Portable basketball system among patents

• Cushions with non-intersecting-columnar elastomeric members exhibiting compression instability. Tony M. Pearce, Alpine. Assigned to EdiZone Inc., Alpine. Filed Aug. 17, 2001, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,413,458, filed May 3, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,026,527, filed Aug. 13, 1997, which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 5,749,111, filed Feb. 14, 1996, and which is a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 5,994,450, filed Jan. 10, 1997, which claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/021,019, filed July 1, 1996, and this new patent also claims priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/226,726, filed Aug. 18, 2000. Patent No. 6,865,759.

• Lightweight ladder systems and methods. Newell Ryan Moss, Mapleton. Assigned to Wing Enterprises Inc., Springville. Filed April 5, 2002. Patent No. 6,866,117.

• Compact molecular-drag vacuum pump. Marc Olivier, Sandy; Stephen C. Jacobsen, Salt Lake City; David Knutti, Taylorsville. Assigned to Sarcos LC, Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 17, 2002, a continuation-in-part of Patent No. 6,450,772, filed Oct. 18, 1999. Patent No. 6,866,488.

• Portable basketball system. Brent Steed, Clearfield; David C. Winter, Layton. Assigned to Lifetime Products Inc., Clearfield. Filed Feb. 4, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/354,338, filed Feb. 4, 2002. Patent No. 6,866,596.

• Apparatus and method for developing a proper swimming whip kick and training the competitive breaststroker. David E. Ryland, Sandy. Filed Feb. 5, 2003, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/354,570, filed Feb. 5, 2002. Patent No. 6,866,615.

• Lubricious coating for a medical device. Kevin Tingey, Douglas P. Orr, both of Sandy; Steven W. Johnson, Lehi; E. Robert Purdy, Fruit Heights; Min-Shiu Lee, Escondido, Calif. Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J. Filed Jan. 24, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/263,882, filed Jan. 24, 2001. Patent No. 6,866,656.

• System and method for attaching soft tissue to bone. Mary Sinnott, Dan Gerbec, both of Logan; Alan Chervitz, Palm Harbor, Fla.; T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park. Assigned to MedicineLodge Inc., Logan. Filed June 28, 2002, claiming priority to provisional patent Application No. 60/301,596, filed June 28, 2001. Patent No. 6,866,666.

• Modular implant for joint reconstruction and method of use. Daniel E. Gerbec, Daniel F. Justin, both of Logan; T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park. Assigned to Medicine Lodge Inc., Logan. Patent No. 6,866,683.