Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4116337 | Impact absorbing means for shipping cask Casks for shipping spent radio-active fuel elements are protected against damage by providing impact absorbing means at each end of the cask, the impact absorbing means being designed to absorb end-on and side impact as well as angular impact forces.... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4108310 | Blood pressure testing kit A blood pressure testing kit having the usual elements, namely, pressure gauge, humeral cuff, pump, bleed valve, and appropriate interconnections, and a stethoscope, is provided with a case which is in two parts hinged together but made of one integral pi... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4101028 | Herb cleaner record cover The improvement of the standard double album cover enables the clean, orderly removal of impurities found in natural herbs, and gives a second utilitarian purpose to a record album cover, wherein a sifting device is formed on one side of the cover.... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4099618 | Protective container for font disc segments A protective container for font disc segments. The container includes a housing portion for supporting the segment and a cap portion for closing the housing portion and, at the same time, for locking the segment against movement within the housing portion... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4099613 | Display and transportation case for uniform packs A display container for a plurality of uniform, stacked wafer packs 3 having L-shaped opposite side walls 6, 11 and 7, 12, a front wall 5, a rear wall 10, and bottom walls 4, 9. The upper ends of the container are open to facilitate the stacking and remov... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4095690 | Pyramid record cover and rack A playing record cover which when in the open position assumes a pyramid shape for combined use as a turntable dust cover and storage rack for records.... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4089415 | Ampule An ampule, a method of manufacturing the same and apparatus for the performance of such method is disclosed. The ampule comprises a hollow compartment for receiving medicaments or drugs which can be dispensed by means of a syringe. The wall bounding the h... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4087042 | Packing carton for breakable articles Packing carton for breakable articles, in particular eggs, consisting of a container member, a lid member hinged on the latter by means of an articular fold or hinge line, and a closing flap hinged on one of these members by means of an articular fold or ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4084688 | Bottle carrier A carrier made from a one-piece blank comprising when erected a pair of cells with each cell including an end wall. A pair of opposed side walls and a dividing wall opposed to said end wall including handle means therein. Each dividing wall is adjacent an... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084694 | Container for video discs A container for video-discs includes a support for the disc and a protective envelope which is open along one edge to allow the support to be inserted laterally into the envelope. The container comprises furthermore guiding means for centering the video-d... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4082183 | Device for displaying wrist watches A wrist watch is held on a display stand including a base, laterally spaced legs depending from the base for supporting the display stand on a support surface, an arcuate lower member extending upwardly from the rear portion of the base, and a flexible, g... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4077516 | Shrink wrap package with tear strip Packages are now being formed by applying plastic materials of the type which shrink upon being heated to form a casing or wrapper in which a plurality of containers are encased for ease in handling. The plastics material is very thin and in the form of a... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4077513 | Latching arrangement for connectable panels A latching arrangement for connectable panels which prevents accidental separation of latched panels and which requires manual dexterity to unlatch them. Interengaging tongues and slots provides a connection which is secure against young children.... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4076117 | Safety match box A safety match box comprises a cover member of a generally box-like configuration open at opposite ends and a slidable tray having a pack of matches fastened thereto which fits within the cover member. The tray comprises an open receptacle having four sid... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4072230 | Assembly for supporting delicate equipment during shipping An assembly for protectively supporting a frame or panel containing delicate electronic equipment such as communication equipment while it is being shipped from one location to another. The electronic units with which the invention is concerned are usuall... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4072233 | Container with frangible piercing point A container includes a plurality of walls that define an enclosed space. One of the container walls has a frangible piercing point thereon adapted to be penetrated by an extraction device such as a drinking straw, the piercing point being defined by a dep... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4071185 | Structure for locking partitions in open position A partition is disclosed wherein one strip has a tab formed at the inner end of an elongated slot, such tab having score lines to facilitate inward collapsing thereof when engaged by the inner end of an elongated slot in the other strip. In the strip with... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4067442 | Packaging glass bottles and other rigid containers A package and a method of safely packaging rigid containers, such as glass bottles, in a carton without using inner partitions to separate the containers. The containers are placed on a bottom wall of a corrugated or similar paperboard carton blank so as ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4067440 | Packaging container for the extemporaneous preparation of multi-component solutions A multi-compartment container for mixing two or more constituents at the time of use formed by the assembly of a plurality of compartments which can be filled and assembled and sealed in sterile manner then placed in communication in an absolutely sterile... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4064989 | Shipping carton construction A shipping carton construction comprising a closed carton containing a plurality of containers. The containers upstand in the carton in side-by-side abutting positions and are arranged in groups with a packaging device for each group. The packaging device... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4064990 | Package for wrapping paper A package containing a number of folds of decorative wrapping paper. Each fold is formed of at least one sheet of decorative wrapping paper which is folded so that it forms a fold having a front panel and a rear panel connected along a backbone. The front... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4061226 | Thermometer case and holder A thermometer case and holder for housing a thermometer for use in taking patient's temperatures, which case is of integral one-piece plastic construction and includes a container portion for containing alcohol and the like into which a major lower portio... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4061225 | Tool for the insertion of thumb tacks A tool for inserting thumb tacks comprising a handle having a neck-down portion near its one end with a recess in that end containing a magnet therein permitting picking up a thumb tack and holding it in a position for insertion, the neck-down portion of ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060169 | Foldable container A foldable container is provided for accommodating a product having a hanger loop associated therewith. The container includes end panels, side panels and a bottom section which cooperate with one another to define an open top compartment in which the pro... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4059219 | Egg carton A molded egg carton having a windowed cover and a cellular tray for the reception of eggs in which the windowed cover includes downposts and the tray includes up posts and in which the downposts have an offset male portion and the up posts are formed with... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4058212 | Package for containing products A package is disclosed for a plurality of slices of a meat product in which the slices are arranged in vertically stacked relation on a base member of preformed, transparent plastic sheet material and enclosed by a cover member which is preformed of like ... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4058215 | Framed embroidery assembly A framed textile fabric assembly for use in embroidery is disclosed. The assembly includes an open peripheral frame having a textile fabric fixedly secured across the frame. The user embroiders any desired pattern onto the fabric and then quickly and easi... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4058211 | Electric lamp bulb package and sleeve component therefrom One or more lamp bulbs are protectively packaged by inserting them into an open-ended wrapper of single-faced corrugated paperboard and slip-fitting the resulting lamp pack into an open-ended boxboard sleeve that overlies and closes the open ends of the w... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4058296 | Mixing apparatus An apparatus is provided for mixing two or more fluids together in a desired ratio. The mixing apparatus includes primary and secondary conduits, one extending from a source of a first fluid and the other extending from a source of a second fluid, and a d... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4058208 | Book matches with safety lighting features A matchbook of generally conventional design is provided, but the free edge of the front flap or cover thereof includes an integral backturned portion opposing the inner surface of the front panel or cover. The matches are provided with an ignitable coati... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4058210 | Tool case A portable tool case having a handle mounted for vertically sliding movement relative to the body of the case. Dual lid sections are hinged to the upper edges of opposing sides. When the lids are closed, and the handle placed in its lower position and loc... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4057143 | Shipping carton for plush reels In order to form a shipping carton, the wrapper has adhesive such as a hot melt glue applied along the two side edges. Thereafter, the wrapper is circumferentially wrapped about the loaded reel to adhere the wrapper to the protruding ears on the end board... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4055250 | Folding blank, vehicle simulating display A one piece folding blank has front, side and rear panel groups that each fold towards a central floor panel to form a vehicle simulating display. A tab lock formed in the front panel engages an underlying portion of the side panels that is spaced from th... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4054203 | Carton and blank for making same A carton and blank for making same are provided wherein such carton is particularly adapted to contain a bottle having a lower main body and an upwardly extending elongated neck and the carton has a reinforcing flap in the upper portion thereof with such ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4054205 | Combination product container and attachment for beverage cans The bottom portion of a cupshaped vessel adapted to fit snugly over the rim of a conventional beverge can is provided with a selectively slotted opening preferably bounded by a sealing rib, the opening being contoured to approximate the usual pull-tab ope... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4051994 | Bag closure A lay flat thermoplastic bag construction having an integral closure means comprising a strip of metallic foil which is secured to one of the bag walls adjacent the open mouth of the bag.... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4050624 | One-piece box with tapered sides and method of making same A one-piece box blank is cut from a single sheet with creases and score lines dividing the box blank into a receptacle section, a hinge section and a cover section. The cover and receptacle sections both have side and front flaps. The front flaps and hing... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4050577 | Refractory structure and method This invention relates to the preparation and packaging of refractory blocks into prefabricated panel units for transportation to a site, a refractory wall constructed of the prefabricated units and the method of forming a wall. The blocks, in a panel uni... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4049121 | Moisture detection system for a sterile package A system for indicating the presence of water in a sterile package is shown in the illustrative arrangement by the use of a water soluble pattern of ink or dye behind a gas permeable barrier provided to such package to enable sterilization of the package ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4049117 | Package having a slide actuated closure member A package for cigarettes or other articles comprised of a receptacle for housing the cigarettes or other articles and defining an open top for removal of said articles and an integral slide actuated lid structure including a closure member operatively con... | 09/20/1977 |
