Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370839 | Pass through sliding drapery suspension system A drapery mounting system comprised of a drapery rod member, a drapery hanger element, and a support member for the rod. The support member is positioned below and intermediate the respective opposed ends of the drapery rod. The support member includes a saddle, a s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7104305 | Vertically adjustable rod support assembly A vertically adjustable rod support assembly for selectively supporting an existing curtain rod and curtain at an elevated height within an existing window frame, and for enabling a user to lower the vertical height of the curtain rod in order to attach or detach th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6598843 | Extendable bracket for window covering components An extendable bracket assembly for supporting hardware components has a mounting base with a base plate. The base plate has an attachment side for mounting the base plate to a surface and has a support side opposite the attachment side. A base support ele... | 07/29/2003 |
| 5505418 | Dual adjustment blind and shade support A combination venetian blind and roller shade support comprising a pair of mirror-image combination brackets. Each bracket has a pair of discrete compartments, one compartment to receive one end of a venetial blind and the other compartment containing sup... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5421551 | Adjustable curtain rod An adjustable curtain rod mounting bracket comprising: a wall bracket member and a rod bracket member which are frangibly interconnected to facilitate packaging and assembly. The wall bracket member has wall attachment flange at the rear end on a panel po... | 06/06/1995 |
| 4635889 | Drapery support system with decorative rod end support structure A drapery support rod assembly including opposed support brackets for supporting the rod at a predetermined distance with respect to a vertical wall and giving the appearance of a continuous rod section extending from the wall at each end. Opposed elongat... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4572467 | Roller shade mounting bracket A mounting bracket for roller shade has two planar mounting portions joined at right angles to each other and a third portion perforated for receiving the end pin of a shade roller attached to one of the mounting portions in parallel relationship thereto ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4456079 | Apparatus and method for taking soil samples In a rotary table driven hollow auger type sampling device, a rod is mounted at an end above the rotary table to be substantially fixed against rotation, but for axial movement. The rod extends through a hollow spindle driven by the table, and is fixedly ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4363459 | Adjustable wall mounted bracket A bracket assembly for vertical venetian blinds having a horizontally disposed fixed support member, a pair of side rails vertically extending from the longitudinal side edges of the fixed support member, a mounting element vertically projecting from one ... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4270720 | Bracket unit A bracket unit for suspending a shaft end comprising essentially a bearing body which is provided with a curved recess for guiding and receiving the shaft end and with mounting tabs. The bearing body may be used as a bracket alone or in combination with a... | 06/02/1981 |
