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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909552 | Rotatable partition system for a freight carrying enclosure A flexible system is provided for preventing freight damage during shipment. The system has adjustable and interlocking hinged panels that are attached to the side walls of a shipping enclosure, so that the system can be readily adapted to secure different types and... | 03/22/2011 |
| 6926482 | Container and method for transporting cargo on a flatbed vehicle A container is provided for transporting cargo on a flatbed vehicle. The container includes a top wall structure; a bottom wall structure opposing the top wall structure; a front wall structure; a rear wall structure opposing the front wall structure; and a pair of ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6575679 | Secure accessory system for a truck box A system for securing accessories in a truck box comprises right and left anchor beams adapted to be fastened to respective right and left edges of the floor such that inner faces of the anchor beams face each other across an inner floor area. An anchor l... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6514021 | T-flange engaging load bearing bed A T-flange engaging load bearing bed consisting of a metal sheet having an upper load bearing surface, a lower surface, and having a post receiving slot, and further consisting of a C-channel beam having an upwardly opening T-receiving channel, the C-chan... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6503036 | Vehicle sliding floor extension and cargo brace A vehicle sliding floor extension having a composite/plastic sliding extension plate attached to a truck bed or SUV rear compartment by a base plate having molded rails of metal, plastic, or composite to facilitate the controlled movement of the extension... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6491485 | Device for transporting structures on a rail car A rail car transporting system is used to transport relatively heavy structures by rail car, particularly prefabricated concrete structures. At least one pair of portable retaining devices are configured to retain the structure on the rail car generally a... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6322301 | Device for transporting structures on a rail car A rail car transporting system is used to transport relatively heavy structures by rail car, particularly prefabricated concrete structures. At least one pair of portable retaining devices are configured to retain the structure on the rail car generally a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6309153 | Intermodal transfer trailer A vehicle for temporary support of intermodal cargo containers, especially a trailer for a tractor/trailer rig, has deployable locating pins placed centrally along the length of a chassis, for locating containers placed end-to-end. The locating pins cente... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6053563 | Enclosure having integrally molded protrusions for securing system components An enclosure for holding a machine includes a lower body made of polymer materials, such as polyolafins and/or nylon. The lower body includes an interior region having a surface with one or more features integrally molded therein and an upper body overlyi... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5931617 | Automatic load securing device for containers, interchangeable containers or the like The invention is directed to a load securing device for standardized transport vessels, such as containers, interchangeable containers or the like, on loading surfaces by securing pins which are swivelable upward from a rest position under the loading sur... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5888039 | Cargo securing system A cargo securing system including at least one elongated block portion having a plurality of studs extending downwardly therefrom for coupling with through holes in a trailer. A plurality of pipe attachment portions are provided with each having a recess ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5758890 | Locking system for a semitrailer chassis and removable container A locking system for securing an expandable semitrailer chassis and for securing a removable container received on top of the chassis when the container is transported on the semitrailer. The expandable semitrailer allows for receiving different lengths o... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5020947 | Automatic locking system An automatic locking system for different sized containers on flat cars or trailers. The locks at the corner of the loading space are not retractable but have automatic locking mechanism that holds the container down. The locks in the center of the loadin... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4776736 | Twin container hold down A hold down device is provided to engage and hold down adjacent ends of containers on a flat bed vehicle. The hold down device includes four twist locks being two longitudinally spaced pairs of twist locks, each pair being two laterally spaced twist locks... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4737055 | Attachment fitting In association with a vehicle designed to carry a heavy load module, an ioved means for accurately guiding the module onto the vehicle bed surface as the module is being lowered into position. The improved guide comprises a plural number of specially for... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4704062 | Self powered, roll-on and roll-off trailer A trailer of the container roll-on, roll-off type having a self contained power plant thereby being capable of full operation for loading and unloading regardless of the type of towing vehicle or in the absence thereof. The device is multifarious in uses,... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4630981 | Apparatus for restraining containers in a railway car A railway car (10) for transporting containers of various lengths and widths, which are shiftable longitudinally, laterally, or both, within the car is provided. To restrain the various size containers a plurality of openings (52, 52', 54, 54', 56, 56', 5... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4626155 | Automatic container securement device with a spring biased, cam surfaced head A device for automatically securing a cargo container to a support such as a deck of a vehicle or a second container with which the first container is to be stacked. The device includes a base having a projecting shear block received in the locking openin... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4595323 | Floating loading system While the present invention may be used in a variety of applications, is is particulary well suited for use in loading elongate loads, such as hollow concrete utility poles, onto railroad cars. The system of the present invention protects the load, as wel... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4537540 | Transport frames for vehicles This invention relates to transport frames for vehicles of the kind which are removable from the vehicle and adapted to have a freight container or other load secured thereto. The frame is provided with four standard corner fittings (14, 15, 16, 17) at th... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4486132 | Device for front end locking of containers A device for the front end locking of containers on a chassis comprising a lock bolt movable in a guideway approximately parallel with the longitudinal axis of the chassis and between a locking and a release position while coupled to an operating handle w... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4322192 | Pallet tie-down assembly Warehouses, moving vans, buses, railroad cars, and cargo planes, adapted for storage or transport of cargo generally have tie-down studs or anchor bolts in their floors and walls. In order that cargo may slide across the floors or walls without interferen... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4222695 | Floor matting Floor matting includes rectangular panels each having a plurality of rows of upstanding hollow bosses. Some of the bosses are located along two sides of the panel and laterally project beyond the sides, and the other two sides of the panel carry a complem... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4076434 | Elastic joint A joint between two bodies of limited relative mobility, such as the wheelbase and the chassis of a vehicle, comprises a male member or stem fastened to one body and a female member or socket fastened to the other body, the two members being interfitted w... | 02/28/1978 |
| 3933258 | Vehicular transportation system A vehicular transportation system and apparatus therefor is disclosed herein wherein small electrically driven passenger vehicles are carried as a group in a transporter or carrier vehicle. Extendable ramps are carried on the transporter vehicle which may... | 01/20/1976 |
