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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7543701 | Storage implement and bag with movable storage implement The storage implement has a base plate and vertical and horizontal belts and is moved vertically so that it can be stored in any bag, and the user can pull the storage part up at hand. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7255230 | Card and blister package A card and blister package for small articles of commerce has a clear plastic blister piece, a card and a retainer piece. The blister walls form an article-receiving cavity and a plurality of upwardly projecting spaced-apart male prongs extending along the upper edg... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7222735 | Rail packaging A packaging (10) for a component (12) can be attached by means of at least one attachment element (14) to a mounting surface of a superordinate component, whereby the component (12) has an upper surface (12a), a bottom surfa... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7100773 | Product packaging with display A package for a plurality of products, having a closed container having a container wall, the wall defining a cavity for holding the products, and the wall having a product holder adapted to hold at least one selected product in a position visible from outside the c... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6921085 | Packaging design incorporating gasket clamping assemblies and installation instructions A package comprising gasket mounting clamps and instructions for mounting same. The mounting clamps include an expansion clamp and a takedown clamp. The expansion clamp engages an interior of a gasket inserted. The takedown clamp is looped in the gasket. The takedow... | 07/26/2005 |
| 5715941 | Eyeglass hinge pin repair kit A kit for repairing an eyeglass frame that has lost a hinge pin comprises a container with at least one hinge pin therein, the hinge pin being locally plastically deformable at one end thereof, and instructions for installing the hinge pin in the frame. T... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5122402 | Electrical or optical cable manufacture A kit of parts for assembling an elongate former suitable for transversely folding a longitudinally advancing tape around an advancing cable core comprises a primary former having a conically-shaped channel therethrough, a plurality of separately formed n... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5064060 | Kit for holding caps onto containers A kit contains a plurality of mounting strips that are releasably attached to a backing element and which can be permanently fixed to a container of a container/cap combination, and a plurality of cap attaching elements which are releasably attached to th... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4971374 | Home security protection kit The combination of lock assisting devices forming the home security protection kit of the present invention was determined as a result of extensive effort to determine the appropriate product mix to help secure an apartment, condominium, or small home, ba... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4953764 | Container system for managing nails, screws and the like A system for use with small objects such as nails, screws and the like comprises a box dimensioned to hold a plurality of curved, lidded containers that fit easily into a carpenter's pouch or, alternatively, have a clip for use directly on a work belt. Th... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4874084 | Color coding device, kit of components thereof, and methods of constructing and utilizing same A resilient clip and a kit of components including such kits for marking mating parts with pairs of color-coded clips. In use a mechanic would remove color matching pairs of clips and apply them to mating parts of components, wires, or hoses of an engine ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4680065 | Branch-off technique A branch-off region at an end of a sleeve (2), enclosing for example a branch in a telecommunications cable, is sealed by a method which includes positioning at the end of the sleeve (2) some means for example a clip (1) or a filling piece that forms term... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4662806 | Metal lock system and method Apparatus for repairing a casting having a crack therein comprising a metal lock to extend across the crack and a lacing plug to fit in the crack, the metal lock formed as a rigid elongate member having a plurality of lobes formed from adjacent portions t... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4576664 | Fixing article holders to surfaces A fixing device is disclosed for use on hard surfaces such as exterior walls, wood, glass or metal for supporting elements, particularly elongate elements, against such surfaces. The fixing device comprises in combination a holding member, for example a p... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4531633 | Relating to latch security devices A latch security kit comprising a pair of templates for positioning at predetermined positions respectively on a door and door jamb adjacent the door latch and staple, the templates indicating the positioning of studs to be affixed to the door and door ja... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4526274 | Feeding teat, opening instrument and holder A feeding teat comprises a tip portion and a lower opening for connection to a container and is formed with an external recess, which is substantially wedge-shaped in cross-section and closed from the interior of the teat and constitutes a guide for an op... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526275 | Transmission sealing apparatus A seal kit for preventing the loss of transmission fluid when servicing and/or storing an automatic transmission includes first and second plugs and a retaining strap. The first plug seals the aperture which normally receives the transmission's dipstick. ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4514241 | Reinsulation of pipe joints Insulated pipes are generally bared of insulation at their ends in order to make joints, for example welds, between the pipes. A reinsulating method and assembly is provided for the bared joints, wherein a support comprising a coiled member, for example a... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4392570 | Aquarium net assembly and packaging therefore An aquarium net assembly comprising an aquarium net including a frame mounted netting sack and an elongated wand extending from said frame, a suspension bracket mounted on said wand for movement along the longitudinal axis of said wand for rotation about ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4210242 | Repair kit In a repair kit for a broken rake arm in an automatic bowling pin setting machine, an elongated rigid sleeve is slipped over the rake arm such that the sleeve straddles the break. A fastener is threaded through the wall of the sleeve and grippingly bears ... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4199060 | Lock installation kit A lock installation kit for use in installing, into a door, a dead bolt lock, a lock set with a latch, or other similar types of locks. The kit includes a hole cutter which can drill a hole entirely through a side face of the door, the hole being of a siz... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4063640 | Merchandise package A merchandise package for containing the right size and number of bolts and nuts and a gasket for a flange connection to be used in water, air, gas and steam services. The package includes a substantially rigid plate-like member onto which a substantially... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4043452 | C-ring holder A miniature electrical connector comprising an insulative body having spaced, parallel connector pins extending therethrough and held in place by a combination of abutment surfaces on the pins and block, and C-rings on the pins. In assembling the connecto... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4033864 | Inlet and outlet apparatus for multiple matrix assembly for magnetic separator and modular matrix and matrix unit A multiple matrix assembly for a magnetic separator comprising a plurality, M, of magnetic matrices arranged in a longitudinal stacked array each matrix being fed by a number, p, of inlets and having its product collected by a number, p, of outlets; at le... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3940212 | Furniture bracket and method A furniture bracket and method of using the same wherein the bracket secures vertically related, wood framed furniture pieces and includes a unitary metal body having a plurality of openings extending there through and defined by generally frusto conical ... | 02/24/1976 |
