Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210685 | Sporting good structure A sporting good structure including a frame and a target board with resilient straps attached at four lateral edges and being led and joined to a bracket unit of the frame so as to locate the target board onto the frame. The target board has a transparent hook side ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6939240 | Golf putting device An improved portable putting cup is disclosed that more effectively reproduces an accurate representation of a regulation putting cup for practice putting. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6769993 | Golf training game A golf training game for improving one's golf game. The golf training game includes a height-adjustable base support member being disposed upon a ground; and also includes a putting mat being disposed upon the height-adjustable base support member; and further inclu... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6579192 | System and facility for educating students concerning the game of golf An educational golf facility is provided in accordance with the present invention. The facility includes a target chipping zone, at least one inclined chipping/putting lane and a putting zone. The chipping/putting facility includes an extended surface hav... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6217458 | Golf game with a three dimensional target A golf game with a three dimensional target that utilizes hook and loop material. The game includes a club, a ball, a mat, and a three dimensional target. The ball and the three dimensional target have a hook and loop material (commonly referred to as Vel... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6004219 | Golf game for swimming pools A golf game is played with a standard golf club in and around a swimming pool having a surrounding deck. The game contains a floating green made of a sheet of floating foam having a cross-sectional area of at least about 10 square feet with an upper surfa... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5984793 | Golf game A new golf game for practicing one's golf shots. The inventive device includes a game target used in association with a golf club and a game ball. The game target has a playing surface with a plurality of scoring regions provided on the surface. A scoring... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5655972 | Golf chipping game A golf game apparatus is used with a whiffle ball for a golf game enjoyable by both golfers and non-golfers. The golf game apparatus includes a movable tee with a generally rectangular structure. A target area is located several feet from the movable tee ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5549302 | Athletic projectile and target training device A device for allowing an athlete to practice various methods of propelling a projectile in a controlled and accurate manner by allowing him/her to place the projectile on a specific location on a target. This device uses hook and loop fastening material o... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5538253 | Floor game for VELCRO-receptive balls and VELCRO bearing disks A miniature golf game that utilizes hook and loop material commonly referred to as VELCRO to capture a ball rolled onto a green. The game includes a miniature green that has a simulated hole covered with VELCRO material. The VELCRO material can either be ... | 07/23/1996 |
