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 |
| 5081868 | Speedometer conversion A speedometer drive arrangement particularly suitable for use in snowmobiles is readily convertible to give a readout that is in Mph or Kph, while providing only a single scale on the face of the instrument. The change is effected by the interposition of ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4582175 | Disc brake for off-road vehicle A brake for a vehicle adapted to be used for an off-road 3-wheel motor cycle or 4-wheel vehicle. This brake has a wheel, an axle rotated integrally with the wheel, a cylindrical hub rotatably engaged with the axle, a chamber formed in the hub and a multi-... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4202560 | Speedometer drive gear assembly for a centerline steering wheel assembly A two piece dirigible wheel of an automotive vehicle has its steering axis on the vertical center line of the wheel, and a brake disc is supported along the inner periphery of the wheel with annular braking surfaces in vertical planes adjacent to the cent... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4173147 | Miles to kilometers speed and distance indicators converter This invention is a devise which when installed into its monitoring location in conjunction with vehicles transmission, shall increase the rotation of the speedometer cable and as a result, speedometer dials and odometers indicating speed and distance in ... | 11/06/1979 |
