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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5056827 | Pharmaceutical label A label for a pharmaceutical bottle is disclosed. Illustratively, the label comprises four sections. There is a first end-section having adhesive on its rear surface for adhering to the bottle. A second end-section spaced apart from the first end-section ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4836160 | Internal combustion engine provided with a sound-insulating enclosure An internal combustion engine is provided with a sound-insulating enclosure (2), which defines a sealed passage extending through the enclosure. A passage which extends through the enclosure is sealed by a sealing ring (9), which consists of a rubber-elas... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4595224 | Carrying device for containers Carrying device for a container with four supporting journals which, by means of a hydraulic actuating device 18, 21, can be locked or unlocked and respectively or with a hydraulic device 8, 9, 10, 11 for the change of the span width. A pumping device 23,... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4552079 | Machine for planting seeds A machine for planting seeds includes a rotary soil lifting device which lifts broken-up soil, a tamping roller which tamps the remaining broken-up soil, an arrangement for placing seeds onto the upper surface of the tamped layer of the ground, and an arr... | 11/12/1985 |
