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 |
| 6409245 | Sunvisor assembly having a rounded edge A sun visor assembly having a rounded member partially defining the outer edge of the sun visor which forms a more user-friendly edge than existing sun visor designs. The sun visor is formed from a substantially flat foundation that is folded unto itself ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6367861 | Sun visor assembly having a rounded edge A sun visor assembly having a rounded member partially defining the outer edge of the sun visor which forms a more user-friendly edge than existing sun visor designs. The sun visor is formed from a substantially flat foundation that is folded unto itself ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6032345 | apparatus for fitting quilting braces to mattresses The apparatus has a structure with two frames which can move towards each other and between which the mattress is locked. The frames support a plurality of devices for applying the quilting braces. Each device comprises a needle, to which a quilting brace... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5345661 | Seat skinning and method A seat skinning mechanism for skinning a flexible membrane cover on a polymeric foam vehicle seat body is provided which, in a preferred embodiment, includes a first support surface for positioning the seat body located generally underneath the seat body,... | 09/13/1994 |
| 4571791 | Tufted upholstery for casket panels and a method of making the same A tufted upholstery is provided by shaping a thin rigid sheet into a decorative pattern and then affixing a fabric to the sheet so that the fabric takes the general shape the pattern. The attachment for holding the fabric adjacent to the sheet includes cu... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4471528 | Tufting button upholstery machine An upholstery machine for the tufting of buttons within cushions wherein a needle picks up a string loop which is attached to a lower button and is then caused to penetrate the cushion. The needle is withdrawn and the string loop secured to an upper butto... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4368566 | Upholstery machine An upholstery machine for the tufting of buttons within cushions wherein a needle is caused to penetrate the cushion and pick up a string loop which is attached to a lower button. The needle is then withdrawn from the cushion and the needle removed from t... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4292703 | Ventilated cushions An impervious cushion particularly adapted for scrap foam stuffing having vents comprising substantially imperceivable small slits in mutually spaced relation in the box edge between the upper and lower panels.... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4107829 | Method of manufacturing seat cushions In a method of manufacturing a permeable seat cushion, a permeable fabric material is pressed between a pair of dies while being heated and wetted with steam to render the fabric temporarily unpermeable to provide a seat covering of bag-like structure. A ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 3972098 | Method of producing an upholstered item of furniture An method item of furniture in which tufting buttons have both a decorative tufting effect and serve to attach a padding to a frame. The tufting buttons have internally threaded shank portions, and screws are threaded into such shank portions to secure th... | 08/03/1976 |
