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 |
| 7717033 | Nut cracking mechanism for variable-sized nuts A nut cracking mechanism for shelling variable-sized nuts having a brittle shell and fragile nut meat, the nut cracker mechanism having a housing with a horizontally positioned rotatable drum contained in the housing, and an adjustable, substantially vertical compre... | 05/18/2010 |
| 6929249 | Pneumatic lift device A pneumatic lift device that has a lift unit and an activatable air supply connected to the lift unit with the lift unit having a substantially rectangular base with four sides and a substantially rectangular lift platform connected to the base by a hinge mechanism ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6532198 | Programmable self-operating compact disk duplication system A system for the duplication of binary data onto CD-R disks, the system including a copy unit, a host computer and computer software, the software being installed in the host computer to provide a user interface and to direct the transfer of data from the... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6484699 | Universal fuel injection system A universal fuel injection system for liquid and gaseous fuels and mixes thereof the universal fuel injection system having a universal fuel injection module interposed between a liquid fuel injector nozzle the universal fuel injection module having a spr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6441722 | Container cap medication reminder A medication container having a removable cap with an electronic reminder unit in the cap, the reminder unit having a operational control allowing a health care provider to set a clock and a medication schedule having one or more medication times with an ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6369839 | Database interface mechanism A visual reference structure for a computer database for retrieval of information objects in the database, the reference structure is formed of discrete cell blocks that are assembled into a three dimensional structure having sixteen cubes containing one ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6329907 | Emergency power system for traffic control signals An emergency power station for traffic signal controllers having a general utility power supply, the emergency power station having a small footprint cabinet containing a fuel supply in a lowermost compartment, an engine and an electrical generator in a m... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327230 | Disk process and transport mechanism for host machines A disk copying and dispensing apparatus including a disk processing module installable in a host device such as a disk vending machine, the module having a frame containing a displaceable carriage mechanism with a disk pick-up head, at least one disk reco... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323753 | Automated shopping cart handle An electronic shopping-cart handle with a hand bar and a display unit having an informational display screen for a product directory and periodic display of advertisements, the display unit having operating controls operable by a user's thumbs while maint... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6246655 | Programmable self-operating caddy-loaded compact disk duplication system A system for the duplication of binary data onto caddy-loaded recordable disks, the system including a copy unit, a host computer and computer software, the computer software being installed in the host computer to provide a user interface and to direct t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6196590 | Slide hatch for bulk carrier A slide hatch for a bulk carrier vehicle for removing a hatch cover from an access port on the top of a carrier tank on the vehicle, the slide hatch including a slide carriage connected to the hatch cover and to an actuator which displaces the slide carri... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6177880 | Automated shopping cart handle An electronic shopping-cart handle with a hand bar and a display unit having an informational display screen for a product directory and periodic display of advertisements, the display unit having operating controls operable by a user's thumbs while maint... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6158063 | Spa cover lifting device A spa cover lifting device for lifting a folding spa cover seated on a spa from a seated position to a vertical storage position, the spa cover lifting device having a frame apparatus with a horizontal cross member and a pair of side members with ends hav... | 12/12/2000 |
