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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 |
| 6457610 | Silo for storing and controlled supply of empty light containers, and method for using such silo A silo bin is adapted for receiving lightweight articles such as empty bottles. The floor of each chamber has a selectively operable shutter or aperture allowing the lightweight articles to be released into the next lowest bin such that the articles are n... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454485 | Bi-directional retainer A bi-directional retainer for removably securing accessories such as a seat or a back rest to a wheelchair frame. The retainer includes a base mountable on a frame member and a slide mounted on the base for movement between two spaced operating positions.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6450280 | Snowmobile suspension system An improved torsion type rear suspension system for a snowmobile. The suspension includes a pair of rails movable with respect to the snowmobile body and a pair of torsion springs disposed between the body and the rails for biasing the suspension toward i... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6435333 | Adjustable unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of empty containers An adjustable unit for the unscrambling and lined up delivery of empty containers (A) has a plurality of compartments (6) connected to a first rotary structure (7) to receive containers (A) in a lying position. The compartments (6) have an open bottom del... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427948 | Controllable vortex generator A controllable vortex generator for reducing aerodynamic drag when vortex generation is not desired. The vortex generator includes a fin having a fixed forward portion and an aft portion which is movable between deflected and undeflected positions. At lea... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412317 | Integrated cabinet door and drawer handle and lock An integrated cabinet door and drawer handle and lock provides a front piece having apertures for receipt of a cabinet door or drawer lock and a human hand. Optionally, a wire pull handle can be provided. A backing plate having a transverse lip thereon is... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6305199 | Computer slot security adaptor A security device for securing portable equipment having a security slot in the chassis of the equipment, comprising an attachment having a slot-mating head and an axially movable head locking member which is inserted into the slot after the head to preve... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6269972 | Dispensers for bags A method for retaining a stack 1 of removably mutually connected pre-formed plastic bags 2, e.g. in supermarkets, comprises supporting the stack in a dispenser in a laterally (side-to-side) folded-over condition thereby presenting a spine of the fold, wit... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6227017 | Computer slot security adaptor A security device for securing portable equipment having a security slot in the chassis of the equipment, comprising an attachment having a slot-mating head and an axially movable head locking member which is inserted into the slot after the head to preve... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6129624 | Method and apparatus for preparation of fish for minced muscle products and surimi A method and apparatus which utilizes a hydraulic fluid such as water or air to propel fish through cutting blades which strip cut the fish so that exposed viscera of the fish may be removed by brushes or the like. Fish are processed serially in appropria... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6062156 | Snowmobile powered watercraft A snowmobile powered watercraft which includes a pair of forward pontoons mounted to the front suspension in place of conventional skis and an U-shaped rear pontoon mounted to the aft portion of the snowmobile body. Propulsion is provided by the endless t... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6035770 | Barbecuing and smoking device A barbecuing and smoking device for smoking and cooking meats and other foods. The device includes a housing having a base, a removable lid, at least one food rack mounted within the housing and a chimney mounted to the lid. A heat source, preferably an e... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5919037 | Fire starting tool A hand operated fire starting tool for use as a survival aid and in general outdoor activities such as camping. The tool includes a case, a pyrophoric element mounted to the case for reciprocal and rotational movement between a stored position and an oper... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5899437 | Cam actuated valve A cam actuated valve method and apparatus utilize an electronically controlled stepper motor driving a cam. A diaphragm type low flow, high accuracy diaphragm valve is positioned off axis with respect to the cam. A transmission translates linear motion of... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5880409 | Onboard weighing system for truck having single point suspension A trunnion mount single point vehicle suspension including a load monitoring apparatus. The suspension includes a trunnion shaft, means for attaching the shaft to a vehicle frame and an axle spring assembly mounted to the trunnion shaft and spaced from th... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5857714 | Service cable and cable harness for submersible sensors and pumps An improved service cable and cable harness assembly for submersible sensors and pumps which includes a service cable, a well head connector and an end cap attachable to the sensor. The service cable secured at its lower end to the end cap and at its uppe... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5831443 | Probe card array check plate with transition zones A probe card array check plate is provided with transition zones to prevent a semi-conductor probe from impacting an epoxy joint in the check plate during an over travel test. The transition zone is in the form of beveled edges or tapers between first and... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5815843 | Accessory fastener for garments A fastener for removably attaching pockets and other accessories to garments which includes slidably interlocking male and female members. The male member also includes a locking tab which cooperates with a locking post on the female member for securing t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812310 | Orthogonal high accuracy microscope stage A high accuracy, orthogonal motion stage for microscopes and the like uses three frames for orthogonal motion. The lower most frame has provided thereon a series of downwardly depending ramps. An actuator plate having correspondingly positioned, upwardly ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5798013 | Method and apparatus for producing a tubular lining hose The present invention refers to a method of producing a tubular lining ho in particular for use in sewer reconstruction work, comprising the steps of forming at least one fibrous strip into a curable, resin-impreganted hose. The inner side of the resulta... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5758675 | Dental appliance washer A washing device for removable dental protheses and other removable dental appliances which includes a base and a removable washing unit mountable on the base. The base has a housing on which the washing unit may be seated, a drive shaft vertically orient... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5755029 | Double overhead camshaft alignment method A camshaft alignment tool and method uses a main body having at least three projections to engage cogs on cog wheel driven double overhead camshafts. The tool is used to maintain the cog wheels in a fixed relationship with respect to one another during re... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5744884 | Liner motion micropositioning apparatus and method A linear motion micropositioning device employs a housing containing fixed, electrically excited stators. A rotating permanent magnet rotor is directly attached to a spindle of a precision lead screw. The stators are provided with sufficient axial depth t... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5737950 | Ambidextrous vertical inverted handed cam lock An ambidextrous vertical inverted handed cam lock for cabinet doors and drawers has a conventional pin tumbler cylinder and plug assembly. An arcuately movable bolt is journaled for rotation about a rearwardly extending portion of the plug. A conventional... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5684628 | Orthogonal motion microscope stage An orthogonal motion stage provides Z axis motion, along an optical axis independently of translational motion in an orthogonal, X-Y axis reference plane. Conversely, motion in the X-Y reference plane does not induce unwanted motion in the Z axis. Straigh... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5678798 | Swing away support bracket A swing support bracket assembly for mounting support pads to wheelchairs. The assembly includes a housing, an axle mounted for rotation in the housing, a toggle pivotally mounted in the housing and having a tapered protrusion adapted to engage a cooperat... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5657652 | Pin tumbler cabinet door and drawer deadlocking latch-lock A deadlocking, self-latching lock for cabinet doors and drawers employs a unitary shell with an adjacent main bolt and self-latching deadlocking bolt. A pivoting locking arm prevents external retraction of the main bolt without the use of a key.... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5554975 | Safety device for the proprioception impaired A safety cane incorporates an ambient light sensitive illumination device for conserving battery power. A tipping detector is also incorporated which sounds an audible alarm after a first time delay. If the cane is not retrieved by the end of the second t... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5470178 | Insulating tunnel liner system An insulating liner system especially adapted to railroad and highway tunnels to eliminate ice buildup on the tunnel crown, walls and roadbed caused by water leakage from the tunnel face. The insulating liner system includes a modular assembly of insulati... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5469988 | Apparatus for dispensing particulate condiments A device for dispensing particulate condiments comprising a condiment hopper translatably mounted on a transfer plate having a gated reservoir for receiving and dispensing condiments from the hopper. The invention also includes a method for dispensing par... | 11/28/1995 |
