The “Imbertson inflatable gate” was an inflatable rubber dam patented by Norman Imbertson. Norman Imbertson worked at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power…
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This Day in Patent History - On March 15, 1951, Pierre Leglise filed a patent for an apparatus for justifying typewritten material
This invention saved time required to achieve justification of typewritten material. On March 15, 1951, Pierre Leglise filed a patent for an apparatus for justifying…
Nikola Tesla Patent #17 – Dynamo Electric Machine – US 390414 A
Critical Features disclosed in this patent 1. Related to the patents of Tesla and Charles F. Peck, numbers: US381968 and US382280; 2. Ordinary forms of…
This Day in Patent History - Chester Greenwood Day" is celebrated in the honor of the invention of earmuffs
On March 13, 1877, Chester Greenwood received a patent for earmuffs. Chester Greenwood invented the earmuff in 1873, at the age of 15. He reportedly…
Patent Wars - Did Edison plot an assassination to steal an invention?
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was a French inventor who shot the first moving pictures on paper film using a single lens camera. He has…
Ion Power Group filed a patent for a system to harvest electricity from air
The company claims it can harvest useful amounts of electricity directly from the atmosphere. This is a controversial claim. However, the technology can definitely help…
Did you know that the white and orange strips on windsocks are not for decoration, they actually indicate relative wind speeds
Windsocks are conical textile tubes that are often installed at airports and at chemical plants where there is risk of gaseous leakage. They are sometimes…
Funny Patent of the week – Urinal with amusement features
This urinal provides amusement to men while they pee into the urinal. The base of the urinal includes multiple sensors for detecting urine flow from…
This Day in Patent History - On February 28, 1956, Jay Forrester was awarded a patent for RAM
On February 28, 1956, Jay Forrester was awarded a patent for his coincident current magnetic core memory. Forrester’s invention became the standard memory device for…
This Day in Patent History - On February 27, 1900, Felix Hoffman patented acetyl salicylic acid aka aspirin
Within a two-week period in August 1897, Felix Hoffmann synthesized two drugs: aspirin, one of the most widely beneficial drugs ever, and heroin, one of…