Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228985 | Carrying apparatus A carrying apparatus includes a metal basket and a metal frame. The metal basket includes a bottom and a wall attached to the bottom. The wall includes an upper edge and a bent connection extending from the wall to the upper edge. The metal frame includes a vertical... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7077296 | Dispensing valve A dispensing valve is provided for dispensing fluid products. The valve includes a marginal portion, a flexible valve head with a discharge orifice therein, and a flexible connector sleeve having one end connected with the marginal portion and the opposite end conne... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6892895 | Collapsible container A collapsible container configured to lay substantially flat in a collapsed position and maintain an extended or usable position by utilizing load-bearing means rigidly disposed among and affixed to various support members. The load-bearing means are adapted to rece... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6698612 | Woven plastic container for plants and method of making A woven plastic container for plants is provided having an outside bottom band, a plurality of splints, an inside top band, a plurality of weave strips, and an outside top band. The outside bottom band has an interior surface and an exterior surface. Each... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6494340 | Tennis ball container A tennis ball container is disclosed. This container has a top barrier rod (110) having a closed rectangular profile and forming the top structure of a barrier body (100), a bottom barrier rod (120) having a closed rectangular profile and forming the bott... | 12/17/2002 |
| 5970856 | Device for cooking or grilling small pieces of food and method of use A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket made of a perforated metal. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the smal... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5881906 | Wall construction for a silverware basket A silverware basket for use in a dishwashing machine, the basket having a bottom wall disposed along the basket bottom. The bottom wall being an offset grid type structure formed by a plurality of parallel longitudinal ribs extending lengthwise across the... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5443173 | Collapsible basket The disclosed invention is directed to wall-mounted baskets which are easily collapsible for cost effective transportation and which are assembled with ease by the end-user. The devices are characterized by unique, yet simple locking mechanisms permitting... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5305686 | Fry basket An improved basket for the preparation of fried food products includes a wire mesh bottom wall and three upstanding wire mesh side walls. A perforate gate is pivotally attached along the fourth side of the basket and is secured in a closed configuration b... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5050765 | Transport and/or storage container for flowable materials A large-volume storage and transport container has a flexible wall inner vessel within an outer vessel of gridwork. The bottom of this outer vessel is likewise formed as a gridwork and stabilized by welding with additional bars if necessary. Pallet feet o... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5024346 | Container for storing and transporting a liquid with a deformable liner which assists drainage A storage and transport container for a fluent material has a stiff outer vessel having an upright side wall formed of a grid of steel bars and a floor. The floor is inclined with respect to the horizontal downward to a predetermined low point at the side... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4329977 | Rotatable cooker The present invention relates to an adjustable and rotatable stovetop cooker having two telescoping halves. Each half also includes opposed handles which allow the cooker to be picked up and rotated 180 degrees to allow cooking a package of food on both s... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4316552 | Wire egg case A case for holding within it tiers of egg-holding trays. The case includes a wire-strand floor, and wire-strand end walls joined to and projecting upwardly from opposite ends of the floor. A hinged, wire-strand cover closes of the top of the case. The cov... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4157145 | Silverware basket construction A dishwashing apparatus which includes a silverware basket for holding silverware during washing, rinsing and drying operations. The basket has generally perforate side and bottom walls. The bottom wall includes first and second pluralities of elongated r... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4130103 | Charcoal lighter basket To reduce the time and inconvenience usually involved in the process of igniting charcoal briquettes, an upstanding stiff wire basket having a heat shielded lifting handle is utilized in conjunction with a comparatively fine mesh basket liner which retain... | 12/19/1978 |
