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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 |
| 7749451 | Universal secure clamping apparatus A secure clamping system for sealing and storing multiple vessels such as commercially available vial arrays, multi-well plates, and deep well blocks, as typically used in the chemical, pharmaceutical, or biological fields including top and bottom plates, with or wi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7632390 | Apparatus and method for enhancing electropolishing utilizing magnetic fields A process for electropolishing metals and metalloids and their alloys, intermetallic compounds, metal-matrix composites, carbides and nitrides in an electrolytic cell utilizing an externally applied magnetic force to enhance the dissolution process. The electropolis... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7615699 | Body molding pipe bag cover A breathable, body molding pipe bag cover made from Nylon elastane, with cotton side panels and chainette fringe for decoration purposes. The bag cover is composed of three panels; the main panel being a butterfly shaped nylon spandex composite with two flanking win... | 11/10/2009 |
| D558365 | Ovalized concrete lift hook block-out tube cover and cap | 12/25/2007 |
| 7098864 | Temporary cellular antenna site A small-footprint portable modular cellular antenna site capable of being deployed on any substantially level, flat piece of ground, the cellular antenna site being easily assembled, disassembled, and moved without the aid of heavy equipment. The cellular antenna si... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076924 | Ovalized concrete block-out tube with tear away nailing flange A block-out tube for use in joining together pre-cast concrete members, the block-out tube having an ovalized cross-section, an integral elongate imperforate hollow tubular body with smoothly curved corrugated walls, a rounded tip closing the bottom end thereof, a m... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7035885 | Machinist calculating apparatus A hand-held calculating apparatus for solving a plurality of formula-related calculations and conversions commonly encountered in the machinist trade having a visual display and a keyboard including key groupings denominated as basic arithmetic and memory, function ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6991243 | Platform scooter for larger children and handicapped persons A lightweight collapsible four-wheeled scooter with a large platform, the scooter including a height-adjustable non-steering foldable handle assembly in front for gripping by a rider, an adjustable height removable push bar extending to the rear for use by a pusher,... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6974552 | Heat transfer fluid compositions for low temperature applications A heat transfer fluid composition and process employing composite mixtures of terpenes and silicones useful for heat transfer processes in a temperature range down to −200° F., where the fluid heat transfer composition retains its liquid phase over the entire tem... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6955013 | End cap locking mechanism for connecting pre-cast concrete structures An end cap locking mechanism used to protect attachment means connecting pre-cast concrete structural members from exposure to adverse environmental conditions having an end cap and a connection sleeve, wherein the end cap is inserted into an end of the connection s... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6866176 | Web tension equalizing roll and tracking apparatus A self-tracking roller for centering conveyor belts and web materials on conveyor systems having a guide wheel at each end of a centrally pivoting shaft for contacting the belt or web. The self-tracking roller will pivot in the direction of travel of the belt or web... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6836997 | Adjustable buoyancy floating fish lure A floating fishing lure having the capability to adjust the buoyancy of the fish lure with a high degree of precision, such that the fish lure has fore and aft chamber sections connected and held together by an attaching means. Disposed on each fore and aft chamber ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830212 | Web tension equalizing roll and tracking apparatus A web tracking and repositioning apparatus having at least one pivoting conveyor roll pivotable and rotatably supported at its center about a bearing assembly through which extends a longitudinal fixed shaft with said bearing assembly connecting to a coaxially mount... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6742723 | Archery bow stabilizing scent dispenser A compact lightweight atomizing scent dispenser which may be used to actively disperse liquid scent into the atmosphere as atomized droplets for the purpose of attracting game and masking the scent of a hunter, the scent dispenser including means to change the scent... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6694698 | Reinforcement apparatus for monopole towers The present invention is directed towards a reinforcement apparatus forming an exo-skeleton of tubular steel rods and adjustable mounting clamps directly in contact with the exterior of previously erected tapered wireless communication monopole towers to ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6530488 | Fishing lure holder and display for tackle boxes and boats A fishing lure storage and display apparatus is provided which features transparent storage receptacles releasably suspended from a hanging rod allowing the lures to be easily viewed and readily accessed. The storage receptacles retain the lure in isolati... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6505967 | Metal cabinet cuttings receptacle An apparatus for collecting cuttings, filings, and other particles by attaching a portable receptacle along an interior wall of a metal cabinet or container utilizing an array of magnets for temporary attachment to catch and retain the particles in a flex... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6490919 | Well water level measurement and display apparatus A well water level sensing apparatus using a pressurized air column in contact with the water at its distal end to derive a correlated value dependent upon the length of the air column which is converted for retrieving stored water levels from memory and ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6413341 | Hand-held optical fiber insertion apparatus A portable hand-held apparatus for inserting one or more optical fibers into one or more insertion points in a flexible or semi-rigid panel having a uniform planar surface, positioning and adhering the fibers at the insertion points, playing out a pre-sel... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6382825 | Interior illumination for portable structures The present invention is an interior illumination system utilizing one or more optical fibers that have one or more sections of an outer protective coating removed in pre-determined areas and shapes along the length of the fiber. These fibers may then be ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6158191 | Roof panel with plow-shaped edge and related roof panel system A multiple-panel roof system has panel edges in a shape of like plows which are interengaged with corresponding channels formed in opposing panel edges. A layer of resiliently compressible foam extends from the outer panel surface adjacent to the plow, do... | 12/12/2000 |
