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 |
| 6206322 | Towel dispenser with anti-free wheel mechanism A towel dispenser for dispensing roll towel material, such as paper towel, cloth towel and the like. The dispenser includes an anti-free wheel mechanism incorporated therein to prevent the towel material from being pulled out of the dispenser without acti... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5289731 | Hand powered motor for rotational tools and similar articles A hand powered motor for rotational tools and similar articles is provided which consists of a gun shaped housing having an enlarged barrel portion and a hand grip portion. A trigger assembly is mounted to the hand grip portion of the gun shaped housing, ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4744257 | Kick type starting device for engine A kick type starting device for an engine, comprising a drive clutch body operatively connected to a kick axle of a kick pedal such that when the kick pedal is actuated engaging thrust and rotary torque are given to the driving clutch body, and a driven c... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4411442 | Foot-powered wheeled vehicle A foot-powered wheeled vehicle provides a frame having a platform normally occupied by a user. A pair of spaced apart front and rear trucks each supports a pinion geared shaft and a pair of wheels affixed to opposite ends of the shaft and rotatably with r... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4377013 | Rotatable hair brush A rotary brush or other rotary implement constructed in accordance with the instant invention includes a first fixed handle means and a second movable handle means hinged to the fixed handle and operable by squeezing. The brush head to be rotated is mount... | 03/22/1983 |
