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...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 |
| 7364569 | Retractable safe syringe A retractable safety syringe includes a needle set, a barrel and a plunger. The needle set is attached to the barrel, and has a first engaging portion at one end. The plunger is mounted with a compressive piston and terminates in a second engaging portion. The pisto... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7156641 | Mold for forming a contact lens and method of preventing formation of small strands of contact lens material during contact lens manufacture This invention provides a mold for forming a contact lens comprising an overflow collector, which causes the overflow reactive mixture to be accumulated, and not to spread out as it would upon the typically flat surface of a prior art mold. This invention further pr... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6621629 | Magnifier for container labels such as medication containers or the like A magnifier for use upon labels such as labels found on medication containers or the like includes a flexible generally planar sidewall having a predisposed inward resilient curvature causing the sidewall to tend to wrap inwardly upon itself. The sidewall... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6549345 | Medicine bottle magnifying lens A magnification device for assisting people to read the small print on medicine vials/bottles. The device including a magnifying lens having the ability to move towards or away from the indicia on the bottle to further aid the user to focus per their part... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6504657 | Optical member An optical member having a toric functional surface has a marking which is made by a configuration of a mold used to form the optical member. The marking is formed in the optical member outside an effective area of the functional surface of the optical me... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6282036 | Adjustable optical train An assembly for providing an adjustable optical train is disclosed. An adjustable optical train is comprised of a plate having a channel formed therein. A submount suitable for mounting an object such as an optical component (e.g., holographic medium, len... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6166857 | Optical guide fixture The present invention provides an optical guide fixture for coupling visual information on a surface to a viewer. The optical guide fixture of the invention can be coupled to an optical receiver, such as a digital camera, operably connected to a head-moun... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5754348 | Method for context-preserving magnification of digital image regions A method for digital image magnification in a graphical user interface is disclosed. In contrast with prior methods which magnify a selected region of an original image without preserving its context, the present method provides a method for magnification... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5369527 | Melanoma detection device An apparatus and method for detecting indications of skin cancer, includes a magnifying glass for magnifying a lesion on an area of skin to be tested and indicia for determining the presence or absence of skin disease indications. The magnifying glass and... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5309279 | Script view a curved convex magnifying device An optical instrument for magnifying printed or written material on three dimensional round or oval containers or objects. The instrument is an arced convex lens which provides distortion free magnification of multiple lines of text inscribed around the c... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5204775 | Device for magnifying indicia printed on a container A device for magnifying indicia printed on a container is provided. The device is designed to be releasably mounted to a prescription vial or other medication container to permit visually impaired individuals to read easily the label information relating ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5193032 | Universal prescription bottle instruction label magnifier A device for use as a magnifying implement is disclosed which has a housing member designed to accommodate prescription bottles of various popular sizes therein in a fixed position. A longitudinally moveable magnifying lens slideably mounted in the housin... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4757616 | Ruler with magnifying cursor A ruler for use in the measurement of distances on a flat surface is disclosed herein, having an elongated base with raised edge marginal regions defining a T-shaped recess therebetween. A first edge marginal region displays a plurality of analog measurem... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4483588 | Magnifier with reference line A magnifier for use in needlework. The magnifier has magnets at each end to allow the magnifier to stick to the usual magnet board over a graph or pattern being worked on. A reference line on the magnifier provides a convenient way to keep the place being... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4435094 | Thermometer scale magnifier A magnifying indicator for a thermometer or similar columnar instrument, said indicator consisting of a one-piece body of transparent plastic formed with a cylindrical base block and an upstanding lens on the front portion of the base block. Opposite the ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4331381 | Magnifying device The invention comprises an adjustable magnifying device adapted for use on measuring instruments such as architectural, engineering or mechanical drafting scales. The device includes a vertical support member having a head, a spacing component and a shaft... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4324050 | Scale magnifier A magnifier for facilitating visual perception of scale markings on a scale, such as an engineer's scale, includes a magnifying element and a mounting attachment for supporting the magnifying element above the scale. The mounting attachment also includes ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4316330 | Magnifying device for use with a triangular rule A device for attachment to a triangular rule having longitudinal grooves contains a magnifying glass mounted in a manner to have several modes of positional adjustability. The device includes resilient clamping means which permit facile positioning of the... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4317029 | Optics frame assembly An optics frame for use in optical character reading devices has a reflector and lens tube assembly packaged to permit the integration of the optics system and the electronic components so that they become one unit. The reflector and lens tube assembly is... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4178071 | Magnifying cylinder for insulin syringe A magnifying cylinder for insulin syringe utilizes a tubular body having at least a portion thereof transparent and configured to reside along the liquid containing portion of a hypodermic syringe. The transparent portion of the body extends along the len... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4053765 | Parallax free light pen A light pen sighting device for aligning the receptor of a light pen with an interactive display includes a support member in the form of a transparent plastic body having opposed parallel surfaces with a reticle in the form of points formed in the respec... | 10/11/1977 |
