...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 |
| 7378862 | Method and apparatus for eliminating automated testing equipment index time The present invention eliminates the indexing time of an SOC tester, or at least reduces it to the time delay for an electronic switch to toggle or a mechanical shift to occur between two banks of DUTs to be tested on a DUT load board mounted on a test head. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373360 | Methods and apparatus that use contextual test number factors to assign test numbers In a method for assigning test numbers, current testflow context information is maintained during the execution of a testflow. If one or more test number factors have been specified for one or more levels of the current testflow context, the test number factors are ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 6871733 | Torque converter A torque converter is provided with an impeller and a cover, fixed to one another and configured for attachment to a drive member. A turbine is rotationally mounted between the impeller and the cover and is configured for attachment to a driven member. A lockup clut... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6203036 | Busing cart A busing cart having a wheeled frame for carrying a reservoir and a trash receptacle. A strainer is positioned over an opening in the reservoir, and optionally, a chute is positioned over an opening in the trash receptacle. The strainer and chute have adj... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5713817 | Shock displacing inflatable bag A shock-displacing inflatable bag for use in balance games, recreation or exercise comprises a bag constructed of material that does not stretch or otherwise absorb shock. The bag is formed from a single sheet of material which is first joined at a set of... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5664589 | Hair accessory device made of vinyl plastisol The hair accessory device comprises a flexible member encased in non-celluler vinyl plastisol which is slightly soft and clingy. The flexible member comprises a wire wherein its relatively sharp ends are buried so as to create a resulting flexible member ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5357694 | Heel protector A protector for the heel and back portions of a shoe, to be worn while driving or for decorative purposes, which is formed by material having a high coefficient of friction and the capability of producing an elastic force is disclosed herein. The lower po... | 10/25/1994 |