Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7621159 | Method and apparatus for fastening fur on a pelting board and winding material therefor The present invention is a method for fixing a fur on a pelting board (6) which is temporarily held in a pelting board holder (2), where the fur is put on the pelting board (6), where end parts of the fur are retained in a fur holder (3),... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7140169 | Feeder controls for a forage harvester An agricultural harvesting machine, such as a forage harvester comprises a set of feedrolls (20, 21, 26, 27) for feeding harvested crop material to a rotating cutterhead (36). The feedrolls are driven by a hydraulic drive means comprising a hydrostatic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 6910354 | Process and an apparatus for processing animal hides A process for treating animal hides includes spreading the hides (1) to be treated astride respective supporting plates (2) and introducing the plates into a container (10). Afterwards, the container (10) is closed hermetically and set un... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6748632 | Materials and products using strip of real or artificial fur A fur material (1) includes an elastic net (2) and a fur strip (3) provided with real or artificial hair (3a). The net (2), made up of warps (4) and wefts (5), is stretchable in one or more directions. The fur ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6708531 | Ecofriendly bio-process for leather processing The present invention relates to an eco-friendly beam house process for de-hairing of leather using commercially available enzymes that obviates the use of lime and other alkalis. The present invention also provides an alternate process for opening the fibers of lea... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701756 | Method and means for drying and fastening of stretched pelt on a peltingboard In the process of manufacturing furs, the pelt (6) is dried on a peltingboard (2), where it is stretched to an optimum length and fastened to the board by slipping a sleeve-like device (8) over the pelt so tightly that it stops the pelt from sliding back ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6311528 | Twisted fur process A process for producing fur garments, trimmings, and other miscellaneous accessories involving one or more strips of fur to produce a spiraled, feathery textured effect. The invention includes garments, trimmings and accessories made by the inventive proc... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5893332 | Fur product and method of making A method of making a fur product from dressed animal pelts having fur and leather sides includes cutting the fur pelts into elongated strips of generally equal width, aligning the elongated strips alternating fur up, leather up, fur up, leather up and so ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5598800 | Fur fabric and method of production A fabric having a furry surface comprising an elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at a lower part thereof such that the hair... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5466497 | Fur fabric and method of production A fabric having a furry surface comprising an elongated strip of a hair-coated skin of a fur-bearing animal, said strip having a hair-free body portion and a hair-bearing portion extending the length of the strip at a lower part thereof such that the hair... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5440793 | Process for production of fur enhanced fabric A fur strip 6 is wound on each of warp yarns 2 and weft yarns 3 of a net 4 to have a hair side 6a of the fur strip 6 disposed outside the net 4 so as to form a hairy textile fabric element 7, the net 4 being woven by interlacing the warp yarns 2 with the ... | 08/15/1995 |
| 4770010 | Procedure for removing the layer of hairy elements from a complete animal skin The present invention is drawn to a method of removing hair from an animal pelt in which liquified gas is applied to the fleshy side of the pelt to freeze the pelt to a temperature at which hair pores of the skin open. The application of the liquid gas to... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4726201 | Procedure for cutting, folding and sewing skins of fur A procedure for the cutting, folding and sewing of skins for use in the productin of fur garments is disclosed. In particular, the skins are cut, folded and sewn together to provide a particular transverse seam on the lower portion of one skin and the upp... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4637206 | Fur-skin strip material and method for producing the same A fur-skin strip material consisting of yarn-like fur-skin strips that are knitted, crochete or woven to form a fabric and the like. The fur-skin strip material is fine, smooth and soft and can be produced in an industrial scale at a lower cost. The yarn-... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4292690 | Method of making a composite fur garment A composite fur garment and method of making same from a fur pelt. The garment consists essentially of alternating strips of fur and base material sewn together lengthwise to form a composite fur pelt. The alternating strips are oriented vertically so tha... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4292691 | Composite fur pelt and garment A composite fur garment and method of making same from a fur pelt. The garment consists essentially of alternating strips of fur and base material sewn together lengthwise to form a composite fur pelt. The alternating strips are oriented vertically so tha... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4259854 | Method of obtaining natural leather with hair for warm unlined shoes The method of obtaining the leather resides in the treatment of cattle hides and includes the following successively performed operations: pretreating a raw hide, splitting it longitudinally to the thickness of 2.0 to 2.5 mm of the leather tissue, flushin... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4065334 | Fur and hides in the fine arts A hide or skin painting is produced by removing the hair in areas of a buffalo hide with a special curved edge cutting tool having changing radius of curvature, leaving areas of the skin with hair intact, applying acrylic pigment to the bare skin from whi... | 12/27/1977 |
| 3950969 | Adhesive guard hair removal Long hairs of fur pelts known as guard hairs are removed to reveal soft underfur by contacting the pelt with a substrate coated with adhesive and then pulling the substrate away from the pelt. Recoverable or non-recoverable adhesive systems may be used.... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3939676 | Adhesive guard hair removal Long hairs of fur pelts known as guard hairs are removed to reveal soft underfur by contacting the pelt with a substrate coated with adhesive and then pulling the substrate away from the pelt. Recoverable or non-recoverable adhesive systems may be used.... | 02/24/1976 |
