Did You Know...
...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20080185848 | Safety hook A safety mechanism for a gate having first and second ends, a first fulcrum point intermediate the first and second ends and a first rotational axis proximate the second end, the safety mechanism including a first force resisting means intermediate the first fulcrum poi... | 08/07/2008 |
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| 20070296224 | Motorized oven lock with hidden latch An oven door lock rotates the latch arm so the latch arm is not exposed outside the oven frame when the lock is in the unlocked position. The oven door lock includes a mounting plate having a stop and a latch opening, a balance arm coupled to the mounting plate for pivo... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20050161952 | Connection device, box and clamp From a first aspect, the invention relates to a connection device for a bottom (1) and a lid (3), respectively, to a box that also has side pieces (2). The device comprises one or more first fastening members (5) fixedly connected to the bott... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050121918 | Motorized oven lock for sealing oven door An oven lock mechanism has a latch that is moved between an unlatched and a latched position in response to movement of the door from an open to a closed position and a motor that turns a cam acting as a blocker to block the latch in the latched position when a cleaning... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050082841 | Door and cabinet catch Door and cabinet catch with a bumper member, a bumper housing, a compression spring, a ball with stem, a ball joint mounting plate, a ball joint nut, a catch member and an L shaped catch retaining member. The bumper housing includes a clevis that hingably retains the ca... | 04/21/2005 |
