Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6435930 | Basketball coin bank A toy bank having a base structure to store coins. A basketball player is mounted above the base structure, the basketball player having a coin holder generally shaped as a basketball. After the coin is placed in the coin holder, a lever arm is pushed the... | 08/20/2002 |
| 4402156 | Coin-operated bank A toy bank of the coin-operated type including a housing having a coin storage region and an external action surface, a coin-receiving opening in the surface communicating with the storage region, an electrically-operated coin propelling mechanism carried... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4079540 | Toy bank A toy bank device as disclosed for receiving and depositing coins comprising a base member adapted for location on a substantially horizontal surface and including base member mounting means. The base member has a base member orifice for receiving and sto... | 03/21/1978 |
