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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255382 | Easy-to-use safety net device The invention relates to a safety net device with a housing, in which a winding shaft is rotationally mounted. The winding shaft is pretensioned by a spring motor in the direction of winding of a safety net which is fixed to the winding shaft. The other edge of the ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7048319 | Easy-to-use safety net device The invention relates to a safety net device with a housing, in which a winding shaft is rotationally mounted. The winding shaft is pretensioned by a spring motor in the direction of winding of a safety net which is fixed to the winding shaft. The other edge of the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 5820187 | Cargo space partition between a rear compartment and a cargo space of a station wagon interior A cargo space partition is provided between a rear compartment and a cargo space of a station wagon interior, including a retractable safety net mounted at a rear bench seat in front of the cargo space. Tilt-out elements are assigned to the side edges on ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 4932704 | Flexible, removable top cover system for covering a storage space To provide a removable cover, especially for a luggage or trunk space of a motor vehicle, a pair of essentially parallel spaced guide rails (9, 11) are secured to the side walls of the vehicle at a level preferably about the height of the back seat of the... | 06/12/1990 |
