...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4138654 | Digitally tuned circuit including switching of bank capacitors between plural tuned circuits An electrically tuned filter arrangement including several tuned filters which may alternatively be coupled to the input and output of the filter arrangement so as to provide the arrangement with different tuning ranges. Each tuned filter has a tuning inp... | 02/06/1979 |