Patent Greeting Cards

Text on the reverse side: Luxury watches tend to be water resistant up to 100-300m, however, the Rolex Deep Sea Special watch was taken nearly 11,0...

Text on the reverse side: It is estimated that a man shaves at least 20,000 times in a lifetime. The strength of a single strand of hair can reduce...

Text on the reverse side: Golf shoes with separate screw-in spikes were introduced in 1891, followed by the extra saddle-shaped piece of leather ar...

Text on the reverse side: Surveying around 8,900 adult men, only 92 men responded that they were able tie their own bow tie - equals to about 1% of...

Text on the reverse side: Numerous variations of the garden trowel has existed since over 10,000 years ago, when people used the shoulder blades of...

Text on the reverse side: Used for loosening soil and digging, the tines allow an easy insert into the ground to rake out stones and weeds, breakin...

Text on the reverse side: A space capsule is an often-crewed spacecraft that enables to re-enter the earth's atmosphere without wings. Patent by Ma...

Text on the reverse side: The space shuttle has a thermal protection, also known as a heat shield, with more than 30,000 tiles made essentially of ...

Text on the reverse side: The word "spaceship" was first used in 1880. The first recorded use of the word "spacecraft" was in 1929. A space shuttle...

Text on the reverse side: The space shuttle travels around earth at around 17,500 miles (28,000 kilometres) every hour while in orbit. As a result,...

Text on the reverse side: The suit is vital for providing the astronaut with oxygen as well as protection from space dust. The primary function, ho...

Text on the reverse side: In 1947, the first UFO report was made. A pilot named Kenneth Arnold saw nine flying objects and described their movement...

Text on the reverse side: A tool with a scoop-shaped metal blade with a pointed head, the trowel serves to dig holes, break up earth, amongst other...

Text on the reverse side: This tool for digging, lifting, and moving bulk materials, exists in various sizes and shapes for numerous functions. A w...

Text on the reverse side: The term shears refers to scissors longer than 6 inches long made for specific applications. Often shears have a larger h...

Text on the reverse side: The origins of the word "photography" comes from Greek, meaning to draw with light. The word camera comes from Latin - “...

Text on the reverse side: Checking the photo after snapping it on the camera is called chimping - commonly done when using a digital camera. With ...

Text on the reverse side: In 1927, the first flash bulbs were produced by General Electric. The first bulbs were made of glass, but were eventually...

Text on the reverse side: Even though digital projectors are gradually surfacing, movie theatre preference still overwhelmingly uses analogue proj...

Text on the reverse side: In 1928, when Walt Disney created Steamboat Willie in 1928, he only had two animators working for him. By the time he cr...

Text on the reverse side: The minimum speed required for a person to process consecutive images as movement, is thirteen frames per second. Old mo...

Text on the reverse side: Hugh Rock filed the earliest U.S. patent for a modern hairbrush in 1854, and later in 1870, a brush with elastic wire tee...

Text on the reverse side: Dated ca 2500-2350 BC, on an Egyptian tomb, the first illustration of a cat with a collar was found. By the 12th dynasty ...

Text on the reverse side: Traditionally, heels were for men. Riding horses required footwear with heels in order to stay in the stirrups - hence th...

Text on the reverse side: Improvements made to design a cross cutting device was introduced by the Romans in 100 AD. The name originates from the L...

Text on the reverse side: Studies showed that if given the opportunity to select one designer item, handbag would be the item of choice by 22% of w...

Text on the reverse side: The major difference between a mannequin and a dress form, is the layer of foam and cloth on top of its inner shell, whic...

Text on the reverse side: Starting with the Hobart Model-H in 1914, followed by the domestic model in 1919, the food mixer has since become a key k...

Text on the reverse side: During World War II, although cosmetics were rationed, the lipstick was the only cosmetic that was kept in production und...

Text on the reverse side: The craze for the hourglass figure peaked in popularity in the Victorian period when steel boning was used to shape the w...

Text on the reverse side: Purses and handbags have been a practical necessity, as well as a fantastic fashion accessory which can be traced as far ...

Text on the reverse side: Early forks were used in the royal courts of the Middle East going as far back as the 7th Century. By the end of the 1600...

Text on the reverse side: Show jumping began on July 28, 1868. At the inaugural Dublin Horse Show, where the competition went on for four days, the...

Text on the reverse side: Until the 1890s, there were no golf bags, and caddies simply tied a strap around the clubs. The word, caddy is derived fr...

Text on the reverse side: Made of lead, early toy trains had no moving parts with only some made with wheels that would actually turn. From around ...

Text on the reverse side: Ancient civilisations made spoons from materials including wood, bone, rock, gold, silver and ivory. Today, stainless ste...