...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 |
| 7094248 | Medical grafting connectors and fasteners A body tissue graft for use in a patient includes a frame structure made of a first elastic material, a covering of a second elastic material on the frame structure, the covering substantially filling openings in the frame structure, and a connector connected to the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6994713 | Medical graft connector or plug structures, and methods of making and installing same A medical graft connector or plug is made, for example, by cutting end portions of a tube of highly elastic material axially at numerous locations spaced circumferentially around the tube to produce a plurality of fingers which extend axially from each end of an unc... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6859991 | Methods for forming stator coils Insertion devices may be used to insert portions of pre-wound coils into the slots of dynamoelectric machine components. Some machine components may have poles that have pole tips that extend away from the pole in a peripheral direction. Such pole tips may obstruct ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6655106 | Corner studs for prefabricated building systems Corner studs for prefabricated building systems are presented. The corner studs have an angled side that when interconnected with the angled side of another such stud forms a complete, structurally sound corner. The studs can be fabricated such that they ... | 12/02/2003 |