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 |
| 7080486 | Pass-through firestop device A cast-in-place pass through firestop device for providing a passage in a partition in a structure through which wires, cables, pipes, and the like are run includes a housing having a riser portion with frangible connections that define removable bands that can be r... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6560842 | Method of manufacturing a deli-style display case The present invention provides an improved method of constructing a food display case. The construction techniques make use of a crimping tool which stitches together overlapping metal flange portions of the component display panel. The resulting stitched... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6454124 | Mud pan A mud pan for holding and mixing materials including a body fabricated of sheet material formed into a trough having a pair of upper edges and opposing ends. The body has an inner surface with straight sides and a curved bottom and an outer surface with a... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6330968 | File folder with connecting side pieces A file folder includes a front sheet and a rear sheet made of a rigid material which are connected to each other by a flexible back. At least one of the sheets has an inwardly directed flap. Connecting pieces connected to side edges of the flap keep the f... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6135133 | Water-heater containment and warning device A household appliance water leak detection and management containment wall made from one or more oblong pieces of water-resistant, shape-retaining, flexible sheet material such as aluminum. The ends of the pieces may be joined to circumscribe a zone of co... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5931373 | File folder with connecting sides pieces A file folder includes a front sheet and a rear sheet made of a rigid material which are connected to each other by a flexible back. At least one of the sheets has an inwardly directed flap. Connecting pieces connected to side edges of the flap keep the f... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5770320 | Assembling sheet metal members A sheet metal member with a securing arrangement to securely attach the member to another sheet member. The securing arrangement is an elongate structure with two ends integral with an edge of a body of the sheet metal member. The elongate structure exten... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5742004 | Coplanar interlocking shield A shield (100) includes a raw sheet metal part (102) that is formed to include a tab 108 along with its biasing feature (110) at one end and a locating slot (114) at the other. This sheet metal part (102) is bent to form, whereby the tab (108) is engaged ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5645332 | Easy to assemble storage unit An easy to assemble storage unit is disclosed. It provides a method of assembly that utilizes an interlocking scheme of tabs, catches and openings. The connection comprises a catch within a tab extending from a wall of the container that locks into a rece... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5596170 | Flexible dome electrical contact A flexible electrical contact is formed as a convex dome structure extending from one side of a surrounding structure, with the convex dome structure and the surrounding structure forming an integral metallic structure. The convex dome structure includes ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5372269 | Multipurpose container and display sign A multipurpose panel structure formed of a relatively thin resilient type material adaptable for use both as a container device and as a display sign, the panel structure comprising a relatively flat one-piece wall member having a cooperatively engageable... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5114034 | Utility tote container with unfastenable and refastenable side walls and end walls A utility tote container comprising a base panel, a pair of side wall panels, and a pair of end wall panels hingedly connected to the base panel. A pair of end foldover panels are hingedly connected to each end wall panel. The side wall panels and end wal... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5031070 | Structure of computer housing A computer housing, which comprises a hollow frame structure having two opposite rails at the top and a base board at the bottom, two side panels having each a plurality of T-shaped hooks projecting from its bottom edge respectively fastened in correspond... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4655360 | Non-skid case A non-skid case for carrying packaged soft drinks and the like. The case has depressions in the lower surface of the bottom panel thereof which extend only partially through the bottom panel. The depressions are configured to entrap a portion of a high fr... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4479737 | Positive interlock Apparatus for interlocking the ends of first and second channel-shaped wall sections, comprising a substantially perpendicular first tongue integral with and extending inwardly from the end of the first wall section, with a slot at the juncture therebetwe... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4448321 | Fastening system A fastening system (10) for fixedly securing a first member (12) and a second member (14) of a container (16). The first member (12) is generally planar in contour and the second member (14) includes a fastening portion (30) defining a dome configuration ... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4359076 | Adjustable basket filler, blank and method of making A basket filler, blank for making same, and a method of making same include an elongated body member formed of flexible and yet resilient material, shaped and preformed so that the body member has arcuate edges along the long sides thereof, one end of the... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4163502 | Sheet metal connection in elongated lamp housings In an elongated field lamp housing made of assembled sheet metal parts of the type including a U-shaped elongated lamp element, two U-shaped front faces joined to opposite ends of the lamp element and a generally U-shaped, elongated covering hood joined t... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4084720 | Box construction A box section including a rim portion formed from an elongated strip appropriately shaped and interconnected at opposite ends thereof by means of interengaging tab portions adapted to be bent over one another and received within adjacent depressions of th... | 04/18/1978 |
