...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 |
| 5637581 | Preparations containing 2-bromo- and 2-nitroxy derivatives of 3-bromo- and 3,3-dibromo-4-oxo-azetidines Formulations exhibiting antibacterial inhibitory or antitumor action containing an effective amount of 2-bromo-and 2-nitroxy derivatives of 3-bromo and 3,3-dibromo-4-oxo-azetidine, and a method of use of the formulations are provided.... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5545659 | Hydroxylamines with hypoglycemic activity Novel 1-(2-,3- or 4-hydroxylaminobenzensulfonyl-1a,2,6,6 a-tetrahydro-1H,4H-[1,3]-dioxepino[5,6-b]azirines with hypoglycemic activity are prepared by selective reduction of appropriate 1-(2-,3- or 4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl) derivatives.... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5498699 | Complexes and chelates of azithromycin with bivalent and/or trivalent metals and their use as antiulcer The invention relates to the use of complexes and chelates resp., of antitics with bivalent and/or trivalent metals in antiulcer drugs, to new complexes and chelates resp., of antibiotics with bivalent and/or trivalent metals and to processes for the obt... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5446038 | 5-thia-1,4-diazabicyclo[4.2.0]octane-3,8-dioxo analogs of ଲ-lactam, processes for the preparation thereof and the use thereof 5-Thia-1,4-diazabicyclo[4.2.0]octane-3,8-dioxo analogs of ଲ-lactam, processes for the preparation thereof and the use thereof Disclosed are novel 5-thia-1,4-diazabicyclo[4.2.0]octane-3,8-dioxo ଲ-lactam analogs of the general formula I ##STR1##... | 08/29/1995 |