...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4669280 | Camholder for a flat-bed knitting machine and knitting machine equipped with such a cam holder The camholder possesses at least one section having an axis of symmetry (A) passing through the center of a first sinker selection cam (14) and through the center of a needle transfer cam (25). The transfer cam (25) is retractable by means of a control de... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4586352 | Rectilinear knitting machine Rectilinear knitting machine comprising a frame consisting of two shaped bearing sections, preferably made of bent and soldered sheet steel, extending underneath the needle beds and equipped with vertical standards distributed along the shaped sections an... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4413482 | Cam-support for a knitting machine A cam-support for a knitting machine for the entrainment of the push-rods, respectively of the needles, according to the so-called "three-way" technique, having first, second and third lifting cams intended to entrain the abutment surfaces of the push-rod... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4359881 | Drawing device for a straight knitting machine A drawing device for a straight knitting machine comprises two belts capable of being continuously driven in opposite directions by respective drive shafts over two pulleys of small diameter. The pulleys are located in the area in which the stitches are f... | 11/23/1982 |