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Patent Innovations LLC

Mjk Holdings, LLC

Michael Kenney

Marcus Roehmer

John M Hammond

Bryan Edwards

Christopher Hartman

Douglas A Kunnel

David H Jones

Robert J Megdal

David Velasquez

Jeffrey S Rhoades

Thomas A Hays

Brent Huckey

A tree stand comprising a supporting base including an upwardly facing hemispherical socket, a positioning sphere having a cavity for receiving a trunk of the tree, and a collar engageable by threads with the base and comprising a flange, wherein the positioning sphere may be disposed in the hemispherical cavity, and the compression collar maximally threadably engaged with the base, thereby contacting the flange with the sphere and immobilizing the sphere in the socket.

Christmas tree stand

Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to weight monitoring systems for recovering, processing, monitoring, and managing various commodities or products stored in a container.

Security systems and methods for continuously monitoring the weight of a container

An improved drinking container for soft drinks, flavored drinks as well as other similar nutritional and energy supplement drink products which allow the end user to control the amount of flavor, mix, nutritional or energy supplement or any other additive added to the liquid drink product. The drinking container and method associated therewith permits an end user of the drinking container to controllably inject an additive into the liquid drink product to attain a desired ratio of additive in the drink product via a dispenser having measurement units marked or formed thereon to provide controlled amounts of the additive to the main liquid drink product such as water or carbonated water for flavoring, calorie control and/or nutritional supplements.

Liquid container with additive dispenser

The tire carrier assembly of the present invention is mounted to the frame of a vehicle by removing the existing D-rings and placing the mounting brackets for the tire carrier over the apertures where the existing D-rings were mounted. The existing D-rings are then placed over the tire carrier mounting brackets and the entire assembly is mounted or coupled to the vehicle, using the original mounting apertures for the D-rings.

Tire carrier assembly

Tire carrier

Brushguard

Locker caddy with variable position handle

A method of placing color indicia or tints on a porous surface includes the steps of forming a base layer on a surface, such as a floor, by applying a liquid layer of an unpigmented metal interlock acrylic finish to the surface, and allowing the base layer to dry. A pigmented layer of liquid metal interlock acrylic finish containing an acrylic polymer emulsion and pigment substance is then applied over the base layer in the form of an indicia, such as a decoration, advertisement, or pattern. After the pigmented layer has dried, a protective layer of liquid metal interlock acrylic finish is then applied over the pigmented layer and allowed to dry to protect the design, and the protective layer can be buffed to a shine. The method can be used to quickly and easily apply directional aids, advertisements, tints, or other colored indicia to a floor. Both the pigmented and unpigmented layers are readily removable with common detergents such as ammonia.

Colored floor finish

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Maricopa, AZ, United States of America

Michael Kenney