...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 |
| 8113558 | Carryable bag for large objects A device for moving, carrying and storing large objects includes a bag comprising a sheet of plastic film material. The bag is sized to receive the object and has an opening for placing the object into the bag. The bag has an extension on at least one side the bag w... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8091937 | Sliding tarpaulin for hauling material A sliding tarp for hauling landscaping materials and debris is composed of a flexible, foldable rectangular sheet having attached to its underside a widthwise row of three elongated, relatively rigid convex glides disposed rearward of a location midway between the f... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8016335 | Dual handle adjustable drag strap A drag strap having a dual handle system for allowing one or more persons to use the strap when dragging an injure person. The drag strap is preferably constructed of a high tensile strength woven nylon tape which is flexible and weather resistant. The drag strap in... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7946639 | Server system lifting device and method of use A server system lifting device includes a bearing area foldable at a midline. The bearing area includes a front portion and a rear portion that are defined by the midline. A plurality of handles are coupled to the bearing area. The plurality of handles includes two ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926860 | Adjustable strap with handles for lifting objects safely A manual lifting apparatus for providing adjustable handles that allow a person to more effectively, efficiently, and safely lift objects. The present invention provides a webbing attached to two ergonomic handles that assists a user in lifting objects. The handles ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7828355 | Carryable bag for large objects A method for manufacturing a carrier for large objects includes forming a bag from a sheet of plastic film material. The bag is sized to receive a large object and has an opening for placing the object into the bag. An extension is formed on at least one side or end... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828354 | Carryable plastic mattress bag A method for manufacturing a mattress carrier includes forming a bag from a sheet of plastic film material. The bag is sized to receive a mattress and has an opening for placing the mattress into the bag. An extension is formed on at least one side or end of the bag... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7789444 | Turkey tail transporter for hunting A method and apparatus for transporting a turkey tail to a hunting site are provided by the present invention. The apparatus is formed of an outer camouflaged base fabric sewn at its edges to an inner fabric. When folded along a diameter, the apparatus is semi-circu... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7591496 | Up-right carry-out A uniquely designed “sling type” container carrier which can be made from a variety of materials including paper, plastic, cloth or other suitable material. As noted above, it has a “sling type” design with a pocket positioned centrally on the “sling” in... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7585007 | Carryable bag for large objects A carrier for large objects includes a bag made of a sheet of plastic film material. The bag is sized to receive a large object and has an opening for placing the object into the bag. An extension on at least one side of the bag has a plurality of layers of the plas... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7581772 | Carryable plastic mattress bag A mattress carrier includes a bag made of a sheet of plastic film material. The bag is sized to receive a mattress and has an opening for placing the mattress into the bag. An extension on at least one side of the bag has a plurality of layers of the plastic film ma... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7520549 | Ergonomic propane tank carrier and stabilizer A portable propane tank carrier system is provided which includes a tank carrier, stabilizer ring, and tank neck cover. The tank carrier includes a rectangular main tank cover panel, and upper and lower radial sidewall panel. The tank carrier closely conforms to the... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7437784 | Mattress cover A mattress cover envelops a mattress in order to protect the mattress during moving and storage and has a body member that has a pair of faces joined by left and right side portions and a bottom portion forming an interior space with closed bottom, closed sides, and... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7390042 | Adjustable strap for a person to carry a heavy load A strap includes an adjusting buckle near each end and a handle on each end. The length of the strap is adjusted using the buckles so a heavy load can be handled by a worker in a manner that permits the worker to safely carry the load in a variety of situations.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7367600 | Lawn debris handling system A sheet has a long input edge and a short remote edge. The sheet has parallel side edges. The side edges extend at right angles from the ends of the input edge. Angled side edges extend from the ends of the remote edge to the ends of the parallel side edges. A pair ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325264 | Multipurpose cot carrier An exemplary apparatus includes a main body forming a compartment, the compartment being configured to receive a cot in a stow position, at least one attachment mechanism attached to the main body, the attachment mechanism being configured to attach the main body to... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318540 | Indicator for garment hanger A top indicating means for a hanger having a metal hook includes two mounting portions and an indicator. Each of the mounting portions includes a base defining a curved channel, engagement structure to couple the mounting portions together, and preferably alignment ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316435 | Ergonomic propane tank carrier and stabilizer A portable propane tank carrier system is provided which includes a tank carrier, stabilizer ring, and tank neck cover. The tank carrier includes a rectangular main tank cover panel, and upper and lower radial sidewall panel. The tank carrier closely conforms to the... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7275669 | Bicycle mounted ball carrier device A ball carrier device (10) adapted to be suspended from the handle bars (101) of a bicycle (100) wherein, the carrier device (10) includes a main closed loop strap member (20) having an enlarged central loop (21) flanked by ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275752 | Boddy dollie The improved moving dolly system is provided having a pair of opposing carts along a bottom surface of an article of furniture in order to move the article. Each cart receives opposing bottom edges of the article. A strap is used in conjunction with each cart allowi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270358 | Device for carrying objects A carrying device may include for example two main loops or straps connected at for example four connection points, to hold objects, for example rectangular objects. Other numbers of straps or loops may be used, and other connection points may be used. A first loop ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267252 | Corrugated clothes hanger structure An improved clothes hanger is biodegradable, disposable, and non-metallic. It is adapted to be usable in a prison, commercial airplane, or other weapons-free environment. The improved clothes hanger is provided by construction entirely of folded corrugated paper wit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249792 | Lawn debris carrier Lawn debris such as leaves and grass clippings are carried in a rectangular sheet of material. The sheet has a pocket along two of its opposite sides. Each pocket is sealed at each end. Inside each pocket is a rigid pole made of two sections fitting together end-to-... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229112 | Flexible carrier apparatus and method for tracking the same A flexible carrier apparatus comprising two rods and two flexible straps. The flexible straps are attached at opposite ends of the rods. One rod is placed under and then above the other rod, thus creating two nooses from the flexible straps, used to carry objects. A... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7182379 | Object lifting device that converts opposing angled lifting forces to girthing forces An embodiment of an object lifting device includes compression straps to which gathering loops and handles are secured. In use, the straps and gathering loops encircle an object to be lifted. A pulling force applied to the handles causes the gathering loops to draw ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7118149 | Cylinder carrying and chocking apparatus and method A carrier for a scuba tank or other cylindrical bottle comprises two cylindrical handles connected by a looped rope, the rope passing slidably through one of the handles. The scuba tank is supported by the ropes and carried by one handle looped through the rope. The... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090271 | Conformable sling for moving objects An exemplary embodiment of a sling for moving objects includes a sheet of flexible material having opposite first and second sides, longitudinally spaced apart transversely extending first and second side edges, transversely spaced apart longitudinally extending thi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077447 | Method for manually carrying a load A sling for carrying a load comprises two parallel straps that are interconnected by a series of relatively rigid handles. The sling is placed underneath the load while leaving several handles on either side of the load available for gripping. A person at each end o... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7055876 | Bag for carrying box-shaped objects A bag for carrying boxes-shaped objects, preferably pizza boxes (15, 16), includes a rectangular bottom wall portion (1) side wall portions (3, 5) attached to the base wall portion (1) and handles (7) at opposite side wall portions... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044523 | Back saver strap Disclosed herein is a strap comprising a plurality of handle strips, wherein each handle strip forming the plurality comprises a handling element, e.g., a loop, whereby a user can grasp the handle strip; and an anchor strip, wherein the anchor strip secures the plur... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7004628 | Bag topper device A product carrying and storage device that comprises a bag with handles and a bag topper device with handle openings in which contents are placed into the bag and the topper device is then guided onto the handles of the bag to protect and insulate the interior conte... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995977 | Strap buckle apparatus for a notebook computer A strap buckle apparatus fastened to a lock hole is employed to connect to a strap. The strap buckle apparatus comprises a rotation hub, a base, and a rotation plug. The rotation hub controls the rotation angle of the rotation plug. The base with a hole in the cente... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979035 | Mattress caddy An apparatus designed to assist the manual transportation of large, heavy or unwieldy articles. The preferred embodiment is an economically-designed mattress caddy fabricated of a variety of strong light-weight materials (e.g. nylon, aluminum) to provide functionali... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966589 | Flexible carrier apparatus and method for tracking the same A flexible carrier apparatus comprising two rigid independent rods and two flexible material straps. The flexible straps are attached to the opposite ends of the rigid rods. One rigid rod is placed under and then above the other rigid rod, thus creating two independ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953214 | Box carrying strap assembly A carrying device, for carrying a box substantially in the shape of a rectangular prism, having a main strap, and a pair of transverse straps. The transverse straps extend parallel to each other, perpendicular to the main strap, cross the main strap, and are attache... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948689 | Portable apparatus for demarcating a region with respect to the ground A portable apparatus for demarcating a region with respect to the ground comprising a plurality of posts adapted to be removably inserted into the ground. The apparatus further comprises an adjustable connecting means which is secured by a receiving member in an upp... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6908131 | Aid for lifting and carrying a mass/object A device (10) having a flexible elongated support member (11) having an upperside, an underside, and a first and second extension (16, 18) on either side of a central-portion, each of the first and second extensions have a free-end. A first and ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6824346 | Method and apparatus for handling bagged cargo Cargo slings for lifting sacks of particulate material and slinging jigs for aiding the formation of stacks of cartons to be lifted by such cargo slings are described. Methods of using the cargo slings and jigs are likewise explained. One such cargo sling comprises ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6736437 | Mattress caddy A mattress caddy including a support strap, with handles formed at each end, and two transverse rigid cradle assemblies. To utilize the present invention in the transportation of a mattress, it is first laid out lengthwise, with the cradle assemblies positioned open... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6581998 | Carrier apparatus for fire fighters An improved carrier apparatus for use by fire fighters to carry fire hose and to serve as a personnel carrier includes an elongate bottom, a first end wall connected to the bottom and first and second opposed and spaced apart side walls connected to the b... | 06/24/2003 |