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 |
| D596633 | Notebook computer | 07/21/2009 |
| D578523 | Notebook computer | 10/14/2008 |
| D578524 | Notebook computer | 10/14/2008 |
| D578525 | Notebook computer | 10/14/2008 |
| 6947280 | Computer housing with a disc storage device A computer housing includes a disc storage device mounted detachably on a top surface of a housing body. The disc storage device includes a casing formed with a receiving recess for receiving an optical disc, a cover body connected pivotally to the casing and operab... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6621691 | Portable computer with top mounted optical drive A portable computer includes a base member and a lid member attached to the base member and movable between a closed position and an open position. A display is mounted on a first side of the lid member positioned adjacent the base member when the lid mem... | 09/16/2003 |
| 5355357 | Disc player and disc loading device A disc player for reading out and reproducing information signals recorded on an information disc, such as an optical disc, and displaying the read out and reproduced information signals on a display section, and a loading device for loading an informatio... | 10/11/1994 |
