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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7168768 | Rubber coated wheel A vehicle wheel includes a central hub region and a rim coaxial with the central hub region. The rim is configured to receive a motor vehicle tire and includes an exposed annular surface visible when the tire is received on the rim. A middle region extends from the ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6217125 | Safety wheel assembly The safety wheel assembly uses spacer mounting nuts to allow the mounting of a spare or second wheel and tire on an existing motor vehicle wheel mount assembly. The primary wheel and tire of a vehicle are normally mounted using lug or mounting bolts. Thes... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6068346 | Add-on spare tire apparatus and method of installation An add-on spare tire and method for installation in which the spare tire includes a first (6a, 103) and second wheel half (6b, 104). The first wheel half (6a, 103) includes an attachment plate portion that is attached to the wheel (20) carrying the flat o... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5957494 | Apparatus and method for improving the lateral stability of vehicles An apparatus includes a vehicle having at least one tire mounted on a support member. The tire has a centerline that substantially defines a first tipline of the vehicle. A device, which has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the tire, is att... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5551762 | Auxiliary wheel assembly An auxiliary wheel assembly for supporting a vehicle wheel having a flat tire. The inventive device includes an auxiliary wheel of smaller diameter relative to the vehicle wheel. A mounting assembly secures the auxiliary wheel concentrically adjacent to t... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5407255 | Automobile tires accessory Instead of changing a flat tire, a device is provided which comprises a circular plate of a diameter substantially equal to that of the tire, provided with a rubber or the like rim allowing the driving of the automobile thereon in substitution of the flat... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5012849 | Internal tire support wheel An internal tire support wheel for vehicles which comprises a plurality of tire support plates along both corners of a tire rim wherein the corners are disposed between a drop center and both side flanges of the tire rim, a plurality of legs extending fro... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5000518 | Tire sidewall augmentation device A large annular ring is secured to a wheel rim to augment the load capability of a tire when it is partially or nearly fully deflated. The ring includes an outer elastomeric pad which contacts the ground as a tire collapses. An intermediate length of the ... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4275932 | Non-frangible wheel An improved aircraft wheel configuration obviates the hazard of wheel failure during take-off and landing situations when tire deflation occurs and the wheel accepts full loading on its flanges. The wheel is configured to provide a differential flange hei... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4204478 | Transportation vehicle flat tire safety apparatus A rubber tired transportation vehicle for use in a mass transit system is provided with a disc member positioned adjacent to at least one vehicle support pneumatic tire operative with a condition sensing apparatus to detect the occurrence of a flat tire c... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4203481 | Pneumatic tire, rim and combination thereof This disclosure relates to a tire, a rim and a combination thereof that yields improved stability characteristics when the tire is run flat. The combination of this invention yields a structure wherein the tire will operate normally under normal condition... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4158468 | Vehicle safety wheel A safety wheel for trucks or other motor vehicles, including a safety flange which is detachably connectable to the tire mounting rim of a wheel body, with the flange having a mounting portion preferably received radially between the rim and a bead of the... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4153302 | Motor vehicle safety wheel A safety wheel for a truck or other motor vehicle, having a safety flange which is attached to a wheel body at essentially the location of its tire mounting rim, with the safety flange desirably being located at the axially inner side of the tire and proj... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4124051 | Shock absorbing wheel hub Disclosed is a shock absorbing wheel hub for attachment to the axle of a vehicle. The hub has a central flange portion and an annular rim. The rim has a pair of spaced mounting surfaces formed on the periphery thereof for attaching a pair of pneumatic tir... | 11/07/1978 |
| 3934936 | Auxiliary wheel for vehicles An auxiliary wheel for use in conjunction with a conventional pneumatic tired wheel of a vehicle when the pneumatic tire carried by the rim of the conventional wheel becomes inoperative. The auxiliary wheel has a rim member with a hard rubber tire on the ... | 01/27/1976 |
