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 |
| 6796688 | Waterproof Christmas light bulb A waterproof Christmas light bulb includes a connection tube formed on top of the socket and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the socket so that a step is formed at a joint between the socket and the connection tube. A bulb is partially received in the c... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6657393 | Vehicle lamp having light sources with LEDs arranged in two groups A vehicle lamp has light sources having light emitting diodes that are vertically and horizontally disposed in the form of a square. A first LED group is disposed in the central position of the light source and is turned on in the tail lamp lighting mode.... | 12/02/2003 |
| 5461551 | Portable darkroom safelight A portable drakroom safelight which incorporates several features which enhance its usefulness in a darkroom. The portable safelight includes a lamp, a safelight filter, rechargeable batteries, a light sensor, and control means. The safelight filter filte... | 10/24/1995 |
| 4652085 | Dark room safe light filter assembly for a TV set A darkroom safelight filter assembly for a TV set comprises a filter screen tinted to exclude damaging light rays for photographic materials, having a bracket thereon mounting a block of sponge rubber supported on the top wall of the TV set. The filter sc... | 03/24/1987 |
