Did You Know...
...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 |
| 8069899 | Vertically attached golf cart canopy A vertically attachable golf cart canopy having a folding canopy which allows other accessories, such as coolers and sand bottles, to be mounted underneath. The golf cart canopy has three components: a securing frame (1), canopy support bars (2) and ( | 12/06/2011 |
| 7740044 | Awning assembly including drop-down shade The primary roller of an awning assembly has an internal cavity, an opening between the internal cavity and the exterior of the primary roller and a first arresting element. A first awning material is adapted to be unwound from the primary roller when the primary ro... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7337567 | Retractable banner stand with curvature means A retractable banner stand has a banner, a support base, a mast, a retracting mechanism, and a means for imparting a curvature in the horizontal plane on the banner. Typically a cross member will be provided for supporting the banner in an extended upright position ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7210492 | Retractable rain cover for a golf cart A retractable rain cover is attachable to a golf cart has a rigid frame extending aft from the rear roofline of a golf cart and over a golf bag carried at the rear of the cart. A flexible canopy is movable along the frame from a stowed position to a deployed positio... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7163044 | Shade for shaped windows A roller shade assembly includes a drape bar extending adjacent a rotatably supported roller tube to suspend a portion of a flexible shade fabric windingly received by the roller tube. The drape bar includes a fabric-receiving portion that is shaped along at least a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7100662 | Golf cart club bag protection device A golf cart club bag protection device having a folding canopy which allows other accessories, such as coolers and sand bottles, to be mounted underneath. The device has four components: a securing frame (1), an attachment bar (22), canopy support bars... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6820673 | Awning, especially articulated arm awning An awning, especially an articulated arm awning, comprises an awning cloth that can be wound up in the form of a cloth roll and a front bar that is disposed at the free outer end of the awning cloth, connected to the same, said front bar incorporating at least one s... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6591556 | Self-centering pivotal canopy A canopy assembly for sheltering a drive-up ordering station of a fast food restaurant can pivot out of the way when impacted by a vehicle and return automatically to a centered position. A centering feature mounted to a column supporting a roof structure... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6267130 | Assembly awning structure A lightweight awning frame having the flexibility of being easily lengthened or shortened by the addition or removal of extension pieces, which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and mass produce, assemble and install, and package in a relatively comp... | 07/31/2001 |
| 5718253 | Recreational vehicle screen room enclosure A screen room enclosure for use with an RV having an awning rail and an awning coupled to the awning rail, the enclosure comprising a side panel having a top edge, a first cord coupled to the top edge and having a first engagement means at an end adjacent... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5509236 | Safety canopy for a doorway or portal A safety canopy for use with a doorway in a wall is provided. The canopy is rigid and puncture-resistant, and is fixed to the wall and extends from the wall above the doorway downwardly away from the wall to a fixed margin edge, which is positioned approx... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5170811 | Annexe An annexe assembly is shown which has a support assembly attachable to the side of a caravan or the like and which supports the annexe cover as well as the folded annexe frame. The cover is tapered whereby it may roll upon a spool within the support assem... | 12/15/1992 |
