...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090186976 | Crosslinking Method The invention provides a method of preparing a crosslinked polymer, which method comprises polymerising branched polyunsaturated monomers by a metathesis polymerisation reaction, wherein the branched polyunsaturated monomers contain acyclic ethylenically unsaturated gro... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20080183000 | Glycerol ester-free functionalized vegetable oil derivatives and their latex compositions The present invention is directed to a fatty amide (meth)acrylate monomer, methods of making the monomer, and latex polymers comprising the fatty amide (meth)acrylate monomer. The monomers are derived by reacting unsaturated vegetable oils with ethanolamine or substitut... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080121139 | COATINGS COMPRISING TERPENE Coatings comprising a polymer comprising a terpene and a monomer polymerized with terpene by free radical polymerization are disclosed. Coatings comprising terpene in greater than 30 wt % are also disclosed as are coatings comprising a terpene and a urea. Copolymers wit... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080125519 | EPOXY FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS COMPRISING THE REACTION PRODUCT OF TERPENE AND AN EPOXY FUNCTIONAL MONOMER AND COATINGS COMPRISING SUCH POLYMERS Epoxy functional polymers comprising the reaction product of a terpene and a epoxy functional monomer are disclosed. Coatings comprising these polymers are also disclosed, including cationic electrodepositable coatings.... | 05/29/2008 |