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...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6186644 | Decorative lighting system with light string mounting channel A decorative lighting system is used with a string of lights, usually of the "mini-light" type. A string of lights is mounted in an extruded plastic channel, with the light sockets engaged in respective apertures spaced along one side of the channel. A ca... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6181140 | Method of estimating the location of a cable break including a means to measure resistive fault levels for cable sections A method and apparatus are used for locating cable breaks and resistive faults in cables, including fibre optic cables. The conductive shield or armour of the cable is divided into sections, usually at a splice. A step function voltage is applied to one e... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6165591 | Under vehicle floor mat A mat is used for protecting a floor under a vehicle from dripping snow, salt or water or from leaking oil or other contaminants. The mat is formed from an impervious sheet of flaccid material, folded over at the edges to provide a peripheral sleeve. An i... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6142013 | Navigational aid for agricultural equipment A navigational aid assists a person driving a vehicle in maintaining a desired distance from a reference line. It is particularly useful in navigating agricultural vehicles. The navigational aid includes an upright rail mounted adjacent a window in the ca... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6138700 | Wind shelter A wind shelter particularly useful for sunbathing on a beach has a floor and wedge-shaped wall that extends along two sides and across the back. The wall is supported by a frame extending around the top edge of the wall and upright support rods holding th... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135670 | Polished rod clamp In an oil well pump, a rod liner is clamped onto a polished rod using an external clamp with an upper clamp section that clamps onto the polished rod, a lower clamp section that clamps onto the liner below the liner head and a yoke section bridging the up... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6128883 | Brick anchor system An anchoring system for anchoring bricks to a wall includes an anchoring bracket which is mounted adjacent to the wall and a receiving slot in the bracket for receiving a brick support therein. The anchoring bracket is secured to the wall using threaded f... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6086016 | Gyro stabilized triple mode aircraft A triple mode aircraft which can take off as a helicopter, or in gyrocopter mode with no power to the rotors or as a conventional aircraft obtaining lift from a circular wing and in another embodiment from short stub wings; a canard wing and high lift tai... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6079114 | Telescoping marker arm A field marker is mounted on the rear corner of the seeder or cultivator frame so that its weight is supported by the packer wheels or support wheel axles at the rear of the frame, thus minimizing the imbalance and uneven seeding that will occur with mark... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6074159 | Truck box divider A truck box divider is installed in a truck box to divide the box into a front chamber and a rear chamber for carrying different materials, for example seed and fertilizer. The divider includes a V-shaped divider mounted midway along the box with the apex... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6064770 | Method and apparatus for detection of events or novelties over a change of state A significant problem is unsupervised detection of events in the digital image representation of objects or bodies acquired at logically different states. To detect events a set of sample data points is selected, and normalized using a novel technique to ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6056265 | Valve mounting device A test flange is used for an air brake piping system for railroad cars. The flange fits between an end flange of the brake cylinder pipe and the housing of the valve to which it is normally connected. The test flange includes a through aperture that align... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6050259 | Gas fireplace A direct vent gas fireplace has a combustion air supply duct extending down the back wall, on the outside of the housing back wall. It is connected to the firebox by a duct assembly with a flange that connects to the housing and two ducts that connect to ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6045012 | Gasoline tank adapter A fuel can adapter is used for adapting standard fuel carrier cans for use as temporary fuel tanks for outboard motors and the like. The adapter has a tapered bung that fits snugly into the necks of all common fuel cans and a peripheral flange at the top ... | 04/04/2000 |
