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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 |
| 5267659 | Compact displayer A modular storage rack for holding one or more containers, or objects, of a parallelelepiped configuration. A plurality of racks may be connected together in a contiguous fashion by means of a coupling mechanism. The size of the storage rack is such that ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267403 | Multiple picture-holder The multiple picture-holder described has square mounts (K1) of different sizes. Each mount comprises a transparent faceplate (1) and a backplate (2) fastened against it. The faceplate (1) has, printed on it, a mask (3) surrounding a rectangular window (1... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5263576 | Transparent storage box for displaying trading cards A small plastic storage box is particularly adapted for the storage and display of trading cards and includes an open-topped container for edgewise receipt of a stack of cards and a sliding cover to close the box and enclose the cards therein. The contain... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5263582 | Chair base shipping carton A shipping carton for five legged chair bases is disclosed. The shipping carton is hexagonal with rectangular sides and four obtuse corner angles and two acute corner angles. The configuration of the carton allows for more efficient loading of a standard ... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5259524 | System and device for stabilizing and holding drums during transport A device, system and method for preventing unwanted movement or shifting of drums or containers stored in groups of two or more. A core member is positioned intermediate, among or between the drums or containers and at least one pressure exerting member o... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5251748 | Dual half-carton structure and method of forming same A method of attaching two containers wherein two containers faced toward each other are secured by cooperation of at least one tab on the front wall of one container and at least one slot on the front wall of the other container, and the dual container st... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5251106 | Stackable enclosure for electronic devices An electronic system having a plurality of electronic devices contained in a plurality of stackable enclosures is provided. Each of the plurality of stackable enclosures is stackable and interlockable together with another one of the plurality of stackabl... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5246129 | Shipping tray and cover strip A packaging means for shipping electronic components includes a tray in the form of an open latticework within a frame. The open latticework includes internal pockets, where electronic components may be seated. The internal pockets are arranged in rows an... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5230450 | Infant care bag An infant care bag for storing bottles, diapers, Wet Wipes, and other infant care supplies comprises a primary bag section and a removable auxiliary bag section is disclosed. The primary bag section can be worn as a backpack with or without the removable ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5228590 | Carton for storing and dispensing substantially cylindrical articles The present invention is directed to a carton for storing, dispensing, and displaying adhesives, caulks, sealants, and other articles in tube form. The carton has two apertures, an upper aperture and a lower aperture. The upper aperture is used for loadin... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5224594 | Assembly for holding desk equipment An assembly for holders of office desk-type utensils or equipment is described. An interchangeable base plate is provided which is essentially rectangular having an open top with tabs and slots on the sides therefor for interconnection and a channel aroun... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5221018 | Container for jamming means A container assembly for housing a jamming device includes a box having a bottom section, a wall extending from and surrounding the bottom section and an opening for insertion of the jamming device into the box. The box or a frame, dimensioned to receive ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5211303 | Dual container system with selective locking feature A secure container system comprising a first container with a second container mounted thereon, the containers having adjacent sides that are complementary to one another. The first container includes two pairs of spaced channels and the second container ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5199589 | Collapsible bix box assembly formed of two separate collapsible bin boxes A collapsible bin box assembly formed of two separate collapsible bin boxes. The bin boxes are identical in construction having side and end walls constructed in a manner which permits them to be folded down upon the base, making the bin boxes collapsible... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193702 | Safety lock storage container A storage container having one or more individual vessels, which are triangular shaped and able to affix together into side by side container units. A removable strip lock extends through aligned slots in the affixed vessels to secure the lids of the vess... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5186345 | Container This invention relates to a container and in particular to one which mainly includes a body portion having a space provided with a first elongated member at the left side and a second elongated member at the right side on which there are a plurality of ho... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5184744 | Add-on compartment for trash receptacle An add-on compartment for a trash receptacle includes a open topped material receiving compartment having spaced apart front and back panels protruding transversely outwardly from one side of the compartment for receiving a trash receptacle between them. ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5184722 | Keeping case for the cassette tape and others A keeping case for a cassette is provided. The keeping case includes an inner case pivotally connected to an outer case by a point hinge. Connecting bodies are provided for connecting one such keeping case to another keeping case adjacent thereto. The con... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5183278 | Recycling trash can The invention relates to a waste management system with interlocking portions to connect various refuse containers. The refuse containers are designated for holding different types of garbage, glass, paper, metal, etc.... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5183375 | Container stacking apparatus A container stacking apparatus for use in supporting a pair of cargo containers in stacked relation on at least one first cargo container, the container stacking apparatus comprising an elongated frame adapted to be supported on the at least one first car... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5181297 | Connector clip for waste receptacles A connector clip for connecting waste receptacles is disclosed, comprising an elongate body 2 of substantially M-shape in cross-section, having inverted U-shaped attachment portions 4,6 extending from a central connective loop portion 8. The portions 4,6 ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5181612 | Compact collapsible lunch box This compact lunch box consists of a collapsible carrier body and a collapsible lower casing both having walls made of a thermal insulative material. In the erected state, the lower casing may be removably mounted with a plurality of mounting webs at the ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5170903 | Pizza box refuse container A refuse container mounts an auxiliary refuse container to a side wall of the refuse container, wherein the auxiliary container is defined by an internal cavity to complementarily receive a plurality of used pizza boxes of parallelepiped construction. Mod... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5167342 | Trash bag An improved trash bag is provided for use in conjunction with trash containers, with the trash bag having formed therein a plurality of compartments, each compartment having an upper portion, a side wall portion, and a skirt portion. Members for closing e... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5163549 | Pocket container and stand for writing implements A caddy of generally modular form for writing implements is designed with a plurality of sockets to receive and support writing implements in upright position, with the writing ends secured in closed position with the receiving socket. In one embodiment, ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5160027 | Holder for a cassette tape The casing includes a closed bottom, an open top, two long opposed side walls, a short side wall interconnecting the two long opposed side walls and an opening opposite the short side wall. Each of the long opposed walls has an exterior face on which an e... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5158191 | Dual bottle container having a dual outlet cap A dual container is disclosed having two bottles which are releasably interlocked together in side-by-side relation by a mortise and tenon. The bottles are held together to prevent undesired relative movement between the two bottles. A single cap covers b... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5159156 | Terminal housing integral carrier strip which produces no loose piece slugs A plurality of housings are attached by a carrier strip which does not produce loose piece material which can damage the work station to which the housings are to be delivered. The carrier strip has carrier projections which extend from each respective ho... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5154295 | Interlocking container structures This invention is directed towards a means and method for interconnecting containers into structures, such as toys, displays or furniture as well as to provide packaging alternatives. The invention particularly relates to modifying a conventional six-pack... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5148932 | Materials-recycling collection bin assembly The Assembly has a base formed of a strip or sheet of plastic material which has a plurality of holes formed therein. Holes in ends of the sheet are aligned to receive fasteners to fix the sheet into a simple band. Other plastic sheets are turned into cyl... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5139299 | Compartmented trash receptacle and holder assembly A lightweight, compact, compartmented trash receptacle assembly for receiving and holding in different compartments different types of refuse, such as glass, metal, paper, and the like for subsequent disposal, comprises a holder and a plurality of individ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5135823 | Modular multi-compartment blow molded container Disclosed are blow molded multiple compartment plastic containers in one configuration having partition members between the compartments that initially form portions of a mold for the container. When molding is complete, the partition members form part of... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5135245 | Recycling cart and container system A cart and container assembly for collecting recyclable waste, and the like, is disclosed. The cart and container assembly comprises a plurality of containers. Each of the containers is substantially rectangular in horizontal cross section and has a front... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5132026 | Blood plasma collection system A blood plasma collection system comprises a sealed collection bottle with a flexible plastic transfer tube sealed into its top for collecting plasma. A flexible sample tube is also sealed into the top of the bottle and connects to a sample vial for recei... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5131552 | Outdoor container for recycling A three sided, trapezoidal shaped storage container having an open front and housing three small, removable trapezoidal shaped storage bins for storing recyclable household water products such as glass, plastic, newspaper and aluminum cans. Said container... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5129535 | Trash container system and cover thereof A trash container (10) includes a base container portion (11) and a cover (12). The base container portion (11) includes a front wall (15), a rear wall (16) and two side walls (13, 14) all extending upwardly from a bottom surface (17) to an upper rim (19)... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5125537 | Dispensing device A dispensing device is produced which is useful for dispensing a plurality of liquids which comprises a geometrically shaped base having secured thereto a geometrically shape centrally disposed member which is hollow in the center, a plurality of containe... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5125524 | Collapsible basket for storage and transport of manufactured articles A collapsible basket for receiving printed boards. This basket comprises a pair of side plates on which a plurality of ribs are formed to define grooves for receiving the printed boards, and a pair of hinged end plates along with which the side plates def... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5123460 | Multi-purpose container system for loading liquid dispenser A container system is provided for storing, transporting, measuring and loading liquid into dispenser equipment. A predetermined quantity of liquid is stored within a first larger container having gradings or markings for visually observing the quantity o... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5115916 | Personal care package A package of personal care commodities comprised of a plurality of separate containers each charged with a supply of a care commodity and sectionally configured individually as a triangular truncated wedge. The individual containers are capable of being a... | 05/26/1992 |
