...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7306525 | Golf putting practice device A golf putting practice device to be used as being attached to a part of a body of a golfer is provided. The golf putting practice device includes: a laser indicator that irradiates a laser beam; an arm band that detachably attaches the laser indicator to an arm of ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 6522757 | Bass intensification device for speaker system In a bass intensifying device for a speaker system, a passive radiator (5) constructed by a speaker having a voice coil (7) is disposed at a location where it receives a sound pressure from a main speaker (1) driven by a main amplifier (4). A motion feed-... | 02/18/2003 |