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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 |
| 8186306 | Livestock confinement pen The invention provides an indoor livestock confinement system that includes a plurality of hollow plastic panels. Each panel includes a plurality of spaced tabs at its ends. A first end of each panel includes a first set of tabs, and a second end of each panel inclu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7389746 | Vehicle-mounted animal catching and transporting apparatus A calf catching apparatus that attaches to an ATV or similar vehicle and operates along the side of the vehicle. The calf catching apparatus has a pair of doors or gates that open to the front and are operated from ATV. The operator drives along side the cow/calf pa... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7343876 | Collapsible corner animal cage A collapsible corner animal cage is provided. The collapsible cage comprises a first set of side walls fastened together to define the rear corner of the cage; a second set of side walls fastened to the first set of side walls to define the side corners of the cage;... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7293530 | Lightweight, portable and expandable small animal enclosure This invention comprises a series of lightweight, easily transportable identical frame pieces attached together to form an expandable pet enclosure that can be assembled into a multiplicity of configurations, optionally with a floor or a roof that comprises the same... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7216605 | Animal management system An animal management system provides an alley to control the handling of animals when procedures are to be performed on the animals by veterinarians or cattle producers. The alley is formed by a base frame, and included therewith are a headgate and preferably two we... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7178482 | Pet enclosing system A pet enclosing system includes a door that is positioned in a wall. The door has a pet door positioned therein. Each of a plurality of panels has a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The plurality of panels includes a first panel, a second panel and a th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174853 | Portable alley way with collapsible crowding tub for cattle The present invention includes a portable alley way having openings at one end. A collapsible crowding tub is connected to the alley way and includes an opening communicating with the opening of the alley way. The collapsible crowding tub includes a plurality of cur... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7121529 | Fence panel including a connector system for interconnecting multiple panels A fence panel that includes a self-contained connector system which can be used to interconnect, in assembling an animal enclosure, up to four of the panels quickly and easily without the need for additional posts, connectors, or other apparatus. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111584 | Kennel A kennel includes a plurality of side panels that are connected or coupled together with a gate panel to form an enclosure. The gate panel has a pair of ends that are configured for connecting to the side panels and allow access into and out of the enclosure via a d... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100243 | Gate hinge with locking pin This is a device, which will allow a gate to be closed or open or set in a position to provide a means of ingress and egress to a particular facility. This would include warehouses, maintenance yards, farms and any sort of delivery facilities and other industrial si... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6691644 | Support frame and pen accessory for animal shelter A pen is provided for the exterior of an animal shelter house or calf hutch, and is mounted onto an adjustable universal frame that fits on the exterior of the animal shelter house and is secured to the house. The frame is adjustable in width using cross ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6571517 | Animal guard An animal guard with a multitude of rotatable elements that can be securely mounted on a generally vertical or horizontal structure is disclosed. The rotatable elements may be of varying shapes and are designed to provide an unsteady footing for animals a... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6553940 | Dog kennel An animal or dog kennel kit comprising a plurality of panels that can be connected or coupled together to form an enclosure. The plurality of panels includes at least one relatively small panel and one relatively large panel. The relatively small panel ca... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6467433 | Vehicle-mounted animal enclosure A plurality of interconnected panels are pivotally mounted to a vehicle for use in forming a portable animal enclosure. The weight of the panels is substantially supported by the vehicle while being pivoted into a deployed position, making it easy for tho... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6067940 | Portable corral A portable corral which is folded into a retracted position behind a towing vehicle for transport from one location to another, and is folded to an expanded, usable configuration for movement along side the path of travel of the towing vehicle to trap cat... | 05/30/2000 |
| 4836143 | Portable livestock handling panel A portable livestock handling panel comprising plurality of horizontally extending side members having vertically disposed end members secured to the opposite ends thereof. A pair of connector elements are secured to each of the members and are adapted to... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4208037 | Playpen A foldable playpen formed by rigid panels, each panel comprising two horizontal bars connected by vertical bars. Adjacent panels are joined to each other by flexible deformable elements which are attached to the ends of the horizontal bars. The panels are... | 06/17/1980 |
| 3970045 | Portable animal pen and gate structure A portable knockdown animal pen structure includes three like dimensioned fence or barrier sections that are interlockably connectible to each other to form a free standing three sided enclosure arrangeable intermediate a corral or barn where cattle are c... | 07/20/1976 |
