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 |
| 5906379 | Movable equipment, especially for medical exercise and treatment purposes A mobile apparatus, especially one for medical exercise and treatment purposes, with a seat for accommodating a person, below which several foot elements, which can be set down on the floor, are movably mounted in each case in a bearing mounting on the se... | 05/25/1999 |
| 4915376 | Animated exerciser apparatus An apparatus which provides both amusement and exercise takes the form of a simulated animal or other body with pedals attached. A rider sitting on the body drives the pedals. As the pedals are driven, gearing within the body imparts a reciprocating upwar... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4561514 | Amusement vehicle An amusement vehicle has a hollow body shell which is shaped like, for example, a four-footed animal. Front and rear frames are provided inside the body shell, and are coupled to each other by a hollow shaft. The front and rear frames can correlatively ro... | 12/31/1985 |
