Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4089067 | Shirt A shirt having a tubular body portion whose axis would be substantially vertically oriented when being worn by a person. The tubular body portion has a front section and a back section. It also has a top, middle and bottom area. At least four arm sections... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4078265 | Reversible athletic jersey An athletic jersey has a body portion with differing first and second panels at the front and rear respectively. A flap is attached to the body portion and movable over the head of the wearer to first and second positions on the body portions. The flap ha... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4058852 | Shirt type garment including built in arm positioning means A shirt type garment or the like includes means associated with the upper side chest and upper side arm portions of the garment to assist the wearer in maintaining the arm in intimate contact with the side chest.... | 11/22/1977 |
| 3985003 | Preseamed and preformed knitted garments and method of making same A knitted structure and method of making same which includes simultaneously knitting two concentric tubes and interconnecting the tubes by knitting to produce seams which define a garment of juxtaposed portions of the two tubes. Each concentric tube inclu... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3979928 | Hosiery-type knitting machines adapted for the production of large loose stitches from heavy-denier yarn Fine gauge knitting machines utilized in the production of hosiery and comprising needle cylinders three and three-quarter to four inches in diameter and carrying 300 to 469 needles are modified for the production of outerwear garments and the like knitte... | 09/14/1976 |
