Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7963253 | Rotating animal grooming device A grooming device for an animal has a rotating member with at least one pair of opposing connection members configured to interact with the receiving areas of a flex member. The receiving areas are configured to permit the connection members to move to enable the fl... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7428881 | Rotary nail filing apparatus for animals A rotary nail filing apparatus for animals is described that includes a shroud or housing, an opening in the shroud that is suitable sized and shaped to allow an end portion of an animal's nail to be put through the opening, and a suitably shaped and oriented rotary... | 09/30/2008 |
| 6668758 | Animal hair de-matter A combing device to facilitate de-matting or untangling of animal hair comprises a pair of combs, a handle unit and a switch. The handle unit comprises an internal energy conduit device through which energy or force can be caused to flow and effectuate a ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6343566 | Teat cleaning brush A teat cleaning device (1) contains a number of rotatable cleaning brushes (11) which have a spiral or helical cleaning surface (17).... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5517945 | Combined mechanically assisted animal amusement, grooming, and claw scratching device Combined mechanically assisted animal exercise, amusement, self grooming, and claw scratching stimulator, comprising a circular housing 14, a carpeted platform surface 10, a lure ring 42 comprised of a closed circuit U-shaped trough 23, partially open 22,... | 05/21/1996 |
