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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4180879 | Body positioner A body positioner for turning and holding a person lying on a bed with the body positioner comprising a shaped body sheet having members extending therefrom for engaging the side rails of a bed. The members including dual fastening means for preventing th... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4180867 | Space enclosing member Disclosed is a multipurpose space enclosing member having a hexagonal body of sheet material with a circular opening in the center thereof and a tubular portion attached to the body at the edge of the circular opening. A drawstring gathering means is atta... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4176408 | Garments formed of helically coiled pieces A body-type garment, i.e. a garment intended to cover at least a portion of the torso of the wearer comprises a strip of material having generally parallel side edges and inclined end edges defining at least approximately a parallelogram shape. String pas... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4145762 | Swim Trunks with reversible pocket Swim trunks formed by a piece of fabric contoured to define a waist and a pair of leg sections, the fabric having a side seam extending between the waist and the lower end of one leg. The seam is interrupted to form a slit whose edges are secured to the c... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4117840 | Pediatric restraint garment A garment for restraining movement of a wearer, particularly a pediatric patient, and for securing the wearer to a bed, lounge chair, chair, or other body supporting structure, the invention comprises a one piece flexible body panel having an aperture cen... | 10/03/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4038697 | Sheet-and-bib combination A sheet-and-bib combination includes a sheet of water-repellant material of sufficient size to cover a standard size hospital bed which is provided with a longitudinally extending central adhesive strip. A disposable bib is secured to said strip of adhesi... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3958274 | Combined poncho-mattress A combined poncho-mattress formed of a substantially rectangular main sheet of pliable, air-tight and water-proof material centrally provided with a transverse head slot, on which are centrally mounted a pair of secondary sheets of the same material, with... | 05/25/1976 |
