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 |
| 4020964 | Infants feeding bottle An infants feeding bottle comprising a container for liquid, a teat securable onto the container, a detachable teat cap enclosing the teat before use and a closure member frictionally engageable within the teat and arranged to be dislodged by manipulation... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4015740 | Infants feeding bottle An infants feeding bottle comprising a container for liquid having an outlet opening surrounded by a seating, a resilient teat with an outlet orifice, the teat having a portion secured onto the seating of the container by an attachment part, a teat cap en... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3952897 | Primary nurser assembly A primary nurser assembly for mounting over an opening in a container comprising A dam member including a lower wall spanning the opening in the container and a radially outwardly directed flange overlying the axial end face of the container adjacent the ... | 04/27/1976 |
