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 |
| 8091719 | Container cap An improved container cap has a structural design for preventing pills from spilling out of a container closed with the container cap. The container cap includes a movable cover that is extensible to enable indirect, two-step dispensing of pills, so that the pills c... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7971738 | Rotate, squeeze and lift child resistant safety cap A squeeze and lift child resistant safety closure for attachment to a container having a conventional container closure on its top includes: an inner member for attachment to either the container or its closure, the inner member having an outer member interlocking c... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7387214 | Closure and container package with child-resistant and non-child-resistant modes of operation A package includes a closure for attachment to a container. The closure has a skirt with a plurality of internal lugs and an internal surface. The container has a sidewall terminating in an open end and having a plurality of external projections. The plurality of ex... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7327293 | Compression and data encoding for transmission over a character-based protocol ACARS systems and methods for compiling messages includes a processing device configured for mapping eight-bit characters in an eight-bit character stream into a six bit map to create a generally six-bit character stream. The processing device is further configured ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7274852 | Splice tray arrangement A splice tray arranged to manage and store both stranded fiber optic cables and ribbon fiber optic cables. The tray includes a splice holding arrangement that accommodates both stranded splice components and ribbon splice components. The tray also includes a storage... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252204 | Combination lock container A combination lock container (10), suitable for accepting a wine bottle, consisting of an upper housing (12), a lower housing (50), a plurality of tumblers (18A-18E), and externally applied indicia (24). Cylindrical walls, o... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7214177 | Culture tube and angle rotor receiving the tube in centrifuge A culture/centrifugal tube includes a tube and a cap. The cap has a disk portion and an annular portion that define an annular groove therebetween. The annular groove opens at a position level with the surface of the disk portion. The open end of the tube extends in... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7175038 | Device for preventing removal of a lid A device for preventing removal of a lid from a container. The device has a cover with a top which is adapted to fit over a lid of a container and an engagement means consisting of an upper continuous cylindrical wall and a lower section of integral and flexible leg... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7143719 | Pet treat dispenser assembly with clicker An improved pet treat dispenser assembly is provided with a canister for holding pet treats, a dispenser slidably mounted in the canister for dispensing treats, and a clicker on the canister to attract a pet's attention following desired behavior. The canister inclu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128068 | Device housing for an aerosol container A housing for a mechanical or electrical device for use with an aerosol canister for containing chemical comprising a sleeve for receipt of the aerosol canister; a collar affixable around the neck of the canister; and a joint between the sleeve and the collar to sec... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111746 | Shellable child resistant closure container with positive lock mechanism A shellable, positively lockable, child resistant closure and container includes a pair of nested inner and outer caps designed to be purposefully shellable for use in its non-child resistant mode. The inner cap is coaxially positioned and nested within the outer ca... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7087298 | Rotating label system A system and method are disclosed for constructing a rotatable label and attaching the rotatable label to a container. The rotatable label may have a transparent portion and is temporarily secured to a container or an inner label that is permanently secured to the c... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073679 | Closed injection moulded closure providing mating upper and lower parts coupled by integrally formed hinge connections A closed injection moulded plastic closure (20) having a first closure part and a second closure part (22). The first closure part is connected to the second closure part by snap-on hinged connection. The first and second closure parts have no main hin... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040497 | Hermetically sealed container with child safety overcap A child safety overcap is provided for a hermetically sealed container with a twist-off access closure having a unitary grip tab. The overcap has a top portion defining at least one slot adapted to engage the tab on the access closure when the overcap is pushed towa... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021211 | Stamp housing assembly A stamp housing assembly has a shell and a cover. The cover selectively attaches to the shell of the stamp to cover a stamp face assembly. With the shell oriented 180° relative to the cover, the cover does not attach to the shell, but can be used as a stand so the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021477 | Child-resistant closure and container package A child-resistant package includes a container having an end with an open mouth surrounded by a container wall having a central axis. An external ledge extends around the container wall at a position spaced from the open mouth. The ledge has an axially facing surfac... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021486 | Drinking flask A drinking flask cap is a convenient, three-position, push-pull lid. The top of the lid forms a drinking basis, and the drinking basin can be sealed with a hygienic cap. The cap can be removed and placed on the bottom of the flask for convenient storage and provides... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997336 | Plastic cafare A plastic carafe includes a body portion having an enclosed base defined by a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of panels separating the posts from one another. The carafe further includes a neck portion having a blown finish at the top of the carafe tha... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6945393 | Cap device for attachment to a container A device for attachment to a container. The device having an upper cap member connected to a middle cap member. The middle cap member connected to a lower cap member, and the lower cap member covering and sealing a neck of the container. A chamber for storing a pred... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935493 | Cap device for mixing different kinds of materials separately contained therein and in bottle A cap device for bottles, which is capable of mixing two different additives separately contained therein with a material contained in a bottle to prepare a mixture in accordance with a simple rotating action of the cap device relative to the bottle, performed by a ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6912968 | Schedule indicator A schedule indicator (14) is provided having a wall with a first selection arrow (13) and a base (16). The base has an annular bottom wall (18) with an annular array of upwardly projecting protrusions (20). The schedule indicator a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6796462 | Child-resistant fluid delivery device A child-resistant fluid delivery device, comprising a container for storing fluid to be dispensed by the fluid delivery device and a wand assembly connected to the container. The wand assembly having a nozzle at a distal end through which fluid may be dispensed and ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6758358 | Child-resistant container and overcap package A child-resistant package includes a container having a body with an open end for dispensing product. A shoulder on the body is positioned adjacent to the open end and has an external surface. A circumferential groove is recessed radially inwardly from the shoulder ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6666354 | Child-resistant fluid delivery device A child-resistant fluid delivery device, comprising a container for storing fluid to be dispensed by the fluid delivery device and a wand assembly connected to the container. The wand assembly having a nozzle at a distal end through which fluid may be dis... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6575333 | Child resistant spout closure A method for removing a child-resistant spout closure cap from a spout on a container and a child-resistant spout closure for a container configured to hold either a liquid or a solid material, with the container including a fill opening to the interior o... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6431380 | Child-resistant flip top closure A closure is described wherein a flip top is provided with a child-resistant opening mechanism. The flip top closure is attached to a neck finish, fitment or other container spout and includes a flip top that is hingedly attached to a depending sidewall. ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6161711 | Container and closure system A closure and container system for storing prescription or over-the-counter medications is disclosed that is reversible between child-resistant and non-child resistant modes of use. The system includes a pair of endless beads, one on each of the container... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6082572 | Security container with locking lid A container requiring more than one operation to open is provided. The container includes a hollow body and a lid attached to the hollow body which opens in a given direction. The container also includes a manually-operable member that is biased by a bias... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6059132 | Combination locking cap for containers and threaded openings A locking device includes an internal closure cap having a threaded bore for engagement with the threads of a container or opening. The closure cap is structured with an upstanding stem which is open for discharging liquid. The outer surface of the stem h... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6032811 | Child resistant cap assembly A child resistant cap assembly includes an outer cap member having a top wall and a substantially cylindrical side wall depending therefrom. On the exterior surface of the top wall is a key slot and an alignment aperture. An inner cap member for threadedl... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6029835 | Child resistant safety cap with built-in auto retracting key mechanism A child resistant safety cap for containers includes an outer cap, an inner cap, at least one retractable-extendable key arm and a biasing spring. The outer cap has a top and a sidewall with a plurality of openings for retraction and extension of the key ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5988412 | Safety closure having an internal locking lug A cap having a top wall and at least one circumferentially extending sidewall having an inner surface with internal threads therealong and a terminating bottom edge of the sidewall defining an open end opposite to the top wall. The terminating edge is pro... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5938054 | Child-resistant closure assembly The closure assembly of FIGS. 1 and 3 comprises a container 1, a cap 2 having a skirt portion 3, and a captive band 4 attached via a tamper-evident tear-off band 5 and a pair of frangible connections 6 and 7 to the skirt portion 3. Arrows 8 on the skirt 3... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5927556 | Safety dispensing cap A new safety dispensing cap for deterring children from gaining access to harmful liquids. The inventive device includes an inner cap adapted to be attached to a container, a delivery nozzle extending upward from the inner cap, an outer cap disposed aroun... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924588 | Cap and interchangeable vial system A cap and vial system which allows a common cap to be used to seal each of several sizes of pharmaceutical vials, thus precluding the need for pharmacists to maintain an inventory of a differently sized cap for each specific vial size. Each of the vials h... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5918758 | Containers A container requiring more than one operation to open, which comprises a hollow body, a lid for the body, the lid being releasably engaged such that the body is closed, and a marked member that is moveable between a first position at which the mark is hid... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5829609 | Twist top child-resistant closure A child-resistant closure for a container having a neck and a mouth covered by a flexible cap of inverted cup shape. The container neck includes an outwardly projecting, ramped rib having a lower ramp end. The cap has at least one projection extending inw... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5826738 | Child-restraint combination of a container and a one-piece closure The present invention relates generally to a child-restraint combination of a container and a one-piece closure. The interior surface of the closure has one type-A lug, and a plurality of type-B lugs. The exterior surface of the container has one type-A g... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819967 | Child-resistant, senior friendly container A child-resistant, elderly-accessible safety container designed for storage of potentially hazardous materials. The closure includes three major components: a rotatable member secured coaxially around the neck of the container and having at least one bias... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5725114 | Child resistant cap and container incorporating same A child resistant container apparatus includes a container for containing a substance and having an opening; a first inner cap member for removably covering the opening; first threads for rotationally engaging the first cap with the opening in a first dir... | 03/10/1998 |
