Twenty-four patents were awarded to Utah inventors on November 7. U.S. patents are granted each Tuesday.
Front torso and arm covering bib. Ileana Manning, Sandy. Filed Feb. 25, 1999. Patent No. 6,141,798.
Apparatus and method for inserting objects into balloons. William Gregory Carroll, Salt Lake City. Filed March 15, 1999. Patent No. 6,141,941.
Video camera and umbrella supports for golf carts, golf pull carts and golf carry bags. Guy Wilkins Jr., Ogden. Filed Jan. 22, 1999. Patent No. 6,142,437.
Inflation assembly. Bradley W. Smith, Ogden. Assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc., Ogden. Filed Sept. 1, 1999. Patent No. 6,142,519.
Collapsible child's table. Steve J. Miller, Millville. Filed June 7, 1999. Patent No. 6,142,560.
Gas-spring assisted, counterbalanced L-arm assembly for fluoroscopic imaging. Jeff Pattee, Salt Lake City. Assigned to OEC Medical Systems Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 21, 1998. Patent No. 6,142,667.
Method and apparatus for re-keying a lock. William A. Staiger, Provo. Filed May 18, 1999. Patent No. 6,142,717.
Rotary positive displacement engine. Michael Blake Taggett, Hurricane. Assigned to Henry Engine Co., Witchita, Kan. Filed June 28, 1999. Patent No. 6,142,758.
Dental instruments for use with dental wedges. Dan E. Fischer, Sandy. Assigned to Ultradent Products Inc., South Jordan. Filed April 22, 1998. Patent No. 6,142,781.
Adjustable basketball goal system. David C. Winter, Layton; Edward van Nimwegen, North Ogden. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed Dec. 8, 1999, a continuation of patent no. 6,077,177, filed Feb. 3, 1998, which is a continuation of application ser. no. 986,382, filed Dec. 8, 1997, which is a continuation of patent no. 5,695,417, filed Feb. 12, 1997. Patent No. 6,142,891.
Dynamic real-time exercise video apparatus and method. Bruce Ewert, Sandy. Filed Nov. 3, 1999. Patent No. 6,142,913.
Method and apparatus for treatment with resonant signals. James Hoyt Clark, Lindon. Filed Sept. 14, 1998. Patent No. 6,142,927.
Variably adjustable bi-directional derotation bracing system. Paul R. Mathewson, Park City. Filed Jan. 7, 1998. Patent No. 6,142,965.
Pinch clip occluder system for infusion sets. David J. McNally, Bluffdale; Al Halbert, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Zevex, Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 22, 1998, a continuation-in-part of patent no. 5,810,323, filed Sept. 13, 1996, which is a continuation of application ser. no. 410,912, filed March 21, 1998, now abandoned. Patent No. 6,142,979.
Burn rate-enhanced basic copper nitrate-containing gas generant compositions and methods. Ivan V. Mendenhall, Providence; Robert D. Taylor, Hyrum; Michael W. Barnes, Brigham City; David W. Parkinson, N. Ogden. Assigned to Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden. Filed May 6, 1999. Patent No. 6,143,102.
Method for manufacturing composite shafts with injection molded, rigidized bladder with varying wall thickness. Ronald H. Nelson, Salt Lake City; Dimitrije Milovich, Salt Lake City. Assigned to Radius Engineering Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed April 9, 1996, a continuation-in-part of patent no. 5,534,203, filed Feb. 9, 1994. Patent No. 6,143,236.
Dual-luciferase reporter system. Guido Grentzmann, Salt Lake City; Raymond F. Gesteland, Salt Lake City; John F. Atkins, Verrieres le Buisson, France. Assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City. Filed March 31, 1999. Patent No. 6,143,502.
Noise suppression standby switch for a musical instrument cable. Stephen R. Ward, West Jordan. Assigned to Award, L.C., Murray. Filed Sept. 11, 1998. Patent No. 6,143,995.
Method and system for modification of fax data rate over wireless channels. Scott W. Rupp, Grantsville; John Wheeler, Salt Lake City; Brady Brown, Layton. Assigned to 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Filed Sept. 11, 1997. Patent No. 6,144,464.
Disk cartridge for use with a removable cartridge data storage drive. David M. Ginosar, Ogden; Mark S. Thayne, West Point; Yiping Ma, Layton; Clark C. Bruderer, Farmington. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed March 12, 1998, a continuation of patent no. 5,854,719, filed Nov. 10, 1994, which is a continuation-in-part of application ser. no. 324,671, filed Oct. 18, 1994, now abandoned. Patent No. 6,144,526.
Method for accessing a medium within a shutter shell that encapsulates the medium. Jay A. Muse, Centerville; Brian Schick, San Diego, Calif.; Shane Nowell, Riverdale. Assigned to Iomega Corp., Roy. Filed Sept. 30, 1999, a continuation of patent no. 6,005,755, filed Nov. 12, 1997. Patent No. 6,144,527.
System and method for managing user accounts in a communication network. Brady Anderson, Alpine; Calvin Gaisford, Provo. Assigned to Novell Inc., Provo. Filed Aug. 18, 1997. Patent No. 6,144,959.
Method and system for client/server and peer-to-peer disk imaging. Kevin J. Turpin, Orem; Christopher P. Clark, Murray. Assigned to Altiris Inc., Lindon. Filed May 9, 1997. Patent No. 6,144,992.
The ornamental design for a proximal end catheter coupling hub. Kelly B. Powers, North Salt Lake; Kenneth A. Eliasen, West Jordan; Daniel T. Schlehuber, Sandy. Assigned to C. R. Bard Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. Filed April 2, 1999, a continuation-in-part of design patent no. des. 408,530, filed July 22, 1998.
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