Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293521 | Hydraulic transom lift Devices, apparatus and systems for raising and lowering watercraft such as personal watercraft, jet skis, inflatables from transoms on boats, from bulkheads and from docks, and for raising and lowering other types of vessels. A single actuator such as a fluid operat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7007965 | Center-of-gravity tilt-in-space wheelchair A center-of-gravity tilt-in-space wheelchair includes a base, a seat for supporting an occupant, and tracks supporting the seat for selective seat movement relative to the base. Wheels are adapted to support the base relative to a supporting surface. The tracks serv... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968799 | Safety device A safety device to prevent a passenger from becoming injured during a crash, severe weather conditions, or other event that could cause bodily harm. The safety device comprises a substantially fracture resistant spherical shell and at least one harnessed passenger s... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6179255 | Seat mounting assembly A seat mounting assembly to rotate a seat in a segment of an inclined rotational plane. The assembly rotates at a predetermined angle with respect to the direction of the force of gravity to bank the seat upward as it traverses to either the left or the r... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5669324 | Rolling chair frame A rolling chair frame that includes a one-piece tubular frame, a platform, movable mounting apparatus, and preventing apparatus. The one-piece tubular frame is attachable to a movable object. The platform is sidewardly movably mounted to the one-piece tub... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5119754 | Boat seat stabilizing apparatus A boat seat stabilizing apparatus is provided which includes a support column having a base fixedly attachable to the deck of a boat for supporting other connected parts of the device; a first support arm having a front portion pivotally attached to the s... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4425863 | Pendulum helmsman seat A seat mounting structure is provided defining a base portion for stationary mounting in a boat hull subject to roll movement and including a rudder control member oscillatable about a first fore and aft extending horizontal axis. A mount portion is suppo... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4424760 | Hanging chair A hanging chair with seat (1) and backrest (2) is provided for its suspension with lifting slings (23,24) a top eye and crotch straps (25,26) at the seat (1). The slings and crotch straps are formed from a single hose of the type which dilates radially fo... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4254990 | Stabilized oscillating chair A stabilized oscillating chair has a base means, a column extending upwardly from the base, a seat assembly having bottom, back and arm rest portions, and a yoke assembly supported on the upper portion of the column for roll rotation. The yoke assembly is... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4122571 | Boat seat latching assembly A latching assembly for mounting a seat on a boat thwart or the like comprising a base to rest on top of the thwart for securement of a seat thereto. A pair of keepers are mounted on top of the thwart for securing opposite sides of the base to the thwart,... | 10/31/1978 |
