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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177060 | Retail box for displaying a tie A tie box suitable for receiving one or more ties includes a base structure having a floor and upstanding peripheral walls that extend outwardly therefrom to define an interior compartment and a cover that is constructed to mate with the base structure. The tie box ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7347323 | Boxed and secured necktie package A package and packaging methods for retaining a necktie within a box serving as both a display fixture and a packaging container for the enclosed necktie. A member, affixed into the box at at least two spaced locations, is configured to secure the necktie in a rolle... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7264115 | Hanging display package for intimate apparel A hanging display package for an article of apparel. The display package comprises a rear panel having opposed side edges that define a first width. A pair of flaps project laterally outwardly from each of the opposed side edges. A front panel has opposed side edges... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7134535 | Rollup luggage This invention is a bag that opens down the center of its length and when filled, easily rolls up into a small package. The topside of the bag comprises two flaps that extend along the whole length of the bag and when these flaps are open, the entire inside of the b... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6910560 | Dual access luggage with orthogonal isolation packing stowage-cell system Dual access hand luggage having in the interior a stowage cell system or assembly, preferably made of stretch fabric, that permits isolation packing and orthogonal stowage and retrieval of goods retained in the cells by access from either face of the suitcase. For r... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6796425 | Garment holder A garment holder made up of a cylindrical body of a suitable length and diameter that a garment can be rolled around it without becoming unacceptably wrinkled, and garment retaining means to hold the garment securely in its rolled position, and securing means to kee... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6499590 | Case for neck ties A carrying case for neck ties comprises three panels which fold one over the other and include special loops to support the midpoint of the ties within the carrying case. The separate panels are connected by soft, living hinges. The carrying case is espec... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6126000 | Garment presentation pack A garment pack that folds to show a garment inside having a chest heart pattern and in which a sleeve logo is visible through a window in one section from inside the pack that opens like a card.... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6050403 | Necktie storage case A necktie storage case provides an envelope defining a channel sized to carry a folded necktie. A slide allows convenient manual loading and unloading of a folded necktie into the interior channel of the envelope. The slide provides an elongated body size... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5624026 | Garment holding device for use with various types of lugggage A novel garment holding device for use with various types of luggage comprising a substantially cylindrical hollow tube about which suits and other garments can be completely wrapped, a fabric cover for holding garments securely about the outside surface ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5560483 | Clothing accessories case A clothing accessories case has a bottom portion with an interior cavity, a cooperating top portion, and a plurality of flexible dividers. The cooperating top portion abuts the bottom portion to define a closed case that encloses the interior cavity. The ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5547052 | Modular wheeled luggage system, wheeled luggage, garment bag and connector for same A modular wheeled luggage system of the present invention has major components particularly sized to be positioned either underneath or in the overhead storage area above a passenger's seat in a passenger compartment of an airplane. A first major componen... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5255766 | Travelling or packing bag The bag enabling personal belongings to be packed and carried inside a case comprises a rigid inner tray (2) having a support edge (3) of rounded profile and a packing wall (4) which is at least partly solid. The tray (2) is pivotable between a horizontal... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5205530 | Radially slitted holder, method of use and apparatus facilitating use A radially slitted holder having a central membrane with two access holes one of which is intersected by at least one radial slit. A radially slitted holder may be deployed using the method and facilitating apparatus of the invention, which employ a rod h... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5154329 | Configured shirt-shaper article for folding shirts A configured shirt-shaper article is used for the convenient folding and storing of a shirt in a substantially wrinkle-free state. The article is substantially flat and configured to have a generally rectangular-shaped main member with arm members extendi... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5137149 | Hang-up storage device for apparel belts A storage unit for belts has a pair of belt-mounting fabric-flaps on the exterior surfaces of which are mounted a series of belt-holders. Each exterior surface has a pair of elongated mounting strips forming a first one of a hook-and-pile fastener, with t... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5096100 | Garment display former A display former or frame is adapted to receive folded on or about it a garment such as a shirt and has a support for the shirt collar. A locking support frame provides two bars, over one of which a lower or tail portion of the shirt is folded and the oth... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5086921 | Storing element for ring travellers for spinning or twisting machines An elongate, flexible storing or magazine element serves to receive at its outside ring travellers to be used in spinning or twisting machines. The storing element comprises a profiled strip composed of a retaining member and a back or spine member. The r... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5044493 | Rolled glove pair having circumscribing binding A kit comprises a tray with a well for a tourniquet, a dressing to use with a medical device inserted into a blood vessel. An antimicrobial treatment in the well disinfects an area of skin through which the medical device punctures the vessel. A pair of j... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5014830 | Fastening devices for straps in an article of luggage An article of luggage of the type comprising elastic straps for holding down the objects carried therein, characterized in that each end of a strap (14) is fixed to the inner wall of the suitcase by means of a fastening member (15) carrying an anchoring c... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4927014 | Garment bag with flap cover for strap hook A garment bag formed by two fabric walls hinged together along one side edge and enclosed on the remaining edges by a slidable fastener. A carrying strap having a wide foam-backed pad distributes the weight when shoulder carrying a loaded bag. When folded... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4887751 | Traveler's organizer bag luggage A compartmented luggage for separating a travelers belongings and allowing convenient carrying and access. A foldout flap and a plurality of compartments are detachably mounted to an outer shell avoiding mixing of various types of clothing and use outside... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4880113 | Trolley with hanger retaining structure which inhibits unintended hanger withdrawal A trolley for suspending and retaining the hooked ends of clothes hangers in a piece of luggage such as a garment bag includes gripping structures which contact the hooked ends of the hangers. The gripping structures incorporate an arrangement for creatin... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4798289 | Locking trolley for garment bag with hanger retaining pads which inhibit unintended hanger withdrawal A trolley for suspending and retaining the hooked ends of clothes hangers in a piece of luggage such as a garment bag includes gripping structures which contact the hooked ends of the hangers. The gripping structures incorporate an arrangement for creatin... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4753342 | Garment carrier A garment carrier includes an inner chamber. A stiff flap is hingedly mounted along a lower edge of the inner chamber between front and rear panels of the garment carrier. The flap includes a plurality of elastic shoe pockets for receiving shoes. A hanger... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4738360 | Garment bag with improved packing capability A garment bag adapted to fold into a suitcase-like configuration for traveling includes corner compartments located within the interior bag in the space above the shoulders of garments supported on hangers within the bag. Cross straps extend over the shou... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4727987 | Garment retaining apparatus An apparatus for retaining garments securely in place within a folding garment bag and on respective hangers includes a pair of straps forming "suspenders" diagonally across the garments and a second pair of straps forming a "belt" horizontally thereacros... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4703850 | Shoe box A shoe box is disclosed for safely and temporarily holding shoes of a hotel guest on the outside of a hotel room door so that the shoes can be picked up, shined and returned and which does not require that the hotel guest have a key to open the shoe box. ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4685560 | Door hook retainer loop patch Garment bags often include a door hook depending from the strap at one end of the bag to hold the bag in an extended linear condition while suspended from the top edge of a door or the like. It has been known to use this hook and strap combination to hold... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4662513 | Garment bag with improved packing capability A garment bag adapted to fold into a suitcase-like configuration for traveling includes corner compartments located within the interior bag in the space above the shoulders of garments supported on hangers within the bag. Cross straps extend over the shou... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4640414 | Locking trolley for garment bag with improved hanger retention A locking trolley for gripping and locking the hooked ends of hangers in a garment bag includes a C-shaped frame member and a jaw member extending forward from the rear of the C-shaped frame member. Gripping pads for gripping the hooked ends of hangers ar... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4618058 | Locking trolley for garment bag A locking trolley for gripping and locking the hooked ends of hangers in a garment bag includes a C-shaped frame member and a jaw member extending forward from the rear of the C-shaped frame member. Gripping pads for gripping the hooked ends of hangers ar... | 10/21/1986 |
