Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794169 | Bookbinding apparatus In binding a cover sheet together with a sheet bundle, ever-accurate spine-creasing irrespective of bundle thickness is made possible. A sheet stacker stacks sheets into bundles, an adhesive applicator applies adhesive to a spine part of the sheet bundles, and a cov... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7736081 | Collapsible ring binder and uses thereof A collapsible ring binder includes a plurality of selectively openable and closable rings that releasably retain hole-punched documents within the binder. The rings may be collapsed and/or detached from the binder to flatten the binder for transportation and/or stor... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7223040 | Binder Two first binding members supported rotatably by a base, which will be fixed to a back cover, and two second binding members, which engage with the front ends of the first binding members to form closed loops, are provided. Spaces between the base sections of the fi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198422 | Flexible strap ring binder A ring binder having flexible straps for lacing through holes in loose-leaf items having being bound, each strap having a clasp for clasping the strap to form it into rings of different size. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7121587 | Wearable book A wearable book. A wearable book, comprising a plurality of pages and a loop adapted for encircling a body portion for attaching said pages to the body, is provided. The pages are preferably bound together at one edge and preferably are of substantially the same siz... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7077595 | Spine binder The present invention provides an unitary spine binder which comprises an elongated dorsal hinge bearing pairs of opposing and complementary male and female ring elements having known male fastener and female fastener, respectively. Each pair of ring elements also c... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7017737 | Structure of CD box A CD box, wherein a connecting plate between two body parts forms a pair of engaging hooks, one end of each engaging hook is connected to the connecting plate to form a connecting end, and the other end forms an open tailing end, so that round holes on thin CD sleev... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6955402 | Office chair A fabric seat for a chair and a method and machine for manufacturing the fabric seat. The fabric seat comprises a seat frame that supports the outer circumference of a fabric material. The seat frame comprises grasping members that secure the fabric to the seat fram... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6796738 | Loop-type binder for documents A loop-type binder comprises tongues (4) attached on its back cover for holding document sheets, and these tongues (4) constantly increase in thickness from their base (6) to their tip (9), thus comprising a deflection resistant tip and a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6241087 | Compact disc storage device with locating projections A storage device for a plurality of storage members each adapted to accommodate at least one compact disc comprises a base member formed from synthetic plastics material and incorporating integral locating prongs formed by cutting and deforming a portion ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6086280 | Reusable binding system and method A system and method for binding documents wherein the binder is reusable and is easy to use, said binding system comprising interlocking pieces that combined form a secure and reusable document binder.... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5827003 | Ring binder with alignment blade tongues A ring binder having an upper and a lower cover blank joined by a flexible rear blank. The binder has at least two aligning tongues extending from the lower cover blank to the upper cover blank for retaining perforated paper. Each aligning tongue is forme... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5618122 | Molded plastic one-piece loose-leaf binder ring structure A molded plastic one-piece loose-leaf ring binder for use in binding loose perforated sheets, book pages and the like. A plastic elongated base strip is ridgidified by ribs extending longitudinally thereof, and has paired integral flexible lugs spaced lon... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5184046 | Circular waveguide plasma microwave sterilizer apparatus An apparatus for plasma sterilization including a sterilization chamber and at least one microwave plasma generator for producing gas plasma products communicating therewith. The mircowave plasma generator includes a cylindrical metal waveguide and an axi... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4878776 | Binder for telephone directories and the like A binder for a telephone directory or the like has a spine and top and bottom covers adapted to overlie the top and bottom faces of the directory. The binder is attached to the directory and the improvement resides in one or more auxiliary sheets, each fo... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4784507 | Filing device for layers of sheets A filing device produced as a continuous one-piece body from a sheet or foil by a punching - stamping process has sequencing tongues supported as bending-elastic compression members moving easily with the folding movements of the file covers in insert str... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4761091 | Binding device A binding device is disclosed, which comprises a fixture having at least two binding rods, a cover plate having means for engaging with ends of the binding rods and an elastically displaceable connection providing a plurality of divided elastic piece memb... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4693624 | Binding mechanism for perforated papers A binding mechanism for the binding of perforated papers, has at least two elastically flexible tangs (5,6). These tangs (5,6) are arranged standing upright on the top side of a flat support strip (1). Their ends are releaseably connected with extension p... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4661006 | File A file cover has paper-penetrating prongs which are secured in the assembly by engagement with a mounting channel and at least one of which is slidable along the channel whereby the spacing between them is infinitesimally adjustable. A retainer for each p... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4577985 | Ring binder A ring binder having flexible ring elements for holding sheets of paper or the like in an organized manner. The binder includes a backplate integrally coupled to a number of ring elements by a living hinge to allow flexing of the ring elements to and from... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4375925 | Book binding An improved book binding for heavy or bulky pages includes a binding member having a base strip and perpendicularly extending flexible fingers. The base strip and opposite finger ends are secured to the book near the flexible spine while the fingers provi... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4264228 | Composite looseleaf mechanism A side-opening composite looseleaf binding apparatus for attachment to a backbone of a looseleaf binder cover. The binding apparatus comprises a one-piece molded plastic base having a planar floor portion, a stationary wall portion, a hinged wall portion ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4261664 | One-piece report binder A one-piece binder blank is die cut from plastic sheet stock and formed with integral straps and strap keepers to fasten loose leaves in the binder. The blank is scored to form one or more fold lines defining a spine between front and back covers. At spac... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4200404 | Loose leaf binders A loose leaf binder which can be moulded as an integral structure from resilient plastics, e.g. polypropylene has posts which lie in openings in a side portiion of the binder and are pivotable into the upright position. Projections on the posts or the sid... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4192620 | Loose leaf binder An improved binder, of one step construction manufactured from a single sheet of material comprising front and back covers, a backing disposed therebetween joining the covers and forming a continuation of the plane of the adjacent covers a plurality of fa... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4000951 | Loose leaf binders A loose leaf binder which can be moulded as an integral structure from resilient plastics, e.g. polypropylene has posts which lie in openings in a side portion of the binder and are pivotable into the upright position. Projections on the posts or the side... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3994606 | Loose leaf page fastener The present fastener for holding a stack of loose leaf pages has a base piece with easily flexible and resilient plastic prongs and a top piece with openings for passing the prongs and sliders for holding the prongs folded down on the top piece. The prong... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3950107 | Binder ring A one-piece, molded plastic binder ring that may be formed with an integral post for attaching the binder ring to the spine of a loose leaf cover. The binder ring includes a T-shaped socket in its base which receives a cross bar of a flexible strap molded... | 04/13/1976 |
