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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4323187 | Telescopic carton assembly A telescopic carton assembly for compact shipment and storage of envelopes and the like which is readily converted and separated into two self-contained shipping containers with about twice the load-carrying capacity of the telescopic carton assembly. The... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4305524 | Round ice cream carton lid A closure for a cylindrically shaped ice cream carton or the like includes a unitary circular shaped plastic lid provided with a depending skirt portion. The top surface of the lid includes an inverted V-shaped bead extending concentric with and inwardly ... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4305543 | Cardboard trays An improved construction for cardboard trays made from a single cardboard blank, in which the side panels are held in position by tabs formed around the outer corners of one of two adjacent side panels, where the tabs are folded over to enfold the edge or... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4305544 | Disposable cat litter holding means A disposable cat litter holding device such as a box or the like including a horizontally extending bottom preferably rectangular and attached along the ends thereof to upwardly extending end walls and attached at the sides thereof to upwardly extending s... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4304355 | Container assembly for ice-cream products A knock-down container assembly for packaging and containing ice-cream products wherein an articulated carton portion cooperates with an articulated cover portion through closure features which effectively lock the cover portion in place on top of the car... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4304352 | Flanged tray with gusset corners A tray having side wals and a bottom wall is provided with leakproof gusset corners including overlapping gusset panels connected by a center fold line. Side fiold lines connect the respective gusset panels to the side walls with sealing portions of the g... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4303191 | Hinged-lid packet for cigarettes The invention discloses a hinged-lid packet for cigarettes formed from a one-piece blank and having a body comprising a front wall panel, a rear wall panel and side wall panels. A lid is hingedly secured to the rear wall panel and has a front panel and in... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4300716 | Paperboard carton A one-piece T-shaped carton blank is disclosed which is utilized to form a rectangular cross-sectional container having its top and bottom end panels sealed in a plane substantially perpendicular to its sidewalls. The carton blank is formed having a defin... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4299350 | Composite container including a reversely curled body member An improved composite container is disclosed including a tubular fibrous body wall having at its upper end a reversely curled portion the upper extremity of which is radially inwardly compressed in such a manner as to form an annular external locking proj... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4298157 | Separator and storage box A box for separating articles, such as seeds, small stones, or the like, from other materials, such as leaves, flowers, sand, soil, or the like, is formed from an integral blank which can be easily folded into a set-up configuration. The box can also be f... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4295599 | File box An expanding file box includes a flat bottom panel and a pair of hollow side walls extending upwardly from each side of the bottom panel. The side walls have front and rear entrance openings leading into the interior thereof. The file box also includes fl... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4294399 | Folding box A folding box forming a hinged lid container especially designed for cigarettes and other smoking articles is provided with a stationary box, a rotating cap and a locking mechanism. The rotating cap and stationary box are provided with complementary locki... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4294398 | Partition for carrier carton A partition arrangement including a paperboard partition having alternately arranged longitudinal and transverse members each with projecting elements to prevent contact between adjacent articles which are arranged in side-by-side rows regardless of wheth... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4293090 | Container seam A container seam includes an additional vertical section of metal and a corrugated outer surface for providing sufficient vertical seam strength to resist the crushing force exerted by an opener drive gear. An end member is provided with an overhang havin... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4293091 | Reinforced container with integral divider A container which has integral reinforcing panels and a divider panel and is formed from a unitary blank.... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4291826 | Storage container A container designed for assembly without separable fasteners to comprise a leakproof receptacle or tray for use by meat packers and others. The container is formed from a single blank of corrugated fibreboard having a water-repellent surface. It comprise... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4291827 | Carton with self-locking end closure and blank for forming same A carton and a blank for forming same has self-locking end closure flaps which are hingedly coupled to adjacent end edges of the side walls of the carton. Each flap of one pair of opposed end closure flaps has two elongated slots oriented at acute angles ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4291829 | Ice cream container, blank therefor, partially erected tube, and package comprising same, said container plus plastic cover and plastic cover itself A novel ice cream product container with complementary closure member is disclosed. The container body member is usually of paperboard and formed from an integral blank comprising edge-reinforcing flaps articulated to wall members, which reinforcing flaps... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4291798 | Display device A display device having a collapsible easel support for supporting a display device on a surface at a predetermined angle comprising a back panel having a bottom edge. A stay flap is hinged to the bottom edge of the back panel. A support panel and stay pa... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4291830 | Container with locking lid A container with lid is disclosed having means for easily locking and unlocking the lid, and preventing unauthorized tampering with the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism comprises an apertured locking flap on the lid which is insertable into a lock... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4291828 | Combination collapsable self-erecting self-locking carton A self-erecting, collapse-resistant, self-locking carton is formed from a single blank of material. The bottom of the box is formed by two inward folding bottom sections. Each bottom section is formed from two elements and includes a scored locking flap. ... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4290546 | Cover for food serving dishes A cover for use with disposable plates, platters or other dishes of the type used by the "take-out" food industry is disclosed. The cover comprises a sheet of semi-rigid material such as paperboard having an area large enough to overlie the dish and is at... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4289266 | Article carrier A carrier for one or more stackable articles formed from a paperboard blank of generally rectangular configuration. The blank is folded about a score line intermediate its short ends so that adjacent regions are divergent at an angle. A pair of aligned sl... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4289267 | Eight-sided prefabricated container having an automatic bottom An eight-sided foldable container having a bottom of the glued-automatic variety is disclosed. The container is constructed from a single sheet of foldable material which comprises eight side panels, a plurality of which are provided with bottom panels wh... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4289268 | Foldable carton A foldable carton having side walls and end walls hingedly connected together along their side edges, and a bottom panel hingedly connected to the lower edge of each wall. The bottom panels of two adjacent side and end walls are hingedly connected togethe... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4289265 | Composite end construction for composite containers, such as oil cans This invention relates to a composite container for liquids, such as oil, including a generally tubular vertically arranged fibrous body wall, a flexible impervious membrane-type closure member closing the bottom end of the body wall, and an outer support... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4288026 | Container structure A company container a sidewall portion of generally circular cross-sectional configuration extending from a closed end portion to an open end portion. The container is of molded expanded polystyrene having a density of from about 1.0 to about 15 lbs./ft | 09/08/1981 |
| 4286745 | Container for beverages and the like A container for flowable materials including liquids such as fruit juices and other beverages comprises a tubular body member composed of five plies bonded to each other, the first, third and fifth plies being each formed of an elongated helically wound p... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4284195 | Carrier and handle A carrier and handle therefor are provided which are formed from a blank of foldable sheet material. The handle includes a pair of spaced, depending end means and a hand-gripping unit which spans the distance between the end means and is foldably connecte... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4284205 | Foldable cup A foldable cup comprises a hollow cylindrical outer shell and a pouch inserted in said outer shell and secured thereto. The outer shell is provided, between its upper and bottom edges, with a plurality of substantially vertical folding lines including two... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4284228 | Packing containers of laminated material having venting means A packing container e.g. for sterile milk is manufactured from laminated material which is folded and sealed to the desired container shape. In the seal, cut surfaces facing towards the inside will occur which have to be sealed so as to prevent the centra... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4283002 | Self opening carton A self opening container which is shipped in a flat condition and erected with one hand without manual contact with the inner container surfaces. By applying a force to the sides of the flat package, the cover and base separate and the end walls of the ba... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4282999 | H-divider containers A corrugated or fiber board two-piece H-divider container comprising an H blank that has been erected and glued upon itself and body blank that has been erected and glued around the H-divider. The vertical divider panels of the H-piece are folded at the b... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4283001 | Tubular carton with polygonal cross-section Hollow tubular container of irregular configuration in cross-section collapsible into flat condition.... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4283000 | Sample holder/dispenser A dispenser arranged to be carried flat and manually assembled in an erected arrangement for dispensing small articles, such as medical samples. The dispenser includes a closure for selectively closing an opening at the bottom of the tubular sidewall ther... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4281788 | Folding package A sheet of paper has several sections defined by creases thereon. They include three rectangular sections arranged side-by-side, two triangular sections, and four blocking sections. When the sheet of paper is folded along the creases, it is formed into th... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4281787 | Container and blank for constructing same A coated paperboard container and a blank for constructing same are disclosed as including a body portion having a side seam flap secured adjacent the edge portion of one of four side panels and an upper end that is closed by a folded top end closure whic... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4280651 | Air freshener carton A carton for diffusing an air freshener to the atmosphere including an outer imperforate sleeve slidably receiving in nesting relation an inner sleeve housing a cake of air freshener and having a plurality of openings selectively exposed by moving the out... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280653 | Composite container including a peelable membrane closure member, and method A composite container including a peelable patch top closure assembly, and a method for forming the same, are disclosed, including a tubular composite body member reversely outwardly curled at one end, a generally disk-shaped membrane patch top member ext... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280648 | Molded paper pulp container A molded paper pulp container comprising a pocketed section mutually hinged to a flat bottom cover section, both said sections comprising tapered walls bordering on said hinge, the external surfaces of said tapered walls bordering on said hinge comprising... | 07/28/1981 |
