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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 |
| 7090772 | Filter bag assembly A filter bag assembly includes an outer bag having an open end, a closed end opposite the open end, and a longitudinal axis. The open end of the outer bag is sized and shaped for receiving liquid to be filtered. A filter member is loosely mounted in the outer bag an... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6047823 | Method of maintaining an article of clothing in a folded condition and plastic fastener well-suited for use in said method Method of maintaining an article of clothing, such as a dress shirt, in a folded condition and a plastic fastener well-suited for use in the method. According to one embodiment, the plastic fastener is a unitary structure made of polypropylene and compris... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6003209 | Filamentary fastener and method of making same using insert molding Filamentary fastener and method of making the same. According to one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of (a) providing a length of stretched flexible filamentary material, (b) insert molding a cross-bar onto the length of stretched flexible fila... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5860196 | Grommet stress reducer A device for reducing stress on a grommet of a flexible covering including a stress distributing member with a recess formed in the outer surface thereof and a connecting loop mounted on the member at the recess and extending outwardly therefrom. The stre... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5671507 | Fastener for attaching a button or the like to a garment or piece of fabric A fastener for attaching a button or the like to a garment or piece of fabric is provided, the button having an outer surface and two or more holes. The fastener comprises a U-shaped filament, a first foot at one end of the filament, and a second foot at ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5526866 | Tonneau cover fastening system A tonneau cover for covering an opening in a structure, the opening having a periphery, the structure having a front shelf, side rails, and an end gate, and the cover including a fastening system for securing a frame to a flexible fabric web, the improvem... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5383260 | Fastener clip including one or more fasteners adapted for attaching buttons to a garment or like material A fastener clip having a plurality of fasteners for use in attaching a button to a garment or a piece of fabric. In a preferred embodiment, the fastener clip comprises a plurality of fasteners, each fastener being a flexible U-shaped filament having a foo... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5143467 | Fastening system This invention provides a fastening system comprised of at least two pieces to be fastened together, the pieces exhibiting planar characteristics and each piece is characterized by having at least one slotted through bore in the material comprising the pi... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4498827 | Fastening device A fastening device comprises a base portion and a key portion, the base portion having a socket opening therein with a radial shoulder. At least an axial portion of the socket opening is in the form of a regular polyhedron, preferably 12 or 16 sided. The ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4456123 | Method and apparatus for dispensing fasteners An improved system is described for attaching price tags to garments and for other joining applications using plastic fasteners dispensed through hollow, slotted needles. The system comprises a new method and tool for dispensing fasteners supplied in long... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4456161 | Method and apparatus for dispensing fasteners An improved system is described for attaching price tags to garments and for other joining applications using plastic fasteners dispensed through hollow, slotted needles. The system comprises a new method and tool for dispensing fasteners supplied in long... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4347932 | Tag pin The present invention involves a tag pin group comprised of single unit tag pins each of which has a transverse bar portion, a filament portion extending perpendicular to the transverse bar portion and a connecting portion to connect the transverse bar po... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4229930 | Flexible link fastener A horse blanket incorporating a flexible link fastener for securing a blanket after it is put on a horse. The blanket has a pair of flanges having eyelets which come together across the chest of the horse in front of the forelegs. The flexible link fasten... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4150909 | Breakwater system A floating breakwater made up of an array of interlocking annular buoyant members of noncorrosive material and including a method of splicing scrap vehicle tires using only tire material or other nondeteriorating material to construct said array of interl... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4144621 | Adjustable resilient eyelet clamp for shoes A resilient securing, fastening or gripping means for the eyelets of shoes for men, women and children replacing the ordinary shoe laces and which is adjustable to fit any shoe.... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4065833 | Removable toggle link A removable link formed of two identical hook members each having integral base, shank and bight portions and being pivotally pinned in reverse confronting engagement at the junctures of the shank and base portions. In a closed position, the bases thus ex... | 01/03/1978 |
