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 |
| D639885 | Martial arts training staff | 06/14/2011 |
| D638899 | Golf swing training apparatus | 05/31/2011 |
| D638798 | Adapter housing | 05/31/2011 |
| 7896754 | Club attachable golf practice pad A training aid is described for facilitating a user swinging a golf club having a golf club head over a ground surface. The training aid includes a resilient spacer having an upper side, a lower side, and at least one peripheral edge connecting the upper side to the... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887383 | Buyoant infant safety seat A safety seat for a child for use proximate a body of water is disclosed. The safety seat may be fixed with a vehicle, such as a boat, or used independently on a ground surface. A seat is adapted to hold the child in a seated position therein. A base engagement is f... | 02/15/2011 |
| D615313 | Lounge chair made from reclaimed wine barrel staves | 05/11/2010 |
| 7597380 | Hard top convertible roof system A retractable hard-top roof for a convertible-roof vehicle is disclosed. The roof comprises a forward roof panel and a rear roof panel. The panels fit together flush when the roof is in a top-up position. In a top-down position the panels are stowed in a roof stowag... | 10/06/2009 |
| D599427 | Laser guided putting and swing aid for golfers | 09/01/2009 |
| D599147 | Bathroom item holder | 09/01/2009 |
| 7562773 | Pop-up rubber band dispenser A dispenser for dispensing rubber bands is disclosed, the dispenser comprising a lower container and an upper container. The lower container is open at a top end thereof and comprises at least one side wall and one bottom wall. The bottom wall has an upward facing i... | 07/21/2009 |
| D593991 | Combination radio, alarm clock, and media player | 06/09/2009 |
| D591659 | Golf cart dashboard | 05/05/2009 |
| D590546 | Knee pad | 04/14/2009 |
| 7503602 | Energy absorbing bumper A bumper for a vehicle is disclosed. The bumper includes a housing that has a pair of interlocking supporting frames. One of the supporting frames is fixed to the vehicle body. The bumper includes a plurality of rebounding elements and a plurality of biasing element... | 03/17/2009 |
| D587283 | Motor support sock | 02/24/2009 |
| D585645 | Eyeglass clip holder | 02/03/2009 |
| D585606 | Canine backpack | 01/27/2009 |
| D584915 | Microwave cooking device | 01/20/2009 |
| D584367 | Abdominal exercise device | 01/06/2009 |
| D584363 | Banner apparatus for vehicle trailer hitch receiver | 01/06/2009 |
| D583188 | Cake mold | 12/23/2008 |
| 7458368 | Engine fuel efficiency improvements The present invention is a system for increasing the fuel efficiency of a vehicle of the type having an internal combustion engine, a battery, a vacuum line, and a fuel line that feeds fuel to the engine. The system comprises a hydrogen gas generator and a vacuum re... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448106 | Motorized dual-mode contour-following mop A motorized scrubbing implement for cleaning a surface with contours is disclosed. The scrubbing implement includes a resilient base that includes a plurality of resilient fingers, each of which extend radially away from center of the base. A rigid cap comprises an ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7435090 | Rotatable video connector for cables and adapters An electrical connector is disclosed for conducting an electrical signal from a source, such as a video output device, to a destination, such as a video display device. The electrical connector includes a cable that has an outer sheath and contains at least one elec... | 10/14/2008 |
| D560266 | Duck decoy | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302735 | Bag handle A bag handle is disclosed that includes a rigid, elongated body having an upwardly facing top surface, a downwardly facing lower surface, opposing front and back surfaces, and a pair of opposing side surfaces. A pair of hooks extend at each side surface outwardly th... | 12/04/2007 |
| D555330 | Hooded scarf | 11/20/2007 |
| D552002 | Transparent and translucent timepiece dial | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249793 | Cooking serving tongs The CST is ergonomically designed to facilitate in the cooking, handling, and serving of hot and cold food. It's created for simplifying the procedure of cooking and serving all in one element. The top part of the tongs has a rectangular curved-in spoon structure ( | 07/31/2007 |
