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...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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287935 | Tendon assembly for mooring offshore structure An offshore system for petroleum production has a buoyant platform. A tendon assembly secures to the platform and extends down to a counterweight located near the lower end. A piling is embedded in the sea floor. A socket at the counterweight telescopingly slides ov... | 10/30/2007 |
| 6663320 | Anchor line connector An offshore construction includes a floating body (1), at least one anchor line (2) for connecting the floating body to the sea bed, the anchor line being connected to the floating body via a flexible top part (4) which is attached to a connector (5) on t... | 12/16/2003 |
| 4907522 | Mooring apparatus A mooring device for mooring an object, such as a boat, including a vertical support post mounting a transverse bar having openings in the terminal end portions thereof for detachably receiving the opposite terminal ends of a mooring line secured to the b... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4733625 | Quick release coupling device for anchor ropes Presented is a coupling device designed to release two members that are connected together when more than a predetermined force is exerted to separate the two members. The coupling device is adjustable to increase or decrease the amount of force to which ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4079690 | Electronic line coupler An electronic line coupler for a boat is provided. The line coupler connects a mooring line from a dock or mooring post to the boat. One end of the line is suitably attached to the dock or post and the other end of the line is attached to a projection. Th... | 03/21/1978 |
