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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234738 | Fastening device for use in a casing assembly A casing assembly includes a casing having a receiving space and an entrance, and a lid mounted detachably in the entrance to deny access into the space. A fastening device is disposed in the casing, and includes a blocking plate and a resilient clip urging the bloc... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213707 | Product shipping and display carton In order to facilitate the shipping and display of products for selection and purchase by a consumer, the product shipping and display carton includes a display box, a shipping sleeve, and a removable fastener. The display box is defined by a bottom panel and an upw... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198151 | Rope can A rope can system which incorporates storage for lariat, piggin string, gloves, and an integral seating arrangement is disclosed. The disclosed invention is particularly well suited for use in competition rodeo scenarios wherein a cowboy or cowgirl has need for stor... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7168562 | Roll container with presser plates A container for a long electrode sheet for electric double layer capacitor includes a cover closing the opening of the container body, a sealing member sealing a gap between the container body and the cover, a stem fixed to either the container body or the cover so ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7040567 | Dispenser for perforated sheet material providing flat sheet delivery A disposable dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material is provided. The dispenser includes a housing configured to provide a shipping carton for a roll of sheet material as well as a dispenser housing for dispensing sheets of material therefrom. The housing inclu... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6899225 | Yarn pack A divider for use in handling quantities of yarn spools arranged in layers. The divider includes a main body generally planar polygonal portion and a skirt portion extending around the periphery of the main body portion and formed into a series of circumferentially ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6776602 | Filament cassette and loading system Disclosed are a filament cassette and a filament loading assembly for supplying filament in a three-dimensional deposition modeling machine. The filament cassette contains a rotatable spool of filament, and has an exit orifice through which a filament strand may exi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6491163 | Re-user case A Re-user case for retaining a wound coil of filamentary material wherein first and second separate half-sections, each including mating projections and counterpart receptacles enabling the two sections to be releaseably joined and forming an enclosed cas... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6260704 | Band tote assembly A tote assembly to package, store, carry and/or dispense a length of flexible banding material coiled therein is provided. The tote assembly is fabricated from at least two pieces, of the same or different width, that are connected to form a cavity to hou... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6209474 | Transporter for heavy objects at sea A transporter for heavy objects at sea comprises an oblong structure with a U-shaped cross section and a prismatic enveloping surface, and comprises two long sides, an intermediate underside, an opposite open top side and two short sides. Ballasting chamb... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6145722 | Tape dispenser The adhesive tape dispenser comprises a housing being provided with a unilaterally open housing body for receiving an adhesive roll of tape. The aperture of the housing body is closeable by a cover. The cover is secured to the housing body by twisting it ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5667874 | Embossed tape with oblique housing portions for packaging parts A part-packaging embossed tape includes a tape member on which a plurality of part-housing portions are arranged in succession in a longitudinal direction of the tape member. Each of the part-housing portions is arranged obliquely relative to a width dire... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5636738 | Package for photographic films with snap action connections A package for photographic films wound into cartridges, where the package takes the form of a cylindrical tub consisting of two identical tub halves and a support ring over which the openings of the tub halves are pushed, whereby the support ring has a sm... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5472088 | Film transport container A transport container for transporting theatrical release prints mounted on plastic cores of the character used by film processing laboratories. The container is used to safely and securely ship the release prints directly from the processing laboratory t... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5454500 | Toilet-paper holder A toilet-paper holder has a casing with a pan. The pan has a base, a peripheral wall extending from the base and an open end. The peripheral wall has an exit opening. The casing further has a cover which is pivoted to the pan and which covers openably the... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5361903 | Reel container for magnetic tapes A one-part container produced by injection molding for reeled magnetic tape, for example 1" video tapes, is described, the container comprising a bottom tray and a top tray, which are connected to each other by means of a folding line provided with bends,... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5279573 | Guidewire containment apparatus and method A wire containing or dispensing article and method are disclosed. The invention is used to dispense wire from a tubular wire carrier. The invention is particularly useful for containing/dispensing a guidewire, especially a coated guidewire. The article is... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5232092 | Shock shield for shipping cases A shock shield formed of an annular body having a central axial hole which mounts within a case is disclosed. A cylindrical axial ring is formed around the central axial hole. The shock shield permits a tape reel stored within the case to rotate within th... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5215192 | Method for improving the archival properties of processed photographic film in a storage assembly for achieving the same A method for improving the archival properties of a processed photographic film and a storage assembly for achieving the same by placing the film in a sealed container together with molecular sieve zeolites.... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5205412 | Recyclable package for a stack of rolls of magnetic tape A recyclable package for a stack of rolls of magnetic tape is described. The package is provided by two main packaging components that are made of paperboard. Each of these components can be formed from a single blank of material. Moreover, a central holl... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5119609 | Plastic nailing fin for window or door assembly A plastic nailing fin for use with a window assembly includes a first strip of plastic material moveable from a position overlying the viewing surface of a window frame assembly to a position permitting its attachment to a support structure, a second stri... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5097951 | Unit load assembly for spools A unit load assembly for spools (10) that can be assembled and disassembled easily and frequently is disclosed. A spool member (50) can be securely strapped (70) between two pallet assemblies (10). Each pallet assembly (10) is constructed of a pair of sub... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5040693 | Liner for a cargo container and a method of installing a liner inside a cargo container A liner for a cargo container and a method of installing a liner inside a cargo container. The liner comprises an inflatable body and left and right connecting strips that are connected to the liner body. The left connecting strip extends along and latera... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5037000 | Rubber band dispenser A rubber band dispensing container for storing and dispensing rubber bands or like objects. The dispensing container comprises a unitary plastic molded body having a receptacle cover and a confronting base adjoined along a common edge by an integral hinge... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4903826 | Dispenser for surgical guidewire A dispenser for surgical wire has a housing with a cover, the housing having a spirally formed channel therein for receiving guidewire. The housing and cover form an integral cassette. The cassette has an inlet connector through which sterilizing fluid ma... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4793485 | Wrapper for ribbon type metal coil and procedure for forming it A protective wrapper made of sheet metal for individual cylindrical ribbon coils of coiled metal sheeting to protect the coils individually from damage and from atmospheric corrosive agents. The wrapper is constructed from two discoidal end caps having a ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4687100 | Reel storage container A container for storing reels upon which magnetic tape is wound. The container comprises a body and a cover which are integrally connected by means of a hinge which permits pivotal movement of the cover with respect to the body such that the cover may sna... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4658959 | Bias tape supply device A bias tape supply device comprises a circular housing part made of synthetic resin for housing a bias tape and a guide part made of synthetic resin for delivering the bias tape from the housing part. The housing part includes a top circular wall, a bottom cir... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4634076 | Bobbin and method of winding said bobbin A bobbin for desoldering braid includes a hub and heads extending outwardly at the end of the hub. One head has a curling portion of flexible material establishing a surface in overlying and spaced relationship to the peripheral edge of the other radially... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4561554 | Container for produce, fruits groceries and the like A container for produce, fruit, groceries, dairy products, and the like comprising a hollow container of substantially rectangular shape, the container including laterally spaced normally vertical side walls, longitudinally spaced normally vertical end wa... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4475652 | Tape dispensing pack A coil of steel banding tape is contained within a flat toroidal container. The end of the tape is withdrawn from an aperture in the outer peripheral wall of the container, and the central space in the container is large enough to admit the human arm, so ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4457429 | Package for recording media A package for a plurality of stacked rolls or reels of recording media in tape form is provided with central holding means for the rolls or reels, and consists of a bottom member and a cover member which together have the shape of a cylindrical cheesebox,... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4450609 | Method of installing a camshaft An improved camshaft having a plurality of journals with a removable sleeve positioned between at least one set of adjacent camshaft bearing journals. The sleeve has an outer surface which does not extend past the outer surface of the two adjacent journal... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4369884 | Ink ribbon cartridge pack A protective pack for holding a cartridge for a daisy wheel type printer is disclosed. The cartridge has a supply spool for holding a fresh ribbon pancake and a take-up spool for holding used ribbon. The cartridge body has a viewport extending radially ad... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4217984 | Storing and dispensing box A box for storing and dispensing food-stuff distributed upon a foil band and wound to a spool upon a shaft comprises two like components, each defined by a base plate and three adjoining walls. Each wall is provided with an open slot starting from the edg... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4195733 | Shipping and storage container A shipping and storage container for magnetic recording discs having central openings. The container comprises a base including a cylindrical portion about which the discs may be positioned, spacers to separate discs around the cylindrical portion, a cove... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4193497 | Storage and shipping container A molded container provided for use in the storage and shipping of such items as film or videotape cassettes. The container locates the cassette so that the walls of the cassette are isolated against shocks occurring to the container. The container provid... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4162031 | Computer tape reel handling device A computer tape reel carrying and storage device having just ten parts, all of which are paired identically. Most of the parts are of plastic and the identical pairs be molded in the same mold. The parts may easily be assembled to form a cylindrical body ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4101030 | Cassette A cassette and associated spool for film, sound track and like material, with means for supporting the outer areas of the spool flanges to prevent sagging and warping of the spool flanges. The support means comprises interengaging formations on the casset... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4084692 | Dispenser for surgical threads A surgical thread dispenser comprising a reel for holding the thread wound thereon, a reel case enclosing the reel on one side and around the periphery thereof with an opening in the periphery for dispensing the thread, and a finger ring attached to the c... | 04/18/1978 |
