[mythtv-users] Using a Tivo Chassis for Myth

Chad masterclc at gmail.com
Sat Jun 24 06:59:41 UTC 2006


On 6/24/06, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Although many people don't realize it, a lot more goes into the modeern
> > case design than just a metal box to hold your components. That was true
> > even up to about 5 years ago, but these days the case is often an
> > integral component of a system that's engineered for heat dissipation,
> > noise dampening etc.
>
> Indeed!  I work with a Patent attorney and the other day we were
> looking up TiVO.  They have a design Patent on their faceplate!
>
> I'll dig it up and reply with a link to the US Patent...
>
> -Chad

Here's the Text:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=21&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=tivo&OS=tivo&RS=tivo

And for anyone running windows, if you click this one and install the
Internet Explorer plugin, you can view the actual patent with it's
pictures and all:
http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=D0517059&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D21%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526co1%3DAND%2526d%3DPTXT%2526s1%3Dtivo%2526OS%3Dtivo%2526RS%3Dtivo&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

-Chad


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