The first match was accidentally discovered in 1826 when John Walker scraped a stick with chemicals on the end against a stone floor.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086182 | Golf shoe cleat The invention is a replaceable golf shoe cleat or spike 10 for use in place of a standard metal spike 4. Winter golf shoe spike 10 preferably has a main cleat body 11 molded from a durable plastic type material in single unitary fashion. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 5070582 | Chain tight chain binder A load binder tool uses a pair of first and second coupler-tension members pivotal connected, at spaced apart centers, to an operating handle. A pair of major gear members engage a pair of minor gear members attached to the first coupler-tension member. A... | 12/10/1991 |