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 |
| 7293947 | Screw having a knurled portion A fastener for securing particle or bulge producing materials, a method of manufacturing the fastener, and a method of using the fastener are provided. The fastener has a thread on a shank, and a knurled portion disposed between the thread and a head. The fastener a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7207761 | Pin fastener for achieving metal-to-metal connections A new and improved fastener for fastening together thin gauge sheet metal components comprises a forwardly extending pointed tip portion having a tangent ogive configuration so as to facilitate the fast and accurate penetration of the fastener into and through the t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7118315 | Spike nail structure A spike nail for nailing in walls made of gypsum boards or fiber boards has a nail body which consists of a first blade and a second blade. The nail body includes a striking section, a upper guiding sleeve, a lower guiding sleeve, a screw thread guiding section and ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097405 | Method and apparatus for fastening steel framing with staggered teeth nails A piercing nail with a spring member that deforms as the nail penetrates through framing members engages with a bottom surface to framing members together. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7014408 | Method and apparatus for fastening steel framing with self-locking nails A harpoon nail having two or more sets of teeth on opposite sides of fingers that deform while penetrating the framing members. The teeth engage with a bottom surface to fasten the framing members together. A piercing nail having sets of teeth on two edges penetrate... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6817818 | Metal piercing fastener with optimally resilient securing member A metal piercing fastener includes an elongated body with an internal void and a securing member carried by the elongated body and adapted to grip and lock pierced work pieces together. The securing member is adapted to be accommodated in the internal void and is tw... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6659700 | Metal piercing fastener A metal piercing fastener for securing a light gauge sheet metal layer to metal/non-metal substrate layer(s) includes an elongated metal body having a crown at one end a sharpened and hardened tip at the other end defining a rigid metal penetrating region... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6641344 | Anchor device for a wall panel An anchor device for securing a fixture to a panel having an elongate body including a curvilinear extent and a distal end. The device includes a fixture portion coupled to and extending from the elongate body and spaced from the distal end of the device ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6503259 | Expandable anastomotic device A surgical fastening system includes a fastener having a plurality of individual fastener pairs each having a piercing element with a pin that pierces the tissue to be repaired and a receiver portion that interlocks with the pin of a corresponding piercin... | 01/07/2003 |
| 5557898 | Pneumatically driven finish nail for securing a planar member to a metal sheet support A wall construction using metal studs upon which wallboard is adhered and wood trim can be applied with a barbed finish nail that has a plurality of barbs along its shank that are flexible to retract axially along the shank as the nail is driven, and expa... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5494213 | Rail to plate interconnecting rail spike The subject spike has a rectangular shank having a front surface which faces the rail when the spike is driven into place, a back surface opposite the front surface and two side surfaces. There is a ledge on one side, perpendicular to the length of the sp... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5223675 | Cable fastener An integral cable fastener having two parallel legs joined on one end by an integral cross member or bridge to form a curved cable engagement surface, the free ends of the legs having end barbs formed by sloping surfaces, and having transverse withdrawal ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 4913144 | Adjustable staple An adjustable staple to be used in bone surgery, comprising a horizontally laying U-shaped member having upper and lower arms wherein the lower arm is movable parallel to itself, and relative to the upper arm, and with the upper arm being fixed, a connect... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4901961 | Carpet engaging support device Carpet engaging support devices for anchoring tippable or slidable objects in desired position on a carpeted floor, the devices having one or more sharpened prongs engagable through and under the carpet, with the prongs being arranged to hold the devices ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4736560 | Peel rivet A rivet having a head portion and a body portion, with a bore through the head portion and body portion, said bore being capable of receiving a mandrel having a head portion with a self-piercing end portion and a cutting portion. The self-piercing end por... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4610250 | Two-part surgical fastener for fascia wound approximation A two-art surgical fastener is provided for joining and approximating the edges of a wound in body tissue such as fascia tissue. The fastener, which can be made of an absorbable resinous material, has a fastener member and a retainer member. The fastener ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4509713 | Locking wall hanger A one-piece hanger for supporting objects on a wall is disclosed which initially penetrates, and upon full insertion, is substantially irreversibly locked in the wall so that rotation relative to, or removal from, the wall is prevented. The hanger compris... | 04/09/1985 |
