Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7229038 | Pastel stick sharpener A device for sharpening and shaping pastel sticks, and for storing pastel powder collected. The pastel stick sharpener is comprised generally of a powder receptacle, a screen removably carried by the powder receptacle, and a lid for securing the screen and for selec... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7162973 | Grill member for use in a poultry feeder A grill member for use in a poultry feeder assembly has a generally curved rim member having an outward side surface which varies in radial distance relative to a center of the grill member and a top surface which varies in vertical height relative to a generally pl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7029463 | Expandable vomit container assembly An expandable vomit container assembly for providing a handy receptacle for a user to vomit into. The expandable vomit container assembly includes a bag support assembly including an expandable bag support member having a base section and a plurality of ring section... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6145510 | Cigar extinguishing system providing controllable burn of hand rolled-cigars A cigar extinguishing device which includes a circular top component for tightly holding a burning or smoldering cigar in a vertical position. On a side of the top component is a substantially horizontal ventilation slot having a sliding cover for control... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138682 | Portable put out device for cigarettes A portable put out device for cigarettes includes a heat-durable casing including an ash compartment and a butt compartment. A heat-durable meshy plate is mounted in the ash compartment. An upper lid is pivotally mounted to an open upper end of the casing... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5647381 | Beach ash tray An ash tray having a receptacle having a peripheral wall and a perforated floor. An outwardly oriented radial flange projects from the peripheral wall receptacle at a level even with reliefs formed in the wall for enabling cigarettes to pass through the w... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5159941 | Ashtray apparatus An apparatus defined by an enclosed housing, with a first embodiment including a lid, with the lid provided with a central tray and the tray including a central tray aperture. The tray aperture is coaxially aligned with an underlying fluid containing buck... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5105832 | Ashtray An ashtray is disclosed of the kind including a container with extinguishing liquid or particulate material. The top of the container has a grid of a series of inclined ribs forming a venetian blind like structure. The rim of the grid has specially design... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4907603 | Safety smoke A cigar or cigarette holder comprising a cylindrical housing having an access to remove ashes, an access to insert cigarettes, vent holes, an opening in the housing so as to facilitate the lighting of the cigar or cigarette and a grill rack on the interio... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4142537 | Ash tray An ash tray comprising a first portion having a bottom wall and a continuous wall upstanding therefrom, the continuous wall having a lip on its free end, and a second portion, the second portion having a plurality of concentric members telescopically conn... | 03/06/1979 |
