Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659585 | Portable greenhouse | 05/15/2012 |
| D655220 | Elevated planter box with transparent cover | 03/06/2012 |
| D653157 | Plant tray dome | 01/31/2012 |
| D653159 | Plant tray dome | 01/31/2012 |
| D653158 | Plant tray dome | 01/31/2012 |
| D642492 | Plant tray dome | 08/02/2011 |
| D641656 | Plant tray dome | 07/19/2011 |
| D641657 | Plant tray dome | 07/19/2011 |
| D624454 | Plant acclimatizing dome | 09/28/2010 |
| D606451 | Plant acclimatizing box | 12/22/2009 |
| D596527 | Plant acclimatizing enclosure | 07/21/2009 |
| D548407 | Vivarium top cover | 08/07/2007 |
| D537753 | Display case | 03/06/2007 |
| 6951187 | Animal feeding station An animal feeding station for domesticated pets includes a base provided with a contoured top surface that has receptacles formed therein for receiving and storing food and liquid. The present invention further includes imitation palm trees threadably engageable wit... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941698 | Object hanger In accordance with the present invention there is provided a hanger adapted for retaining and hanging objects, the hanger including a ring, at least two upper flexible members having first and second ends, wherein each member is received through an aperture of the r... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6874698 | System of modular artificial rocks with running water A system of modular artificial rocks provides natural looking running water. A crevice rock has a floor and a barrier. A convex portion under the floor is over a reservoir. Water pumped through a hole in the crevice rock floor rises to a hole in the barrier. The wat... | 04/05/2005 |
| D489288 | Seed dome | 05/04/2004 |
| 4605000 | Greenhouse helmet A greenhouse helmet is provided and consists of a dome containing plants secured within the dome worn completely over the head of a person so that the person can breathe in the oxygen given off by the plants.... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4516529 | Aquarium An aquarium for housing fish and other aquatic life if formed within a pyramidal housing. The upper portion of the housing is formed of transparent triangular walls which enclose the water for the fish while permitting viewing of the fish. The lower porti... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4351270 | Terrarium/aquarium A terrarium/aquarium having a light-transparent shell forming a moisture-retaining enclosure about a region containing plant growth medium. Transparent jackets mounted on the shell form with exterior wall portions of the shell, water-bearing chambers for ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4335547 | Balcony greenhouse A movable greenhouse construction adapted for use on a balcony or a patio having means for moving the greenhouse laterally parallel to the building wall containing a balcony door or patio door to permit direct access from the building to the interior of t... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4318237 | Light display unit Apparatus for illuminating color print photographs in which a light source is mounted along the axis of rotation of a display cabinet having transparent or translucent upstanding sides on which are mounted color photograph prints so that light from the li... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4304068 | Collapsible terrarium A collapsible terrarium to be used for maintaining a controlled environment around potted plants and similar objects includes a flexible fluid-impermeable enclosure which has a bottom portion and a top portion, and a support structure which supports the t... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4181117 | Fireplace A fireplace heating unit provided with a firebox. A vertically elongated hollow member defining in horizontal cross section a square and formed primarily of transparent material, is open at both ends and is secured at its lower end to the firebox. A hollo... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4176620 | Aquarium-terrarium tank The edge surfaces of a terrarium floor are adhered to side walls of an aquarium tank. A terrarium compartment has a triangular cross section formed by the space above the terrarium floor and part of the side walls of the aquarium tank. The forward edge of... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4175513 | Quick step ecolarium An improved means of lighting and lightscaping a container of the transparent viewing variety principally used for the simultaneous display of aqueous and terraneous culture. The means is adaptable to aquariums and terrariums in separate forms consisting ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4149525 | Solar collector A solar collector having the shape of a step pyramid which is enclosed within a transparent dome and a bottom insulating layer. A continuous coil of tubing conforming to the same shape as the step pyramid is in contact with each successive step. Because o... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4075786 | Container for safely retaining a living plant during transit and display A low cost arrangement for displaying a small, rooted plant in a highly attractive manner, with such arrangement also serving as a moisture-retaining shipping container for the plant. The construction of the container is such that without modification fro... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4038791 | Window greenhouse A window greenhouse prefabricated from a plurality of sections of extruded material and panels of predetermined lengths and sizes that may be assembled and mounted in an existing window opening on the window frame for which it was designed.... | 08/02/1977 |
