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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 |
| 8176751 | Loopable and wearable dining utensil A loopable and wearable dining utensil comprises a rigid function portion for engaging food, a holder for holding the dining utensil, and a flexible connector for connecting the rigid function portion and the holder. One end of the rigid function portion also serves... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7339755 | Ring device with optical focusing mechanism A ring device is adapted for wearing on at least one finger of a user. The ring device includes a wearable main body portion and an optical member that is moveably affixed thereto. The optical member can be positioned in at least two positions: a viewing position, a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311609 | Miniature spooling apparatus A miniature electrically powered thread reel and precision spooling mechanism fully and discretely hidden inside the cap of a working ink pen. Primarily intended for use by magicians during routines that require a super-thin thread be used for secretly controlling t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7136052 | Bi-stable stylus for use as an input aid Embodiments of the present invention include a stylus for use with a touch screen having a digitizer, the stylus being configured to fit comfortably in the hand of the user and comprises: an elastic segment; an operating end tapered to a point coupled to the elastic... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108439 | Flexible barrel writing instrument A writing instrument having a retractable ball point pen with a metallic coil or spring barrel which permits the instrument to bend, a cushion or textured grip, inner and upper sleeves to provide a housing for the ends of the ink refill cartridge, a click mechanism ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6536112 | Process for making jewelry incorporating a microchip The present invention relates to a process for making a decorative device to be incorporated in jewelry or other objects that will likely be worn or carried by a person. The invention generally comprises the steps of removing a computer chip from a person... | 03/25/2003 |
| 5968309 | Method for transforming a thermoplastic novelty toothbrush into a costume jewelry piece or toy A method to transform a thermoplastic novelty toothbrush into a costume jewelry piece, such as a bracelet, or a toy after it is no longer employed in service as a toothbrush. The thermoplastic material allows a user to easily remove the bristles and form ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5584195 | Wrist writing instrument A wrist writing instrument which can be conveniently carried on a wrist like a bracelet and writes as a regular pen, comprises two major parts: First, a partially reinforced flexible barrel or a partially sectionalized barrel (34), with a plurality of rig... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5562732 | Hair graft support tray A tissue graft holder comprises a tray having a plurality of receptors for supporting tissue grafts and a tray support comprising a ring for attachment to a finger of a user. The tray has a plurality of drainage holes extending from its upper surface. The... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5477433 | Illuminated necklace An illuminated necklace is disclosed that includes a metallic chain separated into two chain portions. One end of each portion is connected to a pendant that includes an illuminated element, such as a lamp or LED. The other end of each portion is connecte... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5398524 | Personal protection ring A ring has secured on an upper portion thereof an elongated tubular member. A pin is slidably mounted within the tubular member so as to be selectively shifted between a retracted position wherein the pin is located entirely within the tubular member and ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5383343 | Heart tool pendant A decorative tool pendant includes a frame having opposite faces and a perimeter surface, first and second intersecting passages extending through the frame, the first passage extending between spaced locations of the perimeter surface; a tool having an e... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5323300 | Jewelry lighting device A lighting device mounted within a jewelry setting which is directed at a facet of a gemstone to increase the brilliance and brightness of the gemstone. The lighting means is a low dispersion, focused beam of light which is directed at a facet of a gemsto... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5305934 | Tool and eyeglass holder A device for hanging a pair of eyeglasses about a neck of a user which includes an elongated flexible member for being positioned about the neck of the user. The elongated member has first and second terminal ends. A container having a generally hollow. i... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5299434 | Safe-sex brooch with prophylactic holder A safe-sex device comprising an ornamental brooch that includes an emblem suggesting a message to a viewer that the wearer of the brooch carries a prophylactic against venereal infection, the emblem being positioned either inside or outside the clothing w... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5275019 | Functional ring A functional ring having the particular characteristic of comprising, in various forms of decorative elements indicative of cardinal orientation or temperature, as well as differently formed lens elements in order to confer a true and proper utility to an... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5249437 | Device for holding paper currency, credit cards and the like A device for holding articles includes a base member, a spring member extending outwardly and away from the base member, and a clamping member pivotally connected to the spring member for engaging and disengaging articles, the clamping member having an op... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5078484 | Lapel pin eyeglass and pillbox organization Apparatus for securement to a lapel of clothing to camouflage and provide selective support for eyeglass structure thereon as well as masking containment of a container for pills and the like within the organization.... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4779778 | Music article jewelry system An apparatus for removably yet stably retaining and attractively suspending an article used for playing a musical instrument is disclosed. The apparatus, which can double as a jewelry system, includes a spring-loaded clip having two opposing arms, one of ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4643674 | Holding arrangement for dental hand instruments In a manually operated instrument such as a root-canaling instrument, a security cord (10) is attached at one end to the handle (1) of the instrument by means of a mounting shell (5), which can be snapped onto and seated against the handle from the shaft ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4416074 | Ring viewer A finger ring is provided with an endless strip of film held in a track formed within the ring. The ring includes a lens for viewing the film, a light transmitting system to apply light to the film and a film advance mechanism for moving the film a predet... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4301664 | Key bracelet A claspless bracelet constructed of a malleable band with a key blank attached to at least one end of the band. Preferably the key blank or blanks are formed integral with or permanently affixed to the bracelet band. The bracelet is particularly directed ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4174620 | Jewelry with adhesive insert for lifting objects A small adhesive plastic insert and/or a magnetic insert, mounted in an arm bracelet, a finger ring, a wrist watch or other arm ornament and shaped to conform to the appearance of the bracelet, ring, watch or ornament, permits the wearer of the bracelet, ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4106677 | Wrist wearable electronic device with an engagedly stored selected tool Wrist wearable straps and a case are disclosed, each having an interior cavity for engagedly storing a special tool. One wrist device strap is made of a selected material and defines a pocket for holding the special tool. A second wrist device strap inclu... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4105885 | Hand operated instruments having non-magnetic safety switch Operator controlled devices in the form of hand operated instruments in which a ring worn by an operator is configured to be insertable into a recess in a hand holdable portion of the instrument. The recess includes a fixed contact configuration that is e... | 08/08/1978 |
| 3995447 | Ornamental defensive ring An ornamental and defensive finger ring formed of a plurality of ring sections each having a central circular aperture to encircle the finger of a wearer, and held in stacked sequential, contacting relation with respect to a common central axis of the sec... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3956795 | Brooch serving as a glasses hanger A brooch comprising a main body including an ornamental front surface, and a frame slidably mounted on a rear surface of the main body. By slidably moving the frame downwardly of the main body, it is possible to hang one of the bows of glasses on the fram... | 05/18/1976 |
