Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5895540 | Method for unitizing containers A linerless double-backed adhesive tape structure is disclosed. In one embodiment the tape has three tape strips each with an adhesive coated surface and an adhesive free surface. Two of the strips are joined to a center strip along its lateral edges with... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5665197 | Plywood lay-up system A plywood layup system for assembling veneer plies includes a carousel feeder that supplies core veneer plies to an accumulator gate system. The accumulator gate system accumulates one or several plies into a predetermined ply assembly pattern before rele... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5634631 | Sheet delivery in a printing press Sheet delivery device in a printing press having stops and sheet pushers or sliders for forming a sheet pile on a changeable sheet-pile carrier, and a conveyor system for transporting sheets successively to a location above the sheet pile includes a stabi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5503517 | Slip sheet and method of use of same A slip sheet for use with bulk containers and a method of use of such slip sheet. An empty bulk container is detachably secured to a slip sheet including one or more movable edges. The slip sheet and container can be manipulated and transported with a for... | 04/02/1996 |
| 4802177 | Semiconductor laser mount A semiconductor laser is mounted on a support by way of a semiconductor laser mount. The semiconductor laser mount is provided, in the surface to be mated with the support, with an adhesive retaining groove which substantially surrounds the mounting posit... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4715925 | Apparatus for forming connection bridges between stacks of corrugated cardboard sheets in a corrugator Apparatus for stacking of corrugated cardboard sheets on at least two stacks disposed adjacent each other in a stacker included in a corrugator, wherein a slitter scorer, first conveying means, cut-off means, second conveying means and a stacker are locat... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4692370 | Process for nonslip finishing of smooth surfaces of objects and objects produced thereby The invention relates to a process, and the products thereof, for the nonslip finishing of surfaces of objects more especially packaging materials, by applying a hotmelt plastic. The hotmelt may be applied in the form of a microfine random-strand nonwoven... | 09/08/1987 |