...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305687 | Apparatus for supporting a storage container An apparatus for supporting a storage container upon removal from a storage compartment. A door is disposed proximate the storage compartment and is movable between an open position and a closed position. The door includes a mating feature. The storage container inc... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6913151 | System for sorting and delivering mail A mail sorting and delivery system in which a portable mail tray is filled with sorted mail while positioned in a compartment having mail dividers. After the portable mail tray has received the sorted mail it is completely removed from the housing along with the mai... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6860572 | Storage and retrieval device for compact discs A storage and retrieval device for compact discs (CD's) that includes a storage box divided into a plurality of CD storage units, each storage unit adapted to hold two CD's. An ejector arm is slidably positioned on, and rotatable about, a pivot rod. The ejector arm ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6386655 | Disc storage device with self-aligning slots A compact disk storage device has a base and a hinged lid. The inner surfaces of the base and lid each contain arcuate ribs which are parallel to and equally spaced-apart from one another. Each pair of adjacent ribs defines a shallow groove. Each rib in t... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6332656 | Dispensing and storage unit for discs and the like A system for the storage and retrieval of discs (e.g., CDs, DVDs) and the like. An outer housing contains a tiltable inner housing having grooves on upper and lower walls for holding discs by their edges in a vertical orientation. A portal element, formed... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6048042 | Compact disc holder A compact disc holder (100) having a housing (10) formed by a base (20) and a lid (30) and defining a chamber (60) for storing a row of compact discs (62). The lid (30) is hinged to the base (20) for movement between a closed position and an open position... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5611607 | Electronic librarian and filing system and method An electronic librarian and filing system includes an article storage unit, article locator mechanism, article retrieval mechanism, and electronic control unit. The article storage unit has a receptacle storing articles, such as individual CD's on edge, i... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5346295 | Compact disc storage box and rack A compact disc storage box for receiving a compact disc consisting of a flat housing having bottom and cover plates, wherein a disc carrier is drawer-like supported so as to be slidable between inserted and outer end positions, has means for urging the di... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5338108 | Disk storage device A disk storage device is shown of the type used to store computer floppy diskettes. A series of springs are utilized to urge a floppy disk outward from a storage slot provided in the body of the device. One corner of the floppy disk is utilized to tempora... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5275480 | Compact disc storage device The invention is a compact disc storage and retrieval box which stores a plurality of compact discs. Quick and easy retrieval of the desired disc is provided by a selector mechanism which lifts the desired disc and opens two sections of a hinged lid.... | 01/04/1994 |