Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6905034 | Clip tray and method of retaining and individually releasing cylindrical shaped objects A disk-like container having a cylindrical sidewall is retained and released from a receptacle formed by a partial cylindrical back wall adapted to contact the cylindrical sidewall of the container. A first portion of the back wall extends circumferentially less tha... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6604530 | Portable receptacle for extinguishing and storing cigarette ends A portable receptacle for extinguishing and storing cigarette ends is described, which comprises two distinct, functionally independent, unequally sized chambers, one smaller chamber being equipped with a fire extinguishing substance for extinguishing a c... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6102047 | Combination cigar punch, stand and holder A cigar punch, stand and holder appliance comprised of a tube body 10 having a match stop 12 divider therein making a match holding compartment 28. A knurled cap 20 threaded to fasten securely to the top of the appliance with the top of the knurled cap ha... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6070591 | Portable cigar ashtray and saver with cutter An improved combination portable ash receptacle and saver for cigars with an area for a cigar cutter, 20, and matches, 16, all in a hinged, two part case* consisting of a top, 2, and a bottom, 4, that shut tightly together via a built-in latch. The top po... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5673709 | Portable ashtray A portable astray includes a receptacle portion for receiving a cigarette and a releasably attached top portion for covering the receptacle portion. The top portion includes an aperture of sufficient size to allow a cigarette to pass therethrough to the r... | 10/07/1997 |
| 4588076 | Smokers convenience caddy A smokers' convenience caddy includes a compartmentalized receptacle with detachable components. A base unit adapted for accommodating a conventional package of cigarettes is securable to a selected substantially vertical support surface. An ash container... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4517994 | Flat cigarette lighter A gas-fueled cigarette lighter having front and rear walls defined by plates which are joined together by a plurality of ribs to resist pressure produced by the gas, wherein the lighter has a flat ultra-thin format which lends itself to insertion between ... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4252237 | Cigarette package holder combination A combination holder for a package of cigarettes and ancillary items. It includes a main compartment for the cigarettes, a compartment for ashes and butts, one for a book of matches, and one for a lighter, and a clip for detachably clipping onto a person'... | 02/24/1981 |
