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 |
| 4007853 | Anti-theft dispensing rack A dispensing rack assembly which includes an enclosure for storing one or more items to be dispensed, an access opening communicating with the interior of the enclosure through which an item can be withdrawn, and a detection device associated with the ope... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3998335 | Display rack An improved display rack of any suitable material for articles of merchandise in containers which is formed of a plurality of spaced sets of concentric rods supported on an inclined base, which is distinctive in appearance and which permits self service w... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3993372 | Overhead cigarette rack A display and vending device for stackable articles such as cigarette packages or the like is suspended from overhead supports, for example, at the check-out counter of a retail store. The articles contained in the device are accessible only to the cashie... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3937095 | Self adjusting elevator A self adjusting elevator, especially for use in a storage cabinet, or the like, which has a recess in which the elevator is horizontally disposed and within which the elevator is vertically moveable in conformity with the weight carried thereby. The elev... | 02/10/1976 |
