Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7100931 | Rotation control brake system A rotation control brake system includes a tubular brake actuator coaxially mounted at a steering handle of a rider propelling vehicle, a brake unit operatively mounted at a position close to a driving wheel of the rider propelling vehicle, and a brake cable having ... | 09/05/2006 |
| D533683 | Piezoelectric lighter | 12/12/2006 |
| D531829 | Chair | 11/14/2006 |
| D531422 | Chair | 11/07/2006 |
| D531356 | Disposable lighter | 10/31/2006 |
| D531352 | Piezoelectric lighter | 10/31/2006 |
| D531022 | Hand-held display box | 10/31/2006 |
| D530935 | Chair | 10/31/2006 |
| D530865 | Bed frame for pets | 10/24/2006 |
| D530853 | Aloha shirt lighter | 10/24/2006 |
| D530851 | Name tag lighter | 10/24/2006 |
| D530027 | Glass mosaic tile | 10/10/2006 |
| D530026 | Mosaic glass tile | 10/10/2006 |
| D529627 | Mosaic glass tile | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107698 | Strengthened blade tape measure A strengthened blade tape measure includes a tape casing, a retraction unit, and a ruler blade, having an inner end attached to the retraction unit and an outer end stopped at a guiding opening of the tape casing, adapted to slidably fold between a storage position ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108147 | Vacuum pump valve A vacuum pump valve includes a valve body and a suction diaphragm. The valve body includes a sealing platform sealedly attached on the container at the opening thereof, and a guiding sleeve upwardly extended from the sealing platform to form a suction channel, where... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108388 | Lighting arrangement for outdoors umbrella An outdoors umbrella includes a supporting frame and a lighting arrangement. The supporting frame includes a supporting stem and a parasol frame, which is supported by the supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivota... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104672 | Projection lens for light source arrangement A light source arrangement for substantially enhaning the lighting intensity of the light beams emitted from the light source therefore includes a lens body and an illumination unit. The lens body has an illumination portion defining a light projecting surface and a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104786 | Childproof disposable lighter An ignition unit for a lighter includes a striker wheel sandwiched between two driving units wherein each of the driving units includes a driven gear element and a driving cap. The striker wheel urges against a flint with its toothed surface of generating sparks. On... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103194 | Wall hanged audio arrangement A wall hanged audio arrangement, which is adapted for mounting on a wall surface to communicatively connect with a video device, includes an artistic casing having a front artistic surface, a rear wall installing surface, a side peripheral surface, and an operation ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100519 | Foldable table with longitudinal mid-support arrangement A foldable table includes a tabletop, two side runners respectively supported at two side edge portions of the tabletop, a longitudinal mid-support arrangement including a mid-runner longitudinally extended between the two side runners to support the tabletop, and t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097222 | Vehicle anti-crash safety device An anti-crash safety device includes a supporting frame for securely mounting to a vehicle body and an impact rebounding unit which includes at least a resilient reinforcing member supported by the supporting frame at a position spaced apart from the vehicle body fo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086434 | Docking frame for power saw machine A docking frame for a cutting machine includes a docking frame including a docking station having a docking socket for receiving a bottom portion of the cutting machine therein, a locker device provided at the docking station for detachably locking the cutting machi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6808387 | Dual-action piezoelectric lighter A dual-action safety arrangement for a piezoelectric lighter includes an axle holder provided at an inner side of a casing and an ignition cap, which is slidably mounted on a ceiling of the casing in a radially movable manner about an operation axle held at the axle... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6804758 | Method for adaptive arbitration of requests for memory access in a multi-stage pipeline engine In a method for adaptive arbitration of requests for accessing a memory unit in a multi-stage pipeline engine that includes a plurality of request queues corresponding to the stages of the pipeline engine, each of the request queues is assigned to one of a high-prio... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6732663 | Foldable table A foldable table includes a tabletop and a table supporting frame substantially supporting the tabletop thereon. The tabletop has an upper utilizing portion which has a top resting edge peripherally encircling therearound, and a bottom bottom supporting surface for ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6722007 | Electric cord connector kit An electric cord connector kit is adapted for electrically connecting two electric cords together and includes a connector which is made of flexible material and a pinching device. The connector includes an insulating layer, a fastening member, which is enveloped in... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6685108 | Liquid spraying apparatus This invention is related to sanitary apparatus, more particularly, it is involved with the liquid spraying apparatus (include spraying nozzle and its joint one-way valve; gasbag and its joint gas pipe; liquid container and the built-in water inlet pipe a... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6631804 | Displayable lighter package A displayable lighter package includes a display stand including a circular upper deck having an upper receiving cavity, a circular lower deck having a lower receiving cavity, and a central supporting shaft detachably supported between the upper deck and ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6589045 | Piezoelectric jet lighter for cigarette, cigar and pipe A piezoelectric jet lighter is adapted for producing both jet flame and visible in order to selectively light a cigarette, a cigar, and a pipe. The piezoelectric jet lighter includes a gas ejecting pipe having a gas releasable valve connected to a jet noz... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6533434 | Fluorescent lamp and spotlight apparatus A fluorescent lamp and spotlight apparatus includes a supporting body having an interior chamber, a spotlight unit cavity, and an exterior mounting slot. A power circuit device is disposed in the interior chamber of the supporting body. A spotlight unit i... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527542 | Child-proof safety device for eclipse lighter A child-proof safety device for eclipse lighter includes a deformable resistance member placed between a piezoelectric generator and a supporting bar providing an press resistance to the thumb-pusher, wherein the deformable resistance member has two groov... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6527412 | Chasing rope light A chasing rope light includes a flexible core tube, three conductive wires longitudinally extended along the core tube, three or more illuminating units each having at least an illuminator and a diode electrically connected together in series and disposed... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526608 | Bassinet with mounting arrangement for play pen and cot A bassinet includes a fabric boundary having a receiving cavity to provide at least an opening edge, a supporting board fittedly disposed in the receiving cavity, a supporting frame including an edge supporting rim mounted on the opening edge of the fabri... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520658 | Glow in dark lighter A glow in dark lighter includes a luminous casing having a receiving cavity for receiving a liquefied gas storage therein and at least a luminous area adapted to be visible in the dark, a gas emitting nozzle disposed in the luminous casing and communicati... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6518740 | Alternating current meter with photoelectric digital counter structure An alternating current meter with photoelectric digital counter structure having a metal rotary disk, a light-emitting element, a photosensing element, and a signal line. The metal rotary disk is provided in a face plate thereof with a vertical through ho... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516856 | Multi-functional shading device A multi-functional shading device includes a first shading arrangement including a top traverse supporter adapted for affixing to a top beam of a ceiling, a first shading arrangement downwardly extended from the top traverse supporter including a base mem... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516283 | Core inertial measurement unit A core inertial measurement unit, which is adapted to apply to output signals proportional to rotation and translational motion of a carrier, respectively from angular rate sensors and acceleration sensors, is employed with MEMS rate and acceleration sens... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511033 | Rotation locker stand for outdoor umbrellas A rotation locker stand for outdoor umbrellas includes a rotor, which is rotatably disposed in a chamber of a base housing, including a rotor axial socket for securely and uprightly holding a shaft of the outdoor umbrella, and an actuator for detachably a... | 01/28/2003 |
