Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5151000 | Pellet stove feeder A hopper containing fuel pellets for a stove opens downward into a feed trough which extends generally horizontally toward the firebox of the stove. A feed plate is positioned such that pellets from the hopper are supported on the feed plate. The feed pla... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5121566 | Fishnet hanging system Separate anchor members (1, 1', 1", 1'", 40, 60, 70, 80, 80', 80") are secured at regularly spaced locations to a rope or line (L) to which a net (N) is to be coupled. The anchor members carry separate connectors (11, 11', 11", 11'", 50, 65, 65', 12'") wh... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5088498 | Ultrasonic plethysmograph Quadrature phase signals (I and Q) from a pulsed Doppler medical instrument are analyzed to detect phase changes of consecutive echoes from tissue at a depth of interest. Such phase changes are analyzed to determine tissue displacement. Relative displacem... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5058910 | Automatically releasing ski binding A binding for two feet in tandem on one ski that includes a boot for holding the forward foot having a detachable toe holder and a movable retainer secured to the ski between the two feet for holding the boot heel. A foot-engaging member for the rearward ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5058315 | Turf anchor A turf anchor stake having a flat shank with a pointed lower end and a headed upper end or two flat shanks connected by a crossbar can be driven through divots into the soil beneath the divots to hold such divots in place until their edge root structure k... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5056803 | Automatically releasing ski binding A binding for two feet in tandem on one ski that includes a boot for holding the front foot having a detachable toe holder and a movable retainer secured to the ski between the two feet for holding the boot heel. A foot-engageable member for the rear foot... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5054828 | Dog feces disposal implement kit A scoop component includes two leaves extending opposite from each other and having adjacent ends joined by a tear line, which tear line may be interrupted by an apertured cutout tab projecting from one of the leaves, which leaves have folding lines flari... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5040520 | Limb tip cam pulley for high energy archery bow Composite bowstring and take-up string cam pulleys are carried by the tip portions of a compound archery bow limbs extending oppositely substantially symmetrically from a handle with the bowstring connecting the composite cam pulleys and take-up strings e... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5040348 | Shingle or shake panel A shingle or shake panel having a plywood backing and a facing composed of two single-layer courses of shingles or shakes bonded to the backing sheet, the upper edge of the panel being formed as a standing bevel facing away from the front face of the pane... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5040526 | Surgical dressing cover A back compression dressing has two cooperating flexible sheet components, each of such components having a body-bonding adhesive-backed section and an elongated flap section joined in edge relationship and the flap sections having cooperating hook-and-pi... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5034594 | Portable electrically heated seat cushion A seat cushion heated by an electrical resistance heating element sandwiched between two seat cushion sections is covered by a flexible sheet cover integral with two web projections projecting from an edge of the cushion and spaced apart lengthwise of suc... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5020655 | Article group-segregating apparatus and method Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of article grouper members moved continuously in an orbit includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting grouper member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movem... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5012916 | Article group-segregating apparatus and method Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of orbiting pusher members includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting pusher member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behin... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5005911 | Quadrishoe tunnel boring machine A tunneling machine body carrying a rotary cutterhead can be advanced continuously by exerting advancing thrust force on it, first by top and bottom jack bipods reacting from top and bottom anchor shoes, respectively, in anchored condition against the tun... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4961929 | Process of repelling dogs and dog repellent material The process of utilizing as a dog repellent, such as in a semiliquid slug bait or as a spray or as an impregnant or as a fertilizer component, material selected from the group consisting of methyl salicylate, birch oil, wintergreen oil, eucalyptus oil, pi... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4947625 | Bag-forming and filling apparatus and process The leading end of tubular bag-making material is clamped between presser rods externally of the tubular material and a distender within the tubular material, and the clamping rods are moved upward to draw a bag-making length of material. The upper end of... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4935250 | Coated fish feed pellets Palatability of fish feed pellets is increased by coating preformed pellets with a coating of soft and flexible consistency that may be formed of alginate or guar gum set by calcium chloride solution or may incorporate gum tragacanth, pectin or gelatin.... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4915453 | Floating shoe tunnel boring machine and boring process A tunneling machine body carrying a rotary cutterhead can be advanced continuously by exerting advancing thrust forces on it, first by top and bottom bipods reacting from top and bottom anchor shoes, respectively, in anchored condition against the tunnel ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4909553 | Dog feces disposal implement kit A scoop component includes two leaves extending opposite from each other and having adjacent ends joined by a folding and tear line, which folding and tear line is interrupted by an apertured cutout tab projecting from one of the leaves, which leaves have... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4896403 | Double cord clinch A clinch for a double cord has a cylindrical body with a diametral passage through the body for the double cord and a flaring mouth arranged symmetrically with the cord passage. The opposite faces of the flaring mount have buttress teeth parallel to the c... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4893372 | Free-hand towel A free-hand tubular towel has at its upper end an elastic band for encircling and gripping a user's arm at a location above or slightly below the elbow and has an enlarged lower end portion that drapes loosely over the user's hand and can be reverse-folde... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4884807 | Pile-surfaced ball and method of making the same A pile-surfaced toy ball is made by affixing to the exterior of a hollow rubber ball, such as a tennis ball, the inner end portions of stubs in closely spaced relationship by hotmelt, and when the hotmelt has set, the outer end portions of the stubs which... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4088294 | Multipurpose bracket A multipurpose bracket includes two legs disposed substantially perpendicular to each other. The legs may be directly connected or may be joined by an intermediate connecting portion. Such connecting portion may be flat and inclined relative to the two le... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4087925 | Hand drier A hand drier comprising a fan arranged in a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a heating device for warming the air passing through the housing, is characterized by the provision in the housing of a micro glass fibre fleece through which t... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4084293 | Fish-beheading machine and process The head of a fish, particularly salmon, is severed from the body by first forcing the blunt rounded tip of a beheading knife against a gill cover to punch the gill cover inward. The beheading knife is moved transversely of the fish and is contoured subst... | 04/18/1978 |
