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He invented dozens of other toys and games, and had 97 patented inventions. [ 3 ] In 1995, Charles Foley's son, Mark Foley, and Douglas Farley founded Doumar Products Inc. and its heptane -based Un-Du adhesive remover .
Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is an arcade video game developed by Marvin Glass and Associates and released in 1984 by Bally Midway. [3] [5] [6] Tapper puts the player in the shoes of a bartender who must serve eager, thirsty patrons (before their patience expires [7]) while collecting empty mugs and tips.
Richard Bowie Spikes (October 2, 1878 – January 22, 1963) was an African-American inventor who held several United States patents. He is credited with developing and improving inventions such as a beer tap, a modification of an automatic gear shift mechanism for motor vehicles, and a safety braking system for trucks and buses.
Tap shoes. In the earliest years of tap dancing, tap shoes often had wooden soles. [26] The soles of modern tap shoes are either full-sole or split-sole. A full-sole tap shoe has a continuous base material along the underside of the shoes; a split-sole tap shoe has a gap in the base material under the arch of the foot, making them more flexible.
Sock and Awe is a minimalist 2008 Flash game created by British entrepreneur Alex Tew, recreating the Bush shoeing incident and putting the player in control of journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi who flung a shoe at George W. Bush during a news conference. Although the game was hastily put together, it went viral and received widespread news coverage ...
The Professional Maxie Ford Break (This form provides an additional pullback after the toe and was a favourite of many dancers (Gene Kelly, the Nicholas Brothers, Coles & Atkins, The Four Step Brothers, Tip, Tap & Toe etc.) Maxie Fords may also be done turning across the floor, such that each one is performed in a single rotation (with or ...
Developing toys and games a for example, nerf, song writing and publishing, entrepreneurship Reynolds Winsor "Reyn" Guyer (born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1935) is an American inventor . Inventions
He is known as a "soft shoe expert", [1] and he invented the Slap Step. [2] Rector was the protégé of John Leubrie Hill [ 3 ] and later danced as a team with Ralph Cooper . He danced in notable revues, including Darktown Follies (1914), Tan Town Topics (1926), Blackbirds of 1928 , Hot Rhythm (1930), Rhapsody in Black (1931), Blackberries of ...