Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234886 | Fastening arrangement for detachably interconnecting punched documents The present invention provides improvements in paper fastening to enable a user to remove a desired portion of papers from a fastened stack of papers without having to unnecessarily detach unwanted papers in the stack from the prongs of the fastener. The improved pa... | 06/26/2007 |
| 5970582 | Method for separating kenaf into core and fiber A method and apparatus for separating kenaf into fiber and core uses a modified stick machine conventionally used in the cotton industry for removing trash from unginned cotton. Lengths of kenaf are delivered onto the periphery of a saw cylinder so the to... | 10/26/1999 |
| 4241474 | Mobile flax decorticator A mobile flax decorticator wherein the flax is collected in the field by passing the decorticator through the field and picking up the flax from swaths and the like, the flax straw is then decorticated by passing first through a shredder and then a decort... | 12/30/1980 |