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 |
| 4608799 | Building block system Hollow blocks formed of corrugated cardboard, for example, have top edge openings receiving inverted U-shaped connectors for joining successive blocks together in a row or course and end slots together with top center slots receiving T-shaped connectors t... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4571902 | Panel mounting system and method for mounting panels A panel mounting system and method for mounting panels employing a panel mounting temporary retainer for holding adjacent panels in place during glazing with and curing of structural silicone sealant or other suitable adhesive wherein the retainer is read... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4567699 | Prefabricated panel and building system A prefabricated building system comprising a plurality of prefabricated panels. Each panel comprises a formed body of insulating material having a top, bottom, sides and a front face and back face. At least one hollow tubular load bearing member is embedd... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4555880 | Adjustable base for office landscaping system The specification discloses a wall panel base construction including a foot, a wall panel supporting assembly, and a plurality of oppositely threaded members extending between the foot and the supporting assembly. The lower portion of each threaded member... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4535578 | Seal-actuating mechanism for a wall panel A seal-actuating mechanism, which when mounted in a wall panel of the type having channel-shaped opposed frame members can be installed, replaced or repaired without removing the exterior finished surface of the wall panel. The seal-actuating mechanism in... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4527364 | Corner assembly of structural members Corner assembly of a first and a second structural member disposed at an angle. Each member has an inner open ended chamber formed by spaced inner and outer webs of the members. A corner connector member has a first and a second leg snugly fitting into on... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4525976 | Method and apparatus for assembling standing seam roofs An apparatus and method for enhancing joint integrity of a seam formed by union of adjacently disposed panels wherein one panel is provided with a female member and the other panel is provided with a male member, the female member being adopted to receive... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525974 | Wood beam A supporting beam includes a first and second parallel spaced apart flange. A lattice web holds the two flanges apart. At one end of the flanges, there is a solid web of wood. The butt end of the solid web has a recess which is profiled for receiving an a... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4520601 | Mechanical fastener A device for fastening a temporary replacement heat shield tile to the strain isolation pad of a space vehicle is disclosed. An internally threaded, flanged cylinder 20 is rotatably connected to a threaded brass plug 18 through a flanged aluminum sleeve 1... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4486985 | Molding clip A spacer with an h-shaped cross section and having a void in the lower part thereof is provided on the vertical wall of a frame-like depression formed in an automobile body for the mounting of a pane of glass. The spacer has a number of appropriately spac... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4450658 | Unitized partition wall system A full height partition wall system is characterized by a unitary panel with a vertically movable head panel and a vertically movable foot panel secured thereto and forming a part thereof adapted to be moved upwardly and downwardly, respectively, to secur... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4435939 | Panel locking means A supporting means for panel locking elements used generally for securing a pair of adjacent building sections or insulated panels together, including a housing member disposed within an insulated panel with means for supporting and positioning the housin... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4434597 | Fastening device The fastening device of the present invention is designed as a dowel which can be anchored in brickwork by a screw, a nail or similar anchoring means. The dowel has a tubular body extending from the brickwork at one end and is provided with a holding devi... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4386486 | Cover for concrete voids of lifting inserts A plug frictionally fits within the lifting eye of an anchor insert of a tilt-up wall slab. The plug is provided with pin receiving passageways whereby a pin-bearing cover plate may be attached to the plug to cover over the access recess to the anchor ins... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4371279 | Structural joint A structural joint for a space frame having connecting members or nodes and tubular structural member is provided in which the shank of a connecting bolt, whose head is located within the hollow end portion of the tube, extends through an aperture in the ... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4340929 | Illuminated portable floor An illuminated, portable floor comprising a plurality of releasably, lockable panels having an array of illuminable members disposed in a desired design pattern in the upper surface of each panel, male and female mechanical coupling members disposed aroun... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4251962 | Clamping device for clamping a structure into a frame A clamping device for clamping a structure, such as a door or window case, nto a frame of substantially U-shape cross-section, and which has an inner web wall with an offset portion and a sidewall on each side, comprises, a clamping body of substantially U... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4204373 | Compressed expandable insulation tape and method A method of providing thermal insulation in relatively small spaces, such as the spaces between window and door frames and the structural members forming the rough openings therefor, comprises use of a prefabricated compressed-insulation tape, which may b... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4109430 | Demountable partition wall Panels constructed from a light weight core bonded to specially shaped perimeter members such that the vertical members overlap and interlock with similar members on adjacent panels whereby transverse motion of adjacent panels toward the common center lin... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4070151 | Metallurgical furnace with water-cooled work support A metallurgical furnace for the high temperature heating of heavy metal objects for subsequent operation, such as rolling or forging, has a work support for the pieces being heated comprised of water-cooled tubes and supports enclosed with sectional heat ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4050211 | Coupling device for joining together reinforced concrete elements, such as concrete piles or pillars There is provided a coupling device for joining together reinforced concrete elements, such as concrete piles or pillars. The device comprises a plurality of first coupling means for locked arrangement on the mutually opposing faces of two segments to be ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4009550 | Modular piling system A precast modular piling system of square-sectioned reinforced concrete sections of standard interchangable lengths are capable of being connected by a joint constituted by a steel jointing piece appearing at either end of the pile sections for purposes o... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3994105 | Shelter construction The shelter is constructed of composite, multilayer panels comprising an exterior skin aluminum sheet layer, a polymer composition foam layer, a divider skin aluminum sheet layer, an aluminum honeycomb layer, and an interior skin aluminum sheet layer. The... | 11/30/1976 |
