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 |
| 7271738 | Restricted parking system A method and implementing computer system are provided for enabling management of restricted parking spaces for vehicles. In an example, a sensing system senses the presence of vehicles in predetermined parking spaces and stores that information for subsequent proce... | 09/18/2007 |
| 5881483 | Means for and methods of conveying information to prospective purchasers Advertisement at the point of purchase is presented by a box containing a rotary device which displays graphic material on each step of the device. The rotary device is mounted in a box having a lens focused on the graphic material. A very low cost is ach... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5493803 | Photo display device A device for storage and display of photographs consisting of a housing with front frame and a spindle containing photo envelopes supported mid-way across the front frame. The spindle is formed in unique manner to carry a large plurality of photo envelope... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5289651 | Photo display devices An improved photo display device of the type having a housing with frame and double photograph envelope providing dual photo viewing as presented within the frame, a first improvement consisting of an alternative picture rotating mechanism that includes b... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5163240 | Photo display device A device for storage and display of photographs consisting of a housing with front frame and a spindle containing photo envelopes supported mid-way across the front frame. The spindle is formed in unique manner to carry a large plurality of photo envelope... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4151669 | Leaf type indicating device A leaf type indicating device provided with a synchronizing piece made of a spring material, rotatably mounted on a main shaft and having a side portion engageable with a lug formed on one leaf belonging to a first indicating leaf group having a large num... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4108355 | Rotary indicating device provided with a plurality of indicating plates A rotary indicating device comprising a rotary drum supporting respectively rotatably a plurality of indicating plates, a ring-shaped spring fitted on one side surface of the rotary drum and resiliently pressing the respective rotary shaft portions of the... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4079532 | Photograph display stand A picture display device includes an array of picture frames hinged together, as by an endless belt, in which the inner ends of the frame sections are attached to the endless belt. The frames radiate outwardly from the belt and are arrangeable in a pair o... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4067128 | Taxi indicator An indicator for a taxi-cab, the indicator having a plurality of different displays to be shown through a window, there being control means in the vehicle to control which display is visible through the window.... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3973339 | Flap type indicating device A flap-type indicating device includes two, co-axially mounted indicator assemblies and a resilient synchronizing element interposed therebetween for insuring the synchronous changing of the indicator elements upon the two assemblies at a predetermined ti... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3964428 | Indicating device having a plurality of overturnable flaps Indicating device comprising a plurality of overturnable indicating flaps bearing information on both sides thereof and rotatably mounted along the periphery of a rotating drum for indicating necessary information successively by one of the sides of the r... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3961427 | Device for viewing three dimensional pictures A device for viewing three dimensionally a plurality of pictures. The device includes a housing having three viewing ports therein. Three drums are mounted on two horizontal shafts within a chamber of the housing, wherein the shafts are journaled for rota... | 06/08/1976 |
