Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6079141 | Tail hook a device for forming a slidable loop around an object The present invention relates to an improved restraining device for more effectively gripping and handling objects and which is composed of a line or similar limber material which is formed by this device into a slidable loop about that target. The invent... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5960747 | Animal leg catching device An animal leg catching device for catching an animal by the leg in a safe manner without injury to the leg of the animal. The animal leg catching device includes a pole and first and second U-shaped members. The free end of a first arm portion of the firs... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5893799 | Take-down and control device The invention is directed to a take-down and control device intended to be used by police officers when violent subjects need to be controlled before being arrested. The device consists of an elongated rod which slides in a tube. The rod at one of its end... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5460373 | Restraint for grasping limbs and appendages A restraint for grasping limbs and appendages includes an elongated pole having a generally U-shaped pair of arms extending from the forward end thereof. A pair of jaws are pivotally secured to the end portions of the U-shaped arms and are pivotally movab... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5316356 | Game dragging device A game dragging device for attaching to a fallen game animal to thereby facilitate the dragging of the animal, the game dragging device including a pair of tongs for securing to the animal, the pair of tongs including a first tong member and a second tong... | 05/31/1994 |
