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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D488709 | Storage hook | 04/20/2004 |
| 5884443 | Concrete reinforcing bar protective cover A protective cover for the ends of reinforcing bars has a cylindrical tube having upper and lower ends. A cap is mounted on the upper end of the tube and is comprised of a continuous circular wall extending upwardly and outwardly from the upper end of the... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5064156 | Adjustable height work support A workpiece support apparatus is provided with a pair of pivotable leg assemblies which are movable between a first, open position, and a second, closed position. A releasable latch member is provided for holding the leg assemblies in a selected one of th... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4896778 | Elongate member connection to an end plate An improved structure is provided for connecting an end of an elongate member to an end plate. The end plate is provided with an aperture for receiving a fastener having a threaded shank adapted for extending through the aperture and having a head for eng... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4699343 | Support for workpieces An adjustable support for workpieces is provided with a tripod base in which each of the three legs includes an angle bar having a vertical top segment. The top segments of the legs are securely connected together by a polyhedron shaped junction member. T... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4682698 | Tool holder A tool holder apparatus is provided for holding ferromagnetic hand tools for convenient storage. The apparatus includes a mounting member for being attached to a generally vertical surface and includes a generally elongate support frame extending from the... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4625604 | Splitter and blade guard assembly A guide member projects upwardly from the splitter, and an extension bracket is pivotally connected to the splitter and defines a guide slot for receiving the guide member. The splitter includes a leg having a projecting foot defining a notch between the ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4597122 | Free-standing drawer A free-standing drawer is provided for operational positioning under a bed or the like. The bottom wall of the drawer comprises a pair of panels and a rigidifying center support board therebetween. The drawer may be packaged and sold in knocked-down form ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4581828 | Spirit level A spirit level is provided which may be conveniently packaged and sold in knocked down form with the liquid vials and vial holders initially separated from the frame. The mounting openings in the web of the frame are rectangular or square with sides paral... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4574530 | Drill powered wet or dry abrasive apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for mounting a portable power drill with a rotatable abrasive disk for abrading the surface of a workpiece. The apparatus includes a base, a drill holding assembly, a workpiece support table, and a liquid reservoir with bristles for... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4484608 | Router table A device for support of a portable router above a work table so as to convert a portable router into a pin router assembly. The device includes a mounting plate which is directly attached to the base portion of the router. The mounting plate is formed int... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4466675 | Knock-down drawer assembly A knock-down drawer assembly is provided with a front panel, a pair of side panels, a rear panel, and a bottom panel. The front, rear, and side panels are provided with channels for receiving the bottom panel. The front panel defines two generally vertica... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4463644 | Straight edge guide Two rails, each having a straight edge, two ends and a cross section defining a channel, are placed in an end-to-end butting relationship to form a continuous straight edge. A joiner plate has an arcuate cross section and has lateral margins for being rec... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4413374 | Three piece knob assembly including a cap A two-piece knob assembly is provided for positively holding a fastener in a non-rotatable condition. The assembly includes a knob that has an aperture with varying diameters and configurations. A fastener is received in the aperture and is non-rotatably ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4384746 | Drawer assembly An assembly for slidably and releasably mounting a drawer in a support frame is provided wherein the drawer has at least one guide member and is slidably engaged with at least one track member carrier by the support frame. The drawer guide member includes... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4381103 | Straight edge guide Two rails, each having a straight edge, two ends and a cross section defining a channel, are placed in an end-to-end butting relationship to form a continuous straight edge. A joiner plate has an arcuate cross section and has lateral margins for being rec... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4362196 | Power tool table with safety shut-off A table for supporting an electric power tool is provided with a safety shut-off device. A bar is pivotably mounted on the side of the table and a shut-off switch is mounted to the table behind the bar. The bar is biased away from the shut-off switch by a... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4330113 | Vise A vise for use with sawhorses and workbenches in which swivel jaws having specially configured feet are detachably connected to an apertured channel. Advantageously, the jaws can be connected to either side or the top of the channel to position the workpi... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4328728 | Apparatus for effecting a miter cut with a portable circular saw A saw support member for supporting a portable power circular saw is pivotably mounted to a platform defining a workpiece support surface. A pair of fences are pivotally connected on a fixed vertical axis to the platform. First and second arcuate guide sl... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4197775 | Saw table An improved, safer, more efficient saw table construction is provided in the present invention by channelled guide tracks which slidably support a tool and plate assembly in any one of two positions at right angles to each other. The tool can be readily m... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4126366 | Rotatable, multiple storage bin assembly Covered bins and a rotatable assembly for holding a plurality of them in a cantilevered array is provided wherein the bins may be easily removed and added as necessary. A bin support column having an exterior shape of a regular prism is mounted for rotati... | 11/21/1978 |
