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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 |
| 6901646 | Universal snap-fit spacer A universal snap-fit system for interconnecting multiple circuit boards in a stacked relationship is provided. The system allows circuit boards to be stacked with a minimum of assembly time. In addition, the system allows circuit boards of varying thicknesses to be ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6757944 | Side release buckle with spring A two-part buckle is provided with springing structure associated with web securing structures of the buckle parts, and with structure allowing deflection within the buckle part to at least partly absorb tensile forces applied to the buckle. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6571433 | Buckle A buckle is composed of a buckle body and an insertion body. The buckle includes an engagement and disengagement system in which the insertion body is inserted into the buckle body. An elastic member provided with elasticity, which is made of, for example... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6263548 | Buckle with reduced size A buckle of the invention is formed of a hollow female member, which is provided with an inserting hole and first engaging portions, and a male member provided with a collar portion and elastic pieces disposed at both end portions of a front surface of th... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5637021 | Control for outboard motor Embodiments of restraining grommets for use with protective cowling of marine outboard drives through which various flexible elements such as control cables and hoses extend. The restraining grommet is formed with at least two openings made up of multi-pa... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5575043 | Button for clothing A button for clothing, comprising a metallic dome associated with an equally metallic bell-shaped part, which contains a core and is associable with the fabric of the item of clothing by means of a nail. The core is provided with a disk-shaped portion wit... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5195221 | Slider with yoke for slide fastener and its joining method A novel and improved slider with a yoke for a slide fastener and a novel and improved method for attaching or joining the yoke to the slider body, which may be carried out in simple operation to be attractive in appearance and to provide firm combination ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4929487 | Bag making material having fastener profiles and alignment ribs with reinforcing and stabilizing beam effect ridge means Bag making material comprises a plastic film carrying a reclosable fastener or zipper male profile and with one or more alignment ribs in spaced parallel relation to the profile. Reinforcing ridge or ridges provide stabilizing beam effect in respect to th... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4805273 | Snap fastener for molding on to fabric and apparatus for making it A plastic molded snap fastener including a stud head having solid thin annular base flange and a top, the top and the flange being held in spaced relation by radial ribs preferably in the form of a cross piece, the top being annular but "flattened" on the... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4780037 | Fastening assemblies A fastening assembly comprises a first internally open member such as a collar, and a second internally open member such as a bifurcated plug which is slidable realative to the collar to an assembled position in which the plug is located at least partiall... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4744107 | Safety helmet and detachable accessory A safety helmet includes a helmet shell, at least one accessory, and at least one plug connection for connecting the accessory to the helmet shell being detachable with a given opening force, each plug connection including an elastic plug having a socket ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4708673 | Outboard motor cowl assembly An outboard motor comprising a propulsion unit having opposite first and second sides and including a lower unit including a rotatably mounted propeller, and a drive shaft housing including a drive shaft drivingly connected to the propeller, and a power h... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4638723 | Reduced pressure control device for moving a movable member between three positions A housing (10, 12, 14) has first and second flexible membranes (32, 42) dividing it into two sealed chambers plus a third chamber from which the movable member (38) projects. Each membrane co-operates with a respective cup (40, 50) and return springs (54,... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4625370 | Hook-and-eye assembly A hook-and-eye assembly includes an eye attached by a first fastener to a first fabric (FA), and a hook attached by a second fastener to a second fabric (FB). The eye has a base plate having a pair of arms projecting laterally from one surface of the base... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4570303 | Retaining clip A clip for releasable attachment to a stud having a screw thread or annular ribs comprises a mount, which is elliptical in cross-section and has transverse flanges on its long sides to engage the thread or ribs of the stud. Squeezing the mount by applying... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4562624 | Snap fastener for use on garments A snap fastener for use on garment pieces comprises a male member attached by a first rivet to one of the garment pieces and a female member attached by a second rivet to the other garment piece. The male member includes a first cylindrical wall having an... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4539735 | Snap-fit button assembly A snap-fit buttom assembly comprises a female and a male member both molded and adapted to be coupled together with a snap-fit and a pair of tack members adapted to be joined with the female and male members for attachment thereof to a pair of fabric piec... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4502193 | Stand-off fastener A fastener for locking two objects in a predetermined relationship. The fastener has a fastener body including a spacer which defines a predetermined distance between the two objects. A first locking element is on one side of the spacer and a second locki... | 03/05/1985 |
