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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 |
| 7377392 | Fruit protection system A fruit protection and transportation system providing various apparatus and methods to absorb impact and compression forces to reduce damage to fruit (3). Particular embodiments of the invention comprise a fruit protector blank (1) of resiliently comp... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7303076 | Fruit conformable resiliently compressible force absorption system A fruit protection and transportation system providing various apparatus and methods to absorb impact and compression forces to reduce damage to fruit (3). Particular embodiments of the invention comprise a fruit protector blank (1) of resiliently comp... | 12/04/2007 |
| 6971523 | Delicate goods holder, its manufacturing and use Packaging elements are formed by holders suitable for transport and storage of delicate goods such as fruit, sweets such as chocolate, flowers, glass objects, Christmas decorations, electronic components and the like. The holders are separated from each other by a s... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6942097 | Protective food storage container A protective food storage container includes a first member and a second member that are engageable with one another, with at least one of the first and second members being corrugated, and with at least a portion of the first and second members engaged with one ano... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918231 | Resiliently compressible force absorption system conformable to fruit A fruit protection and transportation system providing various apparatus and methods to absorb impact and compression forces to reduce damage to fruit (3). Particular embodiments of the invention comprise a fruit protector blank (1) of resiliently comp... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6612440 | Banana protective device A banana protective device for storing and transporting a banana carefully. The banana protective device includes a container having a first cover member and a second cover member being hingedly attached to the first cover member and being adapted to stor... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6213302 | Multi-cavity, controlled atmosphere tray for packaging and preserving sliced tomatoes A tray for packaging sliced tomatoes is disclosed that maintains the tomatoes is fresh condition by controlling the atmosphere surrounding the tomatoes and reducing contact between tomatoes and their serum exudate. This is achieved by a tray configuration... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6086931 | Sealed egg package The sealed egg package disclosed herein includes a cup-shaped receptacle formed of transparent thermoplastic material which encloses and resiliently supports an egg therein. The receptacle is closed by a cover sheet adhesively sealed to the rim of the rec... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6068821 | Electronic device having a protective framework An electronic device (1), for example a test pack for use in determining the efficacy of a sterilization cycle in a sterilizer, is provided with a protective framework (10) comprising two impact-absorbing ring-like members (11, 12) located on opposed side... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5741535 | Fragile food product package A package includes a protective band having a cavity for receiving a fragile food product unit. A wrap material is tightly secured around the food product unit and the protective band to form a package. The protective band may have alternating narrow segm... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5322210 | Display box A display box for protectively packaging contents is disclosed. When the display box is in the closed position, the contents are retained by at least one depression or aperture in the forward wall of at least one right triangular prism that comprises the ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 4842143 | Deviled egg container A container for deviled eggs and the like includes a double, transparent plate assembly molded to generally conform to the contours of a deviled egg. Each plate assembly is designed to hold one or more deviled eggs. Into the upper plate of each assembly a... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4798133 | Package and container for eggs A container for eggs defines a plurality of compartments each of a configuration to hold an egg captive, each portion of the container defining a respective single said compartment being connected with the remainder along lines of weakening, perforation o... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4699311 | Egg carton with overwrap An improved egg carton comprising a container having a plurality of cup-shaped receptacles aligned in a plurality of rows, each of which are conformed to and adapted to receive a vertically positioned egg. A plurality of posts are positioned between the r... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4688714 | Cover for egg tray to be shrink wrapped The object of this invention is a lid of truncated pyramidal shape made of thin transparent synthetic material to be used a-top a tray containing eggs, the object of this lid it to facilitate film wrapping of tray. Said lid is equipped with features to ea... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4682693 | Packaging tray having flexible zones in a supporting layer A packaging tray capable of individually and separately supporting a layer of fruit for transport and point of sale display has a plurality of flexible hammock-like recesses formed in a supporting layer. This supporting layer is held above the base of a c... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4603809 | Package with a base and a cover, especially for foodstuffs such as eggs A food package for use with a UPC or bar code has a rectangular configuration with projections along its longitudinal edges received in openings of a flat cover member. Tongues project into these openings to brace against the undersides of these projectio... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4556147 | Fresh fruit package A package for fresh fruit characterized as having a lower surface forming an upward, re-entrant recess, the package comprising (a) a cup-shaped container to receive the fruit, (b) first locating structure in the container to project upwardly into that recess, ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4087042 | Packing carton for breakable articles Packing carton for breakable articles, in particular eggs, consisting of a container member, a lid member hinged on the latter by means of an articular fold or hinge line, and a closing flap hinged on one of these members by means of an articular fold or ... | 05/02/1978 |
