Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318631 | Corner cabinet, especially for a kitchen A corner cabinet has a rectangular interior accessible through a door opening. A support column with a vertical swivel axis is arranged in the interior for supporting at least one essentially semi-circular shelf. The shelf is movable from an interior position into a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 6344968 | Controller for electronic goods A controller for electronic goods having a control box capable of operating more smoothly when the control box is drawn out or inserted. The controller includes a housing mounted on a case of the electronic goods. The controller is provided with guiders o... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6332659 | Modular cabinet for housing electronics A modular cabinet includes a plurality of modular wall panels that interlock with one another via tubular connector assemblies. Each tubular connector assembly has a female tubular member attached to a modular panel and a male tubular member attached to a... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5902028 | Fire extinguisher box A fire extinguisher box is composed of a box body in which a base frame and a link mechanism are mounted. The base frame is fastened pivotally with a seat for locating the fire extinguisher in the box body. The link mechanism is composed of an upright rod... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5795005 | Folding storage compartment A storage compartment has a cover which pivots between a closed position and an open position and is pivotally mounted to a vehicle panel, such as a door, on one vertical edge. The cover includes a foldable floor section having one edge mounted to the edg... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5540012 | Method of increasing the range of controlled movement of a door opened by a treadle operated door opening assembly, and a treadle operated door opening assembly A method of increasing the range of controlled movement of a door opened by a treadle operated door opening assembly is described, along with a treadle operated door opening assembly constructed in accordance with the teachings of the method. The method i... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5149179 | Automatic container cover A container (10) having a cover (42) mounted on a container body (32) that in turn is mounted to the interior surface (30) of a cabinet door (28) that uses an elastic, flexible filament (56) to automatically open and close the container cover (42) as the ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4991913 | Trash bin assembly A trash bin for a kitchen cabinet door, having a lid which is constantly spring biased to opened position. The lid has a central upwardly projecting plank, outwardly tapering thicknesswise for slidingly engaging the lower edge of the lintel of the cabinet... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4962973 | Portable recycle container assembly A transportable recycle container assembly includes a portable container mounted on rollers and having a top opening inclined toward the front of the container. A hinged top is provided to selectively cover the opening of the container, and to be opened u... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4870315 | Swinging garbage pail and cabinet door coupling mechanism Garbage pail adapted to be installed in a cabinet having a swinging access door, with a bearing axis extending vertically, laterally of the wall surface of the pail, on which axis there is seated a pail support, and a pail coupling for movement of the pai... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4688861 | Panel assembly for vanity cabinet A vanity cabinet is disclosed for installation as a component of prebuilt and site-assembled cabinetry, and countertop or custom built cabinets fabricated entirely on the job site. The cabinet includes a hinged cover, a folding vanity panel hinged to the ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4664455 | Lidless garbage bag holder A lidless garbage bag holder for mounting on the inside vertical surfaces of cupboard doors is described. In a preferred embodiment, the bag holder has a frame portion fixed to the door and a movable portion coupled pivoted to the fixed portion, the movab... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4639051 | Turn-out shelf assembly for a cabinet Upper and lower shelves are supported on a rotatable post in a cabinet to turn outwardly about the axis of the post from a stored position to an accessible position, the lower shelf being turned out automatically when the door of the cabinet is opened. Th... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4588236 | Rotary file cabinet A rotary file cabinet having two opposed open sides and two opposed walled sides mounted upon a rotatable base for selective rotation to present either its open or walled sides to face the user; the cabinet being of quadrate form adapted to be aligned in ... | 05/13/1986 |
