...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 |
| D660357 | Writing instrument | 05/22/2012 |
| D659191 | Writing instrument | 05/08/2012 |
| 8147158 | Travel multiplier mechanisms for writing instruments A writing instrument includes a travel multiplier mechanism that includes a cam member that pivots about a pivot axis in response to motion of a push button member. The cam member engages a sliding piston member in order to provide a travel multiplying effect such t... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656547 | Tray | 03/27/2012 |
| D656502 | Capture bar | 03/27/2012 |
| D656095 | Tray | 03/20/2012 |
| 8110615 | Correction fluids The application discloses stable correction fluids and/or correction fluids that change from colored to substantially white (or to a color substantially matching the color of a substrate to which the correction fluid is to be applied) after application to a substrat... | 02/07/2012 |
| D646686 | Capture bar | 10/11/2011 |
| D645045 | Remote | 09/13/2011 |
| D642619 | Writing instrument | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981210 | Capillary-action, glitter markers and ink compositions for same The disclosure is generally related to writing instruments capable of making markings containing large diameter glitter pigment particles, and glitter ink compositions for the same. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a capillary-action marker comprising a gl... | 07/19/2011 |
| D641785 | Writing instrument | 07/19/2011 |
| D641784 | Writing instrument | 07/19/2011 |
| D641783 | Writing instrument | 07/19/2011 |
| D641782 | Writing instrument | 07/19/2011 |
| D641412 | Writing instrument | 07/12/2011 |
| D640319 | Writing instrument | 06/21/2011 |
| 7914214 | System and method for determining the status of a label in a roll of label stock A method and system for determining whether a first one of a plurality of labels on a roll of label stock is a full label. The method includes sensing a leading edge of the roll of label stock, sensing a location of a first one of a plurality of indicator marks that... | 03/29/2011 |
| D633910 | Remote | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891897 | Travel multiplier mechanisms for writing instruments A writing instrument includes a travel multiplier mechanism that includes a cam member that pivots about a pivot axis in response to motion of a push button member. The cam member engages a sliding piston member in order to provide a travel multiplying effect such t... | 02/22/2011 |
| D633124 | Projector | 02/22/2011 |
| D632248 | Charging station | 02/08/2011 |
| D631477 | Stylus | 01/25/2011 |
| D631435 | Charging station | 01/25/2011 |
| 7850382 | Valve made from two materials and writing utensil with retractable tip incorporating same A valve includes a first valve portion made from a first material, the first valve portion including a body, a door, and an inner hinge pivotably connecting the body to the door, the body including a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end ... | 12/14/2010 |
| D626997 | Writing instrument | 11/09/2010 |
| D626994 | Marker | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827229 | System and method for document imaging management The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing an improved system and method for document imaging management. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| D625730 | Receiver | 10/19/2010 |
| D623187 | Stylus | 09/07/2010 |
| D621876 | Writing instrument | 08/17/2010 |
| D618724 | Writing instrument | 06/29/2010 |
| D617326 | Stylus | 06/08/2010 |
| 7722275 | Writing instrument with a sheet material dispenser In one embodiment of a writing instrument with a tape flag dispenser, a writing instrument has a body portion, a writing tip, and a flag dispenser that can be attached to and detached from the body portion. The flag dispenser holds a supply of tape flags, such as a ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7704308 | Method of highlighting with a reversible highlighting mixture, highlighting kit, and highlighted complex A highlightable mixture, such as an ink, including a colored pigment, an eradicable colorant, and a non-eradicable colorant; a kit including the highlightable mixture and an eradicator fluid; an colorant complex including a colorless or substantially colorless eradi... | 04/27/2010 |
| D613335 | Marker | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681616 | Correction tape applicator tip with cylindrical projection A transfer tape dispenser comprises a housing and a supply spool and a take up spool disposed within the housing. A carrier ribbon has a first end and a second end, with the first end connected to the supply spool, and the second end connected to the take-up spool. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| D610618 | Eraser | 02/23/2010 |
| 7655082 | Ink compositions containing an emulsion The application discloses ink compositions containing an emulsion and, more particularly, to ink compositions containing an emulsified colorant and/or an emulsified lubricating agent, and writing instruments containing same. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7637678 | System and method for determining the status of a label in a roll of label stock A method and system for determining whether a first one of a plurality of labels on a roll of label stock is a full label. The method includes sensing a leading edge of the roll of label stock, sensing a location of a first one of a plurality of indicator marks that... | 12/29/2009 |