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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659267 | Candle jar with cap | 05/08/2012 |
| D657040 | Electric air freshener | 04/03/2012 |
| D647608 | Electric air freshener | 10/25/2011 |
| D645358 | Bottle with cap | 09/20/2011 |
| D631754 | Bottle | 02/01/2011 |
| 7824242 | Asymmetrical underwire arrangement In a bra having a pair of cups each with a central area and a lower perimeter area, the improvement of an asymmetric underwire arrangement including one shorter curved underwire extending in the lower perimeter area of one cup, and one longer curved underwire extend... | 11/02/2010 |
| D617201 | Bottle with cap | 06/08/2010 |
| D616645 | Purse | 06/01/2010 |
| D582283 | Jar | 12/09/2008 |
| D573033 | Bottle with cap | 07/15/2008 |
| 7341500 | Garment with lifting feature A garment with a seat area, a waist area and a crotch area, has a rear portion for defining the seat area and part of the waist and crotch areas, a front portion connected to the rear portion and defining part of the waist and crotch areas and an elastic panel assem... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7052360 | Brassiere and related breast cup construction A molded breast cup for a brassiere includes a molded cup form and laminated structure of a first panel of a flexible foam material and a second panel of flexible material. The first and second panels are substantially coextensive to each other and define a breast c... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048606 | Pad with graduated thickness and very thin neckline and method for making the same A method of manufacturing a pad for a breast covering garment provides a fabric sheet with an upper neckline, a lower channeling and an underarm and adheres a foam sheet of compressible material to the fabric sheet. A first portion of the pad is adjacent and along t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044829 | Pad with rigid and stretchable foam A method is provided for making a bra pad having a rigid foam that is thickest at the bottom of the pad for hidden support and a stretchable softer foam for comfort and universal fit throughout the entire pad. The method includes pre-laminating rigid and stretchable... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6997775 | Bra pad construction A method of manufacturing a bra pad having a thicker summit area, as well as the pad itself, includes holding a sheet of resilient and formable material of uniform thickness, such as thermoplastic foam, and forming the sheet to have a graduated thicker summit area c... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988931 | Pad with graduated thickness and very thin neckline and method for making the same A method for making a pad includes pre-laminating a pair of foam sheets with fabric, shaving the foam from a first end of each foam sheet so that it gradually becomes thinner until only fabric is existent at an opposite second end, attaching the fabric and foam asse... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986696 | Pads having a central summit for bras and the like A method of manufacturing a bra pad having a thicker summit area, as well as the pad itself, includes holding a sheet of resilient and formable material of uniform thickness, such as thermoplastic foam, and forming the sheet to have a graduated thicker summit area c... | 01/17/2006 |
| D509329 | Dog leash | 09/06/2005 |
| 6915601 | Sizing tag An information displaying arrangement and method for items of soft-goods displaying in a stack, uses a band engaged around each item and spanning an edge of the item, and a tag having a pair of slots with the tag being threaded on the band which extends through the ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915602 | Sizing tag The combination of a soft-goods item of folded fabric adapted to be displayed in a stack, and labeling for each item, has at least one band engaged around the item, spanning at least one of the narrow edge surfaces of the item. A self-supporting tag has a pair of sl... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6793484 | Flame-resistant wick holder for candle A flame-retardant wick holder for a candle is made of a material having a UL-94 vertical burn test rating of at least V-0, including polymers and ceramics. The wick holder supports a wick at the bottom of a candle. The wick holder material causes the flame on the wi... | 09/21/2004 |
| D493110 | Bottle | 07/20/2004 |
| 6730137 | Vegetable oil candle A candle composition has a paraffin wax mixture of a high melting point paraffin wax and a low melting point paraffin wax, and a hydrogenated vegetable oil that is present in a greater amount than the mixture of the varying grades of paraffin wax, and the vegetable ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6194470 | Sparkle linen spray A sprayable composition in a pump spray bottle includes a fragrance oil and reflective material. The reflective material is sized to pass through the atomizer of the pump spray bottle. Linens or clothing can be sprayed with the composition to provide a pl... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6171560 | Snow globe air freshener and method of manufacture An air freshener composed of volatile substances having the appearance of a decorative snow globe. A method of making the air freshener is also disclosed.... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6125395 | Method for identifying collections of internet web sites with domain names A method for identifying a related collection of web sites using domain names on a global computer network is accomplished by selecting at least one descriptor corresponding to the content of each collection of web sites, using reflective characters surro... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6120737 | Fragrant light bulb ring An arrangement is used with a light bulb for emitting fragrance. The arrangement has a ring or other shaped member made of a first polymer. The first polymer has a first low melting point which is about a first temperature at a spaced location from the su... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6071506 | Gel freshener and method of making the same A transparent gel air freshener and method of preparing the same. The gel composition comprises an aqueous gel, a fragrance, a surfactant and a co-solvent. The gel is transparent and free from visible particles and inhomogeneities, has a uniform texture a... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6045813 | Lotions and gels with active ingredients in beads A flowable personal care or cleaning composition, comprising a carrier and friable beads disbursed in the carrier, the beads containing an active ingredient and enclosing the active ingredient in a wall of bead material, the active ingredient amounting to... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6042022 | Snow globe spray bottle A spherical bottle has a pump spray atomizer connected at a neck opening and a thin plastic sheet with printing or a graphic inside the bottle. The bottle contains a liquid fragrance or body splash which can be atomized. Flakes or chips resembling falling... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5976446 | Injection molding of transparent plastic with glitter A process for making a clear plastic consumer product having an even distribution of glitter particles throughout its volume, start by forming a dry mixture of particles of the plastic and the glitter particles. The glitter particles are uniformly mixed w... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5866145 | Body polisher A body polisher and method of using the body polisher as a skin treatment, includes a two phase composition containing Dead Sea salt and emollient. The emollient is advantageously silicone oil and is present in about 32.67% by weight. About 66.66% by weig... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5787648 | Workstation with work surface A workstation has a work surface with a front edge which a user faces in a front facing position at the workstation. A first inner side edge extends from one end of the front edge at a first angle to the front edge and on one side of the front facing posi... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5775011 | Sneaker watch and holder therefor A display unit such as a digital or analog watch is held in a wedge-shaped member to the top of footwear by a second tongue held, for example, with hook and loop fasteners, to the top of a sneaker or shoe. In another embodiment, the display unit can be he... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5776561 | Fragrance-dispensing silk flower combination A fragrance-dispensing artificial flower combination has a cylindrical container with an open upper end and a closed lower end. A volatile liquid fragrance is in the container and a piston is slidably mounted in the container for closing the container ove... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5679334 | Gel air freshener and method of making the same A transparent gel air freshener and method of preparing the same. The gel composition comprises an aqueous gel, a fragrance, a surfactant and a co-solvent. The gel is transparent and free from visible particles and inhomogeneities, has a uniform texture a... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5662424 | Mechanical pencil A mechanical pencil has a front sleeve, a cap rotatably and detachably mounted at the rear end of the front sleeve, and a lead advancing mechanism contained in the front sleeve. Rotation of the cap actuates the lead advancing mechanism to advance a lead. ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5635682 | Wireless stylus and disposable stylus cartridge therefor for use with a pen computing device A wireless stylus apparatus for use with a pen computing device having a input screen or tablet for inputting information into the pen computing device. The wireless stylus includes, but is not limited to, a reusable barrel having an open end and a dispos... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5627348 | Electronic stylus with writing feel A non-marking, writing system simulates a physical writing system which has characteristic ranges of writing resistance, sound, resilience and thermal conductivity. The non-marking writing system includes a non-marking writing instrument having an elongat... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5623954 | Hair anchoring device A hair anchoring and decorating device comprises a receiving section locatable in an area of hair. The receiving section is a clamp ring made of a resilient material. A plurality of comb assemblies comprising an arcuate comb having a plurality of teeth ar... | 04/29/1997 |
