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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 |
| 7367702 | Headlight A headlight, especially a headlight for a vehicle, includes a light source with a reflector in front thereof and a fiber-optic light guide which is embodied as an elongated light decoupling element, which is at least partially adjacent to one end of the reflector. A... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7278616 | Flexible, multi-gauge attachment device A flexible, multi-gauge attachment device for mounting pinwheels, flags and other objects supported by posts onto various parts of the frames of bicycles, bicycle trailers, scooters, strollers, wheelchairs and other vehicles and products with tubular components.... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6935268 | Flag clamping device The present invention is directed to a garment clamping device for bicycles, motor bikes or other transportation vehicles upon which a flag or banner may be secured and displayed. The clamping device comprises two generally rectangular shaped halves which are joined... | 08/30/2005 |
| 5363792 | Safety signal kit A safety signal kit includes a hub and a plurality of vanes selectively mounted on the hub. The hub is selectively mounted on a first end of a shaft. A second end of the shaft is selectively secured to a base. The base can be an elongated body having a so... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5361718 | Reflective warning device for wheeled vehicles A reflective warning device for vehicles includes a body having a rim, the rim has a reflective outer peripheral surface, a number of spokes are extended radially in the body, the body is rotatably coupled to the vehicle, the reflective light of the body ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5349920 | Safety reflector marker A light transmissive, including reflective and refractive visual warning device for attachment from the handle grips of a bicycle or motorcycle, to indicate the presence of the user to car drivers, is carried upon a short flexible suspension means, such a... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5287221 | Dynamic flashing reflector rotatably mounted on vehicle wheel A reflector includes a rotor disk rotatably mounted on a bike spoke having two semi-circular blades respectively formed on two surfaces of the rotor disk for driving a rotation of the rotor disk when subjected to a wind force when driving a bike, and havi... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5267525 | Reflector device A device for attracting the attention of an observer having first and second pairs of arms mounted on a body at different elevations and at right angles to each other with air scoops and light reflectors on each of the arms so that the motion of air relat... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5014641 | Hazard warning device for vehicles A body portion is supported in upright position by a support stem and has wind propelling blades arranged to rotatably drive the body portion when subjected to air currents. The body portion has front and rear surfaces one of which may support a rear view... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4767185 | Rotating multicolored air driven reflector A rotatable reflector for bicycles has a timer which intermittently completely halts rotation of the reflector in sequential positions in response to rotation of the reflector but independently of angular movement of a bicycle wheel. The reflector display... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4747664 | Rotary reflective marker A rotary reflective marker (10) is provided which may be mounted on either a stationary or a mobile object. The marker has a rotatable member (12) and includes a light reflective portion (13) arranged in a generally spiral or intermittant pattern so that ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4479699 | Wind driven rotatable reflector for vehicles A rotatable reflector which serves as a warnig device adapted to be mounted on the front area of a motorcycle to enable other vehicle operators, pedestrians, and the like, to more readily observe a motorcycle as it approaches. The reflector includes a rot... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4466698 | Emergency signalling device An emergency signalling device which will transmit a code signal by means of spaced reflective members rotatably mounted upon a member which may be driven by air currents. The device more particularly comprises a rotatably mounted surface such as a hemisp... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4463702 | Warning devices A warning device, especially suitable for road-side use, comprises a rotor arranged to rotate about a substantially vertical axis, the rotor including three equi-angularly spaced apart cups arranged to drive the rotor in response to wind. Each cup is typi... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4316651 | Reflector assembly with enhanced visibility Two planar bodies of reflective material are coupled together, one before the other, and in line with the line of vision from an intended observation point. The base reflective body is designed to be attached to an object, vehicle, or the like. The second... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4204746 | Reflective signalling device A safety signalling device for a mobile unit such as a motorcycle or the like, to facilitate detection of the motorcycle, comprising a hollow housing having a forward light transparent portion for transmitting the light beam of an oncoming vehicle, an air... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4131079 | Wind rotated reflective scarecrow An effective but inexpensive device for scaring pests, such as birds, from an area to be protected is formed from an elongated, vertically extending post; a resilient wire mounted on, and extending from, the upper end of the post; and a pair of large, thi... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4120561 | Light reflective signaling and warning device A light reflective signaling and warning device shaped and arranged relative to an encompassing reference sphere so that light directed toward the signaling and warning device from any area on the reference sphere is reflected toward the same area, self-a... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4108535 | Safety device for bicycle A safety device suitable for mounting on bicycles which includes a pinwheel rotatable in response to airflow relative to the bicycle. The pinwheel carries a pattern of material visually perceptible at a distance which changes in appearance upon rotation o... | 08/22/1978 |
| 3963307 | Safety reflector device A safety signal device for bicycles and the like includes a shield member which is mounted on an elongate support member and provides a flag type safety warning, visible over hills or the like, of an approaching vehicle. A rotatable reflector, visible fro... | 06/15/1976 |
