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 |
| 7354189 | Culinary utensil A culinary whisk comprising an elongate handle, and a generally planar utility portion connected to the handle so as to be pivotably movable about an axis perpendicular to the axis of the handle. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7213964 | Flexible whisk A kitchen whisk having a whisk-head attached to a grippable handle by a coupling, the handle having a flex zone for enhancing the “whipping” action of the whisk-head. A cable can be embedded within the flex zone region of the handle for reinforcing the same, the... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7179055 | Mailable fan A fan equipped with an unfolded fan blade adapted for mailing without requiring carriage in an envelope or packet. The unfolded fan comprises an unfolded fan blade, a handle attached to the unfolded fan blade, and indicia printed on one side of the unfolded fan blad... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6971695 | Golf ball retriever The present invention relates to a wire golf ball retriever having a substantially circularly light bulb shaped wire formed member with space between adjacent wires to allow the passage of golf balls into the confines thereof so as to retrieve golf balls from relati... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6837682 | Nutrient clusters for food products and methods of preparation Nutrient clusters for food products, such as for addition to Ready-To-Eat cereals, are made in the form of aggregates or clusters comprising a first particulate component; a nutrient powder blend, and sufficient binder to adhere the powder to the particulates. The n... | 01/04/2005 |
| 5975849 | Handle structure for a flexible fan A handle structure for a flexible fan includes two corresponding holding brackets and two corresponding handle members. The holding brackets are provided at their inner sides with a plurality of receiving means and stop means so as to firmly clamp a segme... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5304080 | Swim paddle A substantially flat, oval-shaped swim paddle for use on a swimmer's hand is provided having two halves connected by a flexible hinge. The anterior half has ridges defining finger indexes for placement of the swimmer's fingers. The posterior half has a ce... | 04/19/1994 |
| 4911611 | Collapsible fan A collapsible fan is disclosed which can be easily stored, include logos and messages, and unfolds into a fan that is about six times its folded size. The fan includes a spring-type frame foldable into itself and unfoldable to its original shape, and a me... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4673361 | Kayak/canoe paddle An improved paddle for canoe or kayak recreational or competitive paddling incorporates crossbar structure formed such that when incorporated either with a single blade canoe paddle or with a double blade kayak paddle both hands grip available crossbars w... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4605378 | Breakdown boat paddle with variable configuration A double-bladed kayak paddle (A, B) is disclosed which includes first and second blade sections (10, 12) having a paddle blade (14, 18) carried on one end thereof, and jointed ends (16, 20) carried on opposing ends thereof. The jointed ends are fitted tog... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4178128 | Method of and device for propulsion A propulsion device and its method of use, the device having a forward foil and a rearward foil adapted for alternate transverse reciprocal and alternate pivotal movement in opposed direction about parallel axes. The forward and rearward foil axes are per... | 12/11/1979 |
