Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7185778 | Barrier units and articles made therefrom Barrier units and articles made therefrom, particularly constraining bands of high strength and low weight for containing articles, especially in blast resistant container assemblies, are disclosed. The barrier unit comprises a surface having a regular polygonal per... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6435557 | Fuel tank for automobile A fluid tank assembly comprises a first tank half having an upper edge flange with an expanded section or ledge extending outwards. A second mating tank half similarly has a lower edge flange and extending ledge. Both ledges have apertures, with lower led... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6390359 | Corner structure of article-holding box An article-holding box comprises a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates. The bottom plate and the side plates form and define a space for holding articles such that two adjoining ends of the side plates are joined together by a corner structure. Th... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6361055 | Cryogenic composite tank seals Sealed structural joints for use in manufacturing pressurized tank structures, and particularly cryogenic fuel tanks. In a preferred embodiment, the structural joints and seals comprise a strain-compliant material as applied to a joint or seam to provide ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354457 | Pressure vessel A pressure vessel having a housing forming a chamber of a polygonal cross-section, the sides of the housing being formed by at least one panel, the panel forming one side being connected to the panels forming an adjacent side by a connector assembly that ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6161714 | Cargo container A cargo container which has sufficient strength and rigidity. The container includes side walls, a roof and a base, wherein at least the side walls are made of FRP (fiber reinforced plastics) plates, and wherein adjacent two sides of the plates are made o... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6145683 | Set-up assembly of casing for electric appliances A set-up assembly of casing for electric appliances includes four members of a base, left and right side covers and a front cover, in which the base and side covers are coupled with an interlocking coupling and internal screw fastening, the front cover is... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5971187 | Hinge for a collapsible container A hinge pivotally connects two side wall panels for use as a collapsible container. The hinge has a first leaf hingedly joined to a second leaf. The first leaf and second leaf each have a pair of spaced prehensile panels for receiving an edge of a side wa... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5769257 | Method and apparatus for minimizing blast damage caused by an explosion in aircraft cargo bay Method and apparatus for minimizing blast damage caused by an explosive device carried in luggage or other cargo loaded on an aircraft. A first cargo container is provided which includes a non-explosion-resistant panel. A second cargo container, also incl... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5720403 | Shipping crate A generally rectangular shaped shipping crate formed from abutting plywood panels and having at each one of the vertices an externally ribbed fitting made from high tensile strength, impact-absorbing plastic fixedly fastened to and securing abutting panel... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5687868 | Container A container (1) provided with profiled wall and roof panels (2, 3) which are secured to each other via welded U-profiles (5). One leg (6') of the U-profiles (5) comprises an inwardly extending flap (8) for the subsequent mounting of transverse suspension ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5490604 | Composter A plurality of identical wall panels connected together by removable rods driven through holes in adjacent corners of adjacent panels and into the ground. The device includes a cover which is shaped to fit four wall panels. Also, a greater number of panel... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5442666 | Apparatus for storing control drive rod shafts during chemical decontamination of a reactor A tank is disclosed for containing a liquid in which control rod drive shafts of a nuclear power plant are stored. The tank comprises a lower tank portion having a bottom and a tank wall extending outwardly from the bottom for defining a lower storage cav... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5419430 | Preserved food container and drum A container (10) includes a hoop (14) defining first and second open faces (16, 18). A flexible membrane (20) is secured tautly to the hoop to cover the first open face, whereby the flexible membrane serves as a percussion drum head and the hoop and flexi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5360143 | Lined hopper for storing solids A hopper for solids is disclosed which, in one aspect, has a main hollow body for storing the solids, an inlet for feeding solids into the main hollow body, a discharge section for discharging the solids from the main hollow body, and a plastic liner devi... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5148932 | Materials-recycling collection bin assembly The Assembly has a base formed of a strip or sheet of plastic material which has a plurality of holes formed therein. Holes in ends of the sheet are aligned to receive fasteners to fix the sheet into a simple band. Other plastic sheets are turned into cyl... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5099607 | Plant growth container A container in which plants are to be grown comprised of a flexible strip of material having a length greater than its width and having an inner and an outer surface. The inner surface is formed in part by a lattice of root guiding recesses, at least some... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5058756 | Stressed side plat vehicle body A semi-monocoque or stressed skin cargo vehicle uses plates interconnected and reinforced by flanged side posts and the plates are sandwiched between by top and bottom rails and the posts, the flanges being of substantially the same thickness as the plate... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5052569 | Safety enclosure for storing containers of hazardous material A safety storage enclosure for housing containers of hazardous material is formed using wall components that have complementary edge formations that extend vertically and connect with elongate framing members to provide post-like supports. The wall compon... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5028740 | Hollow housing case for sheathing and electromagnetically shielding electrical apparatus A hollow housing case of an electriclly conducting plate which has one insulating surface includes a connecting part to connect together electrically both ends of the plate. The connecting part is a bent portion which is formed by bending at least one end... | 07/02/1991 |
