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 |
| 7293520 | Control system for positioning of a marine seismic streamers A method of controlling a streamer positioning device (18) configured to be attached to a marine seismic streamer (12) and towed by seismic survey vessel (10) and having a wing and a wing motor for changing the orientation of the wing. The metho... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7222579 | Control system for positioning of marine seismic streamers A method of controlling a streamer positioning device (18) configured to be attached to a marine seismic streamer (12) and towed by seismic survey vessel (10) and having a wing and a wing motor for changing the orientation of the wing. The metho... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7080607 | Seismic data acquisiton equipment control system A method of controlling a streamer positioning device configured to be attached to a marine seismic streamer and towed by a seismic survey vessel and having a wing and a wing motor for changing the orientation of the wing. The method includes the steps of: obtaining... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7056167 | Life boot A multipurpose amphibious vehicle is configured with an enclosed cabin to protect occupants from impacts, hazardous environments, fire and extreme temperatures. The vehicle can be deployed from an aircraft with a parachute to remote areas for rescue, relief and secu... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6968799 | Safety device A safety device to prevent a passenger from becoming injured during a crash, severe weather conditions, or other event that could cause bodily harm. The safety device comprises a substantially fracture resistant spherical shell and at least one harnessed passenger s... | 11/29/2005 |
| 5657715 | Maritime survival capsule A maritime survival capsule is shaped like a somewhat elongted egg, and has an inside shell which is moulded slightly smaller. Features of the capsule include: a front end porthole; a front end opening, for the tow line, anchor line, or sea anchor; a chai... | 08/19/1997 |
| 4998900 | Self-righting inflatable life raft A self-righting inflatable life raft including a raft body having inflatable sidewalls and an inflatable member extending from the raft body having a buoyant portion sufficient to provide lifting force to move the raft's center of gravity beyond its point... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4907997 | Survival craft A single person survival craft having a bottom panel, and two side panels, formed of a plurality of hollow tubular structures progressively reducing in number towards each end, a releasable closure extending along edges of each of the side panels by which... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4890569 | Life raft A self-bailing stabilized life raft includes a bailing chamber located between a stabilization chamber and a flotation platform. Water received from a flexible floor of the flotation platform is exhausted from the bailing chamber in response to wave and/o... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4822311 | Free fall submersible life saving device for offshore structures A free fall, submersible life saving device for an offshore structure has a spherical pressure shell in a casing. The upper part of the device has a lifting frame and at least one manhole closed with a cover and the lower part has ballast, an anchor, and ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4790784 | Life raft A self-bailing stabilized life raft includes a bailing chamber located between a stabilization chamber and a flotation platform. Water received from a flexible floor of the flotation platform is exhaused from the bailing chamber in response to wave and/or... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4747797 | Man overboard retrieval apparatus A life buoy 1 in the form of an inflatable ring with a floor 10 has a textile, invert cone keel 11 filled with water and held open by a ballast mass 14. Around the keel hangs an open mesh textile sea anchor 25. Steps 18, braced 20 to the keel, assist a ma... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4676185 | Free fall escape vehicle and launch A free fall escape vehicle has surfaces of a deceleration structure that decelerate the vehicle upon entry into the water at a rate no greater than 4 g to 10 g by progressively increasing in area towards an escape vessel of the vehicle. In one form, the d... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4527503 | Spar buoy escape system for offshore platforms An offshore platform is shown in position over the seabed. An escape chamber in the form of a spar buoy is mounted on a platform and extends from the platform above the surface of the water to below the surface. A cable also extends between the buoy and a... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4444163 | Air metering system for diesel engine A system for limiting the air intake to a diesel engine or the like under restricted operating conditions. A closure valve is mounted in the air intake passage of a diesel engine. The system includes a fluid pressure responsive mechanism for closing the v... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4365579 | Survival capsule module and methods of constructing and utilizing A life survival capsule for use on shipboard, of substantially spheroidal shape, having self-contained life suporting facilities and supplies for approximately 16 occupants, with double-hulled construction and a thermal insulating material between the hul... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4346664 | Lifeboat Lifeboat in the general form of a hollow prolate spheroid having a hatchway opening in the upper portion and a weighted keel in the lower portion. The lifeboat comprises a main body having inner and outer skins spaced apart in a parallel relationship and ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4342278 | Miniature inflatable containment and dry-water-entry vessels The miniboats introduced in my U.S. Pat. 4,090,270 were basically novel in configuration, method of construction, ease of boarding by a swimmer, flotation effectiveness relative to lightness and compactness when stowed, degree of hypothermia protection ac... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4297757 | Marine rescue capsule A marine capsule for sea rescue and transportation having a generally spherical configuration and on its sides hermetically closed hatches of tempered glass and a sun-reflecting signal-sending film. At its top are four larger diameter hatches, two of whic... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4274171 | Lifeboat Lifeboat in the general form of a hollow prolate spheroid having a hatchway opening in the upper portion and a weighted keel in the lower portion. The lifeboat comprises a main body having inner and outer skins spaced apart in a parallel relationship and ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4225993 | Circular lifeboat A substantially circular, round lifeboat provided with a flat bottom surface and upwardly curved sides, the interior of the boat being provided with a series of concentrically arranged seats for the passengers, mostly near the bottom of the boat to provid... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4213219 | Tensioning device for an inflatable structure A tensioning device for an inflatable structure which includes a deck area to provide a floor for the inflatable structure, an outer inflatable member providing the main flotation for the deck, the outer inflatable member extending around the outer periph... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4183110 | Casualty transfer system A casualty transport system which provides substantially complete splinting, thermal protection and buoyancy for a patient transported by land, sea or air. The system is particularly suited for ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship or ship-to-helicopter transfers a... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4106144 | Sea rescue chamber and methods of constructing and utilizing same A buoyant sea rescue chamber for use as lifesaving equipment on lake and sea vessels. The chamber includes a substantially enclosed hull portion provided with an adjustable counterweight shaft member adjacent the central portion of the exterior bottom sur... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4017924 | Life saving equipment for vessels Lifesaving apparatus for vessels in the form of a buoy releasably carried by a vessel in a manner so as to float free if the vessel sinks while remaining attached to the vessel by a cable held on a reel on the buoy and having its outer end connected to th... | 04/19/1977 |
