...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5891115 | Securing element An inline skate having an inline skate wheel; an in line skate axle which extends through the inline skate wheel and has a female receiving element; an inline skate frame which supports the inline skate axle, wherein the inline skate axle has a first cont... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5226690 | Wheel for irrigation system An irrigation wheel for movably supporting an irrigation pipe of a center pivot irrigation system, and including a central hub plate defining a central opening around the wheel axis of rotation. A pair of parallel, spaced annular rim plates of frustoconic... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4036408 | Hopper having means for directing blasts of gas to a discharge outlet or the hopper A hopper for lading having a lower discharge outlet and a gas discharge nozzle extending into the hopper above the discharge outlet through which blasts of gas may be directed into the hopper to break up the lading and facilitate discharge of the lading t... | 07/19/1977 |