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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 |
| 7802391 | Rounds counter remotely located from gun A rounds counter for a weapon mount is disclosed. The rounds counter is mounted on the mount in a remote location from the weapon itself, such as to a pedestal supporting a gimbal rotating the weapon mount in azimuth, inside an elevation drive housing, or to other s... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7356956 | Mechanism for counting rounds fired from a recoil gun A counting mechanism for detecting and registering the number of rounds fired from a recoil gun includes a housing that can be mounted to a component of the gun that exhibits recoil motion upon firing of a round. A counting device is contained within the housing and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7143644 | Device for collecting statistical data for maintenance of small-arms A system and method for collecting data on small-arms usage in the form of a device which is mounted to the firearm so as to be able to sense at least an impulse in the firearm due to firing. The device is mounted to the gun so as to detect impulses due to firing. A... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7100437 | Device for collecting statistical data for maintenance of small-arms A device for collecting data on small-arms usage that senses when a shot has been fired from a gun using its acceleration, acoustic noise or RF emissions; measures the interval between shots so that the firing rate may be determined; measures the time at which each ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6817239 | Piezoelectric device A piezoelectric device is assembled from a piezofilm sensor enclosed between two layers of a multilayer board with a printed circuit. ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6276088 | Firearms with target illuminators Apparatus for firing projectiles at targets and for illuminating such targets combine a projectile-firing weapon and a target illuminator. A track-and-slide combination includes a slide on the target illuminator and a track on the weapon for that slide, a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 5592769 | Automatic cartridge monitoring and indicator system for a firearm An automatic cartridge monitoring and indicator system for a firearm includes: a magazine for storing a plurality of cartridges; a follower mechanism in the magazine for feeding the cartridges from the magazine into the firearm; an actuator movable with t... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5566486 | Firearm monitoring device A firearm monitoring device has first means which generate a first signal in response to each recoil of the firearm and second means which receive the first signal and generate a signal which is indicative of the number of first signals received by the se... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5519953 | Empty/malfunction alarm for a firearm An alarm system for distinguishing between an empty and a malfunction condition for a firearm having a breech block catch lever operated by the magazine follower to lock the breech block in the open position when the firearm is empty may include an indica... | 05/28/1996 |
| 4372192 | First motion detector An electromagnet sensing device which detects the first axial motion of a ssile relative to its launcher to provide timing information and indicate when the missile first moves axially.... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4146987 | Impulse activated counting device Method and apparatus for actuating a counting device for recording and stng data. The invention comprises an activator for a counter device and includes a mass or weight having an eccentric center of mass which is freely pivotable in one plane in respons... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4102074 | Counting device impulse activator with torque limiter This invention comprises an actuator for a mechanical counting device for cording and storing data. This actuator includes a weight having an eccentric center of mass which is freely pivotable in one plane within pre-set limits in response to an externall... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4001961 | Round counter An electrochemical elapsed time meter indicator with round counter circui for a gun to indicate past usage whereby maintenance and repair or replacement procedures will insure greater reliability in critical field use. The meter, working on an electropla... | 01/11/1977 |
