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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413394 | Low headroom telescoping bridge crane system A telescoping bridge crane system arranged to be mounted over a floor of a structure, e.g., a vehicle trailer, and including a pair of enclosed mounting tracks for slidably supporting a runway frame. Trucks are located within the tracks. Each truck includes a hanger... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7370768 | Crane apparatus for direct transshipment of marine containers between transportation modes without need of ground placement A crane apparatus is installed on a pier, wharf, bulkhead wharf or other foundation extending into the water for directly transshipping containers from a vessel moored alongside the foundation to another transportation mode without necessity of ground placement of t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7134831 | Low headroom telescoping bridge crane system A telescoping bridge crane system arranged to be mounted over a floor of a structure, e.g., a vehicle trailer. The system includes a pair of enclosed mounting tracks for slidably supporting a runway frame. Trucks are located within the mounting tracks to move therei... | 11/14/2006 |
| 5660143 | Apparatus for lifting and transporting large animals A mobile apparatus is provided that is capable of recovering, supporting and transporting sick or injured large animals in their natural upright position. The mobile apparatus having a telescoping boom associated with the support structure of the apparatu... | 08/26/1997 |
| 4398640 | Multi-span skyline logging system An arcuate jack is arranged to be secured to a spar for supporting a skyline over it. A carriage assembly comprises a main carriage arranged to travel on the skyline and a secondary carriage supported on the main carriage for movement between leading and ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4392648 | Theatrical transportation apparatus A personnel transportation apparatus is disclosed herein for positioning a performer across a stage in view of an audience which includes an elongated stationary support having an upper and a lower set of rails for rollably supporting a first and a second... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4360307 | Device for vertical and/or horizontal transport of loads into and out of a vehicle or the like A device for vertical and/or horizontal transport of loads into and out of a vehicle or the like and particularly intended to enable disabled wheel chair bound persons to be transferred into and out of a passenger car and comprising a tubular supporting m... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4297071 | Weight transfer apparatus A weight handling vehicle having a rear cargo compartment with a bed and side walls. A frame adjacent the sidewalls supports a carriage that moves horizontally along the top of the frame and telescopes out the rearward end of the vehicle. A trolley, suppo... | 10/27/1981 |
