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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 |
| 8047392 | Stackable liquid container In one embodiment according to the present disclosure, a liquid container generally includes a base member, an annular sidewall member, a neck member, a spout, and a handle. The annular sidewall member is attached to and extends upwardly from the base member. The ne... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7380661 | Packaging for lighting equipment Packaging and delivery systems and methods for lighting devices such as streetlights. One embodiment of the invention includes a lighting device packaging and delivery system for a partially or completely preassembled and pre-wired luminaire and pole. The packaging ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7360653 | Packaging tray for disk drive head suspension assemblies A packaging tray for disk drive head suspension assemblies is comprised of a generally rectangular frame having longitudinal members adapted to support suspension assemblies. A baseplate support member and a flexure tail support member are adapted to support both co... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7340995 | Fruit ripening display Apparatuses and methods for ripening and displaying fruit are provided. Methods of making those apparatuses are also disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatuses and methods employ multiple platforms and other features for ripening fruit that increase fruit ripening sp... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325687 | Storage and dispensing container for paint An improved container for storing, dispensing and handling viscous and semi-viscous fluids such as paint and the like, having novel spout and other design features that enable substantially dripless dispensing and improved handling and storage. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311202 | Combinative cabinets A combinative cabinet includes a cabinet body formed with five sideboards with an open front side. An upper, a lower, a right and a left sideboard are respectively provided with two dovetail-shaped projections spaced apart by a same shaped groove or two same-shaped ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299927 | Stackable wafer container with raised handle and ribs A wafer container comprising a base and a cover that nest together. The cover includes tabs on a lower portion that engage notches on the frame. The cover can be combined with the base without indexing to a precise opening on the frame. A handle on the cover enables... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7207359 | Apparatus and method for transporting containers within a packaging system A method of transporting containers from a first station to a second station within a container filling machine. Each container defines opposing first and second end sections, with the second end section forming a longitudinal recess defined by an inner surface of a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172072 | Compartment plates having themes and method for manufacturing and packaging the same According to one embodiment of the present invention, an arrangement of plates for receiving food is disclosed. The arrangement of plates comprises a plurality of nestable plates, wherein the plates within the plurality of nestable plates have an animal theme. Each ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7152752 | Modular and transportable bookshelves In one embodiment of the present invention modules for both the display and transport of books are described. Each module of the one embodiment comprises an interlocking feature for coupling two modules together with an open side of the modules facing horizontally o... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7104030 | Compartment plates having themes and method for manufacturing and packaging the same Arrangements of containers, cases of container packages, and methods of packaging arrangements of containers are described. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of packaging an arrangement of containers includes producing a plurality of cont... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7069693 | Transplant yield maximization system for growing plants A growing system for plant seedlings that takes into consideration the varied requirements of the seedling; seedling and transplant environment; seedling cell size; mechanical transplanter requirements; seedling leaf, stem and root development and coordinates all th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7032756 | Container The present invention relates to containers, and more specifically, to plastic containers. The containers described herein may be applied to any use, but they are particularly useful for storing paint. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032772 | Lap top tray An apparatus useful as at least one of a table place mat and a lap top tray which prevents tipping of a specially configured fluid container includes a first member having a predetermined shape and a second member disposed at least one of within and on an upper surf... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7000765 | Container comprising an electrically driven interlocking mechanism A container having corner regions with hollow bodies is provided. Locking devices are provided that are received in the corner regions. Electrically driven, rotatable and displaceable locking mechanisms are respectively disposed in corners of the container. For a lo... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6939516 | Multi-well plate cover and assembly adapted for mechanical manipulation A multi-well plate cover and assembly comprises a lid and a gasket. The lid is formed of a resilient material and configured to apply a compressive spring force to the surface of the gasket to seal the wells in a multi-well plate when the cover is secured to the mul... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6915607 | Operational system for transplanting growing plants A transplanting system including both methods and specific types of transplant apparatus such as propagule transplant trays(3, 4, 5, 6) addresses the need for the use of a propagule punch machine (8) on a variety of adolescent tray configurations (9... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6907703 | Interlocking block A five-sided interlocking block. At least one side, and preferably at least three sides, of the block is adapted to engage the same side of a similar block to interlock the blocks. At least one side of the block may also be adapted to rotatably engage the same side ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6896848 | Microplate cover assembly A microplate cover assembly which is compatible with manual workstations or robotic handling systems used for high throughput screening. The cover assembly includes a cover, a pressure plate and a layer of sealing material. The cover is shaped such that when it is e... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6857535 | Container interlocking device An interlocking device for use with rectangular containers, such as metal ammunition containers having a top lid, is shown. The interlocking device comprises a substantially flat plate, coextensive with the top lid of the containers, and having a set of locking tabs... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6842665 | Stowage and retrieval system A storage and retrieval system is provided that automates the process of handling a mixed inventory of palletized and containerized items. The invention is particularly useful in handling cargo and weapons within a ship's hold or magazine. When used on a ship, the i... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6732858 | Shoe storage box A shoe storage box includes a bottom board, a first side board, a top board, a second side board, a rear board and a front board. A V-shaped notch is formed at a joint between each of the bottom board and the first side board, the first side board and the top board,... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6729490 | Modular combat load system A modular combat load system which is man-portable, light weight and easily moved from one location to another and which allows the military to supply troops with mission critical consumable supplies, such as drinking water, in a combat environment. The system has s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726050 | Cutting and fillet board with drain for removable attachment to conventional ice chest coolers A cutting and fillet board with drain is adapted for removable attachment to a conventional IGLOO® ice chest cooler and other similar ice chest coolers. The cutting and fillet board has a planar, generally rectangular board member fabricated of a high-density polym... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6655541 | Storage container for liquids A sectioned storage container for liquids has an inner plastic container to be filled with a liquid and a plastic receptacle that surrounds the inner container so that an intermediate space is formed between the inner container and the receptacle. The inn... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6591986 | Stackable, thin-walled containers A liquid container for a comestible product such as milk or juice includes a base having a substantially planar region, a top surface having a substantially planar region parallel to the substantially planar region of the base and having a pour spout. A s... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6588612 | Plastic container with stacking recesses Stackable plastic container including side portions having at least one of protrusions and depressions which nest with one of matching protrusions and depressions of a second container, and with the bottom portion including depressions which nest with the... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6578724 | Connector for use in packaging aerosol containers A connector (10) used in packaging together two aerosol containers (A1, A2) for sale as a unit. A first connector segment (12) attaches to one aerosol container (A1), and a second connector segment (14) attaches to the other aerosol containers (A2). The c... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6533138 | Foldable tool kit A foldable tool kit comprises two abutted elongate first compartments, two abutted second compartments on either side of the first compartment, each second compartment being smaller than the first compartment, and a plurality of hinges each for coupling e... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6520366 | Beverage container holders Beverage container holders which typically include a single-cup beverage container holder, a dual-cup beverage container holder, a three-cup beverage container holder and a four-cup beverage container holder. The respective beverage container holders are ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6506091 | Combination toy building block and container for holding liquids and the like A combination toy building block and container for holding liquids and the like having male connectors formed on one side of the container and female receptacles formed on an opposing side, wherein a male connector is threadably engaged with the container... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6494336 | Modular combat load system A modular combat load system which is portable, light weight and easily moved from one location to another and which allows the military to supply troops with mission critical consumable supplies, such as drinking water, in a combat environment. The syste... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6371321 | Case module for articles A case module for articles comprises an open top case chamber confined by a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, a right wall, and a bottom wall, a front part disposed in front of the font wall, a rear part disposed in front of the rear wall, and a flat ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6296541 | Toy capsule A toy capsule for containing toys and for constructing structures has an upper portion and a lower portion with wherein the upper and lower portions are detachably connected at their respective open ends thereby defining a closed container when the open e... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6276550 | Storage container and stack of such containers This invention relates to a storage container and to a stack of such containers, and in particular to a container for the storage of a number of similarly-sized articles such as compact disks or the like. According to the invention there is provided a sto... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276549 | Modular container that can be interconnected, for multiple uses Modular containers that can be interconnected, for multiple uses of the type that, forming a bottle or similar thing, of structure and materials usually developed for their disposal, essentially includes a bottom and lateral walls finished in a top wall. ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6273258 | System of identical modular containers which can be piled up on top of one another, in particular for foodstuffs A system of identical modular containers which can be piled up on top of one another, characterized in that between one container (11) and another, releasable means of reciprocal clamping are envisaged.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6250490 | Container Containers which can support like containers to form a stack each includes formations which interengage to allow a security tag to be introduced, to lock the containers against unauthorized separation. This makes a stack sufficiently secure and sufficient... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6247192 | Economizer device for toilet tank The invention concerns an economiser device for toilet tank comprising a plurality of stacked and ballasted base units (1), said base units (1) including a substantially prismatic hollow shape having, in operative position, an open top surface, the latera... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6142301 | Expandable modular container system An expandable modular container system. A plurality of container modules stacked one on top of the other are coupled together by a plurality of exterior coupling units coupled both to each other in a column and to the container module on opposing sides of... | 11/07/2000 |
