...that after Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849, he sold the rights to it for $400?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6508501 | Fuel filler door assembly A fuel filler door assembly is provided for a motor vehicle facilitating rapid and inexpensive installation. Installation is accomplished by passing a tubular sleeve main body portion of a housing of the fuel filler door assembly through an aperture in a ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 5538312 | Automotive sliding door and fuel cap lockout mechanism An interlock mechanism is mounted proximate a door track for a vehicle having a sliding door and a fuel filler door on the same side of the vehicle. The mechanism has a pair of interacting links which prevent either door from opening when the other is alr... | 07/23/1996 |
| 4917404 | Device for supporting the fuel charging filler for motor vehicles The device comprises an integrated unit formed by a container element having an opening for the filler, a door hinged onto the container element and subject to the action of an opening spring and an electrically actuatable lock for the door. The container... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4807895 | Protected automotive battery access terminals A pair of electrical terminals conveniently accessible from the exterior of an automobile or truck and connected electrically to the positive and negative poles of a battery within the engine compartment of the vehicle. The terminals are located within a ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4750752 | Safeguard for a fuel pipe in an industrial vehicle A safeguard of a fuel pipe for supplying fuel into a fuel tank projecting in a recess used for step in an industrial vehicle, such as a fork lift truck, which is a vehicle used for loading and unloading of vessels in a workshop. The side wall of the reces... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4700961 | Protected automotive battery access terminals A pair of electrical terminals conveniently accessible from the exterior of an automobile or truck and connected electrically to the positive and negative poles of a battery within the engine compartment of the vehicle. The terminals are located within a ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4620744 | Slide door locking device for vehicles during feeding of fuel to a fuel tank positioned near a slide door A slide door locking device for vehicles during feeding of fuel to a fuel tank positioned near a slide door, wherein a stopper lever is so pivotally mounted inside a panel of a body, the panel defining the rear end of a door opening, that the front end of... | 11/04/1986 |