...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360284 | Bungee cord system A bungee cord system, including, a bungee cord assembly, engaging locks, and universal anchors to safely secure, store, transport, and/or stack packages, containers and the like to surfaces. The bungee cord assembly includes an elasticized cord with first and second... | 04/22/2008 |
| 6832417 | Safety snap hook A safety hook that includes a body having a hook portion and a shank portion, a gate that is pivotally mounted from a gate pivot point on the shank portion, and a locking element that is pivotally supported from the shank. The safety hook also includes a peninsular ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6253522 | Anchor device An anchor member for mounting a tarpaulin to a bearing structure includes: a shaft; an obliquely arranged transverse pin located at a first end of the shaft; a rod member protruding from the shaft and having a first hook-shaped protrusion at an end thereo... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6223402 | Clip and casing test telephone incorporating clip A clip for a test telephone has a hook part and a gate part which pivots to open and close the mouth of the hook part. In the open position it enters a slot in the hook part. The hook part has an offset coupling portion for pivotable connection to the gat... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6000108 | Towing hook structure An improved towing hook structure including a hook body having a surface provided with reinforcing ribs. The exterior of the hook body is wrapped in a layer of tough and wear-resistant rubber or plastic material using hot pressing to reduce possible damag... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5758392 | Snap hook A hook adapted to be attached to an elongated cord, comprising a hook body having a base, a side and a top curved portion and a latch attached to the base portion. The free end of the latch can be releasably locked to the hook body. A flexible member exte... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5671514 | Swivel hook A swivel hook including a head portion pivotally connected to the strap connector body, a hook-shape leg projecting from the head portion, and an unhooking-preventing leg projecting from the head portion toward a tip of the hook-shaped leg and resiliently... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5517735 | Safety rope hook A safety rope hook including a hook body and a latch pivotably connected to the hook body and releasably connected to a hooked end of the hook body to close an opening defined within the hook body, wherein the hooked end terminates in a rounded tip and th... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5450661 | Swivel hook assembly A swivel hook assembly has a head on its pin rotatable in a limb of a loop which is formed with a raised rim outwardly of a collar extending inwardly from the limb into the loop and surrounding the bore receiving the pin to prevent enlargement of the bore... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5253396 | Snap hook assembly A snap hook assembly in which a web loop is provided with a swivel having either a ball of disk formation at the end of a post. A portion of the body of the snap hook is formed in two halves divided along a longitudinal plane, one half being unitary with ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5161287 | Coupling snap Snap made of a plastic material whose body and tongue are molded of a single piece and whose mold joint (9) extends from its rear to its front end and intersects the two lateral sides of the snap body, which are substantially parallel to the plane in whic... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4852733 | Flag mounting clips A clip for mounting a flag on a staff, pole or like support is formed of wire bent to define a circular coil from which a first leg and a second leg tangentially extend. The first leg is substantially straight and terminates in a hooked end. The second le... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4759103 | Manually operable fastener A manually operable quick action fastener, intended for both sporting and industrial use, consists essentially of a single length of wire which is formed into a closed triangular torsion spring having its torsion coils within the triangular shape and whos... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4646396 | Flexible keeper for retaining a hook to an article connected thereto A hook is retained to an article to which it is connected a flexible rubber keeper member in the form of a strip having a pair of holes formed therein through which opposing portions of the "U" of the hook are fitted. The rubber keeper is removably held i... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4464813 | Snap hook A snap hook comprising a bi-ended base portion, a blade portion, a re-entrant portion and a latch portion, is disclosed. The blade is integral with a first end of the base, through the re-entrant portion, thereby providing the snap hook with an aperture i... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4380101 | Tie hook, particularly rubber spring hook The invention relates to a hook for rubber springs etc., suitable for attachment to a cable or a strap. The hook comprises an anchorage block for attachment to the cable or to the strap and a deformable retaining loop having substantially the shape of a U... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4100658 | Fishing lure-and-line snap swivel The shank of an eye fastener forming a fishing line connector is relatively rotatably mounted in one or more circular bearing loops of the bearing portion of a bent wire structure forming a fishing lure connector. From one end of the bearing portion exten... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4064604 | Swivels An improved snap swivel comprising a lightweight, plate-like body of thermoplastic composition including a recess in the rearmost portion of one side, an eye rotatably mounted in the foremost end of said body, and a clasp freely pivoted in proximity to th... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4061873 | Corner insulator for electric fences A one-piece corner post insulator of high density polyethylene for electric fences includes a relatively rigid U-shaped body having a spring arm extending from the end of one leg of the body towards the end of the other leg thereof. The spring arm has a h... | 12/06/1977 |