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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| 6450360 | Spring-loaded tube assembly A plurality of spring tubes is provided in an assembly to make a worker's practice of "pearl diving" unnecessary. A container has one tube attached in each corner and each tube has an internal coil spring secured at a bottom of an inner chamber but extend... | 09/17/2002 |
| 5233939 | Animal cage An animal cage provides a rectangular box-like cage structure having a top, bottom, right and left sides, and openable front and back ends, together defining an internal cavity. A movable internal vertical wall is adjustably supported on the structure top... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5014830 | Fastening devices for straps in an article of luggage An article of luggage of the type comprising elastic straps for holding down the objects carried therein, characterized in that each end of a strap (14) is fixed to the inner wall of the suitcase by means of a fastening member (15) carrying an anchoring c... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4724974 | Dispensing container for drinking straws and the like The dispensing container is a box-like structure made of wood and having an opening at its upper and forward corner to enable drinking straws to be pulled upwardly out of the container. A spring-loaded plunger within the container presses the straws forwa... | 02/16/1988 |
