Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4404621 | Method and device for mounting lights to Christmas trees Decorative lights are mounted on trees such as Christmas trees or the like by positioning a crown at the top of the tree with the crown including a closed loop collar to which a plurality of elongated tracks are pivotally mounted with a pulley associated ... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4332252 | Drainage receptacle with support member A drainage receptacle comprising, a container having a chamber for receiving body fluids and a pair of spaced apertures adjacent an upper portion of the container. The receptacle has a support member having a pair of spaced openings and a hook. The recept... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4294425 | Overhead bookholder The present apparatus suspends a book above the reader from an overhead support. It includes a suspension line hanging down from two support attachments above. Suspended from the middle of the line is an assembly of a book tie rod which holds the book alo... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4244301 | Corner shelf array A pre-assembled array of corner shelves is fastened together by three flexible lines threaded through apertures in the shelves so that they can hang downwardly from a single hook mounted in the corner between two intersecting walls. The lines are so dispo... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4227669 | Hanger and method for sound speakers A hanger for suspending sound speakers from a standard ceiling whereby adjustment can be made of the speaker position for best sound dispersal.... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4220306 | Adjustable hanging device An adjustable hanging device for hanging plants and the like having a cord with a hook at its upper end for suspending same, the cord extending downwardly through a bore at one end of a bar and returning upwardly to terminate at a second bore at the other... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4125302 | Easy-leveling support device A novel, easy-to-level, wall-supported support member which is particularly useful for support of apparatus requiring a horizontal surface on which to operate properly. Particular advantageous use of the apparatus is as a support for a phonograph turntabl... | 11/14/1978 |
