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 |
| 7665420 | Bird cage A bird cage having a wire grille upper portion and a base assembly. A portion of the base assembly may be made of a light impervious material such as a transparent or translucent material. A plurality of connectors may be used to secure the wire grille panels togeth... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7146932 | Birdcage with water and feeder assembly A birdcage is disclosed that includes a collapsible cage having an opening adapted to be coupled to a support wherein the support is adapted to support at least one of a feeder and a waterer so that a bird in the cage may be provided at least one of food and water w... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7044081 | Bifurcated habitat for animals A bifurcated habitat includes a bifurcated frame having a divider traversing the frame and a plurality of compartments defined on opposed sides of the divider. One compartment is isolated from the remaining compartments for maintaining a predetermined volume of wate... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036458 | Portable animal carrier and litter box system A housing has a front wall and a door, a rear wall, a pair of side walls each with a window, a bottom wall with a bottom recess with a lower hinged door, a top wall with a top aperture with an upper hinged door with a plurality of ventilation apertures, a water bott... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017517 | Waste collection system and apparatus for feeders An outdoor feeder apparatus for wild birds comprises a platform having at least one low point and constructed and arranged to be connected at a discharge opening at each low point to an inlet opening in a hollow support attachable to a base and adapted to provide an... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6923143 | Bird cage A bird cage having a frame including a base assembly, cover assembly and corner towers that join the base and cover assemblies. The front, back, sides and top of the cage are enclosed by wire grills. The towers are made of light pervious material such as clear or tr... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6647921 | Birdfeeder A birdfeeder having a base and a cage or openwork attached to the base. The openwork having a plurality of substantially longitudinal members attached to the base and arranged radially about a central axis. A feed container releasably coupled to the base ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6357394 | Cage for housing dangerous animals A cage for housing animals, particularly for dangerous animals like venomous snakes, is disclosed. The cage has at least two compartments, one of which is an externally sealable drawer that can be removed from the cage by sliding it from the other compone... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6244220 | Pyramid cage A bird cage (20) includes a centrally disposed bird receiving structure (30) and inwardly sloping sides (28) which in combination cause birds to face inward and thereby defecate away from the bird receiving structure. These features make the cleaning of t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6223692 | Debris catching trough A debris catching trough for debris catching troughs for depending below a bird cage for collecting debris that falls out from the sides of the bird cage. The debris catching trough includes an open trough having spaced apart inner and outer side walls an... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6129052 | Knock-down bird cage A knock-down bird cage, which includes a cage body and a stand supporting the cage body, wherein the cage body is formed of a right side panel, a left side panel, a front panel, a rear panel, a right top panel, a left top panel, a horizontal bottom panel,... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6095087 | Bird feeder having removable apertured metal floor A bird feeder having an apertured floor member which is slidably and selectively removable for easy cleaning. A bird feeder bin is defined by a set of walls, a floor and a roof. When a hinged portion of the roof is opened, at least one section of the wall... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5957086 | Bird cage A cage particularly adapted for maintaining birds in a residential setting includes an upper enclosure having spaced apart, bar-formed top wall, bottom wall, and sidewalls. Corner posts of the enclosure are carried on corner posts of a caster riding carri... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5924381 | Bird feeder having removable apertured metal floor A bird feeder having an apertured floor member which is slidably and selectively removable for easy cleaning. A bird feeder bin is defined by a set of walls, a floor and a roof. When a hinged portion of the roof is opened, at least one section of the wall... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5448964 | Net cage A net cage has a net cage body separable from a receiving seat to easily conduct washing of the receiving seat, disposal of a sheet laid on the receiving seat. A surrounding net portion, a ceiling net portion, a bottom net portion and the receiving seat f... | 09/12/1995 |
| 4572107 | Easily cleanable animal enclosure An easily cleanable animal enclosure is provided and consists of a cage detachably positioned over a funnel supported by a base member. Newspaper is placed within the funnel to absorb excreted matter that is discharged from the cage and a detachable sack ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4552093 | Animal enclosure An improved animal enclosure including a pair of adjacent transparent panels supported in a frame and which are separately and independently removable for cleaning without requiring removal of the other panel or of the animal. An air filter assembly draws... | 11/12/1985 |
