Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954635 | Package of cigarettes A package of cigarettes having a group (4) of cigarettes; an inner package (3) which encloses the group (4) of cigarettes, is defined by a sheet (22) of transparent, heat-seal plastic packing material folded directly about the group (4... | 06/07/2011 |
| 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 |
| 6938793 | Thermal preservation insert for food storage container A freezer insert, a warmer insert or a freezer/warmer insert designed for use inside plastic food containers conforms to the bottom of the various sizes and shapes of the most popular plastic food containers sold under brand names such as Ziplock, Glad, Tupperware. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6450329 | Packet for a group of articles of elongated shape, and a relative method of manufacture A packet serving to contain a group of cigarettes appears substantially parallelepiped in shape with a predominating longitudinal axis disposed parallel to the longitudinal axes of the cigarettes, and comprises a front, a back and two flanks, also a botto... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5967310 | Container system for smoking components A container system for smoking components including a main body portion which has a front face, a rear face and side faces with a closed lower face and an open upper face. A first recess extends downwardly from the upper face toward the bottom face. A sec... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5205402 | Cigarettes case A cigarettes case comprising (i) a case body with a top partially cut away to provide a top opening located adjacent to one side of the case body for taking out a cigarette from the case body, with a vertical slit provided in the one side, and with an opp... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5123530 | Cigarette container A cigarette container comprising a body having a plurality of cigarette receivers therein, each receiver being in the form of a bore of substantially the same size as a cigarette, with a helical spring disposed on the lower end thereof, to respectively re... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5086918 | Cigarette casing having a button-actuated lever ejector A portable cigarette caddy is disclosed which includes a mechanism designed to allow easy dispensing of cigarettes one at a time from a container. The mechanism includes a lever pivotable on a fulcrum which lever pushes a cigarette through an opening in t... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5058739 | Cigarette spacer This is a combination of cigarette package, cigarettes and an accordian like cigarette spacer. The boxlike cigarette package has first and second short sides and a second short side which are in spaced parallel relation with each other. The cigarettes are... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4798310 | Article storage container An article storage container comprising; a case including an accommodation chamber having an opening in an end thereof, a retainer for holding an article within the chamber, and a change-over mechanism attached to the retainer. The change-over mechanism i... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4724974 | Dispensing container for drinking straws and the like The dispensing container is a box-like structure made of wood and having an opening at its upper and forward corner to enable drinking straws to be pulled upwardly out of the container. A spring-loaded plunger within the container presses the straws forwa... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4300675 | Box for cigarettes, cigars and the like smoking units A box for cigarettes, cigars or the like smoking units comprises a box body having a longitudinally displaceable slide cover. A lifting hoop or stirrup of spring wire serves for lifting the smoking units at one end, while the cover has been partly removed... | 11/17/1981 |
