Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7461479 | Plant protection system A plant protection system which is economical, and quickly installed and removed and which can be used on row crops such as strawberries to protect against frost, freezing, and insects. The system includes a series of frames placed along a crop row wherein each fram... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7415795 | Cuttings receptacle A method for catching shrub or hedge cuttings. The method includes a setup of providing a at least one frame assembly with a first side, a spatially disposed second side, a distal side, and a bottom, which cooperate to form a catching area. The receptacle may be mad... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412798 | Attachment to a hydroponic conduit A hydroponic conduit can be converted to drainage conduit by providing an attachment on which a plant container can be supported. The attachment comprises a circular plate on which the plant containers sits, drainage means (ribs, grooves etc.) and a central aperture... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406799 | Reversible hanging plant support A system for supporting a household plant includes an electric circuit for selectively moving the plant having a battery and a direct current motor for moving the plant. The motor control is by a first controllable switching device to connect the battery to the moto... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398618 | Storage platform for storage and watering of plants and watering device A storage tray for storing, watering and transporting plants, which is rectangular and has two mounting members on each of two parallel narrow sides for hanging in frame struts, characterised in that each mounting member has an engagement end portion extending along... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395630 | Storage platform for storage and watering of plants and watering device A storage tray for storing, watering and transporting plants, the storage tray being shaped like a pan, preferably with side walls, and having an overflow, which may be height-adjustable, for setting a desired liquid level, and a watering device for watering and tra... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7356964 | Seed tape including successively arranged germinating units as well as a method of germinating the seed tape A seed tape including successively arranged germinating units (1a, 1b, 1c) is made of at least one carrier strip (2) as well as at least one layer (3) of biodegradable, gas-permeable material placed on said car... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7320197 | Floating garden device A floating garden device for displaying and watering at least one living plant as the garden floats on a body of water. The device is composed of a buoyant body and at least one plant mounting recess attached to the buoyant body. The recess is comprised of a sidewal... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318297 | Apparatus and method for mounting a device for displaying and preserving flower arrangements The invention concerns an apparatus for mounting a device (10) for displaying individual flower arrangements. The device includes a base element (2) which may or may not be equipped with a raised ridge (4) over its entire circumference, and a sh... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7309048 | Vision system and method incorporating graphics symbology for use in a tanker refueling system A vision system and method for use on a refueling tanker to assist a boom operator in performing an airborne refueling operation on a receiver aircraft. The system includes a digital camera system, a sensor subsystem and a processing system that receives information... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7287726 | Landing gear door assembly An aircraft landing gear door assembly has a plurality of doors. The doors include a first door (1) mounted for rotational movement between closed and open positions about a first generally longitudinal axis (11) and a transverse door (3) mounte... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278236 | Plant root characterization system An apparatus and method for nondestructively acquiring images of a plant root system is described. The apparatus includes a substrate for supporting the plant root system, a container for holding the substrate, an x-ray radiation source for generating x-ray radiatio... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272911 | Root management system A method of growing commercially valuable crops to improve crop production is disclosed. The method comprises creating a hole in the earth, preparing the hole to influence the downward growth of the root system of a tree planted therein, planting a tree in a rooting... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269923 | Method of preparing Tricholoma matsutake-infected young pine by coculturing aseptic pine seedlings and T. matsutake Disclosed is a method of preparing Tricholoma matsutake-infected young pine trees by coculturing aseptic seedlings of a pine tree with a T. matsutake isolate, comprising the steps of liquid-culturing fruit bodies of naturally occurring matsutake | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266925 | Pot having a plant cover secured thereto A plant package comprising a pot covered with a plant cover, the plant cover at least comprising a base portion, and optionally having a skirt or a detachable upper portion. The plant cover has a heat shrinkable bonding material for heat shrinking to secure the plan... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251911 | Leg support apparatus for trees and bushes A leg support apparatus comprising a leg comprising a first support and a second support. The leg comprising a pivot end and a spike end. A base comprising a lug side, a ground contact side, and a surrounding wall connecting between the lug side and ground contact s... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251913 | Method of covering a potted plant A method of covering a flower pot with an oversized sleeve. The sleeve has an inner diameter which is greater than the maximum diameter of a pot disposed therein. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion, a skirt portion, with a linear or non-linear upper end,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243459 | Method of cultivation and components for use therewith A method and components for cultivation of plant materials. The components include enhanced berms, a confined irrigation/fertigation system, field and plant sensors, a plant support system, overcovering structure and a protective collar. Each of these components use... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240456 | Container for liquid plant nutrients Disclosed herein is a container for liquid plant nutrients. The container includes a bottle and a cap. The cap includes an outer sealing skirt, an inner sealing protrusion, a head, and a neck. The outer sealing skirt is formed in a cylindrical shape closed at the to... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234273 | Pots for raising root crop seedlings Molded pots for root crop seedlings are produced by molding a mixture comprising unboiled bamboo fiber, a boiled fiber material of a grass plant, lespedeza, etc., a carbonized vegetable material having been carbonized by heating and urea optionally together with a s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234272 | Raising pots for vegetable seedlings Raising pots for vegetable seedlings are produced by molding a mixture including a boiled fiber material prepared by boiling bamboo fiber with fiber of a grass plant such as reed, an auxiliary material comprising at least one member selected from among a carbonized ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225585 | Ground insertion plant stake support and deep root feeder A plant stake support and deep root feeder sleeve contains structure that provides insertion of the sleeve into a soil volume adjacent young bushes, plants and trees without digging an adjacent hole. The sleeve is inserted directly by impact force, whereby minimum s... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207139 | Vacuum pick-up device with mechanically assisted release A vacuum pick-up device 20 includes a device body 22 having a pick-up tip opening 78 to which vacuum pressure is supplied. The vacuum pick-up device 20 further includes a mechanical release assisting device 36 that assists in the r... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207137 | Set of components used for the production of load-bearing structures for gratings The invention relates to a set of components used for producing a load-bearing structure for gratings, comprising pillars and support beams which are removably connected to the pillars via couplings. Flat network-type supporting frames of variable sizes can be forme... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204055 | Leg support apparatus for trees and bushes A leg support apparatus comprising a leg comprising a first support and a second support. The leg comprising a pivot end and a spike end. A base comprising a lug side, a ground contact side, and a surrounding wall connecting between the lug side and ground contact s... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191561 | Pot having a plant cover secured thereto A plant package comprising a pot covered with a plant cover, the plant cover at least comprising a base portion, and optionally having a skirt or a detachable upper portion. The plant cover has a heat shrinkable bonding material for heat shrinking to secure the plan... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188449 | Seed tape A seed tape (1) includes successively arranged germinating units (2a, 2b, 2c) made of a planar material. These germinating units are coherent or secured to a carrier strip (3) of at least one layer of biodegrad... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188447 | Machine for laying ground cover on seeded areas A machine that quickly lays a cover over a freshly seeded area and at the same time anchors the cover to the ground. The cover helps prevent moisture from escaping from the ground and holds the seeds in place during watering the area, during heavy rains and/or durin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182042 | Support pole with pipe-hinge slide lock A self-latching hinge mechanism (14) and apparatus (10) for applications where access to a pole mounted device is required. The hinge comprises a top section (28) with a cantilevered tail piece (38) which extends beyond a pivot (36... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178288 | Container for bouquet presentation A flower container which is formed of a flexible plastic material having a sidewall extending upwardly from a base member, with a plurality of cutouts formed in the upper portion of the sidewall and a restricting member being secured about the upper portion of the s... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178285 | Functional substrates for growth of culinary and medicinal mushrooms Methods of increasing the amount of one or more functional compounds in medicinal mushroom biomass and mushroom mycelia by growing the mushrooms on a substrate that is high in the functional compound or compounds of interest is provided. More specifically, a method ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178287 | Procedure to increase the volume of fruit grown The present invention makes reference to a method of cultivation to improve the fruit crop and is characterised in that it consists of applying pressure, mainly to the base of the floral cluster, making it in the period between the opening of the first flowers and t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174671 | Artificial seedbeds and method for making same An artificial seedbed is disclosed comprising a foundation of virgin, re-processed or waste pulp formed by an aqueous based compression system, a dry non-woven air-blown system containing a cellulose-based binder or adhesive or a dry non-woven needle punched system ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168207 | Potato drip irrigation system and method An arrangement is provided for improving the yield of potato crops. The arrangement includes a bed, a plurality of pairs of parallel rows of potato plants, and a drip irrigation tape. The bed is provided for multiple rows of potato plants. The plurality of pairs of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165358 | Chipped wood as a substrate for plant growth The present invention provides compositions comprising chipped whole wood logs as a substrate for growth of plants. It further provides a method of making a substrate comprising wood chips for growth of plants, and a method of growing potted plants in a composition ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162833 | Hillside farming module and system A network of modules is provided that maximizes agricultural land usage. Each module includes a water collection structure supported above agricultural land. The water collection structure may include a mechanism for distributing photonic energy to plants growing on... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159359 | Floral sleeve with a skirt A plant packaging and covering system including a flexible floral sleeve having a base portion and a skirt portion, and optionally an upper detachable portion which may be sized to surround a plant disposed in a flower pot. The base portion is generally made from tw... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159357 | Composite fish hook having improved strength and penetration capability A fish hook formed of plastic having metal or other material embedded into, or applied to, or formed on the point thereof to increase the ability of the hook to penetrate the mouth of a fish. The metal or other material either forms the point of the hook or is a fri... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152370 | Capillary carpet and method of manufacturing thereof A capillary carpet irrigation system comprises a capillary carpet (10) having a series of individual capillary mat sections (9a, 9b, 9c . . . ) hydraulically isolated from one another by a water impermeable base membr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152366 | Edging strip with ends having mating features An edging strip having improved mating features. The edging strip is an elongate segment of extruded material which has top and bottom edges and front and rear sides. Mating features are provided on the top and bottom edges and are configured to unite with each othe... | 12/26/2006 |
