Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341228 | Furniture frame bracket A furniture frame and a furniture frame bracket wherein the furniture frame bracket comprises a bracket base, a first side member extending from the bracket base and a second side member extending from the bracket base in which the side members each include an exten... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7066553 | Furniture structure Slat furniture generally of the outdoor type having a pair of laterally spaced apart supports and slats disposed there between and connected thereto and in which the slats individually or in groups are snap fittingly connected to the supports in a rigid manner such ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7014261 | Portable folding chair A lightweight, inexpensive folding chair may have a seat with an interference fit support bracket may be provided. The seat may have a lightweight seat member constructed of a lightweight material, such as a blow-molded plastic, that is generally supported by two su... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6871906 | Portable folding chair A lightweight, inexpensive folding chair may have a seat with an interference fit support bracket may be provided. The seat may have a lightweight seat member constructed of a lightweight material, such as a blow-molded plastic, that is generally supported by two su... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6543842 | Interference fit support bracket for a portable folding chair A lightweight, inexpensive folding chair may have a seat with an interference fit support bracket may be provided. The seat may have a lightweight seat member constructed of a lightweight material, such as a blow-molded plastic, that is generally supporte... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6139108 | Chair frame A chair frame that includes a seat portion, a seat back portion extending upwardly from the seat portion, a plurality of legs depending from the seat portion, and bracing extending from the plurality of legs. The seat portion includes a front seat rail, a... | 10/31/2000 |
| 4588227 | Furniture assembly A seating unit that includes two side support assemblies and a plurality of lateral connecting rods which are received in mounting apertures through the side assemblies. A securing clip is received inside the hollow ends of each lateral connecting rod to ... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4384019 | Molded wood particle products including integrally joined intersecting members A molded product formed from wood flakes intermixed with a binder and a first elongated member formed from elongated wood flakes compressed and bonded together with a binder, the wood flakes having a grain direction extending generally parallel to the lon... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4119286 | Furniture frames A furniture frame including an assembly of tubular components of thermoplastic material in which the connections between the components are constituted by part of one component in the shape of a flattened bend, passed through by a second tubular component... | 10/10/1978 |
