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James William McGhee
James William McGhee (April 28, 1882 – August 6, 1968) was an inventor of the drapery hook. He was also a manufacturer, prospector, carpenter, contractor, and interior design specialist. Early years He was born in Eminence, Kentucky and by 1918 he was living in Los Angeles working as a piano salesman for the Garr Piano Company. He married Edna Mae Louis, and they had two children: George Louis McGhee (1925–2000) and Barbara Ann McGhee (1923– ). Inventions On November 27, 1923, he was issued a patent for a drapery hook. He co-founded McGhee and Jinks Manufacturing Co. in Los Angeles where he manufactured the hooks, rings, and other drapery hardware. The drapery hook keeps the draperies attached to the traverse tracks and drapery rods. Infringement Patent 1475306 was the subject of an infringement lawsuit that McGhee lost and appealed. He lost again on appeal when the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that hook designs were not patentable in 1929: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eminence, Kentucky
Eminence is a home rule class city in Henry County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,498 at the 2010 census, up from 2,231 at the 2000 census. Eminence is the largest city in Henry County. Eminence is home to the loudspeaker manufacturing company, Eminence Speaker. Geography Eminence is located in southern Henry County at (38.368127, -85.180449). It is bordered to the south by Shelby County. Kentucky Route 55 is Main Street through Eminence. KY 55 leads north to New Castle, the Henry County seat, and south to Shelbyville. U.S. Route 421 passes east of Eminence; it leads north to New Castle and southeast to Frankfort, the state capital. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Eminence has a total area of , of which , or 1.70%, is water. The city is located on high ground, with elevations up to , where several watersheds converge. The source of the Little Kentucky River, a tributary of the Kentucky River, is just west of Eminence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the 18th-largest city in California. San Bernardino is the economic, cultural, and political hub of the San Bernardino Valley and the Inland Empire. The governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico have established the metropolitan area’s only consulates in the downtown area of the city. Additionally, San Bernardino serves as an anchor city to the 3rd largest metropolitan area in California (after Los Angeles and San Francisco) and the 13th largest metropolitan area in the United States; the San Bernardino-Riverside MSA. Furthermore, the city’s University District serves as a college town, as home to California State University, San Bernardino. San Bernardino was named in 1810, when Spanish priest Francisco Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drapery Hook
The drapery hook is a hook designed for hanging drapery. It is often concealed within the drape's header tape The distinctive shape shown in the figure, with a sharp end and a blunt end, was patented by James William McGhee (1882–1968) in the 1920s. Numerous other drapery hooks were patented before and after this common design. Patents * * * image * image Infringement Patent 1475306 was the subject of an infringement lawsuit that McGhee lost and appealed. He lost again on appeal when the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * District ... found that hook designs were not patentable in 1929: With the lower court, we fail to find in plaintiffs' device any patentable novelty; certainly there is no invention in the hook me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Federal Reporter
The ''Federal Reporter'' () is a case law reporter in the United States that is published by West Publishing and a part of the National Reporter System. It begins with cases decided in 1880; pre-1880 cases were later retroactively compiled by West Publishing into a separate reporter, ''Federal Cases''. The fourth and current ''Federal Reporter'' series publishes decisions of the United States courts of appeals and the United States Court of Federal Claims; prior series had varying scopes that covered decisions of other federal courts as well. Though the ''Federal Reporter'' is an unofficial reporter and West is a private company that does not have a legal monopoly over the court opinions it publishes, it has so dominated the industry in the United States that legal professionals, including judges, uniformly cite to the ''Federal Reporter'' for included decisions. Approximately 30 new volumes are published each year. Distinctions The ''Federal Reporter'' has always published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Louis McGhee
George Louis McGhee (March 3, 1925 – December 20, 2000) was an American marriage and family therapist. He was also a lobbyist for marriage and family therapy laws in the state of California. Life Born in Los Angeles, California, he joined the United States Navy in 1942. He worked as a teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District while earning a Master of Science in education and Counseling and Guidance (1958) at the University of Southern California. In 1963, he received an honorary doctorate extramurally from the International Free Protestant Episcopal University (UK) in Clinical Psychology for his work in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling and gifted children. He also received an honorary fellowship from Saint Andrew's Ecumenical Church Foundation (UK). In 1964 he became one of the founders, originators, and first president of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In 1979 he earned his doctorate in leadership and human behavior from Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Ann McGhee
Maria Hart ( born Barbara Ann McGhee; May 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, California – August 9, 2012 in Canoga Park, California) was an actress under contract to MGM from 1941 to 1948. Biography She was born as Barbara Ann McGhee on May 28, 1923 to Edna and James William McGhee.California Birth Index; Barbara A McGhee; May 28, 1923 Hart left grand opera and light opera to perform in films after touring in ''The Desert Song'' and singing in ''The Masked Ball'' and ''Pagliacci'' in Los Angeles. She had roles in ''The Fighting Stallion'' (1950) and ''Border Outlaws'' (1950). She starred in the movie ''Cattle Queen'' (1951); and co-starred in ''Outlaw Women'' (1952) and '' The Lusty Men'' (1952). Hart was married to movie producer Jack Seaman until their divorce in 1948; they had daughter, Rosalind Jill Seaman. Maria Hart also had a daughter, Georgianna, by a previous marriage. Seaman was Hart's producer for ''Cattle Queen'' and ''Border Outlaws'' for United-International. They rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Birth Index
The California Birth Index (CABI) is a database compiled by the California Office of Health Information and Research. The index contains birth records of all registered births in California between 1905 and 1995. Each record is an abstract of a person's birth certificate, including date of birth, full name,Full name for those born 1925-1955 and 1978-1995. Only middle initial for the rest. county of birth, gender, and mother's maiden name. The index is available online from a number of sources. California Birth Index#External links, See below. People who have been Adoption, adopted are sometimes listed by their birth name, sometimes listed by their adopted name, sometimes by both and sometimes not listed at all. The CABI is considered a valuable genealogy tool but is also criticized for privacy issues. California began statewide civil registration of births on 1 July 1905. Earlier birth records may exist in the county where the birth took place or at the church where a baptism took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Patent Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexandria, Virginia, after a 2005 move from the Crystal City area of neighboring Arlington, Virginia. The USPTO is "unique among federal agencies because it operates solely on fees collected by its users, and not on taxpayer dollars". Its "operating structure is like a business in that it receives requests for services—applications for patents and trademark registrations—and charges fees projected to cover the cost of performing the services tprovide . The Office is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a position last held by Andrei Iancu until he left office on January 20, 2021. Commissioner of Patents Drew Hirshfeld is performing the funct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * District of Alaska * District of Arizona * Central District of California * Eastern District of California * Northern District of California * Southern District of California * District of Hawaii * District of Idaho * District of Montana * District of Nevada * District of Oregon * Eastern District of Washington * Western District of Washington The Ninth Circuit also has appellate jurisdiction over the territorial courts for the District of Guam and the District of the Northern Mariana Islands. Additionally, it sometimes handles appeals that originate from American Samoa, which has no district court and partially relies on the District of Hawaii for its federal cases.https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-1124T GAO (U.S. Government Accountabil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George L
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Hart
Maria Hart ( born Barbara Ann McGhee; May 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, California – August 9, 2012 in Canoga Park, California) was an actress under contract to MGM from 1941 to 1948. Biography She was born as Barbara Ann McGhee on May 28, 1923 to Edna and James William McGhee.California Birth Index; Barbara A McGhee; May 28, 1923 Hart left grand opera and light opera to perform in films after touring in ''The Desert Song'' and singing in ''The Masked Ball'' and ''Pagliacci'' in Los Angeles. She had roles in '' The Fighting Stallion'' (1950) and ''Border Outlaws'' (1950). She starred in the movie ''Cattle Queen'' (1951); and co-starred in ''Outlaw Women'' (1952) and ''The Lusty Men'' (1952). Hart was married to movie producer Jack Seaman until their divorce in 1948; they had daughter, Rosalind Jill Seaman. Maria Hart also had a daughter, Georgianna, by a previous marriage. Seaman was Hart's producer for ''Cattle Queen'' and ''Border Outlaws'' for United-International. They rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
