...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 |
| 5029356 | Sewer augering apparatus A sewer augering apparatus and more particularly a sewer augering apparatus having a power feed and manual lock apparatus with actuation thereof by an, axially slideable actuator.... | 07/09/1991 |
| 3978767 | Automatic center holding fixture for an annular workpiece An apparatus for gripping the interior surface of an annular opening in a workpiece includes a baseplate and a set of elements circularly arranged and coaxial with a shaft or stud extending through and perpendicular to the baseplate. The elements are circ... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3977065 | Crimping machine Apparatus for crimping a fitting onto a hose or the like, including a ram with a slideable piston for moving a set of crimping dies together, wherein the piston has a central passageway extending along its entire length so that a hose can extend through t... | 08/31/1976 |