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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6928786 | Semi-rigid profile system for the continuous assembly of agglomerated boards for furniture manufacturing A semi-rigid profile system for the continuous assembly of agglomerated board for the manufacturing of pieces of furniture such as closets, wardrobes, chest of drawers, or racks, including: a group of trough shaped profiles with variously shaped internal structure t... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6183585 | Method for making corners for laminate and veneer countertops A countertop is made having a laminate or veneer horizontal upper surface and a laminate or veneer vertical face, has a corner element with an arcuate surface that smoothly fairs into both the upper surface and the vertical face. The countertop is made by... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5992115 | Method and apparatus for installing V-Cap in countertop assemblies An anchor component having a stem portion terminating in an enlarged end portion is used to anchor cap strip to a surrounding mortar bed. The stem portion is attached to the cap strip by an integrally formed head which interlocks with a hole in the cap st... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5924253 | Cover attachment apparatus Attachment apparatus and methods of attachment of a cover to the edge of a horizontal surface will provide a protective and/or a decorative edge. The cover has an outwardly extending step with a groove extending into the surface opposite the cover. This g... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5832692 | Panel construction and method for manufacturing A hollow panel for use in making furniture and other products. The panel includes a plurality of side rails and interior blocks positioned vertically and adhesively secured to outer sheets. The blocks and the side rails are made of offal or scrap products... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5741571 | Double skin composite panels A double skin composite panel comprising two steel facing plates of thickness between 2 mm and 32 mm is joined together by cross-members. Each cross-member is aligned generally normal to the facing plates and is spaced from its neighboring members by a di... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5310435 | Method for making corners for laminate and veneer countertops A countertop having a laminate or veneer horizontal upper surface and a laminate or veneer vertical face, has a corner element with an arcuate surface that smoothly fairs into both the upper surface and the face The countertop is made by leaving the verti... | 05/10/1994 |
| 4971849 | Readily bendable extruded elastomeric trim strip An elongated, extruded, flexible elastomeric material protective edge member of T-shaped cross-sectional configuration for attachment to a curved edge of an article of furniture having a narrow, elongated groove within that edge and having a barbed flange... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4503780 | Table with resilient edge A furniture construction such as a table is made using a method for attaching a closed loop stretchable edging to a rigid rim of the table. The method includes stretching the edging with an apparatus having a plurality of dog plates that extend outwardly ... | 03/12/1985 |
