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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| 6435929 | Toy vehicle crashset having rebound mechanism A generally rectangular base supports a pair of gateways at two corners thereof and a pair of resiliently powered impact-responsive rebounders at the remaining two corners thereof. A flat surface extends between the rebounders and the gateways. A pair of ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6155565 | Method and kit retrofitting a pinball machine A pinball machine has been designed with several novel mechanical and electrical features such that it is easily retrofittable or convertible between a first pinball game and a second pinball game. The pinball machine includes a cabinet, a playfield, a pa... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6036188 | Amusement game with pinball type playfield and virtual video images An amusement game which comprises a playfield having a game piece and a plurality of play features, and an apparatus for projecting a changeable virtual image in association with the playfield.... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5509650 | Automated practice target for goal-oriented sports and a method of training using the practice target An apparatus and method for improving the scoring skills of a player practicing a sport, such as hockey, ringette, broomball, soccer and lacrosse, involving propelling a playing piece into a goal tended by a goalkeeper is disclosed. A target support is si... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5234216 | Toy vehicle crash simulating playset A toy vehicle crash simulating playset includes a crash simulator having a support base to which a pair of toy vehicles are pivotally secured in a spaced apart arrangement. Each toy vehicle is pivotally secured at the outer portion thereof and a spring me... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5222737 | Sloping table sliding puck game A sloping table sliding puck game and method for playing the same. A table having a substantially frictionless is elevated at an angle. A rebounding device is placed at one end of the table. A game player at the other end of the table projects a puck alon... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5181724 | Wing shooting target The invention relates to a wing shooting target made up of an internally empty body, subdivided into two half-portions (1, 2) integrally coupled to each other at the time of shooting, endowed with at least two radial vanes (3) and realized in a light mate... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5161801 | Sloping table sliding puck game A sloping table sliding puck game and method for playing the same. A table having a substantially frictionless is elevated at an angle. A rebounding device is placed at one end of the table. A game player at the other end of the table projects a puck alon... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4886273 | Toy and puzzle with reversible breakability A combination breakable toy and puzzle. A ball comprises eight identical wedge-shaped elements, formed of high-impact plastic with hollow interiors. Within the interiors of the individual elements, near the vertices thereof, magnets are mounted for intera... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4453713 | Lawn game with vertically slidable targets A game apparatus for playing a lawn game of entertainment comprises a plurality of generally upright targets, a plurality of balls, and a plurality of mallets for striking the balls. In addition, a plurality of boundary stakes are used to establish the bo... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4248428 | Game apparatus and paddle therefor The invention comprises a game apparatus for two or more players comprising a first and a second home plate spaced from one another for a first and a second player. Each of the first and second home plates has plural supports positioned therein for remova... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4212460 | Hollow water-filled game toy A hollow body is provided having two complementary parts releasably joined about interfitting rim portions. When the parts are joined, the hollow body may be compressed to partially deform a portion of the rim structure into an opening thereby allowing th... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4129301 | Golf putting training device A golf putting training device includes a pair of inverted, generally U-shaped end members which are disposed in parallel spaced apart relationship and supported on a putting surface. A rod-like member extends from a lower edge portion of each of the end ... | 12/12/1978 |
