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...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7240609 | Rigid framed wine barrel with replaceable wood panels A wine barrel having a rigid external reusable frame with replaceable wooden side panels and substantially identical upper and lower wooden ends assembled within the rigid external frame to provide a wooden enclosure for the wine. A liquid tight container is provide... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6616002 | Barrel with trapdoor The barrel of the present invention contains a removable trapdoor which fits snugly into an aperture in the barrel and which is easily removed from the aperture, thereby providing for easy access to the interior of the barrel. The present invention provid... | 09/09/2003 |
| 5503287 | Lid and structural arrangement for recycling and refuse receptacles A cast aluminum structural ring into which is seated a cast aluminum top normally locked to the structural ring and secured by threaded-type fastenings to the upper portions of a slatted-type slanted top receptacle for recycled materials or refuse materia... | 04/02/1996 |
| 4703866 | Rectangular wooden receptacle A rectangular barrel having four flat sides. Each side comprises a plurality of board of substantially square cross section. Each board has right angular grooves extending laterally near the end and has a tongue on one edge and a groove on the other edge ... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4290241 | Stave assemblies, staves, and tubs constructed therewith A stave assembly which cooperates with a plurality of staves to form a hot tub wall includes in a preferred embodiment a narrow stave having a projecting support for a seat, shelf, ladder or the like. The narrow stave is abutted by a pair of slats each of... | 09/22/1981 |
