...that Kleenex tissue was originally designed to be a gas mask filter? It was developed at the beginning of World War I to replace cotton, which was then in short supply as a surgical dressing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6591566 | Preshaped form A prefabricated relief form member for use as an architectural feature on a structure formed alternatively by use of welded wire mesh, double wire welded wire mesh, corner beads fixed together, or woven wire mesh and optionally using corner beads at the c... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6412251 | Web core structural panel A panel system includes a first skin, a second skin, a web core constructed from sheet material for securing the skins together in a spaced, sandwich relationship, and a connecting means for affixing the web core within the skins. The web core includes a ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6212839 | Design element for building structures The invention relates to a structural element for ships' decks, ships' bulkheads, ships' loading ramps, shore-mounted loading ramps, ships' elevators, ships' doors, loading hatches or the like. The element comprises a frame structure and at least one supp... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6199342 | Method for forming structure suitable for use as a core member Core-type structures are formed by extruding elongated tubular members or sheets of a thermoplastic material that are subsequently cut into segments or plates having a defined length and then assembled into a bundle. The bundle is then simultaneously cut ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6138424 | Vent apparatus for attachment to a building structure Vent apparatus for a building includes a frame within which are positioned two spaced sets of louvers. The louvers of each set of louvers have openings therebetween and the openings of each set of louvers are covered by the louvers of the other set of lou... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6079172 | Dividing element in panel form to produce partitions and presentation facilities for temporary displays Dividing element in panel form to produce partitions and presentation facilities for temporary displays. Dividing element in the form of a panel placed upright and intended to be detachably fitted to other elements to form a partition or division, specifi... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5685116 | Preshaped form A system of prefabricated plaster relief forms are manufactured to be applied to prepared walls of a building, such as a home or other structure. The prefabricated forms are made of an open work lattice material formed into a channel shape having a top, t... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5433050 | Vented insulation panel with foamed spacer members A thermally insulative building construction panel (10) comprises a first or bottom sheet (20) of insulation material; a second or top sheet (24) of a rigid nail-anchoring material; and, a plurality of spacer members (22) sandwiched in fixed positions bet... | 07/18/1995 |