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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246556 | Case for multiple stamp pads A case for multiple stamp pads is provided. One embodiment of the case includes a first housing portion for retaining a first stamp pad, a second housing portion for retaining a second stamp pad, a hinge connecting the first and second housing portions for movement ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7121407 | Utility case An organizer case comprising a tray having a bottom wall and a plurality of compartment walls formed unitarily with and upstanding from said bottom wall, at least two of said walls extending in parallel relation and spaced apart a separation distance, said two of sa... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7066647 | Collapsible containers A collapsible container including a plurality of adjacent side panels, each of the side panels having a flexible frame and a web having a perimeter secured to the frame. Each of the side panels has a bottom side, a top side and two lateral sides. Each of the lateral... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6928711 | Compact space organizational system Organizational system for compact spaces. A sheet version has pre-perforations formed thereon, for allowing different sized walls and/or floors to be separated therefrom. The sheet can have side indentations along its edges. Corner connectors can be originally suppl... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6609392 | Apparatus and method for a temperature protected container A shipping apparatus includes a container with a closeable top for carrying pharmaceuticals and a cooling means for keeping the pharmaceuticals temperature protected. The apparatus further includes a retention means within the container for positioning an... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609744 | Collapsible storage apparatus for vehicle cargo compartments Apparatus for storing items within vehicle compartments that can be manipulated into an operative position and a closed position with a single hand are provided. Apparatus includes a base disposed on or within a vehicle compartment floor and having a surf... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6231099 | Reconfigurable glove box bin A reconfigurable glove box bin having a main body portion and at least one primary partition. The primary partition is maintained in place by frictional engagement, interference engagement, or a combination of a frictional and interference engagement betw... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6105654 | Cooler insert A cooler partition providing a top side, a bottom side being in spaced relation to the top side, a first side connecting a first distal end of the top side to a first distal end of the bottom side, a second side being in spaced relation to the first side,... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6076641 | Large-wheeled luggage case A wheeled upright luggage case having oversized wheels for improved rolling movement. The luggage case has a pair of wheels that are oversize in proportion to the body of the case. The oversize wheels are rotatably mounted in fender assemblies disposed on... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5961171 | Partition device in vehicular trunk The present invention aims at holding articles within a vehicular trunk firmly without sliding movement during vehicular running by means of a partition member provided in the trunk. According to the vehicular trunk partitioning device of the invention, t... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5924162 | Waste receptacle with a sweeping ramp having protruding teeth Shown and described is a waste receptacle suitable for receiving swept waste materials from a broom or similar cleaning implement. The waste receptacle includes a sweeping ramp having protruding teeth. Users may sweep waste up the sweeping ramp, and the t... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5890612 | Collapsible aircraft container This invention concerns a collapsible container, whose outer profile is shaped to fit the walls of an aircraft luggage compartment, consisting of a rigid base frame supporting an accordion folding frame and whose sides are covered by sheet plate and secti... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5881935 | Container holding device A container holding device of the invention is used for holding small things and a container. The container holding device includes a base having a bottom section and an upstanding section extending upwardly from the bottom section, a support member forme... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5833114 | Containers A container for the secure storage and transport of items, has a rigid rectangular base with rigid side walls upstanding from opposed edges thereof, a rigid back wall extending generally normally of the base wall between the side walls (preferably central... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5775496 | Lens-gate divider system for camera bags A lens-gate divider system for a camera bag. The gap or opening of the dividers is covered by swinging gates which can accommodate long camera lenses or camera bodies without the lenses attached thereto and also provide a plurality of different size compa... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5772058 | Collapsible article divider and support A collapsible article divider and support having a plurality of pivotally interconnected vertical panels capable of forming one or more article receiving and supporting compartments. The divider and support is foldable to a flat transport and storage conf... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5746324 | Refuse sorting device for refuse storage rooms A refuse-sorting device for use at the base of a building's refuse chute, for aiding in category-sorting of refuse. The device includes an open-topped container which is fitted with an openable bottom element. The container is supported for disposition un... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5725117 | Apparatus for forming a container to hold a drinking cup at the bottom end of the container and to hold food in the upper portion of the container An apparatus for forming a unitary container to hold a drinking cup at the bottom end of the container and to hold food in the upper portion of the container. The container is generally a frusto-conical shaped structure such that a person can have one han... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5638957 | Reusable diaper and wipe carrying case A reusable diaper and wipe carrying case includes a first housing having an interior surface defining a chamber for holding premoistened baby wipes. The case further includes a second housing having an interior surface defining a chamber for holding one o... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5632401 | Garbage container and liner dispensing system A garbage container and liner dispensing system including a cylindrical container having a recess formed in a lower end thereof. An internal bag storage compartment is formed within the recess in the lower end of the cylindrical container by a pair of spr... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5573114 | Lens-gate divider system for camera bags A lens-gate divider system for a camera bag. The gap or opening of the dividers is covered by swinging gates which can accommodate long camera lenses or camera bodies without the lenses attached thereto and also provide a plurality of different size compa... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5560483 | Clothing accessories case A clothing accessories case has a bottom portion with an interior cavity, a cooperating top portion, and a plurality of flexible dividers. The cooperating top portion abuts the bottom portion to define a closed case that encloses the interior cavity. The ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5554822 | Sealable, latchable door for securing and protecting a PC memory card A sealable, latchable door assembly for use with a hand-held, portable electronic device that has a housing adapted to removably receive a memory card in a receiving chamber through an opening. The door assembly includes a door shaped and sized to removab... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5526972 | Space organizer for truck bed trays and automobile trunks In order to partition a storage area of a vehicle so that bags of groceries and the like can be arranged in a neat orderly manner, a space organizer includes a backboard which extends laterally across the storage area and at least two wing-like partition ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5501384 | Storage system A storage system for a vehicle includes a molded bin configured to fit within a trunk or rear storage area of the vehicle. A bin cover is pivotally secured to the bin to cover the bin for safe storage of articles in the bin. The bin cover includes an open... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5484078 | Clothes hamper with rotatable partitions and insert therefore A clothes hamper includes rotatable partition walls which divide the hamper into subcompartments of differing capacities according to the amount of clothing in that subcompartment. A conventional hamper may be divided with a free standing insert placed in... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5433336 | Storage container Storage container, preferably a storage tray (1) of plastic having detachable partition walls (2), the container being provided with opposite vertical recesses or pairs of vertical ledges (5) along the inner side of the two long sides (3, 4). The containe... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5429243 | Packaging box for elongated objects A packaging box for receiving a plurality of fragile elongated objects, such as small bottles, ampoules or the like, has a compartmented insert with at least one partition. To enable additionally accommodating a brochure in the folding box in a readily vi... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5423424 | Storage case for computer cards A multiple section card case for storing computer cards, such as PCMCIA cards. The multiple section card case includes a top piece, a bottom piece, and a plurality of intermediate pieces interchangeably coupled to each other. When coupled together, the to... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5386911 | Variable depth membrane packing Two or more pairs of packing spacers support objects within a shipping container in a floating arrangement that absorbs shock and vibration and protects the object from impact damage. Each packing spacer is comprised of rigid frames enclosed in stretchabl... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5375734 | Cosmetic organizer A cosmetic organizer has a lower tray and an upper cover. The upper cover has an upper rim hinged to the lower tray. The upper rim has an erect annular wall. A relatively flexible upper shell overlays and is mounted flush on the erect annular wall. Thus, ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5277312 | Syringe storage and disposal container A syringe container (10) which holds both sterile and soiled syringes. The sterile and soiled syringes are separated by a dividing plate (19) which is hinged to a frame (16). The frame (16) defines a rectangular aperture (17) over an open end (17) of the ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5156289 | Casing for storing and protecting objects A casing includes a tubular wall portion of a deformation-resistant material and respective end portions. At least one longitudinal part of the wall portion is shaped as a lamellar part (12) with one longitudinal edge thereof being hinged to the remaining... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5122025 | Multiple compartment body for waste products and the like A multiple compartment body comprises a housing having walls defining an interior storage area. An interior wall extends within the interior storage area for defining at least two compartments within the interior storage area. The interior wall is attache... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5103998 | Multi-compartment recycling container A multi-compartmental recycling container has symmetrical front and back walls, joined to partition walls for purposes of creating compartments for the storage of recyclable materials prior to collection by authorized agencies, which partition walls have ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5082139 | Wastebasket divider An apparatus (10) for dividing a wastebasket (13) into multiple compartments (16, 17) is disclosed. The wastebasket divider apparatus (10) includes a base member (12) interconnected to a vertical divider wall (11). The position of the divider wall (11) is... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5074777 | Apparatus for making a split pie A pie dividing assembly adapted to be inserted into a conventional circular pie pan once it is covered with a bottom sheet or layer of pie dough for separating the pie into a plurality of separate and distinct pie sections, preferably two, each adapted to... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5062540 | Container recycling apparatus A container recycling apparatus including a cylindrical container formed with an "L" shaped circumferential flange at an upper terminal end thereof receives a single or plurality of cylindrical segments therewithin. Each cylindrical segment defined by a p... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5031793 | Litter bin This invention relates to a litter bin and in particular to one including a housing which has two lugs at an inner vertical side and a flange at the opposite side. The housing further has a flap pivotally connected with the lugs and supported by the flang... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5014868 | Holding device for containers The holding device for containers includes a receptacle member having a capacity which will accommodate a predetermined size range of containers. A selected container is held in the receptacle member by biasing members that are detachably secured to the r... | 05/14/1991 |
