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 |
| 7210613 | Quality maintaining pizza/food take-out box A pizza box having a plurality of ribs, which are selectively moveable between a first stored position and a second upright position is provided. The ribs are coupled to at least one actuating strip, which enables the ribs to be simultaneously shifted from the first... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7128206 | Three piece beverage carrier A three piece beverage carrier has an outer ply, a partition assembly, and a box with the outer ply secured to the partition assembly and the partition assembly expanded and secured to the box. The outer ply comes from a rectangular blank folded lengthwise and the p... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7063208 | Article carrier and blank therefor An article carrier and a blank for forming an article carrier for carrying one or more articles comprising a plurality of panels for forming the opposed sides and ends of the article carrier including a pair of laterally spaced top wall panels hingedly connected to ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6695137 | Basket handle A wrap-around neck through the top carrier with a handle that can retracted into the interior of the carrier for stacking one carrier on top of another and which can be easily extended for carrying. The retractabilty and extension of the handle is facilit... | 02/24/2004 |
| 4403690 | Slide-up handle A slide-up handle useful for example in beer boxes is formed from a partition panel and a handle panel. A first handle member is cut from the partition and a second handle forms a portion of the handle panel and the two handles are foldably interconnected... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4398632 | Handle for carrier An improved carrier for bottles is formed from a paperboard tube having top, bottom and end walls. Parallel fold lines in the top wall of the tube provide a thin flattened ridge at the top of the handle portion of the assembled carrier. Flaps within hand ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4284195 | Carrier and handle A carrier and handle therefor are provided which are formed from a blank of foldable sheet material. The handle includes a pair of spaced, depending end means and a hand-gripping unit which spans the distance between the end means and is foldably connecte... | 08/18/1981 |
