Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091160 | Foldable bed frame A foldable bed frame including first coupling members each having an opening facing outwardly with respect to the frame being in an open state; two sets of longitudinal beams, each formed by two longitudinal bars having two free ends, and two inner ends pivotally co... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7861338 | Portable and foldable bed A portable and foldable bed is disclosed, in which a support strength of a rotation support leg is enhanced by installing a triangle support plate at an engaged portion between a rotation pole of a rotation support leg and a connection bar, and a fixing plate with a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7739760 | Bedstead assembly with a foldable support frame A bedstead assembly includes a support frame and a top plate unit disposed on the support frame. The support frame includes a rectangular foldable frame member convertible between unfolded and folded states. The foldable frame member includes a plurality of parallel... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7376986 | Collapsible bed frame A collapsible bunk bed is provided having a first and second bed frame, one of which is positioned vertically above the other to form the bunk bed. The end walls of each bed frame have a hinged joint in the central portion so that the bunk bed may be folded into a c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7178967 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same A backlight assembly and an LCD apparatus that includes the backlight assembly are disclosed. A first receiving container has at least two members that can be combined into a frame and receive a plurality of lamps and a light diffusing member. A receiving container ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7047579 | Mattress retainer bracket A mattress retainer for use with adjustable beds. The mattress retainer can be secured to an upper surface of a mattress support, between the mattress support and a mattress positioned thereon. In one embodiment, the mattress support is configured to engage a taped ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7000269 | Adjustable base for supporting adjustable beds of different widths An adjustable base is utilized with articulated or adjustable beds of different widths and includes first and second pairs of support brackets with each pair including first and second support brackets in opposing aligned relationship to each other. Each pair of sup... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6966433 | Guide plated for roller-chain conveyor A roller-chain conveyor includes a guide plate to support the load carried by the roller-chain conveyor belt, and to maintain the roller-chain on a consistent track. A guide plate is carried on top of a stiff foundation plate to resist load-induced deflection. Found... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6581223 | Foldable frame assembly A foldable frame assembly includes a plurality of parallel frame members, each of which has left and right columns. A plurality of coupling units are alternately disposed with the frame members, and each includes first left and right connecting rods and s... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6470517 | Foldable bed for vehicle A foldable bed for a vehicle, and more particularly a foldable bed for a vehicle which can be folded for storage in a trunk and unfolded for installation in the vehicle in case of necessity. It is an object of the invention to provide a foldable bed for a... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6295669 | Folding, dismountable and telescopic structure The present invention is a folding and telescopic structure that consists of two parallelograms (1) (2), which can be flattened in opposite directions, located on the same plane and joined articulately by two springs (17) from its front (3) and back (4) j... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289535 | Mattress support and method X and v-shaped mattress supports comprise a pair of pivotal longitudinal members for replacing conventional wooden slats. Each terminal end of each longitudinal member includes a flange for attachment to the side rails of a conventional bed frame. An exte... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6134728 | Mattress support and method X and v-shaped mattress supports comprise a pair of pivotal longitudinal members for replacing conventional wooden slats. Each terminal end of each longitudinal member includes a flange for attachment to the side rails of a conventional bed frame. An exte... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5608930 | Foldable bed A foldable bed includes a pair of legs arranged between a head member and a foot member. Four pairs of pivot axels are arranged between and coupled to the members and the legs by four pairs of links. Two pairs of frames are pivotally coupled between the l... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5283919 | Folding trauma stretcher A folding trauma stretcher (10) having two rectangular frame assemblies (11 and 12) hingedly mounted together and supported by four legs pivotally mounted to the frame members, wherein the frame members are adapted to fold inward into a compact configurat... | 02/08/1994 |
| 4243263 | Collapsible support structure and devices formed therefrom An improved collapsible support structure having, in an erect position, a pair of vertical members interconnected by at least one collapsible or foldable support mechanism. The collapsible support mechanism has upper and lower substantially horizontal col... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4145777 | Bed frame An improved bed frame structure that includes initially separate headboard and footboard members, the legs of the headboard and footboard being connected by initially separate side rails. In the preferred embodiment, two tension rods are connected in an X... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4106141 | Bed frame A bed frame having a novel leg structure. The bed frame includes a right angle side rail, and a cross rail pivotally connected to that side rail for swinging movement between a storage position in which the cross rail is oriented parallel to the side rail... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4103374 | Bed frame leg construction A leg construction for a folding bed frame is disclosed in which a sheet metal leg is received generally within the confines of an angle iron end rail and is secured to the inside surface of the end rail. An upper portion of the leg is supported in underl... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4070717 | Bed frame A bed carrying frame comprising a pair of generally parallel side rail members, of hollow rectangular shape, a pair of end rail units, each of which consists of two relatively telescoped end rail members which are also of hollow rectangular shape, and cor... | 01/31/1978 |
| 3999231 | Collapsible, adjustable bed frame with adapted box springs A collapsible, adjustable bed frame supporting an adapted box springs.... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3984884 | Bed frame having releasably interlocked side rails and crossbars A bed frame of the knockdown type having a pair of side rails and at least one connected end crossbar cooperable to provide a supporting frame structure for an associated box spring, in which brackets on the side rails are formed to provide sockets for re... | 10/12/1976 |
