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 |
| 7244941 | Computer assisted bag screening system A method and apparatus for screening articles utilizing a plurality of operators, with each operator utilizing an interactive display to identify and electronically mark objects within an article to be further examined. An operator positioned at an interactive displ... | 07/17/2007 |
| D545744 | ATV door | 07/03/2007 |
| 7080752 | Drinking container A drinking container for assisting a disabled person in drinking a fluid by reducing the degree of tilt necessary to drain the fluid from the container into the person's mouth comprising a fluid holding vessel having an upper rim and a closed bottom, the upper rim h... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7040561 | Spice grinder A spice or peppercorn grinder including a cylinder body; an L-grooved barrel in the cylinder body; a top cap connected to a pressure drum slidably mounted in the L-grooved barrel, a rotatable ∞-shaped open-end long tube provided in a lower space of the pressure dr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6991141 | Methods of producing and treating twisted beads Methods of using carnival beads to create twisted bead structures. A plurality of primary bead strands and shorter Prep pieces are twisted together in order to create quaternary structures having particular three-dimensional configurations. The structures can be int... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978862 | Mobile deer stand A trailer mounted deer stand including a vertical tower attached to the chassis of the trailer and a pivotally mounted blind rotatable from a lowered, travel position to an upright, operational position for observation at spectator events including hunting. The trai... | 12/27/2005 |
| D509435 | Pocket container | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943526 | Rechargeable battery There is disclosed a rechargeable battery comprising a solid state material (1) having formed therein a plurality of elongate holes with elongate conductors (2) located within the holes, a first pair of electrodes (3) formed or located on genera... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6857134 | Personal cooling device A personal cooling device adapted for suspension from the rear strap of a cap. The device includes an elongated pouch member configured to hold a coolant pack, and a suspension member extended above an open upper end of a second side of the pouch. Fastening means ar... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6756736 | Remote control test apparatus A detector assembly for a remotely controlled test system for testing the ready status of a fluorescent type emergency lighting fixture providing a 30 second or a 90 minute test of the battery operated fluorescent lamp upon command. The transmitted control signal is... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6651377 | Live bait dispensing apparatus A live insect (e.g. cricket) dispensing cage to be used by fishermen enables one insect at a time to be selectively dispensed and encourages the insect to travel within the cage interior to a distal end portion of the cage housing that is less illuminated... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647659 | Fishing lure A fishing lure has a hollow body that contains a battery and a selected recipient device (eg. a light emitting device, horn, vibrator motor). A switch interrupts a circuit to deactivate the light emitting device (or other recipient device) when the lure b... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6619076 | Method and apparatus for cooking starch A method and apparatus for cooking a starch solution and then dispensing that cooked starch solution to a commercial laundry washer provides a vessel with an interior surrounded by a wall for holding a volume of liquid, a water supply inlet for supplying ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6610981 | Method and apparatus for near-infrared sorting of recycled plastic waste Method and apparatus for sorting plastic materials on a recycling operation wherein near and infrared energy illuminates particles of flake plastic including such as PET, PVC and PS transported along a conveyer line and the contaminant ingredients are ide... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6527088 | Lift apparatus for transporting packages between two or more floors of a building A vertically extended loading and unloading apparatus spans between the floors of a building. The apparatus includes a frame that is generally vertically positioned, the frame extending between at least two floors of a building so that articles to be load... | 03/04/2003 |
