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Handling: hand and hoist-line implements April category listing, related patent applications 04/09

20090108600 - Chopsticks: An object of the present invention is to provide chopsticks that are hard to roll, can be aligned easily in a pair on a table, and are hard to damage through repeated use by teeth marks and so on, and in which heat is not easily conducted to the handle... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090108601 - Ball engager and retainer and method: A method for engaging and retrieving golf balls includes aligning the bottom of a tubular member over a golf ball, and pushing down on the tubular member to pass the golf ball through an engaging and receiving assembly. An assembly for engaging and retrieving golf balls comprises a tube member... Agent: Law Offices Of John W. Carpenter John W. Carpenter

20090108602 - Wheeled snow shovel having vertical lift and projected forward and/or side dump: A snow shovel apparatus comprises: a) a frame having an extending handle, an upright post extending from a front portion of the frame, said post having an upper end portion having a slide stop, and a central portion having a lower slide and an upper slide, and a lever having... Agent: Glen F. Gallinger

20090108603 - Synthetic sling whose component parts have opposing lays: A sling for industrial lifting made of a load-bearing core and a cover. The cover protects the plurality of yarns that make-up the core. Each core yarn is made of a number of core threads twisted together. The core yarns are twisted together where the twist is in the same... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark A. Garzia, P.C.

20090108604 - Crane hook assemblies and methods of use: A crane hook assembly and methods of use for safely lifting large conduits, such as wind generator tower sections. The hook assembly includes a steel frame member and a support member forwardly extending from the front surface of the frame member. The support member cooperates with the frame member to... Agent: Moore & Hansen, Pllp

20090108605 - Robot gripper and method for its manufacture: The invention relates to a robot gripper having a fixing flange for detachably attaching it to a robot manipulator arm, and at least one actuator element which is supported in a frame, that actuates at least two gripper jaws indirectly or directly kinematically via at least one articulated unit. At... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090108606 - Grapple attachment for handling wrapped round modules and including a wrap cutter: A grapple attachment is equipped with driven rollers for selectively turning a wrapped round module about its axis so as to position it for having the wrapping slit at the bottom side of the module. When the module is properly located for having the wrapping slit, a powered cutting blade... Agent: Deere & Company

20090102211 - Portable pet waste receptacle: A portable pet waste receptacle includes a frame member manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape. A handle member is releasably securable to such frame member at a predetermined location thereon. Such handle member is manufactured from a second predetermined... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090102212 - Waste collection tool: A tool for collecting waste in a bag, comprising an elongated shaft member, a ring member, and two clamps. The tool provides for the securing of a bag on the ring member such that no part of the ring member or the outside surface of the bag may come in... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090102213 - Lifting apparatus: The invention relates to a lifting apparatus and in particular to lifting apparatus suitable for lifting casing and pipes for the offshore oil and gas industries. A lifting apparatus (10) is disclosed which comprises a pair of lifting members (13) and an actuator (16). In use, the weight of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090102214 - Compact double tweezers: Two tweezers which folds and unfolds relative to each other is connected by a central connector which allows the rotation of the tweezers without one tweezers rubbing into the other tweezers. Each tweezers has a tweezer head section extending to a base section. The base sections have an external base... Agent: Maria Erlinda C. Sarno, Esq.

20090102215 - Flipping double headed tweezers: A flipping double tweezers having a stationary and a movable tweezers. Each tweezers is formed from two elongated plates or molded as a single piece and has a tweezer head including a pincer and its tips and a fused rear section. The rear section of the stationary and the movable... Agent: Maria Erlinda C. Sarno, Esq.

20090096225 - Device and method for removing fecal matter: An animal waste removal device and method is disclosed. The device may include a plurality of extension pieces each having a point at its terminal end and a protruding wall acting as a finger or thumb guard. The device is designed to work in any position, in any condition, and... Agent: Terrence J. Edwards Clayton, Howarth & Cannon, P.C.

20090096226 - Waste collection apparatus: A lining assembly for lining an apparatus for collecting waste comprises a first lining region, the first lining region including at least two protruding ledges and at least one folded over region; a second lining region coupled to the first lining region, the second lining region including at least two... Agent: Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090096227 - Waste collection device: A device for collecting pet waste comprising a shaft having an upper end and a lower end; and a receptacle support pivotally attached to the lower end of the shaft, said support being moveable between a closed position in which the receptacle support is adjacent to the shaft and a... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan

20090096228 - Lifter tool: Elevating a handle of the lifter tool creates a clamping force between a bottom support plate and a top clamping plate operatively attached to the handle, allowing a worker to transfer, simultaneously, a number of stacked pavers, or similar block-like objects, quickly, efficiently and safely. A push-off plate facilitates unloading... Agent: Ira S. Dorman

20090096229 - Ultra low contact area end effector: The present invention comprises a vacuum end effector having workpiece supports that work in conjunction with distorted workpiece surfaces. In one embodiment, each workpiece support has the ability to gimbal and conform the workpiece surface in contact with an outer edge of the support. Each workpiece support preferably provides a... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090096230 - Vacuum pressure systems: Vacuum pressure systems are provided. In this regard, a representative vacuum pressure system includes: an inlet; and a linear actuator having a permanent magnet, a coil, an inner ferromagnetic core and an outer ferromagnetic core, the outer ferromagnetic core surrounding at least a portion of each of the permanent magnet,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090096231 - Collapsible workbasket assembly: A workbasket assembly for surrounding and protecting a workman when cleaning or maintaining a tall structure such as a building, tank or silo. The workbasket assembly comprises a frame made up from a plurality of vertical uprights and horizontal rails connected together by a plurality of pivot tabs. The workbasket... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090096232 - Easy package lifting device: An easy package lifting tool designed to allow a user to manually lift a package with one hand directly over the package's center of gravity that uses the weight of the package to exert inward directed forces by two gripping jaws on opposing sides of the package. The tool includes... Agent: Dean A. Craine

20090096233 - Hose rack: Disclosed is a device for carrying a hose or other tubular member. The device includes a first base member releasably connected to a second base member. The first and second base members operate to form a plurality of openings sized to receive a length of hose or other tubular member.... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20090091146 - Chopsticks: The present invention provides an improved structure of chopsticks, which can address the shortcomings of typical chopsticks. The lateral portion of the clamping end of the chopstick body has a recessed groove, which is arranged along the extension of the clamping end. One end of the recessed groove passes through... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090091147 - Pole-mounted hook device for electric utility applications: A hook device for coupling with a universal pole such as a utility pole or hot stick performs a plurality of functions including at least physically engaging a component of a utility device. The hook device has a base having an axis with a pole attachment for coupling with the... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090091148 - Chip card receiving device comprising a carriage for holding a chip card: A chip-card-receiving device has a carriage for holding a chip card, means for fixing and releasing a chip card, and a clamping element. The carriage is displaceably mounted between an insertion/removal position and a reading/writing position on a carrier. The clamping element is spring-mounted on the carriage such that the... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20090091149 - Gripper for clamping plates, used in combination with a manipulator arm, and offset balancing module: The invention concerns a gripper comprising a frame to which is connected a mobile subassembly including a fixed end and a mobile end respectively secured to a fixed arm and a mobile arm, and an actuator supported on the fixed arm for moving the mobile arm and end relative to... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20090091150 - Chopsticks gripper: A chopsticks gripper article has a solid housing with a flexible inner layer therein. The flexible inner layer has a pair of chopstick-receiving through holes therein. The housing has a pair of upper through holes and a pair of lower through holes on opposite walls of the housing. A protruding... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090091151 - Chopsticks gripper: The present invention provides a chopsticks gripper. The gripper includes an intermediate block containing top, bottom and four sides. A semi-angle internal gripping slot penetrating the intermediate block is arranged separately at left and right sides. The internal gripping slot is also placed obliquely. A left clamp splice is penetrated... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090085363 - Tool for picking and carrying dog dung: In a tool for picking up and carrying dog dung that includes a container longitudinally swingably supported at the tip of a shaft part and a cover placed on the container to swing in a direction opposing the container, when an opening part of the container is covered with the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090085364 - Lightened vibrating clamps for tree-shaking fruit harvesting machines: Lightened vibrating clamp for machines harvesting fruit by shaking, of the type featuring two jaws capable of being brought closer together or of being placed further apart from each other. At least one of the jaws includes an exterior jacket made of composite material and positioned around a web or... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090085365 - Carrier for sacks with strap: A device has a cylindrical handle with two opposed ends and lifts loaded sacks and other equipment with narrow handholds. Upon both ends, the device has a slot about its circumference. Each slot receives an end of a strap fitted over the handle and into the slot. The strap then... Agent: Charles C. Mccloskey