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 |
| D636495 | Part for a feeding bottle | 04/19/2011 |
| D632401 | Anti-thumb sucking device | 02/08/2011 |
| D568483 | Crib-mountable pacifier holder | 05/06/2008 |
| D564665 | Baby bottle | 03/18/2008 |
| D552248 | Pacifier storage assembly | 10/02/2007 |
| D550851 | Nipple protector | 09/11/2007 |
| D547455 | Baby teether | 07/24/2007 |
| 7214064 | Implement for speech therapy A method and implement for use in speech therapy to assist with teaching a patient to correctly produce sounds, especially /r/ sounds, designed to be used in a human mouth to support tongue tip and made of a palatable, non-toxic substance such as wax or candy. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| D539430 | Oral therapy device | 03/27/2007 |
| 7025062 | Convertible head gear sling device A device for releasably emplacement around a part of a person's body, the device having at least one body member having a length and a width and two spaced-apart ends including a first end and a second end and a top side and a bottom side, a first amount of releasab... | 04/11/2006 |
| D505492 | Teether | 05/24/2005 |
| D490157 | Teether | 05/18/2004 |
| D490158 | Teething pacifier | 05/18/2004 |
| 6221093 | Infant pacifier and pillow An infant pacifier and pillow for removably attaching a pacifier to a pillow. The infant pacifier and pillow includes a cushion for removably attaching a pacifier to. The cushion comprises a pillow and a covering. The pillow is compressible and the coveri... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5123915 | Medicated pacifier The present invention pertains to a device for the oral administration of a medication. The device comprises a pierced nipple having a nipple chamber and an open base, a medication reservoir having an outer wall member defining a reservoir chamber, a firs... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5078734 | Medication dispensing pacifier An infant's pacifier is constructed in a manner to confine and administer a beneficial liquid composition. The pacifier has a hollow nipple which threadably joins with a base that may serve as a funnel for expediting entrance of liquid into the nipple. Th... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5033631 | Method and apparatus for expelling air from a flexible liner baby nursing bottle A method and related apparatus for expelling air from a flexible liner baby nursing bottle includes an axially elongated connecting rod which is guided and carried by a support bushing having the general size and shape of the lower open end portion of the... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4796767 | Pressure applicator A pressure applicator useful in expelling air from a flexible liner enclosed within a thin-walled shell of a nursing bottle comprises a pushrod having a clip at one end for attachment to an edge of the shell. The opposite end of the pushrod includes an or... | 01/10/1989 |
