Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6837495 | Electronically interactive target game An Electronically Interactive Target Game to be played indoors by children, wherein the target is a flexible sheet hung on a wall or attached to a portable stand; and has mural-like artwork on the sheet portraying characters playing an action sport. A projectile cor... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6640200 | Sports implement testing methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for testing a striking-type sports implement such as a bat is disclosed. In terms of apparatus, a system according to the invention includes a bat-swinging module, a ball-delivery module, and one or more programmed computers. The bat... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6135881 | Sports forecasting game A method of remotely interfacing with at least one player in a rule-based game over a communication medium operatively connected to one or more communication devices including a visual display wherein each player is associated with a communication device,... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6113096 | Baseball card board game The present invention in a particular embodiment can be characterized as a method of determining an outcome in a baseball game by determining an out in the event a ball is hit against one of a plurality of player cards; and determining a hit in the event ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6032954 | Baseball game A baseball game apparatus is provided including a playing board including a bottom face, a top face, a periphery, and a side wall extending upwardly from the periphery. The top face has a diamond-shaped playing field with an infield portion and an outfiel... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5988861 | Sports implement testing methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for testing a striking-type sports implement such as a bat is disclosed. In terms of apparatus, a system according to the invention includes a bat-swinging module, a ball-delivery module, and one or more programmed computers. The bat... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983397 | Batting glove A batting glove is provided incorporating a leather palm portion, a leather wrist portion including a hook and loop fastener, a leather finger portion including separate finger members having spaces therebetween and a leather thumb portion. Disposed along... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5769714 | Methods and apparatus for playing baseball gambling games The present invention discloses casino baseball gambling games played on electronic video gaming devices including a microprocessor, computer memory chips, programming software or firmware, a video display, control input buttons, and a coin acceptor. In a... | 06/23/1998 |
| 4504056 | Toy having playing surface with rotating member located thereon For use with a self-propelled object, a toy can be formed having a housing with a playing surface located thereon. The playing surface includes a circular depression having a member rotatably mounted in the circular depression and capable of rotating in t... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4213610 | Toy baseball game A toy baseball game having a diamond-shaped base with a plurality of pockets. A two-piece bat is mounted on the base with a bracket fixed to each piece and rotatably mounted on the bracket is a large simulated hollow baseball containing a number of smalle... | 07/22/1980 |
