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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 |
| 8109461 | Film transfer device with slidable protection cap A film transfer device with a slidable protection cap includes a case including a compartment, a receiving section connected with the compartment, and an opening section in proximity to the receiving section. A reel mechanism is disposed in the compartment. An appli... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8020802 | Dispenser for flexible cutting line A dispenser for cutting line or string is provided. The dispenser for flexible cutting line includes a generally rectangular housing configured to accept a spool of cutting line, the housing being formed from two mateable side portions configured to snap together, w... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7938357 | Dispenser for elongate material A device is provided for dispensing a length of elongate material wound on the barrel of a spool. A support is provided for the spool including first and second end plates. The end plates are positioned in a spaced relationship. A support hub extends from each plate... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7866594 | Flexible conduit dispensing device Coiled cross-linked plastic conduits such as PEX water tubing commonly used by plumping contractors may be effectively unwound and strung at a construction site using a unique conduit dispensing device of this invention. The dispensing device includes a container fo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7793883 | Transfer tool The present invention provides a transfer tool comprising a refill which has a supply reel and a winding reel around which a transfer tape is wound and which hold the transfer tool, and a support plate which rotatably supports the supply reel and the winding reel, a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7703715 | Transfer tool A transfer tool of the present invention comprises a pair of cases, and a hinge which connects the cases such that they can relatively move between a use position and an open position, wherein an outer edge of one of the first and second cases is provided outward of... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7644885 | Towel roll holder and dispenser A towel roll holder and dispenser has a housing for receiving a towel roll therewithin. The housing has a pair of sidewalls, a base connected to the sidewalls for mounting the housing on a support surface, and a pair of cover members pivotable between a closed posit... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7556216 | Polarized tape dispenser A tape dispenser having a frame and a pair of opposed, unequal diameter hub mounts for rotatably mounting an adhesive tape roll thereon. A hub is provided for supporting the roll of tape thereon and for engaging the hub mounts. The hub comprises a generally cylindri... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7546974 | Paper roll holding system A paper roll holding system includes an elongated member. A strap is attached to the elongated member and is removably extendable around a headrest of the vehicle seat. A pair of arms is attached to the elongated member. The arms are oriented parallel to each other.... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7500635 | Container for dispensing material from a roll A container for dispensing material from a roll is described. ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7441721 | Device for preventing welding wire from tangling Disclosed is a welding wire tangling-prevention device for preventing tangling of a welding wire received in a large-capacity pail pack in the form of a vertically-extending tube-shaped wound body including eccentrically-stacked continuous spiral loops, when the wel... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431526 | Pen with paper roll A pen with a paper roll is disclosed. A volute spring surrounded by the paper roll is fastened on a reel. A volute spring pushes the paper roll for keeping the outer surface of the paper roll to touch a barrel which contains the paper roll. The surface of barrel has... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431235 | Utility strap dispenser The utility strap dispenser is a container having a top plate and a bottom plate with central mounting apertures. A cylindrical wall having a dispensing slot is provided on an upper surface of the bottom plate defining a chamber for receiving a coil of strap materia... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419053 | Container for receiving printed web A container for receiving printed wallpaper from a wallpaper printing system, the wallpaper printing system including a winding area adapted to receive the container, the container comprising: a casing able to be closed to envelope the printed wallpaper; a core abou... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409978 | Dispenser with a cover A dispenser with a cover whose overall size can be kept compact and which is provided with a cover to protect the applicator tip when not in use is to be provided. The dispenser with a cover is provided with a body, an applicator tip protruding through a tip apertur... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392962 | Tape dispenser with a drawer A tape dispenser with a drawer includes a housing provided with a tape recess on an upper surface, at least a hollow space formed in a lower portion of the housing, and at least one drawer movably received in the hollow space. Two lengthwise sidewalls defining the h... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7387275 | Fishing leader dispenser A fishing leader dispenser having in combination a leader spool having leader wrapped thereon and a protective cover which resiliently fits over the leader on the leader spool. This leader spool includes a tubular hub having an enlarged central opening, a pair of sp... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370825 | Towel roll holder and dispenser and blank for forming container for the towel roll holder and dispenser A towel roll holder and dispenser has a housing for receiving a towel roll therewithin. The housing has a pair of sidewalls, a base connected to the sidewalls for mounting the housing on a support surface, and a pair of cover members pivotable in opposing directions... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367523 | Polarized tape dispenser A tape dispenser having a frame and a pair of opposed, unequal diameter hub mounts for rotatably mounting an adhesive tape roll thereon. The tape roll includes a hub about which the tape is wound and has first and second open ends with unequal diameter openings. Eac... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357167 | Transfer device A transfer device A that is used for transferring a transferring paste T on an object on which the transferring paste T is to be transferred comprises a pair of first outside panel 21 and the second outside panel 11 that hold the transferring paste T, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357137 | Device for dispensing a barrier material to a lock of hair A hand-held device (2) for applying a barrier material (4, 6) to a lock of hair to be treated with a highlighting composition (32) is disclosed. The device may comprise one or two rolls (8, 10) of a tape of barrier material (4, 6) ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347396 | Adhesive-tape roll base for an adhesive-tape holder An adhesive-tape roll base for an adhesive-tape holder includes a base fixed thereon with an adhesive-tape holder having its upper side bored with an adhesive-tape accommodating cavity for receiving an adhesive-tape roll. The adhesive-tape accommodating cavity has o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347395 | Box for transportation and dispensing items to be used in garages A box for supplying items to be used in garages includes a portion being made of cardboard, a plurality of side walls and of front walls. The items may be seat covers, steering wheel covers, floor carpets, trash bags, replacement parts bags, foils for sealing the in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334622 | Hand-held device for transferring a film onto a substrate and having an application member comprising a plurality of application edges The invention relates to a hand-held device for transferring a film of, for example, adhesive, covering, or colored material from a backing tape onto a substrate. The device has a housing in which a supply of the backing tape is arranged, and an application member p... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325683 | Welding wire container A large capacity welding wire container for storing welding wire, in which an outer shell, an inner shell, a base plate and upper and lower fixtures are mostly made of paper as well as application of steel is minimized so that the container is readily discarded afte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325583 | Coating film transfer tool In a coating film transfer tool, a tape supply core rotation limiter predetermines the amount of coating film laid down on a receiving surface, to enable erasure of small areas. The permitted rotation of the supply core can be selected from a group of different choi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322543 | Party streamer dispenser A dispenser provides a roll support with a belt attachment for mounting to a belt during use. Rolls of crepe paper streamer are engaged on the roll support. The support has a notch for securing ends of the rolls and may have a cutter for severing the streamers as th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320445 | Electrician's caddy An electrician's caddy useful for conveyance and dispensing of wire wound on wire spools. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311285 | Box and a shipping method for a cable drum The present invention provides a box and a method of shipping a cable drum enabling the cable to be unwound in full or in part while the drum is inside said box. The shipping box comprises a bottomless chest for surrounding the drum and a device for unwinding the ca... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302984 | Lock mechanism of sliding member and transfer device A lock mechanism of a sliding member being slidably movable along a body between an engaged position and a pullout position. The sliding member comprises a face, the face contacting along an outer face of the body in a direction of sliding. The lock mechanism compri... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293734 | Apparatus for storing and dispensing pliable, elongated articles An apparatus for storing and dispensing pliable, elongated articles such as electrical cords or cables. The apparatus features a reel, an axle and a bucket, with the axle being co-axial with the reel and with the bucket. The reel is mounted on the axle in the bucket... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275578 | Transfer device A transfer device for transferring a transferring material to an object comprises a refillable cartridge that holds at least the transferring material, a case that accommodates the refillable cartridge detachably, a sliding member that is mounted on the case and tha... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255298 | Magazine and image recording apparatus in which magazine is used In a magazine, when a lid is opened for loading a recording material, a discrimination pin is unlocked and shifted from a first position to a second position. When a magazine is set to a printer processor, a positioning pin presses the discrimination pin to shift to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249729 | Utility strap dispenser The utility strap dispenser is a container having a top plate and a bottom plate with central mounting apertures. A cylindrical wall having a dispensing slot is provided on an upper surface of the bottom plate defining a chamber for receiving a coil of strap materia... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7228882 | Tape dispenser with a cushioned applicator tip A transfer tape dispenser includes a case, a supply spool, a return spool, and a substantially rigid applicator tip having an application edge. The applicator tip is disposed in a path of a transfer tape that originates from the supply spool and terminates at the re... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210650 | Paper-back tape dispenser A paper back tape dispenser that includes a cylindrical outer shell with a center cavity designed to receive a standard roll of paper back tape. The outer shell includes a side opening with a forward extending lip. Formed on the distal edge of the lip is a serrated ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204287 | Transfer devices Transfer devices are disclosed. At least one transfer device includes a housing, a supply roll rotatably mounted to the housing, a take-up roll rotatably mounted to the housing, and an application head. The supply roll has a wound supply of liner wound thereon, and ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201272 | Consumer tote for wallpaper printer A consumer tote for a roll of wallpaper is disclosed. The tote has a disposable exterior with a main access flap and a pair of core access openings, one at each end. The tote has an interior in which may be located a disposable core. The core aligns with the access ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178573 | Mark transfer tool, mark transfer tape, and manufacturing method of mark transfer tape A mark transfer tool utilizing a coat film transfer technology, concerning various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape has multiple pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks adhered and held at specified interval... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168654 | Media cartridge for wallpaper printer A media cartridge is constructed as a case in which a roll of blank media may be deployed for supplying a wallpaper printer. The case has two halves, hinged together. An area between the two halves, when they are closed, defines a media supply slot. The case has int... | 01/30/2007 |
