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 |
| 7520792 | Wheel assembly for a model airplane A wheel assembly for a model airplane includes a motor, a drive gear unit, a linkage, and a wheel unit. The drive gear unit includes a driven gear meshing with a driving gear connected fixedly to a spindle of the motor, and an output gear driven indirectly by the dr... | 04/21/2009 |
| 6183331 | Assembling structure for landing gear of a model airplane An assembling structure for landing gear of a model airplane, including an airplane body having a base board on which a landing gear fixing seat mounted. The landing gear is fixed on the fixing seat by fixing pins passing through the fixing seat. The cap ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5575700 | Landing gear for model airplanes The invention is directed to landing gears for model airplanes. Both the nosegear and the main landing gear are constructed by using an in-line structure having an axial coil spring which is connected to the airplane structure by a shank. The shank is con... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5096452 | Wheel mount for a model airplane In a model airplane having a landing gear 5 provided on a fuselage 1 or wing made as a zinc-alloy die-casting where a bearing member 19 is suspended from a strut 18, it is desirable that the manufacture of an accurately modelled landing gear be simplified... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4718875 | Toy vehicle with foldable wheels A toy vehicle having wheels which may be folded to a horizontal position under the vehicle by squeezing a hand grip. Two elongated axle members are rotatably engaged to the sides of the vehicle. The wheels are rotatably mounted on front and rear axles att... | 01/12/1988 |
