"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428976 | Method for making mesh containers with a rail and mesh container formed therefrom The present invention is directed to a method of forming a container comprising forming a basket portion of metal mesh material and a rail connected to the basket portion. The rail extends substantially outwardly from the outer surface of the basket portion and the ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422120 | Colander bowl and server The present invention provides a colander serving bowl having an outer shell with an open bottom, a movable sealing plate with upwardly extending support arms that ride on inclined surfaces on the rim of the outer shell, and a perforated inner shell supported on the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7303079 | Screening element The invention provides a screen which has a screen body (12) and a plurality of ribs which extend across the screen body. Screening apertures (118) are defined in the screen body by the ribs. A reinforcing frame (124) is embedded in the screen b... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270245 | Mesh container, system using mesh containers, and method for making mesh containers The present invention is directed to a container comprising a first piece of mesh material and at least one separate second piece of mesh material. The first piece of mesh is bent to form a bottom wall and a first pair of sidewalls. The second piece of material form... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7137516 | Display unit for trailer hitches and trailer hitch accessories A hardware display unit includes a front grid having a front matrix of openings, and a rear grid having a rear matrix of openings corresponding in position to the first matrix of openings. The front grid is positioned with respect to the rear grid such that correspo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7093722 | Polishing composition storage container The invention provides devices and methods for removing and trapping large and/or dense abrasive particles from a polishing slurry. The polishing slurry is introduced into a container and allowed to stagnate, thereby causing large and/or dense particles to separate ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6949190 | Device combining 3 functions in one for washing, serving and storing berries, grapes, and other fruits A device for washing, serving and storing berries, grapes and other fruits, etc. has a first container provided with a plurality of throughgoing openings so that when berries, grapes and other fruits, etc. are deposited in an interior of the first container and wate... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6386388 | Container A container adapted for storing and transporting an item having a shape includes a flexible bottom panel which has an upper surface upon which the item is supported, and a lower surface having a plurality of parallel, spaced apart ribs with a relatively t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6286708 | Pizza pan A pizza pan receives and bakes a pizza to produce a pizza having a hearth-baked texture and appearance. The pizza pan comprises a base with a plurality of perforations therethrough, the perforations being disposed in first and second perforation regions. ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6179156 | Multi-purpose container A multi-purpose container, such as for storing and transporting produce, includes a bottom surface, a first pair of opposed walls integrally joined with the bottom surface and extending upwardly therefrom, and a second pair of opposed walls integrally joi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6092652 | Molded container A molded container having a base and a cover includes a network of segments that define a plurality of apertures through the base and the cover. Although the container retains structural strength, the weight of the container is substantially reduced by vi... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5881906 | Wall construction for a silverware basket A silverware basket for use in a dishwashing machine, the basket having a bottom wall disposed along the basket bottom. The bottom wall being an offset grid type structure formed by a plurality of parallel longitudinal ribs extending lengthwise across the... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5846633 | One-piece molded chasis having openings and rib minimizing deformation during cooling A chassis is formed of a one-piece thermoplastic or thermosetting resin body. A bottom member extends in a bottom plane, and has at least three side members extending in respective planes. Junction portions join the bottom member and the side members. Rib... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5740960 | Method and apparatus for handling railcar brake shoes A method and apparatus for handling new and used railway car brake shoes is provided. The apparatus comprises a rack assembly, having an end wall interconnected between a pair of side walls and a grid member perimetrically secured to bottom edges of the s... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5720930 | Container for washer or autoclave A container for enabling fluid flow therethrough for cleaning or sterilizing of the contents, comprises a tray (10) and lid (20) and having respective bases (11, 21) and side walls (17, 27). The bases (11, 21) have perforations (12, 22) defined by ellipti... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5685452 | Container bottom with elevations made of a polymeric material and a process for production thereof Bottom (1) to a container, box, basket, barrel, cask or the like (8) made of a polymeric material and preferably produced by injection moulding. Material thickening and essentially scalloped, jagged and/or wave-like elevations (5) constitute an integrated... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5680956 | Pizza pan and method A pizza pan receives and bakes a pizza to produce a hearth-baked texture and appearance. The pizza pan comprises a base with a plurality of perforations therethrough, the perforations being disposed in first and second perforation regions. The perforation... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5660784 | Method of making plastic open frame basket construction A plastic open frame basket is made by molding from plastic material, a tapered body portion, having integrally interconnected smoothly contoured longitudinal rib members and cross members in an interconnected, open frame configuration. A plurality of rai... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5531379 | Method and apparatus for handling railcar brake shoes A method and apparatus for handling new and used railway car brake shoes is provided. The apparatus comprises a rack assembly, having an end wall interconnected between a pair of side walls and a grid member perimetrically secured to bottom edges of the s... | 07/02/1996 |
| 4936458 | Bakery tray with blend stacking A unitary molded plastic bakery tray, with the end walls higher than the side walls to provide for a 90 degree cross-nesting, and the end walls having interengaging feet and rails to provide for 180 degree oriented high stacking and like oriented low stac... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4932532 | Reusable stackable tray for cans A reusable stackable tray for cans being formed by a rectangular wall structure, a web-like floor structure secured to and extending down from the wall structure and a plurality of spaced redoubt floor members spaced on and about and extending down from t... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4750633 | Storage and transportation case for shelf system A storage and transportation case or box for storage systems with automatic feed and removal devices and transport devices and conveying paths associated with the feed and removal devices includes two longitudinal walls and two transverse walls and a bott... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4520941 | Water bottle crate A molded plastic crate for transporting and storing five-gallon water bottles having differing external configurations has the general form of an open-ended square box with reinforced internal corner struts nested within each of the four box corners adjac... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4339051 | Silverware basket A silverware basket for use in a dishwasher for holding silverware during washing, rinsing and drying operations. The basket has side walls extending upwardly from a generally perforate bottom wall. The bottom wall comprises an open grid formed by a plura... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4249671 | Carrying case A carrying case is described which has upstanding hollow walls comprising outer and inner walls interconnected by laterally spaced ribs. Portions of the inner wall are cut away to form openings which expose the interior of the hollow walls to facilitate t... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4197958 | Container of foamed thermoplastic material The container has four walls and a base plate. The walls join at vertical double-walled corners. The base plate has corrugations running diagonally thereacross, which corrugations are of trapezoidal cross section. Vertical ribs extend between the corrugat... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4157145 | Silverware basket construction A dishwashing apparatus which includes a silverware basket for holding silverware during washing, rinsing and drying operations. The basket has generally perforate side and bottom walls. The bottom wall includes first and second pluralities of elongated r... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4018427 | Electroplating barrel sidewall construction An electroplating barrel of polygon shape has interlocked panels, and each panel has an outer grid portion defining relatively large rectangular openings, and an integrally formed inner portion including a perforated plate contiguous with the outer grid p... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3934789 | Meat spacer tray A meat spacer tray of molded plastic for freezing and storing meat is disclosed wherein an open array of holes, ribs, and connectors permit free circulation of air around meats placed thereon and, also, will hold odd-shaped cuts of meat such as hams.... | 01/27/1976 |