Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7044562 | Wheel rim An automotive wheel rim to receive a vehicle tire, at least one tire bead seat extending inwardly of the wall of the rim whereby the outer contour or profile of the wheel rim is selected to be of a different contour or profile to the inner contour or profile of the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 4478458 | Locking and anti-loosening construction for vehicle rim A rim mounting construction including a hollow hub mounting shaft having an apertured annular flange for mounting on rim mounting lugs, a spoked rim having a hub, interfitting splines on the hub and the hub mounting shaft, a hub securing nut having a shou... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4390191 | Bicycle construction A single wheel-support arm depends integrally from the front and rear of a bicycle frame. Each arm has an integral spindle extending laterally from one side thereof adjacent the bottom which rotatably supports a bearing housing. The housing has a radial f... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4275931 | Offset wire wheel A wire wheel center to be affixed to the drop center of a tubeless tire rim comprising a hub concentrically located within a felly and connected thereto by wire spokes. A plurality of portions of said felly are arranged axially and seriatim, with the axia... | 06/30/1981 |
