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 |
| 7310918 | Hybrid office panel construction for a modular office furniture system A wall spine assembly for a modular office system comprises a plurality of individual panel assemblies. Each of the panel assemblies includes a vertical support structure and mechanically affixed lower panels in a rigid box-beam structure. Facing panels are removabl... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7216464 | Modular oven wall panel assembly A modular oven, such as a batch process oven, includes a standardized set of self supporting, interconnectable panels which, when assembled, from a self-supporting heat containment shell, free of added structural support members. The present invention is also direct... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7185509 | Refrigerator A refrigerator in which a machine room and an air cooling chamber having an evaporator, are placed at a top of a cabinet to maximize the storage capacity of lower sections of storage compartments. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7162838 | Construction panels A constructional panel has a generally rectangular central section and two opposed end sections, each having an isosceles trapezoid part, its short edge conjoined to an edge of the central section and its long edge conjoined to a rectangular part, there being obliqu... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6658904 | Panel retention mechanism for air handler cabinet An air handling unit (AHU) includes a frame structure and panels that are assembled to provide ducting for handling air. Each panel is rectangular with two sides and four edges. Each edge is integrally formed with the panel by extruding a perimeter of the... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6626017 | Locking mechanism for air handler (AHU) cabinet A locking mechanism for an air handling duct which includes a plurality of interconnected modules which together made up the duct. The locking mechanism includes a male retainer contained on a frame member of a first module, with the male retainer having ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6438924 | Slot forming tool for wall construction The present invention relates to a slot-forming tool for forming a number of consistently sized and shaped slots in a channel of a wall frame. Each slot aligns and slidingly supports a vertical stud that is snap-fit in place during an intermediate stage o... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6299224 | Panel fastener A panel fastener has a casing with two side walls formed with a boss having an outer annular wall that extends reentrantly from an adjacent planar surface of the casing side wall and an inner annular wall with a planar edge recessed from the adjacent casi... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6253517 | Modular panel assembly system The present invention is an improved modular panel arrangement for the assembly of a first panel to a second modular panel or a portion of a permanent wall. The arrangement comprises a modular panel of generally rectilinear configuration, having at least ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6209572 | Device for repairing drains A coupling system that can be placed into the existing drain and over the existing drain pipe to effect a repair without removal of an existing tub, shower or similar receptacle. The drain coupling system is self-sealing and can be locked into place from ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6145264 | Bracket for suspended ceiling tiles A number of ceiling rails are installed under the structural ceiling of a room in a selected array, in a configuration to provide openings between the rails to fit therein ceiling tiles. Brackets are used to support the tiles, the brackets being removably... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6119427 | Apparatus and method of modular panel construction A structure wall includes first and second cooperating building panels. The first building panel includes first and second skins forming respective first and second opposed panel faces and a first foam filled core between the first and second skins. A por... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6079754 | Latching assembly for insulation panels A latching assembly, such as for use in assembling and disassembling mating foamed insulating panels, may have housing components of inexpensive materials such as cellulosic or non-structural plastic materials. A cam shaft passes through an opening in a l... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6070919 | Panel fastener A panel fastener has a hook and cam assembly with a C-shaped leaf spring mounted in a recess in the camming surface of the cam. The recess is formed with a central barrier with opposed ledges on which the spring is mounted. Rotation of the cam causes the ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6018920 | Modular panel assembly system The present invention covers a modular panel assembly for the manufacture of a wall system from a plurality of thin modular wall panels of generally rectilinear configuration joined to one another. Each panel has an upper and a lower corner with a first c... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5743056 | Building panel and buildings made therefrom A rectilinear composite building panel having a pair of opposed faces, and a pair of opposed sides, the panel comprising a pair of spaced-apart rigid face sheets (56), a rigid insulating material (58) sandwiched between, and adhering to, the face sheets, ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5480117 | Mounting bracket for wall panel locks A bracket for mounting a rotary lock member in the frame of a panel is provided. The bracket is a preferably U-shaped body having a base and two legs extending therefrom. The inner dimension of the bracket is chosen to allow insertion of a rotary lock mem... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5323564 | Performance stage deck and assembly method Reusable performance stage deck segments provide rapid assembly with assured alignment. Segments interlock to form a substantially continuous performance surface. The reusable segments have a top, a bottom (preferably with low-friction pads), a first pair... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5212924 | Insulated panel with edge latch apparatus An insulated panel 10 has embedded hook fasteners 13 and hook fastener 14 mounted on opposite sides of the panel which are coupled tautly together by embedded, flexible straps 22, which are releasably coupled with the fasteners. This coupling is done by i... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5060993 | Locking mechanism for burial casket Locking mechanism for burial caskets in which a rod extending into the outer wall of the casket shell rotates a latch having a hook-like arm extending above the upper edge of the casket shell and provided with a cam surface which engages a keeper member o... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5038535 | Fastening device A method and apparatus for joining building panels, such as portable partitions, walls, floors, ceilings, or roofs. A cam device is located in one panel or member and is magnetically operated to engage a mating element located in an adjacent panel or memb... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5022200 | Interlocking sections for portable floors and the like Interlocking sections for portable floors and the like have a floor section (10) having interlocking members set in molded urethane (15) for connections along the edges of the floor sections (10). The interlocking members latch a male member (50) and a fe... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4918879 | Merchandising wall structure including readily attachable and detachable panels and having plastic reveals A modular merchandising wall panel construction including at least two vertically oriented structural members in edge-to-edge engagement, and means affixing the structural members together and permitting ready disassembly thereof, comprising a vertically ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4858403 | Fastening bar assembly for frameless insulating panels A fastening bar assembly for connecting together adjacent insulating panels of an insulated enclosure, in which the panels have a foamed in situ insulating foam core and metal skins on the inner and outer faces thereof, and wherein the fastening bar assem... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4693630 | Fastening device for releasable interconnection of panels A fastening device including a housing element, a body rotatable for at least an arc in the housing element, and a resilient element located between the housing element and the body. The resilient element has arms movable between a disengagement position,... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4655013 | Prefabricated modular building and method of assembly A prefabricated modular building includes a plurality of lightweight contoured panels which are interconnected. Each of the panels has arcuate top, bottom and side edges so that the panels provide identically sized and contoured segments of an oblate sphe... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4641988 | Fitting for releasably joining two structural components For releasably joining two structural components (1,2), particularly plate-shaped structural components which extend at a right angle relative to one another, a fitting has a preferably cylindrical locking element which can be inserted either directly in ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4625477 | Display wall formed of readily attachable and detachable panels A modular wall panel construction including at least two vertically oriented structural members in edge-to-edge engagement, and means affixing the structural members together and permitting ready disassembly thereof, comprising a vertically oriented stand... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4574537 | Insulated panel and method of constructing same An insulated panel is provided with an embedded locking pin that is mounted to a plate placed flushly against a side of the insulated panel. An adjacent panel may be securely fastened by rotating a hook down into the insulation of the other panel and into... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4512122 | Panel fastener system The present invention provides an improved panel fastener system for insulated slab panels of the type having one housing holding a hook assembly having a hook member and opposed hubs extending from a cam connected to the hook member; and a second housing... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4507010 | Panel fastener A panel fastener having a first section to be buried in one panel and a second section to be buried in another mating panel, said first section including: a hook plate fitted to an eccentric cam rotatably provided in said first section; and a leaf spring ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4402167 | Panel fastening structure A device is provided for locking together adjacent pairs of insulated panels for forming walls of walk-in refrigerators, freezers, and the like. Each panel comprises a pair of spaced-apart, parallel, metal wall members. At each end of the panel each panel... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4392281 | Releasable fastener A releasable, hook-type fastener of the kind intended to secure pieces of equipment or structural members together, the fastener including a casing, a drive shaft turnable in the casing, an eccentric bushing carried by the casing and turnable with the sha... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4370838 | Curtain wall A curtain wall or paneling system for concealing and beautifying an existing structural wall features a pair of elongated, upper cap and lower sill-forming channel members which are attached in predetermined, vertically spaced relation on the existing wal... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4235053 | Protective table pad latch A protective table pad having corner plates secured between the top and bottom surfaces of a conventionally constructed table pad. The corner plates are defined to have a universal male-female construction to receive either the male or female end of a coa... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4223500 | Insulation molded, load bearing, prefabricated panels A prefabricated building panel capable of bearing weight supporting loads, comprised of a pair of spaced apart rectangular metal frame members which are joined along one side by fastening bolts holding them in rigid relationship with respect to each other... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4131376 | Fitting for detachable connecting structural parts The present invention relates to a fitting for the detachable connecting of structural parts, and particularly of flat structural or cabinet parts. The fitting consists of a locking element which is rotatably inserted in a first construction part and of a... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4120598 | Assembly fixture for furniture A furniture assembly fixture having a first fixture section comprising a casing adapted to be embedded in a first furniture part, a second fixture section adapted to be fastened to a second furniture part, the casing having a flange with a lug or lugs, th... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4044511 | Fastening means for frameless insulating panels Foamed-in-place metal skin covered insulating panels for the walls of walk-in coolers, freezers and refrigerated warehouses having a fastening bar assembly encapsulated therein. The fastening bar assembly possesses opposite end male and female fastening m... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4020613 | Fastener An improved fastener having a design which provides a reduced cost as a result of the use of stampings, fewer parts and easier assembly, and higher strength. The basic construction of the fastener assembly consists of a stamped single or double hook, moun... | 05/03/1977 |
