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 |
| 4349983 | Playset for toy vehicles A carrying case may be opened to present upper and lower scene-simulating objects including a serpentine roadway for toy vehicles which may coast down the roadway from the top of the rearwall of an upper carrying case portion to the bottom wall of a lower... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4322004 | Snowman hat-kit This invention is a snowman hat-kit. It comprises a container shaped in the form of a hat which is used to adorn the snowman. The hat is structured to also serve as a container to store a plurality of pieces which are used to form the eyes, nose, mouth co... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4285157 | Toy racing set A toy racing set including at least one powered vehicle, a length of flexible track, and a carrying case. The carrying case folds out to form a track upon which the vehicle may run. The case may also be used when closed with the flexible track to provide ... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4204363 | Liquid containing amusement device An amusement device including a cylindrical liquid container which appears to be either filled or empty upon rotation of the container. In one embodiment, a toy tank truck has a rotatable tank portion which includes an outer cylindrical wall and an inner ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4131227 | Carrying and storage case A carrying and storage case for audio visual teaching aids fabricated from three interlocking sheets of corrugated cardboard or the like spaced and folded to resemble a house. One of the cardboard sheets forms the outside structure of the house, including... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4073397 | Fowl-shaped container A container possesses the configuration of a duck so that once it is emptied of its contents it may be used as a duck decoy, or as a toy, or for some other purpose which requires a duck-shaped appearance.... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4055250 | Folding blank, vehicle simulating display A one piece folding blank has front, side and rear panel groups that each fold towards a central floor panel to form a vehicle simulating display. A tab lock formed in the front panel engages an underlying portion of the side panels that is spaced from th... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4001909 | Child's toothbrush having a whistle A combined toothbrush whistle having a bristle portion and a shaft with a cover adapted to fit over the slide relative to the shaft. The cover has an opening in the cover wall for producing musical notes and a sheath located at one end of the cover for co... | 01/11/1977 |
