Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357255 | Packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product A packaged supply of individual doses of a personal care product, e.g., strips of a water-soluble film that contains a pharmaceutically active material, comprises the combination of a) a tray; b) a plurality of substantially identical packets uniformly stacked in th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7147130 | Single dose pill dispensing system A single pill dispensing system for a bottle/vial of the type for dispensing a medication pill, where the bottle/vial has a circular body and receives a circular cap. To facilitate the dispensing of a single pill, an insert, slidably received in the circular body an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6662081 | Medication regimen container and system A personal medication in storage dispensing unit is provided for receiving and storing medication, vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, pills capsules, gel tablets and the like in a manner which is easily accessible and which is conducive to inclusion with... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6375225 | Combination sample dispenser and order form device The invention relates a combined sample dispenser and order form comprising a backing sheet that may be prepared from cardboard and a generally planar retaining member, such as a clear plastic sheet, attached to the backing sheet along at least a portion ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6247595 | Flat tablet case with a hinged cap A flat tablet case (A) is assembled by joining together a bottom half case (30) having the shape of a rectangular tray and a top half case (10) having the shape of a rectangular tray. A plurality of studs (21 to 25) are formed on the inner surface of the ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5348158 | Dispenser pack for the successive dispensing of a drug A reusable dispensing package is provided for dispensing medication in the form of tablets, pills, capsules or the like, in a predetermined sequence, the package includes a hinged container into which is placed a disposable blister pack containing the med... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5325968 | Package for holding tablets A limited entry unit dosage package is provided, which mandates the completion of a sequence of steps to access single unit dosages within depressions on the package. The user grips a trapezoidal section of an access tab to expose a finger depression. The... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5255786 | Package having a sliding closure for dispensing pill or pellet type products The present invention provides a dispensing package for pill or pellet type products. The package has a sliding closure that opens and closes over an orifice to control dispensing. The package has a container for housing the pill or pellet type products. ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5123539 | Tablet dispensing container A dispenser for containing and dispensing products such as tablets, sweets and the like, including a generally thin, flat, box-like container having a lip-shaped exit portion at a circumferential edge. The dispenser may include a weakened portion at the l... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4848582 | Sliding package incorporating at least one retractable panel A package for articles such as matches, medication in tablet form and the like comprises a flat pocket made up of a foldable element and one or more retractable panels. Each retractable panel is able to assume a deployed position in which an article in th... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4230237 | Tablet dispenser The feed duct of a tablet dispenser is formed with a movable wall portion which engages a tablet next adjacent the tablet being dispensed to prevent more than a single tablet from being dispensed at a time. A dispenser slide which opens and closes the dis... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4109788 | Component container A component container for use in accommodating electric and/or electronic components, such as resistors, capacitors or semi-conductor elements, of a type having no lead wire outwardly extending therefrom, which comprises a casing having a plurality of elo... | 08/29/1978 |
| 3981402 | Pellet dispenser A dispensing container for pellets such as capsules and pills and comprising an elongated tubular member holding the pellets in a line, the member being slit helically along its length and being resilient so that when twisted about its longitudinal axis t... | 09/21/1976 |
