Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110217889 | Paddle Pocket A pocket applied to a crate and formed to retain a paddle in an upright attitude. The crate is fixed to a stand up paddle surfboard to allow a board rider to stow the paddle in a manner that does not interfere with the rider during activities, such as fishing.... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20070015420 | Small watercraft propulsion device and exercise apparatus Foot operated paddling device comprising a removable or permanently attached vertical pole, which adjustably supports or suspends a paddle for propulsion of a watercraft or use as an exercise device. The vertical pole is attached to a mounting base, which adjusts the ve... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060292940 | Rowing-and sculling-boat electric-switch operation Operation of an electric microswitch 14 for timing or other purposes during rowing is brought about by the rower moving the heels 8 of his/her shoes 3 in opposite sideways directions transitorily. A unit 10 containing the switch 14 inv... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060094313 | Oar saddle A rowing frame is disclosed which, in the preferred embodiment, is adapted to mount on an inflatable boat. The frame can be disassembled and/or folded into a small package for storage, compatible with the deflated boat. The rowing frame assembles into a rigid configurat... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20050070181 | Bow-facing rowing system A rowing device with articulating oars FIG. 4 that are connected to outriggers FIG. 1 at the point of articulation. While the rower sits on a fixed seat 6, said outriggers 4 are foot operated 2 and function in the opposite direction as... | 03/31/2005 |
