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 |
| 7918043 | Scent releasing picture changer An aroma visual message carrier is shaped into a card device for carrying multisensory messages to deliver two interchangeable images with a scent releasing mechanism linked to the very act of image change by a recipient. The carrier comprises an image changing fram... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7363738 | Planar display device with sliding reveal member or members Display devices for, e.g., advertising purposes, are provided wherein at least one member slides relative to at least one other member to a “reveal” position so as to display new and different information. In one embodiment, two sheath members move relative to a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7308769 | Frameless display module, device and method A display module for an illuminated display device is provided having an at least substantially translucent panel and a plurality of retention members for removably retaining a plurality of spaced apart divider members and display members to the panel. The retention... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7238027 | Device functionality representation tool An apparatus for demonstrating cardiac device function and patient cardiac function over time, including a board with a coordinate system representing time, the board having one or more colored areas representing cardiac device function and patient cardiac function ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7200962 | Flexible, frameless display module, device and method A display module for an illuminated display device is provided having a flexible, non-self-supporting, at least substantially translucent sheet and a plurality of spaced apart, horizontally disposed divider members positioned on one side of the sheet. Each of the di... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7150120 | Vehicle permit holder A vehicle permit display device includes a substantially hollow, wide profile envelope formed of a transparent material. The envelope includes an opening on a side edge thereof for receiving a vehicle permit. A hook extends from an upper edge of the envelope for sec... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146758 | Sign indicating status of occupant of cubicle or office and method of use A sign for workplaces and a method for its use. The preferred embodiment comprises a rectangular board retained by extendable brackets on the wall of a cubicle or the door of an office. Alternatively, the board may be retained on a wall, door or other surface by str... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7069681 | Sliding sign A sliding sign is movably mounted on an overhead truss which extends over a roadway. The sliding sign is mounted on rails connected to the top and bottom chords of the truss so that the sign may be moved from a position over the roadway to a position adjacent the sh... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6968803 | Chart holder with priority scheduler and method of use A record holder and scheduler comprises a file container of sufficient size to hold a tangible record of a person or thing, the file container having front and rear faces. On the file container there is disposed a schedule indicator and/or a condition indicator. The... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6604308 | Key with identifying system A key includes a stem connected to a head and an identification system positioned within the head. The head has two opposing surfaces and an aperture that forms a visible area. The aperture extends along the opposing surfaces and interior walls of the ape... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6532691 | Display device A display device includes a rigid back cover to be attached to a mounting surface. A rigid front cover is positioned in overlying relationship to the back cover for showing product identification information, and a rigid panel is provided having a grip po... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6250004 | Recyclable plastic enclosure with an integrally-molded card holder An image forming apparatus includes a recyclable molded exterior cover made of plastic with a plate holder at a back side of the cover. The exterior cover is mounted on the apparatus so as to swing between open and close positions. The exterior cover and ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6237265 | Promotional display system By providing a unique, pre-printed housing within which a pair of display members are operatively interconnected to each other to move simultaneously outwardly from the housing in an unexpected and unanticipated manner, a printed, visually exciting and in... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6170200 | Furniture system A furniture system is particularly adapted to support group activities in open plans, and the like. A plurality of columns support an overhead framework on the floor of a building in a freestanding fashion at a predetermined elevation, generally above ave... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6061938 | Changeable image display device A changeable image display device that has a front panel and a back panel forming an envelope open at one end. The front panel has first and second spaced windows and the back panel has a first image thereon in alignment with the first window of the front... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5987794 | Sign with replacement insert A frame structure that displays media includes a support member, a frame housing and at least one interchangeable cartridge insert. The frame housing is supported by the support member and has at least one display opening for displaying the media. The fra... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5974709 | Display apparatus A display apparatus has an interchangeable cassette including a first static image-bearing slatted panel and at least two further movable image-bearing slatted panels, movable relative to the static panel and interleaved therewith. The panels form part of... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5473831 | Information storage and display apparatus A new and improved information storage and display apparatus includes an outer information-bearing member and an inner information-bearing member. The outer information-bearing member and the inner information-bearing member display information relating t... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5193795 | Device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of sheets A device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of sheets with a housing having a viewing window, from which housing a slider member can be withdrawn and reinserted, and with elements for removing a sheet from an inserted pile and transferring the same to... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5107611 | Device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile (182) of photographic prints, having a first (12) and a second (14) frame part which may be moved relative to one another and paral... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5103580 | Device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of sheets A device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular sheets, especially photographic prints. The device includes first and second frame parts (12, 14), of which one has a viewing window (35) in front of a principal face of the pile. The frame pa... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5078265 | Lottery ticket holder A lottery ticket holder having a pair of planar members interconnected by and through a pair of partition (or side) members to form a hollow body wherethrough a lottery ticket slidably passes.... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5060408 | Device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of sheets A device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of sheets with a housing having a viewing window, from which housing a slider member can be withdrawn and reinserted, and with elements for removing a sheet from an inserted pile and transferring the same to... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5027540 | Mechanical graphical display system A graphical display system utilizes an array of base units, which are disengageably affixed to one another so as to form a base board of variable extent, having a grid of slots in the front face thereof. Cover pieces have elements for slidably engaging th... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5004271 | Greeting card system A personalized greeting card system includes a foldable sheet member defining first and second panels and a plurality of interchangeable sleeve elements for removably fitting over and around the second panel. Each of the sleeve elements is provided with a... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4991332 | Sign bearing information or indicating direction An information-bearing and direction indicating sign is described having at least one rectangular information carrier provided with printing, a pictogram or a direction-indicating symbol and a frame holding the exchangable information carrier releasably. ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4979324 | Frame for displaying outfits or ensembles A board game on which the players simulate a shopping trip to a mall by moving their distinctive markers along a route defined by rectangles depicting stores of various types. A spinner determines the number of squares a player moves her marker during a t... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4955153 | Display sign holder and display sign therefor Disclosed is a display sign holder in the form of a semi-rigid rectangular sheet of optically clear plastic having elongated flat spacing structures extending along its top and bottom margin areas on one side so as to space the plastic sheet from a suppor... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4951596 | Indicating means for medication containers The invention provides an indicating device in the form of a holder for symbol elements. The device has a body portion that is attached to a c-section clamp. The c-section clamp is adapted to be springly engaged with the object to which the device is to b... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4939860 | Cyclic rearrangement device for stacked rectangular sheets Apparatus for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile of photographic prints, is provided. The apparatus has a first and a second frame part which may be moved relative to one another and parallel to the main ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4899475 | Container for a pile of sheets The invention relates to a container for a pile of sheets essentially of like format with a housing (12), which has a viewing window (35) exposing to view the uppermost sheet in the pile, and with a slider member (14), which can be pulled out of the housi... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4879825 | Cyclic rearrangement apparatus for stacked rectangular sheets Apparatus for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile of photographic prints, is provided. The apparatus has a first and a second frame part which may be moved relative to one another and parallel to the main ... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4860472 | Picture viewing device The picture viewing device comprises a housing and a slider member, which may be displaced backwards and forwards relative to one another and parallel to a viewing window, in order thereby to rearrange cyclically a pile of pictures. The pile is located in... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860473 | Device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile (182) of photographic prints, having a first (12) and a second (14) frame part which may be moved relative to one another and paral... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4852284 | Glass mountable sign A base panel is mounted to glass with metal strips and magnets. The magnets and metal strips are shaped to mate with each other for easy alignment of the sign. The panel includes an aperture behind which a sliding panel is mounted in a set of guide tracks... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4835889 | Sign holder A sign holder holds a plurality of sign elements. The sign holder comprises an optically transparent planar front panel, a planar rear panel parallel to the front panel, and a peripheral frame situated between the front and rear panels and attached theret... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4801016 | Planar element storage and display apparatus A planar element storage and display apparatus is provided having an outer box and a carriage slidably mounted therein. The carriage can be pulled from the outer box and a stack of planar elements such as photographs can be placed face up therein. The car... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4787162 | Device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets The invention relates to a device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular or square sheets, especially a pile (182) of photographic prints, having a first (12) and a second (14) frame part which may be moved relative to one another and paral... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4783919 | Device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of sheets A device for the cyclic rearrangement of a pile of rectangular sheets, especially photographic prints. The device includes first and second frame parts (12, 14), of which one has a viewing window (35) in front of a principal face of the pile. The frame pa... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4779369 | Display apparatus Display apparatus for mounting display members. Each member defines a channel open at at least one end, and preferably open at both ends and having a narrowed mouth in a front face. A support has projections engageable in the end of a channel. Preferably ... | 10/25/1988 |
