Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D650642 | Mandoline slicer | 12/20/2011 |
| 7503261 | Universal KE projectile, in particular for medium caliber munitions It is proposed to combine the cascade effect of frangible pellets with sub-projectiles made of ductile heavy metal, that is, to produce a munition in which the advantages of for example frangible pellets of a central penetrator are combined with the advantages of th... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7332675 | Elbow assembly for use with divided raceway having T-shaped base A divided raceway has runs that must traverse a corner in a wall structure. A raceway elbow assembly has an L-shaped base with mutually perpendicular leg portions adapted to abut the wall at that corner. Divider walls are carried by these flat leg portions, but allo... | 02/19/2008 |
| D557451 | Lampshade | 12/11/2007 |
| 7273187 | Nozzle for air-assisted atomization of a liquid fuel A nozzle (100) for air-assisted atomizing of a liquid fuel comprises a fuel feed passage (110) and an air feed passage (114) and a swirling chamber (118) from which fuel and air may be passed to an exit orifice (126) for emerging a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7193153 | Penetration fire stop device Fire Stop devices, for walls having cables that run through a wall opening, are provided on exposed ends of a conduit placed in the wall opening. Each fire stop device has a hollow housing fitted to the exposed end of the conduit, and a front wall of the housing has... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7170021 | Electrical switch rocker and assembly A rocker switch assembly has several rocker shells that define cavities to receive inserts of several varieties that allow the user to provide several rockers in a side-by-side assembly of rocker switches with a wave pattern that allows each switch to be easily iden... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7143917 | Configurable paper transport A configurable paper transport having a frame having at least one station for securing a non-driven paper web process device. The configurable paper transport defines a paper web path through the non-driven paper web process device, or devices. The configurable pape... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7072821 | Device and method for synchronizing an asynchronous signal in synthesis and simulation of a clocked circuit An apparatus and a method for the synchronization of an asynchronous signal in synthesis and simulation of a clocked circuit are disclosed, in which a circuit to be simulated and tested is described with a hardware description language and the asynchronous signals p... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7050278 | Motor controller incorporating an electronic circuit for protection against inrush currents Inrush currents in the dc intermediate circuit of a motor controller necessitate the incorporation of protection circuits. These circuits usually take the form of a resistor inserted in series with the intermediate circuit, and the resistor is short-circuited after ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044900 | Exercise apparatus An exercise apparatus comprising a frame, and at least one elongated sheet of flexible material has a first end coupled to the frame and has a second free end positioned frontwardly relative to the frame. The sheet of flexible material has an upwardly facing support... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6976559 | Piston compressor, particularly hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor The invention relates to a piston compressor, particularly a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor, with a crank drive, having a crank shaft with an eccentric crank pin and an oil channel arrangement, and a connecting rod with a first piston-side connecting r... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6948251 | Pivoting sharpening device for pencil with non-circular cross section A sharpening device for a carpenter's pencil. A housing has a pivotable guide with a cruciform passage to receive the pencil in either of two positions. A pair of oppositely directed blades are mounted on opposed walls within the housing. The pencil is pivoted while... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6944580 | Method and system for designing frames and cases A method for designing an engine case static structure of a gas turbine engine includes creating signals representing an engine case static structure knowledge base of information. The knowledge base has a plurality of design rule signals with respect to a correspon... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931769 | Snowshoe pivot axle pad A snowshoe has a frame and a pivot axle assembly extending across an opening in the frame for pivotally supporting a boot binding assembly for limited front and rear rotation, a resilient pad is disposed between the pivot axle assembly and the boot binding assembly ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6896920 | Packaging for beverage containing gas in solution A sealed beverage package including a container with a beverage and an insert sealed therein. The insert holds a gas that upon opening the container interacts with the beverage to produce a froth in the beverage. The insert is designed to float in the beverage and i... | 05/24/2005 |
| D503580 | Child's seat cushion | 04/05/2005 |
| 6872876 | Ocarinas with an inner liner and an outer shell One embodiment of an ocarina has an inner liner that includes a plurality of apertures and an outer shell disposed substantially completely around the inner liner. In one exemplary embodiment of such an ocarina, the plurality of apertures in the inner liner facilita... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6865979 | Apparatus and method for removing the slide of a semi-automatic pistol A method for removing the slide from a semi-automatic firearm is provided that includes the steps of: (1) providing an access port within the slide of the firearm that is positioned to align with the firing mechanism of the firearm; (2) inserting a probe into the ac... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6846220 | Abdominal support An abdominal support which includes a pair of shoulder and back straps, each of which passes over one of the wearers shoulders, crosses over the wearer's upper back, and connects to the other shoulder and back strap at the wearer's side; a sling support is secured t... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6832564 | Method of operating a multiple hearth furnace A method of operating a multiple hearth furnace with a plurality of vertically aligned hearth floors includes feeding a first material onto the uppermost hearth floor and moving it over the hearth floor before it falls through a drop hole onto the next lower hearth ... | 12/21/2004 |
| D499699 | Surface mounted electrical cable way | 12/14/2004 |
| 6831962 | Automatic adjusting method for a goniometer and associated device In order to create a method for the automatic relative adjusting of the position coordinates (xp, yp, zp) of at least one sample with respect to the center coordinates (xm, ym, zm) of a goniometer ( | 12/14/2004 |
| 6828523 | Method and device for the formation of pipes A method for the manufacture of welded tubes is provided. The tube bodies are produced in a press or rounding apparatus and are fed to a welding machine, such as a laser or electron beam type welding machine. The tube is formed when the edges of the tube bodies are ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827377 | Load carrier for vehicle A unibody style automobile has bumper attachment pads for a crash bar and bumper cover assembly of conventional configuration. Removal of these bumper components provides access to these pads for a load carrier or beam that defines two coupling connections for a fra... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6805036 | Method and device for judging the aiming error of a weapon system and use of the device A method and device for judging the aiming error of a weapon system and a use of the device are disclosed. The weapon system includes a fire control device (F) for tracking a target (Z), a weapon (W) having a weapon barrel (B), aiming means for aiming the weapon bar... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6807289 | Method to compensate for pattern distortion on sheet-type work material spread onto a support surface In a method for compensating for pattern distortion of sheet-type work material spread onto a support surface a processing apparatus is provided and carries said support surface. The work material is spread onto the support surface and images of selected areal porti... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802147 | Device for firearms and firearm A device for firearms (1) and a firearm (1) having this device are disclosed. The device is used for detecting a state in the space (10) and for transmitting a signal correlated to the state. The device has a sensor region (24.1, 24.2) fo... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6489724 | Dimmer switch with electronic control A dimmer switch assembly includes a housing for supporting and enclosing the assembly components. A dimmer adjusting element is mounted on the housing and has a movable portion for movement in first and second directions. An elongated flexible triggering ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6308538 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing individual wipers having finished edges A knitted web and a method for making the same includes a plurality of wipers, each having a wiper body with a length defined between finished leading and trailing edges and a width defined between opposed, selvaged side edges. The wipers are knitted with... | 10/30/2001 |
