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Mason's innovation was a square-shouldered jar with threaded screw-top, matching lid, and rubber ring for an airtight seal. Mason's easy-to-use, re-usable jars made home canning popular among American settlers, homesteaders, and even in urban homes. Most Mason jars were manufactured by competitors after his patent expired in 1879.
Prior to 1933, Ball was the largest domestic manufacturer of home canning jars. In 1939 it manufactured 54% of all the canning jars made in the US. A drop in demand for the jars during the 1930s led the Ball brothers to begin manufacturing other types of jars and bottles for commercial use, and eventually expanding into other lines of business.
The Ball Corporation, which once dominated the market as the largest domestic manufacturer of home-canning jars, spun off its home-canning business in 1993. In 1939 the company manufactured 54% of all the canning jars made in the US. [15] Ball ceased production of canning jars when its subsidiary, Alltrista, became a separate company in 1993. [16]
The phrase "Table Tennis" was created because the name "Ping Pong" had already been trademarked by Parker Brothers. [7] Though the legal name of the USATT remains the "United States Table Tennis Association, Inc.", the non-profit corporation adopted "USA Table Tennis" as their d/b/a name effective 1994. [8]
Table tennis regulations approved by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) allow different surfaces on each side of the paddle for varying amount of spin (including nullifying it) or speed. [2] For example, a player may have a spin-heavy rubber on one side of their paddle, and no spin on the other side.
The table is 2.74 m (9.0 ft) long, 1.525 m (5.0 ft) wide, and 76 cm (2.5 ft) high with any continuous material so long as the table yields a uniform bounce of about 23 cm (9.1 in) when a standard ball is dropped onto it from a height of 30 cm (11.8 in), or about 77%.
Table tennis rubber is a type of rubber used as covering on a racket in table tennis. [1] Modern table tennis rubber is usually composed of two layers: a layer of foam ("sponge") underneath and a layer of actual rubber on the surface. [2] There are four common types of table tennis rubbers: short pips, long pips, antispin, and inverted. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin. Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...