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 |
| 4301340 | Electrical switchgear A pair of switches are disposed adjacent one another in a housing which contains the highly insulating gas sulphur hexafluoride. In a closed position of each switch, a pivotable contact arm engages fixed contact fingers to permit the flow of load current ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4071836 | Current limiting circuit breaker A current limiting circuit breaker having for each pole, a pair of main contacts separable upon operation of a thermally and electromagnetically operable tripping device and a pair of auxiliary contacts for current limiting in series with the main contact... | 01/31/1978 |