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A design for a helicopter by aeronautical designer Harold L. Lamont. This design was assigned to the Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company. Lamont also did work for Sikorsky Aircraft. This patent was issued in 1954.
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Minneapolis native Leroy S. Buffington was awarded a patent in 1888 for iron-building construction. Because of this patent, Buffington claimed to be the father of the skyscraper.
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This design for a diner was awarded to Vincent F. Giannotti, Ralph Manno and Giro R. Manno, all of New Jersey, in 1968.
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A patent was awarded for this unique airplane design to John T. Corrigan and Peter P. Sherry in 1953.
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The patent for this ornamental spiral building design was awarded to Radu Vero in 1989.
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This ornamental design for a building was awarded in 1988 to Sacha Sosno, Henri Vidal and Yves Bayard.
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An airplane design by aeronautical draftsman William R. Custer. Custer is know for developing 'channel-wing' airplanes, such as this one. He also founded the Custer Channel Wing Aircraft Company. This patent was awarded in 1955. Another Custer design can be seen here.
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A pursuit car for the junior G-man. This patent was awarded to Louis Marx or the Marx Toy Company in 1936. "The primary object of my invention is to provide a toy simulating a pursuit car such as is used by police, Federal agents or the like. A more particular object is to provide such a toy with a simulated operator sighting and firing a machine gun from the pursuit car during its operation."
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An ornamental design for an airplane by Jack R. Atkinson. Patent was awarded in 1950. Here is another view.
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"The principal object of my present invention comprehends the provision of a figure wheeled toy constructed and designed so as to be operable to simulate the pursuit of an automobile vehicle, driven at a prohibitive speed, by a motorcycle officer." This patent for a figured wheeled toy was awarded to Louis Marx, of the Louis Marx Company, in 1927.
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