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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4641997 | Synthetic seaweed kit and synthetic seaweed matrix formed thereby A synthetic seaweed kit comprising (a) a plurality of synthetic seaweed units, wherein each synthetic seaweed unit is constructed of a single piece of flexible woven polyethylene material which is stitched in such a way as to create a cylindrical tube at ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4534675 | Artificial seaweed Artificial "seaweed" or anti-erosion interceptor devices have a plurality of buoyant sheets or fingers roped together in spaced end-to-end relation on a lake bed bottom in patterns or contours which will best intercept sediment in the water to build up th... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4490071 | Artificial seaweed and method of accreting waterfronts Artificial "seaweed" or anti-erosion devices placed in waters where shoreline erosion occurs work with nature to accrete water bottom sediment, such as sand, to establish and maintain beaches along shorelines. The seaweed is planted outwardly from the sho... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4478533 | Synthetic seaweed Synthetic seaweed for use in inhibiting coastal erosion comprises an elongate anchor with strips of flexible non-woven material connected to the anchor. The strips may be buoyant with or without tabs of closed cell, low density foam affixed to the free en... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4441453 | Artificial fish habitat An artificial fish habitat consisting of individual strands of a buoyant, water impervious material, such as foamed polyethylene or polypropylene, secured to a zinc anchor weight for installation on the bed of a body of water.... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4439062 | Sealing system and method for sealing earthen containers A sealing system for an earthen container such as a pit, lagoon, land fill or the like for storing waste materials includes an outer seal layer formed by mixing a water expandable colloidal clay, such as bentonite with the soil of the pit. A middle or int... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4439058 | Asymmetric seaweeds An artificial seaweed, or "asymmetric seaweed", system for preventing shoreline erosion and/or causing sand accretion on beaches under wave action.... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4437786 | Artificial seaweed Artificial "seaweed" or "reefs" for installation on the bottoms of lakes or the like to build up sandbars to reclaim beaches and reclaim coastal land has elongated hollow tubes partially filled with sand, silt or other lake bottom material to lie stationa... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4374629 | Synthetic seaweed Synthetic seaweed for underwater installation comprises an elongate anchor and at least one sheet of flexible material adjacent the anchor. Fastening means secures a first edge portion of the sheet to the anchor along at least a portion thereof so that th... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4337007 | Underwater erosion control structure An erosion and scour control structure for laying on a sea or river bed comprising a spaced array of longer fronds of filaments with a density less than that of water and an interspersed array of shorter filaments, preferably having a density greater than... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4242010 | Method and means for protecting a sea bottom surface and an installation on same A means and a method for protecting a sea bottom surface or an installation positioned on same, for instance a pipeline, which means comprises a plurality of pliable concrete plate elements which are flexibly interconnected one after the other and thereby... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4221500 | Synthetic seaweed Synthetic seaweed for use in inhibiting coastal erosion comprises an elongate anchor with at least one sheet of flexible non-woven material adjacent thereto. A first edge portion of the sheet is secured to the anchor along at least a portion thereof so th... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4130994 | Artificial reef to prevent shoreline erosion This invention relates to means to produce an artificial reef or floating breakwater wherein a series of buoyant disks are strung on a buoyant flexible line in spaced relation to each other with the lower end of the line being tethered to its own anchor. ... | 12/26/1978 |
