Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D603432 | Ice skate holder | 11/03/2009 |
| D602704 | Chair | 10/27/2009 |
| 7594687 | Container truck cover system An assembly for covering a load on a truck comprises a tower, a rotatable axle fixedly mounted with respect to the tower, and a base connected to the axle. The base is rotatable to a position above horizontal by a linkage. ... | 09/29/2009 |
| D600932 | Chair | 09/29/2009 |
| 7484916 | Machining center with improved draw bar alignment A machining center having a draw bar extending through a spindle with coolant positioned inside the draw bar for cooling a tool comprises a piston rod movable between an operating position and an extended position, a drive post rotatable about an axis of rotation, o... | 02/03/2009 |
| 5822929 | Aisle riser backstops for telescopic seating systems A deployable telescopic seating structure employs a backstop arrangement to prevent users and operators from coming into contact with structure that may cause injury, such as interengaging metal elements that limit the extent of deployment. The backstop p... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5763777 | Conical tool holder for precision balancer A machine for determining dynamically a residual unbalance in a workpiece having a conical surface is provided with a plurality of support elements, such as roller elements, that communicate with the workpiece at the conical surface thereof. The roller el... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5695188 | Gaming machine generating distinct sounds for each symbol A gaming machine comprising variable display means for variably displaying a plurality of symbols for each of a plurality of symbol columns which are moved and stopped in a direction across at least one winning line, and sound generating means for generat... | 12/09/1997 |