...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 |
| 8057413 | Foot water jetting device A foot water-spouting device includes a foot-front water spouting section for spouting water toward the front side of a user's foot and a water-spouting section direction moving mechanism for reciprocating the destination of water spouting of the foot-front water sp... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7431718 | Skin care device for taking out and removing sebum or other cutaneous impurities A skin care device includes a suction nozzle to be brought into contact with skin to suction skin impurities therefrom, a suction pump for generating a suction force of the suction nozzle, a mist nozzle installed near the suction nozzle, for ejecting a mist of liqui... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7399297 | Skin care device for taking out and removing sebum or other cutaneous impurities A skin care device includes a suction nozzle for drawing and removing sebum or other impurities from a user's skin while contacting the skin, a suction pump for generating a suction force for the suction nozzle, a mist nozzle, provided at a position around the sucti... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7335175 | Feminine hydro-therapeutic massage device A portable hydro massage device for submersion in a body of water containing a female user, i.e. a bathtub, provides a local massage to the labium region and a focused stimulant to the female user's clitoris thereby resulting in a superior sensation to the entire bo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7191474 | Automatic shampoo machine There is a demand for an automatic shampoo machine used in beauty solons and the like which dispenses with an all-purpose chair to be prepared separately and has a better appearance and an improved feeling of use. In an automatic shampoo machine 1, a s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6925672 | Lotion application tool A lotion application tool includes a plate having a first side, a second side and a peripheral edge extending between the first and second sides. An elongated handle has a first end that is attached to the peripheral edge. A plurality of balls is extended into and r... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6730051 | Rotating and vibrating massage shower nozzle A rotating and vibrating massage shower nozzle comprised of a first transmission shaft and a flexible transmission cable. The first transmission shaft rotates a drive gear, a driven gear, and a second transmission shaft. The second transmission shaft has a drive rin... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6406447 | Self-sealed irrigation system A self-sealed irrigation system for supplying a treatment fluid to a treatment site is disclosed. The system includes a flexible containment member that has a delivery channel which delivers treatment fluid to the treatment site, a sealing channel supplie... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6319211 | Facial aesthetic treatment apparatus A facial aesthetic treatment apparatus includes a housing provided with a nozzle and a suction pump for developing a suction force. An attachment is mounted to the nozzle for applying the suction force to a facial skin for removal of sebum, dirt or the li... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6306110 | Water powered massager A water powered massager 10 comprised of a diviter valve 30 connected to a shower head 20 that diverts water into a hose 40 having an inlet channel 180 and an outlet channel 190 and is connected to a body 60. The water flows from the diviter valve 30, thr... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6277086 | Massaging bath mat with air bubble generating arrangement A massaging bath mat, which includes a bath mat for mounting in the inside wall of a bathtub under the water, the bath mat being formed of a series of bath mat units each having a plurality of perforated flexible tubes connected in parallel, and a pump un... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6258049 | Hydromassager The hydromassager employs water pressure for massage in a closed-system The general advantages of this equipment such as compactness, mobility, safety, and many others make this machine ideal for a variety of settings. Pump (2) pressures water and directs... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6174296 | Automatic back rubbing assembly An automatic back rubbing assembly has a hollow casing, a water control unit disposed in the hollow casing, a bubble producer disposed in the hollow casing, an elevator box disposed on a bottom of the hollow casing, a rubbing device disposed in the elevat... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5779654 | Clean breath wand The clean breath wand comprises an elongate hollow body having a distal end, a proximal end and a proximal handle portion, a coupling member for coupling the proximal end to a source of liquid, a head end fixed to the distal end of the hollow body, and th... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5725483 | Massaging device A massaging device includes a plurality of displaceable massaging members mounted on a universal head, each of the massaging elements is rotatable about a respective orbit and movable toward and away from a center of the head head, and magnetic elements c... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5662593 | Massaging appliance and cream dispenser unit therefor A massaging appliance for dispensing a massaging cream includes a cream dispenser unit attachable to the appliance housing and coupled to a rotary motor therein to be rotated thereby, and a non-rotatable rod within the appliance housing axially displaceab... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5647841 | Motor-driven hand-held massaging device The present invention pertains in general to a motor-driven hand-held massaging device for body massage, with a cosmetic or medical massaging substance optionally fed in and consists of a housing with a grip part, a storage chamber for the massaging subst... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5634890 | Water massage therapy device and method for using the same A water-massaging device provides fluid jet-like action against a body portion of an individual or animal. A flexible manifold peripherally borders a separate fluid channel. The manifold and the fluid channel each connect to a fluid source with respective... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5063910 | Apparatus for treating vascular, metabolic and functional imbalance and edema of a human limb In an apparatus for treating vascular, metabolic and functional imbalance, and edema of a limb by variation in pressure of a high-density fluid around the limb, a fluid-tight flexible bag serves to protect the limb to be treated and a filling bag delimits... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4858600 | Massaging appliance A massaging appliance for massaging the face or other part of the body, comprises a housing enclosing an electrical motor, and a cream applicator having a chamber for containing a supply of cream to be applied during massaging. The applicator has a cylind... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4651720 | Massaging and showering assembly A massaging and showering assembly comprising a guide rail along which a carriage holding a massage and shower head can be moved vertically; a water flow reversing control-unit and a piston-cylinder arrangement which is connected to a water line and with ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4037977 | Massage and dispensing apparatus A dispenser and massage with one or more applicator aperture in the bottom of a housing to dispense, as the ball massages a body portion, lotion or powder from a dispensing chamber formed between the housing bottom and an insert which forms a bearing for ... | 07/26/1977 |