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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 |
| 7410688 | Lightweight panel A composite board comprising a core and a paper facer sheet adhesively laminated to one face of the core, the core including a mixture of perlite, binder, and cellulose fiber, the core being formed as a water slurry with said perlite, binder and cellulose fiber bein... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7364015 | Acoustical panel comprising interlocking matrix of set gypsum and method for making same An acoustical panel comprising a continuous phase of an interlocking set gypsum matrix and a method of preparing an acoustical panel are disclosed. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7297396 | Gypsum boards having glass fiber reinforcement with tacky compliant interface therebetween A bond is created during gypsum board cure between a gypsum matrix and a tacky coating applied onto a glass fiber. The tacky coating is comprised of a polymer composed of methacrylic acid and dimethyldiallyammonium chloride. The polymer is dissolved in an acidic aqu... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7250216 | Lighter-weight reinforced decorative composite material A reinforced composite material includes a decorative layer, and a strengthening panel, preferably directly fused to each other. The decorative layer is preferably made of one to three layers of (preferably printed) paper impregnated with a resin such as polyester o... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7063940 | Curl resistant media A curl-resistant planar media comprises a plurality of fibers embedded in the media and configured such that the media has a stiffness in a first direction that exceeds the stiffness in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6951598 | Hydrophobically modified cationic acrylate copolymer/polysiloxane blends and use in tissue The present invention is a soft tissue sheet. The tissue sheet comprises papermaking fibers and a polysiloxane composition. The polysiloxane composition comprises a polysiloxane and a compatible synthetic resin binder having a glass transition temperature of about 1... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6846528 | Translucent decorative board A translucent decorative board for use, e.g., as a window pane, light shade, partition or door pane is disclosed. The decorative board is comprised of a translucent substrate board and translucent cover sheets bonded to the surfaces of the substrate board. The subst... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6740607 | Substrate with stretch and heat sealing properties to make a multidirectional restraint module design The invention is directed to coating a plurality of polyurethane films onto a stretchable knit fabric substrate and heat sealing such substrates together to yield an air curtain or air bag having improved air-holding properties. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6737155 | Paper overlaid wood board and method of making the same A paper overlaid wood product having a relatively low density. The board includes a core comprised of oriented strand board. A resin impregnated kraft paper overlay is adhesively secured to the top surface of the oriented strand board core. The paper overlaid wood b... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6673422 | Decorative grass having an appearance simulating the appearance of cloth Decorative grasses having an appearance and/or texture simulating the appearance and/or texture of cloth are disclosed, as are methods for making such decorative grasses from materials wherein at least one surface of the material is modified to simulate t... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6543065 | Toilet bowl cover A toilet bowl cover including a main body made of wooden material. The main body is enclosed by a cover layer. The cover layer is made of fabric or paper material with natural fibers. The cover layer is further enclosed by an outer layer. The cover layer ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6461743 | Smooth-sided integral composite engineered panels and methods for producing same A method is provided for forming a durable, smooth-sided, multi-layer integral, composite engineered panel. The method typically is directed to first forming a mat comprising a plurality of layers of lignocellulosic strands or wafers. The plurality of lay... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6444286 | Retention barrier system A retention barrier system comprises a flexible laminate of a thin paper sheet and thin aluminum sheet in a rectangular configuration. The laminate has a leading edge and a parallel trailing edge and side edges between the leading and trailing edges. A pl... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6440547 | Lyocell film made from cellulose having low degree of polymerization values The present invention provides lyocell films, having a high hemicellulose content of at least 5%, a low copper number of less than 2, and including cellulose that has a low average degree of polymerization (D.P.) in the range of about 200 to 1100.... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6319312 | Strengthened, light weight wallboard and method and apparatus for making the same A novel wallboard composition is disclosed comprising a unique combination of synthetic binders selected for their ability to establish a strengthened permanent bond in the final dry state for use in a wallboard composition comprising primarily gypsum, an... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6037022 | Oxygen-scavenging filled polymer blend for food packaging applications The specification discloses a polymer blend especially well-suited for coating paperboard substrates used in food packaging, particularly acidic or acid-generating foods such as fruit and vegetable juices. The blend contains an acid-activatable oxygen sca... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5922447 | Lightweight gypsum board A lightweight gypsum board is provided, including, by dry weight, gypsum as the largest single ingredient, perlite as the second largest single ingredient, and starch as a minor ingredient, in the board. The starch may be pre-cooked prior to mixing, and i... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5068139 | Composite paper reinforced thermoplastic article A multilayered structural article having improved resistance to delamination and having a reduced coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CLTE) relative to that of the thermoplastic resin(s) employed in its preparation comprises a core layer of a highly ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4503116 | Dental adhesive device and method of producing same A new dental adhesive device to hold and cushion prosthetic devices in the human mouth is made as a laminate of webs which are bonded together by thermoplastic ethylene oxide polymer. The dental adhesive exemplified is produced by continuously applying th... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4321297 | Sheet packaging material A padded packaging sheet for guarding against rust and corrosion, incorporates a coating of volatile corrosion inhibitor (VCI) on a pliable layer of a sealed cell micro-porous foam. The VCI can be incorporated in a cohesive non-adhesive coating on the mic... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4296169 | Wallboard having improved drying rate due to plural contacting fiber networks A board comprising: two sheets of paper spaced apart and bonded to a core of inorganic cementitious material, said core having a network of glass monofilaments jack-strawed into a three-dimensional water transmitting network extending between its surfaces... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4292366 | Machine degradable reinforced paper barrier material A machine degradable reinforced paper barrier material embodies at least two laminar sheets of paper in face-to-face relationship with a plurality of reinforcing strands of repulpable paper therebetween. The sheets are secured to each other and to the rei... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4204016 | Reinforced paper products Wire reinforced paper products wherein wires are affixed to a paper layer or included within a paper structure with at least one paper layer conforming to the contour of the wires to supplement the rigidity produced by the wires and a corrugated paper str... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4012281 | Wet laid laminate and method of manufacturing the same An improved wet laid laminate comprising a first layer consisting of very short fibrous material and a binder and a second layer consisting of a combination of very short fibrous material and rayon or synthetic fibrous material substantially free of binde... | 03/15/1977 |
