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 |
| 5203053 | Shoe fastening device A shoelace replacing and fastening device comprising an elongated strip, a strip insert and a clap. Rivet fasteners are used to secure the clasp on one shoe eyelet and to secure the elongated strip to the opposite shoe eyelet of where the clasp is located... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4841673 | Security window system A security window includes a movable window sash having an outer frame subdivided by strong metal crossbars into small spaces for window panes too small to allow entry through the window sash by an intruder breaking the glass. The window sash slides verti... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4833761 | Reinforced jewelry clasp A jewelry clasp comprising an angled portion which is subject to stress as a result of the weight of the jewelry to which it is attached, is provided with at least one reinforcement rib positioned and configured to increase the tensile strength of the ang... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4819309 | Fastener with parts having projecting engaging portions A fastener comprising two similar releasably engagable parts that may be cut from the same extrusion. Each part has a base portion that may be secured to other objects, and major and minor portions projecting in spaced relationship from the base portion. ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4817337 | Radiation resistant door seal An enclosure to be electromagnetically shielded includes first and second conductive joints, the first conductive joint comprising a channel including a pair of side walls and a back wall whereby to define a truncated wedge-shaped cross-section including ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4813184 | Sealing arrangements A vehicle door seal with a channel shaped gripping part is mounted on a bodywork flange defining the door opening and this part supports a tubular sealing part such as made of plastics or rubber of cellular or foamed configuration. The air pressure within... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813105 | Cable clamp A wire bundle or cable clamp primarily adapted for use in the aviation industry is disclosed. The clamp includes a flexible strap having a serrated portion and a strap receiving member on which a pawl having a lever portion and a complementary serrated po... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4809410 | Belt lock for a belt strap safety system A belt lock for a belt strap safety system comprising a lock case incorporating a detent mechanism, a lock tongue insertible into the lock case and engageable with the detent mechanism, one or two shoulder strap end pieces each having a carrier element fo... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4809407 | Open-faced buttons A button body of an open-faced button includes an ornamental face disk rotatably supported on a cylindrical retainer firmly fitted in the tubular stem of a button back. The retainer has an axial hole for receiving the shank of a tack, and a radial groove ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4809406 | Eye glasses fastening device with a clip-like member An eyeglass fastening device for safely securing eyeglasses to the clothes or other article of the wearer when the eyeglasses are not being used, thereby facilitating the carrying of the eyeglasses in a ready and safe manner, so as to prevent the eyeglass... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4807332 | Rigid structure for engaging preferably closed rope ends A rigid structure is provided for engaging the ends of ropes preferably closed on themselves. The structure includes a plate having a groove at its perimeter; a first and a second through holes in the plate; a first and a second engaging holes in the plat... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807335 | Gasket handling device A clip assembly for attachment to a flexible gasket which has at least one opening therethrough, the assembly imparting sufficient rigidity to the gasket for convenient transportation and handling. The assembly consists of two plate members extending in o... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4805346 | Vehicle door glass attachment to cable drive window regulator mechanism An attachment for readily connecting and disconnecting a tensioned cable of a cable drive window regulator mechanism to a movable window of a vehicle door assembly comprises a ferrule secured to the cable which is guided for movement in opposite direction... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4805272 | Fastener with tape A fastener with tape comprising a tape having at least one through hole and at least one associated fastener element made of synthetic resin and having at least one mold hole. The synthetic resin is bonded to the face and reverse sides of the tape via a p... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4803758 | Clamp and method of producing same Clamp of the type comprising a band, provided close to one of its ends with raised sections and having at its other end a lug equipped with means for fastening said raised sections. Said fastening means are constituted for example by a screw, of which the... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4802266 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle having a buckle frame and a pivotal latching member mounted therein includes an improved actuating system which locks the latching member and which assists in ejecting a tongue plate from the frame when the latch mechanism is in its ope... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4802262 | Buckle assembly A buckle assembly includes a plug member and a socket member releasably coupled together to connect opposite ends of a strap or belt. The plug member includes a cantilevered resilient tongue having a locking lug lockingly engageable with a stopper bar of ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4800678 | Tilt-lock device A tilt-lock device 3 for rotary tilt-wing windows and doors or the like consists of a tilt-lock plate 4 with lock-webs 14, 15 sitting upon the upright frame bar in the lower frame corner at the lock side and of a locking element 11 associated with the upr... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4799332 | Sliding window A sliding window structure comprises glazing frames received in guide channels of a support frame having side members and top and bottom members. Each of the side members and the bottom member of the support frame comprises inner and outer walls interconn... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4799298 | Strap retainer A strap retainer includes a flexible plate adapted to be attached by sewing to a substrate, and a retaining mound integral with the plate and raised above the upper surface of the plate so as to define therebetween a pair of laterally aligned apertures fo... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4797984 | Seat belt buckle A buckle is constructed of a base, latch piece, holding member and release member. The base has a bottom wall and side walls defining substantially L-shaped holes. The latch piece is supported on the base rockingly between a tongue latching position and a... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4796337 | Device for closing a boot The device comprises a toothed strap with saw teeth (4), which is fixed, at one of its ends, to the boot (1) and carries a sliding U-piece (7) on which a ratchet (8) cooperating with the toothed strap is pivotably mounted. Above these teeth (10), the ratc... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4796385 | Gate locking device An automatic gate opener lock. The gate opener lock has a locking bolt which is moved between locked and unlocked positions by the movement of swing arm of an automatic gate opener. To prevent movement of the locking bolt toward its locked position before... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4797054 | Apparatus for loading and unloading a vacuum processing chamber A main chamber is provided through which a workpiece is loaded or unloaded. A second chamber is provided within the main chamber to cover the workpiece during evacuation and gas introduction processes performed within the main chamber. The second chamber ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4796954 | Seat back rear structure A rear structure of a seat back for an automotive seat is disclosed. In order to increase the depth dimension of a seat cushion, a rearwardly curved reinforcing rod is welded to the lower portion of an inverted U-shaped frame forming the seat, and the sha... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4796336 | Two part buckle A two part, over center buckle for belting. The buckle has a retention member on one part of the buckle which will engage a detent on the second part of the buckle when the buckle is closed. The retention member holds the buckle closed against normal vibr... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793030 | Single-or multilayer strap of flexible material A watch strap comprising at least one layer of flexible material in the form of an elongated strip having an end portion adapted to be secured about a bar of a wristwatch, and a reversely bent member of spring metal secured to the inner side of said flexi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793156 | Gem setting with channel-shaped support A method and apparatus for forming a setting for an article such as a gemstone, and the setting formed, use a sheet metal support member defining channel-like ends that bear against ends of the article. The method includes folding a length of sheet materi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4792273 | Method and apparatus for documentless order picking of goods In documentless order picking in which in a storage controlled via a computer the quantities of products to be removed for an order are indicated, in addition controlled via the computer the order picker is shown in which sequence he must process the orde... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4790148 | Ring shank A ring shank comprising pivotal shank portions pivoted together at one end thereof. The free ends of the shank portions are provided with a ball and socket joint connection which releasably hold their portions in the closed position. A locking clasp is pi... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4790049 | Rope locking device A hand operable rope locking device which avoids sliding metal to metal contact of the wearing parts and uses a roller engageable in over center relation with a replaceable elastomeric insert in a pivotally mounted metal locking dog.... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4788755 | Cord tightening device A cord tightening device for tighening cords on anoraks, rucksacks, shopping bags, life jackets, and other bags and pouches includes a body having a pair of spaced face and back plates and a pair of spaced side walls interconnecting the face and back plat... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4785499 | Door shoe for glass doors A so-called shoe for a glass door embodying a mechanism for making adjustments in the position of pivotal traverse of the door relative to the door opening and also in the lateral position thereof, said pivotal traverse position components of said mechani... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4782562 | Two-part plastic clip A two-part plastic clip for securing a trim moulding to a panel of a vehicle body comprises a hollow body member for reception over a threaded weld stud and a locking member slidable therein. The locking member has resilient arms which project through ape... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4782563 | End stop for slide fasteners An end stop for slide fasteners includes a rectangular block molded on a portion of folded inner longitudinal tape edges including a plurality of coupling elements mounted thereon, and an integral peripheral seat attached to opposed stringer tapes. The bl... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4782564 | Safety release pin for fire extinguishers A safety release pin for locking the operating mechanism of a fire extinguisher includes a shank having a blunt nose portion at one end thereof and having a portion of reduced diameter rearward of the nose portion defining parallel flat surfaces, and a pa... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4776284 | Retractable work station A retractable work station suitable for use with a computer keyboard has a parallel swing-link suspension for selectively moving a working platform surface from a fully retracted position, to an advanced working position, while maintaining unchanged the i... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4774849 | Gear mechanism with wear compensation A steering gear mechanism includes a housing and a worm gear having an input portion. The worm gear is supported for rotation in the housing. A sector gear has teeth in meshing engagement with teeth formed on the worm gear. The sector gear has an output p... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4769878 | Device for gripping the clothes hangers A device for gripping clothes hangers comprising a C-shaped housing having an upper horizontal frame for connection to a suitcase. A handle is pivotally connected to the upper horizontal frame of the housing. The handle is latchable to a parallel lower ho... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4770579 | Pick-up vehicle bed cargo holding device A cargo holding device (A,C) is disclosed for holding cargo in a vehicle bed (12) of a pick-up truck (14). Longitudinal side rails (16) carry the cargo holding device to position the device in the desired longitudinal position along the vehicle bed. The c... | 09/13/1988 |
