...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4531319 | Hanging mobile greeting card A novelty greeting card with a hanging mobile configuration constructed of planar semirigid flexible material comprised of two hingedly connected side members. These side members have base portions which are bent into a perpendicular position to overlap a... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4530685 | Display box assembly A box assembly comprising a series of three corner connected boxes is formed from a unitary blank of sheet material. The unitary blank is suitably cut and scored to include along the length thereof twelve body panels, two pairs of tabs, each pair spaced a... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4517251 | Blank for folding an octahedron and folded product A blank of foldable sheet material for folding a regular octahedron comprises a sheet of foldable material, such as paper, plastic sheet or metal foil, having the shape of a regular hexagon, without interior cuts or exterior tabs. The blank is scored or m... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4492580 | Weight-loss motivation kit A device for motivating dieters to maintain a program for weight loss. A planar board with foldable portions to support it in an upright position and having printed indicia forming a plurality of spaces designating progressively the number of pounds that ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4488652 | Merchandising display connector means Means is provided for interconnecting a pair of merchandising displays and comprises a pair of uprights, respectively mounted on said displays, each of the uprights comprising a pair of support panels, a pair of slots formed respectively in the upper port... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4462178 | Display structure formed of a unitary blank A display structure is formed by cutting and scoring a unitary blank of sheet material to include body panels, joining flaps, dividers and cutout corner viewing windows thereon. The unitary blank is folded in a standard folding and gluing machine to provi... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4444354 | Tray with telescoping cover formed from identical blanks A package component comprises a main end wall and sidewall segments joining with the main end wall. A flap integrally joining with each sidewall segment overlaps with and is secured to an immediately sidewall segment. The package component may be fabricat... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4435915 | Hanging doll house structure A collapsible doll house for displaying and storing toy dolls includes a housing defined by a top wall, a front wall and first and second side walls. At least one floor member is secured to the housing and a plurality of openings are defined in the top an... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4428136 | Adjustable multi-bay display A display unit for merchandise wherein a plurality of bays are created against a wall or partition. The bays are formed from a series of pairs of angularly arranged vertical panels secured to the wall and spaced from each other; the space between each pai... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4422253 | Multiple segmented display device A display device wherein a pleated sheet is retained in a carrier defining opposed pockets receiving the opposite ends of the pleated sheet. Stops are provided at opposite sides of the carrier for engagement by opposite side portions of the pleated sheet ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4392316 | Ceiling suspended product display A ceiling suspended product display is shown for advertising sale product. The ceiling suspended product display a plurality of display panels suspended from a ceiling hook by suspension attachments. The display panels are interconnected by flexible hinge... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4382344 | Display box assembly A box assembly comprising a series of three corner connected boxes is formed from a unitary blank of sheet material. The unitary blank is suitably cut and scored to include along the length thereof twelve body panels, two pairs of tabs, each pair spaced a... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4372086 | Display A display construction comprising first and second display panels of light-weight sheet material, each divided into a plurality of vertical planar sections by vertical folds. The top and bottom edges of each panel form a zig-zag pattern that enables the b... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4365432 | Foldable viewer A foldable viewer is disclosed herein for presenting a graphic scene, message or the like which includes a square blank sheet of pliable material having a viewing area defined on a selected one of its surface for carrying suitable graphic or display subje... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4309835 | Foldable frame structure A product premium (20) includes a foldable frame (22) having a four-sided base (36) with a wall portion (80, 82, 84, 86) extending from each side of the base. An extension (24, 26, 28, 30) is detachably secured to the end of each wall portion along the ed... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4302897 | Modular display system Reusable modular display units constructed from corrugated board are disclosed, the units transportable in knock down form. The units can be assembled and interlocked together to form a modular display for advertising products and services. The units are ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4266355 | Shelf display A display is disclosed which is disposed on a shelf wherein the merchandise rests on the display and when the merchandise is removed from the display, the display springs upward and forward so as to provide an advertising message display surface at the fo... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4239825 | Bird ornament Bird ornaments are provided on sheets of paper stock. The outline of the bird is die cut into the stock permitting easy removal from the sheet. Crease lines are provided to permit manual assembly of the ornament into a form resembling an existing specie o... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4235032 | Point-of-sales display A cooperating arrangement of two side panels and a middle interconnecting panel therebetween forming a self-standing display due to the H-shape presented by the bottom edges of said panels in relation to a floor or support surface, and wherein from said e... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4222187 | Display device An advertising display device for use in supermarkets is adapted to catch the customer's eye by protruding slightly into the aisle and is affixed to the shelves used for storing goods thereon. The display device is fabricated from unitary sheet material, ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4161833 | Cutout display device A cutout display figure is adapted to be mounted in an erect position on a supporting base. The figure is imprinted on a rigid panel of paper base material and is outlined for the most part by cutout portions which provide open areas surrounding and defin... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4120100 | Educational book An educational book device having pages made from a plurality of flat sheets of printable material provided with a special configuration when in a flat form prior to assembly into the book form. The special configuration is such that the flat sheet may be... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4095386 | Prismatic interlocking structural module A structural module is provided having at least three triangular prismatic elements arranged such that a similar quadrangular sidewall of each prismatic element forms a common quadrangular wall of the entire module.... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4084015 | Cage ornament and card A greeting card which includes an ornament that can be folded into a three-dimensional bird cage, with small paper board birds that protrude partly from the sides, and which card can include a separate panel for containing a greeting that may be separated... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4054001 | Three dimensional hanging display device A display device for advertising or other purposes has a generally vertical support portion fastened to a wall or shelf railing, a dangling portion with a three-dimensional configuration, and an elongated strip-shaped portion extending from the bottom of ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3971149 | Display device A display device, for advertising or other purposes, is adapted for arrangement into a three-dimensional configuration and includes a printed sheet divided into first and second sections along a fold line. Adhesive on the back of one section secures the d... | 07/27/1976 |