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Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419294 | Night lamp A night lamp includes a main body and a light distribution unit, which allows the passage of light and is fitted onto the main body. The thickness of the light distribution unit gradually increases from the bottom to the top. The light distribution unit has an arcua... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7399109 | Bulb assembly with dual connecting types A bulb assembly includes a shell, a holder, and a bulb, wherein the bulb and the holder are received in the shell, wherein the bulb has two conductive wires passing through the holder and being folded upward outsides. The shell is provided with a central plate exten... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7329035 | Child's nightlight There is disclosed a nightlight that can be held or worn by a child and that can display projected images in 3-D mode upon a flat surface to comfort and provide assurance for a child when left in the dark. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7273312 | Night light display hanger A night light has an hook for interchangeably receiving artistic stained glass ornaments to be displayed in front of a light source. The night light improves the aesthetic benefits of stained glass using night lights. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267460 | Adjustable beams night light A night light appliance that when plugged into a standard wall electrical outlet provides a means to direct many beams of light to specific places in the room. Extending from the appliance body are bendable arms with bright light emitting diodes mounted at the end o... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7232251 | Night light with fiber optics A night light with fiber optics has a main object and a fiber optics arrangement to let visible wavelength light beams be seen by a viewer after passing through the fiber optics. The main object material can be selected from textile, metal, plastic, porcelain, ceram... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222982 | Illuminated article A decorative stone impregnated with a transmutable lighting element, such as a light emitting diode, electrically connected to a power source. The lighting element contains an integrated circuit which controls its transmutable appearance. The decorative stone may be... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7186016 | LED-type wall lamp with decorative liquid A LED-type wall lamp with decorative liquid consists of a transparent container for liquid on top and a base on bottom. The transparent container for liquid is used to accommodate various kinds of decorative liquid for displaying. Plug pins are disposed on the base ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7147350 | Portable light modification device A novel light modification device is described that includes an optical wheel having at least two light modification sections, the optical wheel being turned by an electric powered actuator and the electric power used to operate the actuator being provided by a ligh... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7066614 | Illuminated article A decorative stone impregnated with a transmutable lighting element, such as a light emitting diode, electrically connected to a power source. The lighting element contains an integrated circuit which controls its transmutable appearance. The decorative stone may be... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056006 | Nightlight with interchangeable rotating design disk A nightlight with an interchangeable design disk mounted on the front thereof. A casing has an illumination area in a front side thereof, and a light bulb illuminates the illumination area from within. The nightlight also includes an electric motor mounted in the ca... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7029161 | Internal sleeve in a double-lamp socket An internal sleeve in a double-lamp socket includes a tubular socket having a through hole in middle periphery abutting a longitudinal slot in upper portion, a pair of hooks each facing a block plate on lower opposing peripheries to define a pair of gaps therebetwee... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6955441 | Ornamental tube for decorative lamp assembly An ornamental tube used in a decorative lamp assembly for heating by heat energy from the lamp bulb to boil an organic solvent into a convection of bubbles is disclosed having a plastic tube body holding the organic solvent, a plastic bottom cap capped on the bottom... | 10/18/2005 |
| 4344116 | Flat face night light A night light is provided having a generally disc configuration. The disc is made up of a near shallow dished cylindrical housing and a slightly smaller shallow dished cylindrical lens. The lens fits within the housing and is latched to be retained in the... | 08/10/1982 |