Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7025214 | Over-door shoe racks A shoe rack for mounting to an upright surface, or for hanging over a door, includes a pair of plastic, vertical side frame members and a plurality of shoe-retaining bars positioned between the side frame members upon which shoes, boxes and the like may be supported... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6994409 | Controlled access dispensing system A controlled access dispensing unit arranged to permit selective access to supply items within a portion of the dispensing unit. Preferably, the dispensing unit includes a cabinet arranged to hold a plurality of supply items. An enclosure assembly desirably includes... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6905035 | Accessory organizer An apparatus can be used for organizing clothing accessories such as jewelry, neckties, scarves, and other items. The apparatus can hang from a closet rod and has a slidable track so that the items hanging from hooks attached to the slidable track can be easily acce... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6871452 | Modular shelf unit enclosure or greenhouse A modular greenhouse enclosure is formed by mounting on a conventional shelf storage unit having spaced shelves supported on upright posts a rigid frame on which an impervious transparent cover is supported. The cover overlies and extends past the side edges of the ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6655759 | Container assembly for use with a rapid transfer port The present invention is a container assembly for use with a rapid transfer port. The rapid transfer port (RTP) is of the type having an RTP door, an RTP circular seal around the door, and spaced RTP indentations. The RTP requires rotation of the device b... | 12/02/2003 |
| 5860714 | Vandal-proof vending machine A vandal-proof vending machine includes a rigid frame housed within an opening of a building with a cabinet of the dispensing machine being housed entirely within the building and thereby being rendered inaccessible from the exterior. A front opening of t... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5671984 | Exhibition apparatus A protective member is disposed in a contracted state thereof within an exhibition case for an exhibition apparatus. When a larger shaking of the exhibition case than a predetermined level is detected by a detector, an actuation mechanism expands the prot... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5097986 | Vending machine Presented is a vending machine with an outer door, a space for merchandise capable of being seen through the outer door and filled with merchandise, and with additional units, as for example coin changer/coin counter, etc., adjacent to the merchandise spa... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4251124 | Telescoping closet An enclosed hanging wardrobe is suspended from elevated supports within the confines of a cubicle having walls on either side and an open face. The hanging wardrobe can be reciprocally drawn out of the cubicle in cantilevered suspension. The hanging wardr... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4244301 | Corner shelf array A pre-assembled array of corner shelves is fastened together by three flexible lines threaded through apertures in the shelves so that they can hang downwardly from a single hook mounted in the corner between two intersecting walls. The lines are so dispo... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4196880 | Holder for plastic trash bag First and second generally U-shaped frame sections each including a pair of generally parallel arms interconnected at one pair of corresponding base ends by means of a connecting structure extending and connected therebetween are provided. The first frame... | 04/08/1980 |
