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The Barnacle is a bright yellow, 20-pound (9.1 kg) piece of plastic that adheres to a windshield with 750 pounds-force (3,300 N) of force. It is equipped with an alarm that sounds if the vehicle is moved, and it has a keypad to input an unlock code so that the owner, after settling their parking violation, can release the device and drive away.
A wheel clamp, also known as wheel boot, parking boot, or Denver boot, [1] [2] is a device that is designed to prevent motor vehicles from being moved. In its most common form, it consists of a clamp that surrounds a vehicle wheel, designed to prevent removal of both itself and the wheel.
A clip sealing a bag of buns displaying a best before date. Biodegradable bread clip in Quebec, Canada. The bread clip was invented by Floyd G. Paxton and manufactured by the Kwik Lok Corporation, based in Yakima, Washington [5] with manufacturing plants in Yakima and New Haven, Indiana. Kwik Lok Corporation's clips are called "Kwik Lok closures".
Paxton's own story about how he carved the prototype bread clip from "an expired credit card" is problematical for this reason: In 1952, when he said he did it, credit cards were made of metal (and called "Charge-a plate"). Plastic credit cards didn't arrive on the scene until the late 1950s. You can look this up on Wikipedia.
Washboarding effect on a road. Washboarding or corrugation [1] is the formation of periodic, transverse ripples in the surface of gravel and dirt roads.Washboarding occurs in dry, granular road material [2] with repeated traffic, traveling at speeds above 8.0 kilometres per hour (5 mph). [3]
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A multi-stop truck operated by FedEx Ground. A multi-stop truck (also known as a step van, walk-in van, delivery van, or bread truck; "truck" and "van" are interchangeable in some dialects) is a type of commercial vehicle designed to make multiple deliveries or stops, with easy access to the transported cargo held in the rear.