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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 |
| 7388477 | Chain collision prevention Chain Collision Prevention (CCP) includes systems, devices, apparatus for preventing chain collisions and chain reaction crashes, in vehicle columns. A vehicle-installed deceleration indicator and immediately relays and sequentially transmits Closing Alert signals u... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7126458 | Sliding axle alarm An alarm system that indicates to an operator the status of locking pins of a vehicle sliding axle assembly. The alarm system includes an alarm valve coupled to the locking pins and in fluid communication with an alarm. When the pins are unlocked from a vehicle comp... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6950011 | Vehicle theft detection device and method A vehicle-motion based vehicle theft detection device uses preexisting vehicle motion sensors in combination with an engine immobilizer system to detect and deter potential vehicle theft. Depending on whether or not a valid ignition key is in use, the engine immobil... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6747550 | Leg position indicator for braking A tactile feedback device such as a bumper or prod located to give the operator of a wheeled vehicle tactile feedback when the leg of the operator is in operable position to depress the brake pedal. Preferably, the feedback device is locatably adjustably fixed to th... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6696929 | Vehicle warning apparatus for generating warning signal depending upon operator's brake operating characteristics Warning apparatus for an automotive vehicle, operable to generate a warning signal when a distance between the vehicle and an object in front of the vehicle is shorter than a predetermined threshold value, the apparatus including a characteristic-value st... | 02/24/2004 |
| 5706909 | Vehicle safety automatic braking apparatus A vehicle safety automatic braking apparatus having a driver seat weight sensor, a velocity sensor, an emergency brake actuator, and an engine kill switch which are interfaced with a controlling microprocessor. A microprocessor monitors the weight sensor ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5570078 | Brake system for preventing unauthorized use of vehicle This invention relates to vehicle theft alarm and prevention devices, and in particular discloses a system that operates on the brakes of a vehicles to prevent the unauthorized use of a vehicle. Upon an unauthorized use of the vehicle, the system causes t... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5528216 | Vehicle anti-theft brake locking system A vehicle anti-theft system is remotely operable and includes a pump fluidically connecting a reservoir of hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic cylinder of a vehicle braking system. The system further includes a pump control circuit that operates the pump to pu... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5363086 | Motor vehicle anti-theft device An anti-theft system for preventing the theft of a vehicle having brakes used for stopping the vehicle. A brake override is connected to the vehicle for selectively moving the brakes of the vehicle between an engaged and locked position to prevent the veh... | 11/08/1994 |
