Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299527 | Strap retainer device A strap retainer device and method for retaining a first object to a second object, the device including a body that is generally planar with an outer periphery portion, the body including a first end portion and a substantially oppositely disposed second end portio... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287474 | Consumer pyrotechnics support apparatus A reusable pyrotechnics support device for securely holding consumer ground-based fireworks (for example, fountains, mortars, multiple aerials, and the like) in a vertical and upright position, using a sufficiently wide base that is resistant to tipping over. In cer... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7077851 | Aneurysm clip An aneurysm clip (1) is provided with two arms (2, 3) which are resiliently pivotable towards each other and carry at their free end clamping bars (12, 13) which are resiliently clamped against each other by the spring force of the arms, with ou... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6901638 | Burglarproof retainer clip and method of manufacturing the retainer clip An antitheft retainer clip according to this invention is a retainer clip 1, with which slits 3 are provided in inserted parts 2 so as to form press-contacting parts 4 and auxiliary parts 5, and comprises the press-contacting parts... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6843034 | Masonry block locking device A method and apparatus for constructing masonry walls made of open-celled blocks without the need for mortar between individual blocks or courses of blocks using individual C-shaped bracketed pieces that lock adjacent blocks together. The open-celled blocks must hav... | 01/18/2005 |
| 5774951 | Clamp A clamping apparatus for adjustably clamping a flexible skirt to a conveyor belt skirt plate comprises a locking member adapted to be driven along a stationary cam member in the form of a pin to exert a force on a clamp plate that has one side abutting th... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5117329 | Mounting structure for flexible printed wiring board having holding ribs and auxiliary ribs protruding therebetween A mounting structure for a flexible printed wiring board arranged such that the portion of the printed wiring board protruding from the rear surface of a casing such as, for example, an instrument casing is bent along the side wall of the instrument casin... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4890549 | Food handling device There is disclosed a food handling device especially adapted for handling sliced food products, such as pizza pies or the like, which consists of a base support means forming a food support surface, food gripping means positioned above and substantially p... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4838451 | Wire basket with flexible liner secured by a clip A clip for securing sheet material to a rod. The clip includes a body which has a central portion that contains a channel having an opening which is deformable to enable a rod to pass through the opening to be seated in the channel. The clip further inclu... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4683923 | Clip for use with gasoline pump dispensing handle A clip for holding the lever of a gasoline pump dispensing handle in open gasoline dispensing position made from a single flat plate of uniform thickness having a rear shank about 11/2 inches in length with a pair of identical arms extending about 11/2 in... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4558548 | Non-displaceable shim A non-displaceable, self-righting shim for use in any application where critical alignment is required of adjacent vertical elements. The shim presents an elongated central opening including a large upper portion and a small lower portion, and a slot havi... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4485578 | Adjustable supports for fishing rods and the like Cooperative supports for fishing rods and the like wherein upwardly open U-shaped and V-shaped members are individually swiveled on vertically mounted axes, the U-shaped member being resilient with detents of varied size for the reception of a range of ro... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4484378 | Binder for binding a bundle of elongated bodies Disclosed is a binder for binding a bundle of elongated bodies comprising a closed loop and a pair of converging-and-diverging arms integrally connected to the opposite middle portions of the loop and rising therefrom. In use a bundle of elongated bodies ... | 11/27/1984 |
