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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7780498 | Remote control aircraft with parachutes A remote controlled aircraft may include a deployable main parachute, deployable paratroopers stored in the coils of helical spring actuator and moved into deployment position by rotation of the actuator. The actuator may be operated within a storage compartment con... | 08/24/2010 |
| 6902460 | Hand-thrown toy parachute and method of manufacturing the same A hand-thrown toy parachute has a canopy. A hollow stick is suspended from the canopy by a plurality of rigging lines substantially at the center of the canopy. A weight is enclosed in the hollow stick to be movable back and forth in the longitudinal direction of th... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6713313 | Field emission arrays and method of fabricating emitter tips and corresponding resistors thereof with a single mask A method for fabricating field emission arrays employs a single mask to define emitter tips, their corresponding resistors, and, optionally, conductive lines. One or more material layers from which the emitter tips and resistors will be defined are formed over and l... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6520825 | Parade throw A parade throw and its method of use are disclosed. The parade throw includes a bag having an open top and a contained support member that can be in the form of a disk, ring, or plastic "Frisbee.RTM." like member. The combination of bag and support disk a... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6478648 | Toy rocket with parachute hatch release A rocket (10) is disclosed having a body (11) with a bay (13) therein and hatch (16) which is movable between a bay opened position and a bay closed position by a spring biased hinge (19). The hatch is coupled to a two stage catch (29). A parachute (23) i... | 11/12/2002 |
| 4781649 | Toy car with a parachute A toy car with a parachute is disclosed in which the toy car, such as a formula type car with a rearwing, is formed with a running car body and a parachute-discharging device capable of accomodating and discharging the parachute which, in turn, may be hau... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4182074 | Airborne toy An airborne toy comprising an inverted substantially dish-shaped body normally containing at least one rolled up toy parachute. A flexible support strand, extending through an axial opening in the body, is centrally connected with a disk underlying the bo... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4073087 | Toy vehicle having parachute attached thereto A toy vehicle consisting of a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted thereon includes means for receiving and containing a simulated parachute therein and ejection means for selectively ejecting the parachute in response to a predetermin... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4047324 | Balloon and parachute toy A flying toy has a body, an inflatable balloon connected to a downwardly facing nozzle, and a recess accommodating a parachute. Upon inflation, the escape of air from the balloon causes the toy to rise, and as the balloon reaches the end of its deflation,... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4034500 | Airborne saucer-like toy An airborne toy comprising an inverted substantially saucer-shaped body having a flat bottom. A downwardly open recess normally containing a rolled-up toy parachute is closed by flap-like doors hingedly connected to the body. A pair of flexible support st... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4008541 | Toy parachute The disclosed parachute toy, preferably an accessory for a toy doll figure, includes a backpack container within which is packed a parachute attached by shroud lines to an ejection mechanism. In one embodiment, the ejection mechanism is designed to provid... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4005544 | Parachute toy A parachute toy having a parachute connected to a hollow capsule adapted to receive the parachute in its undeployed condition. An air intake at the front of the capsule contains an air valve for selectively allowing airflow into the interior of the capsul... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3993323 | Drag chute for bicycle A spring ejected drag chute for a bicycle housed in a container clamped to the rear fender.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3984938 | Sky diver toy A releasable coupling device affixes a balloon inflated with helium to a miniature figure of a sky diver. The coupling device has a release cord extending therefrom to ground whereby the balloon raises the figure to a selected height and is released there... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3959918 | Airborne toy An airborne toy comprising a substantially diamond-shaped planar base having an outstanding longitudinal and a transverse rib secured to one of its surfaces is provided with a well formed at the intersection of the ribs for releasably containing, by hinge... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3949520 | Parachute toy A parachute toy includes a canopy attached to a plurality of shroud lines which are attached to a swivel which is attached, in turn, by way of a single line, to a hinged hollow ball. The hinged hollow ball is adapted to be closed and thrown high into the ... | 04/13/1976 |
