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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364238 | Article of furniture An article of furniture (10) includes a base having a front (14) and a rear (16) and a top (18) surface. A backrest assembly (20) has a front edge (22) and a rear edge (24) and is slideably arranged relative to the ba... | 04/29/2008 |
| 6997513 | Chair for healthy sitting Disclosed is a supportive chair for sitting comfortably at low heights above and relative to the ground. Preferably, the chair comprises a primary seating surface and a secondary seating surface curving around the rear of the primary seating surface to provide addit... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6840584 | Furniture backing support An article of furniture made of a quasi-rigid foam material. The furniture includes a base for sitting thereon. A back support member is wrapped around the base such that a portion of the support member extends upwardly with respect to the base. The support member h... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6565155 | Chair A chair comprises an arm mechanism and a back mechanism each having an adjustment screw for releasably securing a sleeve and a shroud to a J-bar so that a height of either arm or back mechanism can be adjusted relative to the j-bar. Also, a protruded enla... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6102481 | Vehicle seat Vehicle seats are constructed with a seat cushion for supporting the lower body of a passenger and a seat back for supporting the upper body of the passenger. A side holder portion, which is filled with foam material for supporting said passenger at side ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5810438 | One piece molded seating structure A one piece molded seating structure includes a seat portion, a back portion, and a pair of resilient support members interconnecting opposite side regions of the seat portion to opposite side regions of the back portion. The support members flex when a u... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5586808 | Chair with lateral frame parts connected by transverse rods supporting seat and backrest A chair has two lateral frame parts, each one in the form of a single, continuous member of an elastically yielding material. Transverse rods are connected between the lateral frame parts. A seat is connected to at least one of the transverse rods and a b... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5498065 | Office armchair body which can be dismantled An armchair body which can be dismantled composed of (1) a first one-piece rigid plastic unit including a base serving as a seat, a base of a seatback extending upward from the seat, and two opposed arms extending upward from the seat, and (2) a second on... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5474356 | Book reading chairs A book reading chair comprising a seat formed in a generally planar rectangular configuration with an upper surface, a lower surface, a front edge and a rear edge. The plane of the seat is positioned horizontally in the operative orientation. Two rear leg... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5460427 | Seat assembly and method A seat assembly for a vehicle which includes a seat, a seat back, and mounting means mounting the seat for movement in fore and aft directions in the vehicle along an upwardly concaved arcuate path. The arcuate path has a radius of curvature which is suff... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5338097 | Furniture construction A furniture construction wherein articles of furniture are formed from discarded tires. A support and pedestal are formed from portions of tire casings having little to no salvage value. In one embodiment, a chair is formed wherein the support comprises a... | 08/16/1994 |
| 4828320 | Chair frame and cushion assembly A chair and cushion assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a first frame component, a second frame component, and a back cushion. The first frame component includes a generally upright back support member of generally inverted U-shape. The second f... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4607882 | Chair with saddle shaped seat and members externally transversely therefrom A chair provided with a seat and a back rest, said seat (1) having a general saddle shape, a saddle-like member (2,3 ) projecting out from a mid part of each longitudinal side of said saddle shaped seat to support the rear, upper thigh portion of a chair ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4586751 | Method of assembling rattan furniture The subject invention relates to an improved method of assembling rattan furniture. More particularly, a method is disclosed for fabricating a composite rattan piece having an effective diameter sufficient to form a rigid structure. In accordance with the... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4545615 | Furniture construction with replaceable elastomeric covering A seating unit comprises a pair of armrests, a first backrest secured between rearward ends of the armrests and disposed in cantilevered relationship therewith on the seating unit, a second backrest disposed in unattached relationship below the first back... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4533174 | Portable furniture There is disclosed further improved portable furniture generally comprising at least an originally planar support member having integral portions thereof adapted to be resiliently disposed and releasably secured by interlocking means in angular and/or cur... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4500137 | Physiological chair The chair has a specially constructed seat made up of a forward section, central section and rear section functioning respectively as thigh, tuber and sacral supports for an occupant seated in the chair. The central section serving as the tuber support is... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4466665 | Chair having adjsutable, cantilevered lumbar-supporting arm An arm chair for use in an office environment is provided including a base, a seat, upper and lower backs and a pair of arms cantilevered outwardly from the lower back. The arms, which are upholstered, are so configured as to provide lumbar support for so... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4348053 | Foam padded chair with screw assembly of seat, backrest and legs The seat 10 of a chair consists of a four piece frame 20-23, with inserts 24-27 in the corners each consisting of a tube piece cut in half lengthwise. A nut 29 is attached to each insert. A mesh grid 28 is mounted between the shanks of the frame. The enti... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4210182 | Method of making a chair A stack of flat rectangular blanks are deformed in a single bending operation during which adhesive coatings between the blanks is activated to produce a laminated wood chair. Preceding the bending operation, the blanks are cut to remove a front end secti... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4145084 | Miniature wicker furniture and method of assembling same Miniature furniture having imitation reedy wickerwork comprised of a sheet of wallpaper having a layer of woven straw bonded to a backing sheet of paper and a support upon which the backing sheet is mounted. A method of assembling a miniature wicker armchair i... | 03/20/1979 |
