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 |
| 7237502 | Boat bumper A boat bumper for use on a boat dock includes a bumper body and a frame. The frame includes uprights and connectors that interconnect the uprights and permit the frame to deflect when a force is applied to the boat bumper. The body includes a base and a roller inser... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7153063 | Portable and adjustable boat dock bumper assembly A boat docket bumper assembly designed to be clamped to a boat dock to protect a boat from coming in direct contact with the dock. The boat dock bumper assembly includes a vertical support to one side of which a bumper can be attached. The assembly has a mounting me... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6513449 | Marine docking device A marine docking device according to the present invention includes a fender having a first end coupled to a first arm by a first attachment member and a second end coupled to a second arm by a second attachment member. The first attachment member and the... | 02/04/2003 |
| 4286538 | Multipurpose floating structure A multipurpose floating structure comprises a large number of flotation units joined together in a regular reticulated pattern in one or more horizontal tiers, each flotation unit comprising: a square plate; a watertight can structure of inverted conical ... | 09/01/1981 |