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 |
| 4060852 | Storm cushion A storm cushion having an attached stylish or protective foul or cold weather garment in the interior thereof which can be used in conventional manner as a cushion and can also be unfolded from the interior of the cushion and used in bad or cold weather w... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060853 | Garment A garment such as a jacket or coat, having two large pockets of substantially equal size, located on opposite sides of the vertical center line of the front face of the garment. The pockets are of sufficient size that the rest of the garment, other than t... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060854 | Belt and buckle assembly A belt and buckle assembly in which first and second ends of a belt are adapted to be interconnected and the belt has means for receiving and releasably retaining a buckle member; and a plurality of buckle members, each having means for attachment to the ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060855 | Pad for protective helmet A pad structure for a protective headgear comprising, a resilient foam inner pad, a thin flexible front cover sheet of a foam material being formed into a configuration defining a cavity of a shape to closely receive and cover inner and side surfaces of t... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060856 | Surgical use of a laryngeal prosthesis A patient subjected to laryngectomy is provided surgically with a fistula intended to serve as a pseudo-glottis, and a tracheostome, these two tracts being sited in the midline region of the neck surface. A laryngeal prosthesis for the patient is of gener... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060857 | Water flushing device A pressurized-tank water flushing device has a hydraulically controlled flushing valve operated by a control valve for selectively applying a pressure differential to an actuating piston, one face of which is permanently subjected to the tank pressure, an... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060858 | Self-centering toilet valve A replacement valve for the holding tank of a toilet which includes a conical elastic valve element attached to a buoyant disc on the upper surface thereof. This valve assembly is then mounted on a centrally received shaft which extends downwardly from th... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060859 | Male urinating aid An accessory mountable on a toilet, so as to prevent males, during urination, from urinating on a floor or on the toilet; the accessory including a cylindrical shaped shield made of plastic or rubber, and which is accordion pleated, so as to collapse and ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060860 | Braking system for motorized swimming pool covers A braking system has been designed for controlling the rotational momentum of a cover collecting drum during the extention and retraction sequence of a motorized swimming pool cover apparatus. The braking system provides a compact, substantially even roll... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060861 | Protective device for a toilet lid A protective device in the nature of a latch to hold a toilet lid against being raised by a toddler and comprising a foot that slips under the toilet seat per se from the rear of the toilet bowl and rests on the surface of the toilet bowl, a column thereo... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060862 | Box spring assembly having serpentine right angle bend springs therein A box spring assembly consisting of a horizontally disposed rectangular frame and a plurality of main wire springs and intermediate wire springs connected to each other and mounted on the top side of the frame. Each of the springs has a generally straight... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060863 | Cushions or pillows A cushion or pillow including a cover, the cushion or pillow being generally V-shaped, having arms of equal length, the inner side of the V being concavely curved.... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060864 | Boat construction incorporating flotation means A small boat or the like comprising a flotation chamber defined at its gunwale by a first member, preferably integral with the sides of the hull extending upwardly and defining a first lip at its terminal end portion, a second member or cover secured at i... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060865 | Boat construction incorporating flotation means A small boat or the like comprising a flotation chamber defined at its gunwale by a first member, preferably integral with the sides of the hull extending upwardly and defining an upper end portion which may include a reverted first member lip, a second m... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060866 | Pneumatic aquatic device An inflatable aquatic device is disclosed comprising in combination plural aquatic members each having a plurality of flexible gas chambers for containing a gas and providing buoyancy. Each of the plural aquatic members includes a rigid frame having a pla... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060867 | Inflatable life vest In a double-tubed life vest with the inside marginal edges of the tubes fastened to each other temporary connecting members on the tubes releasably hold the outside marginal edges of the tubes together. The temporary connecting members are released when t... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060868 | Powder applying apparatus and process for making self-locking threaded elements Apparatus and process for applying locking patches of resilient, heat softenable resin to internally threaded articles having openings at both ends, in which the threaded portions of the articles, heated to a temperature above the softening point of the r... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060869 | Apparatus for form fitting shoes and boots The form fitting of shoes and boots of the instant invention includes the heating of the area of the foot gear which needs to be enlarged to accommodate the foot and simultaneously applying pressure from the inside of the foot gear to cause the heated por... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060870 | Toothpaste administering automatic toothbrush A dental appliance including a curved tubular extension consists of a housing formed with first and second elongated recesses, and first and second pumps secured to the housing for pumping a paste and a fluid directly through the first and second recesses... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060871 | Water-powered dish scrubber A housing has a pistol type grip with a trigger-operated valve located inside it. The housing is attached to one end of a flexible hollow hose that is detachably secured to a water fawcet. A shaft, rotatably secured in the housing, is caused to rotate by ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060872 | Windshield wiper and washer A windshield wiper is provided with at least one wiper blade having angularly disposed channels therein and with a hollow tube having openings communicating with these channels, the tube extending longitudinally along the wiper. Hollow feed tubing connect... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060873 | Apparatus for removing liquids from moving strips of photographic material or the like Strips of photographic material which are treated during travel through liquid baths in a developing machine are relieved of surplus liquid during travel from a preceding bath into the next-following bath. The intercepting apparatus has a wiper with two e... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060874 | Apparatus for removing dust having device for producing air curtain Apparatus operable by actuating a trigger to cause high-pressure air from a compressor to jet out from the front end opening of a nozzle and to simultaneously produce an air curtain in the form of a conical air layer surrounding the air jet and spreading ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060875 | Apparatus for cutting stuffed sausage casing An apparatus and method for cutting stuffed sausage casing into individual lengths in the area of a linkage is described. Chilled casing which is stuffed with sausage meat and linked at predetermined points is guided through the apparatus, a forked blade ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060876 | Wallet supporting clip A wallet supporting clip which includes a clip portion to attach to the belt of a wearer between the inside surface of trousers and the body of a wearer and which has attached to it a link with an opening through which a wallet may be passed.... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060877 | Fastener for conveyor belts or bands The belt-fastener is cut from sheet metal strip of substantially constant width and the U-shaped elbowed portion of the fastener which forms a hinge-knuckle is folded in two in the transverse direction. The two folded sides are applied against each other ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060878 | Buckle switch A buckle switch is described for use in automotive safety belt applications which is slidably located inside the buckle and in which an actuator is pivotally operated by the insertion of the tongue of the buckle. The tongue enters the buckle and engages t... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060879 | Seat belt buckle A safety belt buckle includes a body member having a tongue receiving front opening and houses a floating latching member which is swingable about a transverse axis between lock and unlock positions engaging and disengaging an inserted coupling tongue, a ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060880 | Circular saw having an improved tooth geometry and method of making the same A cup-shaped wheel having an abrasive rim is employed to grind the teeth of a circular saw to an improved contour. Only point or edge contact takes place between the abrasive rim and the tooth. This technique is preferably utilized in conjunction with tri... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060881 | Cutter head assembly for gear cutting machines A cutter head assembly is described as including blade-receiving slots of a particular design and geometry to receive different types of cutting blades having cutting face portions which do not require resharpening. The cutter head assembly provides for p... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060882 | Cylinders and rollers for printing machines Cylinder and rollers for printing machines such as offset cylinders, impression cylinders, form cylinders and dampening rollers. The surface of the cylinder or roller consists of a layer inseparable from the cylinder proper. This layer has a thickness of ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060883 | Compound turbine rotor and method for manufacturing elements constituting such a rotor The invention concerns welded turbine rotors. It is characterized in that, n the elements constituting a welded rotor which consist of a blade bearing block having at least one axial protuberance, that axial protuberance is made of steel having a lower car... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060884 | Extractor for removing damaged barrel lock from locking ring of a kilowatt-hour meter An extractor for the barrel lock of a kilowatt-hour meter comprises four components. A first component is a member having a threaded shank and an enlarged head. The head has a recess of circular cross-section the diameter of which corresponds to the outsi... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060885 | Method of making a needled suture Surgical needles are attached to sutures with controlled pull-out characteristics by a short crimp--that is a crimp whose length is markedly less than the length of the end of the suture in the needle; with an essentially undistorted portion of the needle... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060886 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of slide fastener stringer In a method and apparatus, a continuous filament coupling element for a slide fastener is formed and an inside surface of one leg portion of a pair of leg portions at each section of the coupling element is deformed to form interlocking means such as a sh... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060887 | Multiple conductor connector and method of connecting conductors to terminals therewith Disclosed is an electrical connector suitable for connecting a plurality of electrically conductive members to an electrical component, the connector being adjustable to the spacing of the terminals on the component. The connector comprises a plurality of... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060888 | Method of improving ohmic contact through high-resistance oxide film A novel method is described for improving the ohmic contact through a relatively high electrical-resistance oxide film formed on at least one of two materials joined together to provide a low-resistance electrical junction. A current pulse of sufficient m... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060889 | Method of forming flexible electrical circuit connections A system for the connection of flexible electrical circuits to electrical components, particularly gas discharge panels. Flexible circuits are used to carry electrical signals to and/or from various electrical components. In the case of gas discharge pane... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060890 | Method of manufacturing an electrical harness In a method of manufacturing an electrical harness comprising wires connected to electrical terminals of a plurality of electrical connectors, according to a desired wiring pattern, each terminal comprises a wire connecting portion in the form of a slotte... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4060891 | Wire stripper A wire stripper for stripping the insulation off small gauge size conductors is provided by securing a die having a guide hole therethrough onto the upper end of a supporting bar. A flat elongated flexible blade has its lower end clamped to the back surfa... | 12/06/1977 |
