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 |
| 7097137 | Launch and recovery system for unmanned aerial vehicles A method of launching and retrieving a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) (10). The preferred method of launch involves carrying the UAV (10) up to altitude using a parasail (8) similar to that used to carry tourists aloft. The UAV is dropped and pic... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077049 | Active protection system A system of active protection system of objects has a central control panel, and at least one unit arrangeable on a protected object and including a target detection device, a protective ammunition connected with the target detection device, a device for moving the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6957602 | Parachute active protection apparatus An apparatus for protecting an object from an incoming munition includes a tracking apparatus mounted on the object, for tracking the incoming munition; a firing solution computer connected to the tracking apparatus; a plurality of launch tubes mounted on the object... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6857596 | High speed electro-optic payout system incorporating a stationary optical terminus A system and apparatus for deployment of a decoy from a moving object, such as an aircraft, to protect the aircraft from an enemy missile. The decoy is stored in a housing mounted on the aircraft and is connected by a cable containing fiber optics and high voltage c... | 02/22/2005 |
| 4413668 | Thermal signature supression Thermal suppressors and techniques for the use thereof are utilized to reduce the thermal signature of an object having a temperature greater than its environment. Multi-layers of low emissivity materials separated by air spaces are used to minimize heat ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4231311 | Towable pod assembly for protectively disabling incoming torpedoes A coaxial strain cable tows a tube-like net-containing pod behind a ship. nsors on the pod carried beneath the ships wake detect incoming torpedoes and supply detection data via the coaxial cable to a shipboard processor. Processor commands return via the... | 11/04/1980 |
