The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7213703 | Reusable environmentally friendly package and storage album A reusable package and storage album (1) displays and stores a multi-component product, combining the appearance of a blister pak with the security of a vacuformed clamshell package. Two sections (17 & 19) joined by hinges (43 & 45... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7059469 | Garment-concealable jewelry case having parallel-running compartments and integrated jewelry trays for storing and organizing jewelry A garment-concealable jewelry case having a front opening with a front cover panel portion that can be either moved or configured to reveal a plurality of parallel-running isolated storage compartments each having an interior storage space which is accessible throug... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6997322 | Organizer A bathroom organizational assembly is presented for organizing the bathroom vanity area. The bathroom assembly creates an organized method of organizing bathroom toiletries such as tooth-brushes, combs, lotions, antibacterial soaps, facial tissue, barrettes, contact... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6959809 | Reusable environmentally friendly package and storage album A reusable package and storage album (1) displays and stores a multi-component product, combining the appearance of a blister pak with the security of a vacuformed clamshell package. Two sections (17 & 19) joined by hinges (43 & 45... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6106023 | Greeting card with formed image A greeting card or keepsake card includes a formed, raised image, and it includes panels which protect the front and rear of the formed, raised image. In a preferred embodiment, the front panel of the card also includes an opening through which one can se... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5690220 | Packaging arrangement for display and storage of compact disks A holder or packaging arrangement is provided for a compact disk or data storage disk. The packaging arrangement comprises a first pocket piece formed of clear plastic or other transparent material, and a second pocket piece formed of material such as non... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5655944 | Packaging apparatus and aerial device formed from sheet material An aerial device capable of sustained flight and formed from a single sheet of substantially planar material and having a weight element receivable thereon for aiding the aerial device in achieving superior flight characteristics.... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5251746 | Container for cassette, print stack, and index print A container is disclosed for a cassette housing an image bearing medium having recorded images, for a stack of photographic picture prints made from the recorded images, and for an index print having rows of small-size positive images that match the recor... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5249670 | Award recognition package The award recognition package is formed from an originally flat diecut blank of paper stock. The blank is diecut so as to form a rectangular base section with four sides, with four flaps extending from each of the four sides of the base section. Each flap... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5001853 | Ornament for gift package An ornament for attachment to the outside of a gift package that has at least one substantially flat surface includes a single sheet member formed with a substantially flat back portion which is adapted to fit against the surface of the gift package, and ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4936462 | Story book food tray The present invention relates to a story book that has two pages, with the first page having the beginning part of a story displayed therein; and with the second page having the ending of the story located beneath a food tray, which when filled with food ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4598822 | Drill bit carrying case A carrying case for drill bits has concave rectangular top and bottom panels pivotably mounted at their rear long edges to a narrow, rectangular hinge strip and fastenable at the front edges of the panel to form a closed box. A drill bit holding block ext... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4506789 | Child resistant package A child-resistant package includes a sealed blister positioned between opposed front and back paperboard sheets that are adhered to each other. The front paperboard sheet includes openings through which the blisters project, and the back paperboard sheet ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4466534 | Display packages A display package for small, high value objects such as gem stones utilizes a double sided adhesive insert between a pair of cover members each of which is bonded to a respectively associated one of the adhesive sides of the insert. The article to be disp... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4422551 | Blister package dispenser A folder for containing a strip of blister package units for pharmaceutical capsules includes a generally flattened sleeve of paperboard having side wall panels and a planar panel folded inwardly from an edge of the sleeve material. The panel is generally... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4053050 | Display package A display package for elongated products is prepared from a single rectangular blank of paperboard or the like that is folded about a centrally located score line and suspended on a display panel from a rod-like member which extends through an opening pro... | 10/11/1977 |