Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377209 | Hot dog cooker Apparatus comprising a hot dog cooker having a rack with flat faced bars configured to move above and along a cooking surface so as to cause hot dogs to rotate along heated ridges of the surface. The ridges mark the hot dogs circumferentially as they are rolled alon... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7140705 | Infinitely adjustable module row divider for a cabinet drawer A cabinet drawer (12-20) for storing information modules (22) of selectively different widths in rows extending front to back of the drawer has row dividers (24) which are removably end mounted within slots (50,52) at any desirable width ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6903924 | Computer keyboard tray A computer keyboard tray includes a tray body formed from a compressible material and a support member, which provides reinforcement to the tray body. Optionally, the keyboard tray may incorporate an attachment assembly, allowing the keyboard tray to be removably at... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6357844 | Partitioning system A partitioning system, particularly for drawers (1), comprises two lateral side wall elements (5, 6, 8, 12) arranged on a drawer bottom, between which a space is provided; a positionable separating wall (10) extending between the wall elements (5, 6, 8, 1... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6073794 | Organizer An organizer defining a plurality of compartments which are adjustable in size and shape by panels defining the compartments being adjustable in length.... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5417338 | Container for segregating waste materials A waste container is designed to accommodate sorting of waste in a plurality of basic categories, such as recyclables, compostables, and terminal wastes. The container is constructed from a plurality of individual components which may be assembled for use... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5396996 | Storage crate for hanging file folders A one piece crate for storing hanging file folders, that supports the hanging file folders above the bottom of the crate and secures the hanging file folders to the support structure.... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5395049 | Box engaging retainer for collectors' cards A storage arrangement for a stack of collectors' cards includes a box with a front wall, rear wall and laterally spaced sidewalls dimensioned to receive the cards on edge in a stack, one of the sidewalls being open at a top. A filing barrier is attachable... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5207347 | Postal tray adjustable organizer A Postal Tray Adjustable Organizer, comprising a translucent framework comprising an upright portion, and a flat bottom portion, slideably affixed into the inner cavity of a Postal Tray, the Postal Tray being either of the flexible, or of the solid side s... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5065923 | Food supporting element for attachment to a food container A food supporting element is used to support food, such as dip, in position near the open mouth of a food container to be easily accessible for serving. The supporting element includes a bowl that is spaced from the container, and is mounted on the contai... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4625670 | Ship for carrying standarized cargo units The deck of a container ship is provided with longitudinally running rails carrying cassettes adapted to support standarized cargo units, such as containers, for example. Each cassette includes transverse front and rear guide members each having vertical ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4508027 | Portion dividing frying basket A frying basket large enough to contain two or three individual servings of a food product is equipped with a pair of removable partitions including basket divider portions and right angular basket cover portions. When in place on the frying basket, two o... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4231175 | Variable-visibility filing system Microfiche cards and the like are held in a file enclosure between file-segregator cards. The segregator cards are shaped to fit on and slide along longitudinal rails. To promote fanning of the segregator cards when they are compressed in a particular way... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4102470 | Drawer file folder stop A drawer file folder stop for securing file folders or other objects in place in a drawer includes a plate configured to hook the stop over the top edge of the back or either side or an adjustable divider within the drawer. An elongated, generally planar ... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4081100 | Spring-loaded drawer partition A spring-loaded drawer partition formed of plate members that slide along opposed side walls of a drawer, each including tab extensions extending therefrom toward the inside of the drawer and constituting spring members. A box member extends between the p... | 03/28/1978 |
