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 |
| 7040493 | Garden tool rack A garden tool rack includes a hollow rack body having a center upright barrel adapted to hold an extension handlebar for garden tool, and a plurality of plugholes spaced around the upright barrel, tool holders detachably inserted into the plugholes of the rack body ... | 05/09/2006 |
| D519811 | Garden tools base | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037556 | Process and apparatus for preparation of a no-jam vending machine plastic card A process and apparatus is disclosed for preparation of a no-jam vending machine card wherein the card is treated with a suitably adhering powder to have a residual powder layer on the card to reduce generation of an electrical static charge upon each card as the ca... | 05/02/2006 |
| D519007 | Hand rake | 04/18/2006 |
| D519015 | Garden tools base | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997857 | Posture correction exercise device A posture correction exercise device is disclosed to aid in correcting the common postural condition of kyphosis lordosis by aiding in the exercise of the spinal erectors to strengthen the erectors to pull the user's spine and torso backward into normal alignment an... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994214 | Accessories display box An accessories display box is constructed to include a box body, a cover, and fastening devices adapted to fixedly secure the cover to the box body in the closed status, each fastening device having a male fastening member provided at the cover and a female fastenin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983489 | Nursing garment and support bra A nursing garment and support bra is provided as an outer body covering for a nursing mother suitable as a sleeping garment which provides support for the breasts and access to the breasts by a nursing infant, provides breast pad pockets to hold breast pads to conta... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6940416 | Low voltage testing and illuminating device This invention relates to a limited range low voltage testing, regulating, and indicating device comprising a detector and low voltage measurer of magnitude in a switch-regulated power supply circuit wherein indicator LEDs are operated directly from a power supply w... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6910666 | Adjustable leveling mount A leveling mount is disclosed for equipment in temporary or permanent installations wherein the supporting surface can be a non-level planar surface. A ball and socket support stud provides a self-leveling adjustment of support. An elastomeric removable mount base p... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6874297 | Stretch wrap apparatus The instant invention comprises an apparatus and method for wrapping a load under tension with a web of stretch wrap flexible material and then binding the wrapping material to the load by compressing the end of the flexible material into a rope-like configuration. ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6871416 | Eccentricity and wobble sensing device A wobble and eccentricity sensing device is provided for use with a planter blade. The device includes a stand having a shaft adapted to mount the planter blade thereon for rotational movement of the planter blade about the shaft. A wobble indicator is coupled to th... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6856103 | Voltage regulator for line powered linear and switching power supply The invented voltage regulator is a solid state low voltage regulator for quartz halogen or low voltage incandescent lamps and quartz halogen or low voltage incandescent lamp or LED array circuits wherein the volt regulator reduces a conventional mains power line so... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6792653 | Combination multi-purpose clip This invention relates to a multi-purpose combination clip comprising two clips separably coupled together, each having a holder portion distinct in function from the other for each detachably holding a supported member wherein the supported members can be of varyin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6792970 | Flat water hose coiler The present invention discloses a flat water hose coiler, comprising a hollow main shaft pivotally passing through a central hole of a middle partition, a water hose connecting section and a water outlet arc protruded outward from the hose body, and the water hose c... | 09/21/2004 |
| D494367 | Collapsible multi-purpose container | 08/17/2004 |
| 6750414 | Tactile keyboard for electrical appliances and equipment A soft tactile urethane transparent plastic membrane structure printed keyboard is disclosed which provides a soft tactile individual membrane over each separate printed indicia wherein each individual membrane structure is clear, raised, domed, visually transparent... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742750 | Adjustable leveling mount A leveling mount is disclosed for equipment in temporary or permanent installations wherein the supporting surface can be a non-level planar surface. A ball and socket support stud provides a self-leveling adjustment of support. An elastomeric removable mount base p... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6650070 | Point of use lighting controller The instant invention relates to a solid state low voltage power supply controller which reduces a conventional 120 volt AC power source to 12 volt pulsating DC for the purpose of operating a single "point of use" light source wherein the low voltage powe... | 11/18/2003 |
| 4764296 | Railway lubricating oil A lubricating oil composition for railway diesel engines is disclosed which comprises a lubricating oil base, an ashless dispersant, a mixture of overbased alkaline earth metal alkylphenolate and alkyl sulfonate compounds, and a polyhydroxy compound of up... | 08/16/1988 |
