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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 |
| 7387463 | Manhole cover removal apparatus and method of use An apparatus for separating and lifting a manhole cover from a cover mounting ring without disturbing the mounting ring includes a body, a lever arm and lifting arm pivotally connected to the body with the outer end of the lifting arm extending outwardly from the fi... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7273343 | Rotary pick and place technology A rotary transfer apparatus, comprising a frame structure; a rotatable main shaft supported by the frame structure; a first planetary member connected to the main shaft; at least one first planetary shaft rotatably connected to the first planetary member and rotatin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7210589 | Transport apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus for suspending and transporting articles, and is provided with a wobble prevention member that is capable of moving between a support position where it abuts against a lateral surface of an article and a release position, ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7104503 | Aircraft loading apparatus Aircraft loading apparatus includes a frame removably attachable to an aircraft (e.g. a helicopter). The frame is constructed for assembly and disassembly in a transitional position and includes a pair of raising and lowering mechanisms. The mechanisms include a pai... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6935210 | Variable rack adjustment assembly for pipe spinning machines A cam-operated, rack-on-rack adjustment assembly on a drill pipe spinner allows the user to easily and in small increments (distances) (three-eighths inch, one-quarter inch or less, or more) adjust the effective pipe engaging length of the drive chain. In other word... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932313 | Rotary spreader beam II Disclosed herein is a structural element comprising a longitudinal vertical component and a longitudinal horizontal component extending from and parallel to the longitudinal vertical component. The longitudinal vertical component comprises a top side joined to a dis... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6764272 | Adjustable coarse alignment tooling for packaged semiconductor devices An apparatus and method for positioning packaged semiconductor devices having different rectangular shapes and sizes. A positioning apparatus includes an adjustable alignment guide releasably coupled to a base. The adjustable alignment guide may be positioned along ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6640984 | Adjustable vehicle-carrying frame An adjustable frame for carrying vehicles between elongate upright sides includes, on each side, a forward end and a rearward end, each end including an upper and lower rail section joined by elongate brace members, where the respective ends are separated... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6511280 | Adaptive Reed-Solomon decoder and methods thereof An adaptive Reed-Solomon(RS) decoder (207) and analogous methods arranged and constructed to decode a RS(n,k) encoded symbol stream, including; a code register (211), coupled to the symbol stream, for storing a received code word including code symbols, a... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6497328 | Adjustable vehicle-carrying frame An adjustable frame for carrying vehicles between elongate upright sides includes, on each side, a forward end and a rearward end, each end including an upper and lower rail section joined by elongate brace members, where the respective ends are separated... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6378708 | Adjustable vehicle-carrying frame An adjustable frame for carrying vehicles between elongate upright sides includes, on each side, a forward end and a rearward end, each end including an upper and lower rail section joined by elongate brace members, where the respective ends are separated... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6260718 | Adjustable vehicle-carrying frame An adjustable frame for carrying vehicles between elongate upright sides includes, on each side, a forward end and a rearward end, each end including an upper and lower rail section joined by elongate brace members, where the respective ends are separated... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6119877 | Adjustable vehicle-carrying frame An adjustable frame for carrying vehicles between elongate upright sides includes, on each side, a forward end and a rearward end, each end including an upper and lower rail section joined by elongate brace members, where the respective ends are separated... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6007125 | Device for turning over heavy and/or bulky loads A device (1) for turning over heavy and/or bulky loads works by suspending the load to be turned over in two straps or the like, arranged as loops, and driving these straps in order to pivot the load. The device (1) is constructed of a body (2) that has a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5290100 | Method of mixing propellant charge powder rods A method for mixing propellant charge powder rods utilizes a flexible band (1) which is suspended freely in a loop between two paraxial, radially spaced drums (2,3) and is movable back and forth between the drums (2,3) by drive motors (6,7). The band (1) ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4764081 | Boat lift A boat lift includes a pair of straps or ropes which are secured at one end at intermediate elevations along a pair of horizontally spaced upright standards. The straps extend downwardly beneath a boat and then upwardly where they are secured about pulley... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4697689 | Article manipulation system A system for manipulating articles, such as irregular mailpieces in the U.S. Postal Service mail processing system, receives an agglomeration of parcels into a first subsystem where the parcels are separated and are passed to a second subsystem where each... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4395848 | Billet reverser Chains are passed with a sagging round first sprockets incapable of movement and second and third sprockets capable of movement corresponding to the movement of the opposite free ends of a bellcrank rotatable in a vertical plane. The chains are moved to c... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4354799 | Connector for wire rope A cable suspension system for a rotary drum is disclosed which includes cable tension adjustment features providing dynamic load equalization, traction control and variable load distribution. The system includes an endless cable and at least one set of ax... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4290731 | Apparatus for picking up overturned vehicles An apparatus for righting or picking up overturned vehicles is provided. In the illustrated embodiment, the apparatus is a truck-mounted turntable able to rotate in either direction supporting a first pair of parallel frame members which are moved through... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4229138 | Cable tension roller A cable suspension system for a rotary drum is disclosed which includes cable tension adjustment features providing dynamic load equalization, traction control and variable load distribution. The system includes an endless cable and at least one set of ax... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4114765 | Apparatus for rotating heavy objects Apparatus for rotating a heavy object about its longitudinal axis consisting of an I-beam having a number of openings along its length and a pair of units for revolving endless cords for supporting the heavy object. The units are attached to the I-beam by... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4103883 | Adjustable supporting structure An adjustable supporting structure for use as a universal engine repair stand, or for other purposes, including two X-shaped end frames each comprising frame members having upper and lower ends and each having means pivotally interconnecting the frame mem... | 08/01/1978 |
