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 |
| 7360806 | Methods and apparatus for facilitating security and tamper control An apparatus includes: a wire having a proximal end and a distal end; and a body being fixedly coupled to the proximal of the wire and having at least two apertures, each aperture for receiving and locking the distal end of the wire at different times such that when... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7264287 | Methods and apparatus for facilitating security and tamper control An apparatus includes: a head; a metal wire having a first end coupled to the head and a second end coupled to a stop member; and a body having a cavity for receiving and locking the head such that when the head is locked in the cavity it cannot be removed without d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7063362 | Seal assembly for a cargo container A cargo seal assembly structured to maintain one or more doors on a cargo container in a closed and latched position comprising an elongated flexible material segment having a distal end, a proximal end and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. The flexibl... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6540273 | Security seal and lock with enhanced bore sleeve One end of a stranded steel cable is attached to a cast zinc seal housing having a chamber in which a steel sleeve with a tapered bore is positioned. The sleeve in one embodiment is fixed to the housing in the chamber or may be displaceable and captured i... | 04/01/2003 |
| 5582447 | Locking device with serpentine gripping member A serpentine shaped wire clip is disposed in a tapered bore of a housing for axial displacement in the bore and has in a preferred embodiment three U-shaped loops interconnected by end portions. The clip has a bore dimensioned for receiving a cable or rod... | 12/10/1996 |
| 4950007 | Ball seal A ball seal having an elongated, flexible metal strap for providing locking engagement with a ball-shaped housing. A locking platform, having two frangibly joined leaves, is mounted in the housing for receiving the ends of the metal strap. A pair of locki... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4936612 | One-piece single engagement seal lock A seal lock for use on the access doors of freight cars, trailer trucks and cargo containers or other applications requiring a one time use disposable locking device. In the preferred embodiment a C shaped locking body (10) having a locking mechanism with... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4929006 | Structure of sealing string The lock seal includes a body comprised of two mating shells having grooves generally complementary in shape to and for reception of lock retention sleeves. The sleeves are axially aligned in the shells and have frustoconically shaped portions for receivi... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4917423 | One-piece double engagement seal lock A seal lock for use on the access doors of freight cars, trailer trucks and cargo containers or other applications requiring a one time use disposable locking device. In the preferred embodiment a C shaped locking body (10) having locking mechanisms withi... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4802699 | Snap lock assembly A snap lock assembly that comprises a bolt or a cable which can be extended through hasps and which has a locking portion formed with a plurality of parallel spaced grooves that are receivable in a cylindrical member that has a plurality of snap rings spa... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4690444 | Security seal with rupturable wall The invention relates to a security seal comprising a flexible strip (7), a locking box (1) attached to a first end of the strip, and a free second end of the strip being insertable through an entry slot (4) in the locking box for non-detachable locking t... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4592579 | Shipping container seal A shipping container seal for joining two members having holes therein. The seal comprises a male member adapted to pass through the holes in one direction having an enlargement at one end to preclude the male member from slipping entirely through the hol... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4280726 | Keyless lockable security devices Keyless lockable security devices in the form of a padlock or clevis pin for use in securing bulk containers in which the devices consist of a body member having at least one blind bore therein and a male member having limbs corresponding to the number of... | 07/28/1981 |
