Exhibiting Opportunity For Inventors

If you have a housewares product or invention, join INPEX® and display it in the Inventor's Corner at the International Home and Housewares Show, March 11-13, 2007 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Sponsored by INPEX®, Inventor's Corner is a special program for inventors who would like to exhibit at a national trade show.

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Portable Power: The Invention of Batteries

It may be hard to believe, but the holidays are right around the corner – and with them comes the biggest shopping season of the year. As was the case in the past few years, electronics like MP3 players and digital cameras are sure to fly off the shelves this year. As a preface to the holiday season, InventHelp® presents a new twist on the powerful little inventions that keep our cameras flashing and our music flowing – batteries.

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How were windshield wipers invented?

On a snowy day in 1903, Mary Anderson was travelling in a streetcar. Every now and then, the conductor stopped to get out and clean the windshield. Anderson immediately set to work designing a device controlled from inside the car to clear the glass. She received a patent for it in 1904. Since 1913, a version of her windshield wiper has been standard equipment on automobiles.

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