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 |
| 5091950 | Arabic language translating device with pronunciation capability using language pronunciation rules A device capable of words/sentences translation from Arabic languages (Arabic, Urdu and Persian) to another language and vice-versa. The device discloses word pronunciation means which incorporate a sound synthesis means, a storage means for coded allopho... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5070637 | Telescopic Mount for telescopic sight consisting of a base portion with cross pins and a ring portion with a spring-loaded plunger.... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5033348 | Box cutting machine Box cutting machine having driven knives that cut a line along a selected level on two intersecting side walls of a box.... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5011071 | Carton Carton consisting of two telescoping cartons which movable from a non-coextensive position in which the carton is relatively flat to a coextensive position in which the carton is erected and usable.... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5000391 | Granulator Granulator having a rotary cutter and bed knife with V-shaped conjugate cutting edges, movable hopper, and sound-absorbing panels.... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4975810 | Light source Light source for providing light to fibre optic medical instruments and the like, source including dual lamps for alternate use and an efficient cooling system.... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4969268 | Kitchen utensil A "woodenware" kitchen utensil which has a functional head which is integrally connected to an elongated handle. The utensil has a core of cellular polyolefin which is covered by a skin of solid polyolefin and which has the outer shape of the desired kitc... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4966137 | Splint system System including a clamp and bandage for use in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4957334 | Interlock system An interlock system for a multi-draw cabinet having a latching module for each drawer which is actuated by the movement of the draw between an open and a closed position relative to the cabinet. Each latching module includes a base which is mounted to the... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4953786 | Toy roadway tile Tile for use in forming a toy roadway, each tile having a roadway pattern formed on it and each tile having means for interlocking with similar adjacent tiles to form a complete system.... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4945702 | Observable corner connection A 3-dimensional locking cover rail corner connection between two component part of a connecting rod fitting which are mounted substantially at a right angle to one another at the closure member or the frame of a window or a door. The longitudinal edges of... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4932517 | Guide rail system System for guiding articles along a path, consisting of a rail with a metal core and a sheath of polymer material surrounding it, the sheath being formed to provide a generally cylindrical surface facing toward the path and to provide an opposite surface ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4927668 | Treatment for automobile windshields An anti-fogging and anti-wetting composition for coating at least one surface of an optically clear substrate, in particular, an automobile windshield, and comprising an isoparaffinic hydrocarbon solvent, an alkane selected from the group consisting of is... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4925473 | Process and furnace for heat application Control of speed and uniformity of the heating of the working zone of the preform in a glass drawing operation in which the softening heat is applied by forced convection (13), using a separate fluid heating zone to introduce temperature and velocity cont... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4921285 | Connecting rod gearing A connecting rod gearing for windows, doors, etc. having two oppositely shiftable connecting rods under a cover rail. The rotational plane for the toothed rim of a pinion and the plane of motion of the engagement toothings which mesh therewith on two thru... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4917197 | Weighing system for vehicles A weighing system for a vehicle having a spring supportive frame which moves relative to the axles of the vehicle in response to changes in load weight on the vehicle. The weighing system includes at least one position indicator for each axle to be monito... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4915700 | Syringe A single use syringe in which the needle is rendered inoperative by retraction after injection has taken place.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4908961 | Flexible shoe with sectioned insole An insole is provided for a shoe, particularly for a welted shoe which insole is composed of at least three longitudinally arranged sections, adjacent sections being connected at transverse lines of flexure to impart a degree of flexibility to the insole.... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4907386 | Shield for building foundation Foundation shield impervious to radon, consisting of a first layer of polymer sheet, a second layer of metal foil, and a third layer of polymer sheet, the three layers being laminated together with the second layer sandwiched between the first and second ... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4904149 | Swing mechanism for an earth-moving apparatus A swing mechanism for an earth-moving apparatus having a main frame and a swing frame which is pivoted at the main frame about a vertical axis. The swing mechanism includes a pair of slide members which are in sliding engagement with a pair of slide surfa... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4895264 | Infant feeding system System for feeding infants, consisting of disposable nipples and including flexible milk bags stored in a tubular casing.... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4892116 | Plumbing sealing system System for sealing a plumbing fixture, which fixture has a flange with an edge lying in spaced relationship to a vertical wall surface and a sealing element lying along and attached to the said edge to compensate for variations in the distance between the... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4890406 | Ramrod Ramrod having an inner rod formed of glass-reinforced polymer and an outer tube formed of a non-abrasive, heat-shrinkable polymer.... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4888901 | Firearm Muzzle-loading firearm which ignites the powder by means of a percussion cap located on a nipple coaxially of the bore, a venting passage directing gas laterally of the nipple.... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4889307 | Bow hanger Hanger for an archery bow having a hook element and a base element which allows the bow to be suspended from a branch or the like.... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4093699 | Synthetic zeolite Method for making a zeolite having the structure of offretite, consisting of reacting in a closed container under autogenous pressure in the absence of tetramethylammonium ions, a composition having specific mole rations of K2 O,Na2 ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4089282 | Bobbin case A bobbin case for sewing machines, in which a thin plate spring operates on the bobbin for inhibiting rotation thereof wherein an adjustable screw acts upon the spring to regulate the pressure on the bobbin and means is provided for exerting a constant th... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4089269 | Vehicle control system Vehicle control system of the retro-reflective, pattern-coding type in which the signal device is carried on the vehicle and the scanner and controls are carried beneath the supporting surface.... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4086802 | Rivet gun Rivet gun having an internal mandrel gripping chuck driven hydraulically by a coaxial piston actuated by a manually operated pump piston.... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4086858 | Wall fixture Wall fixture including a rail having downwardly-directed slots formed on its outer surface and a shelf element having angular fins which fit into the slots for locking it to the rail.... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4083148 | Window insulating apparatus Window insulating apparatus consisting of a plurality of low thermal conductivity panels slideably carried in a conventional window frame.... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083532 | Electrical wire attachment Electrician's tool, including an elongated body attachable at one end to a first fish wire and having wire loops at the other end engageable by a hook formed on a second fish wire.... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083589 | Vehicle security system Security system having a first vertically-movable button and a second horizontally-movable button; a wedge is mounted on the second button to engage and move the first button.... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4081514 | Process for producing fluidized mordenite particles Process for forming a zeolite particle in the fluidizable size range from 20 to 150 micrometers. Acid-stable, molecular sieve zeolite mordenite is formed by mixing silica-alumina gel particles in the fluidized size range with sodium silicate, sodium hydro... | 03/28/1978 |
