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 |
| 7337822 | Retractable safety barrier A retractable barrier includes a rollup or otherwise retractable panel that can extend between two spaced apart support members. When not in use, the panel can retract onto one of the support members to permit passage. The barrier provides substantial impact resista... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7188453 | Masonry wall supported fence and method A post tensioned wall includes accessible clamping plates at the ends of selected tensioning rods. Each post of a fence section is welded to a corresponding clamping plate to mechanically attach the post to the tensioning rod extending from a footing or foundation a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6648305 | Fence tensioner A tensioner device for applying tension to a flexible fence slat includes a bracket assembly having attachment webs for attachment to a fence post and a pair of vertically spaced, horizontally oriented flanges. A tensioning cylinder is mounted for rotatio... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6363583 | Fence-tightening device and method A tool for tightening a plurality of wire lengths that extend between a first bracing location on a first fence support and a second bracing location on a second fence support, the wire lengths defining an axis extending generally parallel to their length... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5285782 | Method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of pulse transmittance oximeter A method and apparatus for accurately determining a blood parameter that is calculated by measuring the transmittance of light through tissue having blood flowing therein is disclosed. A plurality of transmittance of light measurements are obtained for ea... | 02/15/1994 |
| 4298185 | Fencing device A device for securing one end of fencing material, having a post extending into the ground with its bottom portion having outwardly extending flanges. A wire stretching device including a yoke with a turning rod passing therethrough to which is attached t... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4119301 | Rollaway fence A plurality of rolls of flexible fence cable are wound on a shaft in a drum. The free ends of the cables outside the drum are affixed to a cross bar in spaced parallel relation with each other. The fence cables are unwound through side holes formed in the... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4090472 | Horse trailer and corral structure A horse trailer and corral structure which includes a horse trailer having opposed side walls and having doors at the rear side thereof. An electric power source is mounted on the trailer, as are brackets which support a plurality of insulator-carrying fe... | 05/23/1978 |
