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 |
| 4377242 | Anti-tampering devices for bottles A device is provided which is non-removably mounted in the mouth of a bottle and which prevents or obstructs the addition of adulterating liquids to the contents of the bottle. The device includes a plastics tubular body 13 having detachably attached to i... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4043473 | Device to prevent refilling of bottles and the like A device for insertion into the neck of a bottle, to prevent refilling and reuse of the bottle after its original liquid contents have been depleted. The device includes a valve which opens to permit decanting of the original liquid contents of the bottle... | 08/23/1977 |
