...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 |
| 7189138 | Brassiere wire There is disclosed a brassiere wire with a plastic protective cap at an end portion of the wire. A liquid primer is coated between the wire and the protective cap, wherein the protective cap is fixed on the wire by high frequency bonding through the liquid primer. P... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6202221 | Flexible support stay A flexible and protective support stay is disclosed. The support stay has insert tabs with rounded edges at both ends to reduce snags when inserting the stay into a garment. The flexibility of the stay is provided by a sinuous member that is independently... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5934970 | Method of forming brassiere frames with cushion tips A cushion tip for a brassiere frame is molded in-situ about an end of the brassiere frame that has been reduced in transverse cross-section at its end, whereby the cushion tip provides a continuation of the outer surfaces of the brassiere frame in at leas... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5830040 | Cushion tips for brassiere frames A cushion tip for a brassiere frame is molded in-situ about an end of the brassiere frame that has been reduced in transverse cross-section at its end, whereby the cushion tip provides a continuation of the outer surfaces of the brassiere frame in at leas... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5749767 | Protective tips for brassiere wires Protective tips for brassiere wires including a brasserie with a pair of cups. An elongated wire extends along a bottom periphery of each cup. A pair of T-shaped tips are each integrally positioned on an associated wire. Preferably, the wires and T-shaped... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5730641 | Brassiere underwire stays A first brassiere underwire stay (110) is integrally incorporated into a brassiere (16) which comprises a brassiere left cup (16L) and a brassiere right cup (16R). The first brassiere underwire stay (110) is composed of a first left U-shaped wire (112L) i... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5426791 | Support stay A support stay for use with an article to be worn by a person has two durometers of hardness. The support stay includes a base member having a first hardness, the first hardness sufficient to provide a required rigidity for support. A gripping member is o... | 06/27/1995 |
| 4850051 | Apron fastener A shop apron is provided with two straps extending from the upper right and left corners, respectively, of the apron, and two grommets having holes of a predetermined diameter, with the grommets being secured in and to the right and left sides of the apro... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4777668 | Snag resistant tips for garment frames A protective tip for a garment frame has lateral extensions at the recesses in the tip provided for the reception of barbs of the frame, the lateral extensions providing continuations of the peripheral contour of the tip at the locations of the recesses i... | 10/18/1988 |