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 |
| 5086514 | Inflatable protective cushion to be worn by people in high speed and high impact sports The present invention is an inflatable protective cushion to be worn by people in high speed and high impact sports such as snowboarding for cushioning the blow when falling on their rear, or for sitting on as a seat when working on their boot bindings. T... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5075900 | Combination garment and purse A combination garment and purse worn by a person as an article of clothing is adapted for carrying articles normally carried in a purse, handbag or briefcase and includes a garment of flexible sheet material having a back panel and a pair of side and fron... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5052052 | Protective ice skating outfit A protective suite to protect a skater against injuries caused by falling during skating which has interior flap-type pockets designed to hold removable compressible padding inserts at areas susceptible to falling injuries. The pockets have a pocket body ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5038779 | Therapeutic garment A therapeutic garment is adapted to be worn on a human torso for therapeutic treatment of back pain. The garment has at least one pocket in the lower back section of the garment. The pocket is capable of removably receiving a packet to create a thermal ch... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5038408 | Work pants Pants for use when performing work in which sitting and kneeling take place frequently, as in roofing work, the pants having effective special construction in the seat and knee areas.... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5034998 | Protective device for reducing injury from falls A protective device for reducing incidence of injury from falls comprises a sheet of flexible polymeric material provided with an array of fluid filled chambers and releasable fasteners such as VELCRO strips at spaced apart locations on the sheet for enab... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5022887 | Hard cup brassiere A protective hard cup brassiere having two hard plate cups which are not the same, which overlap in the area of the sternum and which are held outwardly from the thorax and breasts as shown and described.... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5023128 | Impact-absorbing pad Am impact-absorbing pad includes a plurality of parallel, elongated, individually sealed hollow pneumatic tubes with coextensive webbing. Each tube includes opposing lengthwise interior ridges. Upon compression of a tube, the trapped air is compressed and... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5020157 | Ballistic protective insert for use with soft body armor by female personnel A ballistic protective insert for use with soft body armor by female personnel is disclosed. The ballistic protective insert provides enhanced protection to female breast tissue which is uniquely susceptible to the harmful effects of blunt trauma from bal... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5017174 | Nursing pad A nursing pad for placement inside a cup-like portion of a bra-like garment includes a conical structure of an absorbent material, such as layers of a fabric material or of a paper-like material. The conical structure has an apex, an outer boundary, and a... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5014354 | Anti-abrasion protective device An abrasion device in the form of a support member of stretch fabric and a plurality of elongated strips of cushioning material is secured to the user's body. The strips are secured to the support member and positioned against the portion of the user's bo... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5008141 | Cushioning material for mattresses A cushioning material for mattresses is formed by needling a pile of crimped fibers to form a flat board, and then continuously and alternately bending the flat board to form a corrugated web. The corrugated web thus formed has a number of side-by-side co... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4993076 | Chest protector A light-weight, shock-absorbing chest protector worn, for example, by participants in sports, the protector allowing air circulation to a wearer's body while providing enhanced flexibility. The protector conforms to a wearer's body and flexes inwardly and... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4992074 | Reusable self-supporting brassiere A soft, reusable, self-supporting bra is disclosed. The bra is comprised of two independent shaped forms having a plastic foam construction and are formed so as to have the desired shape. The forms may be worn underneath a conventional bra or bathing suit... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4989265 | Protective athletic equipment An article of protective athletic equipment to be worn by a person includes padding in the form of a layer of closed cell, elastomeric foam having a regularly bi-directionally convoluted surface for confronting the person. An exemplary shoulder pad using ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4987613 | All-in-one slider sport pants An all-in-one slider sport pants is disclosed that protects the leg, thigh, hip and buttocks area of a softball player sliding into base. The pants can be made either in baseball-pants length, or in a shorter version, and have a thin, foam padding encircl... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4926503 | Athletic shock absorbing pad An athletic shock absorbing pad structure includes a flexible open-celled foam member disposed in a flexible enclosure and the flexible open-celled foam member comprises two layers of open-celled foam, the density of the layers of open-celled foam being d... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4879765 | Infant knee pad The present invention provides a child's knee pad with a convex inner and a concave outer surface and thinning downwardly in pad thickness for preshaping and fitting to a child's knee.... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4807301 | Protective garment for the hip area A shock stress protective garment is in a size-adjustable wrap-around form and includes pockets with shock-absorbent pads protecting the hips against the normal stress of falling. The shock stress protective garment is also adapted to fit under the buttoc... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4795399 | Brassiere shoulder strap bearing pad A bearing pad readily attachable to a brassiere strap for positioning between the strap and the skin of the wearer of the brassiere to prevent the strap digging into and irritating the wearer's shoulder. The pad is an elongated member having two plies of ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4761834 | System for facilitating protection of an athlete's hip and pelvic area A hip and pad assembly for use in protecting the hip and pelvic areas of an athelete. At least one protective pad assembly is provided with a configuration facilitating its positioning over the hip and iliac crest area of the pelvis on a side of a user. A... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4700407 | Protective garment The invention relates to a protective garment, especially a sports garment, which includes a layer made of a wear-resistant, resilient basic material (1) for protecting the person who wears the garment. In order to provide an efficient protective effect, ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4700403 | Protective cushion A protective pad assembly usable primarily by athletes to protect body parts from injury, especially from traumatic shock as when struck by a high speed hockey puck. The pad assembly includes a relatively rigid outer shell or shield and an inner air entra... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4642815 | Adjustable gun pad for a shooting garment A shooting garment having an adjustable shock absorbing pad therefore which can be adjusted vertically on a front shoulder portion of the garment for reducing the recoil shock of a gun which is shot when the butt of the gun is against the pad. Since one s... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4581752 | X-ray shadow prevention device An X-Ray Shadow Prevention Device for use in the taking of chest exposures for the prevention of the formation of shadows on the exposed film caused by contact of the nipples of the patient with the surface of the X-ray film-holder. The device includes a ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4507801 | Protective garment A light, conforming protective garment for athletes made of a stretch material with pockets over the areas to be protected. Pads are formed to fit the wearer, inserted into the pockets, and are held closely in place by the stretch material.... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4332633 | Method for producing shoulder pad material A method of producing a shoulder pad blank having a thick-walled portion and a thin-walled portion comprising cutting a sheet of shoulder pad stock material sinusoidally into two intermediate blanks each having a plurality of ridges spaced a predetermined... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4125904 | Shoulder strap pad The strap of a shoulder bag is carried in comfort by a pad having a soft base provided with a non-slip lower surface, a cover snap-fastened to the base adjacent the strap edges, and a veneer removably attached to the upper surface of the cover, which sele... | 11/21/1978 |
