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...
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011736 | Collapsible wheel A collapsible wheel includes a rim formed of a number of arched rim elements pivotally connected into an endless series, a connector with a shaft for connection to a golf bag carrier, pushcart or baby cart, a hub sleeved onto the shaft of the connector, first spokes... | 09/06/2011 |
| 6090194 | Cubic leucite-containing dental porcelains A dental porcelain composition comprising a continuous glassy phase and a discontinuous, substantially uniform crystalline phase comprising cubic leucite. The porcelain exhibits coefficients of thermal expansion in the range of about 11 to about 17×10 | 07/18/2000 |
| 5806878 | Collapsible wheelbarrow/stretcher A collapsible wheelbarrow has a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly has a collapsible rim and a tire mounted to the rim. The tire comprises a flexible woven fabric and an inner tube for expanding the tire. The wheel assembly rotatably mounts to an axle. A ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5348379 | Expanding and contracting bicycle rim An improved wheel for a bicycle or similar vehicle has a segment in the rim of the wheel which is selectively removable from the usual circular path of the rim, creating a gap in the rim. The rim is then contracted to form a smaller circle. With the small... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5267888 | Toy vehicle having articulated wheel portions A toy vehicle includes a body supported by a plurality of wheels. At least one wheel of the toy vehicle is comprised of a pair of half portions coupled to a pivotal hinge at a common outer edge. One of the half portions is coupled to the vehicle body whil... | 12/07/1993 |
| 4602823 | Portable collapsible wheels A portable collapsible wheel is provided with fabric-type material spoke elements extending between the hub and the rim for performing the spoke function. The fabric-type material bears the weight of the load supported by the wheel in suspension from the ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4465321 | Compression loaded collapsible wheel Portable collapsible spokeless wheels are formed with a rotating circular wheel rim element defining a full circle and without a central axle, hub, or spokes. The wheel rim element is formed around its outer periphery with a land portion or tread portion ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4056285 | Collapsible tire wheel A collapsible wheel rim structure adapted to support an inflated tire including a rim formed from pivotally mounted rim sections, and an internal plate support for the rim which fits into an internal track on the rim. The disc is formed from sections slid... | 11/01/1977 |
