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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104723 | Mounting pedestal The present invention comprises a mounting pedestal for a device, such as a laser scanner. The mount is generally comprised of a base, a triangle bracket and an attachment screw. The base has a base plate and a support attached to the top of the base plate. The supp... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7190392 | Telepresence system and active/passive mode display for use therein A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active user or a professional director through the network or by a local pro... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7019786 | TV wall for liquid crystal displays A TV wall. The TV wall includes a frame, a plurality of liquid crystal displays, and a plurality of rotating mounting assemblies. The frame is provided with a plurality of pairs of first rods and second rods facing each other, and each of the first rods is provided ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6942187 | Adjustable tripod assembly A support apparatus of adjustable height having at least one leg assembly with a first leg unit, a second leg unit and a third leg unit. The first and second leg units are slidably movable relative to each other, and the second and third leg units are slidably movab... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6334599 | Video display stand having dual panning axes A video display stand having dual panning axes suitable for controlling a screen direction of appliances such as a TV set or a personal computer without bumping against a wall even in a state that it is positioned very closely to the wall, and its control... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6209830 | Apparatus for camera mount on tripod platform This present invention discloses apparatus for mounting a camera on a tripod platform and the camera having a pear shaped ball attached to the camera bottom and the pear shaped ball placed into a cradle cup attached to the platform of a tripod, which make... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6129321 | Mounting apparatus for an electronic device An apparatus is provided for removably mounting an electronic device to a surface where such mounting can be accomplished using only one hand. The apparatus includes a mounting bracket that is securable to the electronic device. The bracket has a mounting... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6027257 | Pan and tilt unit A pan-tilt unit for positioning or aiming a device requiring motion control, such as a videoconferencing or surveillance camera. The pan-tilt unit includes a base, a rotatable pan platform and a rotatable tilt bed for supporting and selectively orienting ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5760748 | Pivoting support bracket to mount a GPS antenna above a theodolite or a total station mounted on a tripod A surveying instrument comprises a tripod with a tribrach that receives both a theodolite and a C-bracket that half vertically encircles the theodolite. The C-bracket and the theodolite are each independently pivotable on the same vertical axis and the C-... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5170197 | Panning head, with a torque sensor This invention relates to a pan head (1) for supporting a device, preferably a film or television camera (2), having a stator (6) and a rotor (7) swiveling about a pitch axis (A) of the stator (6), whereby the rotor (7) supports the device (2). To permit ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5040759 | Camera mount for taking panoramic pictures A camera mount for taking panoramic pictures. A camera mounting plate is rotatably attached to a tripod mounting plate in a manner permitting the camera mounting plate to sweep an arc of rotation along the top surface of the tripod mounting plate. The tri... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4946127 | Theft resistant rotatable mount for computer consoles and the like A rotatable, theft-resistant mount for office instruments such as computer consoles in accordance with the invention comprises a base having two vertically stacked sections. The lower section is generally circular with a depression in the middle of its up... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4863124 | Corner work center A corner work center includes a mounting unit for a computer and like equipment which quickly attaches to two adjoining surfaces at the same height. The unit eliminates the need for an expensive and complex intermediate or third top and the requisite hard... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4796842 | Swivel support structure for an electric apparatus A swivel support structure for supporting an electric apparatus or console such as a television receiver console for angular movement from a neutral position to any one of leftward and rightward positions, which comprises a pedestal having a ring-shaped t... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4736916 | Pan unit In a pan unit for a fluid tripod head, the pan unit includes a cylinder upon which a camera or other piece of equipment is to be mounted, and a piston slidably received within said cylinder. The piston is to be mounted on said tripod head, said piston and... | 04/12/1988 |
