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 |
| 6931782 | Mobile rod holder A portable fishing rod holder for use when fishing with a single or multiple rods designed using a cylinder shaped body with u-shaped grooves which have been machined into the cylinder for the placement of fishing rods while in use, and which has at least two long, ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931783 | Fishing lure with concealed hook A non-fouling fishing lure having a body in or to which at least one hook is pivotally mounted but is normally concealed within or adjacent the body. The shank of the hook is adapted to be connected to a fishing line and the hook is normally engaged by a retaining c... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931784 | Adjustable depth lure An improved means for adjusting the angle of attack, the angle of the plane of the diving lip to the longitudinal axis of a lure, of a diving lip on a fishing lure, having a body with a longitudinal axis, comprised of a retention spring, a pivot pin, and a series of... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931785 | Simulated turtle fishing lure apparatus A fishing lure apparatus includes a simulated turtle body which includes a simulated turtle bottom portion and a simulated turtle shell portion supported by the simulated turtle bottom portion. Simulated turtle legs are connected to the simulated turtle body. A simu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931786 | Fisherman's sinker-bobber A fisherman's bobber takes the form of a hollow one piece plastic spheroid having two mating halves joined together by corresponding portions of a living hinge. The hinge extends outwardly from both halves. The interior peripheral surfaces of both halves are contour... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931787 | End seal for a manufactured seed and a method of manufacturing and attaching the same A method of attaching an end seal (20) to a manufactured seed (22). The method includes the step of positioning a first manufactured seed on a surface (42). The first manufactured seed includes a seed coat (24) having an opening (12 | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931788 | Locking balance shoe and system for a pivotable window Locking balance shoes and balance systems to be incorporated in pivotable double hung windows includes, in one embodiment, a pair of retractable tabs that partially extend through openings within an inverted window balance. In one embodiment of the method of install... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931789 | Safety guard for hinged door A protective guard is used to cover the gap formed between a hinged door and a door frame or doorjamb when the door is in the open position. The guard comprises several elements that are pivotally joined to one another using a C-clamp. One element is mounted on the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931790 | Sealing structure including a water receiver for an automobile In a hardtop vehicle a partition and a glassrun are mounted at both sides of a center sash. The partition can receive a triangular glass of a front door and the glassrun can receive a front glass. The center sash has a die-molded portion with a thin tip end at an up... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931791 | System to be fitted in a vehicle door A system to be fitted into a vehicle door which includes a window lifter for lifting and lowering a window pane of the vehicle door and includes a drive unit and a mechanism for transferring drive force from the drive unit to the window pane, and a closing mechanism... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931792 | Universal end cap and method for rain gutter debris guards A universal end cap and associated method are provided for rain gutter debris guards of the type having a top cap extending along a roof and over the open top of an associated gutter. The universal end cap includes a generally flat, rigid cover panel with a substant... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931793 | Roof scuttle safety railing system A roof scuttle safety railing system is provided for an existing or new roof scuttle which railing may be installed on the roof scuttle by unskilled labor without compromising the integrity of the weather seal of the roof scuttle. In one embodiment, pivotal corner b... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931794 | Method and apparatus for installing fitting A framing device or support member (1) for framing a fitting, such as a power point or switch (8), within orifice (4) provided in a surface member (3). The device/member is provided with a lip (5) on the extremity thereof which ena... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931795 | Utility distribution system A work environment providing a work area and a workstation including the information display system are also disclosed. A utility distribution system is also disclosed. An information display system is further disclosed. The work environment may provide a work space... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931796 | Extruded transparent/translucent sheet for roof structures An extruded, light-transmitting sheet structure includes a pair of outer walls separated apart from one another. At least one dome is formed as part of one of the pair of outer walls, and is disposed at a first outer edge of the structure. A rib structure is dispose... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931797 | Arched structures and method for the construction of same A first voussoir for use in an arched structure between second and third voussoirs includes a first end bearing surface with a protrusion which extends from the surface and which is mateable with a corresponding recess in an abutting end bearing surface of the secon... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931798 | Modular protection device for underpinning A modular protection device for underpinning for protecting underpinning from lawn care equipment includes an elongated trough having a first end and a second end. The first and second ends are open. The elongated trough includes a bottom wall, a front wall and a ba... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931799 | Anchoring profile, a frame assembly and a method for securing a pane against An anchoring profile (1) for securing a pane (9) mounted in a frame (8) and protected against impact by window film (11). For ease of installation and to reduce costs, the profile (1) comprises two outer strips of substantially rig... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931800 | Structural supplemental rubber dampers (SSRD) The devices are classified as a passive Supplemental Damping Devices, and as the name indicates they are used to supplement and increase the damping in structures. Increasing the damping is a desirable property, because it improves and enhances the performance of th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931801 | Live recovery storage structure A live recovery storage structure for holding bulk material includes a housing having a side boundary wall with an inverted substantially U-shaped or V-shaped transverse cross section that extends between a first end wall and an opposing second end wall. The housing... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931802 | Flood protection barrier A flood protection barrier is disclosed that can be deployed in the event of an immanent flood risk. The barrier comprises a shield having a sealing element and securing means for securing the shield in place to at least partially close an aperture in a wall of a bu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931803 | Modular building system A modular building system includes a plurality of extruded plastic beams that are stacked and interlocked using a tongue and groove interengagement. Plastic connecting components are provided for interlocking the horizontal beams to a vertical column. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931804 | Prefabricated shearwall having improved structural characteristics A novel prefabricated shearwall is disclosed with improved structural characteristics in terms of its ability to 1) transfer lateral loads to the foundation, 2) resist bending moments normally arising in conventional shearwalls between hold-down hardware and end pos... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931805 | Post construction alignment and anchoring system and method for buildings A method for moving a wall from a first position to a second position and anchoring the wall in the second position, according to which a portion of an elongated assembly is placed through an opening in the wall. An auger is provided on one end portion of the assemb... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931806 | Concrete forming system and method A system and method for forming concrete structures, using foam panels as forms, supported by vertical tracks with horizontal bridge pieces inserted through the forms. The bridge pieces are in the form of triangular webs with coaxial rings for supporting vertical re... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931807 | Bridging device for joint gaps A bridging device for joint gaps (1) between building parts (2, 3) including bridge parts, with an expansion joint construction (4) bridging a joint gap (1). The expansion joint construction (4) permits position changes of the buil... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931808 | Floor system A floor system composed of a finished flooring preferably secured to a subfloor, a plurality of shock absorber members are fixed to the bottom surface of the floor surface at spaced intervals and in which each of the shock absorber members includes an elastomeric ba... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931809 | Laminated wall structure A laminated wall structure, suitable for use in an exterior insulation finish system, comprises the following layers in the order provided: i) a layer of building sheathing; ii) a layer of water-resistant adhesive which substantially comple... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931810 | Window framework and a method for mounting a glass pane in an aperture of a panel A window framework for mounting a glass pane in an aperture of a panel. The window framework includes an exterior frame having a peripheral wall shaped for fitting with and extending into the aperture. The peripheral wall extends between exterior and interior sides ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931811 | Floor covering, floor panels for forming such floor covering, and method for realizing such floor panels Floor covering, consisting of hard panels, with a laminated structure, whereby at least at the upper surface a printed decorative layer with a wood pattern is present, with thereupon a transparent layer of synthetic material in which impressions are formed, wherein ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931812 | Web structure and method for making the same A web structure includes a generally hexahedron-shaped frame having a plurality of points or vertices oriented in a manner that no more than three points lie in a common plane. Each pair of the points is connected by a line or frame segment and a plane includes thre... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931813 | Tornado and hurricane roof tie A building roof tie for attaching roof trusses and rafters to wood top plates in building structures, such roof tie having a sheet metal body with risers and a bridge for overlapping a rafter and flaps for wrapping on the sides of the top plate. A generally triangul... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931814 | Devices for positioning and tapering the edges of adjacent wallboards and methods for using same An apparatus is disclosed for reshaping a butt joint formed by a pair of adjacent butt edges of mounted wallboards. The apparatus has tapering means, which includes a body with a pair of beveled surfaces for contacting and simultaneously tapering the adjacent butt e... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931815 | Machine for packaging a product with a pamphlet A packaging machine comprises a transfer device for inserting a product into a package and a circulating leaflet supply device comprising a plurality of tong-like holders which are sequentially disposed, each for receiving one leaflet and for bringing that leaflet i... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931816 | Packaging mechanism and method of use A packaging mechanism has a loading bed moveable between a loading position and a second position. A plate-like member is moveable with respect to the loading bed between a retracted position for loading and a second position for package sealing. The plate-like memb... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931817 | Automatic grocery bag opener An automatic grocery bag opener automatically opens plastic and polyethylene bags with forced air in produce departments and at checkout counters of grocery stores. Bags are held in position from any of several different types of hangers on the front of the enclosur... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931818 | Method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets The invention relates to a work method and apparatus for packing flower bouquets (3), in which large amounts of flower bouquets (3) are transported transversely on a conveyor belt (4) to a lifting conveyor belt (7) to a mounted thereon tr... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931819 | Reclosable package and methods for block cheese and other products that do not slide well A method of making a reclosable product package (64, 100, 142), a package-making apparatus (10) for the method and the reclosable product package (64, 100, 142) in which block cheese or another product (45) which does not slide well durin... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931820 | Transverse direction zipper applicator and method An apparatus for attaching discrete lengths of zipper at spaced intervals across a web of bag making film has an endless belt supported between a pair of pulleys for moving zipper segments into position on the web. The zipper segments are cut from a zipper supply an... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931821 | Tamper evident vial cap and integrity assurance method A tamper evident cap assembly, more particularly a combination of vial and cap assembly, assures the integrity of a specimen and of the specimen collection process. The screw cap is locked to the screw threads of a vial, when the vial is empty, with one of two latch... | 08/23/2005 |
