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 |
| 7308763 | Sealant cutting tool with quick release, repositionable blade A sealant cutting tool including a handle defining a blade slot. Also included is a clamping bolt having a clamp axis transverse the blade slot, which clamping bolt is threadably engaged with the handle. In addition, a âTâ pull is operatively associated with the... | 12/18/2007 |
| 6484615 | Slicing blade for concurrently slicing a plurality of product loaves disposed in a side-by-side relationship A slicing machine including a slicing blade for slicing at least first and second product loaves disposed in a side-by-side arrangement using a single rotation of the slicing blade is set forth. A single rotation of the slicing edge about the center of ro... | 11/26/2002 |
| 5586392 | Swing stroke gardening tool A gardening tool for cutting weeds and other plant growth having a handle and a cutting head comprising first and second blade members which are adjustably positionable relative to each other. Each blade member has an elongated body having cutting edges e... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5347718 | Folding handle hatchet A split folding handle hatchet is disclosed that in a first position can be used as a hatchet and in a second position can be used as an Eskimo ulu-type of scraper. The hatchet shank is securely held by unique raised surfaces on the inside of each handle ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5209054 | Mowing device A two-piece cutter member for mounting on a sickle bar has a rigid thin support element arranged for relatively permanent attachment to a sickle bar, and a flat planar pyramid-shaped spring metal blade. A portion of the blade provides at least one bridge ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5177943 | Mowing device A two-piece cutter member for mounting on a sickle bar has a rigid thin support element arranged for relatively permanent attachment to a sickle bar, and a flat planar pyramid-shaped spring metal blade. A portion of the blade provides at least one bridge ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5146734 | Underwater vegetation cutter An underwater weed cutter comprises a generally W-shaped object which is cut out of a plate or sheet of metal and is configured similar to two scythes whose opposite ends are joined together to form a unitary object which has a line attached to it to prov... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5046254 | Gardening tool The present invention relates to an improved gardening tool. The improved gardening tool is seen to include a V-shaped tool portion having a plurality of V-shaped cutting edges therein. The tool portion includes a connecting means thereon which is adapted... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4945638 | Hedge cutting, trimming and pruning tool A tool for manually cutting, trimming and pruning hedges and the like. This cutting tool has a semi-circular curved blade, with a cutting surface on the inner side thereof, said blade being attached to a handle by wing nuts and bolts or other fastening me... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4939841 | Cutting tool A cutting tool for cutting tree branches and small trees in a minimum of strokes of the tool, as well as for cutting bushes, plants, tall weeds and the like, includes an elongated rigid blade at least about 8 to 10 inches in length, an elongated handle at... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4852261 | Knife insert The invention relates to a knife insert for tools with an oscillating head, preferably of the type used for cutting open rubber or adhesive beading strips around windscreens and having a cutting face bounded by one or a plurality of cutting edges. When pr... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4387510 | Garden cutting tool A garden cutting tool is provided that cuts tree branches, bushes, plants, weeds and the like and consists of a blade, a neck having an arm affixed to the bottom of the blade, a sleeve having a central aperture, extending from the arm and a pair of rods d... | 06/14/1983 |
