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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 |
| 7216376 | Hygiene station for individuals The present invention comprises a disposable hygiene device with a toilet seat with a top and bottom surfaces, where the toilet seat folds for storage before or after use. A receptacle is attached to the bottom surface of the toilet seat. After use, an adhesive on t... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7197782 | Nursing aid device and methods of use An improved nursing aid device and methods of using the device provide support over a person's lower abdominal area while also providing support for the person's arm while nursing in a chair or in a bed. The shape of the nursing aid device acts like a substitute “... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7093310 | Beddress A beddress. Under one embodiment, a beddress includes an upper fabric portion sized and shaped to cover an upper surface of a top mattress structure and a lower fabric portion sized and shaped to cover at least three side surfaces of a bottom mattress structure. The... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7024382 | System and method for managing retail and wholesale operations A unified ordering, warehousing, accounting, inventory, sales, delivery and communications system and method. Although the system and method pertain to the furniture operations and sales, the system and method can also be used by different entities in other retail a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6961967 | Personal lift aid A personal lift aid for lifting and lowering ambulatory patients and other individuals by unassisted and assisted means. The invention device comprises of a stanchion assembly having a palm grip to an upper end thereof; three adjustable hand grips located below said... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6581221 | Support structure for a bed or the like A support is provided for a bed or the like which provides one hundred percent unobstructed floor space therebelow. The support may be used for supporting a pair of vertically spaced beds or a bed having a desk or sofa positioned therebelow. The support c... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6560792 | Support structure for a bed or the like A support is provided for a bed or the like which provides one hundred percent unobstructed floor space therebelow. The support may be used for supporting a pair of vertically spaced beds or a bed having a desk or sofa positioned therebelow. The support c... | 05/13/2003 |
| 5878449 | Earthquake-protection bed An earthquake protection structure for an occupant of a piece of furniture has support members (12, 14) each having a base portion 20 movable on support surface (11), and opening (24) at least partly covered by protective flap (40). Suspensions 26 is prov... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5499407 | Space-saving bedding system display device A display device for illustrating the internal construction of a conventional bedding system displayed on the sales floor of a store is adapted to be superposed on a corner of the displayed bedding system. The novel display device comprises three generall... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5148706 | Apparatus for selecting mattress Disclosed is an apparatus for selecting a mattress. The amounts of elastic deformation in a plurality of points of a measuring mattress having a predetermined hardness are electrically detected by pressure sensors. Based on the electric signals generated ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5111543 | Bed with foldable earthquake protective cover A foldable earthquake protective bed comprises a support frame (10) and two moveable members (20 and 22) pivotally attached to the support frame (10) and capable of being pivoted between a folded position in which the moveable members are arranged as conv... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5085447 | Folding furniture structure The folding furniture structure, which is capable of having a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, comprises a tray (2, 3) supported by a pair of opposite underframes (14) each having an upper end and a lower end, the tray being divided int... | 02/04/1992 |
| 4951181 | Light diffusing glass block furniture An article of transportable furniture is provided including a generally planar platform portion and a base portion for supporting the platform portion. The base portion includes a plurality of interengaged glass blocks and a frame for enclosing the glass ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4882566 | Safety control system for a hospital bed A safety control system for an electrically operated hospital bed utilizes a wireless disconnect signal from an above mounted safety light to an outlet below which supplies electrical power to the bed, thereby to interrupt power to the outlet upon the det... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4853989 | Device for folding or retracting a bed, or its analogue into a false ceiling The invention concerns a device to unfold and retract a bed, a sofa or something similar into a structure in a false ceiling. The object of the invention is a device that unfolds and retracts a bed, or the like designed to be integrated in a system of sus... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4662010 | Floater waterbed A waterproof vinyl body bag or sleeve open to the air at both ends which is inserted inside a main vinyl waterbed having two apertures, of the same dimensions as the open ends of the body bag, on its top surface. The bag or sleeve is sealed at the edges o... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4015015 | Chemical fire alarm A system for warning people of a fire hazard comprising a flammable substrate having bound thereto a non-vaporous organic compound of molecular weight below 400, which forms a respiratory irritant upon being vaporized. The organic compound remains bound t... | 03/29/1977 |
