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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7115324 | Method of combining welding and adhesive bonding for joining metal components A method of joining metal components having the steps of depositing adhesive material between the components and welding the components together via solid-state or fusion welding. The welds are spaced apart from the adhesive material and are produced so as to preven... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7062803 | Furniture headboards and footboards Disclosed is a bedstead board having at least one recess near a first or a second side. The at least one recess is configured to removably receive a roller of a patient transport system. In use, two bedstead boards are connected to a bed frame. Each of the two bedst... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6685215 | Twelve-sided polygon-shaped air bag A twelve-sided polygon-shaped air bag comprised of fabric for use in vehicle restraint systems and method of manufacture is disclosed. The air bag is constructed from fabric panels in the shape of congruent, twelve-sided polygons, which may be regular dod... | 02/03/2004 |
| 5756167 | Rigid elongated member for use in vehicles and producing method and apparatus therefor A method of producing an elongated member having a main body portion and terminal portions extending form ends thereof includes bending an elongated strip between circumferential faces of first forming rolls and second forming rolls having parallel centra... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5253175 | Method for preliminarily printing blank for tapered draw-formed body Disclosed is a method for preliminarily printing a blank for a tapered draw-formed body, which comprises transforming digital rectangular coordinates to annular coordinates so that the height of the rectangular coordinates is made to correspond to the hei... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5143793 | Decorated hollow element A hollow metallic or metalloplastic element drawn or drawn-ironed from a decorated blank, and comprising an outer skirt decorated with an image formed from lines of dots of ink. The skirt has over its entire height which comprises zones of level h:2R at l... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4741970 | Thermoplastic laminate tie layer using a polymeric blend adhesive A thermoplastic laminate structure consisting of a plurality of layers wherein at least one of the layers is the adhesive polymeric blend. The adhesive polymeric blend comprises a dispersed phase of poly-2-oxazoline and a glycol and a continuous phase of ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4383002 | Jewellery post A jewellery post has an elongated member with a longitudinally extending passage adjacent one end, and a plug of bonding material within the passage adjacent this end. The bonding plug is a sliding fit in the passage and has a length which is short compar... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4206266 | Printer arm blank An arm for holding the impact stylus of a high speed dot matrix printer is fabricated from a single stamping which when properly folded defines two members having C-shaped cross-sections joined by a thin web. The web is folded around the stylus to bring t... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4098953 | Biaxially oriented synthetic linear polyester film base material with copolymer subbing layer Film base material is provided which comprises a film of biaxially oriented synthetic linear polyester of highly hydrophobic character having superimposed thereon adherent to said film a subbing layer which contains a copolymer of vinylidene chloride, an ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4092488 | Connection or terminal portions for cross-linked polyethylene cables In the connection or terminal portions of cross-linked polyethylene cables produced by winding irradiated tapes around the connection or terminal portions of cross-linked polyethylene insulated cables and heat molding the same, the irradiated tapes compri... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4082879 | Stabilized transparent receptor sheet Transparent receptor sheets containing reducible metal soap and organic reducing agent are stabilized against background darkening on prolonged exposure to heat and light by means of a small amount of aromatic dye.... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4071653 | Powdery copolymer comprising methyl methacrylate and monomer having a basic nitrogen atom A powdery copolymer having a powder particle size from 0.1 to 200 microns, said copolymer comprising at least 50 percent by weight of methyl methacrylate and 0.2 to 10 percent by weight of at least one monomer having a basic nitrogen atom, the balance, if... | 01/31/1978 |
| 3965933 | Air duct made from sheet metal stamping A sheet metal stamping forming an air duct for use in heating and cooling systems and the like. The stamping has a generally rectangular shaped body portion and a protruding tongue portion extending from at least one side thereof. The stamping is foldable... | 06/29/1976 |
