...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7250381 | Fibrous nonwoven mats containing polyethermid fibers Fibrous nonwoven mats comprising polyetherimid fibers and a binder comprising a resin and an adhesion promoter, and method of making the mat are disclosed. These mats have several uses and are particularly suited as facer mats for fiber reinforced thermoplastic ther... | 07/31/2007 |
| 6083854 | Wet wipes with low viscosity silicone emulsion systems The present invention relates in general to a variety of emulsion compositions, and more particularly, to emulsion compositions and methods for preparing these emulsion compositions which employ novel polymeric emulsifaction techniques. The emulsion compo... | 07/04/2000 |
| 4430380 | Bonded structures of textile materials A bonded structure of textile materials bonded by a melamine-formaldehyde precondensate is produced by applying to a textile material a melamine-formaldehyde precondensate with a molar ratio of melamine to formaldehyde of 1:(0.8 to 1.26) to form a composi... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4072466 | Cellulosic textile treated with low formaldehyde fully etherified methylolated melamine with urea-formaldehyde-glyoxal The invention relates to a water soluble textile finishing resin composition, the process for preparing the same, the process for finishing textile materials therewith, and to the textile materials so treated. More particularly, the invention relates to i... | 02/07/1978 |