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 |
| 5015002 | Protective bellows A plurality of axially aligned bellows are formed in the cuff of a protective boot to accommodate a large diametric range of cylinders to be encircled by the cuff.... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4590461 | Tamper resistant target wafer and fastener assembly A tamper-resistant target wafer (10) for use in an electronic theft detection system has a housing formed with bulges (16 and 22) aligned with each other on opposite sides and which slope continuously downward toward the plane of the target wafer to minim... | 05/20/1986 |
