...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 |
| 4838139 | Musical keyboard A musical keyboard having keys which carry metal spoilers that alter the resonance characteristics of tank circuits associated with the keys as the keys move toward and away from the inductance coils of the tank circuits. The tank circuits are connected s... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4157504 | VHF Television tuner with easy/flexible access A VHF television tuner for selection of a broadcasting television signal through mechanical switching selection of inductance coils, comprising; a tuner casing; a mechanical channel selection switch arrangement provided in said casing and including a rota... | 06/05/1979 |