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 |
| 5164697 | Input keyboard for an electronic appliance in entertainment electronics An input keyboard (1) contains a switching device (3) for pushbuttons (22) wherein the contact linings (11.1, 11.2) on a printed circuit board (10) are bridged by a countercontact (16) operated by the pushbutton (22). The countercontact (16) consists of a... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5059939 | Variable resistor device A push button variable resistor device includes a hollow push button seat member confining a receiving space, and at least one resistor piece fixed inside the seat member. The resistor piece has a contact portion and at least one leg portion projecting ou... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4655117 | Complete transposable notation and keyboard music system for typists A typewriter keyboard instrument wherein the keyboard is arranged as a standard typewriter with only letters, numbers, and symbols of the standard keyboard wherein the key with the letter N is assigned to play the note middle C, and wherein each succeedin... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4031800 | Keyboard for a musical instrument Geometrically, my keyboard is characterized by a two-dimensional pattern of at least six horizontal and at least six vertical rows of keys. The center-to-center spacing between adjacent keys, both horizontally and vertically, is no greater than about one ... | 06/28/1977 |
