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 |
| 7753256 | Desktop change holder and wall mount A bank assembly comprising a bank storage unit, a bank holder and a closed bottom portion is provided. The bank storage unit defines a cavity therein for storing money. The bank holder is capable of being mounted to a vertical surface. The closed bottom portion is c... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7500595 | Compartmented bank with notched plug A compartmented bank for holding money to be used for saving, spending or other budgetary purposes. The bank has a hollow body having openings in its upper surface and notched, removable plugs that fit in the openings to help define elongated slots through which coi... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7389910 | Collection canister system for charities A collection canister system having a front panel and a rear panel. The rear panel has top and bottom edges and side edges there between and forwardly extending sides. The front panel has top and bottom edges and side edges there between and rearwardly extending sid... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383980 | Compartmented bank A compartmented bank for holding money to be used for saving, spending or other budgetary purposes. The bank has a hollow body having openings in its upper surface and notched, removable plugs that fit in the openings to help define elongated slots through which coi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347356 | Apparatus and method for coin collection and advertising An apparatus for simultaneously collecting and retaining coins and advertising or promoting a commercial product or services as well as advertising or promoting the operations of a charitable entity. The apparatus is preferably cylindrical and lightweight, and inclu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316345 | Desktop change holder and wall mount The present invention provides a bank storage unit that may be supported and/or mounted to a bank holder to allow a user to store the bank storage unit to any vertical surface. The holster includes one or more support strips that may present a surface to support the... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7185802 | Collection canister system for charities A collection canister system having a front panel and a rear panel. The rear panel has top and bottom edges and side edges there between and forwardly extending sides. The front panel has top and bottom edges and side edges there between and rearwardly extending sid... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174754 | Key for engaging a locking mechanism of a port cover for protecting from unauthorized access one or more ports of a system integrated into a structure for injection of a material into one or more cavities in the structure In certain embodiments, the present invention includes a key for engaging a locking mechanism for a port cover for use in a system integrated into a structure for injection of a material into one or more cavities in the structure. The locking mechanism is for remova... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175067 | Safety device for bank note storage apparatus The application is directed to a safety device for a bank note storage apparatus. If banknotes are not place properly in the compartment of the tray but overlie a flange of the safety device as the tray is pushed into the slot and flange will jam between pegs and, c... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174753 | Method for protecting from unauthorized access one or more ports of a system integrated into a structure for injection of a material into one or more cavities in the structure In certain embodiments, the present invention includes a method for protecting from unauthorized access one or more ports of a system integrated into a structure for injection of a material into one or more cavities in the structure. The method includes coupling a b... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7131302 | Keyway plug for safe deposit locks A keyway plug that discretely provides a device for preventing a person from unlocking a tumbler lock even if the correct key is used. The present invention includes a plug member that is sized to fit entirely within a keyhole and is effective to block a key from be... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7096801 | Safe A safe having a support assembly disposed in the interior of the safe. The door of the safe is coupled to the support assembly and is shiftable between a closed position wherein the door is received in an opening of the safe and an open position wherein the door is ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7028827 | Coin counter/sorter and coupon/voucher dispensing machine and method A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6976619 | Compartmented piggy bank A compartmented bank for holding money to be used for saving, spending, donating, investing or other budgetary purposes. The bank is shaped like an animal and comprises a hollow body and four feet. Each compartment communicates with one of the feet so that money dep... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6920835 | Charity collection safe A collection safe is provided, especially for charitable donations, for installation in a wall of a building. The collection safe has a rectangular box formation and includes a first door on one side of the box for receiving donations and a second door on the opposi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6685527 | Toy bank An extendable, modular toy bank for storing coins and the like. The toy bank is substantially tubular and includes a head portion, a segmented extendable body portion and a tail portion. One of the portions, preferably the head portion, has a slot therein... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6199862 | Token drop A device for dropping tokens into a drop box. The device may be used on a gaming table over a drop box. The device has a base, which is mounted on a surface, and a door, which is movably connected to the base. The door swings open to allow tokens, coins, ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5944254 | Savings coin box with controllable music box A savings coin box with controllable music box which includes a body, a music box, a control device and other elements. The music box is transversely positioned on the supporting disk on the cylindrical body, and a control device is installed above the mu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5494210 | Saving box A savings box comprises a main body and a control box. The main body is provided with a coin slot and shutter plate. A magnet is fixed on the shutter plate and another magnet is fixed on a control member (slider) provided inside the control box. The coin ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5437408 | Animal coin bank The present invention is for a bank which has a visible serpentine coin path through which coins are deposited into a coin reservoir. The serpentine coin path has a major slot for the transportation of the coins into the reservoir and at least one minor s... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5304084 | Audible coin bank An audible coin bank includes: a hollow container (1) having a dropping slot (11) formed in an upper portion of the container for dropping coins (3) into the container through the slot (11) and a bottom hole (12) formed in a bottom portion of the containe... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5168987 | Cashbox A cash box has a loose coin tray which rests on a peripheral seal seated on a plain free edge defining a lip of a base of the cash box. The coin tray is supported by the seal and has a peripheral flange which rests on six inwardly directed tabs of the sea... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5165594 | Tithing bank apparatus A tithing bank is provided for religious training and personal association of an individual to a tithing situation. The bank structure includes a floor, with the bank defined by simulation of a bible book, including a slot arrangement to direct a percenta... | 11/24/1992 |
| 4871112 | Money savings box The present invention concerns a money saving box, wherein independently rotatable combination rings each marked with different colors, symbols etc., allow, when positioned in a predetermined arrangement, to open or lock the box.... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4815998 | Electrically operated coin saving and security A bank containing a coin receiving base portion and a detachable top portion containing a battery operated locking system. Such system contains an electromagnetic coil lock for locking together the two portions. A switch responsive to placement of the top... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4787873 | Modular coin bank A modular coin bank permits construction of a variety of different geometric patterns of coin guideways for feeding coins from a receiving member to a coin storage base. The base has at least two coin receiving slots in it, and different geometric shapes ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4756406 | Container for money, tokens or savings stamps A container for money, tokens or savings stamps, which container comprises a body portion for retaining the money, tokens or savings stamps, and a feed member through which the money, tokens or savings stamps are fed to the body portion, the feed member h... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4699313 | Safe coin box A safe coin box is provided and consists of a conduit that has an elongated coin passage so constructed that the conduit cannot be removed from the coin box after it is inserted within a slot therein and removal of coins from the coin box is prevented thr... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4673368 | Toy bank with novel coin discriminating mechanism A toy bank having a coin discriminating mechanism for discriminating between coins of varying diameters. The mechanism includes a housing having a coin slot, the slot having two generally flat, spaced walls and two relatively narrow spaced sides, the side... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4671455 | Donation box A donation box having a collection receptacle receiving chamber and a merchandise compartment, wherein the constituent panels are interengaged in assembled form in a manner which permits merchandise in its compartment to maintain the box parts interengage... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4616776 | Receptacle attached to a parking meter for collection of monies on a mass location basis as donations for charitable purposes The present invention relates to a receptacle for collection of monies on a mass location basis. Though use of the present invention, money can be safely collected on a mass location basis without the necessity of an individual attendant at each collectio... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4548353 | Cash drop box having a plurality of compartments A drum-shaped cash drop box rotatable about a pin coincident with its central axis includes a substantially U-shaped rotatable handle. The drum has a plurality of compartments. Insertion slots arranged at spaced intervals about the drum cylindrical periph... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4542848 | Strong box A strong box which is locked by rotating a threaded arm into a thread engaging member within the box, the threading being permitted only when a locking mechanism, from which the threaded arm depends, is released by a key which has access to the locking me... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4524904 | Vault The specification describes a paper-currency vault for use in a vehicle such as a taxi cab for storing paper-currency in excess of a predetermined amount during the normal shift of the taxi cab driver so as to discourage robbery attempts on taxi cab drive... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4462317 | Lock boxes A lock box includes a pair of box-like base and cover structures having side and end walls configured to overlap when the base structure is nestingly received in the cover structure. A key-operated lock is carried on the cover structure and is engageable ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4452390 | Portable security container A portable safe adapted to be disposed and locked within a housing located at a work station receives currency deposited directly into the safe without exposing the contents of the safe. The safe includes a currency transfer tray movable into and out of t... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4401259 | Coin bank A coin bank resembling a bird is disclosed. The bank includes a hollow, egg-shaped container (11) for receiving the deposited coins. A covering (12) having attachments (21-25) resembling the features of a bird encases the container (11). Coins are deposit... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4260090 | Document holder A holder for documents, such as traffic parking violation citations includes a hollow elongated housing having a small opening therein to permit a rolled-up or folded-over document to be inserted therethrough and thus into the interior of the housing away... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4126267 | Security container A security container for storing paper currency comprises an elongated, tubular member, preferably fabricated from metal, and has its opposite ends sealingly enclosed such that the removal of the opposite ends of the container results in the destruction t... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4121826 | Exercising device with bank A combination weight-type exercising device-savings bank wherein coins can be added to the device as desired to increase the weight of the same. There is an integral, unitary, removable assembly that is press fitted in the opening in the housing that rece... | 10/24/1978 |
