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 |
| 7621430 | Garment refreshing hanger Garment refreshing hangers incorporate activated charcoal, a proven odor absorbing material, into the body of the hanger. Garments such as a jacket are hung on the hanger in the traditional manner. The garment areas susceptible to odor producing body areas like the ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7328822 | Clothes hanger with adjustable arms An extendable clothes hanger comprising a hook portion, opposed rigid side arms and opposed extension sleeves that are slidably mounted to the side arms and are movable between selected an extended mode and several selected extended modes. The extension sleeves can ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7287674 | Garment hanger system with size indicator A garment hanger system including a hook member, a hanger body and an information indicator mounted on the hanger body. The hanger body includes a reinforcing rib section disposed adjacent a mounting structure that receives the hook member. The information indicator... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7243823 | Collapsible garment hanger with quick-release lever The present invention is an apparel apparatus that is especially useful for hanging narrow or small necked shirts and sweaters. It is a collapsible garment hanger, or clothing hanger, that has moving parts. There are two hanger arms that rotate about pins on a hange... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240813 | Top sizer for a hanger A top sizer for use with a garment hanger including a hollow body having an open bottom and a top wall that has a first opening formed therein that provides communication to the hollow interior. The top sizer includes a locking feature associated therewith that is c... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216786 | Non-slip garment hanger attachment A non-slip resilient unitary attachment designed for use on a standard wire hanger. The attachment is shaped or molded with a non-uniform diameter of a resilient rubber or foam rubber or similar material that will deform temporarily to lend itself to better retentio... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7108161 | Garment hanger A garment hanger of the wire frame type includes an anti-slip member engaged over the wire rail to provide increased friction on the garment to reduce the tendency of the garment to slip off the wire rail. The anti-slip member forms an elongate generally cylindrical... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7025232 | Liquid-candy dispensing sprayer and container assembly A liquid-candy dispenser having a container and an extendable and rotatable dispensing nozzle sprayer that is adapted to be moved in multi-directions for fun and to permit better dispensing of the candy in children's mouths. The extendable and rotatable dispensing n... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6928769 | Disposable insect-control member An insect-control member includes a flexible or semi-rigid substrate having a thickness and a flexural modulus. The thickness and the flexural modulus are interrelated material properties, one value being defined by the other value so as to satisfy a prescribed crit... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6360477 | Insect control pouch Disclosed herein is an article (such as an insect control pouch) to dispense a volatile active (such as an insect control agent). The pouch is formed from a single layer polymeric non-absorbing film. The pouch traps the active until use of the pouch is de... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6149038 | Suit hanger with air freshener A suit hanger includes a central casing in which an air freshener is housed and two arms attached to opposite sides of the central casing. The central casing defines at least one air inlet opening for drawing air into the air freshener to generate cleaned... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6053378 | Closet space saver A closet space saver molded as a single, unitary piece of a plastic material and hangs from a closet rod from a rod hook that is sufficiently wide to stabilize the device and keep it from undue side-to-side rocking. A V-shaped portion with open-sided slot... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5582334 | Moth inhibiting multigarment clothes hanger A multigarment, insect infestation inhibiting hanger device for use on a clothes bar. The device, which saves closet space, has a hook portion for disposition on a clothes bar on one end thereof. The hook portion is also disposed within or through a main ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5197639 | Slip-free garment hanger with fabric straps A hanger having an elongated arcuate body defining two arms and a hook member rigidly attached to its center. Upper and lower supporting straps are provided as well as loops for removably receiving built-in clip members for holding garments. The supportin... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5167564 | Toy clothes rack apparatus A clothes rack for use with doll clothing and the like is arranged, wherein spaced side walls mount a hanger supporting rod orthogonally therebetween underlying a roof plate for use in storage of various components of doll accessories. A trio of connectin... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5098713 | Cedar block assembly A cedar block assembly for preventing insect damage to clothing. At least one garment-confrontable surface of the block bears a plurality of grooves which increase the surface area of the block exposed. The block may be affixed to hanging means which perm... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5056694 | Clothes hanger pad construction A pad construction for use and securement to each end of a coat hanger, wherein the pad construction includes an elongate flexible deformable pad positionable to accommodate clothing of various configurations, wherein the pad includes band construction to... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5033661 | Scentable clothes hanger assembly A scentable wooden hanger assembly (10) having absorbent material (28) in a pluggable cavity (18), which material may receive a liquid fragrance for imparting the fragrance to the hanger assembly and the clothes hanging thereon. The hanger assembly includ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4768686 | Adjustable cedar-wood hanger insert An adjustable insert of aromatic cedar wood for insertion into the interior of a clothes hanger to prevent against moths and silverfish. The insert is made up of two relatively adjustable members, both of which are made of aromatic cedar wood, the upper m... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4624396 | Garment hanger A garment hanger provides both ease of carriage of a heavy and/or bulky garment and significant aesthetic opportunities. A hook is flexibly engaged to the hanger body by means of a ball-and-socket joint formed by a spherical male element associated with t... | 11/25/1986 |
