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 |
| 7320318 | Strap for bow string release A no stretch strap for a bow string release is provided to form a semi-closed (or open) hand receiving condition wrist strap for facilitating quick attachment and detachment of the strap to the wrist. The strap resists stretching and facilitates on-handed coupling a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7275667 | Watch band construction The present invention provides a watch band construction which includes a top layer, a bottom layer and an insert. The top and bottom layers each have an aperture provided proximate to the tip ends thereof. The insert is positioned between the top and bottom layers ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258436 | Personal vision field blocker A blocking apparatus for positioning in front of a person's face, the apparatus in certain aspects having a front member disposable in front of a person's face, the front member having two spaced-apart ends, two tab members, each tab member projecting from one of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 6921006 | Quick-change watchbands One-piece and two-piece watchbands may be quickly and easily installed on a watch of the wearer's choice and may just as easily be removed and replaced with another watchband to provide color and style coordination with other items of the wearer's chosen wardrobe. | 07/26/2005 |
| 6344103 | Sublimation process of transferring a decal to surface of a watch case A sublimation decalcomania of the surface of a watch case includes a first step in which the surface of the watch case is provided with a coating before the watch case and a decal-bearing paper are held in a plastic bag. The plastic bag containing the coa... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6276580 | Band A band which can be changed easily and speedily comprises a first band member to which a case is attached detachably, a second band member disposed to overlap on the first band member, and a loop into which the second band member and a right end portion o... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6179177 | Band A band comprising: a first band member; a connecting ring attached to a left end portion of the first band member; a string attached to a right end portion of the first band member; a clasping fixture; and a hook member connected to the string by the clas... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6050463 | Composite leather bands and methods of manufacture An elongated band, suitable for use as a watch strap, belt, head band or luggage strap, is fabricated from a plurality of individual overlapping, and optionally interlocking, segments of leather, or leather-like material that are bonded together to form a... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5930873 | System for attaching a wristlet to watch case A system for attaching a wristlet to a watch case (15) comprises at least one pin (45), which is situated in a cylindrical housing (45A) of a flexible resilient film (30), made of a plastic material or rubber, and at least one link (25) for attaching the ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5769290 | Hook and loop fabric wrist band A wrist band assembly constructed of hook-and-loop fabric material. A first strap member has loop surfaces of the hook-and-loop fabric on its upper and lower sides, and the second strap member has first and second leg portions which define a gap for recei... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5762241 | Watchband A watchband has a flexible outer band with hook-and-loop fasteners (e.g., Velcro) on its inner surface, and a flexible inner band with complementary hook-and-loop fasteners on its outer surface. The fasteners on the inner band removably engage the fastene... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5742256 | Wristband having embedded electrically conductive members for a wrist-mountable type electronic device A wristband for a wrist-mountable type electronic device comprises two wristband segments each including an outer layer member, an inner layer member and an antenna strip made of an electrically conductive member sandwiched between these members. The oute... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5630329 | Wristwatch bracelet and process for the production thereof A wristwatch bracelet segment includes a core and decorative elements mounted thereon in longitudinally spaced relationship. The core comprises first and second flexible core elements. The first core element is elastically stretchable and includes longitu... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5212966 | Resin wristwatch band having first and second molded resin members A resin band is formed by molding a first resin member by injection molding to cover a net member excluding its periphery, and by molding a second resin member by injection molding to cover a periphery of the net member exposed from the first resin member... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5176301 | Non-expansible wrist band segment An elongate wrist band segment has a top row of links overlying a bottom row of links. U-shaped staples connect the links of the top row to the links of the bottom, and springs housed in the links coact with the staples to resiliently accommodate longitud... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5060834 | Wristlet of plastic material A wristlet e.g. for watches in which, to avoid soiling, an outer layer of a fluorinated polymer material is adhered to a band of a non-fluorinated thermoplastic material which forms the body of the wristlet.... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4862436 | Watch with strap A watch and strap combination in which the strap is essentially constituted by an elongate rectangular strip of paper material of weight between 150 and 350 g/m2, carrying printed matter under an optional PVC lamination. Means for fastening tog... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4821532 | Bracelet comprising a flexible core A bracelet includes a core of non-extensible flexible material and a plurality of covering elements surrounding the core, each covering element comprising an upper and a lower part assembled to one another. Regular gaps are arranged between the covering e... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4779249 | Immersible and disposable decorative wristwatch An immersible and disposable decorative wristwatch includes at least one watch strap that can be selectively joined at its ends and fitted over the wearer's wrist, and watch works of the quartz oscillator type, run by a battery. The watch strap is laminat... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4760714 | Artefact band with bonded clasp The fancy artefact described has a band (1) made of a first thermoplastic plastic material and a clasp (4) which is solid with the band and which is made of a second thermoplastic plastic material which may have a melting temperature greater than that of ... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4757926 | Decorative sleeve for wrist watchband A decorative sleeve for wrist watchbands is disclosed. The sleeve includes first and second elongated tubular elements, first ends of each of which are interconnected by a short segment of planar elastic material. The sleeve is positioned upon a watch suc... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4700874 | Fancy artefact band with annular decorative portion surrounding elongated core The fancy artefact described has a band (3,4) comprising a core portion (5) made of a first thermoplastic plastic material and decorative portions (6) surrounding the core portion (5) over part of its length. The decorative portions (6) are solid with the... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4645102 | Assembly comprising a flat housing fixed on a textile or a thin synthetic or natural material This invention comprises an assembly between a thin substrate and a housing removably attached thereto. The textile or the other thin material constituting the substrate comprises a ring (6) set to the periphery of a circular aperture cut beforehand into ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4513896 | Belt or strap A belt or strap consists of face material 1 and lining 2, both of which consist particularly of leather and are interconnected by an elastic layer 3. The longitudinal edges 4, 6 of the face material and/or lining are laterally bent and extend over part of... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4458478 | Elastic assembly, for example bracelet or ring Extensible metal assembly, for example bracelet or ring, comprising link members (1) and connecting members (2). Each link member has at its center a cavity (3) which goes right through in the longitudinal direction of the bracelet. The side walls of said... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4457460 | Wristwatch strap with protective layer that contacts the wrist A wristwatch strap of leather or the like has a continuous non-porous barrier layer on the surfaces of the strap that contact the wrist of the wearer. The barrier layer consists of metal particles such as aluminum, noble metal or silver, having a particle... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4197968 | Synthetic-resin and metallic layered watchband A watchband is formed of two contiguous strips, an outer nonmetallic strip, normally of a synthetic resin, and an inner metal strip. The metal strip is formed with an array of throughgoing perforations over substantially all of its surface and the nonmeta... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4183986 | Method for making straps Disclosed is a method for making a laminated thermoplastic sheet from which can be cut one or more embossed straps having a loop at least at one end for receiving the cross-pin of a watch, buckle or the like. In a preferred method, a sandwich of an expand... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4069953 | Watch straps A watch strap, the two strap portions whereof are formed of a core of plastics material with a clip embedded therein. The clip has a hook-shaped end which projects from the core and forms with the core an attachment means for attaching to a watch case. Th... | 01/24/1978 |
