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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347485 | Exterior surface mounted adjustable wind deflector A wind deflector assembly attachable to the exterior, front or side surface of a vehicle windshield or body, adaptable to be connected to differently shaped and contoured windshields and bodywork, tunable to obtain the desired wind deflection effect and, in some emb... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7246842 | Visor for an automobile A visor for an automobile is provide, which does not impair the design of the automobile when mounted on a window frame of the automobile. A side visor includes a brim portion made of stainless steel formed along a window frame of an automobile, and a visor portion ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6921329 | Air-distribution cap for a convector The present invention relates to an air-distribution cap which is to be fitted on top of a heating or air-conditioning unit with natural or forced convection and the function of which is to regulate both the flow-rate and the direction of the air output by the conve... | 07/26/2005 |
| 5897435 | Air vent device An air vent device for a window comprising a first end section having a first end connector and a second end section having a second end connector. The second end section is a mirror image of the first end section. A central section has a plurality of lou... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5251953 | Vehicle window air deflector An air flow control device for attachment to a window frame of a vehicle door. The device includes a flow deflector element mounting clips and fasteners securing the clips to the deflector element. The deflector element has an upper margin adapted to cont... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5150941 | Side window air deflector incorporating a side view mirror A combined automobile deflector and side view mirror unit is attached to a front edge of a window frame of an automobile door. The automobile deflector and side view mirror unit comprises a mirror housing secure to the window frame and supporting a side v... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5042865 | Wind deflector A wind deflector for mounting on the side of a truck cab, comprising a vertically elongated panel of transparent material; two flanges, one at each vertical end of the panel; two bends connecting the flanges to the panels; and two reinforcing plates for s... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4844529 | Wind deflector A wind deflector for use at the forward exterior of the side windows of a tractor or truck for diverting air currents away from the window and enabling the driver or passenger to travel in comfort with the window open comprises a transparent vertically el... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4558633 | Weathershield for automobiles A weathershield for automobiles for deflecting the air flow relative to a moving automobile as well as rain and the like and so that the same will not enter the passenger compartment includes a body portion having a rearwardly extending part which extends... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4476774 | Portable universal wind deflector A universal wind deflector for use in a vehicle window when the window is open. The deflector has a body that has a first and a second planar portion integrally joined along a line contained by both the first and second planar portions. This arrangement d... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4347781 | Air deflector for motor vehicle windows An air deflector for motor vehicle windows for directing air into the interior of a motor vehicle, the air deflector including a mechanism for releasably securing the air deflector to an open window and a plate extending from the securing mechanism to the... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4341150 | Universal automotive vent A vent-wing accessory for either front door of a motor vehicle installs at the front lower corner of a ventless window where it is guidably positionable and is held in place: (a) by fit of a fin downward into the door horizontal glass channel, (b) by fit ... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4202254 | Air vent auto's It has been found that many new cars have no wings or vents made into the door windows. What I propose is a blade that will be attached to the side view mirror of a vehicle, that will deflect the outside air into a vehicle. This blade will be permanently ... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4191097 | Air deflector for motor vehicles An air deflector for motor vehicles having windows and frames therefor including a semi-flexible sheet, first means for securing the semi-flexible sheet to the uppermost edge of the window frame, second means for securing the lower edge of the semi-flexib... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4062272 | Stationary vent apparatus A vent apparatus is mounted on an automobile door at the forward edge of the window opening, and the apparatus has a transparent plate which is secured permanently at an acute angle relative to the door glass. The apparatus includes two unitary die cast b... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4033245 | Vehicle air deflector A vehicle air deflector of the disclosure includes an air scoop mounted by an adjustable connection on a support portion of a support member that also has a mounting portion which is positioned between an associated vehicle side door and a detachable exte... | 07/05/1977 |
