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 |
| 7578257 | Bookmarker An improved bookmarker including a clip and a page retaining spring carried by the clip. A bottom of the clip defines a slot spaced apart from opposing side edges of the clip and an aperture spaced apart from the slot. The spring includes mounting leg having a retai... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7475654 | Stand alone bookmark A reusable bookmark adapted for marking a page or standing alone includes: (a) a body portion in the shape of a character; (b) a clip portion including a clip base and a bendable, elongated clip prop, a rear surface of the clip base being substantially attached to a... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7416356 | Note-pad holder with incorporated page mark/cover strap and writing utensil holder A note-pad holder with incorporated page mark includes an adjustable Velcro attachment support member for attachment to a hardback book with a compartment for accessories and holding device for a writing utensil. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7367280 | Bookmark A household apparatus that combines the function of a bookmark and a highlighter/marker is provided. The apparatus has enclosed an inkwell that includes a volume of ink. The apparatus has thin shape that allows it to serve as a bookmark, while at the same time, has ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325510 | Securable medication reminder device A medication dosage reminder device (1300) operating on the exterior of a medication container (C6) includes a selector member (1304) retentively engaged with an attached cooperating support member (1306). The selector is engageably movab... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7125049 | Bookmarks A bookmark includes a seamless elastic band which is stretchable to loop around a group of pages in a book and around a cover of the book in order to identify a page place in the book. The band includes a slider thereon which has a front surface are that receives an... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7066494 | Magnetic page marker The present invention consists of a magnetic page marker comprised by a pair of laminar walls which form a clip applicable to the edge of the page that is intended to mark. Into the clip, there is a pair of magnetic means which clasp said page, whose admission into ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059637 | Book marking and note taking apparatus The invention is comprised of at least one bookmark having a supply of repositionable self-stick notes disposed thereon. The invention may also have a non-intrusive paperclip-like attaching means disposed on the bookmark. The invention is disposed for advertising, l... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055861 | Bookmark Described is a bookmark having a bookmark body, on which a bookmark clip is disposed. The bookmark clip can clam the cover or inner pages of a book to prevent the bookmark body from falling off from the book. The bookmark body is bendable and includes a protection s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052045 | Labeling device for bound materials The present invention relates to an apparatus for labeling the spine or edge of a binder. In an embodiment, the device comprises a housing, a clip attached to the housing and a label encased within the housing. The housing further comprises a base portion and a cove... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6994052 | Double icon page markers and method of page marking A marker and method of marking pages for subsequent revisit in accordance with a predetermined theme such as wedding, birthday or holiday gifts, home décor ideas and so forth, wherein the marker includes primary and a secondary icon designs to be positioned one beh... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976328 | Method of selecting grout color and related selection cards A method of selecting color of tile grout providing at least one partially transparent card having a first color band thereon, placing the card over an array of tiles with the color band generally overlying the grout and visually comparing the first color band and t... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6352048 | Doll bookmark A bookmark in the shape of a doll or animal includes: a) a rounded head portion; (b) a longitudinally extending body portion attached at an upper end to the head portion, the body portion including at least two generally rigid, matching leg portions exten... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6334403 | Page clamp with integral cover clip A page clamp has a pair of outward facing faces and a pair of opposed faces define by a pair of sides which converge adjacent one end of the clamp. A clip is positioned in spaced relation with one of the outward facing faces. The clip has one end connecte... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6250249 | Book marker A book marker is disclosed which comprises at least first, second, and third jaw members, the first and second jaw members being hingedly connected at a common pivotal axis to define a first independently operable clamp selectively positionable between cl... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6170877 | Page holder A page holder adapted to hold opposing pages of a book in an open position while reading. The page holder includes first and second wings meeting at a junction point and disposed at an angle of about 150° with respect to each other. A thumb opening is sp... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5868099 | Page clamping device First and second pairs of arms are respectively disposed at opposite ends of a support structure. A constrainable member (e.g., a spring) is supported at its opposite ends by corresponding ones of the arms in the pairs. This is the only constrainable memb... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5636868 | Apparatus for holding reading material binder A holder apparatus acts in frictional cooperation with books, notebooks, folders, and other hand held rigid or semi-rigid binders containing reading material. The bolder allows one-handed manipulation of the book, notebook, folder, or binder free of accid... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5456497 | Apparatus for holding reading material binder A holder apparatus acts in frictional cooperation with books, notebooks, folders, and other hand held rigid or semi-rigid binders containing reading material. The holder allows one-handed manipulation of the book, notebook, folder, or binder free of accid... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5358279 | Elastomeric bookmark assembly with static electricity and adhesive portions There is disclosed herein a bookmark to be attached to the back of a book to separate read and unread pages and which carries indicia-receiving areas for receiving advertising or reader's notes. The bookmark is a thin elongated rectangular member made of ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5287823 | Removable page marker An improved page marker for positionable and removable attachment to a sheet comprising two panels and one extending area. The panels, which may be in an extended or unfolded position or may be folded back against each other along a common bend or crease,... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5244232 | Attachable bookmark A bookmark comprised of two connected pieces. The clip piece, made of unyielding material and comprised of three portions attaches to the binding of any reading material. The prong portion of the clip is inserted between two pages, the bend portion rests ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5152553 | Book opener A pocket-sized book opener for holding a book in an open position comprising a page holding apparatus attached to two planes that converge angularly to form a wedge. When the page holding apparatus is removably fastened to the pages on one side of the boo... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5115757 | Clip-carrying bookmarker A rotating plate (36) which is rotated by raising a strap (39) upward by pulling the strap (39) is provided on the outer periphery of a strap feed and take-up drum (30) of a clip-carrying bookmaker. An operating drum (39) provided with a plurality of sawt... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5103758 | Bookmark A transferable bookmark which can be clipped to one or more pages, or to the cover, of a book. The bookmark includes a ribbon, one end of which is mounted between a flexible clip and a ribbon cover. The clip includes an inner clipping member which is hing... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5095846 | Bookmark A multi-purpose bookmark adapted to be positioned over the top edge of the book back with an inner leg thereof extending between the pages thereof and a outer leg thereof extending downwardly along the book back outer surface and in contact therewith. Res... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5093760 | Calculator having a thin resilient clip disposed about the outer periphery A clip-on calculator assembly comprising a thin calculator housing containing a calculator and a thin resilient clip disposed about the outer periphery of the calculator housing. The clip is integrally connected to a portion of the calculator housing. Spa... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4982685 | Clip-carrying bookmarker A clip-carrying bookmarker the clip of which is adapted to be held on a cover of a book and extends downward from a strap storage box having a strap withdrawal port from which a strap provided in a wound state in the box and having a tag at the free end p... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4941684 | Automatic book mark A book mark for use in combination with a book having a front cover, a back cover and a spine therebetween, comprises a clamp for releasable attachment to the book and a marker, integrally formed with the clamp and arranged to extend, in use, from the cla... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4934304 | Novelty clip A unique clip having a depending body portion with an inner set slit or slot thereby forming a tongue which may be displaced from the plane of the body portion and wherein the terminus may be one of a plurality of configurations and wherein the clip has a... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4932351 | Bookmarker A bookmark of molded plastic material is formed with a base having a retaining finger for clamping to a portion of the book. A retaining arm is integrally formed with the base and consists of a first horizontal section which extends along the width of the... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4813370 | Bookmarker An improved bookmarker for maintaining the place of a reader in a book having a spring retaining marking arm. A u-shaped clip has upwardly extending front and back sections and a bottom section having an axial slot on one edge and an opening spaced from t... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4732107 | Removable page marker A removable page marker is formed from an elongated rectangular sheet of material folded back upon itself to form an upper and lower leg. The free end of the upper leg is bent back upon itself and extended between the upper and lower legs so as to yieldab... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4688510 | Place marker A marker device that clips onto a page, for example, has a spring between proximal ends of a pair of similar congruent leaves so as to spread the proximal ends away from each other and press corresponding opposite distal ends toward each other. One leaf h... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4569538 | Bookmark A bookmark with a retaining hook element at the top thereof to receive the upper end of the bound edge of a book and positively prevent the bookmark from shifting longitudinally and laterally of said bound edge. In one form, the bookmark is provided with ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4487156 | Bookmark A bookmark, comprising an anchoring member 1, 2 for securing the bookmark to the cover of a book, and a pointer 3 connected to the anchoring member and adapted in use to overlie an edge portion of pages of the book, and extending generally in the directio... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4436053 | Clip-on bookmark A clip-on bookmark for finding a place in a book is disclosed wherein a substantially planar book marking member has two opposed covers with at least one edge portion with indicia, such as advertising message, associated with at least a portion of the cov... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4024832 | Bookmarker A bookmarker comprises an inserted or first section adapted to extend along one side of a page or leaf of a book or the like, a tongue extending from the first section and adapted to extend on the other side of the page or leaf and cooperating with the fi... | 05/24/1977 |
