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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 |
| 7296353 | Package opener An apparatus for opening packages having a handle with a shaft extending outwardly therefrom. A cutting member is connected to the shaft at an end opposite the handle. The cutting member is selectively positionable between a seal and a container and upon moving the ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7251895 | Molding and name plate removal tool A multifunctional molding name plate removal tool includes a blade attached to a blade retainer having a drive arm and a threaded handle attached thereto. The threaded handle may be removed in order to enable a pneumatic tool to drive the tool. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249393 | Ice scraper A hand tool adapted to mechanically remove materials such as ice, frost, and/or snow from surfaces such as automobile window glass comprises a longitudinally-extending handle having a front end and a rear end, a scraper disposed adjacent the front end of the handle,... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7231703 | Deburring method and automotive knuckle A knuckle 1 has a through hole 3 provided in a fitting hole 4 thereof. A cutting tool 9, which has a diameter being larger than that of the through hole 3 and also has a cutting part having a hemispherical leading end portion, is c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214127 | Butchering tool A butchering tool including a handle and a bar extending from the handle. A claw is affixed to the bar remote from the handle. The claw includes a primary hook curving downwardly and rearwardly toward the bottom of the handle and a notch in the top thereof. The claw... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7150102 | Push-pull stripper-scraper In a preferred embodiment, the push-pull stripper-scraper comprises a single stripping blade and a quadruple-edged scraping blade. The stripping blade accommodates a sliding carrier plate which incorporates guide channels for sliding along the stripping blade. The c... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7062858 | Hand tool and knife for deburring A hand tool for deburring is provided, as well as a cutting blade to be inserted into the tool, the tool comprising a housing, and a rotatable holding device, the holding device being positioned in and being rotatable in the housing and having a chamber for releasab... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6533043 | Vertical hoe A vertical hoe for removing unwanted plants from the ground with less effort than conventional tools. The vertical hoe includes a handle portion for the user to grasp onto and a blade portion for the removal of unwanted plants.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 5915794 | Hand scraper with improved grip A simple sturdy multiply adjustable hand scraper has a knurled cross handle mounted on a shaft and an obliquely mounted blade on the other end of the shaft, the handle being adjustably set at an angle relative to the blade.... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5665169 | Scraping tool and method of use A scraper tool includes a handle with an axial shaft with a bend connecting the shaft to a parallel shaft extension that has a triangular carbide blade attached thereto. The tool may be manual gripped by both hands of an operator simultaneously for scrapi... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5581889 | Hand-held garden tool A versatile hand-held garden tool for cultivating, digging, weeding, pruning and trimming has a blade, a handle and a neck angling upwards from the blade that connects the blade to the handle. The blade has a body portion that is preferably 5"-7" long and... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5491862 | Chimney scraper A scraper for removing deposits from an interior of a chimney. The inventive device includes an elongated handle having a scraping plate attached to a lower end thereof for engaging and scraping the interior surfaces of the chimney. The scraping plate can... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5465489 | Tool for removing highway lane marking tabs A tool having a base plate for sliding along a roadway surface and defining slots extending rearwardly from a forward edge of the base plate. Each slot has parallel wall surfaces between which a flexible tab to be cut is received and held upright until a ... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5097554 | Scraper-hammer tool A scraper-hammer tool. The tool has an essentially square-shaped four-blade scraper blade with two blades pointing upward and two blades pointing downward and a steel nob having the general shape of a roughly cylindrical hammerhead having a bolt socket in... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4809436 | Shingle stripping tool A roofer's tool for stripping shingles from the roof of a building; the tool including a blade attached to a straight handle by a mounting bracket whereas the mounting bracket includes a section attached to the end of the handle and a fulcrum portion exte... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4691439 | Powered roof shingle detacher and stripper apparatus My invention comprises a powered apparatus for detaching and stripping shingles from a building roof and may be used in any direction. A shovel-like device with a blade with nail body engagement slots at the front end and powered means to lower and raise ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4455747 | Hand tool for removing material from a part, especially deburring or breaking angles A hand tool for deburring or chamfering a work piece, of the kind comprising: a mount, a handle solid with the mount, a cutting tool adjustably secured to the mount so as to present a cutting edge substantially perpendicular to the handle and the mount, a... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4338718 | Grout removing tool The present invention relates to a novel and improved tool for removing worn and cracked grout from between floor, wall and ceiling tiles in a rapid and efficient manner whereby damage to the tiles is reduced to a minimum. In accordance with one form of t... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4295242 | Corner beading cleaner A corner beading cleaner usable to shape hardened joint compound adjacent convex corner beadings including a body which defines a handle area and a lip area extending outwardly from the handle area, the lip having a securement device attached thereto bein... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4027388 | Scraper A thin rectangular blade of flat configuration has its two longer edges rolled or burnished to form alternatively usable sharpened edges. The blade is held in a structure which includes a handle having a concave surface against which the blade is adapted ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3935425 | Mechanized electrically heated windshield cleaner A hand-held mechanized electrically heated windshield cleaner for removing snow, ice and other material from a motor vehicle windshield includes a hollow pistol-like housing having a gripping portion and a barrel portion extending at right angles thereto.... | 01/27/1976 |
