Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7546921 | Packaging system for shipping a plurality of items The present invention relates generally to a container for shipping, storing and handling a plurality of items. More particularly, the present invention relates to a container for shipping, storing and handling a plurality of items, wherein the items are held secure... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7350661 | Container An open top box-shaped container is provided having a pair of confronting end walls tiltably pivoted and coupled to a bottom wall, wherein the end walls are pivoted at the bottom wall so as to be folded in contact with a top of the bottom wall, a pair of side walls ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7316312 | Protective structure of disc packaging A “protective structure of disc packaging” of the invention comprises a protective body placed on the top and the bottom sides of a pile of discs; a heat-shrink film covers the protective body and said discs together for avoiding the discs from deforming the hea... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7144313 | Abrasive sheet alignment dispenser An abrasive sheet dispenser for aligning and attaching hook and loop backed abrasive sheets onto abrading tools, which utilize vacuum holes incorporated into the backup pad and into its corresponding abrasive sheet. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser has an in... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138726 | Protective interleaf for stacked wafer shipping A package includes a first and a second wafer stored therein in a stacked configuration. The first wafer has interconnection conductor material portions extending from a first surface thereof. The interconnection conductor material portions have a maximum height. An... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124889 | Rolled film and pallet construction A rolled film and pallet combination for storing rolls of film material wound on a core whose ends extend past the ends of the rolls, with the pallet being symmetrical and having aligned openings in the top and bottom to accommodate the core ends. The pallet compris... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117994 | Two-sided roll support with multiple ribs A support structure is provided for supporting a plurality of cylindrical objects. The support structure includes an elongated member having first and second sides and first and second edges. First and second rib sections extend from the first side of the elongated ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111727 | Roll holding system A portable gift-wrap holding and dispensing system that can be used to store and dispense rolls of material. A cutting guide is provided to assist cutting the material. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7044358 | Two-sided roll support with multiple ribs A structure for supporting a plurality of objects having cylindrical characteristics. The structure includes a first side and a second side, the first side having at least two rib structures spaced apart from one another by valleys. The rib structures are formed as ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044300 | Packaging container for containing plural rolls of strip material A packaging container contains plural roll containing wrappers, which have rolls of motion picture photo film. An upper case has a lower opening at a lower end, for containing the plural roll containing wrappers. A lower end panel closes the lower opening. Four thro... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036663 | Roll package A package of a roll, particularly a paper web roll comprising a wrapper, particularly a paper web wrapper wound stagewise into at least two wrappings about the roll in an overlap fashion. The paper web wrapper is wound about the roll in a slightly helical manner so ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017742 | Recyclable container adapted for movement by a lifting device and method for making same A container for storing material, such as welding wire. The container is adapted to be lifted by inserting a fork, or other lifting member, of a lifting device into the container. The container may comprise a fiber drum having one or more openings, or recesses, adap... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6969228 | Palletizing system for storing and transporting materials A palletizing system for stacking materials is provided. The system utilizes support members to minimize leaning of stacked materials. These support members are inserted through openings defined by one or more slip sheets. In particular, these openings are spaced ab... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6951089 | Endless belt mercantile storage and display system, apparatus and method An endless drive belt storage and display module enables a plurality of endless drive belts of different sizes to be placed circumferentially, one inside the other, in a way that makes optimal use of available space, causes minimal belt bending, enables easy removal... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6926150 | Protective interleaf for stacked wafer shipping A package includes a first and a second wafer stored therein in a stacked configuration. The first wafer has interconnection conductor material portions extending from a first surface thereof. The interconnection conductor material portions have a maximum height. An... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6869040 | Method, system and arrangement for handling component tapes A method, a system and an arrangement for handling component tapes in connection with mounting components onto circuit boards in a component mounting machine are disclosed, which utilizes a carrier for carrying component tapes. Each component tape is held by a compo... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6854596 | Toilet paper storage container A toilet paper storage container for storing bathroom and lavatory items such as toilet paper rolls and plungers includes a base for disposition on a floor surface with the base having an annular channel formed thereon. Mounted on the base is a cylinder having a low... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6843369 | Pop-up toilet paper dispenser A toilet paper dispenser which stores several rolls in a vertical column. The rolls are individually dispensed via a swinging carriage located near the column's top. A spring-loaded follower urges the stack of rolls upward, so that as each roll is dispensed, the one... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6471066 | Trash bag patch The present invention 10 discloses a self-adhering patch 24 for repairing a hole in a garbage bag 12. A first surface patch section 24 is pulled out from a dispenser 26 and separated from the adjacent patch section 28 by tearing across the perforated line... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6446804 | Roll package and manufacturing method The invention relates to a roll package for a roll having a longitudinal roll axis, a pair of spaced roll ends and an outer roll surface extending between the roll ends and radially spaced from said longitudinal roll axis. The roll package comprises a fir... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6439383 | Packaging for shipment of fiber glass rovings A method for packaging fiber glass rovings is provided which substantially reduces the amount of material needed to securely package the rovings for shipment and/or in-process storage and handling. Also provided is a method for packaging fiber glass rovin... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6318554 | Combination of sheet roll with subshaft, producing apparatus thereof, packaging apparatus thereof, and production system thereof An uncrumpling and cutting apparatus cuts a predetermined length of an end portion of a heat transfer recording sheet of a sheet roll obtained by winding the heat transfer recording sheet around an outer periphery of a shaft roll, and a lead sheet stickin... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6276859 | Adhesive tape pen An adhesive tape pen, comprises essentially a pen casing, a pen clip, adhesive tape rolls and an ink cartridge. The adhesive tape rolls are provided within the pen casing, and are fixed within the pen casing by a central shaft in a manner that the rolls c... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6227360 | Package There is disclosed a package containing a series of side-by-side label rolls and an ink roll package positioned in a tubular opening in the label rolls and having a flange against the side of the endmost roll. The flange provides a stop to limit migration... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6193059 | Apparatus for storing a toilet plunger and toilet paper Outside and inside cylindrical containers store a toilet plunger and multiple rows of toilet paper. The outside container has a base with side vent holes and a cap with vent holes. A toilet plunger resides vertically in the container. The inside container... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193090 | Reusable container Disclosed is a container having top, bottom, and side walls that comprises first and second substantially identical halves, each of which has a major surface that has a polygonal shape defined by at least six sides and at least one substantially vertical ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6089371 | Plastic pallet and separator for packaging yarn spools A construction for the packaging of plastic separators having top, middle and bottom plates formed of single plastic moldings. Each of the plates have support plugs for positioning one or more yarn spools sandwiched between the top plate and the middle pl... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6050401 | Storage assembly for toilet tissue and toilet bowl brush A storage assembly is provided for convenient concealment of a toilet bowl brush and rolls of toilet tissue. The assembly includes a bowl brush removably supported in a bowl brush with the brush handle extending vertically upwardly. A toilet tissue holder... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5924569 | Filament tube shipping apparatus A filament tube shipping apparatus is provided for the facilitated packaging and transportation of large filament tube structures which have been wound with extended lengths of flexible materials like yarn. The filament tube shipping structure includes a ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5827594 | Stackable winding cores for magnetic tapes An improved rigid winding core for flexible tapes achieving improved interlocking between adjacently stacked cores by a first interlocking mechanism located on the inner rim and a second, additional, mechanism located on the planar surfaces. The first mec... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5809904 | Pallet system including base pallet with rigid subframe A pallet for supporting a plurality of packages, the pallet including a base member having a plurality of feet defining a plurality of gaps between adjacent feet and a subframe including a plurality of cross bars, each of the cross bars overlying and supp... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5803259 | Package for photographic films A package for film cartridges in the form of a canister which consists of the following parts: a) n hollow cylinders, b) 2 end caps and c) n-1 connecting elements, wherein n means an integer, all the parts have the same cross-section, the hollow cylinder is ta... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5730295 | Pallet system including end panels A shrink wrap or stretch wrap pallet system including a pair of end panels arranged and configured so as to mount on opposite sides of a package, effectively connecting a base pallet and a top panel. The end panels themselves are spaced from the perimeter... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5704478 | Centering bush A centering bush for connecting and centering winder cores which stand on one another. The centering bush, in one embodiment, has first and second cylindrical parts on both sides of a median plane, of which the first part lies above the plane, and the sec... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5642811 | Receiving device for articles, in particular strip materials wound up as wound rolls A receiving and transporting device for articles with a through-opening comprises a basic frame and two interconnectable container bodies, one of the end-face openings fitting over one of the body rear parts, for volume reduction and storage purposes. A s... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5622260 | Support for tape pancakes A system for securing a plurality of tape pancakes includes a compressible core support on which the pancakes can be mounted. An interior rod having a head fits and is received within the core support. A nub on the inside surface of the core support engag... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5607052 | Multipack for magnetic tapes wound onto hubs Packaging containers, comprising an at least two-part cardboard blank, for pancakes are described, bottom part and top part containing a central circular clearance, through which a hub sleeve consisting of plastic is inserted. The pancakes are stackably a... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5600361 | Storage box for a cassette for a thermal printer A storage box (10, 12) for a dye ribbon cassette (33) which is provided with a laterally outwardly extending handle (28, 29) at each lateral side allowing easy gripping of the cassette, said storage box being a generally rectangular enclosure having a top... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5582312 | Reusable, multiple-piece storage container A parallelepipedal storage container is formed of at least two sections. Each section is foldable to separate the section into a central base wall and two side walls. The adjacent base and side walls can be oriented at right angles to each other. The stor... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5551563 | Packaging units for packaging a plurality of generally cylindrical objects The present invention includes packaging units which include a generally rigid support base having a bottom wall having edges, side walls and corners. Each side wall extends upwardly from an edge and each corner extends upwardly from an intersection of tw... | 09/03/1996 |
