The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7017772 | Pressure container A pressure container comprising axially extending side walls formed of plastic extending between a top end and a bottom end. A metal top is attached at a top seam in pressure-containing relation to the top end of the side walls, and a metal bottom attached at a bott... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6382442 | Plastic closure for vials and other medical containers The plastic closure of this invention is particularly, but not exclusively adapted for sealing medicament vials and other medical containers or as a collar for retaining a fluid transferset on a medical container. The plastic closure of this invention inc... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6053429 | Industrial spray gun cup structure An industrial spray gun cup structure includes a connector, a guide member, a collar and a cover body. A reception section of the cup is engaged with the guide member so that the cup can be only normally rotated without rotating and loosening other parts.... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5080787 | High-pressure filter assembly, method and apparatus for forming high-pressure filters A high-pressure filter assembly which includes a cover or nutplate secured to a housing via a sidewall portion of the housing deformed into a groove formed in the cover sidewall. The cover and housing are formed such that the cover can be properly seated ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4795045 | Closure for containers The present invention provides a closure for a container, preferably a plastic aerosol container on which there is provided a specially designed neck. A metal cup having vent slots is fittable on the container top and neck. The cup has formed at its perip... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4552278 | Crimpable capping assembly for a centrifuge tube A separate capping assembly for a centrifuge tube includes a stopper having a plug adapted for close fitting receipt on the interior of the neck of the tube being sealed and a complimentary tubular sleeve sized for close fitting receipt over the exterior ... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4061244 | Combination container with removable closure A food and beverage container characterized by its sealed closure subsequently removable intact without the aid of an opener and without severage into extraneous trash, there being a container body useful as a drinking vessel and an interlocked closure th... | 12/06/1977 |
| 3940005 | Safety closure means for pressurized bottles and other like containers Safety closure means for bottles and other like containers of sparkling wines or other liquids comprises, in combination an outer cap or capsule adapted to enclose the container neck and to be securely retained thereto, and a self-releasing plug of elasto... | 02/24/1976 |