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Frank Lee · 12-12-2010, 01:02 PM

The "Crower" thing sounds neat and all, but it was patented in 1920 by someone else. That it's been around 90 years and never made it out of the lab begs the question of why?

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1339176.pdf

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Frank Lee (: Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: up north Posts: 12,762 Blue - '93 Ford Tempo Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US) F150 - '94 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 90 day: 18.5 mpg (US) Sport Coupe - '92 Ford Tempo GL Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US) ShWing! - '82 honda gold wing Interstate 90 day: 33.65 mpg (US) Moon Unit - '98 Mercury Sable LX Wagon 90 day: 21.24 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,585 Thanked 3,555 Times in 2,218 Posts	The "Crower" thing sounds neat and all, but it was patented in 1920 by someone else. That it's been around 90 years and never made it out of the lab begs the question of why? http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1339176.pdf __________________