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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 |
| 4624433 | Tilt base for a CRT display terminal A tilt base assembly includes a top plate, a horizontal base plate and a stabilizing flap which are joined together to form a pivoting wedge-shaped structure. The top plate is attachable to the bottom or base of a cathode ray tube (CRT) display terminal u... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4606524 | Camera support cushion A cushion is provided for supporting a camera in a multiplicity of stable positions upon a wide variety of support surfaces. The cushion will generally be constructed of a fabric-like material, and will have internal members that tie together opposing por... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4577187 | Display workstation A display workstation comprising a display monitor including an image display device mounted on a base by a mechanism permitting adjustment of the angle of tilt of the image display device, the tilt mechanism including a pair of support members upstanding... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4565343 | Terminal elevating mechanism A support mechanism for raising and lowering a terminal monitor comprising an upper assembly and a lower assembly and a plurality of pivotable arms interconnecting the upper assembly and lower assembly. The upper assembly includes an upper plate, which su... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4545556 | Terminal elevating mechanism Apparatus for raising and lowering a terminal comprising a support plate having a top surface to which a terminal is secured and a bottom surface to which are secured two cross bars mounted on a threaded shaft which moves the cross bars toward and away fr... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4494720 | Tilt swivel base A tilt swivel base for a video terminal includes a lower section which is supported by way of a swivel so that the lower section can be swiveled relative to a supporting surface. An upper section is supported on the lower section, the two sections mating ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4492356 | Precision parallel translation system A precision parallel translation system including a pair of tables or upper and lower tables movable parallel to and in directions perpendicular to each other, and a pair of drive means for rough movement each detachably connected to one of the tables to ... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4473206 | Articulated structure for supporting loads A base for supporting a load defines a first articular concave spherical surface segment forming a first socket about an axis extending through the center of curvature of the surface segment. The socket is nested with a first mating articular convex spher... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4405673 | Skid pad for moving heavy items A skid pad apparatus which includes a generally planar member having first and second edge portions which converge. The skid pad is flexible and generally planar and a reinforcing strip extends along the first and second side edges with an opening interme... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4368867 | Tilt base for a CRT display terminal A tilt base assembly includes a base and pairs of elongated feet which attach to the bottom of a cathode ray tube (CRT) display terminal unit. The base includes a pair of trapezoidal shaped base members which attach to the ends of a horizontal plate. The ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4349173 | Tilt device for use with cathode ray tube display units An infinitely variable tilting support mechanism is disclosed for use with a cathode ray tube display unit which enables a particular operator to position the display unit for minimum reflective glare on the face thereof. The display unit is pivotally til... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4266703 | Slide mount for motorcycle luggage box A luggage box is located rearward of the driver's seat on a motorcycle and can be slidably adjusted to be located near or away from the driver's seat and releasably locked in place.... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4216933 | Portable scaffold support base A portable scaffold support base is disclosed which can be transported from one use site to another by a fork lift or the like. When it is delivered to the use site, the base is oriented horizontal by adjusting vertical supporting legs which are initially... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4147403 | Positioning substrate for optical fibres The invention provides a substrate for positioning the end of one or more optical fibres in a reference plane. Each fibre is positioned by means of three right circular cylindrical dowels in a staggered arrangement on the flat trued face of a parallelepip... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4077593 | Holder for a plant container A weighted holder for plant containers such as vases and urns having pedestal base portions of varying heights. An interior chamber of a base portion of the holder is filled with a heavy material such as sand; opposed upwardly extending side walls from th... | 03/07/1978 |
