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 |
| 7896416 | Deer carcass transport assembly A deer carcass transport assembly including a handle member to which are attached two U-shaped hooks in planar relationship, one leg of each hook secured to an end of the handle member, the legs of the U-shaped hook spaced apart sufficiently so as to engage the hind... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7255204 | Apparatus for moving elevator equipment An apparatus for moving elevator equipment, particularly an elevator car when stuck in a shaft, comprises a suspension point which is connected to the elevator equipment by an adjustable-height connection. Contrary to the prior art, the suspension point includes a l... | 08/14/2007 |
| 6979035 | Mattress caddy An apparatus designed to assist the manual transportation of large, heavy or unwieldy articles. The preferred embodiment is an economically-designed mattress caddy fabricated of a variety of strong light-weight materials (e.g. nylon, aluminum) to provide functionali... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6736437 | Mattress caddy A mattress caddy including a support strap, with handles formed at each end, and two transverse rigid cradle assemblies. To utilize the present invention in the transportation of a mattress, it is first laid out lengthwise, with the cradle assemblies positioned open... | 05/18/2004 |
| 5863087 | Locomotive carrier/portable steaming bay apparatus A live steam locomotive carrier/portable steaming bay for a miniature train which would include a flat base portion of sufficient width and length to accommodate a standard miniature sized steam locomotive; a pair of parallel slots formed in the base port... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5645196 | liquid drink carton holder A holder for standard liquid filled cartons, such as those containing milk or juice. The holder includes a sleeve that surrounds the carton sides, a base closing the sleeve for supporting the bottom of a carton and a handle for lifting and carrying the ho... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5529362 | Removable, reusable handle and mailing label base A removable, reusable handle for packages, boxes and other lading is disclosed. The handle has a base with first holes that receive a flexible handle member. A support member on the base has a slot. The handle member is in the form of a loop which extends... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5398984 | Garment hanger device A garment hanger device which conveniently supports a plurality of clothes hangers in an automobile is disclosed. The garment hanger has a frame member which the clothes hangers are directly hung upon and a support member which attaches to the automotive ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5352006 | Hanging assembly for folding garment bags A hanging assembly for securement to a free end of a folding garment bag to facilitate hanging of the garment bag over a door or closet pole. The hanging assembly is formed with a base plate securable to the end of the garment bag forming the top of the b... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5273334 | Garment carrier A garment carrier, and a blank for forming a garment carrier, may be used once or a few times for transport of one or a few garments on hanger hooks, and then discarded. The carrier has a body of thin material, e.g. corrugated cardboard or biodegradable, ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4923394 | Portable torch A portable torch including: a gas tank containing therein a combustible gas and another gas tank containing therein a combustion supporting gas; a plurality of pressure regulating mechanisms, in which the primary pressure sides are connected to said gas t... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4730863 | Apparatus for carrying clothing suspended on a coat hanger Carrying apparatus for engaging a hook portion of a hanger to aid in carrying garments supported on the hanger. The carrying apparatus includes a handle having a cord inserted through a vertical hole in the handle; the hole extending in a direction perpen... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4696505 | Handle and strap apparatus for hand-carrying articles A device for hand-carrying articles includes a metal carrying handle and an elongated carrying strap. The handle has a pair of spaced apart, elongated side sections which extend along and are positioned on opposite sides of handle axis. The side sections ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4558896 | Handle A handle for carrying loads has a grip and a strap extending from the grip. The grip is formed so that it is comfortable to hold. The free end of the strap has a bar which can be engaged in a slot so as to form the strap into a closed loop. In use, the st... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4434895 | Strapped wicketed bags packet A wicketed bags packet is provided that comprises a stack of flattened, flexible plastic bags having two wicket holes therethrough; wicket shanks extending through said wicket holes respectively; and elongate, flexible binding members crossed in an under-... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4357044 | Keeper device for portable electric hand-drills Disclosed are keepers for carrying and suspendably storing portable electric hand-drills. The keeper device includes: an upright shank insertable into and removably secureable to the adjustably tightenable chuck of the hand-drill; a cord rack for draping ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4281849 | Portable luggage carrier and method of collapsing same A portable and collapsible luggage carrier having an upright frame including a lower frame section and an upper frame section pivotally connected to the upper end of the lower frame section. Wheels are secured to the lower end of the lower frame section a... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4150592 | Strap tool An improved wrench particularly adapted for use with cylindrical, delicate workpieces such as chrome-plated or plastic pipes, is provided with a resilient, spiralled strip adapted to be simply wrapped around the circumference of the workpiece for gripping... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4117965 | Self-balancing tray A self-balancing tray for carrying glasses, cups, canapes consists of a disc supported by a frame to which a holder is releasably attached. A grip is fastened to the holder by a freely board-able thread or chain at a point coaxial with the center of the d... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4043493 | Ski carrying device and method An improved Ski-carrying device is described which comprises a pair of substantially parallel first and second plate elements, each element having an inward lateral extension at the one end, each extension adapted to support the side of a ski placed there... | 08/23/1977 |
