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  2. Laundry symbol - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, in the United States, ASTM International published a system of pictorial care instructions as D5489 Standard Guide for Care Symbols for Care Instructions on Textile Products, with revisions in 1998, 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2018. [7] [8] American Cleaning institute developed and published their guide to fabric care symbols. [9]

  3. Snap fastener - Wikipedia

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    The two halves of a riveted leather snap fastener. The top half has a groove which "snaps" in place when "pressed" into the bottom half. A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, [1] press stud, [1] press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of interlocking discs, made out of a metal or plastic, commonly used in place of traditional buttons ...

  4. Teeter-totter - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 1 January 2008, at 03:32 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  5. Teeterboard - Wikipedia

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    Corteo performers practising on the teeterboard. The teeterboard or Korean plank is an acrobatic apparatus that resembles a playground seesaw.The strongest teeterboards are made of oak (usually 9 feet in length).

  6. Carpet (card game) - Wikipedia

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    Any "holes on the carpet", i.e. spaces left behind by the cards that are moved to the foundations, are filled by cards from the waste pile or, if the waste pile is empty, the talon. The talon cards are dealt one at the time on the waste pile and can be moved to the foundations or to the carpet if necessary.

  7. James M. Spangler - Wikipedia

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    James Murray Spangler (November 20, 1848 – January 23, 1915) was an American inventor, salesman, and janitor who invented the first commercially successful portable electric vacuum cleaner that revolutionized household carpet cleaning. His device was not the first vacuum cleaner, but it was the first that was practical for home use.

  8. Pouch Attachment Ladder System - Wikipedia

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    The PALS grid is easily visible in this image of the US Marine Corps' Interceptor Body Armor; note the pouches attached to the system in the background (2005). The Pouch Attachment Ladder System or PALS is a grid of webbing invented and patented by United States Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center used to attach smaller equipment onto load-bearing platforms, such ...

  9. Seesaw - Wikipedia

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    A "teeter-totter" may also refer to a two-person swing on a swing seat, on which two children sit facing each other and the teeter-totter swings back and forth in a pendulum motion. Both teeter-totter (from teeter , as in to teeter on the edge ) and seesaw (from the verb saw ) demonstrate the linguistic process called reduplication , where a ...