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 |
| 7000524 | Method for manufacture of a multi-part projectile for gun ammunition and product produced thereby A method for the manufacture of a projectile for small-bore weapons ammunition comprising the steps of producing a compact from a mixture of a heavy metal powder and a light metal powder at room temperature, and without further treatment of the compact, introducing ... | 02/21/2006 |
| D512083 | Drill bit blade | 11/29/2005 |
| D510943 | Drill bit blade | 10/25/2005 |
| D509945 | Male underwear with a genitalia pouch | 09/27/2005 |
| 6912337 | Network healing smart fiber optic switch A network healing smart fiber optic switch for fast, automatic switching between multiple paths of an optical transmission line with minimal disruption. The network healing smart fiber optic switch feeds each of multiple fiber optic inputs to a splitter. One of the ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6785194 | Method and apparatus for precision time interval measurement A method and apparatus for precision time interval measurement in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). The method and apparatus produces an instrument capable of measuring bursts of data occurring at rates much higher than the average data rate. An asynchron... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6709447 | Inflatable thermal blanket An inflatable thermal blanket (10) for providing a conditioned gas to at least a portion of the body of a human or other animal. The thermal blanket (10) includes an inflatable portion (18) for receiving the conditioned gas under pressure and fo... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6682503 | Anti-reflux valve interconnected with a catheter An anti-reflux valve for restricting flow in one direction through a catheter toward a collection reservoir. The valve includes a check valve positioned within a segment of the catheter. The valve includes a proximal end bonded to an inside periphery of a... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6125973 | Brake pad holder A brake pad holder designed for adjustably mounting a bicycle brake pad to a brake caliper arm. The brake pad holder is designed to maintain the mounting arm thereof in an orthogonal orientation with respect to the brake caliper arm, while the brake pad h... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5808229 | Non-tilt barrel for a semi-automatic handgun An improved non-tilt barrel for converting a conventional semi-automatic weapon from having a pivoting linkage between the barrel and the receiver to a weapon having a cam in order to reduce the recoil of the weapon and to increase the accuracy of the wea... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5544613 | Foot rest for boats A foot rest (10) for supporting the feet of a boater in a boat such as a canoe or kayak. The foot rest (10) is movable along the length of the boat such that boaters having longer or shorter legs than others may be accommodated while requiring only one ad... | 08/13/1996 |
