Patents Examined by Brian Tummi
  • Multiple device remote control transmitter
    Patent number: 4855746
    Abstract: A multi-device remote control transmitter has a first plurality of keys for controlling functions of a TV, a VCR and a Text service. A pair of slidable covers is provided in the housing for movement to two overlapping positions in which different second and third pluralities of keys dedicated to VCR and Text are exposed. Movement of the covers also operates switches which change the coded signals associated with a group of keys in the first plurality of keys for controlling different devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Carl W. Stacy