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 |
| 7110013 | Augmented reality display integrated with self-contained breathing apparatus A system for creating an augmented reality display coupled with a firefighter's self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) mask. The invention combines a camera, motion tracking sensor, head-mounted display, SCBA mask, and optional head phones into a display suitable... | 09/19/2006 |
| 5557524 | GPS/GLONASS travel recorder A GPS/GLONASS travel recorder which utilizes the accurate position and velocity information determinable from radio frequency signals emanating from GPS and/or GLONASS satellites and ground stations to create an accurate route map by joining the frequent ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5392126 | Airborne thermal printer A mobile printer having features particularly suited for use in a mobile conveyance such as an airplane. The printer stores a first data set in a memory that is accessed under control of a programmable controller. The printer then receives a second data s... | 02/21/1995 |
| 4793183 | Automated positioning/drawing system and method of use A position sensing system and method of use in conjunction with a rail car mounted plow burying a cable adjacent the track. The plow is arranged for cutting a kerf in the ground and for inserting the cable therein as the car moves down the track. The plow... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4369579 | Device for drawing a pattern on a support, particularly for use as a toy The device comprises a box, a pencil-holder with a magnet, for sliding on the box, a carriage in the box, with a magnet, and means for moving the carriage for displacing the pencil-holder through the magnets. A drawing support is placed on the box, so tha... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4232391 | Vessel location system A system for determining the location of the sinking of a vessel by providing a seaworthy box that is automatically ejected from the vessel at the time of sinking and that has a battery aboard the box for powering a radio transmitter that sends distress s... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4135594 | Itinerary following device for a vehicle The invention concerns a device for recording and reading the itinerary travelled through by a vehicle and in particular an automobile vehicle such as an agricultural machine. The device is adapted to reproduce on an indicator band a trace of the path fol... | 01/23/1979 |
| 3983746 | Road roughness meter This invention detects, indicates and records road surface deviations in the normally-traveled vehicle tracks. Surface deviations detectable range from less than one inch in height to the largest height negotiable by the vehicle carrying the instrument. F... | 10/05/1976 |
