Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7585019 | Seat reclining mechanism for power wheelchair A seat reclining mechanism for a power wheelchair implements an actuator and a plurality of linkages mechanistically connected to the seat portion, back portion, arm rests and footrests of the wheelchair to recline the back portion and shift the seat in harmony with... | 09/08/2009 |
| 6695406 | Passenger seat with fabric suspension legrest A reclinable passenger seat having a seat frame mounting a seat bottom, a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom, and a legrest assembly mounted adjacent a forward end of the seat bottom for being selectively extended generally downwardly and o... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6227489 | Aircraft seat apparatus An aircraft seat apparatus installed in a cabin of an aircraft includes a seat portion, a slide mechanism, bulkheads, and a seat portion driving unit. The seat portion is movable in a back-and-forth direction. The slide mechanism supports the seat portion... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5015031 | Reclining chair A reclining chair comprises a seat having a front end, a backrest turnably connected with the seat, a foot part connected with the front end of the seat turnable between a non-use position in which it is located under the seat and a use position in which ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5013084 | Mechanism for high-leg reclining chair A pair of side mechanisms mount a back, seat and ottoman on a high-leg chair frame. Although the mechanisms are short, and require less longitudinal travel in operation, they can be used not only for chairs with two-way operation but also three-way operat... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4805960 | Wall proximity chair A three-position incliner having a fixed back and side rail assembly with a seat and backrest mounted with a seat and backrest mounted for nonrestricted motion in the assembly. A linkage mechanism attached to each side rail supports the seat and backrest ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4108491 | Wall-avoiding recliner chair A recliner chair with wall-avoiding action which permits the chair to be placed adjacent a wall without striking the wall when the chair is moved to reclining positions. The wall-avoiding action is achieved through a linkage which suspends the seat and it... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4079990 | Wheelchair A wheelchair includes a main frame supported on front and rear pairs of wheels, the main frame pivotally mounting pivotally interconnected back rest, seat and leg rest frame segments in such manner as to allow said segments to be adjusted between position... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4071275 | Recliner chair with wall avoiding action Linkage operated recliner chair having a TV position wherein a footrest is projected forwardly by a control handle while the seat and backrest undergoes slight reclining movement relative to a fixed base. However, due to linkage connected between the foot... | 01/31/1978 |
| 3957305 | In situ values extraction The invention is directed to a method of in situ extraction of a constituent of a rock formation, e.g., copper deposits or particular petroleum deposits as found in oil shale, and to a method of preparing the rock formation for in situ extraction of the r... | 05/18/1976 |
