Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6446965 | Gaming machines Gaming machines (10) comprising a first game (12) which may be of a generally conventional reel-based type and playable by a user upon activation, and a second game (14) playable upon activation following successful play of the first game (12), the second... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6083105 | Computerized roulette playing apparatus for a single player A roulette playing machine which is designed for an individual player with the use of a single circulating playing ball. The machine comprises: an enclosed casing; a roulette wheel rotationally installed in the aforementioned casing and closed from above ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5605330 | Portable container involving games of chance A portable container for playing games of chance comprises a box combined by a cover and a base, a rotatable means whose components are disposed in the cover and the base when carried. A number of bouncers are provided on the base for playing. Disks are i... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5435556 | Electrically operated random number selector An electrically operated random number selector has a main housing with top and bottom walls. A number selection turntable assembly is mounted at the top wall of the housing which contains a power source for rotating the turntable assembly and a power con... | 07/25/1995 |
| 4591159 | Whirligig A game of chance comprising a stationary base and a rotatable casing cover overlying the base is disclosed. The casing cover is generally spherical. A saucer disk is disposed inside the casing cover to rotate bodily therewith. The top of the casing cover ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4017075 | Simulated football game A game for simulating the play of football to be played by at least two opposing players wherein an action sled is movably mounted adjacent a playing field board which simulates a football field and is movable along the length of the board, the action sle... | 04/12/1977 |
