Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931059 | Through dovetailing jig assembly A through dovetailing jig assembly comprised of a dovetailing jig removably attached to a workpiece, an indexing strip removably attached to the workpiece and jig, and a front backup board removably attached to the workpiece and jig. The jig is further comprised of ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7913730 | Modular raised wall paneling system and method of manufacture The present invention is a new and novel modular raised wall paneling system and method of manufacture that is economical, labor non-intensive, and can be easily constructed for a variety of room configurations and dimensions. The modular raised wall paneling system... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7392831 | Component part for musical instrument, such as side board for piano body, and method for manufacturing the same One or more plywood base plate members and at least one decorative plate are stuck together on top of each other, to thereby make a decorative plywood board of a given size. A joined decorative plywood board unit of a desired size is made of a plurality of the decor... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7255511 | Releasable dovetail corner joint A corner leg assembly comprises two grooved mating elements divided longitudinally which when held together form the female groove portion of two dovetail joints, one on each side facing laterally 90 degrees apart. One of the corner elements is a substantially trian... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7225594 | Stud system and methods related thereto The present invention relates to a stud system where each respective stud (2) includes flanges (4, 4a) which are directly attached to each other and which constitute an essentially monolithic entity. Said flanges are formed of a wane edge wood m... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7155865 | Prefabricated housing structure A housing structure includes a first plurality of wall panels which form a lower course and a second plurality of wall panels which form an upper course. Each of the wall portions is generally rectangular and includes integrally formed interlocking portions which fa... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6960277 | Laminated cross lumber and method of making same A method for making a laminated cross lumber beam comprising the step of stacking elongated wood members and bonding adjacent longitudinal faces thereof along a bonding plane to form intermediary beams. The method further includes a step of selecting intermediary be... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6878230 | Method of manufacturing glued laminated wood A method of manufacturing glued laminated wood such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is disclosed. The glued laminated wood is made of a number of wood sheets such as veneer sheets which are laminated together by a hot press with a thermosetting adhesive into a cont... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6871681 | Dowel connection system and method An embodiment of the connection system is for connecting a plurality of components together. One embodiment of a method of the system provides a dowel having first and second portions. Each of the portions has first and second ends, the first and second portions bei... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6595252 | Method of assembling a floor-bridging unit A method of producing the floor-bridging units, which increases production rate of the floor-bridging units. First rough lumber beams are fed through a planer, which planes the lumber to the required consistent size tolerance. The planed lumber is transfe... | 07/22/2003 |
| 5967207 | Method of fabricating bamboo slats for venetian blinds A method of fabricating bamboo slats into bamboo blinds, wherein bamboo wood is cut into bamboo strips of predetermined length. The bamboo strips are polished, then boiled in a hydrogen peroxide solution for bleaching the strips. The bamboo strips are the... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5853037 | Rectilinear cross-sectional beam furniture, furniture design and furniture production A furniture design and manufacturing system utilizing initial selection of a design "vocabulary" of rectilinear cross-sectional shape "beams" that integrate structural and aesthetic considerations, and utilizing panels coordinated in thickness to be recei... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5746863 | Method of making wood tubing A wooden tube made up of tubular layers of wood veneer and the method of making it in which the various tubular layers are made from flat sheets of wood veneer having the grain in one layer extending longitudinally and the grain in an adjacent layer exten... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5718091 | Construction of a log cabin The invention is a method of building structures from tapered logs which have been manufactured in an industrial setting. The logs are stacked crosswise by fitting a notch in a first log, where the notch has a standardized size and shape, over an end of a... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5697413 | Method and machine for fabricating a decorative inlaid floor A method of creating a decorative inlaid floor includes the first step of providing a cutting implement, such as a router, which is operable to machine an inlay recess in a finished wood floor. The next step is to position the router over a section of the... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5658086 | Furniture connector A connecting element for creating a blind side connection for materials such as furniture. Connecting element includes a tenon which includes a groove positioned about the peripheral surface of the tenon. A compression material which is flexible and has e... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5526857 | Method of manufacture of veneered door with raised panel A method of making a veneered door with a raised central panel that is elongated and vertically oriented in which only three pieces need to be assembled. A suitable wood or wood-like stock is machined to form first and second elongated, generally rectangu... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5354592 | Solid surfacing edge treatment method and article An edge treatment for solid surfacing is provided which is attachable to a cantilevered margin (60) of the solid surfacing (50). The edge treatment may have a curved contour on a top (12) for finishing the cantilevered margin (60) of the solid surfacing (... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5347774 | Methods of manufacturing curved staircases and staircases produced Improved methods of fabricating at least partially curved staircases include a first method in which preformed step structures have treads with curved slots formed in the underside of the ends which define a path for insertion of top edge segments of thin... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5305819 | Guitar, and method of manufacturing guitars A method by which many identical wooden necks for solid-body electric guitars are manufactured, these being of the conventional type wherein the inner neck ends are connected to the solid bodies by screws. Edge regions of the undersides of at least some o... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5120378 | Device and method for producing wood beam assemblies A device and method for producing a finished wood material beam assembly and, in particular, a finished prestressed wood material beam assembly. The device includes a support having a top that has movable chord and web adjusters carried thereon. The adjus... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4897140 | Method for making a pipe-shaped body of wood This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of pipe-shaped bodies of wood composed of a plurality of longitudinally straight but transversely curved wood-staves, the longitudinal edges thereof being provided with a tongue and groove config... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4890953 | Wood beam joint and method of forming A beam joint for connecting the ends of two wooden beams, the beam ends having overlapping matching tongues for connecting them together and providing angular mating surfaces for strengthening the joint, the joint being capable of being supported by a pos... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4869304 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing custom golf club sets A system and method for using an individual's unique golf club parameters in the design and manufacture of custom golf club sets at a single work station. The invention accurately measures and cuts the head and butt ends of a complete set of golf club sha... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4840207 | Apparatus for making wooden I-beams A complete production line of a wood I-beam manufacturing apparatus and the method of manufacture is disclosed wherein generally identical chord members are simultaneously formed by cutting of a wooden stock material into the chord members and simultaneou... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4558968 | Beam connector A connector of structural parts such as beams with a through-going wooden pillar is disclosed. The connection consists of a first plate having a hook and being fastened to the beam in a torsion free manner. This hook has an essentially horizontal supporti... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4484688 | Rectangular barrel for aging whiskey A rectangular barrel-like structure having four wooden stave sides and two wooden stave head sections, joined together by specially designed triangular corner members. Each of the staves used in making the side walls and in making the head sections are of... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4468273 | Method of fluid pressure laminating assembled wood segments to form wood poles In the manufacturing of wood poles a number of sections are glued together along abutting side surfaces (7, 8) so that a tubular pole (19) with a central cavity is formed. The side surfaces (7, 8) which have been provided with glue are brought into intima... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4456497 | Wood I-beam and method of fabricating the same A wood I-beam consists of a web and a pair of parallel flange pieces which are joined to opposite edges of the web. The web has a kerf cut into each of its opposite edges, thereby dividing each edge into a pair of legs. Each flange piece, on the other han... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4442149 | Cable tension gluing process The process for the gluing together of free form wood shapes in which individually pre-cut pieces are drawn into position, and correct, even, gluing pressure is applied by tension taken on a cable which has been routed internally through passages pre-dril... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4127153 | Dovetail machine and sliding dovetail construction A machine in one bench assembly cuts male and female dovetails to measure. A sliding dovetail construction provides interlocking without fastenings.... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4057088 | Apparatus for forming serrations in opposed edges of wooden panels for use in I-beams An apparatus for forming serrated edges in wooden panels for interengagement with abutting panels in a wooden I-beam assembly comprises opposed sets of broaches operable for cutting a toothed serration pattern cleanly and accurately in opposed edges of a ... | 11/08/1977 |
