Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7766348 | Combination mobile display and shipping device A combination mobile display and shipping device that allows product to be loaded onto the mobile display such that the display can be shipped in a loaded condition. The mobile display includes a product display and a support platform having a plurality of wheels mo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7322582 | Enhanced shopping cart with lowered center of gravity and frame therefor A new shopping cart includes a wheeled base having forward and rear portions, a pedestal formed on the base for supporting a container or basket thereon, where the pedestal is secured to the base at a location between the forward and rearward ends of the base, and t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7281719 | Shopping cart bumper A shopping cart has a wire basket, which comprises generally horizontal and generally vertical wires defining two side walls, defining a front wall, and defining multiple apertures in each of the side and front walls, and in which the front wall meets each of the si... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275758 | Shopping cart A shopping cart with a frame basket member, with a floor and a contiguous wall extending vertically from the floor. There are a pair of substantially U-shaped carrying handles with ends that are pivotally attached to the upper frame member. The handles pivot between... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270338 | Insulating compartment for grocery cart An insulating compartment is combined with a type grocery cart characterized by an open basket having forwardly-tapering sidewalls and bottom wall which terminate in a common front wall, as well as having a top-hung rear flap-panel that swings up when the nose of a ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246814 | Multi-level hand cart A multi-level personal utility cart includes a frame including a vertical rear panel and a handle including latching structure on side portions of the handle, each latching structure being structurally engaged with a portion of the rear panel, a lower basket assembl... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243929 | Utility cart The utility cart has a first pair of corner posts, a second pair of corners posts, a shelf, a front support bar, a pair of parallel side support bars, and a back support bar, which is particularly suited for supporting a drawstring garment bag for receiving garments... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237689 | Molded plastic waste container with integral side channels for receiving lifting prongs and method A plastic waste container is rotationally molded with a hollow material carrying or holding compartment having a bottom, rear, front and opposed side walls. A plastic pocket defining a prong receiving channel, located on each side wall, is integrally formed with the... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229085 | Ball storage cart A moveable ball cart having a lower receptacle and an upper receptacle vertically stacked and spaced, with the top of each being open. Each of the receptacles is accessible through its top and through a vertically hinged door in a sidewall that pivots horizontally. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7188847 | Collapsible cart A collapsible cart for transporting multiple items includes a horizontal platform with wheels for maneuvering and a rack mounted thereto in an upwardly extending configuration. At least one basket supporting assembly for alternately stowing and deploying at least on... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182349 | Shopping cart with lowered center of gravity and frame therefor A shopping cart having a lowered center of gravity and including a wheeled base having forward and rear portions, a pedestal formed on the base between the forward and rearward portions for supporting a container or basket thereon, so that the rear of the container ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168715 | Collapsible cart A collapsible cart for transporting multiple items having a horizontal platform with wheels for maneuvering, and a plurality of detachable baskets mounted on basket supporting assemblies. The basket supporting assemblies are pivotally mounted so as to be capable of ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121562 | Shopping cart bumper A shopping cart has a wire basket, which comprises generally horizontal and generally vertical wires defining two side walls, defining a front wall, and defining multiple apertures in each of the side and front walls, and in which the front wall meets each of the si... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090230 | Shopping cart chassis A shopping cart chassis is provided with at least one tubular frame member. At least a first part of the length of the frame member has a wall with a hollow cylindrical configuration defining an annular transverse cross-section. At least a second part of the length ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080844 | Transportable shopping cart A transportable cart having a basket with a lift mechanism that raises the unit to the cargo floor height of the vehicle, and also used to lower the basket to a comfortable working height for the user while shopping. A slide mechanism includes a frame member, a set ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6918733 | Hold down clamp for holding down sheet material A hold down clamp for holding down a stack of sheet material, preferably on a transportation trolley selectively in operative association with a printing machine. The hold down clamp has a vertically adjustable holding arm selectively lockable along a substantially ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6676139 | Shopping cart An improved shopping cart with a floating basket. The basket is moveable in response to downward and/or lateral forces applied against the basket. The ability of the basket to move in response to such forces reduces the tendency for the shopping cart to t... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6533297 | Shopping cart An improved shopping cart with a floating basket: The basket is moveable in response to downward and/or lateral forces applied against the basket. The ability of the basket to move in response to such forces reduces the tendency for the shopping cart to t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6505842 | Storing and transporting flexible sheets A container for a stack of newspapers includes bottom, side, and back walls and a substantially open front to facilitate stacking newspapers in the container, and inspecting the stack for non-paper contaminants. A pair of rotatable wheels on the bottom of... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6293568 | Storing and transporting flexible sheets A container for a stack of newspapers includes bottom, side, and back walls and a substantially open front to facilitate stacking newspapers in the container, and inspecting the stack for non-paper contaminants. A pair of rotatable wheels on the bottom of... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6193246 | Shopping cart with front gate A shopping cart has a basket with an opening in its front end, and a gate is movably mounted in the opening for movement between a closed position closing the opening and an open position inside the basket lying on top of the lower wall. The checker can f... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5863054 | Grocery cart platform lift A shopping cart has a vertically movable horizontal shelf that is normally positioned near the upper rim of the basket of the cart. The shelf is spring biased so that as it becomes loaded with shopping items, it tends to move downwardly within the basket.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5385358 | Shopping cart having basket with improved front gate A front gate for a shopping cart basket comprises two stanchions, each formed from a wire fixed to the front edge of a side panel of the basket, and a gate panel including horizontal wires defining upper hinge pintles and lower latch pintles. The wires fo... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5324055 | End-to-end nestable over-the-counter discharge shopping cart An end-to-end nestable shopping cart having a frame supported on casters with a basket having an open top end supported elevated by the frame. The basket has a bottom wall, opposed side walls tapering inwardly from a rear end to a front end, a front wall,... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5074570 | Shopping cart with slidable side gate A shopping cart having a side-opening gate arrangement associated with one of the basket side walls. The gate at its upper edge has a latch arrangement which cooperates with the adjacent side walls to simply but securely maintain the gate in its closed po... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5027924 | Cashier check-out station with package-catching shopping cart A cashier check-out station includes a counter having a platform or conveyor belt leading to a register station, the counter defining a lane along a longitudinal side of the counter. The station arrangement includes a shopping cart with a basket having a ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4875695 | Child seat for over-the-counter shopping cart A shopping cart of the over-the-counter type having a baby seat assembly provided with a one-piece back rest unit which includes an upright back rest extending between upright arms associated with a pair of sidewardly-spaced L-shaped supports. These suppo... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4721317 | Trolley with removable containers for the use of customers in supermarkets The invention relates to a trolley for use by customers in supermarkets, of the type comprising a base mounted on orientable wheels, two vertical uprights and cross pieces joining the uprights together at their lower part and at their upper part. At the u... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4576388 | Receptacle support A receptacle support system to allow receptacles such as bags to be loaded with articles. The system, in one preferred form, may be incorporated in a supermarket trolley (1) and essentially comprises an upper frame (7) carrying opposing pairs of hooks (13... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4560180 | Shopping cart A shopping cart of the over-the-counter type that includes front gates that slide under the basket of the shopping cart for storage purposes. The gate bumpers that are constructed and defined to permit the slide under action are interlocked with the front... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4492388 | Collapsible shopping cart A shopping cart having a movable frame upon which at least one basket for purchases is mounted via a rod or support structure. The basket is removably fastened to the rod or support structure, which is collapsible on the frame.... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4353564 | Supermarket counter construction and method of using same A supermarket counter construction to expedite movement through supermarket checkouts by permitting two lines of customers to follow simultaneously past a single cashier. THe construction contemplates automatic means under the control of the customer for ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4273346 | Over-the-counter cart with hingedly attached plastic basket and retracting front gate An over-the-counter cart utilizing separate rear and front baskets and having a wheeled metal frame. The front basket is made of plastic wherein the side panels, the bottom panel and the front panel, having an opening, are integrally molded of open lattic... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4118044 | Gate mechanism for cart A gate construction for a shopping cart basket wherein a gate panel is disposed between sidewalls of the basket for closing an end thereof. The gate panel has its lower edge pivotally supported on a pair of brackets mounted to the sidewalls adjacent the l... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4116456 | Shopping cart A shopping cart having a novel locking arrangement for the gate of the upper basket and featuring a baby basket that seats a child below the level of the upper basket for enhanced stability of the cart and economy of storage in the upper basket, as well a... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4043426 | Combination cart-checkstand A combination merchandise cart and checkstand in which the cart serves as part of the checkstand counter for use in the check-out systems of self-service stores comprising a rectangular merchandise basket slidably mounted on a wheeled cart frame so that t... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4007809 | System for handling goods in selfservice shops A system for handling goods in selfservice shops, comprising a shopping trolley and a cash counter. The trolley comprises at least one basket consisting of a bottom and four side walls, one of which is pivotally connected to two opposite side walls of the... | 02/15/1977 |
