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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7172599 | Tibial sizer A tibial sizer, or set of sizers, used to estimate the appropriate size tibial base plate implanted during knee arthroplasty. The preferred embodiment provides a measurement of the amount of exposed bone between a posterior proximal portion of the tibia and a poster... | 02/06/2007 |
| 5732489 | Electric iron hem gauge device An electric iron device that employs indicia markings along both sides of an iron sole-plate used for accurately gauging and pressing any desired width of hem or cuff of a fabric, thereby eliminating the need for basting the fabric prior to pressing. The ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5531029 | Do it yourself hem line marker with chalk A new and improved do it yourself hem line marker with chalk comprised of a base having a rounded top surface, and a hollow interior. A recess is formed in the rounded top surface. A sand mixture is positioned within the hollow interior. The sand mixture ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5208988 | Cuff cutter apparatus A template structure defined as a template plate, including a front edge, a rear edge, and intermediate first and second slots arranged in a Parallel relationship are defined by the template plate. The first slot includes a first slot rear edge spaced fro... | 05/11/1993 |
| 4750268 | Direct reading outseam tape A tape measure device by which a salesperson can obtain a direct outseam measurement to be used by a tailor in shortening the legs of pants or slacks without having to take an inseam measurement. The device has a rigid tab at one end on which a standing c... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4688510 | Place marker A marker device that clips onto a page, for example, has a spring between proximal ends of a pair of similar congruent leaves so as to spread the proximal ends away from each other and press corresponding opposite distal ends toward each other. One leaf h... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4674189 | Tailor's marker and method Apparatus for use in marking below waist garments such as trousers, slacks, jeans, skirts and dresses has a floor stand with a slide that can be adjusted vertically to mark garments at varying heights in accordance with respective indicia marks on the sta... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4554739 | Hemming rule A measuring stick or rule which quickly provides a line along which a pant leg is to be cut and a line along which said pant leg is to be folded in order to provide the desired length.... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4470201 | Seam line marker A seam marker includes a flat base with an upstanding shoulder so that a piece of cloth may be placed on the base with an edge against the shoulder. An elongated strip extends over the cloth with a straight edge parallel to the shoulder and the strip is s... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4418461 | Process for producing slats for a vertical slatted venetian blind The invention relates to a process for producing ready-to-use slats from semifinished slat portions for a slatted Venetian blind having vertically directed slats. In connection with the process, the slat portions are in each case cut at their free lower e... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4186489 | Measuring, pressing and hemming device A measuring guide device in U.S. standard measurements and/or metric units printed on an iron board cover or any applicable surface, to facilitate the measuring and pressing process, and more particularly, the measuring and pressing of a hem in one quick-... | 02/05/1980 |
