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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 |
| 7350965 | Industrial mixer stand A Stand for Industrial Mixers is disclosed. The stand includes a tiltable cradle for securely holding a mixer while a worker conducts maintenance on it. The stand further has an integrated seat to accommodate the worker. Furthermore, the stand provides a convenient ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7235908 | Motor actuator having motor holding arrangement A motor includes a motor housing and a rotor that is rotatably received in the motor housing. Holding portions hold the motor in a manner that limits turning of the motor housing around a rotational axis of the motor while permitting movement of the motor housing in... | 06/26/2007 |
| 5157823 | Apparatus for supporting a machine tool on a robot arm An apparatus for supporting a machining tool on a robot arm is disclosed having first and second support members with the second support member attached to the first support member by torsion bar elements so as to be movable with respect to the first memb... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4821993 | Retaining bracket for detachable pump A retaining bracket for detachably connecting a pump to the power take off shaft of a tractor. The bracket provides a torque restraint which is non-rigid and centrally positioned in substantial alignment with the longitudinal axis of the pump shaft so tha... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4794847 | Rotary actuator A rotary actuator for a damper shaft controls the angular position of the damper shaft in accordance with variations in fluid pressure inside of the actuator. The actuator includes a housing, a flexible diaphragm within the housing separating it into a fl... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4787309 | Movably supported screw press A screw press, and more particularly a pressurized screw press with a driving end, is pivotally mounted at its driving end and rests in a cradle at the other end. A pivotal bearing provided at the driving end of the screw press has a clearance for vertica... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4576357 | Leveling element A leveling element comprising a post, a support plate containing an opening defining a seat for receiving an end of the post, bearing means at said end of the post structured to be received in said opening in engagement with the seat for angular movement ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4515538 | Ceiling fan An electric ceiling fan of minimum practical axial depth for conserving needed head room includes a wheel-like frame; a fan motor nested therein; a fan blades assembly nested around and driven by such motor; a shallow support adapted to be attached direct... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4390309 | Cradle pipe adaptor for magnetic drill A cradle type adaptor for a magnet base drill which includes a box having a width slightly smaller than the width of the magnet base of the drill so that it can be assembled to the magnetic base by a clamping action. The box includes a pair of longitudina... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4347013 | Mounting depth-finders, or fish finders A swivel mounting device comprising a male member having an attachment portion, and a stem portion having a plurality of longitudinal first grooves therein and a second circumferentially extending groove therein; and a female member having a recess therei... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4247067 | Camera mount A camera mount for supporting a camera in balance so that it may be panned, tilted and rolled by an operator to face a target includes a pedestal operable for selective positioning behind the operator along an arcuate path having an axis of revolution lyi... | 01/27/1981 |
