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 |
| 7040504 | System and apparatus for the dispensing of drugs A system and apparatus are described in which modular receptacles are filled and transported to automated dispensing machines for later retrieval and distribution. A system of the present invention includes the loading, refilling, and replacement of the modular rece... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6431399 | Pharmaceutical dosing dispenser A pill dispenser allows for alternating removal of two or more solid forms of pharmaceutical medications, such as tablets, film tablets, coated tablets, or capsules. The pill dispenser has a housing, a baseplate, at least two storage containers for receiv... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6338007 | System and apparatus for the storage and dispensing of items A system and apparatus are described in which modular receptacles are filled and transported to automated dispensing machines for later retrieval and distribution. A system of the present invention includes the loading, refilling, and replacement of the m... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6056150 | Apparatus for dispensing tickets, cards and the like from a stack An apparatus for dispensing articles such as tickets and cards includes a cabinet. A plurality of article dispensing assemblies are disposed inside the cabinet. Each article dispensing assembly includes a base and a frame for enclosing the articles to be ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5927488 | Cigarette paper dispenser A rolling paper dispenser includes a cover defining an inner periphery, an inlet, and an outlet. The inlet is sized to receive the booklet of rolling paper. The outlet is configured to dispense individual rolling papers from the booklet of rolling paper. ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5883806 | Secure medication storage and retrieval system A container for pharmaceutical items, comprising a tray having at least one compartment adapted to retrievably contain at least one pharmaceutical item, each said compartment having associated therewith a lid movable between a closed position restricting ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5562328 | Toy novelty dispenser vehicle A novelty dispenser for solid objects, such as condoms. The novel features are specifically based on a spring loaded movement of a dispensing element, which element moves an object such as a packaged condom from inside a compartment out through an opening... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5377864 | Drug dispensing apparatus The present invention provides for a drug dispensing device which is portable, provides a high level of security, is flexible in accommodating a number of user selected drugs, is easily stockable, and reduces labor and time requirement for drug dispensing... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5344046 | Universal pull-out drawer for vending machine A control panel drawer for a consumer-operated vending machine of a type having a cabinet defining an internal volume in which vendable products are held for selectable vending, a front display at which vendable products are designated with price and sele... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5044518 | Seeding device A seed container has a plurality of partition plates for dividing the conner into a plurality of spaces and a brush provided in each space in parallel with the partition plate. A cell plate having a plurality of cells is provided in a bottom of the seed ... | 09/03/1991 |
