Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7174935 | Automatic safety tire device An automotive device for increasing the traction on a supporting surface including a body mountable on a wheel hub and carrying a plurality of radially extending traction arms that are mounted for movement between retracted positions and extended positions in which ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 4402357 | Lightweight traction intensifying means for agricultural wheeled tractors and the like A lightweight device for obtaining improved traction efficiency of rubber tired vehicles without adding ballast weight. The device has resilient traction intensifying means secured to a driving tire, including auxiliary means for utilizing stronger sub-su... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4355451 | Retractable device and method for providing traction Device and method utilizing a fixed assembly attachable to a vehicle wheel back support plate, and a journaled, rotatable assembly carrying a track which may be deployed to engage and rotate with the wheel, or retracted for stable storage. The track is su... | 10/26/1982 |
