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 |
| 7004386 | Cash drawer A cash drawer comprises a casing, a drawer with a lock head and a connecting rod, a shift plate, a locking device, an opening device, a guiding device and a transmitting device, wherein the drawer is closed by being pushed rearward and opened by turning the lock hea... | 02/28/2006 |
| 5733027 | Drawer with roller pull-out guide A drawer, which is supported in the carcass of a piece of furniture so that it can be pulled out by means of a roller pull-out guide (10), at the side walls (12) of which drawer, in the rear end region in the interior of the carcass, in each case at least... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5704698 | Keyboard slide structure with removable palm rest and slide rail means A keyboard slide structure which includes a keyboard slide having a top side provided with multiple holes at a front edge thereof, a palm rest removably locked to the holes of the keyboard slide by snap hooks thereof. A sliding mouse pad may be slidably c... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5671986 | Dishwasher rack support assembly A dishwashing machine of the from-loading type has a slidable support assembly enabling a dish supporting rack to be manually slid inwardly or outwardly through the access opening of the wash chamber of the machine. The assembly includes on each side of t... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5505534 | Wire drawer A wire drawer with a ribbon shaped upper rim. A guide roller is attached to the rim at each of two adjacent corners. To carry this roller, the rim is bent down at the corner to make a lug which is perpendicular to the plane of the rim. The axle of the rol... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5490724 | Drawer guide for supporting a moveable structure such as a drawer in a furniture article A drawer guide for supporting a moveable structure such as a drawer in a furniture article includes a guide rail having a rotatable guide rail roller, which guide rail is mountable to the furniture article in a generally horizontally disposed position, an... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5484198 | Drawer guide assembly A drawer guide assembly for use on each side of drawer includes an elongate guide rail for guiding associated rollers during relative movement between a drawer and an associated article of casement furniture, the relative movement is limited by a step str... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5292192 | Guide rail for roller drawer guides Profiled rail of metal plate with an approximately U-shaped cross-section provided as a guide rail (10) for roller drawer guides in articles of furniture which may be screwed with its web surface (14) onto the support wall of a cupboard carcass. The runni... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5119942 | Mail sorting rack An upright, generally cubicle sheet metal mail sorting rack for at least temporarily storing a plurality of trays filled with items of mail. Each cabinet comprises a pair of rigid, spaced apart end panels of generally rectangular dimensions. A plurality o... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5040856 | Comestible storage compartment for refrigeration unit A comestible storage compartment for a refrigeration unit including a drawer slidably received in a supporting frame. The drawer is molded in the form of a tub having a bottom wall, side and end walls and a front wall lip. A front wall panel is disposed i... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4872735 | Drawer including roller carrier connecting side walls to rear member A drawer includes two metal frames, a front member, a rear wall and a bottom member. At each side at the rear of the drawer there is arranged one runner roller for a pull-out guide and which is mounted on a separate roller carrier. A flange of the roller ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4792195 | Drawer support system An under cabinet storage system is provided with a relatively small number of modular components which may be assembled to form the support system for a large variety of heights and types of drawers. Among the supporting components is a bracket, a pair of... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4789210 | Movable cabinetry system for enclosures A movable cabinetry system is provided for an enclosure having an elongate wall, a floor, door means for gaining access to the enclosure, and stationary cabinetry having elongate front and back portions, the back portion of which is positioned along and f... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4786123 | Drawer A drawer includes a bottom, a rear wall, a front plate and two side walls. Each side wall includes separates a lower and upper parts which are anchored to each other by means of a downwardly extending flange of the upper part. The lower part is made of an... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4732436 | Cantilevered drawer slide arrangement A cantilevered drawer slide arrangement for supporting drawers where the slide hardware is entirely hidden inside the drawer cabinet. A pair of individual tracks are mounted on each side of the cabinet inside the front face. A square bracket having roller... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4639145 | Drawer guide On a drawer guide having a guide track to be fastened to the carcase of a cabinet and a runner track to be fastened to a drawer side, the drawer or other sliding device is movable relative to the cabinet by at least one wheel journaled at the front end of... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4601522 | Pull-out guide assembly for drawers or the like In a pull-out guide assembly for drawers there are arranged at each side of the drawer a supporting rail at the side of the body and a pull-out rail at the side of the drawer. A roller carrier with rollers is mounted between the rails at each side. The su... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4270623 | Tractor hood In a tractor having a hood and a frame with a latch to establish a closed position of the hood on the frame, the present invention includes a frame track and a hood track secured to the frame and hood respectively, a pair of hood guides secured to the hoo... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4193649 | Anti-tilt bracket and clip assembly for adjustable drawers or similar articles A bracket and clip apparatus for slidable recessed drawers comprises a bottom portion having a first transverse projection for coacting with a slot in a typical wall bracket. The transverse projection extends from a medial region of a bottom portion of th... | 03/18/1980 |
