Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7390034 | Latch apparatus In a latch apparatus, a latch mechanism arranged at a vehicle body or a door, holds the door towards the vehicle body in a half closed state and a fully closed state. An open lever, a door opening action of which cancels the half closed state or the fully closed sta... | 06/24/2008 |
| 6592000 | Sterilization container for medical instrumentation having a sliding latch A container having a base and a removable lid. Latches are attached to the lid for securing the lid to the base. Each latch includes a guide part secured to the lid and a slide part guided by the guide part between a closed position engaging the base and ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6547288 | Cover of image forming device An upper case 5 is pivotable with respect to a case 2 by attachment with two frames 37. A sheet-supply tray 6 is pivotably mounted on the upper case 5. The sheet-supply tray 6 has a pair of left and right guides 35, 35 at a position near a sheet-supply po... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6182298 | Latching device for attaching a breathing mask to a helmet A latching device eg for attaching a breathing mask to an aircrew helmet, has detents (20) on a receptacle portion (10), and teeth (32) on carriers (30,31) supported for arcuate movement in an insert portion (14) and supported (eg at 33) so that bending l... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5571272 | Seed box lid replacement latch A metal replacement latch associated with a plastic closure lid provided for the open upper end of a seed box on a seed planter. The replacement latch includes a metal bracket formed into U-shaped or V-shaped configuration having a pair of legs closely as... | 11/05/1996 |
