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Spring Forward With Patent Drawings!

March 11, 2017 Rob B 2 comments

We’re back again with more patent drawings from the wonderful Google Patent archive. And what could be more exciting to examine than the inner workings of the spring loaded mechanisms that collectors love so much? Plus it’s time to set clocks forward for springtime in (most of) the US. Hooray for lame date-related tie-in posts! This item from Hasbro should

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The Shield Patent Drawing

November 4, 2015 Rob B 4 comments

Here’s something I never expected to run across. I’ve been aware of Google’s patent search for a while. It’s an interesting thing to check out if you’d like to peek into the weird world of copyright. It all seems very esoteric to me, particularly the fact that many of these patents don’t mention a figure’s name or even a toy

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Super Joe