...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4934384 | Tobacco pipe combustion accessory A tobacco pipe combustion maintenance accessory for maintaining continuous burning of tobacco in the bowl of a pipe once the tobacco is initially ignited. The device includes a generally flat body having a curvilinear concave reflective surface on one sid... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4252135 | Smoking apparatus A smoking pipe having a rectangular, metal bowl with a cylindrical bore within which is received an insert having at opposite ends concavities of differing volumes such that either a small or a large bowl cavity is provided for receipt of smoking material... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4243058 | Jewelry smoking device Jewelry smoking devices are described which are in the form of ornamental pipe members suitable for being worn as items of jewelry. Each smoking device has a tobacco receiving portion for receiving smoking tobacco for the purpose of burning the same, and ... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4235252 | Smoking pipe A smoking pipe having improved smoking characteristics. The smoking pipe includes a bowl having top and bottom openings and a breather hole near the top opening and in communication with a pipe stem. A cover assembly is attached to the bowl adjacent to th... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4201231 | Pipe cover and holder A pipe holder and bowl cover for a smoker's pipe is comprised of a spherical mass of open-celled spongy plastic foam with a bowl receiving bore provided therein and dimensioned to frictionally secure the bowl cover to the bowl of the pipe. A retaining scr... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4171704 | Flying pipe A flying pipe comprising a disc of the type adapted for manual toss and glide; a housing defining a chamber for receiving a smokeable substance; means for securing the housing to the disc; access means to the chamber for accommodating placement of the smo... | 10/23/1979 |