Did You Know...
...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 |
| 5549124 | Water filter for cigarettes A water filter for cigarettes wherein water in a frangible capsule is released and dampens the tobacco. This dampened tobacco helps filter the tobacco smoke being sucked through the cigarette.... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5259806 | Mobile musical hula dancing doll A hula dancing doll which alternately moves its hips left and right while making a forward or turning motion on a performance stage and a Hawaiian melody is heard to give a lifelikeness that compares with a real hula dancer. The doll includes a body porti... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4893771 | Cooking pot lid stand A cooking pot lid stand for cooking pot lids, serving dish lids, casserole dish lids, or other lids which have a handle or knob at its top center. The stand includes a base attached to the underside of a cradle. The base includes two L-shaped rods of equa... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4801285 | Figure toy having a three-position switch and two modes of operation A working toy which alternately moves its hips left and right while slowly turning counterclockwise and a Hawaiian melody is heard to give a lifelikeness that compares with a real hula dancer. The toy includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a base... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4778432 | Drum boy A doll of a person with a drum who alternately appears to be beating the drum with his left and right hands while his head rotates left and right and a melody is playing. The doll includes a head portion, a torso portion, a limbs portion, a drum portion, ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4699196 | Adjustable Venetian blind A width adjustable Venetian blind that is extendible within limits. The blind includes a telescopic head channel assembly, a telescopic tilt rod assembly, a slat assembly, and a telescopic bottom rail assembly. The head channel assembly includes a central... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4676764 | Dancing doll with hip movement and 180° rotation A dancing doll which alternately moves its hips left and right while alternately rotating 180° clockwise and counterclockwise to a melody. The doll includes an upper portion, a hip portion, a leg portion, and a base portion. The upper portion resembles t... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4651671 | Continuous feed apparatus for staining specimens carried on slides A device for transporting specimens carried on microscope slides through a plurality of liquid containing jars for staining or otherwise treating the specimens. It includes a rail, a conveyor chain, a conveyor motor, an elliptically shaped rod, a rod moto... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4586263 | Pendulum level A pendulum level which is a combination pendulum and level. It includes a rectangular frame with no back and front panels and two spaced cross bars, a pendulum that is pivotally secured to one of the cross bars and detachably secured to the other cross ba... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4487359 | Aid for opening and reopening of frozen dessert boxes An aid for opening and reopening of rectangular, frozen dessert boxes. The aid is a cut tab which is located in the outer edge portion of the innermost lid of the box. The cut tab includes a curved cut and a scoreline. The curved cut has a circumference o... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4431166 | Garbage can mat A garbage can mat which encloses a garbage can or cans and acts as a barrier for dogs to prevent them from knocking over the garbage can or cans. The mat includes modules which are snap-fastened together at their adjoining end portions to form an enclosur... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4381754 | Electromagnetic fuel saving device An electromagnetic fuel saving device for internal combustion engines. The device includes two electromagnetic assemblies and two connectors. Each electromagnetic assembly includes a coil, a spool, an insulating tape, a casing, a core, two studs, and two ... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4352324 | Frying pan with a removable grease catcher A frying pan with a removable grease catcher which will prevent the accumulation of hot cooking oil or grease and which can be used to fry various types of food without washing the frying pan. The frying pan includes a base with a frying surface, a flared... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4335876 | Jousting game A jousting game which includes a number of ring support assemblies, a corresponding number of rings, and a jousting arm assembly. Jousting arm assembly includes a saddle clamp, a pivot mounting clamp, a jousting arm collar, a control lever, and a L-shaped... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4261608 | Self-feeding tongs Self-feeding tongs for use by most handicapped persons. The tongs include a pair of arms integrally joined to a hinge. Each arm has a rounded tip end, a gripping surface, a flat surface, and a loop. The loop is located on the outside of the arm adjacent t... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4258698 | Solar heating apparatus A solar heating apparatus that uses a Fresnel lens to concentrate solar radiation onto the top surface of a heat conductor for the purpose of heating a transient fluid or gas. The apparatus includes a conductor, a frame, and a Fresnel lens. The conductor ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4245589 | Exothermic injector adapter An exothermic injector adapter that allows a light weight gasoline engine to operate with the efficiency of a diesel engine. The adapter includes a body, a ceramic sleeve, a retainer, ground wires, power supply wires and a catalytic deflector. The adapter... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4233877 | Wind shield A flute accessory that provides a protective shield around the embouchure hole area of a flute to enable a flutist to produce normal tones regardless of adverse outdoor conditions. Wind shield includes a top member, a front member, a bottom member, a left... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4226419 | Strategy game A chess type game played by two players on a playing board having 64 squares. Each player has four rectangular pieces called North, South, East, and West and a number of three different colored pins. Each piece has four directional vectors, an orientation... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4195443 | Jalousie burglar stop A pair of left-end and right-end clips which are each installed with a pop rivet to the left-end portion and right-end portion, respectively, of an existing glass panel of a jalousie or louver. The installed clips each overlaps a panel mounting bracket to... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4117574 | Knotless fish line connector A connector joins a fish line to a leader without the need of knotting the fish line. The fish line is passed through a cylindrical opening located at one end of a round shaft, then wound around several spiral grooves in the surface of the shaft, then pas... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4082356 | Educational puzzle chair An educational puzzle chair for children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years of age. The chair includes two identical sides, a brace, two identical wedges, a back and a step. The chair is assembled by interlocking its parts in a predetermined manner... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4052063 | Multi-purpose protection device A multi-purpose protection device with a point on one end of a shaft and a butt on the other end, two opposite facing bent prongs connected to the middle of the shaft, and a deflector knob located near the bend of each prong on the outside surface of the ... | 10/04/1977 |
| 3965787 | Retractable blade guard A retractable blade guard which protects the operator from the blade of a rotary saw or other cutters. The guard includes two moveable cam-action guard sections of similar design mounted on the opposite ends of a conventional hood guard. Each section incl... | 06/29/1976 |
