...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 |
| 7156459 | Stackable chair A stackable chair has a backrest mounted on back supports by resilient mount units for tilting between an upright position and a tilted-back position. Each mount unit includes a rigid coupling member having a lower portion received within an upper end portion of the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6851745 | Collapsible bassinet/infant seat with canopy The infant product of the invention is of the type having an infant receptacle suspended from a frame. The infant product is foldable between a deployed position for use and a compact configuration for shipping and storage. In the assembled configuration, the infant... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6213923 | Back exercise device An exercise device and methods for strengthening the muscles of lower back and abdomen. The device may be configured to impart extension to the spine of a user. The device may include a reclinable chair having a backrest pivotally attached to a seat. The ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5947552 | Collapsible bassinet/infant seat with canopy The infant product of the invention is of the type having an infant receptacle suspended from a frame. The infant product is foldable between a deployed position for use and a compact configuration for shipping and storage. In the assembled configuration,... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5782528 | Folding chair A folding chair (1) which consists of a seat (5) foldable; two pairs of struts, front (2) and rear (3) which converge on and connect to the chair back (6) functioning as legs and being connected to each other respectively by a rear horizontal cross-bar (9... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5328232 | Foldable plastic chair Disclosed is a foldable, injection molded plastic chair in which the seat of the chair is engageable in a generally horizontal seating position with application of little force, with the seat engagement members preventing the seat from moving out of its h... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5154472 | Folding chair with continuously variable self-balanced tilting action A chair having a seating unit and two pairs of legs made slidably integral by couplings attached to the seating unit and designed to engage the relevant inserts located in such first pair of legs, which are made to slide in relation to the second pair of ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4826196 | Folding wheelchair A portable wheelchair having a metal wire frame is provided. The individual frame members are interconnected by clinched loop, hinged connections, and fold together in a manner that minimizes the space required for the stored configuration of the wheelcha... | 05/02/1989 |