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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 |
| 7430983 | Loader bucket orientation indicator A loader bucket orientation indicating system is provided for a bucket pivotal at an end of a loader boom. The system includes a support member having a base fixed to a side of an arm of the boom and a shaft projecting from the base. A pivot plate includes a central... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7263947 | Extended use reminder device An extended use reminder device (100) operable on the exterior flat or curved surface of an article includes a selectable member (102) including a plurality of individually selectable positions. The selectable member comprises a deformable plastic stru... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7100530 | Dose indicating device An indicating device suitable for indicating the number of metered dosages that have been dispensed from or remain in a container includes a base member adapted to be mounted to the container and a cap member moveably connected to the base member. The cap member is ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6976449 | File marking device A file marker device adapted for use with a folder. The folder to which the device can be affixed comprises a front flap having a first top edge, a rear flap connected to the front flap by a folder bottom, the rear flap having a second top edge. Hanging folders ofte... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6883460 | File marking device A file marker device adapted for use with a folder. The folder to which the device can be affixed comprises a front flap having a first top edge, a rear flap connected to the front flap by a folder bottom, the rear flap having a second top edge. Hanging folders ofte... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6796267 | Reminder for periodic tasks including taking medication Reminders of daily or other periodic tasks are most desirable when they are simple to operate and easily distinguishable. A reusable device that provides tracking of task performance by multiple independently movable arms that lock into position provides a clear vis... | 09/28/2004 |
| 5924639 | Line-type indicator for spool on a fishing reel A fishing reel having a frame and an operating mechanism on the frame. The operating mechanism includes a line canying spool with a first structure operable for directing line onto the spool. Settable structure on the spool can be placed selectively in at... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5778818 | Indicator Indicators and methods of indicating are disclosed. Intended primarily for use with medicine containers, the devices typically indicate the number of doses of medication ingested or remaining to be taken by a patient during a particular period. These devi... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5550531 | Motorized boat-mounted signaling device for water skiers A signaling device for raising a warning flag or pennant deployed on a motor boat to indicate that a water skier towed by the boat has fallen is disclosed which reliably raises a flag either manually when triggered by the motor boat operator or passenger,... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5515808 | Alerting mechanism for a whistle An alerting mechanism integrated with a hand-held whistle utilizing a structural member having a first and a second surface. The structural member is secured to the whistle or a cavity found in the whistle structure, to permit the structural member to rot... | 05/14/1996 |
| 4782784 | Motorized boat-mounted signaling device for water skiers A device for use on ski boats is disclosed which provides a warning to other boats in the area that a downed water skier is in the water by using a motorized electrical device to raise a flag, either automatically when a skier falls and the tow rope is re... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4762000 | Fluid level indicating apparatus A fluid level indicating apparatus includes a piston and cylinder assembly which is located adjacent the surface of a body of fluid contained within fluid reservoir and includes openings to admit such fluid thereinto with the piston in one extreme axial p... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4677933 | Stock price tracking apparatus Stock price tracking apparatus includes a base having at least one side; a chart removably mounted on each side and each chart including a first scale and a second scale; a lever associated with each side for monitoring a stock price to determine when to ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4565152 | Safety flag A safety flag bus, which includes a spring-loaded recoil pulley carrying a length of cable extending from the pulley around a bushing attached to the hinge mechanism of a conventional stop arm attached to the bus. The cable extends through one end of a fl... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4440011 | Lock position indicator A casing for holding a key in one of two pivoted positions. The key pivots about an axis extending along one edge thereof when a lock is turned by the user of the key. An indicator may be attached to the key for extension through a small opening in the ca... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4133286 | Adjustable thermostat An adjustable thermostat as disclosed having an adjustment stem journaled for rotation on the thermostat body for adjusting the operating temperature of the thermostat. Mounted on the adjusting stem is a pointer member formed of deformable material such a... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4122796 | Adjustable pennant warning of downed water skiers In order to satisfy safety regulations promulgated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), the present invention provides a hand-powered, top-action pennant assembly permanently mounted to a stationary portion of a boat, such as a foredeck or the like, f... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4109607 | Reference index for instrument dials A reference index is provided for dial type instruments and includes an indicator selectively positioned on the face of the instrument for operation in either of two functional modes. The reference index includes a mounting pivot which is adapted to be se... | 08/29/1978 |
