Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| 20080169401 | Flat-Panel Monitor Holder A portable holder for a monitor is taught, whereby a flat-panel monitor can be suspended in a portable holder from a ceiling or from a vertical object. The holder comprises a body, a mechanism for holding a monitor and the body together, a stem with a ball-type terminus... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080149788 | Medical equipment transfer system The present invention provides a medical equipment transfer system in which the medical equipment is transferable between alternative support bases. In one aspect of the invention, the system includes first and second support bases and an equipment carriage. The equipme... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080134554 | Zip line pod arrangement A stepwise-adjustable sign hanging device for supporting a sign from an overhead ceiling rail. The sign hanging device comprises a front housing and a rear housing enclosing a rotatably controllable spool arranged to stepwisedly dispense and retract a sign supporting li... | 06/12/2008 |
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| 20070090257 | Artistic display support for disc and disc-like forms The present invention is directed to a disc support device that has a V-shaped base and an elongated tier. The V-shaped base has a first side and a second side and a pair of disc receiving notches on the first side for receiving an edge of a disc. The elongated tier has... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070080275 | Apparatus for hand control, pressure amplification, and stabilization of medical and industrial devices An equipoising arm structure that can selectively exert force in any direction—lifting, pressing down, or applying lateral bias—with consistent force throughout its range of articulation, comprises a force exerting device having a force exerting structure including ... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070034763 | Method and apparatus for mounting overhead display unit A method and apparatus enables a user to easily mount an overhead display unit on a pair of mounting rails formed on the ceiling of a vehicle. The display screen can be rotated and retracted into a receptacle formed between the mounting rails so that the elongated side ... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20060108490 | Fastening system for desk elements, movable and suspended over the desk working area A fastening system for desk elements, movable and suspended over the desk working area, which consists of a track on which is coupled a movable piece with wheels on one of its sides and a flange on the other with a sliding system, which allows said movable piece to move... | 05/25/2006 |
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| 20050247842 | Hanger bar assemblies for recessed luminaires A recessed luminaire having a hanger bar assembly including a first hanger bar member having a elongated slot and a second hanger bar member, adjacent to the first hanger bar member, having at least three retaining projections extending into the elongated slot, for slid... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050230589 | Hangar bar for recessed luminaires with integral nail A hangar bar assembly for a recessed luminaire is disclosed. The hangar bar assembly includes a first hangar bar member having a first attachment structure disposed on an end thereof, and a second hangar bar member having a second attachment structure disposed on an end... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050205742 | Holding device for a cooking container lid A lid holding device is composed of an elongate sliding member held within a mounting base. The sliding member travels linearly with respect to the mounting base. The sliding member has a retainer clip. The mounting base has a pair of retainer clips connected to wing se... | 09/22/2005 |
