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 |
| 7117546 | Device and method for protecting an ear of a subject from auricular haematoma A device for protecting an ear of a subject from auricular haematoma, characterized in that the device comprises an inner member for inserting behind the ear and between the ear and skull of the subject, and a first outer member for placing over the ear of the subje... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7058985 | Ear covering and manufacturing method An ear covering is produced by sewing first and second cloth layers together along a first closed loop seam, and forming a hole inside the loop and extending through both layers; turning the sewn first and second layers inside out by passing one layer through the op... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6920645 | Apparatus and method for making an ear warmer and an ear warmer frame An ear warmer comprises a set of membranes and a frame. The set of membranes collectively defines an outer perimeter. The set of membranes is attached along the outer perimeter to define an attachment portion. The attachment portion is entirely disposed within an in... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6629579 | Headphones/earmuffs A headphone/earmuff includes a headband, a pair of ear cups and associated positioning devices attaching each ear cup to the headband. Each ear cup positioning device has a cylinder attached to either the ear cup or the headband, and a piston received sli... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6055672 | Ear held earmuff Protective ear covering and method of producing the same, comprising enclosing a flexible, cupshaped insert which may be turned against a biasing force to bulge from a position wherein an ear is insertable through an opening of the insert to a position wh... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5575009 | Cold weather face mask and hood A cold weather face mask and hood combination is characterized by an elastic support strap which is releasably secured to at least one side of the mask and is trained through a retainer loop on the back of the hood so that the fit of the mask on the weare... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5499401 | Insulated hand warmer with a collapsible wall and retaining means An insulated hand warmer adapted to be attached to the user's waist by a belt apparatus. The insulated hand warmer has a front wall, a top wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a collapsible wall, and a plurality of adjustment straps. The hand warmer can b... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5269023 | Body warming device A body warming device (A) is disclosed which warms a person's hands or other body portion that includes a flattened tubular covering (B) having open ends (12, 14) which lead to hand warming pockets (32, 36) on opposing sides of a heater pouch (C) containi... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5263090 | Hearing aid filter apparatus An apparatus to effect coverage of a hearing aid housing received within a cavity of the sock housing to effect filtration of various airborne contaminants. A modification of the invention includes hair filaments arranged and mounted to the sock structure... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5007115 | Adjustable head and neck garment A tubular garment (10) which is worn around the neck and optionally at a variety of positions on the head, to provide protection which can easily be adjusted in response to weather conditions. Wearing positions range from covering the neck only, to coveri... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4893357 | Reversible hand warming muff A combination reversible hand warming muff with a belt attached to the same. The muff is composed of a cylindrical tube having inner and outer layers or surfaces and an insulative layer inbetween the above two. The combination includes a belt attached to ... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4459707 | Ear protecting device An ear protecting device for protecting a wearer from annoying and/or damaging noise levels. The device is comprised of a connecting member and a pair of muffs suitable for covering a wearer's ears. The muffs are suspended from opposite portions of the co... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4180868 | All-weather hat accessory An outer material layer is sized in length to extend from above the rim of a hat to below the collar area of a user and sized in width to extend around the rim of the hat rearward between about the temples of the user. An inner material layer is secured t... | 01/01/1980 |
