Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D575829 | Miniature sports uniform kit | 08/26/2008 |
| 7186206 | Therapeutic method and device therefor A therapeutic device (10) is formed to have an area (11,12,13) upon which marking instruments (26) may be used to form a design. A subject (25) may use the area to form a design of a person that causes stress to the subject. The subject c... | 03/06/2007 |
| D534972 | Hand puppet | 01/09/2007 |
| D533909 | Set of nesting dolls | 12/19/2006 |
| D519582 | Mascot | 04/25/2006 |
| D512753 | Doll | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966776 | Educational doll A toy for teaching sign language includes a body with a thoracic portion and a lower limb portion that are movable between rotated and stationary positions. The present invention further includes metacarpals provided with a wire frame passing therethrough, which mak... | 11/22/2005 |
| D509861 | Hockey player toy | 09/20/2005 |
| D509545 | Pop-up toy | 09/13/2005 |
| D508721 | Snorkel duck | 08/23/2005 |
| D505168 | Cool duck | 05/17/2005 |
| D497400 | Inflatable racing driver figure | 10/19/2004 |
| D496078 | Combined disabled doll, hearing aid unit, toy sports equipment and clothing | 09/14/2004 |
| D496076 | Toy figure | 09/14/2004 |
| D494643 | Toy figure | 08/17/2004 |
| D489100 | Set of stackable baseball dolls | 04/27/2004 |
| 5971832 | Skate toy A toy having a toy body, and a roller skating accessory integral with a part of the body, with a rigid or a freely rotating wheel.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5947788 | Radio controlled surfboard with robot A radio controlled surfing toy is provided comprising a multi-jointed, moveable figurine pivotally attached to a jet-propelled surfboard. The surfing toy surfs similar to a real life surfing professional in waves ranging from 3" to 5' in height. The surfi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 4824414 | Inflatable toy with hook and loop ball attachment An inflated toy is in a general form which is suggestive of a football player with his arm and hand in a passing position. A hook and loop fastener is on the hand of the player and on the football so that the hand may hold the ball. If the toy is tackled ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4682966 | Balancing figure toy building blocks A human-like toy figure comprising a profile having distinct arms, legs, head and torso portions, having sufficient thickness that it will stand in a variety of orientations on its arms, legs, head or combinations thereof, with an imaginary central plane ... | 07/28/1987 |
