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 |
| 6289893 | Snore reducer jacket The present appliance functions to resist rolling of a sleeping person from a side to a back-reclining position. It thus prevents airway blockage caused by collapsing of soft throat tissues and the back of the tongue due to gravity. The appliance includes... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5472414 | Universal fit ankle brace A one-size-fits-all ankle brace has a base member which is a unitary piece of elastomeric material, e.g., plush fabric covered neoprene, having an upper portion including a pair of mounting straps, and a lower portion including a pair of mounting straps a... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5381801 | Electromechanical tactile stimulation device worn on a belt for the prevention of snoring A plurally pocketed belt is wearable by a sleeping person, and provides for pressure responsive alerting devices to be inserted within one or more of the pockets. The pockets are preferably disposed in the central back, lateral, and/or rearward lateral ar... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5127422 | Anti-reflux saddle board The ARS is an adjustable therapeutic support platform for premature and fullterm infants for the positional treatment of gastroesophageal reflux. It is designed in two sizes for use in infant incubators and in hospital/home cribs. It is made of washable p... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5036865 | Sleepwear Sleepwear includes a sensor on the back thereof whereby the wearer, in lying in a supine posture will receive a signal therefrom causing him to awaken or turn from said supine posture. Sleepwear may be in the form of a T-shirt having a pair of pockets for... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4958644 | Apparatus to discourage supine sleep An apparatus and method are provided for discouraging supine sleep, such as to avoid sleep apnea or snoring. A support device is provided, preferably with strap-like attachments, to maintain the wearable apparatus in an effective position adjacent to the ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4895171 | Patient isolation bag A disposable, full-body sheath including padded areas, a body cavity, a body-receiving aperture having a face-encircling portion, areas that have sections of transparent surgical drape and fastening means. The disposable, full-body sheath provides a patie... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4655207 | Body restraint A restraint for holding a person in a side-lying position on a bed and comprising a flexible main section with one or more arm members extending therefrom and further including fastening straps for engaging the bed. The restraint is adapted so as to be qu... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4488544 | Body restraint for invalid patients and the like A wrap around patient restraint includes a unitary vest body having a front panel and a pair of separable back panels having vertical edge portions which are normally adapted to overlap. The vest body also has a lower horizontal edge portion at approximat... | 12/18/1984 |
