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 |
| 7520032 | Linear slide fastener The invention provides a linear slide fastener wherein a concave portion accommodating a fixing thread for fixing a fastener tape is provided on a top face of an upper leg portion of a coil-like/zigzag-like linear fastener element, when dimensions from a bottom face... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7059024 | Slide fastener Fastener elements are attached to a side edge of a fastener tape composed of a knitting structure. An interval between the elements and a wale in the vicinity of the elements is formed into a thin knitted fabric. A flange on a side of a rear mouth of a slider is dis... | 06/13/2006 |
| 5528801 | Stringer tape and slide fastener incorporating the same A slide fastener comprising a pair of stranger tapes, each including an elongated tape body including a plurality of warp threads and a beaded longitudinal edge portion provided on one longitudinal edge of the elongated tape body, the beaded marginal port... | 06/25/1996 |
| 4490890 | Separable slide fastener A separable slide fastener has a pair of warp-knit stringer tapes each with a series of longitudinal openings for easy attachment to a knit fabric. Each of the stringer tapes includes a reinforcing body mounted on a lower end portion thereof and including... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4488337 | Separable slide fastener and method of attaching the same to knit fabrics A separable slide fastener has a pair of warp-knit stringer tapes each with a series of openings for easy attachment to a knit fabric. Each of the stringer tapes includes a reinforcement film bonded to a lower end portion thereof and having a recess which... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4485532 | Separable slide fastener A separable slide fastener comprises a pair of warp-knit stringer tapes each having a pair of webs with a wale-free region therebetween, which are interconnected by a connector thread extending across the wale-free region at longitudinal intervals, the wa... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4425683 | Separable slide fastener A separable slide fastener comprises a pair of warp-knit stringer tapes each having a pair of webs with a wale-free region therebetween, which are interconnected by a connector thread extending across the wale-free region at longitudinal intervals, the wa... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4321733 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer includes a stringer tape having a pair of opposite surfaces, and a series of fastener elements sewn to the stringer tape on one of the surfaces thereof along its one longitudinal edge by utilizing single thread chain stitches for... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4306338 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer includes a stringer tape and a series of fastener elements sewn to the stringer tape on one of the opposite surfaces thereof along its one longitudinal edge by means of double locked stitches composed of at least one needle threa... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4247968 | Fastener stringer with tubular filament element A slide fastener has coupling elements secured to adjacent edges of a pair of carrier tapes wherein each of the elements is formed from a tubular filament by plastic deformation of selected portions, thus defining head portions, leg portions and connectin... | 02/03/1981 |
