...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 |
| 4590624 | Birthing gown A birthing gown of the front overlapping variety for expectant mothers in birthing clinics. Separate blouse panels and skirt panels are configured so that when sewn into the gown and without expansion gussets or gathering darts, they permit billowing to a... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4434511 | Hospital gown A gown for use by hospital patients and the like wherein the beginning and ending end edges are located at the front and side of the patient. A separable shoulder portion is provided for that side of the gown by upper edges adjacent both end edges overlap... | 03/06/1984 |