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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7297928 | Indicating instrument for vehicle An indicating instrument for a vehicle has a display board, a light modulation member disposed to cover a surface of the display board. An illumination intensity of the display board is detected by a light detecting member and a control unit applies to a dc pulse vo... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7277024 | Remote lighting control device for lamp string A remote controlling device includes a micro-controller; a transmitter coupled to the micro-controller to selectively transmit a control signal that controls the lighting of a lamp string, the transmitter comprising an encoder for coding the control signal; a preset... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7196614 | Guidance system for rescue personnel A guidance device including a body having multiple reflective fields, and a mounting member for secure mounting to a surface. The body's reflective surfaces may be oriented to reflect approaching light from the top, bottom, left, and right, thereby enhancing its vis... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7030774 | Floating visible indicator for an instrument cluster A visible indicator for an instrument cluster is backlit with an electroluminescent (EL) film. A mounting plate is located a first distance from a light source and includes a first aperture. A translucent lens is located adjacent to the mounting plate. An EL film is... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6987461 | System and method for addressing optical emanations from an information processing device Various methods are disclosed relating to optical emanations from a light source or a first optical device that is intended to display a state of a serial data stream that crosses an interface that is associated with an information processing device. In one embodime... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6894623 | Display monitor for multi-optical-path photoelectric safety apparatus and multi-optical-path photoelectric safety apparatus including a display monitor A display monitor is provided for a multi-optical-path photoelectric safety apparatus including a plurality of multi-optical-path photoelectric sensor units. The user can determine whether a special function such as blanking is set for each optical path in a group w... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6690449 | LCD power loss indication A device that provides a display indicating an absence of power to an LCD is disclosed. The device includes a continuous polarizing filter layer disposed within a display area that makes up a portion of the total display area of the LCD. A layer of liquid... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6504488 | Electronic device In an electronic device having a housing containing electronic components and a front part connected to the housing and having control elements, the connections between the electronic components and the control elements are made using a first transmitter ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6042239 | Aircraft canopy reflection reduction Illuminated instruments in aircraft cockpits often create reflections from the canopy which interfere with the pilots vision. A wedge of optical material positioned adjacent the instrument retracts the light rays such that the canopy reflections are defle... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5684468 | Illuminating display device An illuminating display device for limiting the travel direction of beams. This device includes a main body which is transparent; a display layer disposed on the surface of the main body and including a display mark composed of a cut-out section; a reflec... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5617335 | System for and method of recognizating and tracking target mark A system for and a method of recognizing and tracking a target mark with a video camera is disclosed. The system includes a target mark (10) disposed on an object (1) and composed of a black circle and a white triangle mounted centrally on the black circl... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5617080 | Covert light indicator A dimmable, infrared secure, indicator for use in equipment panel displays capable of maintaining sufficient luminance for proper equipment operation by personnel in covert situations, while minimizing detection by hostile entities is realized by a device... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5227773 | High-intensity light display device A display device which is especially suited for application as a center-high-mounted stop-light (CHMSL) or brake light for an automotive vehicle includes a white linear light source. A coupler panel or sheet formed of a fluorescent dye-doped material coup... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4306226 | Animation of visual displays and apparatus effecting the animation A visual display in which written, pictorial or combination thereof may be presented for viewing in an appealing manner for any of a variety of purposes, and apparatus for developing changes and/or animation in the display utilizing specially prepared tra... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4238786 | Visual display and electro-optical transducer A visual display comprises a plurality of electro-optical transducers, each transducer comprising a light-reflective element mounted to an elastic, substantially planar membrane, and electromagnetic means for moving the light-reflective element pivotally,... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4220948 | Non-electronic character display A sign board comprises an opaque front plate interfacing with a translucent or reflective back plate. Slots in the front plate define the segments of 7-segment characters. Shutters are slideable within the interface to selectively open and close slots for... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4176917 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device having a transparent non-conductive front substrate and a rear non-conductive substrate between which is sandwiched a liquid crystal material. The front substrate includes at least one transparent conductive electrode with ... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4088991 | Visual display by electric control of scattering of light from a beam guided by an elastomer film A visual display panel wherein a beam of light is internally reflected within an elastomer film and guided across the panel, and an electric field is applied at selected areas of the elastomer film by applying a voltage between at least one pair of upper ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4068230 | Passive electro-optic display device An electro-optic display device having an activable surface. The surface including several separately activable zones, each zone having at least two sets of parallel discrete elements imbricated one in another and each set also separately activable. By si... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4015253 | Rotary digital channel selection apparatus A combination control knob and encoder drum unit, which has a number of indexing indentations corresponding to the number of desired stable positions thereof, is sized to pass through an opening in a control panel behind which is mounted a drum-receiving ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3963326 | Data display panels A module, for a data display panel, comprising a number of elements, each separately controllable to be selectively illuminated or extinguished so as to display any one of a plurality of symbols. The transmission of light to each of the elements of the mo... | 06/15/1976 |
