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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303219 | Interlocking bumper mounting system An exemplary interlocking bumper for mounting to frame rails of a vehicle is illustrated with a respective first bumper mounting receptacle coupled to each frame rail, such as by a frame rail mounting bracket. The interlocking bumper can further include a center bum... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6955036 | Mower deck bumper The present invention relates to a bumper for use with a mower deck. The bumper may include an elongate strip of material having first and second ends and a bend section extending between the first and second ends. The bumper is configured so that at least the first... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6494510 | Impact absorbing mechanism and bumper reinforcement having the mechanism An impact absorbing mechanism for absorbing an impact load input between receiving portions at a predetermined distance from each other is provided; in the impact absorbing mechanism, a dispersing transferring portion for dispersing and transferring the i... | 12/17/2002 |
| 5000499 | Deflectable vehicle bumper A deflectable vehicle bumper has a central frame member attachable to a front of a vehicle, and a pair of laterally extending wing members for protruding beyond the side of the vehicle, each wing member being substantially coplanar with the central frame ... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4130312 | Sectioned breakable vehicular safety bumper A main metal bumper section is affixed to, and extends between, plates affixed to the front ends of the first and second spaced parallel structural members of the chassis of a motor vehicle. A first plastic bumper section is affixed to the plate of the fi... | 12/19/1978 |
