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...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 |
| 7237688 | Storage container A storage container having a unique hinge arrangement is provided. The container includes a cover and base portion having hinge portions extending therefrom. The hinge portions are molded from a die configuration that creates adjacent cavities formed vertically and ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163119 | Expandable divider system Divider system for dividing drawers or the like in sections by means of using an individual divider or by attaching dividers together with a clip and expanding to the desired planar dimensions. Divider is one continuous piece with a main body and a perpendicular fla... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7074043 | Mobile firefighting flashover training unit and arson investigation lab & method of fabricating same A firefighting training unit and a method of fabrication such a unit. The fabrication involves modifying an existing structure such as a steel cargo container. The modification procedures first require that combustibles be removed and a steel floor welded in place o... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6415922 | Tool case with movable insert A tool case includes first and second housings pivotal about a central spine to present a book-shaped configuration. Within each housing are walls having a plurality of post-shaped flanges therealong. A tool accessory tray includes a shelf having recesses... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6085932 | Containers A container having walls and defining a space between the walls in which articles may be contained. The container includes a partition and attachment. The attachment is operable, in use, to adjustably attach the partition to the container within the space... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6024241 | Box divider A box divider used in conjunction with boxes having differing side wall thicknesses includes a vertical partition which carries locking assemblies on its opposing sides. The locking assemblies operationally engage a pair of mounting pins horizontally exte... | 02/15/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5816433 | Portable cooler A portable cooler 10 includes an insulated body 12 presenting an interior space and an open top, and an insulated cover 14 for closing off the body. A storage compartment 16 extends through an opening 26 in the side wall 20 of the body into the interior s... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5711423 | Package container with waste disposal compartment A container is provided for a collapsible package of wrapped and/or consumable items. The container comprises an outer housing having a movable inner partition that divides the interior into a waste compartment and a package receptacle area. As the packag... | 01/27/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5312180 | File drawer compressor A compressor for file drawers includes a central housing or body supporting a pair of extensible and retractable bumpers. Suspension hooks are joined to the central housing permitting the central housing to be suspended from different width drawers An act... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5207347 | Postal tray adjustable organizer A Postal Tray Adjustable Organizer, comprising a translucent framework comprising an upright portion, and a flat bottom portion, slideably affixed into the inner cavity of a Postal Tray, the Postal Tray being either of the flexible, or of the solid side s... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5188234 | Lunchbox with carrying pouch A kit comprising a lunchbox and a carrying pouch slidably receiving the lunchbox therein. The lunchbox includes a container and cover with the cover including a recess receiving eating utensils. One eating utensil includes a projecting locking button rele... | 02/23/1993 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4976375 | 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... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4705168 | Drawer divider system Disclosed is a drawer divider system for dividing a drawer in a tool chest or the like into a plurality of compartments. The divider elements comprise one-piece plastic strips having integrally formed resilient arms at both ends for engaging the opposed s... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4380290 | Shipping and storage container A container for shipping and storing articles, particularly elongated articles such as (for example) snow skis, the container being defined by a preformed, elongated housing. Siidably disposed within the housing is an adjustable partition to provide vario... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4142646 | Device for the metallic sealing of an intermediate partition on a vessel A device for the metallic sealing of an intermediate partition on the smooth inner wall of a cylindrical vessel, particularly with large diameters, by means of a sealing ring which is variable with respect to its diameter, on which sealing ring, the inter... | 03/06/1979 |
