Did You Know...
...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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| 20070169950 | Folding soil conditioning farm implement A folding soil conditioning farm implement includes retractable wheels supporting a center section having a frame including an elongated telescopic and folding tongue and supporting a set of soil conditioning rollers. A pair of wing sections have frames pivotally connec... | 07/26/2007 |
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| 20060067785 | Tubular coupler for concrete reinforcing bars An elongated tubular steel body has a longitudinally extending internal seat for engaging an end portion of at least one generally cylindrical concrete reinforcing bar or rebar having a center axis. A series of longitudinally spaced and peripherally spaced threaded hole... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20050271763 | Compression molding apparatus with quick change molds Compression molding apparatus for molding plastic closures for containers includes a rotary turret having a vertical axis and supporting circumferentially spaced and axially moveable opposing plungers each carrying a compression mold member. Each mold member is attached... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050261114 | Ball and frame exercising apparatus A resilient exercising ball is confined within a frame which defines a space around the ball so that the ball has limited universal movement. The ball is normally centered within the frame by elastic members or cords having end portions attached to the frame. The ball s... | 11/24/2005 |
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