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 |
| D631396 | Race car | 01/25/2011 |
| 6421175 | Projection screen system A projection screen system is provided that is configured to mount to a structure. The projection screen system includes a housing, a roller, a screen, and a motor positioned to rotate the roller to raise and lower the screen. The projection screen system... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6397416 | Ambulatory assist arm for a bed A bed is provided including a frame, an accessory mount coupled to the frame, a siderail, and an ambulatory assist arm assembly. The accessory mount is configured to removably couple the siderail to the frame so that the siderail can be removed and replac... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6168069 | Method of brazing titanium to stainless steel Surprisingly, silver-copper-palladium brazing alloys, which have hitherto been used only for the brazing of components of the same material, are also very well suited for brazing directly titanium to stainless steel if, the latter component clasps the tit... | 01/02/2001 |
