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 |
| 8051890 | Expandable gate An expandable gate is described which includes a top horizontal guide rod, a bottom horizontal guide rod and vertical bar members extending from the top guide rod to the bottom guide rod. Each of the bar members has a top guide rod slot and a bottom guide bar slot a... | 11/08/2011 |
| D597035 | Port cover | 07/28/2009 |
| D527827 | Spa | 09/05/2006 |
| 7077376 | Water saver valve The present invention relates to a valve designed to be in series with a toilet water supply line and the inlet of a toilet tank so that water which is flowing into the tank must flow through the valve. The valve includes a shutoff spool that is actuated by an inten... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7025471 | Lanyard attaching mechanism A flashlight and attached lanyard strap includes a flashlight end having a generally cylindrical wall which has a notch therein. A folded lanyard strap held by a securing pin extends through a bridge opening into a notch chamber and extends outwardly away from the f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014335 | Flashlight with wave spring electrical connection A flashlight having a flashlight head and an electrically conducting battery chamber battery chamber is provided. The flashlight head has a light emitting object positioned therein and the battery chamber is adapted to be removably attached to the flashlight head. T... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008355 | Safety strap for lifting barbells and dumbbells A safety strap for lifting barbells and dumbbells includes a wrist strap which is wrapped around and secured to the wrist of a user. A tongue is attached to said wrist strap which extends toward an open palm of a hand of the user. The tongue has a plurality sleeves ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6939274 | Dumbbell lifting apparatus A dumbbell lifting device is used to lift a dumbbell having a central bar member and attached free weight plates or solid cast. The device includes a body member, a pair of handle members which extend upwardly and outwardly away from the body, a tube member rotatabl... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6893140 | Flashlight A flashlight is disclosed which includes a housing adapted to receive one or more battery cells and having a transparent lens on a forward end thereof. An LED light source connected to the cell is utilized in conjunction with collimating optics positioned adjacent t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6875214 | Rotating tendon anchor A tendon anchor is used for attaching a tendon to a bone without sutures within a cylindrical bore drilled into the bone. The tendon anchor is adapted for insertion into the bore of a bone and has a generally elongated rectangular shape with opposite ends thereon. T... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854865 | Reflector for light emitting objects A reflector for flashlights and other light emitting objects is disclosed which includes a generally deep dish shaped reflector member having a reflective inner surface. The reflector member has a rear vertex end and a forward open end and has a depth greater than t... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6842949 | U-shaped wire rope clamp A wire rope clamp includes a U-shaped clamp member having a central fold. The clamp member has a first plate portion on one end of the central fold and a second plate portion on an opposite end of the central fold. The clamp member has a least one opening therein si... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6834600 | Plot planter A plot planter includes a top valve, two finger pickup units, a bottom valve and a controller. A top valve including a sliding block movable between a first block position and a second block position and has a first seed chamber adapted to receive a first type of se... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6780187 | Scissor action tendon anchor A tendon anchor is used for attaching a tendon to a bone without sutures within a bore drilled into the bone. A first elongated anchor member and a second elongated anchor member each have opposite ends and have an engaging portion on at least one end thereof which ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6691721 | Fan umbrella The present invention provides an umbrella fan which includes a pole, an upper hub, main umbrella support members, a lower hub, lower umbrella support arms and a main umbrella fabric cover attached to the main umbrella support members. At least one fan me... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689025 | Exercise device utilizing rubber tubing The present invention discloses an exercise device which has a base, a vertical upright member attached to the base and at least one roller attached to the vertical upright member. A ratcheting hand crank is mounted to the upright member at a location spa... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6689022 | Weight plate lifting apparatus with single handle A weight plate lifting apparatus includes base member, an upright member attached to the base, a generally horizontal weight plate arm member attached to the upright member and a handle member attached to an upper portion of the upright member. The device... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685023 | Case for flexible elongated objects The present invention discloses a case for carrying and storing flexible elongated objects. The case includes a base member, which has an upper surface with a plurality of upwardly extending pegs. A lid is releasably attached to the base member with said ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6682000 | Misting umbrella The present invention provides an umbrella fan which includes a pole, an upper hub, main umbrella support members, a lower hub, lower umbrella support arms and a main umbrella fabric cover attached to the main umbrella support members. At least one mistin... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6579295 | Tendon anchors A tendon anchor is used for attaching a tendon to a bone without sutures within a bore drilled into the bone. The tendon anchor is inserted into a bore of a bone. The tendon anchor has a channel for receiving and holding a central portion of a tendon duri... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575482 | Pull cart A pull cart for removably securing and transporting an elongate object. The pull cart includes a frame, a pair of spaced-apart wheels rotatably attached to the frame, a handle attached to the frame and an elongate object holder. The elongate object holder... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6425463 | Non-personnel lifting device A lifting device for transporting items of personal property between floors of a building is provided which includes an a vertically adjustable outer frame, a pair of vertically adjustable spaced apart guide rails attached to the outer frame, a lift conta... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6196950 | Exercise device An exercise device is disclosed for exercising hamstring muscles, adductor/abductor muscles, quadriceps or gluteus maximus muscles of a user. The device includes a base member having a generally flat upper surface portion adapted to receive and support a ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6182394 | Plant watering device A plant watering device is disclosed which includes a planter tray having an upper surface for supporting potted plants. The planter tray has a plurality of legs depending downwardly from the upper surface with the upper surface located above a bottom wal... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5975938 | Quick connect electrical connector for multi conductor insulated cable wiring An electrical connector is provided which has a body having a opening therein sized to receive an unstripped end of insulated electrical cable of the type having at least two individually insulated conductors which are encased in an outer sheath. A pair o... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5934464 | Container A container is disclosed for fishing lures or other objects. The container includes an outer tube having a cylindrical side wall and one closed end and one open end. The cylindrical side wall has an elongated opening therein and the outer tube has recess ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5841209 | Driving axle for an industrial truck An industrial truck, in particular a fork-lift truck, has a driving axle which is fixed to the industrial truck at two mounting locations at least. A rotor of an electric propulsion motor is disposed within an axle housing (3a, 3b, 3c) of the driving axle... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5816366 | Method for operating an industrial truck and industrial truck provided for it In a method for operating an industrial truck, a load-lifting member (1) is moved up and down vertically on a lift mast (2). A discrete control signal is provided to control the vertical speed of the load-lifting member (1) by at least one single or multi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5785551 | Quick connect electrical box An electrical box is pre-wired with a duplex receptacle, a light switch, a junction or the like. The box has a number of connectors, each having electrical contacts. The connectors receive complementary plugs having terminals which make an electrical conn... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5752583 | Industrial truck with a lifting framework An industrial truck having a lifting slide which is moveable up and down on a lifting framework is disclosed. The lifting framework is fixed to at least one vertical load chain by at least one chain connecting piece. The load chain is at least partly guid... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5750165 | Method of preparing a refrigerated potato product A method of processing an ESL (extended shelf-life) refrigerated potato product (various cuts) is disclosed. The product is acid blanched when pasteurized and then "seeded" with lactic acid starter culture. The prepared product line has desirable organole... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5699757 | Internal combustion engine A swivel-blade internal combustion engine which produces gas pressure energy for two-cycle and four-cycle operation is disclosed. The engine includes a reciprocating shaft (24) and a reciprocating element (9) supported on the reciprocating shaft. The reci... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5678659 | Order picking truck with an initial lift device An order picking truck, in particular a high-lift order picking truck, is equipped with a driver's stand (3), a load-picking fork (5) and a wall (11) separating the driver's stand (3) from the load area. The fork (5) is secured on an initial lift device (... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5562019 | Hydrostatic drive system A hydrostatic drive system including a pump (1) and consumers (6, 8) which can each be actuated by a directional control valve (5,7) is disclosed. Each directional control valve (5, 7) is assigned a pressure compensator (9, 10) which can be controlled by ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555786 | Rotary press cutters In a rotary press cutter for the production of envelope blanks, a flexible foil cutting die (8) is used. The leading edge of the foil cutting die (8) is anchored against a leading face (20) of the rotary punching roller (10), and the trailing portion of t... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5549543 | Laparoscopic defogging apparatus A laparoscopic defogging apparatus for regulating and maintaining the temperature of a lens and end portion of the laparoscope is disclosed. A receptacle is provided which contains a first sterile fluid at a sufficient depth to allow the lens and end port... | 08/27/1996 |
