Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6974176 | Container covering apparatus An apparatus for covering an open container of a vehicle includes a pair of arm assemblies. Each arm assembly has a first arm, a second arm, and a linking assembly coupling the first and second rotatable members to one another. A first actuator is attached to the fi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6267378 | Piece-bouncing game A piece-bouncing game wherein each player seeks to propel a play piece to make it bounce on a playing surface and then travel in a trajectory which causes the piece to land on a flat platform. The player scores a point in the game only if the piece lands ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5624121 | Stacked pogs with striking tool method A game comprising a plurality of substantially rigid playing discs each having an upper and lower surface bound by a circumferential ridge which is up-raised with respect to the upper and lower surfaces so as to provide a recess in the upper surface for a... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5465976 | Gamepiece with protector A substantially planar elliptical gamepiece with one or more indentations provided in the outer perimeter thereof. The position of an indentation is predetermined so that a finger flick, when applied to the indentation, is likely to propel the gamepiece w... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5423552 | Token bouncing game A basketball-like board game that is played by bouncing tokens off an obstacle impressed surface and into a receptacle having an angled backboard. Included is a token retrieval system to facilitate token collection and counting.... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5403016 | Chip flipping game A chip flipping game is provided which consists of a plurality of chips that are disk shaped having indicia printed on one side. Each player plays against a Dealer by stacking their chips with a matching amount of chips from the Dealer and tries to flip t... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5186461 | Simulated football board game A simulated football game includes a game board having yard line delineations thereon simulating a football field. The game board has a plurality of areas designated thereon having indicia indicative of the occurrence of a particular play. The game also i... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4928968 | Spinning top and projectile game An apparatus and method for a game of skill has a bottom member with a plurality of pockets and a top member. The top member has a base with a plurality of openings therein, a sidewall attached to the base and a cover having a central opening attached to ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4423877 | Game apparatus A game apparatus adapted to be played by a plurality of individuals incorporating an indicator for determining the order of turns of play of the players. The game apparatus comprehends a predetermined number of playing pieces of generally upwardly opening... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4357017 | Auto racing game wherein a numbered array and player-actuated discs determine race car movement A game board comprising a playing surface having indicia thereon defining an oval race track, with toy vehicles adapted to be moved around respective lanes of the track, and additional indicia on the playing surface for advancing vehicle positions, for in... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4167267 | Puck projecting game A game played competitively between two players, consisting of a gameboard upon which each player attempts to flip his own puck from various puck kick off positions towards a center cup inside his own score frame; the gameboard also including a numbered s... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4052064 | Basketball game A game board with a resilient surface which simulates a miniature basketball court with the usual markings thereon; together with some highly advantageous additional markings, game pieces representing the appropriate number of players on each team, a game... | 10/04/1977 |
