...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 |
| 4009891 | Hand trucks A hand truck having a wheel supported chassis provided with wheel shafts at the front end and the rear end thereof, an article carrier frame being pivotally secured to the said front end of the chassis so as to be swingable between an upright charging pos... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3992033 | Collapsible luggage carrier A collapsible wheeled luggage carrier on which baggage may be transported in a terminal. The luggage carrier comprises an L-shaped platform with holding strap mounted to a collapsible handle and wheeled frame assembly, fastened in front of a raised L-shap... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3989295 | Folding chairs A folding chair, especially a wheeled push chair for a child, comprises a pair of similar side frames of interpivoted bars and cross-members integral with the side frames, the cross-members having only intermediate hinges which come into coaxial alignment... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3984116 | Foldable repair creeper A wheeled creeper for use in repairing the undersides of a vehicle, upon which the user may propel himself under the vehicle, with means to unfold the creeper from a compact configuration so as to form a rigid frame in the extended position. The creeper i... | 10/05/1976 |