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 |
| 7147645 | Appliance for the epilation of the human skin The invention is directed to an appliance for the epilation of the human skin, having a housing to accommodate a motor and a drive mechanism for driving at least one clamping device (5; 43) by which the user's hairs can be extracted. Moreover, a stimulation m... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6193594 | Device for extraction of fishbones A device for extraction of bones from fish by means of a number of pivotal gripping means which are moving influenced to be driven along a course for controlled pressing of fishbones against a counterstay. Said gripping means are influenced to be guided b... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5196021 | Depilatory device A depilatory device for removing body hair, includes a pair of jaws adapted to sequentially traverse an opening in the housing when the hair-plucker body is driven by an electrical motor. The jaws of each pair are normally spaced apart in an open conditio... | 03/23/1993 |
