Did You Know...
...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 |
| 6913061 | Tire working tool A tool for demounting a first and second bead of a tire mounted on a rim, the tool comprising a handle having a first end for disengaging a first tire bead from a rim and a second opposite end for disengaging a second tire bead from the rim. The first handle end inc... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6220572 | Quick adjusting envelope spreader arm A quick adjusting arm for an envelope spreader includes a bar member mounted to an articulated arm of the envelope spreader and a sleeve with a hook installed on the bar member. The bar member has a plurality of adjusting holes to position the sleeve at a... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6012705 | Tire spreading tool A new tire spreading tool for spreading apart the side walls of a tire on the rim of a wheel, particularly a motorcycle wheel, while removing and installing inner tubes or rim locks. The inventive device includes a pair of elongate arms each having opposi... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5265661 | Tire removal tool A tool for removing a tire from a wheel rim includes an elongated body member with a handle at one end and a tool head at the other end. The tool head includes a tire engaging member having at least one tire bead support and terminating in at least two la... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5123470 | Tire removal tool A tool for removing a tire from a wheel rim includes an elongated body member with a handle at one end and a tool head at the other end. The tool head includes a tire engaging member terminating in at least two laterally spaced apart tire contact parts, a... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4848731 | Tire casing spreader A device for holding and supporting a tire casing during servicing, and for spreading the casing of a tire so that the inner tube may be removed. The device includes a stackable cylindrical base having diametrically opposite cut-outs to accommodate a tire... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4720080 | Tool for spreading tire sidewalls A rigid, metal strap has a hook formed on one end and a handle on the other. The hook is disposed to be inserted between a tire rim and a surrounding, tubeless tire, only one sidewall of which (the inboard side) has been mounted on the rim. The inner, ter... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4171794 | Fixturing for inspection of the interior of tire casings Holder and spreader fixturing for spreading and positioning the bead portions of tire casings to enable unobstructed holographic inspection of the interior of tire casings for manufacturing defects, including holder fixtures comprised of a pair of spreade... | 10/23/1979 |
