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 |
| 6948351 | Tongs that include a link arm mechanism where the length of one link is adjustable Tongs comprising a four link mechanism (12, 20, 22, 30) wherein the links are pivotally connected together by means of parallel pivot joints (23′, 24′, 31′, 32′), wherein the link mechanism includes two mutually connected links (20, 30) ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6450070 | Locking plier tool A locking plier tool of the threaded shaft design which has an adjustment dial located in the midbody of the fixed handle. This dial location affords the operator the ability to adjust the jaw gap of the tool with the thumb digit while simultaneously hand... | 09/17/2002 |
| 4884479 | Wrench with rack and segment gear linkage A wrench of the type having one handle member connected to a pivotal arm member at a pivot point. The handle member, and the pivot arm member terminate in a jaw member, the jaw in the handle member being fixed. Advancing a screw member causes the pivot ar... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4797965 | Wrench with rack and segment gear linkage A wrench of the type having two handle members pivotally connected to one another at a pivot point. Each handle member terminates in a jaw member. Advancing a screw member causes one of the handle members to rotate about the pivot point so that the jaw me... | 01/17/1989 |
