Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7140148 | Fishing line retaining device A one piece device for temporarily holding fly fishing line stripped from a reel and prior to being cast. The device is made from a single piece of continuous metal rod, bent at various locations along the rod to form a holding arm and a base clip. The fishing line ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6428190 | Electrical power cord manager for a lighting fixture A cord manager for a suspended electric lighting fixture holds the fixture's power cord in close parallel relation to the fixture's suspension cable at electrical feed locations. The cord manager, which is suitably fabricated of extruded plastic, has an e... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6338185 | Helical rope clip A tie-down clip for assisting in the cinching of a rope or other flexible, elongated object. The tie-down clip has an eyelet, a rope attachment means for attachment to a rope and a helical extension extending from the rope attachment means for cooperation... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6006405 | Hook A hook for a rope includes a vertical inverted U-shaped hook portion and a horizontal base with more than three rings for winding and binding an elastic rope thereon to keep an end of the rope securely enough not to loosen off. The hook may be made with a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5771625 | Fish hook trace and container A fish trace (10) has a trace line (11) with projections (12) spaced along it, and the projections (12) are selectively engaged by two spaced legs (21) of a resilient clip (13), the leg ends being returned over the legs and the return portions (27) thereb... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5636413 | Diver's quick release tether line clip A Jon Line clip that includes an elongated slender cylindrical shaft portion, a cylindrical coil portion, a smooth semi-circular portion, and a serpentine retaining portion. The elongated slender cylindrical shaft portion has a proximal end, a distal end,... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5402555 | Line fastener The present invention provides a line tightening and fastening device which may be effectively used by mentally and physically handicapped persons. The fastening device includes laterally extending arms, each of which is equipped with an eyelet. The arms ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5210912 | Coupling member and cleat A curved rod-like member defines two right facing and two left facing bights. These may each receive a bight of a rope and by use of the member thus connected many coupling features are provided. Member shaping to align the bights and avoid rotary torque ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5012559 | Rope tightener This rope tightener is supported by or is engageable with a rope, line cord, or the like before it is manually tensioned and thereafter manipulated to draw the rope taut. The rope is stressed by threading the rope through a rectangular shaped loop in the ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4790104 | Line attachment device There is disclosed fishing gear which includes a device for suspending an object, such as fish hook, weight or chum basket, from a trot line, wherein the chum basket is made up of molded plastic body sections secured to one another at their enlarged ends.... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4745663 | Fastening device for a rope A fastening device for a rope; the fastening device serving as an attachment hook, a tie-down binder, or a rope joiner, all without the use of knots in the rope or ropes. The device includes a shank having a hook at one end and an open loop at the other e... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4538372 | Releasable downrigger clip A releasable downrigger clip is disclosed having a finite length of spring wire and having a first segment thereof at a first end doubled back upon itself to define an eyelet and a releasable clasp enabling an intermediate segment of an elongate downrigge... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4435102 | Tie down connector A connector is disclosed herein for releasably securing a hooked end of a bungee cord to a supporting element which includes a linear body section terminating at one end in a double socket holder for engaging the supporting element and terminating at its ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4414711 | Security cord holder My invention consists of a single unitary shaped resilient rod formed with an open eye section at one end of the rod of a size to detachably fit permanently about a flexible electrical cord near the attachment plug of the cord. The rod extends at right an... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4194354 | Timer Disclosed is a timer provided with a cord so that the same may be worn as a pendant. The timer comprises two mating half housings, one of which carries a cap having a notch and secured to the adjacent housing by a screw or other suitable means. Intermedia... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4189055 | Fixture for an elongated flexible member A fixture for a string, a band or the like, comprising at least two spaced vertical fixing portions and a horizontal connecting portion extending between the vertical fixing portions. The material, such as a string or a band, is helically wound or coiled ... | 02/19/1980 |
