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 |
| 7845622 | Hoist device A hoist device adaptable to lift or pull load material of various types. The hoist device is attachable to the trailer hitch of a vehicle and comprises a telescopic boom of a pair of rectangular tubular members attachable slidably to a base support member. In adjace... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7467428 | Bed sheet retainer system A retaining device adaptable to place a bed cover easily and quickly in an accurate and secure position upon a bed comprises an elongated clamping component attachable at an end of a bed cover with cooperating symbols placed on the bed cover and clamping component t... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7051414 | Method of retaining components strung on a bead wire The method of easily and securely retaining components strung on a bead line by placing a portion of the bead line between coil members of a tension spring comprises applying torque action to leverable members of the tension coil between the thumb and index finger o... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6655302 | Lobby banking financial security transaction chamber A primary communication channel for drive-in customers performing financial transactions with bank teller while customers are in their cars from the drive-through lanes. This telecommunication system is a conduit secured line telephone receiver for each s... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6062524 | Stabilizer A stabilizer device attachable to a king pin of a fifth wheel recreational vehicle requiring stabilizing for stabilizing the vehicle upon a support surface. A cup device, which is adjustably attachable to a substantially horizontally oriented support devi... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5887380 | Lure enhancer A fishing lure enhancement device comprises a weighted body having an attachment member at a first end providing for attachment of fishing tackle to the body. A wire-like leg member has a first end thereof secured at a second end of the body, and the leg ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5826341 | Tree trimmer A portable tree trimming device comprising a pruning mechanism secured at a distal end of a telescopically extendible housing. The pruning mechanism includes cutting members exterior of the housing drivable by a motor within the housing. The motor receive... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819846 | Bridge plug A bridge plug positionable within a well casing and adaptable for sealing the casing comprises a flexible sealing element positionable to be driven into a sealing position by the force of a compressing mechanism which includes a first component held stati... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5820362 | Fluid control A furnace for heating a process fluid stream which includes means for efficiently controlling a flow of the process fluid stream through an adjunct loop of the fluid stream. The adjunct loop comprises a heat exchange system in which a portion of the proce... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5816796 | Flue gas control A furnace for heating a process fluid stream which includes means for precisely controlling the temperature of pre-heated combustion air. The system includes a process fluid stream being heated within the furnace and an adjunct loop fluid stream line whic... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5575219 | Clothes basket combination A clothes basket combination adapted for movement along a clothes line by means of attachment of a basket component to a pulley device which is adapted for movement along the clothes line. The pulley device includes a downwardly depending arm substantiall... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5544383 | Toothbrush A toothbrush which provides the user with simultaneous brushing action within the user's mouth. The long handle has an end portion of a substantially elliptical cross section in which a first side and a second side are of substantially similar elliptical ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5302205 | Nail hole filler A tool for guiding filler material, such as caulking or putty, into a nail hole or similar opening in a structure so that a smooth, unblemished finished surface may be obtained. The tool comprises a thin plate having a plurality of holes therethrough, the... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5265294 | PVC mattress with impermeable PVC coating A mattress of plastic foam material for medical purposes. The foam material is polyvinylchloride foam which has been coated with polyvinylchloride to create a completely seamless surface. Thus, the material is made impenetrable to potentially infectious b... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5201418 | Needle disposal system A system for safely and conveniently disposing of contaminated hypodermic needles comprises a disposal container for accumulating contaminated hypodermic needles which had been disposed therein after having been initially collected within a tray containin... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5047948 | Medication dispensing system A medication dispensing system comprises a portable, securable medication cabinet which includes a programmable logic controller to provide for patient medication control. The system includes periperal components such as a transmitter, patient response me... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5022595 | Tensioning device A device and method for tensioning a strip of material, such as tape, traveling from a material source, such as a tape spool, to a material user, such as a pipe or similar conduit. The device includes a first roller, a second roller, and an interconnectio... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5022428 | Additive injection system An apparatus for injecting a chemical additive into a fluid flow stream. In one embodiment, liquid petroleum fuel is being pumped from a storage unit into a tank of a tank truck and a controlled amount of a fuel additive is injected into the flow stream o... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5012604 | Trigger assembly A trigger assembly for a gun comprises a trigger, a hammer mounted adjacent the trigger, a spring-biased member urging the hammer into a firing position, a sear on the trigger to hold the hammer in a cocked position, an auxiliary sear mounted on the trigg... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4993497 | Deluge funnel tank jacket A fire fighting device having a funnel shaped jacket that attaches to a rib framing system that is strapped around a bulk storage tank, the ribs attached to a relief channel located at the base of the tank, the jacket is held away from the tank shell by t... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4993243 | Fleshing tool A portable fleshing tool has a thin, circular blade mounted on a drive shaft of a motor. A front and a rear guard substantially protect the blade, with the rear guard removably attachable to the housing of the motor and the front guard removably attachabl... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4879869 | Grass trimmer attachment A wheeled attachment for a grass trimmer includes a mounting bar having a wheel at each end, detachably mountable to the grass trimmer to provide easy control and easy support for the grass trimmer. The detachable bar may be securable by a nut and bolt co... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4858977 | Self-attaching linking device A self-attaching linking device comprises a U-shaped loop member having a first and a second end, each connected respectively to a first and a second end of a base member, and the base member includes means for closing the linking device securably and eas... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4801773 | Shroud to cover dish in microwave oven A protective cover for a dish being heated in a microwave oven is formed of moisture-absorbent, microwave transparent material forming a top member and an encircling wall member depending downwardly from the periphery of the top member to completely cover... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4754869 | Down flow distributor An apparatus for providing uniform distribution of aggregate material has a rotatable hopper mounted on a support frame to receive aggregate material from an apparatus supplying aggregate material. Attached to the rotatable hopper, and in communication wi... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4746152 | Door lock A bolt mountable on adjacent members, such as a door and a door frame, to hold the members lockably secure, comprises a bolt assembly on a first member and a keeper assembly on the second member. The bolt assembly includes a flat, elongated slide bolt sli... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4694750 | Printing press cylinder with axially adjustable cord anti-smear devices An antismear transfer cylinder controls movement of a freshly inked sheet through an offset printing press while protecting the sheet from smearing. The antismear cylinder is mountable adjacent an impression cylinder of the printing press and comprises a ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4651777 | Electronic control apparatus A water supply system control (10) includes a microphonic circuit (34) which responds to audio signals and converts those signals into electrical signals which may be timed as chosen in order to control a solenoid-driven water valve assembly (14).... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4613135 | Quick change device for a basketball goal A quick change device for a basketball goal comprises a receptable member securable to a basketball backboard and a goal-mounting member for slidable mounting on the receptacle member. The receptacle member includes a back plate upon which a pair of guide... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4569146 | Submersible fishing aid A submersible fishing aid, for use in a body of water, having a floatable fishing buoy with means to attach one or more fishing lines therefrom, a retrievable capsule detachably supported to the fishing buoy, the retrievable capsule being also secured to ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4561206 | Fishing capsule A fishing capsule has a hinge and a fixed arm on each side. A separate portion of fishing line is wrapped around each hinge and arm. A guide member within the capsule is attached to a pair of release arms. Each release arm cooperates with a hinge to hold ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4378817 | Slide valve assembly A slide valve for high temperature, high pressure use provides for easy access to internal components for replacement or repair, and also provides for easy and secure adjustment of the valve components from the exterior of the valve even while the valve i... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4363440 | Combustion control system A method and apparatus for controlling combustion in a process heater provides for efficient control of the combustion with a minimum of components. The apparatus includes means for generating a signal from a condition of a process such as temperature, or... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4363931 | Splice stabilizer A device for stabilizing, with reference to the surrounding terrain, a cable splice enclosure having a cable splice therein, comprising a stabilizer rail positionable in a supporting position adjacent the splice enclosure, strap means for holding the spli... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4261508 | Combustion control system A method and apparatus for controlling combustion in a process heater provides for efficient control of the combustion with a minimum of components. The apparatus includes means for generating a signal from a condition of a process, such as temperature, o... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4248004 | Fishing rig holder A fishing rig holder comprises three panel members foldably connected with ends of the first and third panels connected to the second panel. In folding, the second and third panels swing down and around the first panel. In a folded condition, the panels a... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4211541 | Pollution control system A pollution control system comprises method and apparatus for removing particulate and gaseous pollutants from combustion products. The method includes a series of physical and chemical treatments for combustion products. In one embodiment these steps are... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4118810 | Portable chair tub A portable bathing device comprises a body compartment having four sides and a bottom and having an open top. The body compartment includes a built-in seat, and has an L-shaped door in one side adjacent the seat with the wider port of the door at the top ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4101265 | Equipment and process involving combustion and air A method of preheating combustion air being supplied to a furnace, and a furnace including the means for preheating the combustion air. The method comprises circulating a portion of fluid from a fluid stream first in non-contact heat exchange relationship... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4002956 | Automatic electronic lock off system for an appliance Apparatus for the prevention of theft of electrical appliances comprises an automatic electronic lock off system which may be activated in a particular manner after the appliance is connected to a source of electrical power, and which becomes deactivated ... | 01/11/1977 |
