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 |
| D626174 | Illuminated greeting card | 10/26/2010 |
| D574887 | Receptacle for article | 08/12/2008 |
| D556823 | Greeting card | 12/04/2007 |
| D553674 | Sport jersey notepad | 10/23/2007 |
| D548781 | Postcard and mailer for optical media | 08/14/2007 |
| D548279 | Round card | 08/07/2007 |
| D541855 | Gift card with keepsake print | 05/01/2007 |
| D499136 | Erasable jotting pad with pressure adhesive for attaching to tape measure | 11/30/2004 |
| D493830 | Plastic photo album sheet | 08/03/2004 |
| D491982 | Greeting card | 06/22/2004 |
| 5687992 | Greeting card A simple foldable greeting card wherein, upon opening, decorative display elements self-generate a 3-D effect.... | 11/18/1997 |
| 4627640 | Album with foldable sheets An automatically foldable and unfoldable album assembly includes a front cover and a rear cover hingedly joined together and a plurality of foldable sheets joined together in strip fashion. Each sheet contains four panels which are joined together along d... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4393618 | Novelty written message device suitable for mailing A fully functional spinning toy of the yo-yo type is adapted to serve as an easily mailable written greeting or message medium. The extreme thinness of the device enables standard envelope mailing within postal regulations. The device is also useful for a... | 07/19/1983 |
