...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20060196977 | DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING PARALLEL ADJACENT FLOWPATHS A drip irrigation tube having a plurality of sequentially placed emitters formed on an interior wall of the tube. Each emitter employs a series of parallel flowpaths axially positioned along the tube to provide for closer proximity of inlet ports to discharge chambers t... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060165902 | Device and method for coating material The present invention relates to a device and a method for coating preferably webs or strip-like material and in particular to a method and a device for adapting the coating width of such devices. In particular, the present invention moreover relates to the field of liq... | 07/27/2006 |