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 |
| 7361106 | Bat having a sleeve with slots Disclosed herein is a bat comprising a handle portion, a transition portion attached to the handle portion, and a barrel portion attached to the transition portion. The barrel portion includes one or more first cross-sections having a first stiffness and a plurality... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7214152 | Bat having a sleeve with slots Disclosed herein is a bat comprising a handle portion, a transition portion attached to the handle portion, and a barrel portion attached to the transition portion. The barrel portion includes one or more first cross-sections having a first stiffness and a plurality... | 05/08/2007 |
| 4186923 | Cricket bat For extending the sweet spot of the blade of a cricket bat, said blade has, in its rear surface, a depression or depressions so arranged and/or dimensioned and/or positioned that the thickness of the blade, at or near its sweet spot, is greater than the m... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4145048 | Concentric basketlike target game Game apparatus comprising a basketlike target held by a support in spaced relation to the ground, a ball, and a bat having a flat ball-engaging surface for employing the ball towards the target when the ball is thrown into the air and struck thereby. The ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4093226 | Dinkey game A competitive game played with a shaped paddle and a shaped dinkey which is either hit by the paddle or is rotated end-over-end by the paddle so as to land the dinkey in an open cylindrical-shaped pan that serves as a goal. A cradle in the form of a bent ... | 06/06/1978 |
