Flow Control LLC

Tonka Corporation

Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Aqua-leisure Industries, Inc.

Cpg Products Corporation

Breslow, Morrison, Terzian & Associates, L.l.c.

Parker Brothers Division of Kenner Parker Toys Inc.

Randall H Moormann

Rick Burnham

Jeffrey D Lopes

Jesus Estrada

William A Gell, Iii

Donald A Rosenwinkel

Humberto Valenzuela Meza

Frank D Ventura

Gregory S Cook

Daniel J DeOreo

Joel A Kenney

Jeffrey Brian Schopperle

Ronald J Daley

Mark F Ingersoll

Christopher K Barmore

Todd R Raabe

James R Henderson

Kevin A Gillespie

Jeffrey B Schopperle

William A Gell

William A Gell Iii

A pumping system featuring a pump chamber configured with a central portion having a tangential outlet, and configured with a tubular coupling end portion having inwardly flexible rim portions on one side; and a mounting base, having a circular portion with an inner circumferential rim configured to receive and engage the inwardly flexible rim portions of the tubular coupling portion of the pump chamber so as to be rotationally coupled to the pumping chamber so that the pumping chamber may be rotated 360&#xb0; in relation to the mounting base.

Low profile pump with the ability to be mounted in various configurations

Apparatus for providing liquid from a reservoir of liquid contained in a vehicle/vessel or other equipment, featuring a pump for pumping liquid having a pump housing outlet nozzle; and a back flow preventer assembly having an inlet end to couple to the outlet nozzle, having an outlet end to couple to an outlet hose for connecting to an outlet exiting a wall of a vehicle, vessel or other equipment, and having a duckbill-type check valve to provide liquid being pumped in one direction from the reservoir of the vehicle, vessel or other equipment to the outlet exiting the wall of the vehicle, vessel or other equipment via the outlet hose, and also configured to prevent residue liquid left in the outlet hose from flowing back into the pump and returning to the reservoir once the pump has completed pumping if the outlet exiting the wall of the vehicle, vessel or other equipment is above the outlet nozzle, so as to prevent on an on/off oscillation of the pump depending on the volume of residue liquid left in the outlet hose.

Bilge pump arrangement having back flow preventer

The pump has a pump body having a pump body portion with a vent hole to allow air entrapped in the pump body to bleed out to atmosphere and allow liquid to fill the pump body in order to get the pump running, and also includes a tab receiving portion having a rim defining an opening; and a pump/strainer assembly that includes a base with slots/openings formed therein to receive and strain liquid to be pumped, and includes a strainer retaining tab with a raised rim to be received in the opening of the tab receiving portion and circumferentially engaged by the rim of the opening to hold together the pump/strainer assembly and the pump body. The at least one tab receiving portion and the strainer retaining tab are dimensioned to conceal the vent hole and substantially prevent the liquid from bleeding through the vent hole and squirting outside of the pump body when the pump is running.

Bilge pump having concealed air-lock vent

A utility pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a series configuration of integral pumps, and also configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power for providing to the series configuration of the integral pumps, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the series configuration of the integral pumps when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an 'ON' position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the 'ON' position.

Rechargeable battery powered utility pump with series centrifugal pump configuration

A pump is provided featuring a housing and battery configuration, where the housing is configured with a battery receiving portion having electrical terminals for receiving power to the pump, and where the battery has a protruding portion with corresponding electrical terminals configured to contact the electrical terminals to provide power to the pump when the protruding portion of the battery is inserted into the battery receiving portion of the housing and rotated in one direction to an 'ON' position, and also configured not to contact the electrical terminals when the battery is not rotated to the 'ON' position.

Portable battery operated bilge pump

Utility pump

Portable bilge pump

Swim goggles comprising first and second substantially rigid frames each having a base portion, an eye lens portion, an inner end portion and an outer end portion. The swim goggles further comprise a bridge for engaging the inner end portions of the first and second frames. The swim goggles further comprise a head strap having first and second end portions having a plurality of tooth portions. The swim goggles further comprise first and second connection mechanisms disposed at the outer end portions of the first and second frames, respectively. Each of the first and second connection mechanisms comprise a strap passage way adapted to receive the first and second end portions of the head strap, respectively. Each of the first and second mechanisms further comprise a unitary resilient pawl comprising a median portion and first and second finger portions having end portions engaged with the base portion at a position adjacent to and below the eye lens portion. The resilient pawl further comprising a button portion extending upwardly from the median portion and a stop portion extending downwardly from the median portion. Each of the first and second connection mechanisms further comprise a cover portion engaged with the base portion and the end portions of said first and second finger portions, respectively. The cover portion has an annular shaped opening adapted to receive the button portion. In operation, movement of the button portion by the person causes the first and second finger portions to become biased and the stop member to become disengaged from the tooth portion of the strap. Release of the button portion causes the stop member to return to its unbiased state and engaged with the tooth portion of the strap.

Swim goggles

A launcher for a soft compressible closed cell foam ball which includes a cavity in which the ball is forced into from the front of the barrel and is held loosely therein and a plunger coupled to the barrel for causing theball to be compressed and then spring out of the cavity accompanied by a loud popping sound.

Compressible ball launcher

The present invention is concerned with providing a game that mechanically dispenses additional cards to a player in a dramatic manner. Card play initially determines whether a player may have to operate the dispenser. However, a chance element in operation of the device may still permit the player to escape receiving any additional cards. Depression of a button in accordance with card play, indexes a disc having variously spaced apart detents for actuating a battery motor driven eccentric wheel that expels the cards from a reservoir.

Mechanical card dispenser and method of playing a card game

A ball launcher for launching a plurality of soft closed cell plastic compressible balls, one ball at a time, by causing a plurality of balls in a line, one ball at a time (each time the plunger is moved back and forth), to squeeze past a constriction at the front of the launcher. The front most ball in the line of balls, to be launched, is urged against the constriction by a resilient biasing carriage engaging the rear most ball in the line of balls.

Rapid fire ball launcher

A launcher for a soft compressible closed cell foam ball which includes a cavity in which the ball is forced into from the front of the barrel and is held loosely therein and a plunger coupled to the barrel for causing the ball to be compressed and then spring out of the cavity accompanied by a loud popping sound.

A basketball hoop and bracket for attaching the hoop to the upper edge of a door or other elevated structure embodying an upper edge over which the bracket can be suspended the bracket taking the form of a U-shaped hanger embodying spaced, parallel legs spaced apart a distance greater than the thickness of the door for mounting astride the upper edge of the door and a coupling element adjustably mounted to one leg of the hanger for clamping engagement with the door.

Basketball hoop system

A flexible, circular, elastomer air foil that is a unitary structure has a central portion that droops downward when the foil is resting on a horizontal flat surface surrounded by an annular portion that is then convex on top and concave on the bottom when resting on a thicker perimetrical rim portion.

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Georgetown, MA, United States of America

Randall H Moormann