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 |
| 5546668 | Leveling and locking profile transfer device A contour tracing device provides a housing unit which holds a series of parallel probe rods. The rods extend from the housing side walls, and are restrained to sliding, linear motion with respect to the housing. When the ends of the rods are pressed agai... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5542265 | External refrigerator-mounted liquid dispenser A chilled liquid dispensing apparatus having a housing mounted to an exterior surface of a refrigerator. A liquid pumping means, a downwardly disposed dispensing tube and a pumping means actuation means are enclosed within the housing, and a liquid storag... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5537918 | Juice extracting device A juicing device having a rotating disk with a plurality of protrusions is used to pierce and squeeze the juice from a fruit. The disk is rotated within an enclosure having an access port on top and a conduit near the bottom for diverting the juice into a... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536017 | Arcade type wall mounted game A pocketed wall game having a wall mounted target board with one or more recessed pockets designed to accept and retain a plurality of soft projectiles. Each time a projectile is tossed into one of the pockets, both light and sound means are preferably ac... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533947 | Musical beat jump-rope An apparatus for emitting pre-programmed songs at a pre-determined tempo or a selectable tempo of either one or two beats per rotation of the rope. The apparatus comprises a rope or like material, contained at each end by a handle. One handle includes an ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533758 | Book cover corner guard An improved corner guard that consists of a guard body with an adhesive bottom surface layer, a pair of orthogonal fold lines designed to align with a pair of corner edges, a pair of fold-over tabs extending outwardly from the fold lines, the tabs designe... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533797 | Kitchen, bar and restaurant appliance housing A housing (20) for attenuating sound from an appliance and storing excess electrical cord is provided. The housing is comprised of an enclosure (22) defining a compartment (24) having an open front and top surface and a translucent cover (28) configured t... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531042 | Fishing sinker having interchangeable weights The present invention relates to a fishing sinker having interchangeable weights. The invention comprises three basic elements, i.e. a connector for connecting the sinker to a fishing line, a sleeve, and an elongated weight. The connector may be a snap ty... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5528424 | Television lens shade A camera lens shading device is disclosed having a flexible mounting band that attaches to a camera lens shroud and shade pieces, the shade pieces being made of opaque, flexible, plastic sheet material. A top shade piece attaches to the mounting band and ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5520401 | Step drive cycle A bicycle having pivotally mounted steps on alternate sides receives a rider straddling the bicycle frame while standing upon the steps. The rider shifts weight from side to side alternately driving each of the steps downward while the other step moves up... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517177 | Portable security device A portable alarm device comprised of an electronic circuit that, among other components, includes a power cell, a cell clip that holds the cell in position and an audio output means for emitting an audible alarm sound. The circuit is mounted in a folder w... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5509236 | Safety canopy for a doorway or portal A safety canopy for use with a doorway in a wall is provided. The canopy is rigid and puncture-resistant, and is fixed to the wall and extends from the wall above the doorway downwardly away from the wall to a fixed margin edge, which is positioned approx... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5503271 | Electric meter case An apparatus is provided for enclosing and protecting an electric meter for storage or transport purposes. The apparatus is comprised of a base unit and a cover unit of rigid plastic that provide both shock and thermal protection to the meter. An inwardly... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501141 | Tortilla warming apparatus An apparatus for warming one or more tortillas or other flat foods is disclosed. A round top pan and a round bottom pan each have a flat, circular base portion defined by an interior and an exterior flat surface. The base portions are surrounded by an int... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5481599 | Automated audio output device for a telephone set A circuit for use with or built into a telephone set, that detects and intercepts the telephone company's ring signal, supressing the telephone set's existing ringer, and substituting instead, a user selected audio segment. A choice of audio segments may ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5442984 | Sheet material table and cutting guide assembly A table and guide assembly is described having a structure for supporting a circular saw or other tool, for moving in two degrees of freedom across a workpiece. The table is tiltable for mounting or dismounting the workpiece and provides means for moving ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5398985 | Truck-bed cover with passenger compartment A rigidly constructed tonneau cover, hatch and seat assembly is disclosed for converting the truck bed of a standard pickup truck into an expanded seating capacity outside of the truck cab. The assembly is comprised of a generally rectangular tonneau cove... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5318446 | Tool and method for achieving consistent interproximal dental contacts An apparatus and method is provided for preparing a tight proximal contact between a tooth to be filled and an adjacent tooth. A tool head provides a first convex surface extending downwardly to a linear ridge. The head is divided into a pair of side-by-s... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5101298 | Television lens shade A flexible mounting band with means for attachment to a camera and shade pieces, the shade pieces being made of opaque, flexible, plastic sheet material. A top shade piece attaches to the mounting band and extends outward from above the camera lens, adjus... | 03/31/1992 |
