Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7442456 | Current control for parallel fuel cell stacks A fuel cell system includes fuel cell stacks electrically connected in parallel and supplying a gross current to a load. A controller determines the gross load current, and produces a desired current through the load by adjusting, based on the gross load current, at... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7351128 | Holder for stuffed toy animal for use with a plant or floral arrangement A holder for efficiently and cleanly affixing a stuffed toy animal in standing position adjacent a container for a plant or floral arrangement. The holder includes a rod and first and second ribbons. The first ribbon interconnects the head of the stuffed animal and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7144609 | Artificial turf system An artificial turf system which includes a support layer, a base layer, and an outer layer. The support layer comprises an area of selected size and composition. The base layer comprises at least one grid which consists of a plurality of interconnected cells. The ba... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6500504 | Porcelain flower and method therefor A method of making a porcelain flower includes the steps of extending a wire through an apertured finding, twisting the free ends of the wire, forming an amount of porcelain compound into a flat sheet, cutting the shape of a flower petal out of the flat s... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6417119 | Fabric and fabric article made from plant material A fabric having plant material adhered between layers of silk or hand-made paper. The silk or paper layers are translucent to allow the fabric to have the appearance of plant material. The fabric is manufactured by soaking dry plant material in water, pre... | 07/09/2002 |
| 4707431 | Optical information recording medium This invention relates to an optical information recording medium comprising a substrate provided at least with an underlayer and a recording layer thereon, said underlayer being prepared by curing a light-curable composition containing a reducing agent, ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4642273 | Reformer reaction control apparatus for a fuel cell When a load of a fuel cell to which hydrogen gas is supplied from a fuel reformer reactor is suddenly decreased, the temperature in the reformer reactor is rapidly increased, thereby damaging the construction materials thereof. In order to solve this prob... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4215462 | Method of making a translucent optical diffuser for a lamp A flower lamp includes first, second and third diffuser sections each being configured in the shape of a flower petal. Each diffuser section includes a wire frame, a section of translucent material and means for securing the material to the frame. The fir... | 08/05/1980 |
