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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6862780 | Clamps A clamp for clamping sheets and like material has opposed elongate clamping jaws mounted for pivotal movement between a clamping condition and a relatively open, released, condition, and a latch device for effecting movement of the jaws. The latch device comprises a... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6547087 | Storage structure with hinged panels A storage structure includes generally rectangular panels arranged in at least one group of panels that are vertically oriented and each hinged about a respective hinge pin to a common connecting structure to pivot between two limit orientations. Each end... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6394291 | Device for the pivotable mounting of information carriers In a device for the pivotable mounting of information carriers (2) provided with pivot pins, provision is to be made for the respectively outer information carriers (2) to assume a certain end position, i.e., in particular, they do not swing rearward. In ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6394286 | Area rug hanging display A display rack for displaying a plurality of rugs includes a plurality of generally upright elongate support posts connected side by side by a support frame with each post having mounted thereon for sliding movement therealong a respective one of a plural... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5803272 | Document hanger apparatus and method Disclosed is the apparatus and method for hanging and storing documents. The invention utilizes a substantially planar base, a hanging brace, a substantially planar hub longitudinally extending from the base and an arm having a first end adapted to slidab... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5649631 | Display rack for displaying rolls of material and method of dispensing material therefrom An apparatus and method for displaying and dispensing rolls of material are provided. The apparatus preferably has a carrier including a plurality of carrier units. Each carrier unit preferably includes a substantially rectangular frame pivotally mounted ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5292011 | Carpet display rack A rack for hanging room sized carpets in show rooms. The rack has a plurality of uprights, each of which has a horizontal arm including a brace capable of supporting a hanging carpet. The arm is adapted to be raised and lowered by a cable entrained on pul... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5062534 | Fabric sample display A drapery fabric sample, or like fabric sample, is displayed in an effective yet simple manner. A drapery fabric sample having unpleated top, bottom, and sides edges is mounted in association with a cantilever arm. The arm is preferably a rectangular conf... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4787590 | Suspension of objects A longitudinally extending, or extendable, member is pivotally positioned by being snapped into a housing. The member includes a recess by which the member is snapped into the housing. A protuberance at the pivot position facilitates the pivoting of the m... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4658966 | Hanging file for blueprints and the like The present invention provides a hanging file system for releasably suspending a plurality of relatively large flat pages of blueprints or the like in a hanging relationship to one another including a generally rectangular rack portion having a plurality ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4651961 | Suspension of objects A longitudinally extending, or extendable, member is pivotally positioned within a housing. The member includes a protuberence at the pivot position to facilitate the pivoting of the member outwardly from the housing into a position for receiving an item ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4620635 | Support structure for vertical filing systems A support structure is disclosed for vertical filing systems to suspend binders horizontally by supporting one end of the binder on an end support fixedly located on the support structure while supporting the binder from another position on the binder rem... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4616870 | Mobile display system A mobile display system for carpet samples and the like which includes a vehicle having an interior space defining a mobile showroom for the carpet samples and the like, a framework having at least one elongated support member, secured to the vehicle with... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4594754 | Clamp for holding sheet articles An improved clamp apparatus for storing sheets, for example of paper or foil, including especially maps and drawings, the sheets being neither rolled nor folded so that they can be readily inspected, and a considerable number of sheets can be stored witho... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4503979 | Two piece clamp binder A two piece binder is disclosed having substantially symmetrical clamping members hinged together along first edges thereof so as to be rotated to grasp sheet material between second edges thereof by the rotation of wing nuts mounted on one side of the tw... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4498592 | Magazine display rack A magazine display rack disclosed is comprised of a plurality of cages in a trough-like housing that may be secured on a display panel or wall. Each cage, which has a sheet or sheets in front to screen all of the magazine cover except its title and issue ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4109794 | Necktie rack This necktie rack has one or more arms with hangers for individual ties extending from opposite sides of each arm. Each of the arms swings forward and upward about a pivot to bring the hangers into position for convenient removal and replacement of ties; ... | 08/29/1978 |
