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 |
| 7387204 | Pull-up tray container A cosmetic brush container has a cylindrical sidewall, a closed bottom, and an open top. A tray is carried within the container for axial movement relative to a longitudinal axis of the container from a lower storage position. A lid releasably fits over the top of t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364064 | Carton A carton is disclosed. In this carton, a first connection plate is connected to an upper plate, a second connection plate is connected to the first connection plate, and a partition plate is connected to the second connection plate. When the partition plate is pulle... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7036716 | Carton A carton is disclosed. In this carton, a first connection plate is connected to an upper plate, a second connection plate is connected to the first connection plate, and a partition plate is connected to the second connection plate. When the partition plate is pulle... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6923365 | Carton and carton blank A carton and blank for forming a carton for accommodating one or more articles which carton is provided with an access structure for the removal of articles from within the carton. The access structure comprises a closure panel hinged to a carton wall for forward an... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6896140 | Crush proof cupcake holder A crush proof cupcake holder for transporting a single pastry without crushing and includes a main container assembly with a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from a perimeter edge of the bottom wall, the main container assembly defines an interior... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6779664 | Device for dispensing sandwiches A device for dispensing sandwiches including a tubular body having an oval cross-section and a disk member positioned interior of the tubular body. The tubular body has a slot extending longitudinally along and through a wall of the tubular body. The disk member has... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6685017 | Container for transportation and dispensing of unused syringes and for storage of used syringes A multifunctional box for facilitating the safe transport of the box and a plurality of unused syringes therein. The box further facilitates the safe sequential dispensing of unused syringes from the box, with concurrent facilitation of the safe sequentia... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6382377 | Storage and travel bag A storage travel bag has a generally parallel-piped shape and includes an internal retention panel system comprising a retention panel with elastic straps or ribbons that enable the retention panel to compress an item and hold it in position in a desired ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378702 | Test element storage container The invention concerns a moisture-impermeable, tightly sealable storage container for use with a plurality of test elements. The storage container includes a housing sized to hold the test elements, a guide element, a spacer positioned between the guide e... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6270006 | Container This invention relates to an improved container which may be used to store ten parcels arranged end to end and in two rows, one on top of the other. The container includes a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls, and opposing front and rear walls r... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6231904 | Frozen confection package with novelty ink stamp A "push-up" type package for a frozen confection includes a cylindrical tube, and a plunger member slidably positionable within the tube for pushing a frozen confection product from within the tube. The plunger member includes a piston-like pushing portio... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6161697 | Apparatus for dispensing sandwich panel inserts An apparatus is provided for dispensing thermoplastic inserts, or other identical pieces, in a manner in which orientation of the individual inserts is properly maintained. The apparatus includes a hollow tube having an internal cavity for housing and gui... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6136352 | Sanitary novelty candy product A novelty candy product comprises a cylindrical barrel having mounted therein a hard candy portion slidable relative to said barrel. The barrel includes an open mouth end removably covered by a cap which is frictionally or otherwise retained in closing re... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5823381 | Loaf sealing bread box Bread boxes that automatically seal the loaf wrapper after slices of bread are consumed. In both embodiments a rigid bottom, base that is adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface has a pair of parallel, vertical sides that terminate at a back piec... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5678728 | Dispenser for flexible sheets A dispenser for flexible sheets, especially end wrap papers. The dispenser is designed to be worn on the arm of a user or to be strapped to a stand. The dispenser comprises a box for holding a plurality of the sheets. At least one flap is connected to the... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5674454 | Stacking disposal system for test sample cards or other similarly shaped objects A disposal system for stacking card-like objects neatly in a magazine. The cards enter the disposal system via a card entrance slot. A push plate located adjacent the slot pushes the cards past a pair of resilient snap elements in the sides of the magazin... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5458232 | Article lifting container An article lifting container (10) is provided which includes an outer housing (50) with a lift (100) within an interior thereof supporting a shelf (150). The lift (100) automatically adjusts a position of the shelf (150) vertically depending on a weight o... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5447229 | Cot/tab protective shipping apparatus and method Industry-standard COT/TAB integrated circuit part carrier frame members are receivable into a shipping tube member in a stack which rests at one end on paired retaining pins and at the other end is retained by a closure member of the shipping tube. As so ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5320263 | Golf cart beverage support A support tube is arranged for securement about a golf cart handle, with the support tube arranged for pivotally mounting a support flange structure that is arranged to include a floor and surrounding band member to receive and position a beverage contain... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5221005 | Restraining device for tab carrier magazines A restraining device (10 or 10a) adapted for holding slide carriers (14) immovable in magazines includes a top wall panel (34), at least two horizontal pleated panel sections (36a-36d), and a bottom wall panel (38) all joined together to define a hollow b... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5205402 | Cigarettes case A cigarettes case comprising (i) a case body with a top partially cut away to provide a top opening located adjacent to one side of the case body for taking out a cigarette from the case body, with a vertical slit provided in the one side, and with an opp... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5201411 | Apparatus for cleaning a prosthesis An inventive apparatus for cleaning a prosthesis in a microwave oven. The inventive apparatus comprises a container having an opening at the top thereof, a cover which is removably positionable over the opening, and a holding device, removably positionabl... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5188234 | Lunchbox with carrying pouch A kit comprising a lunchbox and a carrying pouch slidably receiving the lunchbox therein. The lunchbox includes a container and cover with the cover including a recess receiving eating utensils. One eating utensil includes a projecting locking button rele... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5080227 | Pack made of thin cardboard, especially for cigarettes Pack made of thin cardboard, especially for cigarettes. In slide packs, a cigarette group (11) enwrapped by an inner wrapping (12) is located within a box part (17) being open at the top. This box part (17) is slideably arranged in a casing (18) open on o... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5053198 | Used test element collection apparatus and method There are described apparatus for collecting used test elements containing possibly hazardous liquids, and a method of collecting them. The apparatus features a container, and preferably a stacking station used with the container. The container can compri... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5014906 | Multiple purpose dispensing package and blank A multiple-purpose dispensing package having inner and outer shells wherein the inner shell is movable within the outer shell between fully closed and fully open positions. The inner shell is integrally pivotably connected to the outer shell. The package ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4940190 | Container A container for food, the container having an open portion or an openable portion for presenting the food for consumption, a panel with an at least partially frangible portion which can be urged from a position co-planar with the panel to a position exten... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4817820 | Slide dispenser for a reagent cannister A two-piece slide dispenser includes a housing defining an internal compartment for the storage of a plurality of reagent slides or similar items. The housing includes a dispensing opening and a loading opening. A finger or similar structure at least part... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4771887 | Storage container for magnetic tape cassettes Storage container for storing magnetic tape cassettes, disc cassettes or the like, is a box-shaped hollow container which receives the cassettes to be positioned in a row one next to another with a free space therebetween in an access area. The container ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4650075 | Filter-bag package In a box for packaging of filter bags for infusion products at their exit from a machine producing them obtained from a punched blank of cardboard in which with the aid of folding lines walls are defined for the bottom, cover and sides, the lateral walls ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4646937 | Dispensing cartons for stacks of milk filters An improved dispensing carton for elongated flat articles such as milk filters is disclosed. The carton is of generally rectangular configuration and in preferred embodiments is adapted to dispense such elongated articles end-wise and one-at-a-time. Inclu... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4619727 | Hand-held labeler There is disclosed a hand-held labeler which uses labels releasably adhered to a carrier web. The labeler has a body with a pair of identical body sections. The body mounts first, second and third feed rolls. The first and third feed rolls project beyond ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4473154 | Container for photographic prints The container for photographs of the same size comprises a housing from which a slide can be pulled out. In the housing there is a spring arrangement which presses the photographs against a viewing window of the housing. The spring arrangement comprises l... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4295565 | Film containing magazine A magazine for containing sheet films in a stack for use in an X-ray photographing machine has a substantially U-shaped, plate like pad mounted on the top plate of a casing of the magazine. The arm sections with narrow widths of the U-shaped pad are dispo... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4135431 | Stringed musical instrument pick dispenser A stringed musical pick or plectrum dispenser for receiving, retaining, and dispensing a pick, the dispenser being mounted in fixed relation to an instrument sound board adjacent the instrument strings. Each pick is wafer thin and generally triangular in ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4085884 | Paper supply box A box, preferably manufactured from folded cardboard, provides a paper supply container for copying or recording equipment or the like. The interior of the box contains one or more flaps which, as paper is removed from the box through a provided opening, ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4020946 | Display and dispensing carton structure and blank therefor A novel display and dispensing carton and carton blank from which the same may be erected are disclosed. The display and dispensing carton is characterized by an arrangement of panels and securing means which allows the cartons to be readily erected from ... | 05/03/1977 |
