Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255053 | Boat deck locker A boat having a deck with a deck locker is disclosed herein. The deck locker includes a compartment mounted beneath the deck, and an opening in the deck for accessing the interior of the compartment. The locker also includes a lid for covering the opening in the dec... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7121071 | Reel mower discharge safety guard A reel type mower having a mobile structure and a ground engaging traction member rotatably coupled to the mobile structure. The ground engaging traction member imparts traction movement to the mobile structure for movement on the ground at a ground speed. A power d... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111571 | Arrangement in a marine vessel A marine vessel has at least two engines installed in separate respective engine compartments that are positioned substantially horizontally adjacent to each other and are separated from each other by a wall structure defining at least one opening provided with a fl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6953001 | Hatch or door system for securing and sealing openings in marine vessels A hatch or door system secures and seals an opening in a surrounding structure, such as a horizontal or vertical surface of a marine vessel. A panel having at least two straight edges is rotatably mountable to the surrounding surface. An operating mechanism is mount... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6910324 | Multi-bladed rotary cutting deck with mulching and discharge/collection modes A rotary cutting deck has dual, side-by-side cutting chambers each of which houses a rotary cutting blade. The blades rotate so that grass clippings exit to the rear of the cutting deck through a central, rearwardly extending exit tunnel. A pivotal mulch door is loc... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6170422 | Attachment of equipment to composite sandwich core structures Equipment is removably connected by a load transfer element and a removable fastener bolt to a core sandwich type of bulkhead through a plug-in insert, adhesively bonded to the bulkhead at interface surfaces within a pocket formed in the bulkhead for rece... | 01/09/2001 |
| 4261146 | Bulkhead structure A bulkhead structure for partitioning a deck comprises a bulkhead panel for partitioning the deck. The bulkhead panel has an elongated slot therein. A base member is affixed to the deck and received within the elongated slot for supporting the bulkhead pa... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4238918 | Device for fixing a grass collecting bag onto a rotary type lawn mowing machine A device for fixing a grass collecting bag onto a rotary type lawn mowing machine which is constructed with a machine body having a grass clipping discharging port at one portion thereof, a door type lid which is provided at the grass clipping discharging... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4238913 | Bulkhead structure A bulkhead construction for partitioning a deck comprises a lower panel member having an L-shaped portion affixed to the deck. An upper panel member has an L-shaped portion interfitting in the L-shaped portion of the lower panel whereby the upper panel me... | 12/16/1980 |
