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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 |
| 7651217 | Eyewear with enhanced fit Eyewear having an enhanced fit which may be used for safety, sports, and the like. The eyewear may provide features which permit enhanced airflow and an enhanced fit to a user's face. Such features may include greater adjustability to provide greater comfort. Eyewea... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7222957 | Eyeglasses assembly An eyeglasses assembly includes a pair of bifocals. Each of the bifocals includes a regular lens portion and a magnifying lens portion. A bridge is attached to the bifocals. The bifocals lie in a same plane as each other and the magnifying lens portions is aligned w... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198366 | Case folding eyeglasses Eyeglasses can be folded to form a case with a lens and temple bars. The lens and the temple bars form two individual objects of connection. A hinging apparatus connects the lens and the temple bars. One end of the hinging apparatus forms a rotating connection while... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7070273 | Eyeglasses frame with rotatable temples Eyeglasses comprises a face and temple. The face has an outer surface including an outer edge. The face also has a first end portion and a first lens opening. The outer edge being proximate to the first end portion. The temple has a portion defining an inner surface... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7010834 | Hinge assembly, and associated method, providing multiple axes of rotation A hinge assembly, and an associated method, for hingedly connecting separate body portions, such as first and second housing portions of a mobile station, theretogether. The hinge assembly provides multiple axes of rotation including, at least, a transversely-extend... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6984989 | Current sensor and overload current protective device therewith A small, low-cost, wide-range current sensor excellent in environmental resistance and noise resistance and high in accuracy, and an application device, a DC magnetic field is applied to two magnetic elements (1a, 1b) having a magnetic im... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6982840 | Magnifier and glasses In a preferred embodiment, a magnifier for a menu or the like, including: the magnifier and the menu or the like; and the magnifier being disposed in a pocket associated with the menu or the like. A pair of glasses that has both upper and lower lenses of different s... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6817710 | Eyeglasses frame with rotatable temples Eyeglasses comprises a face and temple. The face has an outer surface including an outer edge. The face also has a first end portion and a first lens opening. The outer edge being proximate to the first end portion. The temple has a portion defining an inner surface... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6755523 | Glasses In a pair of glasses comprising at least a sight piece (2) and two side members (4) which are joined to the sight piece (2) or to a frame (3) that is allocated to the sight piece, pivotably about a substantially horizontal pivoting axis (... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6641260 | Flat pack optical device kit The present invention aims to provide an emergency, flat pack, glasses kit, which is easily and quickly assemblable into glasses. The kit is compact and typically has the size of a credit card, and may thus be carried in a pocket, wallet or purse. Various... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6439716 | Spectacles A pair of spectacles having a curved lens body having opposite ends, and a pair of curved left and right arms connected to the opposite ends of the body. A hinge connection at each end of the body connects the corresponding arm for pivotal movement of the... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6412943 | Spectacle frame having rotatable temples Disclosed is a spectacle frame including rims which respectively surround lenses and are rested on a wearer's nose and temples which are fitted over and around the wearer's ears. The spectacle frame comprises a first spring disposed in each temple, each t... | 07/02/2002 |
| 5745952 | Constrained hermaphroditie ball and socket hinge joint A hermaphroditic ball and socket joint permits a ball to rotate freely within a socket within constrained bounds. The socket resides within a housing that has an exterior surface having a rotational axis of symmetry passing through the center of the socke... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5521654 | Combination extended natural eyeglasses and corrective eye magnifier A combination extended natural eyeglasses and corrective eye magnifier comprising a frame, having a front, and having a pair of lens mounting portions separated by a bridge portion. The bridge portion having a light bulb, for illuminating an area in front... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5452029 | Eyeglass frame assembly An eyeglass frame assembly includes a lens frame body adapted to rest on the nose of the user and having two side portions, each of which has a generally circular horizontal positioning hole formed therethrough, and an engagement device provided in the po... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5357292 | Eyeglasses with adjustable temple inclination In glasses, in particular industrial safety or sports glasses with an integral continuous sight piece and with inclination-adjustable side pieces articulated on a frame piece it is provided for the purpose of defined and reliable inclination-adjustment ac... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5229795 | Eyeglass frames adapted to hang flat against a wearer's chest A pair of eyeglass frames having double action articulating hinges which allow the eyeglass frames to be folded into a substantially flat configuration for suspension about a wearer's neck and against a wearer's chest. The temple pieces are rotatable inwa... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5076681 | Eyeglass frame temple and eyeglass frame comprising same An eyeglass frame particularly suited to sporting activities has two temples each comprising a main part and an end part aligned with the main part. The end part is mounted at one end of the main part and adapted to rotate about its own axis relative to t... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5074655 | Spectacles with extractable temples A pair of spectacles has a pair of channels formed in the frame and receiving respective temples which can be retracted and swung into a position in which they lie transverse to the frame to bring them into the position of use. The bar forming the frame m... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5039216 | Spectacles with extractable temples A pair of spectacles has a pair of channels formed in the frame and receiving respective temples which can be retracted and swung into a position in which they lie transverse to the frame to bring them into the position of use. The bar forming the frame m... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4932772 | Spectacles with extractable temples A pair of spectacles has a pair of channels formed in the frame and receiving respective temples which can be retracted and swung into a position in which they lie transverse to the frame to bring them into the position of use. The bar forming the frame m... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4776686 | Spectacles with extractable temples A pair of spectacles, preferably in the form of a card bearing advertising, decorative or promotional material, has a pair of channels formed in the frame and receiving respective temples which can be retracted and swung into a position in which they lie ... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4750828 | Stem device for eyeglasses frames and the like The stem device comprises a hollow body having an end and which can be removably associated with a tubular element. Between the body and element, members are provided to afford axial rotation with an elastic return bias acting therebetween. The stem devic... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4606621 | Device for regulating the inclination of the individual rods with respect to the front part of a glasses frame A device for adjusting the inclination of a temple rod with respect to the front part of an eyeglass frame comprises a hinge element by which the temple rod is articulated to the front part of the frame which has an elongated cavity facing the inner surfa... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4560258 | Spectacles with extractable temples A pair of spectacles, preferably in the form of a card bearing advertising, decorative or promotional material, has a channel formed in the frame and receiving a pair of temples which can be retracted and swung into a position in which they lie transverse... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4547048 | Spectacle frame for multifocal lenses A frame for multifocal spectacles includes a side piece attached to each of a pair of lens rims through a hinge mechanism which permits downward rotation of the side piece relative to the rim through a prescribed angle. A nosepad is mounted on each of the... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4527291 | Safety goggles, in particular for work use Safety goggles, particularly useful as work goggles, having temples disposed on and inclinable relative to a frame having lenses and side guards. In accordance with the invention, a protrusion which serves as a swivel bearing is mounted on each of the opp... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4029403 | Self-adjusting eyeglasses A pair of eyeglasses in which the frame member is joined to each temple member and to each nose piece member by a ball joint so as to eliminate any torque pressure on the wearer, with the temples and nose pieces free to rotate to fit the profile of the we... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4005930 | Elastic hinge for a pair of spectacles A resilient hinge for a pair of spectacles comprises a first part fixed to the spectacle frame and a second part hinged on the first part. The second part is extended by a cylindrical tube on which is slidably mounted a cylindrical sleeve to which an arm ... | 02/01/1977 |
