Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7207443 | Bulk bag A bulk bag having side walls; and a bottom wallis provided wherein a pair of laterally spaced generally flexible sleeves are associated with the bottom wall with each sleeve operatively receiving a generally rigid tubular element adapted to receive a tine of a forkl... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7025208 | Bulk bag with integral pallets A bulk bag with integral pallets includes a flexible bag body having a bottom and sidewalls. Two elongate pallet members are provided having axially extending openings adapted to receive fork tines from a fork lift. Each of the two elongate pallet members has at lea... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6962037 | Methods for sealing a load placed on a pallet A system for sealing a load with film, where the load is placed on a pallet, includes a frame and a vertically moveable platform on which the pallet is received. A clamp is mounted to the frame and is configured to engage the load independently of the pallet when th... | 11/08/2005 |
| 5653354 | Stackable container system for flowable materials A container system for flowable materials includes a frame having a bottom, front, rear, and at least one side. The frame includes a support tray disposed above the bottom and having a discharge chute. A pair of spaced apart tubes for receiving the forks ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5395007 | Reusable container unit A reusable container unit for flowable materials, having enhanced puncture resistance and leak containment characteristics, and being readily handleable by conventional fork lift or the like equipment, comprising a metallic, substantially closed and conti... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5332099 | Feed barrel A generally cylindrical container includes a floor having a downwardly open channel formed therein with a center line disposed away from the center of the floor. The channel serves to divide the floor into unequally sized first and second sections, and is... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5044502 | Nestable fiber drum with integral skid and a method of making the same A fiber drum with an integral skid is made by providing a lower skirt on a drum body. The skirt has cutouts for engagement by mechanized drum handling apparatus. The drum may also include an upper skirt cooperating with the lower skirt to maintain several... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5005706 | Stable roll transport bundle Transportation package comprising at least three adjacent polls of wound sheet material in tangential contact with each other about a centrally located hollow tube capable of accommodating an insertable lifting means.... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4938361 | Blended cube of brick A blended cube of brick and a method and apparatus for producing same are disclosed. The cube includes vertically extending panels of columns of endwise abutting brick having a similar color and/or texture. Each layer within the cube includes one column f... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4890743 | System and pallet for packaging yarn spools An improvement in a system for palletizing yarn packages or other cylindrical-core-wound goods includes molded plastic pallets, a first one of which supports a plurality of yarn spools thereon and a second one of which acts as a cover; the improved pallet... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4760915 | Light-tight film reel package A package containing a plurality of unexposed photographic film reels, which comprises a vertical mantle, a top and bottom lid with a peripheral groove and a sealing ring that is engaged by the corresponding extremity of the mantle, straps that vertically... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4516677 | Modular pallet and shipping tray A pallet of moldable material, such as high density polyethylene, is ideally suited for transporting yarn packages having tubular cores. The pallet includes top and bottom surfaces with a repeating pattern of nubs upstanding from the top surface and a rep... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4481972 | Pallet for pressurized gas cylinders A pallet for handling and transporting a plurality of pressurized gas cylinders includes a floor structure on which the cylinders stand and side walls to retain the cylinders in place on the floor structure. For certain gas delivery applications it is des... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4221292 | Metal coil spacer A spacer for separating coils of steel, or other metal coils commonly stacked vertically in edge-to-edge relationship with the axis of the several coils in general alignment and disposed vertically with the spacer used in plural between the tiers of coils... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4033455 | Container A container for storage and transportation on end of several rolls of plastic sheet or film, said container having three sides, and at least one end with a plurality of openings therein adapted for an end of each roll to be anchored in each one.... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3942670 | Pallet-less drums A drum shaped container equipped with a tapered base plate having an inverted U-shaped channel extending diametrically through the bottom surface thereof, and a retrainer strap provided with adjustment holes in one end thereof and having a retainer spring... | 03/09/1976 |
