Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416078 | Pocket flask apparatus A pocket flask to be carried within the user's pocket having a hollow housing provided with a curved side wall and a bottom wall connected to the sidewall. A first partition wall divides the housing into a first liquid chamber and a second chamber. A second partitio... | 08/26/2008 |
| 6789665 | Pouch for smoking accessories with detachable storage A pouch for tobacco and smoking items and accessories includes first and second outside panels that are attached at an edge and are foldable relative to each other between an open position and a closed condition. A first pocket panel on the first outside panel and a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6698435 | Folding smoking pipe A foldable smoking pipe is constructed from a flat blank of metal, small enough to fit in a wallet, that can be folded into a functional smoking pipe with an integrated bowl, screen, and stem. The stem is formed by multiple flat panels folded to create a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6578707 | Pouch for smoking accessories A pouch for tobacco and smoking items and accessories includes first and second outside panels that are attached at an edge and are foldable relative to each other between an open position and a closed condition. A first pocket panel on the first outside ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6148826 | Glass bat A device for smoking combustible materials includes a tubular body member constructed entirely of heat-resistant glass material. The device has an internal bore with an integrally formed venturi that separates the bore into a smoke chamber and a loading c... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6041921 | Smoking apparatus and system The invented apparatus includes a wallet-like foldable member and a receptacle for storage of smoking material. The apparatus can also include a holder attached to the foldable member. One or more smoking accessories such as a pipe and a poker can be remo... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5848596 | Smoking assembly for holding a pipe, lighter, and smoking material A complete smoking assembly including a housing that defines a first chamber for storing smoking material and a aperture, a top cover associated with the housing, and a lighter contained substantially within the housing for emitting through the aperture a... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5832935 | Tobacco storage and smoking apparatus A tobacco storage and smoking apparatus includes a housing having a first chamber which receives smoking materials such as tobacco and is covered by a cover including a bowl recess with a side passageway extending from the bowl recess to one end of the co... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5810164 | Cigarette box insert A cigarette box insert of such width, depth and height to snugly fit within a cigarette box, having a stepped top, a first receptacle being a smoking material receptacle for holding smoking material and one or more second receptacles for holding one or mo... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5465738 | Smoking system A smoking system for holding a smoking device, tobacco, filters and a cleaning rod, all in a convenient compact container. The smoking system includes a receptacle having bored within it a number of cavities to hold the smoking device, tobacco, filters an... | 11/14/1995 |
| 4264024 | Smoking pipe sling A sling for supporting one or more smoking pipes in a secure manner with the pipes being readily removable from the sling and easily placed into the sling. The sling is provided with a loop structure for receiving a belt to support the sling at the waist ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4214658 | Smoking system A smoking system is provided to hold a smoking pipe and smoking material in a compact container and provide a quick and efficient method to fill the pipe with the smoking material.... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4190150 | Sanitary protective sheath with disposable absorbent liner for tobacco pipe stem A tubular, open ended elongated liquid impervious sheath bears internally, a removable tubular absorbent material liner. A buckled strap borne by the sheath adjacent its mouth permits the sheath to be frictionally clamped to the pipe stem adjacent the bow... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4148422 | Holder for a smoking-pipe A holder for a smoking-pipe in the form of a substantially rigid or flexible sheath attachable to a support, the sheath having front and back walls defining a cavity and being sufficiently close to one another and sufficiently taut laterally and transvers... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4145726 | Video record package A video disc package includes a jacket having a record enclosing cavity and an end access opening in communication therewith. A record retaining member, comprising a spine and an annular element, is reciprocably mounted within the cavity. A portion of the... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4138703 | Video disc package A video disc package includes a jacket having a record enclosing cavity and an end access opening in communication therewith. A record retaining member, comprising a spine and an annular element, is reciprocably mounted within the cavity. The spine portio... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4055283 | Holder for a smoking-pipe A holder for a smoking-pipe in the form of a substantially rigid or flexible sheath attachable to a support, the sheath having front and back walls defining a cavity and being sufficiently close to one another and sufficiently taut laterally and transvers... | 10/25/1977 |