...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367460 | Customizable display unit A customizable display rack for displaying a plurality of differently-sized products. The display rack is comprised of a housing with two opposing side walls, a rear wall and a front wall, each extending from a bottom wall to form an enclosed space that is accessibl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7243794 | Tattoo needle case with needle head protection arrangement A tattoo needle case including a seat having a front section, a rear section including a plurality of lengthwise, parallel grooves, and a breakable section at a joining line of the rear section and the front section, the breakable section includes a cavity; a plural... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7160600 | Hook-engageable fastener sheets, and methods and articles of manufacture Lightweight, hook-engageable materials capable of functioning as hook-engageable fasteners are treated and configured for use for economical and attractive displays and decorations. Laminates of the material with various substrates with associated printing are used ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6983847 | Needle packaging A needle package (1), particularly for packaging needles (N), has a hold-down device (23) that is disposed in an interior space (I) and serves to secure the needles (N) in the interior space (I). The hold-down device (23) is formed, for example,... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6942113 | Point of purchase display A point of purchase display for the containment and presentation of products, incorporating one or more cartridges for holding the products, the one or more cartridges being operably supported by a brace member within a shell. The shell, brace and cartridge(s) are a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929133 | Display system and methods A retail display system and related methods. A plastic strut is unitarily-formed with and depends from a header. The strut has a vertical array of engagement features. A plurality of product-holding elements are each engaged to an associated feature of the engagemen... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6837378 | Transportable merchandise display unit A transportable merchandise display unit (10) is provided comprising: an outer container (20) containing an inner display case (30) removable via an opening in the top of said outer container, the outer container including display case support m... | 01/04/2005 |
| 5836455 | Floor display assembly A display stand tray for displaying product for sale includes a bottom support panel to support the product for sale and a pair of upstanding end walls and a back wall integral with the bottom support panel for retaining the product in the display stand t... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5799791 | Portable showcase for collectable items Invention relates to a portable and display carrying case for receiving, displaying an transporting a plurality of collectable items, such as the popular Beanie Babies, and related accessories. The case comprises a pair of outer members, preferably rectan... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5794785 | Container for a vanity top or the like A packaging container that includes a top and a bottom is formed for holding and displaying an item, such as a vanity or the like. The packaging container is generally formed from blank having a plurality of panels and flaps. A back panel has a first lowe... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5775573 | Compartmentalized display tray with erectable partitions A display tray is formed by folding from an originally sheet-shaped body along respective weakened portions that subdivide the body into a plurality of central and lateral zones arranged in respective central and lateral columns and in respective rows cor... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5458231 | Display and shipping package Display and handling packages for use in protecting delicate three-dimensional stickers during transportation and display are formed by a longitudinal rib having spaced patches of silicon on which the three-dimensional stickers are mounted and two folding... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5107985 | Display carton with hinged drawer and blank for making the same A display carton for holding and displaying an article formable from a unitary blank includes a tubular container structure and a tubular drawer structure by which an article is displayed by opening and closing the drawer structure. With the drawer struct... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4018336 | Packaging of artificial eyelashes Eyelashes which are convex in side elevation and consist of a plurality of lashes held together by a base strand are removably mounted upon a supporting surface in such a way that the convex side of the set is in contact with the supporting surface wherea... | 04/19/1977 |