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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316203 | Collapsible cage A collapsible cage, which comprises a bottom that is surmounted by, and associated with, grid-like walls mutually connected by connection comprising, for each corner, a corner joint constituted by a main element, with a concave corner body in which positioning seats... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7264863 | Cabinet corner protector A corner protector for cabinets, furniture and the like includes outside corner protecting panels joined at a corner edge and inside corner resilient members for holding the protector on the cabinet, with the resilient members spaced from the corner and having one o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234598 | Material handling container with card holder A container that has a base from which first and second pairs of spaced-apart, opposed sidewalls project to collectively form a storage compartment. An upper rim is positioned on the sidewall for engaging and supporting the base of another container. The lower rim i... | 06/26/2007 |
| 5875910 | Orchard bin corners and joining brackets Orchard bins for the retail food sales industry have special corner members and joining brackets that allow assembly without the use of tools, and also permit disassembly for storage. The connector system for interconnecting two panels together has a conn... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5415310 | Collapsible non-strapped paste bin A paste bin is disclosed in which the combination of self locking corner irons enable both the elimination of straps utilized to hold the containers together as well as the relatively complex pre-strapping assembly. Accordingly, self locking corner irons ... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5311996 | Edge protector An edge protector for protecting goods having at least one edge against damage of the edge by a strap wrapping the goods comprises a force-distributing member for distributing a force applied by a wrapping strap to goods wrapped by the strap in such a man... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5285915 | Lid for a grape or fruit carton A grape or fruit box includes a pair of laterally spaced, rigid ends, to which is secured a wrap assembly of paper overlay laminated veneer, extending substantially about the sides and bottom of the box. The ends are each formed with a groove extending fr... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5154297 | Foot assembly for simulated pallet A foot assembly is disclosed which is attachable to a box in order to simulate a pallet. The foot assembly includes a base having a foot extending outwardly from one side of the base. The opposite side of the base is secured to a lower corner of the box. ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5114010 | Protector for stacked sheet material A strip for placement across a sheet of a stack of banded sheet material and having end segments positionable against the sides of the stack. Flexible webs join the strip segments to the major part of the strip and permit bending of the end segments into ... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5056664 | Corner protector apparatus An apparatus including an elongate flexible strip longitudinally aligned, including a first and second aperture directed through the strip adjacent a forward and rear end of the strip to receive a flexible tether line therethrough to secure a stack of fra... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4938357 | Corner-angle edge protector A corner-angle edge protector for strapped packages, bundles or the like, having a strapping-band passage opening which is open via a slot towards the adjacent edge of the corner-angle edge protector. At least the region adjacent the slot to the edge is d... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4852744 | Tarpaulin corner protector A device for protecting a tarpaulin from damage, as it passes over the sharp corner of a load, which is mounted on a flat bed truck, or other transporting device. The protective device comprises three planar sides and a rounded corner, it is inserted betw... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4842914 | Edge protector angle piece An edge protector angle piece for a load to be lifted by a lifting device includes first and second angle arms having inner faces for contacting the load and outer faces together forming a continuous cylinder surface of essentially ring-segment shape, hav... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4838427 | Shipping protector A shipping protector for interposition between a shipping container and an object being shipped is provided with an interior layer of resilient plastic foam material which is self adherent to the pulp protector. The plastic foam material is vacuum formed ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4807756 | Produce carton strengthening bracket A bracket for strengthening a carton which has a bottom wall, side walls, an end flap and interior flaps, for holding the flaps and for supporting additional cartons in a stack of cartons, comprising a flange parallel to the bottom wall and a pair of memb... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4793507 | Folding packaging case This folding packaging case or box of parallelipipedic configuration comprises a bottom, a front panel, a back panel and two lateral panels, and a folding lid, the various panel elements being hingedly interconnected by flexible joints. The bottom compris... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4779751 | Knock-down containers, container fastening system and elements thereof A security container or pallet bin which may be knocked down or quickly erected, includes corner connectors for securing the intersecting side and end walls together. The corner connectors are sheet metal with first and second angled, generally planar leg... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4765479 | Strapping corner support An initially planar thermoplastic article which may be folded about a score line to form a corner support for use in conjunction with strapping material on packages to prevent damage thereto.... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4757909 | Box-forming corner member and box using the same A corner member for forming a foldable box has a bottom section to be attached to a corner of a bottom panel of the box and two lateral sections to be attached to portions of adjacent lateral panels of the box. The lateral sections are attached to the bot... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4671422 | Assembleable box Method of manufacturing a box and an arrangement permitting the secure but separable connection of an edge part of a first component to an adjacent edge part of a second component. Each edge part is provided with a number of connecting portions designed t... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4609116 | Produce bin A bulk container which is disassemblable such that the interchangeable wall panels and the locking clips which connect the wall panels fit flatly into the flanged base assembly of the container. A base assembly provided with flanged sides holds the disase... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4584806 | System for interconnecting panels System for interconnecting panels, especially adapted for use in the temporary interconnection of panes of cartons or containers used for shipping or transportation, the arrangement is particularly adapted to the interconnection of panels in edge-to-edge ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4463895 | Cover for rectangular trays Box cover formed from corrugated material, including a top panel and four edge and side panels forming an enclosure, the corners being held together by a resilient clip.... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461395 | Reusable, modular, knockdown container An improved, reusable, modular, knockdown container preserves delicate corners necessary for providing sufficient bearing surface and force direction to maintain the package erect by providing a clip-bearing plate associated with each corner to protect th... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4453471 | Panel retaining clamp for collapsible pallet containers A pallet container system having strap-like clamping devices to retain five or more rectangular panels in either an erect box-like condition or in a collapsed condition in which the panels are compactly stacked for handling and storage during non-use. The... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4449662 | Corner holder for use with boxes A corner holder for use with a box of corrugated cardboard having a pair of slots in sidewalls thereof adjacent to a corner of the box, comprises a pair of inserts each including a tongue-shaped base plate and a U-shaped flange on the base plate, and a fl... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4362251 | Space dividing assembly A space dividing assembly is provided for dividing a drawer or the like into separate compartments. The basic components of the assembly are generally flat rectangular partition members having at least one pair of longitudinal dadoes or grooves formed in ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4171122 | Tensible reinforcement bar for shipping containers A tensible shipping container reinforcement bar having connectors on each end thereof the ends adapted to attach to diagonally opposite corner fittings of shipping containers. The bar having a compressor device capable of expansion located at a point inte... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4139113 | Panel fastening device A fastening system for structures such as knock-down crates and other multiple panel structures is disclosed. Resilient spring clips prebent to form two angularly disposed arms are provided for releasably locking panels such as the rectangular sides, ends... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4120441 | Angle edge guard An angle edge guard for interposition between the interior of a shipping container and the exterior of an object being shipped is formed of two molded pulp walls having first edges joined to dispose the walls in substantially 90° relation when in place. ... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4093099 | Rectangular container for the aging of alcoholic beverages A wooden box-like container for the aging of alcoholic beverages. The container is in the form of a box having six panels or sides in which any three mutually adjacent panels are mutually perpendicular to one another and join one another at a corner. Any ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4083464 | Knockdown reusable container A container which may be repeatedly disassembled and reassemblied. The container is formed by several panels, each having portions of their edges notched to two different depths to form projecting, intermediate, and recessed steps which alternate with eac... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4024977 | Safety clip means for reusable shipping container Right angular corners of knock-down reusable multipanel containers are releasably joined in assembled relationship by metal reinforcing plates and right angular spring clips which span the corners. Formed terminals on the clip arms are received by apertur... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3992808 | Mushroom tray A rectangular wooden tray having a pair of opposed side panels, a pair of opposed end panels, and a bottom is carried by four wooden legs tied together by a system of cross bracing overlying the bottom of the tray.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3990599 | Reusable shipping container A knock-down reusable shipping container includes completely separable top, base, end and side walls and fastener means whereby adjoining corners of the separable walls may be securely fastened in assembled relationship and quickly separated. Spring clip ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3989157 | Container assembly An assembly for a container having a plurality of panels each of which is engaged at marginal edges thereof by a channel shaped rail. Moldings formed with pairs of spaced parallel flanges define recesses for receiving the rails.... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3958712 | Storage and carriage bin A storage and carriage bin for use in storing and transporting fruits, vegetables, and various types of industrial equipment. The bin comprises a substantially rectangular container capable of being transported by the well known fork-lift apparatus, said ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3935991 | Plastic reinforced produce container A reinforced paperboard produce container having reinforcing end frames of molded thermosetting plastic or other suitably rigid construction secured to the outer sides of the end walls of a paperboard container body with edge flanges on the frames project... | 02/03/1976 |
