protection System, Device, Combination, and Related Methods - Embodiments of systems, combinations, devices and methods of enhanced Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) protection are provided. An embodiment of a combination of a separate RFID device and a separate RFID blocking device each adapted to be positioned separately into a container includes a separate RFID device adapted to be positioned in the container a separate RFID blocking device adapted to be positioned adjacent the separate RFID device and in the container so that when an unauthorized RFID interrogation device attempts to read the separate RFID device from within the container the separate RFID blocking device positioned adjacent the separate RFID device blocks the attempted read and so that when an authorized user desires to use the separate RFID device for an authorized read the authorized user selectively removes either the separate RFID device or the separate RFID blocking device and presents the separate RFID device for the authorized read. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120112887 | RFID Protection Device, and Related Methods - Devices and methods of preventing data transfer between an RFID reader and an RFID device to be protected, are provided. An example of an embodiment of an RFID signal capture device includes a container, a signal capture circuit configured to substantially disrupt the signal provided by the RFID reader when the RFID signal capture device is positioned to protect the RFID device, and an interrogation indicator configured to indicate to a user of the RFID device that an unauthorized RFID reader is attempting to interrogate the RFID device when the RFID signal capture device is positioned in close proximity to the RFID device to provide protection thereto and when the RFID reader is producing the interrogation signal. | 05-10-2012 |
James Arthur Horne, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20090019378 | EXTENDED CASCADING STYLE SHEETS - A CSSX (Extended Cascading Style Sheets) file including non-CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) extensions is used to define and reference variables and inheritance sets. A CSSX file compiler determines a value of the defined variable, modifies the CSSX file by replacing all references to the defined variable with the value, and generates the CSS file from the modified CSSX file. The inheritance set is defined in the CSSX file and includes a reference to a previously defined CSS rule set. The CSSX file compiler defines a new CSS rule set as a function of the determined attributes included in the previously defined CSS rule set of the defined inheritance set and generates the CSS file including the newly defined CSS rule set. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110191668 | EXTENDED CASCADING STYLE SHEETS - A CSSX (Extended Cascading Style Sheets) file including non-CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) extensions is used to define and reference variables and inheritance sets. A CSSX file compiler determines a value of the defined variable, modifies the CSSX file by replacing all references to the defined variable with the value, and generates the CSS file from the modified CSSX file. The inheritance set is defined in the CSSX file and includes a reference to a previously defined CSS rule set. The CSSX file compiler defines a new CSS rule set as a function of the determined attributes included in the previously defined CSS rule set of the defined inheritance set and generates the CSS file including the newly defined CSS rule set. | 08-04-2011 |
Jefferson Horne, Erie, CO US
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| 20090313700 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MALWARE DEFINITIONS USING A COMPARISON OF NORMALIZED ASSEMBLY CODE - A system and method for generating malware definitions for use in managing malware on a computer is described. One embodiment comprises receipt of a binary file running in system memory; taking a memory dump of the binary file at a time slice and storing the memory dump in a memory dump file; applying a normalization process to the memory dump file, wherein the normalization process alters a collection of data from the memory dump file, resulting in a normalized file; applying a comparison process between the normalized file and each of a plurality of normalized files stored in a database of malware definitions wherein the comparison process produces a comparison value associated with each of the normalized files in the database of malware definitions; and inserting the normalized file into the database of malware definitions, when each of the comparison values satisfies a predetermined criterion. | 12-17-2009 |
Jefferson Delk Horne, Boulder, CO US
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| 20100005530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING MEMORY FOR PESTWARE OFFSET SIGNATURES - Systems and methods for managing pestware processes on a protected computer are described. In one implementation, a reference point in the executable memory that is associated with a process running in the executable memory is located. A first and second sets of information from corresponding first and second portions of the executable memory are then retrieved. The first and second portions of the executable memory are separated by a defined offset, and each of the first and second portions of the executable memory are offset from the reference point. The process is identifiable as a particular type of pestware when the first and second sets of information each include information previously found to be separated by the defined offset in other processes that are of the particular type of pestware. In some variations, the reference point is a starting address and/or an API implementation in the process. | 01-07-2010 |
Joel E. Horne, Lawrenceville, GA US
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| 20110315892 | ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION SYSTEM - A modular germicidal light grid system for use inside an air treatment apparatus that has a plenum in which a stream of air is enclosed. The system comprises at least one elongate member and at least one lamp assembly. Each lamp assembly comprises a housing defining at least one socket and is mounted to one elongate member at a predetermined position. The system further comprises at least one linear germicidal light source. Each light source has a longitudinal axis and a distal end constructed and arranged to mount within one socket of the housing. The elongate member is mounted within the plenum and the lamp assembly is mounted to the elongate member such that the longitudinal axis of the light source extends therein the stream of air and is positioned at an acute light angle relative to the direction of flow of the stream of air. | 12-29-2011 |
Kevin M. Horne, Gloucester, MA US
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| 20120127621 | CIRCUIT PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - A circuit protection device suitable for use with a photovoltaic power generation system. The circuit protection device includes an electronic control unit and a dual path fuse. The dual path fuse has a first current path defined by a main conductor and a second current path defined by a fuse element. In response to an overcurrent condition, the control unit activates the dual path fuse to open the first current path, thereby shunting current to the second current path. Residual follow-on current flows through the fuse element via the second current path until the fuse element melts. The control unit is programmable with multiple threshold current levels and associated time delays in order to provide different activation response times that are dependent upon the detected current level. | 05-24-2012 |
Louis Kevin Horne, Salem, AL US
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| 20080311353 | REINFORCED FABRIC HAVING A THERMALLY FUSED MAT - A reinforced fabric comprising a fiber group and a mat. The fiber group includes a plurality fibers positioned substantially parallel to one another. The mat is formed of a plurality of threads that intersect one another and are connected together. The mat has an outer surface that is formed of a material having a melting point that is less than the melting point of the fibers. At least a portion of the mat is heat bonded to a plurality of the fibers to at least partially maintain the fibers in position relative to one another. | 12-18-2008 |
Louis Kevin Horne US
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| 20100212808 | REINFORCING MAT HAVING THERMALLY FUSED STITCHING - A reinforced fabric that includes a first fiber group and a thread. The first fiber group includes a plurality of fiber sets positioned substantially parallel to one another. Each of the fiber sets includes a plurality of fibers. The thread is formed of at least one strand of material. The thread has an outer surface that is formed of a material having a melting point that is less than the melting point of the fibers in the fiber sets. The thread is stitched about the fiber sets to at least partially maintain a position of the fiber sets relative to one another. The thread forms a plurality of heat created permanent closed loop structures in the reinforced fabric. At least one of the loop structures encircles at least one fiber set. At least one of the fibers in the fibers sets is not strongly bonded to the thread that encircles the fiber set. | 08-26-2010 |
Matthew Donald Horne, Coatesville, PA US
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| 20110153384 | Visual comps builder - A user enters search criteria for comparable transactions into a computer system and the computer system generates a scatter plot of deals meeting the search criteria from a transaction database. A computer cache, data tray, or “shopping cart” can be used to save relevant deals which then can be automatically incorporated into an electronically generated comps report. | 06-23-2011 |
Michael R. Horne, Yorktown, VA US
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| 20100190026 | Strain-Detecting Composite Materials - A composite material includes a structural material and a shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite in response to a predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material. In a second embodiment, the composite material includes a plurality of particles of a ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite and changes magnetic phase in response to the predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material. A method of forming a composite material for sensing the predefined critical macroscopic average strain includes providing the shape-memory alloy having an austenite crystallographic phase, changing a size and shape of the shape-memory alloy to thereby form a plurality of particles, and combining the structural material and the particles at a temperature of from about 100-700° C. to form the composite material. | 07-29-2010 |
Patrick Mallory Horne, Waverly, GA US
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| 20100137070 | Prop Rod For Golf Club - A stand assembly for a golf club includes a plunge rod positionable within the club shaft and club head and displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position. In the extended position, at least a portion of the plunge rod is extended to an exterior of the golf club. A lock is disposed in a position to be engageable with the plunge rod in both the retracted position and the extended position. The lock selectively secures the plunge rod in at least the retracted position and the extended position. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100173722 | Golf Ball Pick-Up Tool - A golf ball pick-up tool includes a supporting shaft and a resilient golf ball hook attached to the supporting shaft. The resilient golf ball hook defines an opening of an original size smaller than a diameter of a golf ball. Upon application of a force, such as by pressing the tool over a golf ball, the resilient golf ball hook is displaceable to an enlarged size larger than the diameter of the golf ball. Upon cessation of the force, the resilient golf ball hook resiliently returns to the original size. | 07-08-2010 |
Stephen F. Horne, Somerville, MA US
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| 20110127450 | Laser-Heated Infrared Source - Described are infrared light sources and methods for generating infrared radiation. The infrared light source includes a source of laser radiation, a target and an enclosure. The target is positioned in a path of an output region of the source of laser radiation. The target includes an absorbing material that absorbs radiation at a wavelength within the lasing spectrum of the source of laser radiation and converts the absorbed radiation into thermal energy. The enclosure defines a cavity that includes the target. The enclosure includes an infrared reflecting film on a side that defines the cavity. | 06-02-2011 |
Stephen F. Horne, Chelmsford, MA US
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| 20100014641 | High-Resolution X-Ray Optic and Method for Constructing an X-Ray Optic - Described are optical apparatuses and methods for forming optical apparatuses. The optical apparatus includes a plurality of individually fabricated segments and a holder. Each of the plurality of individually fabricated segments include an inner annular surface and an outer contact surface opposite to the inner annular surface. Each of the inner annular reflecting surfaces define a longitudinal segment axis. The holder contacts each of the outer contact surfaces of the plurality of individually fabricated segments. Each of the longitudinal segment axes of the plurality of individually fabricated segments are linearly aligned. | 01-21-2010 |
Tammy Sisk Horne, Gastonia, NC US
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| 20090050771 | Stabilization and Support Strut with Secure Deployment Features - A stabilization and support strut for use in rescue operations in buildings, trenches, vehicle accidents, and the like has secure deployment features including first and second inter-fitting collar assemblies, the first collar assembly including a first collar, circumferentially based spring-biased piston-retaining pins mounted in the collar for fitting into orifices in a piston body, and a locking pin for precluding rotation and axial movement of the first collar on the strut; and the second collar assembly including a second collar rotatingly secured on the barrel with a portion of the second collar underlying the first and having a circumferentially inclined ratchet surface for snugly engaging the piston-retaining pins upon rotation of the second collar, the second collar further including rotatable studs for engaging the barrel and precluding rotation of the second collar about the barrel when snug against the piston-retaining pins. | 02-26-2009 |
William E. Horne, Renton, WA US
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| 20090254228 | CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL AND/OR HEAT ENERGY - A parabolic primary mirror ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090266404 | CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL AND/OR HEAT ENERGY - A parabolic primary mirror ( | 10-29-2009 |
William E. Horne, Kent, WA US
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| 20090205700 | CONVERSION OF SOLAR ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL AND/OR HEAT ENERGY - A parabolic primary mirror ( | 08-20-2009 |
William P. Horne, Matthews, NC US
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| 20110180024 | STEAM BOILER WITH RADIANTS - Apparatuses and methods for producing steam are provided. A steam boiler system may include a steam boiler. The steam boiler may comprise an enclosure with a burner, first and second fluid conveyance members, and one or more radiants therein. The burner produces hot combustion gases which warm the fluid conveyance members and thereby the fluid therein. The radiants are also heated by the combustion gases, and they thereby emit radiation which is absorbed by the fluid conveyance members and/or the fluid therein. The boiler system may additionally comprise a steam separator which separates out a steam component. The steam component can be directed back through the enclosure in a third fluid conveyance member to expand the steam before being fed to a steam engine to produce power. | 07-28-2011 |
William S. Horne, Madison, WI US
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| 20100099185 | METHOD OF MAKING BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ALPHA-BETA PEPTIDES - Described is a method of fabricating biologically active, unnatural polypeptides. The method includes the steps of selecting a biologically active polypeptide or biologically active fragment thereof having an amino acid sequence comprising α-amino acid residues, and fabricating a synthetic polypeptide that has an amino acid sequence that corresponds to the sequence of the biologically active polypeptide, but wherein about 14% to about 50% of the α-amino acid residues found in the biologically active polypeptide or fragment of step (a) are replaced with β-amino acid residues, and the α-amino acid residues are distributed in a repeating pattern. | 04-22-2010 |