PATENTS ISSUED IN 2006

The New York Times Magazine for 10 December 2006 listed the following selection of patents issued in 2006:

• RE39,371(reissued): Lap-dance liner;
• D527,165: Design for an ornamental cucumber sandwich;
• 6,981,920: Magic trick of illusion of inserting a cigarette into a nostril;
• 6,981,501: Personal air purifier seated in the user's nostrils;
• 6,983,876: Mailbox trap to seize tools used by vandals;
• 6,991,638: Miniature and safe ear vacuum;
• 6,991,640: Nosebleed lip pack;
• 6,994,680: Battery-powered pet scratcher;
• 6,998,112: Sleep-inducing toothpaste;
• 7,000,624: Solar-power lighted umbrella;
• 7,000,725: Airbag device for pedestrian impacts;
• 7,003,805: One-sleeved raincoat;
• 7,018,037: Eyeglass-mounted pencil holder;
• 7,029,146: Flameless candle;
• 7,029,463: Expandable vomit container;
• 7,037,020: Device for moistening toilet paper;
• 7,037,243: Ropeless jump rope;
• 7,041,195: Method for advertising on escalator handrail;
• 7,044,177: Nozzled condiment injection device;
• 7,044,820: Ball with gripping handles;
• 7,046,784: A call-waiting device that interrupts only at a lull in conversation;
• 7,047,648: Spoon with extendable straw;
• 7,049,972: Wearable lightning hazard detector;
• 7,059,671: Lounge chair with cooling air jets;
• 7,060,314: Method of and apparatus for producing endless rolls of a resilient foodstuff;
• 7,062,320: Electronic device for treating hiccups;
• 7,066,322: Tobacco dipping cup with saliva reservoir;
• 7,067,772: Candle-warming apparatus;
• 7,070,322: Snag-free wristwatch;
• 7,076,878: Beard trimmer with internal vacuum;
• 7,083,602: Flossing kit for cleaning pierced body parts;
• 7,086,527: Receptacle for accommodating at least one pencil;
• 7,089,601: Buttock form enhancement device;
• 7,090,279: Covered bicycle with door;
• 7,093,770: Device for dispensing animal-scent attractant for behind ankle of user;
• 7,099,905: Calculator that provides humorous or exaggerated results;
• 7,101,293: Golh: the golf hybrid sport of golfrisbee;
• 7,101,314: Facial weights for total facial muscle toning and development;
• 7,104,270: Umbrella having a sprinkler device;
• 7,106,195: Golf-club-counting golf bag;
• 7,107,895: Coffee measuring device eliminating spoon step;
• 7,107,900: Apparatus for injecting an edible filling into a bagel;
• 7,114,465: Pet-operated ball-tossing device;
• 7,115,014: Urinating animal toy;
• 7,119,665: Sound generator for a kite;
• 7,122,013: Eye massaging device;
• 7,126,485: Head-nodding alarm to avert sleep while driving;
• 7,127,748: Incinerating commode;
• 7,134,665: Balloon-bursting game with many novel features;