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 |
| 6243936 | Method for assembling an outer container having a container insert therein for holding a predetermined volume of material An outer container having a container insert therein for holding a predetermined volume of material. The outer container includes a container bottom having a periphery and a container wall extending generally upwardly to define an interior container porti... | 06/12/2001 |
| 4725464 | Refillable polyester beverage bottle and preform for forming same A returnable/refillable container in the form of a blow molded polyester biaxially oriented bottle having a physical and structural relationship providing for the maintenance of aesthetic and functional viability over a minimum of twenty trips wherein eac... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4613531 | Layered thermoplastic articles and method for forming Layered thermoplastic articles (36) and a method for forming layered thermoplastic articles are provided. The method involves forming a layered, thermoplastic parison, followed by blow molding the parison in a mold cavity (10, 12) to form a desired config... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4547416 | Thermoplastics articles and method and apparatus for making them Biaxially oriented tubular articles which are destined to provide bodies for processable food containers are made from an elongate tube of thermoplastics material as it emerges from an extruder. The manufacturing process comprises repeatedly performing a ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4154369 | Non-refillable dispensing container A non-refillable dispensing container, the product in which is dispensed by a removable dispensing pump. A connector fixed in the container neck includes a fitting connecting the inlet of the pump to the interior of the container to dispense the liquid pr... | 05/15/1979 |
