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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337732 | Quick assembly home entertainment system stand and method for assembling the same A home entertainment system storage unit includes a front frame having an upper portion, a bottom portion, and first and second side portions extending therebetween. A first side member is hingedly connected to a rear surface of the front frame, the first side membe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7216376 | Hygiene station for individuals The present invention comprises a disposable hygiene device with a toilet seat with a top and bottom surfaces, where the toilet seat folds for storage before or after use. A receptacle is attached to the bottom surface of the toilet seat. After use, an adhesive on t... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213895 | Foldable bookcases A foldable bookcase includes a frame with two sidewalls pivotably connected to two vertical sides of the frame and a top board and a bottom board are pivotably connected to the top side and the bottom side of the frame. The top board, the bottom board and the two si... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7198339 | Bathroom storage system A bathroom storage system convenient for storage of hair care items, such as hair blowers and hair curling irons wherein receptacles are positioned in a bathroom cabinet to extend around the sink and into the normally unused upper space of the cabinet; the items bei... | 04/03/2007 |
| 5655462 | Apparatus and method for fastening a security cover onto a display case An apparatus for securing a free edge of a security cover relative to a free edge of a finery case containing jewelry, precious metals and the like. The apparatus includes an elongate coupling member having first and second open channels formed therein. T... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5622121 | Security cover for jewelry case A protective cover for finery cases containing jewelry, precious metals and the like. The cover is made of nontransparent plastic sheets which are hinged together. A J-shaped channel is disposed on the free edge of one of the sheets for interlocking aroun... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5605056 | Portable cooler with suspended grate for ice-free storage areas A portable cooler for use with fish bait, as well as food and beverage, includes a housing having an insulated bottom, side walls, and a pivotal top hinged to one of the side walls. There is a support positioned within the housing with the support having ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 4811996 | Decorative display and storage case A decorative display and storage case for attractively displaying and protectively storing earrings of the type for pierced ears has a base and an enclosure formed by four upstanding walls with at least one of the walls being transparent for permitting vi... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4804877 | Protective covers for display cases Protective covers for elevated display cases having multiple faces including at least one glass face, for example, a jewelry display case. The protective covers include a plurality of panels of a non-frangible, rigid material. The panels are of a size and... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4572596 | Method and apparatus for assembling a cabinet for automatic washers A U-shaped cabinet shroud for a front-serviceable appliance is provided with overbent side walls which are forced outwardly by guide pins on a stationary back wall of such appliance as the shroud is positioned onto a base member and the rear wall of the a... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4561704 | ATM Enclosure An ATM enclosure comprising a hollow cabinet having front, back and first and second side walls. The back wall of the cabinet has an access door provided therein to enable the servicing the electronic components therein. The cabinet is supported on a supp... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4509805 | Enclosed shelving An enclosed shelving having a top shelf supported above a bottom shelf with each of the shelves including a peripheral lip, the enclosure having an open wire construction including side and rear panels provided with retaining fingers extending at the uppe... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4482195 | Article of furniture First and second major components are folded into a compact knock-down condition for storage and shipment and may be quickly and easily erected and assembled to form a rigid caselike article of furniture. The first major component includes a rectangular f... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4268098 | Retaining clip for removable cabinet for front-serviceable appliances In a front-serviceable appliance having a base frame supporting internal components, the base frame having a front member and side members and a rear panel attached thereto, a removable cabinet has a front bottom flange overlapping and extending beneath t... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4134624 | Framing unit for a plurality of rectangular structures A framing unit is provided for holding together a plurality of rectangular structures placed side by side, such as vending machines, so that they form a monolithic unit. At the same time the unit provides a decorative surround and conceals the fact that t... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4128287 | Household appliance with a base setback on the front side thereof A household appliance such as a dishwasher, washing machine, stove and the like, with a base setback on the front thereof, in which the facing of the base setback is constructed from two wall plates, each of which may be shortened to a desired width. One ... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4116507 | Radiator concealing article of furniture A bookshelf unit has a pair of parallel sides spaced from each other, a distance greater than the length of a heating system radiator. The sides have a width greater than the width of the radiator. A plurality of book shelves extend between, and are suppo... | 09/26/1978 |
