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 |
| 4069512 | Locating device for ear-muffs on helmets The present invention relates generally to a device for locating ear-muffs arranged on a helmet or the like by means of bearing members arranged in the helmet to pivotally receive attachment members, each of said members cooperating with an ear-muff cover... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069513 | Form-fitting trousers There is provided an outer garment including an outer portion intended to embrace the lower torso, an internal body hugging portion made of power net having front and rear sections, means securing the outer portion to the internal portion approximately ab... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069514 | Beltless slacks A pair of beltless trousers or slacks with a novel means of support, which permit the trousers or slacks to present a distinct and attractive appearance. A pair of trousers in accordance with the present invention relies upon neither belts, elastic or foa... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069515 | Non-slip therapeutic stocking A therapeutic stocking comprising, a boot portion, and a circumferentially elastic foot portion for covering the foot of a patient. The stocking has a lower non-slip region of the foot portion comprising, sheet means of a thermoplastic material fused to t... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069516 | Breathing face mask A resiliently flexible sealing element conformable to the face of a wearer is supported by and spaced from a mask body by a resiliently flexible web, the sealing element and web extending perimetrically around the open side of the mask body and the hinge ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069517 | Migration-resistant plasticizer for vinyl halide polymers Vinyl halide polymers containing migration-resistant polyester plasticizers are used in food and drink wrapping and containers and medical tubing and in medical devices for collecting, storing and administering body fluids.... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069518 | Total ankle prosthesis A prosthetic joint for the replacement of the ankle joint comprising a tibial member and a talar member each having three distinct complementary bearing surfaces which allow plantar and dorsal flexion and some rotation approximating the movement of the na... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069519 | Bidet A sanitary cleansing device or bidet is attached by only two screws to the bottom of a toilet seat whereby horizontal movement of a control handle causes a spray nozzle arm of the device to move in a compound arc between positions of use below and at the ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069520 | Electric bidet My invention relates to a bidet, in combination of a divided water cabinet, top from bottom, and making use of a submerged, electrical pump for water power at the syringe. This bidet, having a seat on top of said cabinet, a waste water catch tank inside t... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069521 | System and means for using white waters in buildings A system is disclosed wherein white waters, i.e., those soapy waters coming from washing stands, showers, wash basins and the like, are carried, through receiving and filtering devices, down to the tank or container of a toilet either at the same level of... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069522 | Baby commode A commode for a child being a body formed by a central wall defining a pot and an outer wall spaced therefrom and including a repository attached or enclosed therein for toilet accessories.... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069523 | Bathtub with cushioned liner of foam plastic A tub having a shock-absorbing shell constructed from a rigid cellular material and an outer cushioning layer laminated on inner concavity-forming surfaces of the shell. The latter is constructed from a soft, flexible, closed-cell cellular material having... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069524 | Collapsible child pen with improved hinge joint An improved hinge joint construction for a collapsible child pen. A longitudinally extending yoke member includes means defining an opening in a longitudinal end thereof. A longitudinally extending rod member has a longitudinal end portion disposed partia... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069525 | Firm foundation unit for mattresses A mattress supporting foundation unit which is constructed to offer very firm support to a mattress, and which includes a base frame, a horizontal wire mesh spaced above the frame, and support wires for connecting the mesh to and supporting it from and ab... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069526 | Bed covering apparatus Bed Covering Apparatus is disclosed, in the preferred embodiment, as including a blanket member of a size approximately at least equal to the size of the bed and including first and second coverlet members of a size substantially equal to one-half of the ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069527 | Protective bed canopy An overhead protective device for a bed including a canopy having a framework composed of a plurality of longitudinal and transverse trusses, a layer of wire network and an ornamental layer of fabric, all supported upon reinforced standards or posts proje... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069528 | Dart-point sharpener and straightening device A device for sharpening and straightening the pointed tip of a dart of the type used in game play, wherein the device comprises an elongated tubular housing having a sharpening end and a point-straightening end, the central bore of the housing being adapt... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069529 | Single-point mooring buoy A single-point mooring buoy comprises a vertical column which is secured at its lower end to the sea floor. The buoy is connected to the column for rotation relative to the column through 360° about a vertical axis. A conduit extends from the lower end o... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069530 | Apparatus for chamfering, pointing or the like of workpieces having a head or shoulder An arrangement for chamfering or pointing of cylindrical workpieces having a head or shoulder, in which a rotary table is coaxial with a cutting tool, and has holding units for receiving workpieces and spindles. The holding units have elements with axes p... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069531 | Orthopedic shoe tree An orthopedic shoe tree for the shoes of persons with foot or toe deformity having a front stretching part and a rear heel part. The front stretching part has two separate front foot form halves between which a stretching wedge fits whereby the halves may... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069532 | Methods for stiffening portions of flexible material The method for stiffening a flexible workpiece such as the toe portion of a shoe in which a layer of fast crystallizing linear synthetic polymer resin is deposited in molten condition on a transfer surface member which is at a temperature and has a heat t... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069533 | Washing machine for cleaning cooking pots or similar articles A washing machine for cleaning cooking pots or similar articles is disclosed. The machine includes a plurality of upwardly extending washer-scrubber units for cleaning the inside surfaces of the pots and a single downwardly extending washer-scrubber unit ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069534 | Drain opener An improved drain "snake" head having rotating bearings. Bearings operating upon a transverse axis. A flexible, but stiff, wire line with the described head at the forward terminus for projecting through the pipe trap or gooseneck underneath a sink, lavat... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069535 | Pipeline pig The specification discloses a pipeline pig comprising an elongated cylindrical member having a front end and a rear end; a plurality of spaced annular flexible rings circumscribing the member and extending radially outward from the member for contacting t... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069536 | Golf club washer The golf club washer has a liquid containing box structure. The box structure has a hinged upper portion. The upper portion has an open top surface. Two spongeous rolls are mounted in the upper portion of the box so that a narrow gap exists therebetween. ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069537 | Mop means A mop having a parallelepiped body of which the front and the rear surfaces extend downwardly and forwardly, and a rod handle fixed to the top of the parallelepiped body. The rod handle is so arranged that the rod handle extends in a plane parallel with t... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069538 | Drive disc and pad assembly for floor buffer In a floor buffing machine, a rotating pad support structure for the conventional porous fibrous floor buffing pad in which airways are provided in the structure in conjunction with means for inducing airflow through the pad and airways.... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069539 | Wiper device for windshields and headlight glasses A wiper device for automotive windshields, headlight glass and the like, comprising a wiper arm and blade combination. The wiper blade has two cylindrical projections receivable in a keyhole opening in the wiper arm. Each of the projections has a flange a... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069540 | Machine for removing painted stripes from artificial turf A machine for removing painted stripes from artificial turf, comprising an automotive vehicle carrying an engine-driven blower, water pump, water tank, and a conditioner head that is flexibly connected to the vehicle and slides on the turf. The conditione... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069541 | Cleaning method and apparatus A liquid application and vacuum pick up cleaning apparatus wherein more thorough cleaning is facilitated by subjection of liquid on a surface being cleaned to agitation at ultrasonic frequencies for causing cavitation of the liquid.... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069542 | Carpet securing strips The strips are designed to be manufactured from relatively thin or light gauge metal or plastic; each having an elongate base section designed to be secured by nails and/or adhesive to a floor, and having an offset carpet-gripping section which in one emb... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069543 | Glide castors A glide castor comprises a two-part body assembly consisting of lower and upper mouldings fitted together. The lower moulding has a convex bottom ground-engaging surface and an integral upstanding boss with a bore for a mounting spindle. The upper mouldin... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069544 | Electrically actuated door holder and release This disclosure relates to an electrically actuated door holder and release for the multi-point holding of a pivoted door at selected door opening angles, and for the release of a held door either electrically or in response to manual override. The door h... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069545 | Door control device with closure regulator A device for controlling the opening and closing movement of a duct seal door of an automatic ice maker which requires a regulator for slowing down the closing of the door. The movement of the door about its rotational axis is transmitted via connecting l... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069546 | Soffit plate and limit stop for use with hydraulic door closer A resilient element coupled to a soffit plate provides a means for first resiliently and then non-resiliently limiting movement of a control arm associated with a hydraulic door closer, to thereby cushion and limit movement of a door to its extreme open p... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069547 | Toggle-type door stop device in particular for an automobile vehicle The door stop device comprises two pivotally interconnected links for pivoting, one link, to a door and, the other link, to a fixed part on which the door is pivotally mounted. The links are capable of being unfolded and folded when opening and closing th... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069548 | Hinge for use with window assembly A hinge for use in a horizontally pivoted window assembly comprises a pivot member cooperable with an eye member and means responsive to the weight of a window acting on either of said members to increase the friction therebetween after an initial opening... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069549 | Fitting component anchored into a sunk seat A fitting component for mounting in a piece of furniture for receiving a hinge or the like. A generally cylindrical fitting component with a central opening for receiving the hinge and a pair of opposed inclined openings, with a locking element positioned... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069550 | Closure panel hinge A closure panel hinge for a vehicle body engine compartment hood panel includes a body bracket mounted on the vehicle body and a hood bracket mounted on the hood panel. The body bracket has an inclined bearing surface and a reversely bent flange which ove... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4069551 | Catfish skinner A skinner tool especially effective for skinning catfish, but also effective for skinning other fish and animals, comprising: a pliers-like implement having a lower relatively flat jaw terminating in a relatively sharp front penetrating edge, and a curved... | 01/24/1978 |
