Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4241743 | Adjustable wiper container and applicator assembly for cosmetics and the like An adjustable wiper container and applicator assembly for applying cosmetics such as mascara and the like to eyelashes including an applicator having an elongated stem terminating in an elongated brush-like applicator head formation and a container for th... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4117108 | Oral hygiene Method for retarding pellicle and plaque formation which includes contacting sites of plaque formation and growth with dental preparation containing certain fatty acid amido compounds and/or salts thereof and dental preparations containing the fatty acid ... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4117107 | Method and composition for improving oral hygiene Method for retarding pellicle and plaque formation which includes contacting sites of plaque formation and growth with dental preparation containing certain fatty acid amido compounds and/or salts thereof and dental preparations containing the fatty acid ... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4093711 | Oral hygiene Method for retarding pellicle and plaque formation which includes contacting sites of plaque formation and growth with dental preparation containing certain amine oxide compounds and dental preparations containing the amine oxide compounds.... | 06/06/1978 |
