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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 |
| 7325350 | Firearm for extinguishing a fire from a position remote from the fire A firearm for extinguishing a fire from a position remote from the fire. A cartridge is disposed in, and is selectively discharged from, a pistol. The cartridge includes a head containing a pressurized fire extinguishant and a casing containing a propellent. The cas... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7012169 | Disposable finger sleeve for appendages A device that can be used to treat appendage ailments is provided. The device, or appendage sleeve, can be used for wounds, cuts, and blisters, as well as joint related ailments, such as arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome. In some instances, the appendage sleeve c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6968642 | Close combat handguard for rifles A bayonet assembly, for a firearm that has a knuckleguard, includes a rail connected to the firearm where the rail comprises a first position detent and a second position detent. The bayonet assembly may also include a bayonet that, in turn, includes a blade and a s... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6931774 | Smokeless cylinder for muzzle-loading revolver A replacement cylinder that enables the use of modern smokeless gunpowder in a black powder muzzle-loading revolver is provided. The cylinder includes a main cylinder body and a removable cylinder cap. The main cylinder body includes a number of chambers, each of wh... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6612140 | Trigger lock The invention is a lock for a gun that locks the trigger so it cannot be moved. The lock fits between the trigger and the trigger guard and keeps the trigger from moving. One of the unique features of the lock is that it can be locked both by a key and a ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6029385 | Conversion cylinder and method for permitting use of cartridge ammunition in cap and ball revolvers and the like A conversion cylinder assembly is provided for converting a 44 cal. cap and ball revolver to use with 45 Long Colt ammunition. To maintain authentic appearance and function, the conversion cylinder chambers up to six 45 Long Colt cartridges. To provide cl... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5446987 | Muzzle-loaded expanding projectiles for firearms; kits for manually producing expanding projectile for muzzle-loaded firearms; and method for producing expanding muzzle-loaded projectiles A system modified so that an axial ram rod, centering jag and configuring die can be used to simultaneously tamp or size a projectile while forming the projectile into a hollow-nose type which mushrooms when configuring a spherical or double-ogival projec... | 09/05/1995 |
| 4318239 | Front loader for revolvers A device for loading revolvers from the front of the cylinder, a rotating cylinder in the revolver designed to releasably retain cartridges therein and to receive new loads from the loader and at the same time eject the empty casings. The rotating cylinde... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4215502 | Muzzle-loading firearm A firearm is provided which includes a stock having a barrel end face, a generally longitudinally-extending primary bore formed therein and opening onto the barrel end face, and at least one generally transversely-extending, internally-threaded ancillary ... | 08/05/1980 |
