British merchant Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7523692 | Aircraft defense system against manpads with IR/UV seekers An inexpensive, efficient and lightweight integrated small decoy system towed behind an aircraft to power an intense IR emitter for drawing in a missile with an IR sensitive guidance system away from vulnerable parts of a defended aircraft is combined with a system ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7028947 | Self-powered tethered decoy for heat-seeking transport aircraft missile defense A low-cost airliner defense system utilizing self powered, retrievable, towed decoys against man portable heat-seeking missile (MANPAD) systems provides both high power and a large IR radiating surface area. An efficient and lightweight integrated turbine-alternator... | 04/18/2006 |