Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357274 | Tissue dispenser A bathroom dispenser for dispensing bathing supplies comprising a body having front, back, side and bottom walls defining the dispenser and having at least one dispenser station and at least one disposal station. The dispenser station has a dispensing orifice in one... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7303092 | Wet wipe package A wet wipes package including an outer carton having an opening. Disposed within the carton is an interior tub having a baffle and an aperture located in the baffle. A rigid flip top is disposed over the carton opening for access to the interior tub and a plurality ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7152737 | Openable assembly with gripping aids and folding means An openable closure assembly including: a) a base having two end edges, a front longitudinal side and a back longitudinal side, a top surface and a bottom surface; b) an opening mechanism mounted on the top surface of the base adjacent to and spaced from both of the... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147129 | Personal effects dispenser A dispenser dispenses personal effects such as, panty liners, condoms, wet wipes, tampons, etc., for use by occupants of a particular establishment (home, prison, office, hospital etc.). The personal effects dispenser has a first housing that holds the tampons and t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140513 | Convertible dispenser for sheet material A dispenser is provided which is adapted for dispensing from a table top and it is convertible to dispense from a conventional rolled product fixture. The dispenser includes a housing having a compartment configured to hold sheets. The housing also has a dispensing ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7063233 | Method of folding gloves and dispenser therefor A method of interfolding gloves including superposing finger portion of second glove adjacent finger portion of first glove, with second glove finger portion being disposed parallel and in a direction opposite the first glove finger portion, in a superjacent opposin... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040502 | Dispenser for wet and dry interfolded sheets A non-refillable dispenser containing both premoistened and dry sheets is provided. The dispenser includes a housing having a polygonal shape. The housing has a first compartment configured to hold and dispense therefrom a plurality of premoistened sheets, and a sec... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028860 | Inter-folded sheet dispenser with replaceable cartridge A dispenser for inter-folded sheet includes a replaceable cartridge. In preferred embodiments, the replaceable cartridge includes a generally planar rectangular core having a stack of inter-folded food service sheets wrapped around the core in a U-shape and retained... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6745917 | Sheet package Disclosed is a sheet package including: a sheet stack formed by folding and stacking rectangular sheets; and a container having a dispensing opening through which the sheets are to be removed. Each sheet is first folded on an X-axis folding line substantially parall... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6685050 | Folded sheet product, dispenser and related assembly An improved stacked sheet material assembly is disclosed. A carton or container for reliably releasing stacked tissues also is disclosed. The assembly includes at least a first web and a second web on the top of the assembly where dispensing is started. T... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6644500 | Block of interleaved laminar products, a package therefor and a process for realizing same A stack of interleaved laminar products comprises a first and a second array of products, each of which has at least one branch interleaved with a corresponding branch of at least one product in the other array. The products are folded into a generally W-... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6644501 | Sheet package A sheet package can prevent a sheet from causing damage upon dispensing the sheet through a dispensing opening without widening an opening width of the dispensing opening and providing extra gap within a package container. The sheet package includes a she... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6595386 | Wet wipe dispensing Stacks of wet wipes having improved dispensability are provided. The stacks comprise a first clip of wet wipes and a second clip of wet wipes positioned on top of the first clip of wet wipes. Clips of wet wipes generally include a last wet wipe comprising... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6588626 | Optionally hangable container and dispensing method A product comprising an absorbent paper material and a dispenser adapted to hanging from a support such as a towel bar or a hook is disclosed. The dispenser can be optionally located on a surface instead of hung from a support, and a space at the bottom o... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6550635 | Portable folded wiper system A portable folded wiper dispensing system for dispensing flexible sheets from a stack of sheets. The system includes a refillable apparatus and a stack of sheets. The refillable apparatus is composed of: 1) a relatively flat, flexible base devoid of dispe... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6543642 | Disposable glove dispenser system The present invention is directed to a glove dispenser system that includes a reusable container and a disposable pouch containing stacked, partially folded gloves. The container is rigid and generally rectangular and has a lid and a bottom, spaced, paral... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6352172 | Folded web product dispensing system A folded web product dispensing system includes an outer housing that defines an interior space. A dispensing face is defined in the outer housing proximate to an end of a stacking means. The dispensing face has a central portion and a dispensing throat l... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6286713 | Dispensing system for individual folded webs A dispensing system for individual folded webs having an area of non-uniform thickness across the length of the web is composed of several components. An outer housing defines an interior space in which stacking means for holding a stack of individual fol... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6241118 | Container and cartridge for dispensing paper products A container for dispensing individual paper products, the container includes a housing including a plurality of exterior walls defining an interior surface and an interior area within the interior surface for receiving a plurality of the paper products. A... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6230929 | Folded sheet adapter An adapter for dispensing a plurality of vertically stacked, interfolded sheets is disclosed herein, the adapter being configured to fit within a standard vertically-stacked dual roll dispenser. The adapter includes a housing having an interior adapted to... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6213344 | Folding and stacking configuration for wet wipes The present invention relates to wet wipes (1) for use in wiping surfaces in the home and in industry, in addition to their use on the human body such as for baby wipes, make-up removal and other skin care applications. The wet wipes are folded and interl... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213345 | Cylindrical tissue dispenser with interleaved tissues A pop-up tissue dispenser comprising a dispensing package and tissues is disclosed. The tissue-dispensing package is cylindrically shaped with a dispensing opening through which tissues are removed individually. The tissues are disposed in the dispensing ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6000538 | Toilet paper holder A toilet paper holder is made up of a main body and a movable lid. The main body is provided therein with a receiving space for holding toilet paper sheets which are arranged in a stack in an organized manner such that the toilet paper sheets can be drawn... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5565258 | Folded absorbent paper product and method An improved folded absorbent paper product includes a first, central panel; a second panel, unitary with the first panel and folded over a first side of said first panel; a third panel, unitary with the first panel, and folded over a second side of the fi... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5531325 | Storing and dispensing system for products packed in a sealed pouch A storing and dispensing system for a product packed in a sealed pouch. The dispensing system includes a container of rigid material having a dispensing opening covered by a lid. The container is sufficiently air-tight in its closed condition to prevent f... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5511689 | Dispensing device for adhesive-backed articles An apparatus is disclosed for dispensing an adhesive-backed article. An adhesive-backed article has a first adhesive disposed on at least a portion of its bottom surface. The bottom surface of the adhesive-backed article is bonded to the top surface of a ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509571 | Plug-in dispenser for sanitary-hygiene items or the like The invention relates to a dispenser for sanitary-hygiene items, such as bags which can be folded up, handkerchiefs, or the like, comprising a box-type housing and a container of a flexible material, such as cardboard, which is exchangeably arranged in th... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5462197 | Towelette dispensing device for cleaning a toilet seat A towelette dispensing device is provided, for cleaning a toilet seat on a toilet bowl, which consists of a receptacle mountable onto a vertical flat surface adjacent the toilet seat. A package of towelettes can be inserted into the receptacle. A towelett... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5143249 | Stacked sanitary paper, dispenser, and method for making a stack The present invention concerns a stack of sanitary paper, a dispenser and a manufacturing method for the stack. The stack of sanitary paper consists of folded, interleaving sheets forming a pile which is placed inside a cardboard sleeve (1) which is open ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5050737 | System for packaging moist towelettes A system and method for packaging, containing and dispensing moist towelettes such as baby wipes. A main container for containing moist towelettes is provided. Moist towelettes in vertical stacked arrangement are enclosed within a disposable, moisture imp... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4185753 | Device for dispensing end wraps This invention provides a device for dispensing flexible sheets of absorbent paper or other fiberous material. The sheets are preferably end-wrap papers used in the art of cosmetology and particularly for permanently setting waves in hair. The device empl... | 01/29/1980 |
