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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146768 | Tab with emboss and deboss beads A container has a selectively openable panel defined at least in part by a frangible score groove in a surface of the container. The frangible score groove is selectively fracturable by a lifting action administered by a user to a secured to the container. The tab h... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8109406 | Beverage container construction A beverage container includes a can body having a side wall, a neck portion of reduced diameter, a closure lid and an anchor structure on the closure lid. The anchor structure is offset with respect to the center of the lid. A pull tab has a mounting hole which fits... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7891519 | Easy open can lid An easy open can lid having: a panel portion, which is formed of an approximate disc shape, and in which a flange portion for fixing a can trunk is formed integrally on an outer circumference; a score line, which is formed near the periphery of the panel portion alo... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7270246 | Non-circular can end with corner-mounted tab and tooling and a conversion press for providing same A non-circular can end for a container having walls which form an opening includes a corner-mounted pull tab opener secured to a severable panel portion by an integral rivet. The corner-mounted opener facilitates easy opening of the can end. A pair of generally para... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7152753 | Re-sealable can mechanism A device is disclosed for re-closing an opening in a can having a tab opener. The device comprises a mount piece having an overall shape and flexibility that enables it to be pushed through at least one aperture formed in the tab opener thereby securing the device t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6631629 | Anti-theft product tag with ball clutch An article surveillance includes a pair of components that are detachably connected together having a releasably grasping device engaging with an article intended to be protected. The device is coupled between the two components with a selected one of the... | 10/14/2003 |
| 5851685 | Rivet in a converted can end, method of manufacture, and tooling An easy open can end having an improved rivet structure integrally formed thereon for the attachment of a pull tab, a method of further forming a can end to incorporate the improved rivet, and tooling for accomplishing the method. The further formation of... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5653355 | Anti-impact easily opened can lid A can lid for a can, including a top plate to which a tab having a tab nose is coupled by a rivet at the substantial center thereof, a tab nose recess formed in the top plate underneath the tab nose and having a smooth bottom surface with no step part, an... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5555993 | Beverage can and pivotal, screen guard opener system An opener for facilitating opening of a beverage can and precluding an entrance of debris or insects thereinto. The inventive device includes a beverage can having a lid extending across an upper end thereof. A guarded opening assembly is pivotally mounte... | 09/17/1996 |
| 4988013 | Container lid structure and method for manufacturing the same A container lid structure made essentially of plastics. The lid structure includes a lid frame and a lid plate. The lid plate includes an inner layer comprising a metal foil coated at the opposite sides by plastic layers and connected at the peripheral po... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4828138 | Container with an opening device A container having a top wall being made at least partly of a support material and being coated. The container has an opening device with a puncture line, along which the pouring spout can be torn open. The improved pouring spout having an improved imperm... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4496052 | Blister package with means for securing blister A first part of plastic material (7), preferably a component of a package, is secured to a second part (2). Tubular projections (9) are formed in the first part and are introduced through a hole (4) in the second part. The projection (9) is shaped with an... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4174559 | Fastening method Two sheets of deformable material are securely fastened together without the use of adhesives, separate rivets or fasteners by forming a closed end cylindrical projection on the upper surface of the first sheet, placing the second sheet having an aperture... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4125203 | Twist can top A cylindrical container having a circular top with a pull tab formed therein which is connected to an auxiliary rotatable lid fitted over the circular top so that upon rotation of the rotatable lid, the pull tab is torn back to create a dispensing opening... | 11/14/1978 |
