...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D606544 | Coded information reader | 12/22/2009 |
| D606076 | Coded information reader | 12/15/2009 |
| D599799 | Coded information reader | 09/08/2009 |
| D588596 | Coded information reader | 03/17/2009 |
| D574832 | Hand-held scanner | 08/12/2008 |
| D570843 | Coded information reader | 06/10/2008 |
| D566713 | Bar code reader | 04/15/2008 |
| D558768 | Mobile device handle | 01/01/2008 |
| D558206 | Handheld scanner | 12/25/2007 |
| D556761 | Hand-held scanner | 12/04/2007 |
| D550674 | Handheld scanner | 09/11/2007 |
| D544485 | Handheld computer | 06/12/2007 |
| D541283 | Scanner | 04/24/2007 |
| D538285 | Reader | 03/13/2007 |
| 7147162 | Housing for an optical reader A body portion of an optical reader has an elastomeric skirt surrounding the lateral edges thereof. The laterally spaced front edges of the skirt, which are on either side of a window through which the light is emitted and received along an optical axis, are angled ... | 12/12/2006 |
| D518057 | Hand-held laser scanner with LED windows | 03/28/2006 |
| D512427 | Mobile terminal “lobster tail” handle | 12/06/2005 |