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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 |
| 7293524 | Indicator device for indicating whether a no-back device is operable An indicator device for use in indicating whether or not a no-back device is operable, the indicator device comprising an indicator member 42 moveable between a first position and a second position, a biassing arrangement 56 being provided to urge the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 6998546 | Switch assembly for a vehicle A switch assembly for providing control signals to an electrical motor in a vehicle includes a printed circuit board having traces for communicating the control signals to a the electrical motor. A contactor module includes a set of depressible plungers and a set of... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6967291 | Double-pass pushbutton Double-pass pushbutton, able to act successively on one or both independent microswitches (M1), (M2), where the body shell and the pushbutton have a leaktight and flexible cap mounted between them, which hermetically seals the joint without int... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6483062 | Push-pull switch A push-pull switch includes an actuating mechanism whose actuating tappet is engaged in a thread in the handle. By this arrangement, a pulling movement on the handle is converted into a rotational movement of the actuating tappet. As such, balls mounted a... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6384357 | Switch with cantilevered detent mechanism A switch (10) comprises a printed circuit board (12). The printed circuit board (12) has a plurality of electrical contacts. The switch (10) further comprises a carrier (18) having an electrical conductor (102) for connecting at least two of the plurality... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6255611 | Pushbutton switch A switch for selectively supplying power or signals from a fixed first conductive pin to fixed second and third conductive pins includes a housing, a pushbutton unit including a tappet situated in the housing, a conductive unit including the first, second... | 07/03/2001 |
| 5950813 | Electrical switch A switch (10) for controlling flow of electric current includes a base (12) and a carrier (100) supported for movement on the base. An engagement surface (60, 80) disposed on the base (12) includes a ramp surface (66, 86) and a detent surface (64, 84) def... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5850909 | Switch mechanism for service disconnect A switch mechanism for electrical service quick connect/disconnect, especially suitable for electric vehicles. The switch mechanism includes a handle for turning a shaft which, through a lost motion connection, rotates a gear in engagement with a rack. Th... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5679936 | Latching control button, in particular for actuating an electrical component The plunger of a latching control button is held in its retracted position by a latching ring which is rotatable about the axis of the system and releases the plunger when the control member is depressed.... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5624179 | Lamp for fluorescent tubes A lamp for fluorescent tubes with a housing (2) of plastic consisting of two half-shells (9,10) that can be divided laterally, a plug element (3) molded out of the housing (2), an illumination field with possibly an illumination field cover (5), as well a... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5605225 | Push-pull type latching control button, in particular for actuating an electrical component In a push-pull type latching control button, in particular a button for operating an electrical component, a main plunger of the control button is associated with an auxiliary plunger through which a shank of a control member can actuate the main plunger.... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5576525 | Push button detent or retaining mechanism for push button switch A push button is provided with a steel ball pressed by a spring. A separate retaining spring retains the steel ball in a gap between coils of the retaining spring. The push button thus is retained at prescribed pressed down positions.... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5408061 | Emergency stop switch In the subject emergency stop switch the closing ring penetrates through a face plate, surrounds a pushbutton, and on its rear side is in communication with a control element that is provided for the guidance of a cam, preloaded via a first spring. A firs... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5128647 | Hand controlled breaker A hand-controlled breaker comprises a housing (1), a control button (12), and a control bar (21). Two rods (15, 15') are mounted so as to pivot inside the control button, and extend downwardly outside the control button towards the cavity of said housing.... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5012056 | Control device for use in an electrical switch A control device for an electrical switch is suggested, which is composed, among other things, of an actuation element (1) as well as at least one latching pin (3) that is under the effect of a compression spring (2) and a system having at least one latch... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4916276 | Push lock mechanism A push lock mechanism including a heart-shaped cam groove, a driving pin adapted to trace in the heart-shaped cam groove, and an axially reciprocatable operation shaft adapted to be locked in a depressed position thereof by cooperation of the heart-shaped... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4306126 | Battery cable switch The battery cable switch disclosed has electrically conductive bodies positioned in an insulating housing which also contains a reciprocating contactor movable into and out of contact with said bodies. The switch is remotely operable by an actuator having... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4160143 | Slide key A slide key is provided. The slide key comprises a housing having a socket defining an axis and having a recess at a predetermined location therein. This recess communicates with the socket. A slide bar correspondingly shaped relative to the socket is fit... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4118692 | Bag alarm device A bag alarm device utilizes a bar slideably affixed to the interior surface of a closure flap of a handbag extending outwardly from the marginal edge thereof. A pair of electrical contacts are urged into a closed position when the free end of the bar is p... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4025748 | Single push-button switch having visual position indication A switch comprising a housing and a switch activating rod extending within the housing. An electrically conductive element is displaceable by the rod within the housing. The rod is resiliently biased axially in one direction to a first position where the ... | 05/24/1977 |
