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 |
| 5067628 | Dispenser for note pad sheets An improved dispenser for dispensing note sheets from a pad of note sheets that are releasably adhered to one another with a narrow strip of adhesive on opposite alternative edges thereof. The dispenser includes a base member for supporting the pad of not... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4993590 | Sheet dispenser A dispenser for a stack of partially adhesive coated sheets stacked with the adhesive coating on each successive sheet disposed along alternate opposite sides of the stack and releasbly adhering the sheets together. The dispenser has a cavity adapted to r... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4986440 | Dispenser for a stack of note paper A dispenser for sheets of note paper disposed in a stack with each of the sheets having a narrow band of adhesive coated on one surface along one edge by which the sheets are adhered together and with the sheets being stacked with the band of adhesive of ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4969575 | Tissue paper case having an inclined lid member with concave undercut portions to guide the fingers of a user A tissue paper case includes a case body having a lifting plate urged upwardly by a spring and adapted to allow a stack of tissue paper sheets to be placed thereon and a lid member formed substantially in the shape of a gable roof having a peak and provid... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4921127 | Dispenser for a stack of note paper A dispenser for sheets of note paper disposed in a stack with each of the sheets having a narrow band of adhesive coated on one surface along one edge by which the sheets are adhered together and with the sheets being stacked with the band of adhesive of ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4915257 | Rough service paper dispensers Rough duty, vandal resistant paper dispensers for rolled and folded toilet paper and for paper towels are provided in lockable containers. The toilet paper roll dispensers are structured with single-wall square tube housing and with two-piece elongated cy... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4909415 | Device for dispensing paper, particularly toilet paper The present invention concerns a device for dispensing paper gathered in a paper block cut into pre-folded paper sheets, removably placed inside a casing with a substantially horizontal bottom, the casing containing at least one object of a predetermined ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4796781 | Dispenser for a stack of notepaper A desk type dispenser for dispensing note sheets which are adhered together along opposite alternate edges by a narrow band of adhesive coated on one surface of the sheets comprises a base member and a body member. The body is preferably weighted and sits... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4679703 | Device for preventing napkins from bunching at the dispensing opening in a paper napkin dispenser A device for preventing napkins from bunching at the dispensing opening in a napkin dispenser. A pair of pressure relief rods are provided along the upper and lower portions of the dispenser face plate to relieve pressure between the face plate and the ce... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4580695 | Porta towel A portable towel dispenser that dispenses towels from an open top portion of a hollow rectangular shaped container. A slider is provided with a retainer portion for holding the towels down and a lifter portion for successively lifting each towel. Further ... | 04/08/1986 |
