...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 |
| D603836 | Pager | 11/10/2009 |
| D599323 | Electronic key locator set | 09/01/2009 |
| D598423 | Key fob | 08/18/2009 |
| 7356361 | Hand-held device A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one... | 04/08/2008 |
| D562798 | Portion of a portable hand-held messaging device | 02/26/2008 |
| D554616 | Combined pager with panic button and tracking device | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273326 | Fluid container with integral brush A fluid receptacle which includes a low profile reservoir having a first peripheral surface, a second peripheral surface substantially perpendicular to the first peripheral surface and a third peripheral surface substantially parallel to the first peripheral surface... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7227536 | Hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs A hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs is disclosed. In order to operate within the limited space available on a hand-held electronic device, the present invention optimizes the placement and shape of the keys, preferably usi... | 06/05/2007 |
| D539265 | Pill-shaped on-premises electronic pager | 03/27/2007 |
| D533162 | Sombrero-shaped pager | 12/05/2006 |
| D523416 | Pager | 06/20/2006 |
| D522999 | Universal remote pager | 06/13/2006 |
| D521491 | Boom box-shaped on-premises electronic pager with charging notch | 05/23/2006 |
| D520490 | Pill-shaped on-premises electronic pager with flattened sides | 05/09/2006 |
| D520491 | Two way pager | 05/09/2006 |
| D519983 | Boom box-shaped on-premises electronic pager | 05/02/2006 |
| D519489 | Paging device | 04/25/2006 |
| D518472 | Portable terminal | 04/04/2006 |
| D517042 | Portable terminal | 03/14/2006 |
| D515527 | Personal electronic communications device | 02/21/2006 |
| D514097 | Communications equipment | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977811 | Keyboard with mouse for a hand-held portable computer A hand-held portable computer has a mouse button that is surrounded in close proximity by directional buttons. Placing the directional buttons in close proximity around the mouse button makes on-screen navigation easier, since the same single finger need only be mov... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6919879 | Hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs A hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs is provided. The handheld device includes a keyboard, a display, and a processor. The keyboard is horizontally positioned symmetrically between a left edge and a right edge of a face of ... | 07/19/2005 |
| D507558 | Pager | 07/19/2005 |
| D507257 | Pager | 07/12/2005 |
| D506743 | Data transmitting pager | 06/28/2005 |
| D506209 | Mobile entertainment/communications device | 06/14/2005 |
| D503167 | Two way pager | 03/22/2005 |
| D501195 | Outdoor wireless product enclosure for elevated mounting | 01/25/2005 |
| D497898 | Receiver housing for displaying messages | 11/02/2004 |
| D496347 | Housing for communication devices | 09/21/2004 |
| D496023 | Compact wireless intercom | 09/14/2004 |
| D496024 | Compact wireless intercom | 09/14/2004 |
| D495682 | Compact wireless intercom | 09/07/2004 |
| D495681 | Compact wireless intercom | 09/07/2004 |
| D493444 | Portable hand-held messaging device | 07/27/2004 |
| D493159 | Portable hand-held messaging device | 07/20/2004 |
| D493160 | Portable hand-held messaging device | 07/20/2004 |
| D492940 | Portable hand-held messaging device | 07/13/2004 |
| D492663 | Portable hand-held messaging device | 07/06/2004 |