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 |
| 6491058 | Structure for locating water mixing bolt of lavatory faucet A lavatory faucet comprises a connection pipe, a water mixing bolt seat mounted on the connection pipe, a fastening board movably located over the water mixing bolt seat, a water mixing bolt tube, a locating bolt, and a faucet neck mounted on the lavatory... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6484329 | Bladder-controlled stopper device A stopper for selectively blocking a drain to the passage of water. The drain has an inlet, an outlet and a substantially cylindrical throat between the inlet and outlet. A control means is provided for selectively feeding control fluid under hydraulic pr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 5458769 | Floor drain The floor drain comprises a drainage bowl (2) or outlet gutter with an upward facing inlet opening (4) and an outlet (5), comprises slots (9) or passageways having each a substantially vertical portion with a constant cross-section, and having each its en... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5022429 | Valve assembly for plumbing fixture A valve assembly comprising three main body parts removably secured together to permit ready assembly and disassembly; one part (11) incorporating a diverter valve in the form of a ceramic cartridge made of a plurality of discs (20, 21, 22); a further par... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4760614 | Drainage pipe stoppage displacer A device for displacing or washing out blockages in pipe systems. The device has a central tube which can be closed with a gate valve which thereby isolates the pipe above and below the device. Fluid under pressure is introduced through a three way valve ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4716925 | Reversible washing machine box A reversible side outlet washing machine box for being mounted between two adjacent studs in a wall and for allowing first and second water supply lines and a drain line to be coupled to the first and second water hoses and drain hose, respectively, of a ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4192026 | Drain valve ball lever A pop-up drain valve assembly for a sink includes a drain plug and control means for raising and lowering the plug to open and close the drain. The control means includes a manually operable plunger rod and a unitary, one piece, plastic ball lever that pi... | 03/11/1980 |
