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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246381 | Exercise suit The disclosed embodiments of exercise garments includes a torso portion adapted to substantially cover the torso of a user and one or more flaps. Each flap is secured substantially to a side of the torso portion. The exercise garment also includes at least one faste... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6227937 | Thigh anti-chafing garment A thigh anti-chafing garment to be worn with ordinary undergarments as a supplemental undergarment. The thigh anti-chafing garment includes sleeve members for removably and adjustably positioning around the thighs of a human. The sleeve members are adjust... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6079050 | Inner thigh protector garment A pair of substantially identical garments are adapted to be worn on each upper thigh to protect the thighs against irritation due to friction when they are rubbed together during walking, running, exercising, etc. The garment comprises a tube of elastome... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6012168 | Privacy accessory for use with hospital gowns A privacy accessory 10 to be worn underneath a conventional hospital gown 100 having a rear opening 101 which normally exposes the buttocks area of a patient. The privacy accessory 10 includes a cover member 20 dimensioned to cover the buttocks area of th... | 01/11/2000 |
| 4367748 | Anatomic-correcting girdle An anatomical-correcting girdle includes two independently made bodies, one of which consists of a composite sheet of fabric plus latex, the fabric being of the ribbed knitted type stretchable in all directions and the ribs being arranged longitudinally w... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4231118 | Head and face protecting hood This invention is directed to a head and face protecting hood which includes a cover body having front and rear walls each being having an outer layer of a laminate of non-flammable polyvinyl chloride sheet and non-flammable fiber sheet and an inner layer... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4155360 | Device to minimize pubic area irritation following surgery A method and apparatus for reducing itching of shaven, normally hirsute body portions during the period of hair regrowth. A lamina of flexible, smooth, non-woven material such as plastic is secured to the inner surface of the user's undergarment so that h... | 05/22/1979 |
