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 |
| D628768 | Bra insert | 12/14/2010 |
| 7562830 | Temperature controller A temperature controller that combines a solid state relay with internal circuitry that generates temperature control output for heating element loads or cooling compressor loads ranging from 24VAC up to 530VAC and at 25A up to 90A. A logic supply and control connec... | 07/21/2009 |
| D588336 | Jeans | 03/17/2009 |
| 7231065 | Method and apparatus for controlling cameras and performing optical character recognition of container code and chassis code A method and apparatus for controlling cameras and performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of a container code and a chassis code on a containers and a chassis associated with a truck has at least one camera capable of viewing the truck as it passes the camer... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6093154 | Biopsy needle A device for localizing and stabilizing a mass within the breast of a patient. The device has a housing with a sharpened cannula extending therefrom, and a plunger having a barbed wire extending therefrom that is slidably disposed within the housing. The ... | 07/25/2000 |
