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 |
| 5941640 | Roll top bladder The bladder includes two sidewall portions which are disposed opposite one another. Along a majority of the perimeter, the first and second sidewalls are joined together so as to form a body defining a containment area which is substantially enclosed by t... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5921601 | Bag closure The bag closure comprises a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm. The first, second and third arms each include a first and second end. The second arm is disposed intermediate the first and third arms. The first ends of each arm are permanently attach... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5145258 | Hinged handle for multiple ply bag A flexible hinged handle sewn to the closure strip of a multiple ply bag. The hinged handle has a generally U-shaped and a pair of notches pivotably joining a grip member to the legs of the U-shape so that the grip is pivotal to provide a comfortable gras... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5071260 | Profiled bottom bag with carrying handle and a process for manufacturing profiled bottom bags A profiled bottom bag made of paper, plastic foil or a similar foldable material has at least one profiled end provided at its outside with a handle-forming strip whose length is essentially that of the profiled end. A handle section extends between conne... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4967986 | Carry all for transporting articles including a towel to a bathing area A carryall suitable for transporting articles including a towel to a bathing area includes an elongate and flexible pouch formed into a plurality of closeable compartments in the interior. Fasteners are formed on an inner surface of one end portion of the... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4602664 | Method and apparatus for collecting lawn debris and package for such apparatus Flat pieces of netting material are placed on the ground to catch leaves as they fall from nearby trees. When the leaves have fallen the net blanket is bundled up into a net package for disposal. The packages may or may not require a bag closure. A novel ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4261506 | Reclosable bag A reclosable bag having front and back panels and an open end or mouth adaptable to be reclosabe. A non-resiliently deformable label or strip, such as a metal-foil strip, is bonded to one of the panels adjacent to the open end. The label is of sufficient ... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4240363 | Incinerator bag An incinerator bag that is primarily utilized for the storing of and subsequent destruction of classified documents. The bag is made of a three-ply construction which includes an inner and outer ply or layer of inflammable material such as paper and a mid... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4120433 | Hanger for supporting pants and the like A pants hanger is formed with parallel spaced first and second elongated support portions depending from a third support portion having a hook adapted to engage a horizontal clothes bar. The second support portion is cantileveredly positioned above the fi... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4119268 | Bag having a handle secured thereto A bag comprising a front wall, a back wall and opposite end walls forming an enclosed container. A handle is secured to one of the end walls. The handle is comprised of an upstanding folded portion having oppositely extending flat base portions which exte... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4112541 | Handle for bags particularly of net or plastic material A handle for bags particularly of a net or plastic material has a closed loop carrying member to the bottom portion of which is connected a bendable strip substantially parallel to the carrying member. The strip is foldable back upon itself to form two st... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4040562 | Plastic bag and carrier handle A plastic bag of flat, frusto-conical form has an open upper end formed to receive a filling nozzle and to serve as a funnel when the bag is being emptied, and a carrier handle has three arms for receiving the upper end of the bag with the bag forming a l... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4009287 | Containers for packaging liquids A container for packaging fluids under superatmospheric pressure comprises a length of flexible tubular plastics film, which at one end or at each end is flattened and folded transversely through 180° around a rod and is rigidly enclosed along the fold a... | 02/22/1977 |
