Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7052228 | Device for stacking empty transport pallets or removing same from a stack A device for stacking empty transport pallets and removing empty transport pallets from a stack has a pallet receptacle with a first leg and a second leg positioned at a right angle to the first leg. The pallet receptacle is configured to receive a pallet stack of p... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6572282 | Digital camera stand with indexed tilt feature A digital camera stand comprising a main body and a tilting body received within a cavity formed within a top portion of the main body and coupled to the main body along a pivot axis. The tilting body includes indexed portions, preferably a parallel arran... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6077028 | Rotator and method for rotating shipping container A rotator for holding and rotating a steel shipping container includes a n frame and a cradle frame attached to the main frame to allow relative rotation between the main frame and the cradle frame under the power of a hydraulic jack or the like. The con... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5411235 | Fixture for angularly aligning an optical device A fixture for angularly aligning an optical device. A monolithic structure is provided having a first adjustment member for holding an optical device and tilting the device in one direction, a second adjustment member attached to the first adjustment memb... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5307531 | Rocking cradle aided by magnets A rocking cradle is provided which allows for a hanging cradle contained within a supporting frame to be aided in its cyclical transverse displacement by magnetic attraction and repelling forces. Central magnets are mounted on the hanging cradle and are a... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5178508 | Bowl-lifting apparatus A bowl-lifting apparatus having a linear actuator to rotate a pivotal Y-shaped bowl lift arm with the bowl-lifting apparatus having self locking members to automatically lock the mixing bowl in the bowl-lifting apparatus to permit a person to move the mix... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5037047 | Tilt stand A tilt apparatus for tilting a container from a first position, preferably horizontal, to a position skewed to the first position, the tilt apparatus comprising a stationary frame having two sides and disposed proximate the first position, the stationary ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4770428 | Loading device of LP gas cylinders A loading device for holding LP gas cylinders on an industrial vehicle which includes a bottom plate in rectangular form, a rear plate extending upwardly along a rear end side of the bottom plate, and a partition plate extending upwardly at a position sep... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4256175 | Solar furnace support apparatus Solar furnace support apparatus including frame member, furnace holding member and actuating mechanism, the frame member including a base portion and an upstanding portion; the furnace holding member being pivotally carried by the frame member, the furnac... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4019708 | Latchable swivel mount for loudspeaker A swivel mount includes a support bracket including a pair of parallel swivel arms spaced apart to accommodate a loudspeaker assembly therebetween, and having coaxial openings therethrough respectively carrying therein two plunger-actuated expansion type ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3993274 | Baby bottle holder A bottle holding frame for infants includes a pair of spaced apart support frames of generally inverted U-shape, and a rotatable bridge member extending transversely between the tops of the support frames. A bottle holder carried on the bridge member clam... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3936022 | Lantern and support structure therefor An electric lantern and support structure therefor wherein the lantern has a housing having laterally spaced side walls and an end wall at one end and a reflector, bulb, and lens at the other end forming a closed substantially waterproof compartment there... | 02/03/1976 |
