The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4664666 | Intraocular lens implants An intraocular lens suitable for implantation in the human eye to replace the natural crystalline lens comprising a self-supporting lens formed entirely of a hydrogel and having a relatively thick optical portion with relatively thin resilient flange mean... | 05/12/1987 |