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 |
| 7367578 | Wheelchair provided with legrest and calfrest The invention relates to a legrest for a wheelchair, provided with a footrest and a calfrest. In a first, supporting position (ready for use), this footrest and calfrest are designed for supporting at least a part of a leg of a user seated during use in the wheelcha... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7000991 | Vehicular seat There is provided a vehicular seat capable of achieving smooth sliding motion. A first slider is formed by connecting center rails, on an outside of inner rails to each other by brackets, and a second slider, having a seat, is formed by connecting outer rails to eac... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6880845 | Wheelchair footrest retractor A wheelchair footrest retractor (10) is disclosed for use with a footrest (16, 18) in a wheelchair (14) to allow the wheelchair user or caregiver to readily manipulate the footplates (20) between an upper retracted position and a lower us... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6158808 | Fully adjustable lounge chair A fully adjustable lounge chair with an independently adjustable back support member, thigh support member and foot support member. A support pole for each of the support members attaches at its lower end to a horizontally disposed push bar. A rolling pin... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5906415 | Wheelchair amputee leg support Wheelchairs can be provided with special seats having hinged connections with leg supports locatable in proximity to the seat front edge to provide resting surfaces for amputated legs of disabled persons while sitting in the wheelchair. Each leg support i... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5711580 | Extendible and elevating footrest for wheelchair The device is a footrest support structure for attachment to the frame of a wheelchair. A footrest is carried on the end of a telescoping leg pivotally engaged to a wheelchair frame. The telescoping leg automatically extends as it is elevated, by means of... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5082324 | Foldable reclining chair A reclining chair is arranged having a back rest pivotably supported and mounted at its intermediate region to the upper lower and right arm portions of a base frame, a seat pivotably mounted at its rear end to the lowermost section of the back rest at a ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5033793 | Extendable elevating leg rest for a wheelchair An extendable elevating leg rest assembly for a wheelchair includes a support tube connected to the wheelchair. A first gear member is fixed to the support tube. An extendable strut, which includes a hollow upper strut member pivotally connected to the fi... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4486048 | Leg support for a wheelchair A leg support for a wheelchair, comprising a vertical supporting tube, which is detachably mountable on said wheelchair, the upper end of said supporting tube having a horizontal arm mounted thereon, which arm extends in the direction of travel and on whi... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4033624 | Invalid wheel-chair A wheeled invalid-chair has leg-supports provided with levers for an invalid seated in the chair to adjust the inclination of the leg-supports. Each leg-support comprises a carrier spar pivoted at its upper end to the chair frame and supporting a foot res... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4012075 | Device for adjusting the legs of adjustable wheelchairs A generally inverted L-shaped device for elevating or lowering the legs of a wheelchair which is provided with adjustable legs. The device has a first elongated member having a free end and a second elongated member having a free end formed angularly with... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4012074 | Device for adjusting the legs of adjustable wheelchairs A device for elevating and lowering the legs of a wheelchair which is provided with adjustable legs. The device comprises a first generally elongated member having a free end and adapted to be gripped and operated by the invalid in the wheelchair, a secon... | 03/15/1977 |
