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 |
| 7225935 | Support system for rack elements A support system for rack elements has a support element and a hanging element. The support element has an upwardly projecting suspension rail and the hanging element is provided with a slot, by which the hanging element can be plugged onto the suspension rail. The ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219868 | Hook device for attachment to tables and the like A hook device for securement to the substantially horizontal, bottom surface of a table top, bar top, or the like for supporting personal items. The hook device includes a base, a hook, and an attachment mechanism pivotally securing the hook to the base. The attachm... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7124909 | Hinged lid container A container including a receptacle with a closed bottom, an interior space, and an open top encircled by a top receptacle edge, a lid for closing the top of the receptacle where the lid is pivotably attached at a portion of the top receptacle edge and includes a por... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6922947 | Audience seating system An audience seating system including at least two platforms having a leg receiver at their rear margin and a leg supporting a protrusion engageable into a recess in the leg receiver and lockable by moving the leg from a non vertical orientation to a generally vertic... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6745519 | Garden window hangers The installation of a garden window which encloses an opening in the wall of a building is effected by installing a support structure above the wall opening from which the garden window can be hung, then hanging the garden window from this structure in opening closi... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6687956 | Hinge and method A hinge is provided which has a retaining member (40) and a hook member 90. The retaining member is attached to a first component and the hook member is attached to a second component to form a hinge joint. The hinge is able to provide a great degree of f... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6499188 | Case hinge structure A case hinge structure is adapted for installing on a case which includes a case body having a rear panel and a case cover having a rear wall wherein the hinge structure is affixed between the rear panel of the case body and the rear wall of the case cove... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6389629 | Hinged loading ramp A foldable ramp apparatus. The ramp apparatus comprises a first and second ramp member. The first ramp includes a channel insert, and the second ramp includes an arcuate insert. The arcuate insert is configured to pivotally engage the channel insert. The ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 5984566 | Bracket for joining tables and/or table tops A bracket for joining tables and/or table tops, includes a first bracket member adapted for attachment to one table or table top and having at least one hook-like projection, a second bracket member adapted for attachment to another table or table top to ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5940935 | Hinge connection A hinge connection comprising two members having a plurality of projections spaced apart by gaps, wherein when the projections of one member are engaged with the gaps of a second member, the hinge connection provides pivotable movement between the two mem... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5915446 | Extruded hinge members and folding doors formed therefrom Hinge member extrusions for use in forming a hinge connection, each member having a front wall and a rear wall and presenting at one edge a generally C-shaped socket formation, the socket formation having a first part circular edge wall segment extending ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5329667 | Pinless hinge A pinless hinge is provided for pivotally connecting panel assemblies (such as boat windshield components), comprising first and second elongated cooperating aluminum extrusion components. The first component has a first flange with a hooked termination o... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5322336 | Hinged tonneau cover for a pick-up truck bed A hinged tonneau cover assembly that is used on pick-up truck beds to allow for easy access to the truck bed. The hinged tonneau cover assembly has a lightweight internal perimeter frame that is removably secured to the front of the truck bed by a hinged ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 4852213 | Releasable extruded hinge A pinless releasable hinge assembly has complementary curved mating surfaces on first and second members, one of the members being hingedly swingable along a generally arcuate path relative to the other member which remains stationary from a closed config... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4824162 | Cover for pickup truck bed A cover for a pickup truck bed including the features: An anchor strip is applied to the front wall and a front cover panel is hingedly connected thereto. Center and rear panels are hingedly connected together and a lock mechanism on each panel locks the ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4253260 | Self-standing floor sign A self-standing floor sign comprising two panels (15 and 16) hinged together at their upper ends, one panel (16) having a tubular hinge portion (24) provided with a slot (27) (28), the other panel having a core (31) (32) rotatable in said hinge portion (2... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4230381 | Two piece cabinet cover A two-piece cover for covering and enabling access to an open topped cabinet box, has a retaining lid and a captured lid which are interconnectable in either of a pivotal or sliding configuration; either of the lids may be separately opened and both are s... | 10/28/1980 |
