The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086733 | Three-piece spectacle frame The spectacle frame has two branches each suitable to be mounted on one distinct from two organic lenses by one of its ends forming a hinge and a bridge suitable to be mounted between the two lenses, a portion of the branches and/or of the bridge including an attach... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073903 | Glasses and fixing device Spectacles comprise a bridge connecting two lenses, and side pieces mounted on the lenses for carrying spectacle bows, the lenses being connected to the side pieces and to the bridge by an attachment which comprises a U-shaped wire loop which is inserted into a bore... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070272 | Detachable eyeglass frame and aviator lens arrangement A detachable eyeglass frame and aviator lens arrangement for eyeglasses is disclosed to include an eyeglass frame having two aviator lens positioning structures, each aviator lens positioning structure having a first magnet disposed at one lateral side and an aviato... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6099119 | Eyeglasses including threading means and mechanically bonded means Semi-rimless or rimless eyeglasses wherein the rimless portion comprises a flexible strand, at least one end of which is threaded through one or more holes in an anchoring plate or upper rim portion and mechanically bonded thereto, thereby securing the le... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5042934 | Eyeglasses having special connections A glasses with bridges and temples which are fixed to lens frames, without depending upon deposition. Bridges and temples of this glasses can be changed easily according to one's taste because they are not deposited to lens frames but are fixed to lens fr... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4494831 | Spectacle frame This specification discloses a spectacle frame of titanium or titanium alloy having at least one location a brazed portion of titanium or titanium alloy joined with titanium or titanium alloy, or of titanium or titanium alloy joined with other metal, char... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4258738 | Crashworthy fuel system A crashworthy fuel system for aircraft or the like comprising a fuel tank d a valve for securement to the bottom of the tank. The valve comprises a generally L-shaped body having a first leg and a second leg extending generally at right angles to the firs... | 03/31/1981 |