Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 7877919 | Muzzleloader firearm system Various embodiments of a muzzleloader firearm system are claimed and described. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7726058 | Muzzleloader firearm with quick-release breech plug A muzzleloader firearm has a barrel with at least one lug retaining structure that includes an internal annular groove and an internal annular shoulder that is both adjacent the annular groove and positioned between the annular groove and the breech end of the barre... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7624529 | Fish net with length measuring scale A fish net, comprising a frame, and a net, attached to the frame, and including a length measuring scale disposed on the net, configured to allow a user to determine a size of a fish held in the net by visually comparing the fish with the length measuring scale. In ... | 12/01/2009 |
| D579707 | Disc storage system | 11/04/2008 |
| 7383870 | Adjustable blind for oddly-shaped windows A window covering for an oddly-shaped window includes a panel, having a flexible bottom edge, and a top edge attached at a top of the window. The panel is configured to be drawn upward by the bottom edge to uncover the window, and to lower to a substantially planar ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7302985 | Lowerable blind for irregularly-shaped windows A window covering for an irregularly-shaped window includes a panel, comprising accordion folds, configured to fold up at a base of the window, and to raise and unfold to a substantially planar configuration. A top edge of the panel is shaped to match a top shape of... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7175141 | Removable sign support system A removable sign support system for supporting a sign on the ground includes a substantially upright support post, configured to removably receive a sign post. The support post has a substantially horizontal base affixed to its bottom end, with a plurality of spikes... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7047888 | Transit system A point-to-point transit system for riders includes an elongate guideway, a plurality of autonomous vehicles disposed in the guideway, a plurality of selectively actuable rider access portals in the side of the guideway, and a control system, configured to automatic... | 05/23/2006 |
