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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 |
| 7093790 | Mooring facility for tethered gas balloon A mooring facility for a tethered gas balloon comprises a building structure containing a hemispherical basin capable of receiving the lower portion of an inflated lighter-than-air gas balloon for mooring the balloon. The surface of the bowl structure is complementa... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6856706 | Image processing method and system, and storage medium Output-size information G1 and reference-resolution information G0 are input to a zoom-rate section. The zoom-rate section derives zoom-rates M1 and M2, based on the output-size information G1 and the reference-resolution informati... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6064923 | Aircraft with reduced wing structure loading An aircraft having a reduced-load wing structure is provided with a controllable canard stabilizer (5G, 5D) at the front end of the aircraft and a controller that controls the canard stabilizer. The controller generates a turn command corresponding to an ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5137193 | Covert air-to-ground cargo recovery system A fast-acting, air-to-ground recovery system utilizing a self-propelled projectile which tows a cable towards a net. The cable-towing projectile is launched from a low flying recovery aircraft. Upon contact with the net, the projectile deploys grappling a... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4890751 | Deployment/retrieval system A deployment/retrieval system for a towed body which includes first and second arms, one of which is rotatable relative to the other about an axle disposed beneath the longitudinal axes of the arms. A winch-wound cable passes through both of the arms as w... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4523746 | Load pickup coupling device and method The problem of readily picking up a load using an aircraft without requiring ground personnel is solved by a coupling device (15) and a method of coupling a load using same. The coupling device includes a pivot member (17) pivotally mounted on the load ha... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4420755 | Telemetry load link assembly A mid-way recovery system having an aircraft with a winch and cable system for recovering parachute descending objects wherein a telemetry load link system monitors the strain placed upon a cable by having a telemetry load link assembly connected into the... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4348009 | Load pickup coupling device, line stringing apparatus and method The problem of readily picking up a load using an aircraft without requiring ground personnel is solved by a coupling device (15) and a method of coupling a load using same. The coupling device includes a pivot member (17) pivotally mounted on the load ha... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4124181 | Helicopter external load pickup system A system for recovery of cargo floating at sea with a helicopter or ship. A hook is rigidly secured to a float attached to a hoist line. The hook is dragged through the water until it contacts and connects with a buoyant line attached to the cargo. The ca... | 11/07/1978 |
