Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7066476 | Side attachable cover/seat for a cart carrying box A molded cover/seat secures over an opening in a carrying box on a two-wheeled cart to serve as a cover and a seat. The cover/seat has a smooth top for sitting and a ribbed waffle pattern bottom for strength. An encircling flange with interior corner protrusions sec... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6966691 | Mixer with pivotable bowl A mixer system including a bowl for receiving a material to be mixed, a mixer body having a rotatable output component, and a hinge. The bowl is pivotable about the hinge relative to the mixer body such the bowl can be pivoted between a loading/unloading position an... | 11/22/2005 |
