Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7765620 | Belt support A belt support for supporting a belt in position along a waistband adjacent a wait band clasp includes a first belt support member and a second belt support member adjustably mounted upon the first belt support member for movement relative thereto. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7001348 | Double pull body brace The double pull body brace comprises a one-piece panel which engages around the torso and overlaps at the front. At the overlap, it is attached to itself by means of a hook-and-loop fastener so that a wide range of adjustment is possible. In the back, spaced cord gu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6322529 | Detachment type waist protecting belt Disclosed is a detachment type waist protecting belt wherein hook and loop fastener strips are attached to distal ends and heightwise middle portions of left and right bands, a pair of connecting plates made of a soft plastic material are secured to proxi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6026515 | Jewelry article having dual fasteners for securing to a garment An article of jewelry attaches to a garment which has a belt loop and a fly closure. The article includes a fly closure fastener adapted to be secured to the fly closure of the garment, a belt loop fastener having an opening and adapted to be positioned o... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5946733 | Belt supported holder for construction workers' safety gloves A holder for bulky construction worker's gloves during their non-use, wherein the holder is attached by downwardly facing clips to the construction worker's belt and the gloves inserted within upwardly facing clips of resilient plastic construction materi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5665057 | Heated back supporting device A heated back supporting device including a belt portion having a pair of pockets formed in an interior surface thereof. The belt portion is securable around a waist of a user. A pair of heated gel packets are adapted for removable coupling within the pai... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5624065 | Safety sport belt A safety sport belt having a waist belt and at least one shoulder strap slidingly connected to the waist belt. The waist belt and the strap comprised of a polyester mesh fabric coated with reflective material. A transparent strip is centrally aligned on o... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5533961 | Lumbar support garments A lumbar support garment for surrounding at least the lumbar region of a wearer of the garment comprises a main cloth, a stretchable auxiliary belt, and longitudinal sheet-form support bones. The main cloth comprises a single-sheet of cloth made of stretc... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5499965 | Shaped lifting belt and method A shaped lifting belt and method in which the shape is provided by deepening the central lumbar panel in the rear to a depth of at least an additional half of the depth of the side wraps, providing the lumbar panel with expandable elements, and then separ... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5470000 | Support, carrier belt system A support, carrier belt system (7) is provided which includes a support belt (9) having two tightening straps (13), and a carrier device (9) which includes a tool-carrying compartment having a pocket or tool-carrying loops. A support belt (9) has a first ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5447482 | Body conditioning device A body conditioning device utilizing a base member having a first surface and a second opposite surface. The base member includes a padded core between the first and second surfaces. The first surface provides a recess portion which is capable of at least... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5299324 | Race number belt with race number attachment system An elastic (1) belt with a buckle (2) and having an adjustment slide (3) for waist size adjustment and "Race Number Attachment System" (4 and 5) which consists of 2 small dangling elastic pieces which are stitched (7B and 7C) at one end to the belt. These... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5243710 | Lockably-releasable aquamarine tethering device As is well-known in the prior art, flexible elongate rope-like tethers have a leadward-end attached to a leadwardly-impelled aquamarine equipment (e.g. surfboard, towed water-ski, etc.) and having a trailward-end securely attached to the towed operator (e... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5152013 | Versatile tandem belt The stabilizing belt comprises a pliable belt band, means for securing the band about the waist of the forward person of a tandem pair, and at least two discrete hand grip assemblies for the rearward person of the tandem pair. Each of the hand grip assemb... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4985937 | Belt assembly for sizingly adjusting the crotch region of a garment A belt assembly for sizingly adjusting the fit of a garment in the crotch region thereof. The belt assembly comprises first and second buckle closure members with an elongate belt secured thereto and forming first and second loop portions therebetween. Th... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4941237 | Clothing securing device A fastening device for securing a pair of normally overlapping portions or wearing apparel in a fixed relationship comprising a first fastening member having opposed surfaces with adhesive disposed along one surface for adhering said first fastening membe... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4698854 | Sports accessory A sports accessory which can be used as a towel comprises a sheet of absorbent material which can be folded along lines (6) in a concertina fashion to form an elongate portion. The accessory may be in the form of a belt provided with an end region (1a) ha... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4472839 | Cummerbund A waistband, such as a cummerbund comprising; a main band segment, first and second elongated band segments which are connected to said main band and two strips of mutually adhesive material used as an adjustment means. Additionally, the waistband include... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4463455 | Two part adjustable belt with locking means An adjustable two part belt with locking means comprises elongated belt members which overlap each other and transverse members connected to the ends of the overlapping portions of the belt members and at least partially encircling the corresponding porti... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4303239 | Thigh weights The present invention provides a totally adjustable thigh muscle exercise device. The device is totally independent of any other exercise device or structure, is constructed to provide exercise to both the flexor and extensor thigh muscles, and is adjusta... | 12/01/1981 |
| 3963157 | Ball belt The invention relates in general to holding several light weight balls around the waist or hips; and more particularly to holding several light weight balls around the waist one separately and securely held from the other.... | 06/15/1976 |
